Contact us: Ph 342 7783 November 5th www.russley.school.nz 2014 Text student absences to 0279 16 17 18 Monday 10 Nov Pizza orders close 9am BoT meeting 7.30pm Tues 11 Nov Thurs 13 Nov Fri 14 Nov Show Day holiday Wed 19 Nov Pita Pit orders close 9am Fri 21 Nov Pita Pit lunch 12.30pm Wed 26 Nov Market Day Fri 28 Nov School accounts to be paid Wed 3 Dec Centrals athletic champs, Ashburton Wed 10 Dec Junior Folk Dance 6.00pm 1-12 December Swimming lessons for Teams 1 & 2 Fri 12 December Prizegiving assembly, 9am NOTE THIS NEW DATE for Zone Athletics, Burnside (previously Wed 12 Nov) PTA meeting 7.30pm NOTE THIS NEW DATE for Pizza lunch (previously advertised as 11 Nov) Tue 16 December Year 8 semi-formal 6.30pm Thu 18 December Year 8 graduation 11am School closes 1.00pm More photos available at http://1drv.ms/1zmthci Dear Parents and Caregivers We value the positive partnership we have between our school and parent community. It is important to us that we regularly gather and use information about the needs, wishes and aspirations of parents and whānau, to enhance children’s learning. Parent Survey We appreciate the information we have recently received from the Parent Survey on Uniform and Christian Educa tion. The Board of Trustees will analyse the results and report back to the community shortly. Parent Information Thank you also for the information we received about children’s class placements for 2015. Teaching staff are working through the process of class organisation at present. It is a complex process — a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. Strategic Planning Each NZ school has a charter that identifies the strategic goals and direction for the school. It is a key planning document that sets out a school's objectives and targets, and identifies how the school aims to achieve these. The Russley School Board of Trustees is currently undertaking a strategic planning process. The aim is to develop strategic goals that will guide the school’s direction for the next 5 years. An important part of the process is to consult widely. We will shortly be inviting you to contribute ideas. Faye Le Cren [email protected] The following children have earned awards this fortnight. Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend the awards ceremony in the hall on Friday 7th November at 9.00am. Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Room 9 Yasmin Weenink, Grace Rutledge Siobhan Mehrtens, Zoe Burgess Rei Miyamoto, Olivia Cadenhead Joshua O’Halloran, Emily Mullally Sakura Ward, Izak Koster Baylee Law-Mitchell, Tamati Te Aho Bridget Egan, Farren Stewart Timothy Viljoen, Jessica Balloch Hunter Harwood, Sophia Tan Room 10 Room 11 Room 12 Room 13 Room 14 Room 15 Room 16 Room 17 Room 18 Noah Dierckx, Ella Spyve Xavier Simmons, Hamish McEwen Hamish Wilkin, Abigail Viljoen Riley Te Ao, Lana Chapman Ruby Jones-Johnston, Ayaan Verma Samantha Reed, Toby Orr Fiona Xu, Madisyn Cranstoun Shikaya Martin, Madeleine Hicks Noel Ham, Kelvin Zhen Russley’s ‘Star Student’ is Timothy Viljoen (Room 8) whose portrait will be exhibited in the office. Give your parents a break from making school lunches next Thursday (the day before Show Day) by ordering a student pizza for lunch! PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS CHANGED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED DUE TO ZONE ATHLETICS NOW BEING ON TUESDAY (we didn’t want our athletes to miss out on pizza!) Orders must be in by Monday 9.00am! Russley School has selected a group of 28 of its 2015 senior students to attend a GRIP leadership conference later this month. This one-day event for student leaders is being held throughout NZ for the first time and focuses on equipping student leaders with practical ideas and skills which will allow them to make a significant contribution to their schools. GRIP is a values driven organisation. The core values represent the heartbeat of all GRIP leadership staff and volunteers: *GENEROSITY: Willingness to use what time and resources you have been given on behalf of those you seek to influence. *RESPONSIBILITY: We all have a responsibility to develop what we have and help others to live well. *INTEGRITY: A commitment to truth and honesty in dealings. *PEOPLE: Every human being is of great significance, and has a purpose to fulfil. Conference details are available at www.gripleadership.co.nz School accounts to be settled by Nov 28th please! Russley School Dates 2014 Show Day Term 4 Fri 14 November (public holiday) ends Thurs 18 Dec at 1.00pm Russley School Dates 2015 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 All classes start Monday 2nd Feb Mon 20 April to Fri 3 July Mon 20 July to Fri 25 September Mon 12 October to Thu 17 Dec RUSSLEY ABSENCES Txt 0279 16 17 18 Phone 342 7783 It is lovely to hear of the success of former Russley students who continue to live by the Russley mission statement of ‘promoting personal best’ years after they have graduated from