“Birdman Covies” Mount Maunganui Primary School Orkney Road

Mount Maunganui Primary
School
Orkney Road
Mount Maunganui 3116
Phone: (07) 575 3960
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mtprimary.school.nz
Edition # 12 - Thursday 24th July 2014
“Birdman Covies”
Upcoming Events
July
August
21st to 25th
“Maori Language Week”
Monday 28th
Team Orkney Y6 Roadshow visit to Mt College
Thursday 7th
BOT Meeting at 7:30pm in the staffroom
Mt Intermediate / Mt Primary Community Evening at 6:30pm in the Mt Primary Hall
Beach Brilliance
Friday 8th
School Photos - new online ordering system
Tuesday 12th
ICAS Maths Test
Wednesday 13th
Baymaths Y6
Friday 15th
Jump Jam Fundraiser
Thursday 21st
Beach Brilliance
25th to 29th
“Car Free Week”
Monday 25th
North Island Primary and Intermediate school Ski Champs
Tuesday 26th
Mt Intermediate Parent Evening at 6:30pm in the Mt Intermediate School Hall
A note from Damien -
Kia ora koutou, as you will no doubt be aware this week is Maori language week. Hopefully your kids have
been home sharing how they have been celebrating this special week at our school.
I hope you all enjoyed time with your kids over the holidays. I heard of a few families who made it down to
the mountain for some skiing which was good. I know the weather around here wasn’t that great but
provided a good opportunity to read some books and snuggle up and watch some movies together.
It is my pleasure to welcome Lyn Redmond to our team here at Mount Primary. Lyn is taking our “old
entrants” who started in Room 4 with Miss Cassidy earlier this year. Lyn brings with her a wealth of skills
and experience and I know she will ensure the best possible learning for her Mounties.
Miss West is away this week, she is getting married and enjoying a little time away before she returns to
school next week. Miss MacDonald is teaching in Room 2 for this week, so welcome back Kirsty, enjoy your
time in Room 2.
I would like to offer a special welcome to all the new students we have
with us this term. Some have come from a long way away to come and
learn with us here at Mount Primary. So if you notice some new faces around
introduce yourself and please make our new students and their families feel
welcome.
Cheers
Damien
Class Photos — Friday 8th August
New Online Ordering System
This year our class photographs will be available
for you to view and order online with PhotoLife
Studios.
Your child will bring home an Online slip with their
unique Shoot Key detailed on it. This Shoot Key
will display all the photographs of your child. It is
then an easy process for you to shop online and
purchase the photographs you want.
If you place your order within three weeks of
receiving your Shoot Key you will receive free
delivery for your photo orders. PhotoLife has
agreed to despatch all the orders back to the
school and your child will bring their photographs
home.
Any orders placed after this three week period will
be sent directly to your specified delivery address
and will incur a $5.00 postage & packaging charge.
You will see this message when you go online to
view and order your photographs.
Please note: Sibling photos are not available
online. As in the past envelopes will be available
from the school office for these orders (prior
to photo day) and also if you do not have
internet access.
Please see Kath or Heather in the office for an
envelope if required, or if you have any queries.
Our Creative Curriculum
The focus for our creative curriculum this term is
“Where in the World”. It’s all about students
learning about other places in the world and how
people use, shape and interact with places. As
usual we will be creating opportunities for our
Mounties to come together as a whole school and to
share learning together.
Dance Afternoon - As part of our Creative
Curriculum Unit (Where in the World) we’re having
a Dance Afternoon on Tuesday 23rd September
(afternoon). More details to follow.
Weekly Quiz - Each week Mounties will be given a
question to answer. Ask your child what this week’s
question is.
PTA House Tees
House Tee Shirts are almost here. Thanks to Kath
and Heather in the office for collating all the sizes
we need and distributing these to all kids when
they arrive (hopefully in the next few days). This
has been a long time coming and has seen the input
of many people. I’d like to offer a big
thank you to anyone who has helped move
this project along.
Mr Bart
As I walked around the school over the holidays I
couldn’t help but smile. Mr Bart has our school
looking great! It’s clean and tidy, he has added
some mulch to ur gardens and tidied up around our
school in order to have it looking great for
when we returned to school. If you see
Bart around, give him a high five so he
knows we appreciate his hard work.
SNUP
Our school is currently undergoing a network
upgrade, this started over the holidays and will
conclude soon. This upgrade will further strengthen
our school’s wireless and fibre network and is
heavily subsidised by the Ministry of Education.
This is part of the Ministry’s support for 21st
century learning using web tools (like Reading Eggs)
the devices we are rolling out thanks to TECT and
our generous PTA, along with a range of other tools
to support and enhance engagement and learning.
Exciting times ahead!
A Big Thank You to
Daryl and Annette Wakefield from All Seasons
Tree Care for donating mulch for our school
gardens.
AIMS — Weaving
Grasshopper Soccer
Grasshopper Soccer starts up again next week from
Thursday 31st July. They will be running the
programme every Thursday afternoon at school and
they look forward to seeing the children there. If you
would like to enrol please contact
[email protected] or phone Chris on
5432183. Flyers are also available from the school
office.
Congratulations to:
Charlise Byrne who completed in
the Midlands Gymnastics
competition in Rotorua last
weekend and came first on the
beam and first overall in the Level
3 grade. Well done Charlise!
and
Emily Denyer came third in the
Cluster Spelling Bee last term.
Well done Emily!
and
Our Travel Safe committee who won the “Share with
Care” Radio ad competition.
We won a Noel Leeming voucher which will be put to
great use for our school (thanks).
Travelsmart
Travelsmart students will now run random days for
Feet First starting in Term 3.
Let’s make a difference and walk, bike, scooter every
day!
A message from the
New Zealand Police
I went to the Gold Coast
to learn about Australian
culture. This is perfect
for this term’s topic
“Where in the World?”
We will be learning
about other countries
and what makes them
different to ours.
School Parents Warned
Parents picking up or dropping off children in
and around Tauranga schools are being warned to
obey the road rules or receive a fine. Yesterday
Western Bay police launched a back to school
monitoring campaign, cracking down on dodgy
driving outside schools. The crackdown will
target primarily speeding drivers but also illegal
parking.
Tauranga Community Foodbank
Schools Appeal 2014
August 4th to August 8th
Boxes will be in the office foyer during this week.
Items they desperately need are:
Tin Fish, Tomato Sauce, