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Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Carterton School Newsletter 4 – 4 November 2014

Child's Name.........………….. Rm#…..........

Dear Parents and Caregivers

This week we have the Education Review Office team of three with us at school. They are looking at every aspect of school operation. Today they are spending time in the classrooms and meeting with teachers and school leaders. It is such a pleasure to be able to have a few days to reflect on the wonderful things that have happened, are happening and will happen at Carterton School. Yesterday the school gave a wonderful welcome to the team with a powhiri in the hall. A special mention to Hāmiora G from R6 who spoke for us - he was amazing! Well done to all of the school community for making our special visitors feel so welcome from the first minute they arrived.

Tonight: Tuesday 4th November 6-7pm, Whānau Consultation Hui: we would like to share our journey, achievements and korero about our tamariki. ERO have been invited and they will be very interested to hear the developments in our school and talk to whānau about our successes, relationships and our journey. It would be great to see as many of you as possible to share our journey and feedback with them.

Pacific Island dance will be on this Wednesday in the hall at 12:00. We will be showing our two fantastic dances at an upcoming assembly.

Athletics sports Friday 7 November Carrington Park - Whanau are invited to come and enjoy the fun, events start from 9.30. Postponement day Thursday 13 November.

TIMETABLE

9.15 am Assemble seated in House Groups (At start / finish line of track)

Distance Races 9.30 - 10 .00 am

Round 1 10.00 - 10.30 am

Round 2 10.30 - 11.00 am

Round 3 11.00 - 11.30 am

Round 4 11.30 - 12.00 pm

Lunch 12.00 - 12.45 pm

Round 5 12.45 - 1.15 pm

Round 6 1.15 - 1.45 pm

Interhouse relays 1.45 - 2.10 pm

ORGANISATION

There are to be 6 rounds as below. (Read along the line to work out each groups' next event.

STARTING GROUP EVENT ROUND

		1	2	3	4	5	6
Yr 8	Sprints S	V	S	H	G	L	T
Yr 7	High Jump H	H	G	L	T	V	S
Yr 6	Small Ball Game G	L	T	V	S	H	G
Yr 5	Long Jump L	T	V	S	H	G	L
Yr 4	Throws: Quoits T	S	H	G	L	T	V
Yr 3	Vortex V	G	L	T	V	S	H

PTA Uniform Shop – A mobile uniform shop will be open at Athletics on Friday at the sports fields. Come and check us out there! LOTS of bargains to be had.

Recycle your lunch order containers, forks and lunch order paper bags in the green box by Rm 12. A new winner will be drawn out at the next whole school assembly.

Respect our environment by putting rubbish in the correct rubbish bins.

Respect our environment and our beautiful school by picking up the rubbish in your rubbish area daily.

Carterton School Home Garden Competition is underway. Keep working on your gardens at home and recording what you do in your diary. Judging is in a couple of weeks. Happy Gardening!

Kapahaka Tuakana and Ākonga Māori: Ruma ono - Kia ora koutou, ngā mihi nui ki ngā whanau! Your tamariki were absolutely amazing at the kapahaka festival! What a brilliant performance and brilliant behaviour...6 and a half hours we were at the festival and they were awesome the whole time. To us, Kapahaka is about celebrating our culture and kotahitanga – unity, and that is exactly what our tamariki did last Thursday… joining together as one and striving for excellence, participating to the best they can be. They have stood strong, even when they find the learning challenging. Everyone’s special qualities, and everyone’s contribution was amazing! United together as one, with everyone putting great effort, commitment and love into their performing, working hard, and enjoying what we do – this is what makes us so strong and there was such amazing energy and passion that touched everyone’s heart, and we are all very proud of our brilliant performances! Thank you tamariki and whanau for making the day such a special and amazing one for us all! You were all absolutely amazing! Tumeke koutou katoa! Whaea Lesley

Video of the Kapahaka Festival - The day was filmed by Mario Geremia and he will be selling copies of the DVD. He will be selling the DVDs individually for $25.00 and your school will be on one or the other (the powhiri will be on both), or you can purchase the whole day for $35.00. Please contact Mario directly on mardi53@hotmail.com or call him on 378 8349.