Russley School. Amy Ga Hee Lee (2004-2007) has been awarded the title of National Young Performer of the year. At the recent Performing Arts Competition Association awards in Palmerston North, Amy won first place in Pianoforte, winning herself a $5,000 tuition grant. These annual arts awards are considered the pinnacle of achievement for many young artists. Amy is currently studying in Year 13 at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School and is planning to go to medical school when she graduates at the end of this year. Gendi Roberts (2003-2009) won the Cross Cup at the Burnside High graduation ceremony last evening. This award recognises a Year 13 student who has succeeded in the face of adversity. Gendi plans to study at Otago University next year. Sam King (2011-2013) has won a sports scholarship to Christ’s College. The Somes Sports Scholarship is usually awarded in Year 11 or 12, but in exceptional circumstances may be awarded in Year 9. The scholarship is recognition of Sam’s exceptional sporting talent, particularly in athletics, cross country and soccer. Sam graduated from Russley last year and will start at Christ’s College at the beginning of 2015. Thank you to the Russley raffle winner who RUSSLEY HUG! kindly donated back to the school a $500 prize of petrol vouchers won in the PTA raffle! We are blown away by your generosity! Russley School seeks home-stays for Korean adult students visiting from Gongju University for five weeks in Term 1 from January 23rd to February 28th. Families will receive a homestay fee of $240/week. Families keen to host student teachers should email [email protected] to register their interest. Russley Athletic Sports Congratulations PINEHURST— your house earned the most points! Second by only THREE points was Bentley, third place to Woodbury and fourth place to Cutts. The score has pushed PINEHURST to the top of the 2015 leader board. There are only a few more opportunities to gain house points before the winning HOUSE OF 2014 is announced at the prize giving assembly in December. Athletics results are online at www.russley.school.nz and photos are at http://1drv.ms/1zmthci More than 70 Russley students qualified for Zones to be held at Burnside on Tuesday. Water Polo The Russley squad did us proud when it competed at the South Island Water Polo Champs in Dunedin last weekend. Russley competed strongly enough to make it to the final round, playing off for third and fourth in B-grade. The team played valiantly, in fact one parent described the players’ effort in the final game as ’playing their hearts out’ but Russley was narrowly beaten for bronze at the final whistle. Overall the team was thrilled with its performance. Congratulations to Joel Nicholls who won MVP. Big thanks to coach Paul Abraas and manager Rochelle Morrison. Gymnastics Rhythmic gymnasts, Ananya Mandal (Year 6) and Emily Sidaway (Year 7) recently represented Canterbury in the NZ National Gymsports Championships in Auckland. Ananya finished 9th in NZ and Emily 16th in NZ in their individual levels. Ananya also picked up a 2nd place group medal. HOUSE POINTS SUMMARY Running Congratulations to cross country runner, Monica Koster, who won the children’s 5km mountain run — part of the Hard Labour series of events — held at Twizel during Labour Weekend. 1161 1123 1313 1141 Congratulations to the Russley School Choir which sang in the Primary Schools’ Festival on Friday evening. It was the 75 th Year that the Festival has been held in Christchurch and the theme was War and Peace. The choir not only sang well but looked immaculate in their performance uniforms. Congratulations to the members of the Special Groups who performed each night of the Festival. Concert Band Daniel Chong Junior Choir Daisy Sellier, Kaylee Truong, Ramah Almazroui, Isaac Paul, Avalon Te Haara-Barr, Sylvie Yee, Kara Visser, Arien Rassoul-Khomeini, Natasha Senior, Mya Te Aho Senior Choir Melanie Bryant, Hannah Smith, Emily Moon, Matilda Sellier, Karmen Truong, Ruadri Lonie Congratulations to Melanie Bryant (photo at left) who was selected for the Junior Choir in 2011 & 2012 and the Senior Choir for 2013 &2014 and was presented with a 4 Year Medal. Melanie’s photo was on the big screen at the Horncastle Arena for the three nights of the Festival and we were very proud of her. It was also good to see that Amy Lee, an ex-pupil of Russley School was the Assistant Conductor of the Primary Schools’ Music Festival Orchestra. Avalon Te Haara-Barr has been invited to be one of twelve Year 5/6 students who will form the choir at the YMCA Carols By Candlelight Concert which is held on Christmas Eve and attracts a crowd of about 45,000. Sincere thanks to Elizabeth Muschamp and Chris Walker for coordinating many hours of choir rehearsals over the past months. Thank you for generously sharing your talents and time. Russley School recently hosted a poetry event promoting the annual publication of A Treasury of NZ Poems