No 21–
22nd July 2010
PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS.
Is your glass half full or is it half empty?
This is a well known expression to describe how
people may perceive the same situation.
The half full person sees the possibilities, opportunities etc.
in a positive way.
The half empty person sees the drawbacks, down sides etc. in a negative way.
You may have noticed my arm in a sling. I have recently had an operation on my thumb. I have a plaster cast which stops me from doing some things and is awkward and can be frustrating. The other day I came across an article about a child who had contracted meningococcal B and lost all 4 limbs.
I quickly changed from half empty to half full!
Welcome to: Jay Morrison. Jay is teaching in Room 5 until the end of the year while Celeste Steer is on maternity leave.
Lee Dunham – Lee is the teacher in the Life Education Caravan.
SCHOOL LUNCHES:
Please remember to use the correct form for each of our lunch providers.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: TE PUKE BAKERY
Tuesday, Thursday: SUBWAY.
If you do not have forms at home, there is a supply of the correct forms available at the Library door each day.
If your child is using an incorrect order form our providers are more than happy to substitute food to make sure each child has something to eat.
The worry here is that some children may be allergic/culturally sensitive to food supplied but we endeavour to make sure children do not go hungry.
MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK – 26TH-30TH JULY (Next Week!!)
Fairhaven School will be celebrating Maori Language Week with a focus on Matariki and integrating Te Reo into our topic studies. We will be having fun activities throughout the week and the children will be participating in many in-class sessions to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.
If anyone has any skills and time to offer support for our tamariki and teachers, please let the school know(ring us).
Can you weave(flax fish/flowers), make poi, assist with story telling, make bread(fried/rewana), assist with kite making or other traditional crafts, we would appreciate any offers of support.
Come on whanau, get involved!
DATES TO
REMEMBER
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26 July – 3 Aug |
Life Ed Caravan |
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26-30 July |
Maori Language Week |
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26 July |
BOT Meeting in Board room 7pm – all welcome |
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3 Aug |
ICAS English |
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4 Aug |
Rippa Rugby – BOP Wide |
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5 Aug |
Super 4’s
tournament at Paengaroa |
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6 Aug |
Netball Sausage
Sizzle |
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7 Aug |
Snr Synd Fundraiser: ICON Photographs |
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11 Aug |
Indian Dance performance at Playcentre & Kindergarten |
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16 Aug |
FFA meeting in staffroom 7pm – all welcome |
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17 Aug |
ICAS Maths |
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20 Aug |
WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY – Tawa Pod |
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23 Aug |
BOT meeting in Board room 7pm – all welcome |
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27 Aug |
WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY – Kauri Pod |
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1 Sept |
Senior Speech competition 11am in school hall |
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3 Sept |
WHOLE SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY
– Kauri Pod |
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7 Sept |
Cluster Speeches – Te Ranga School |
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8 Sept |
7’sTe Puke Cluster 7’s tournament |
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13 Sept |
Yr 6 Transition to Te Puke Intermediate |
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14 Sept |
Yr 3 girls Self Defence |
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15 Sept |
WBOP 7’s Tournament |
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16 Sept |
WBOP Speech competition – Yr 5-6 at Greenpark School |
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17 Sept |
WHOLE SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY
– Rata Pod |
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20 Sept |
BOT Meeting in Board room 7pm – all welcome |
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22,23 Sept |
SENIOR SCHOOL PRODUCTION. |
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24 Sept |
LAST DAY OF TERM. |
New Entrants:
A reminder to parents who have children who will be turning 5 years old during 2010, it would be most helpful if you would contact the school so that we can plan for their enrolment.
Some parents turn up on their child’s 5th birthday ready to start their child and we haven’t been able to organise pre-visits. We also need to plan when we will start up new classes, which is difficult when we have not been notified of over half our enrolments.
Please help us to help your child have an enjoyable start to their schooling.
WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES:
2:20 pm in the school hall.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Parents and Caregivers of Town Bus children:
As from Term 3, Go Bus Te Puke will be offering a `term pass’ for sale.
This will be at a cost of $65:00 per term per child.
There will still be the single tickets at $1:00 per trip
The 10 ride concession tickets for $8:00
And now the term pass for $65:00.
Please ask the driver if you would like
to purchase a term pass.
Netball Draw – Saturday July 24th, please be early. Let your coach or manager know if you are unavailable. Keep practising and up-skilling. Remember the netballs are in Mrs Jepsen’s office if you want to practise at playtime or lunchtime.
9am to 10am:
- Ct 1: Maketu Magic v Fairhaven Flyers
- Ct 2: Paengaroa Blazers v Fairhaven Sting
- Ct 3: Fairhaven Magic v Fairhaven Angels
- Ct 4: Fairhaven Ferns v Paengaroa Acers
Jackson Hollinshead presents the ball for All Blacks in Auckland.
On the 10th July Jack ran the ball on to the field for the All Blacks vs South Africa game at Eden Park, Auckland.
Jack was given the privilege of running the ball on to the field for
the All Black vs Sth Africa game in Auckland from his Aunt who
won the prize through a Coca-Cola competition. The prize included
an All Black outfit (socks,boots,shorts and rugby jersey) for Jack
along with being flown to Auckland with his parents. Jack and his
dad went to the side line to watch the warm ups before he ran
out on the field. Jack also met and had his picture taken with
Anthony Borich. This was an experience of a lifetime for Jack
which he thoroughly enjoyed – much to the envy of every rugby
loving fan at Fairhaven School.
Scholastic Book Orders close Wednesday (28th) next week.
Please send all orders to the office.
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools – Each year we enter our top academic students in the ICAS exams. These tests are administered throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The awards are calculated on the results of all students sitting the test. The Science results for 2010 are as follows.
Congratulations to Jacob Tinning (Year 4) who achieved a Distinction certificate. (Top 10%).
Year 4 students awarded a Credit certificate (top 20 %) – Hamish Dwan, Hollie Winch, Rosa Dunlop. Year 5 students awarded a Credit certificate – Liam Donnelly, Connor Dowling, Hauata Jepsen, Cristian Hansen. Year 6 students awarded a Credit certificate – Keegan Connelly, Tanner Allen, Jed Nicholson, Parminder Kaur, Cody Gibson, Daniel Courtis. Well done to all students who participated in the tests.