This Friday 7th November: Ākonga Māori and Kapahaka Tuakana are performing at Ron Marks Farewell, and the changing of Carterton Mayors. Haka powhiri and Performing at the Event Centre. I apologise for the short notice, I was only made aware of the date change last Thursday. This is a very special invitation and honour for us, so I hope they are all able to be there! We need to be at the Events Centre at 5.15 to get into our costumes, ready for 6pm start, and about 7pmish finish with supper. Ngā mihi nui, Lesley Standish Ph 379 5547; 0274501554

Important Zone information - At a recent Board of Trustees meeting the board identified that it is likely there will be places available at all year levels for 2015, but not an equal amount in each year group. This enrolment period is for all enrolments for 2015. (ie new entrants through the year and any other year group to enrol at the start of 2015)

The procedure for applying for places is:

Please contact the office for an application form for an out of zone place/s. The close off for applications will be 3.00pm, Friday 7^th November. If the number of applications received is greater than the number of places available, a ballot will be necessary. The order of priority will be as follows:

1. Siblings of current student 2. Siblings of former students

3. Children of former students 4. Children of Board employees

5. All other children

Please be aware, the only aspect of an enrolment scheme the Board has any power over, is to identify whether there are places available or not. The way this is done and the process for new enrolments is all set in legislation, which we have to follow. Formal notification of how to apply for these places will also be in the local paper (Midweek and Wairarapa News) over the coming week.

Prize Giving Cups – Please return any cups you have at home to school ready for this year’s Prize Giving. Thank you.

Remember if you have any nominations for people doing amazing things in and around our school and community fill in the JNS nomination form and put it into the green mailbox (house) in the office area. Remember is could be a student, staff or parent.

The Carterton Town and Country Garden Trail is on Sunday 16th November and Team Kahikatea and Team Kowhai will be running a food stall at two gardens as part of their fundraising. So parents, grandparents, family and friends of students in these teams please start thinking about what you can bake to help with this fundraising. You may like to contribute time by helping on the stall for an hour or two. Team Kahitatea and Kowhai students have taken home a notice so please fill it in and return it to Room 12 by Friday.

Remember to walk, bike and scoot to school when you can. It is so good for you and the environment.

CartertonTown & Country Garden Trail - Sunday 16 November from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. 11 town and country gardens. Tickets from school office - $25. Free tickets for anyone who volunteers to sit at a garden gate for two hours on the day – Phone 379 4010.

Gardeners Raffle – Please help by sending garden related donations to the school office. It could be a pack of seeds, gloves, watering can, plants, secateurs, garden fork & trowel, pots, planters, garden ornaments, books, etc. Many thanks for supporting your school. Tickets are $2 ea or 3 for $5 and available from the school office or on the day at the gardens.

The WAI Foodbank drive is on Wednesday 19th November. We are looking for older students for runners to help collect the donations of food along Carterton streets. The collectors will meet at Carterton Fire Station at 5:15pm. If you would like to help with this please ring Megan Gray 379 5503 after 3:30pm. Thank you!

Cancelled! Due to low ticket sales the Carterton Kindergarten Ballentynes fundraiser has been cancelled.

Anchors Aweigh with Orchestra Wellington – Pirate Theme – 3.00 pm 22 November at Wairarapa College. Adults $15, Child $8. Tickets from Carterton Events Centre. Dress up as Pirates encouraged! Suitable for children 2-8 years.

Yours sincerely

Alison Woollard,

Principal

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Carterton School Newsletter 2 – 21 October 2014

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Dear Parents and Caregivers

What a fabulous start to Term 4 – the weather has given everyone a lift. Adults and students are enjoying the freedom of getting outside for playtimes, athletics practice and parts of their leaning programme. Don’t forget – you are welcome to come into school at any time to join in the programme. Just sign in at the office and then head to class!