for Children which celebrates poetry for and by children. More than 200 students from throughout Canterbury attended, including former Russley student Caleb Stewart (Year 8, 2013) whose poem entitled ‘The Poet’ was published in The Treasury alongside work by Paula Green, Margaret Mahy, Joy Cowley and Katherine Mansfield. Caleb presented his poem alongside Russley winners of recent poetry competitions, Anthony Cooper, Jordyn Hasselberg, Jayda Stryder, Emily Mullally, Thomas Gaynor, Yash Naicker, Bridget Graham, Tyler Forster, Sacha Wilkin and Monica Koster. Photos at http://1drv.ms/1sLLz0p Many of Russley’s senior students who attend weekly technology classes at Kirkwood Intermediate have been recognised for their good work. The theme of the latest topic was ‘Dream and Discover’ with a student focus on learning how to develop a plan to construct something they have designed. This involved making decisions about managing time and how to review their progress. Many of the Russley seniors were nominated by the Kirkwood teachers for quality work and received Exceptional Effort Awards: Bailey MacDonald, Grace Rutledge, Kathryn Shearing, Zoe Burgess, Ashley Collins, Karmen Truong, Laura Hobbs, Riley Hunter, Raymond Lu, Ben Morris, Michaela James, Trinity Peterson, Jackson Rossiter-Campbell, Angela Yu, Daniel Chong, Cameron Connor, Ben Dierckx, Monica Koster, Courtney Law, Rei Miyamoto, Emily Moon, Joel Nicholls, Alisha Sangster, Matilda Sellier, Jayda Stryder, Oscar Abraas, Mera Bebawy, Archie Hann, Jordyn Hasselberg, Harriet Jermy, Lilly Forward, Rosie Goodman, Chelsea Gray, Andrew Liu, Samantha Henshaw, Hannah Smith, Caleb Jordan, Ruadri Lonie, Hazel Millar, Lily Renwick, Seth Simpson, Seven Te Haara-Barr, Jessica Yu. [email protected] www.facebook.com/RussleySchoolPta Russley Raffle Winners Thank you for your support of the Russley PTA raffle. The $3,800 raised will be spent on purchasing classroom furniture for students. 1st Prize of $550 Petrol vouchers - Jo Rogers of Ray White Metro Real Estate Won by an anonymous recipient who has kindly donated the prize to Russley School. Thank you so much! 2nd Prize of $500 of tuition - NumberWorks ‘n’ Words Burnside Won by K.Seawood, Christchurch 3rd Prize of Hair Services and Products valued at over $300 - Xibit Hair Studio Won by H.Falconer, Christchurch. Pita Pit Lunch Envelopes will be issued shortly. Orders close Wednesday 19 November 9.00am for lunch delivery on Friday 21st November. Christmas Gift Idea Children’s picture book and “Hornsnoggle Ferret” soft toy for sale for just $20 per set at the office. Next Meeting is Tuesday 11th November 7.30pm in the Russley staff room. All welcome. End of Year Picnic – Friday 5th December 5.00pm onwards. Russley Rascals On-site before-school and afterschool programme. Hourly rate $8. Phone Yvonne on 021 101 4163 or email [email protected] Avonhead-Russley Scouts Kea Club for girls and boys in Years 1-3 at our scout hall, Staveley St on Mondays, 4.30-5.30pm. For info, ph Morgan 3434364. 5 – 8 year old art classes with tutor Kate Morrison. A block of four classes starting Monday 10 November for four weeks. Maximum of 5 spaces available. $70 incl. materials and tutoring. To book, please phone 3517049 or 0221007644. Christ the King School Fair Come to our fair at 92 Greers Rd on Sunday 9 November 12pm-4pm. Homemade cakes and sweets, preserves and produce, plants and flowers. Plus craft, books, toys and clothes stalls, raffles, auctions, and a kids entertainment area. See you there! Dental Care in Summer Holidays The Community Dental Service will operate an emergency service over the school holidays to provide pain relief; not ‘routine’ treatment. Available weekday mornings from 5th—30th January. Phone for an appointment 0800 84 69 83. Free Introduction to Tennis Free session with leading coach, Shane Tainui at Avonhead Tennis Club, Crosbie Park. We supply racquets, kids just need sports shoes. Shane has a weekly group session over summer terms for $95. www.avonheadtennis.co.nz Avonhead Playcentre Every morning except Wednesdays. 166 Waimairi Rd. Phone 3587922. Westburn Brownies For 7-9 year old girls. Mondays 4.00-5.30pm. [email protected] Karate At Russley Thursday evenings. Phone Hayden 021 412212 or [email protected] Opportunity for Gifted Kids One Day School may be the answer for your gifted child. Open day is on Monday 10 November at Burnside Primary School, 96 Memorial Ave, Ilam. Session 1, 6-8 year olds, 9.15—11.45am. Session 2, 9-12 year olds, 12.30—2.45pm. $35 per family. www.nzcge.co.nz Egyptian Fiesta Bring your family to this fun food extravaganza. Enjoy Egyptian and Mediterranean food such as kofta, baked bread, meat sticks, shawerma, baklava and more. Venue: Coptic Orthodox Church, Nunweek Park, November 22nd from 11.00am to 4pm. Cash only; no Eftpos. Disclaimer: Russley School does not necessarily endorse the public notices advertised here.
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