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.

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.

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! 

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 tonight.

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.

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. 

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