On our first whole school get together of this term our school leaders were acknowledged – they were awarded ‘School leader’ badges to wear on their polo shirts. So many of our children have the opportunity to take a leadership role at our school, it is wonderful to see them grow in confidence as the years go by. Congratulations to the following student who are exemplary leaders this year: *Phaegan Hall (house captain and Health Promoting School [HPS] leader). * Matthew Scott (house captain and kapahaka leader). *Holly Hicks (House captain). *Jake McMahon (House captain). *Shaeya McPhee (House captain). *Sam Cadwallader (House captain, HPS, and a school ambassador). *Rosalie Bos (Jump Jam leader). *Rebecca Johnson (HPS leader). *Leana Malcolm-Rzoska (Jump Jam and HPS leader). *William Renall (Kapahaka leader and school ambassador.) *Sam Parker (Kapahaka leader). *Lachie Alecock (Kapahaka leader). *Reihana Grant (Kapahaka leader). *Olivia Cadwallader (Jump Jam and Kapahaka leader and school ambassador.) * Jorja Button (Kapahaka leader). *Kallum Pike (House captain). *Amelia Butcher (Jump Jam, Kapahaka, HPS leader. House captain and school ambassador.)

A new role this year is the ‘school ambassador’. These four students (Sam, Amelia, Olivia and William) will be those we call on to meet and greet visitors, represent the school at events etc. They are amazing students who make a wonderful contribution to our school.

No doubt our ambassadors will be busy in week 4 this term when the Education Review Office team come to spend a few days with us, 3-6 November. The team will meet with staff, students, BOT and families. A schedule of their meetings will be published in next weeks newsletter soon. We really look forward to the opportunity to sharing the fantastic things that are happening at Carterton School with the team.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Pet Day last Friday. It was a great morning. Our children are so caring and thoughtful with their animals. They were all a credit to you. There was an amazing array of pets on show – including ducklings, goats, puppies, birds, cats, dogs, lambs, calves. Thanks for your involvement and support of this special, wonderful traditional school day. Thanks to Lesley Kennedy for her awesome organisation!

School organisation for 2015. With the changes to staffing and roll numbers this year it is likely that there will be a slightly different organisation for 2015. We have a large number of new entrants already on the list for 2015 start. We have many fantastic opportunities coming up, with digital learning and student inquiry as a focus for 2015. Teachers and the BOT have started planning exciting developments. The Board are planning a get together with you to let you know about what is coming up in the future, and to hear your views and ideas, later this term.

Thank you to the parents how have put their names forward as being interested in becoming BOT members. The board is meeting this week to discuss their next steps in filling the current vacancy.

Our next LIVE radio programme will be aired on Thursday 30 November. This is a wonderful hour of entertainment professionally planned, prepared and presented by our students with the help of Access Radio. Check out the school web site for a link to the podcast if you miss the first airing.

School uniform reminders – It is fantastic to see almost every one with a navy sun hat on. We have decided that hats must be worn whenever we are outside after 9.30am. We often do Jump Jam and fitness at the start of the day and hats can be a bit tricky then. Anyone without a hat has to sit on the deck outside R7. Any tights worn under skirts etc should be navy blue – and not have any patterns / decorations of them. Our second hand uniform shop has lots of very cheaply priced items for sale if you need to top up.

We always like to talk to you and hear from you about your children’s learning. At the moment teachers are contacting some of their parents to complete a survey about this. If you would like to be involved as well please contact your child’s teacher or leave a message at the office.

The next series of Reading Together sessions will start next Wednesday at 1:45 in Room 1. Parents who have completed this in Term 2 have noticed huge progress in their child’s reading and are enjoying reading with their children. Please contact Wendy Taylor at school if you are interested in attending or come along on Wednesday. I look forward to seeing you there.

Pet Day Cups – Please return your cups to the school office so we can get them engraved for you!

Nurse Judi’s Coffee Club is on this Thursday 23 October from 9-10 am.

JUMP JAM EXTRAVAGANZA Tuesday 28 October

Come and see our boys and girls Jump Jam Teams perform. The girls teams will be competing at the National Competition in a couple of weeks time. Only a gold coin entry fee to witness a wonderful extravaganza of young dancing talent. 6PM Come and have dinner 7PM performance. See Ms Taia in the studio for further details.

Jump Jam Limited Tickets Raffle: Be in to win a Portrait Photography Sitting with the amazing Liz Rikiti Photographer. There are only 100 tickets @ $5 each. They will be for sale at the Extravaganza Night on Tuesday 28 October.

Sports tops still outstanding from last term-numbers 25, 27, 28, 62, 63, 74, 81, 89, 92 and 115. Please return asap to Mr B.

Parents/Caregivers of Rooms 1,2,3,4,&5 students reminder. Our marae and mountain trip is next Wed( 29 Oct). Have you returned the permission slip and $5 to cover costs?

Te Kapahaka o Taratahi—Rōpu Tuakana - Kia Ora Whānau, family and friends,

This week: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th October

In preparation for our performance at the Wairarapa Kapahaka Festival, End of year award ceremony, and Performance to Councillors, we will be having a Wananga at Hurunui o Rangi marae in Gladstone. This is a great opportunity to prepare for our performance and further develop our students skills and knowledge in kapahaka performing arts. We are constantly looking at ways we can strengthen our tamariki links with their culture, language and identity. We will be having day trips and not staying overnight this year.

Thursday 30th October: we are performing at the Wairarapa kapahaka festival about 9.15 in Featherston at the town hall.. It’s important for the tamariki to have as much whanau support at the performance, so we hope you are able to come and see their performance at the festival. They have all worked so hard this year.

December 4th or 11th we will be performing at the Councillors Christmas party and Ron Mark’s farewell. It will be in the evening...details to come. Whichever of these dates is not Ron’s farewell, we will be having our kapahaka performance and celebration evening and this will be in our school hall.

4th November ERO visit to Carterton School this week. They will be very keen to see the developments in our school and talk to whanau about progress/ relationships etc..there will be a whanau consultation hui on Tuesday 4th November 6pm to share our ideas/ thoughts etc to ERO. It would be great to have as many of you as possible there to feedback to them .

We appreciate your continued support of the Carterton School Kapahaka group. Nga mihi nui,

Whaea Lesley Standish (Home: Ph 379 5547; 0274501554)

Breakfast Club each Monday & Thursday from 8.15 to 8.45 am. All Carterton School students are welcome to come along for free toast, weetbix and a cold/warm milo.

Home Gardens - We will meet on Friday the 24^th October at 3:10 to pot up some seedlings. If you would like to come and pot up some seedling to add to your garden please meet at the potting shed. If you have any questions please come and see Mrs MacGregor in Room 12.

Book Club - Please return your orders to the school office by Friday 24 October.

CartertonTown & Country Garden Trail - Sunday 16 November from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. 11 town and country gardens. Tickets from school office - $25.

Free tickets for anyone who volunteers to sit at a garden gate for two hours on the day – Phone 379 4010.

Gardeners Raffle – As an additional fundraiser we will provide a wheelbarrow full of garden related items to be raffled off on the day. Please help by sending along donations to the school office. It could be a pack of seeds, gloves, watering can, plants, secateurs, garden fork & trowel, pots, planters, garden ornaments, books, etc. Many thanks for supporting your school.

PTA Christmas Raffle – The PTA is asking for donations for its annual Christmas stocking raffle. New items required, e.g. Xmas wrap, tinned fruits, crackers, chocolates, toys, books etc. : Please bring these in to the school office by Friday 31^st October. Tickets will go on sale 17^th November and close on 3^rd December. The raffle will be drawn on Monday 8^th December. Money raised from ticket sales is used for the children of Carterton School.

Thank you to those who have nominated Carterton School when using North Fuels – we have received $284.12 from their Fuel for Schools Programme.

Coming home with today’s newsletter is the PTA Avon Sun Safe Fundraiser form. 20% of all sales will come to the school.

Sth Wairarapa Group Day for lambs and calves will be held on Tuesday 28 October at Clareville A & P Showgrounds, Chester Rd, Carterton. Registration from 9.00 am with judging starting at 10.00 am sharp. $3 per entry. Contact Linda Smith 06 307 7792 or lindacsmith@xtra.co.nz for more information.

Rainbow Light Party - Friday 31st October 5:30-7:30pm at Carterton School. Gold Coin Donation Entry. 0-13yrs, Under 5’s Need A Parent. All Parents Welcome To Stay. Come In Any Costume . No Spooky Costumes Please. Carterton Combined Churches Council Event. Fun, Games, Disco, Dinner and more. Phone Lorna 379-8325 for more Info.

Yours sincerely

Alison Woollard,

Principal

Carterton School Newsletter 3 – 28 October 2014

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Dear Parents and Caregivers

We have been celebrating a lot of successes this term already! Congratulations to the students who were awarded ‘Student of the week’ certificates last week at assembly, these children have been demonstrating our 3Rs by working hard, supporting others and showing respect around our school and in the community. We also celebrated our basketball teams success and academic excellence of some students who took part in the ‘Australian Competitions’. Several of you will also have received a ‘3Rs postcard’ in your post box – staff are acknowledging children who are consistently demonstrating the 3Rs by sending a surprise post card to you.

Out of school, two of our sports stars have achieved fabulous success in soccer. Jonty S (Rm 11) and Nahum M (Rm 11) have both been selected for the Ole Football Academy in Wellington . This takes a lot of commitment as they have training several times a week. Fantastic news boys! Congratulations!

New look web site! Since her return to work Raewyn Harnden has been working on an update of our school web site. The site has up to date information and a calendar of school events to help keep you informed. There are also links to the class blogs where you can keep up to date with what is happening in the classrooms. All school organisation information is accessible through the site. Newsletters will be automatically updated onto the site. We welcome feedback – is there anything else you might like to see on our web site? www.carterton.school.nz

Next week the Education Review Office team of three will be here from Monday lunch time to Wednesday afternoon. They are looking at all aspects of school life and have meetings with the BOT, staff and students. They will attend the whānau hui on Tuesday evening and may like to talk with another small group of parents. We will let you know if we need some available parents / whānau nearer the time! It will be exciting to share our wonderful school and our work with the team.

Last week we become aware of a cyber-safety issue that occurred last term with an inappropriate person (adult) contacting a student via a gaming / messaging site (this happened at home but a message came in during school time). Related sites have been blocked at school. We have re visited our cyber safety rules with all children, talking them through the agreement signed at the beginning of the year. It is really important that we all tell children that if they see or hear anything they are unsure online of they MUST tell an adult as soon as possible. If you have any questions or need any advice please feel free to contact us at school. The web site www.netsafe.org.nz gives lots of tips for managing the internet with young people.

The procedure for applying for places is:

1. Siblings of current student 2. Siblings of former students

3. Children of former students 4. Children of Board employees

5. All other children

Welcome to two new BOT members who have been co-opted onto the Board. They are Melissa Woodhouse (mum of Jackson R13, Mitchell R12 & Mason Rm 4) and Matthew Spicer (dad of Jonty in the studio). It was fantastic to have several parents put their names forward to become part of the BOT. Thank you for your commitment to our school.

Events coming up: Tomorrow – Team Kawakawa day visit.

Thursday – Kapahaka Festival at Featherston.

Live Radio recording. 7pm Team Matai camp meeting.

JUMP JAM EXTRAVAGANZA: Come down to school tonight and have dinner before you sit back and enjoy the show (See flyer with full details)).6pm Food for sale, cost gold coin(s) 7pm Show begins (gold coin entry) Bring your whanau, family, friends. Our teams leave on Friday 3 Oct to travel to the North Island regional competition in Tauranga. Big thanks to our sponsors, New World Carterton, Trust House and Our PTA for their fantastic support in our fund raising efforts!

The next series of Reading Together sessions will start on Wednesday (tomorrow) at 1:45 in Room 1. Parents who have completed this in Term 2 have noticed huge progress in their child’s reading and are enjoying reading with their children. Please contact Wendy Taylor at school if you are interested in attending or come along on Wednesday. I look forward to seeing you there.

Carterton School Radio Show – Our latest broadcast will be on this Sunday at 2.15 pm on ArrowFM 92.7. Please support our school and listen to your children on the radio show. It will be repeated Thursday 6 November at the same time.

Team Matai Parent Meeting for Camp Kaitoke – On this Thursday evening from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm in the Studio. All welcome – Parents coming to camp – see you there. Lesley Kennedy.

Congratulations to Mahi Pai winners Jack B Rm 11, Ashley L Rm 12, Meg C Ruma ono, Zavier Rm 11, Tai B Rm 3, Caius M Rm 9, Maggie K Rm 4.

Pet Day Cups – Please return your cups to the school office so we can get them engraved for you!

Parents/Caregivers of Rooms 1,2,3,4,&5 students reminder. Our marae and mountain trip is tomorrow Wed ( 29 Oct). Have you returned the permission slip and $5 to cover costs?

Kapahaka Tuakana Wananga at Hurunui o Rangi Marae: Last Thursday and Friday. I was greatly impressed by the excellent commitment, participation and energy all the tamariki put into their learning. They worked extremely hard with great passion and enthusiasm. The singing started as soon as we got on the bus Thursday morning, and didn’t end until they got off the bus back at school on Friday. What an amazing group of tamariki!

Carterton School Kapa haka Tuakana Group and Akonga Maori are performing at the Wairarapa REAP Primary Schools Kapahaka Festival. This Thursday 30th October: Held at the Anzac Hall Featherston. The group will travel together by bus, to Featherston. This festival is a great opportunity to share and celebrate ours and others learning in kapahaka performing arts. We will perform some of the waiata and haka that we have been learning this year in Kapahaka, and also watch other schools perform what they have been learning. We will return to school by 2.50 pm (earlier if the weather is wet). All the tamariki need to be at school by 8 am, and meet in the hall to put on costumes and moko as we won’t get the time when we arrive in Featherston. Your help with costumes and moko would be greatly appreciated. The bus will be leaving school at 8.30 am to ensure that we arrive in time for the powhiri and ready to perform at 9.15 (Akonnga Māori) and 9.30 (Tuakana). Children will need to return the permission slip to enable them to attend the festival. The school will be paying for the bus cost.

Kapahaka tamariki will need to wear their Carterton School uniform and bring their morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, water bottle, sunhat (there will be some food for sale). Costumes will be provided for the day (Black or dark navy blue shorts can be worn under costumes, as long as they are not too long or visible). Tamariki can wear their own pounamu or taonga if they have one. Girls need to have their hair half up, half down—any uncertainty about this then bring hair tie and brush to school and we will do it for them.

Our performances are scheduled for 9.15 (Akonga Māori) and 9.30 (Tuakana) . We would love to have whanau and friends come to watch, shout out and support us! Please note that doors to the hall will be open for 5minutes between performances, and then closed. You will not be able to leave or enter during a performance. The children have been specially selected to perform and are representing the school, so excellent behaviour is expected at all times. We appreciate your continued support of the Carterton School Kapahaka and look forward to our performance on Thursday. Whaea Lesley Standish (Cell: 0274 501554. Home: 379 5547)

CartertonTown & Country Garden Trail - Sunday 16 November from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. 11 town and country gardens. Tickets from school office - $25. Free tickets for anyone who volunteers to sit at a garden gate for two hours on the day – Phone 379 4010.

Gardeners Raffle – We will provide also raffle a wheelbarrow full of garden related items. Please help by sending along garden related donations to the school office. It could be a pack of seeds, gloves, watering can, plants, secateurs, garden fork & trowel, pots, planters, garden ornaments, books, etc. Many thanks for supporting your school. Tickets are $2 ea or 3 for $5 and available from the school office or on the day at the gardens.

Dalefield School and Carterton Kindergarten joint fundraiser – Ballentynes Fashion Show on Wednesday 5 November from 7.00-9.00 pm at Ballentynes, 155 Queen St, Masterton. Come and join us for an evening of fun. Supper and drink provided, spot prizes provided by Ballentynes - $10 per ticket from Dalefield School, Carterton Kindergarten or door sales on the night.

The WAI Foodbank drive is on Wednesday 19th November and they are looking for older students to be runners to help collect the donations of food along Carterton streets. The collectors are meeting at the Carterton Fire Station at 5:15pm. If you would like to help with this drive please ring Megan Gray on 379 5503 after 3:30pm to let her know you are interested in helping. Thank you!

Yours sincerely

Alison Woollard,

Principal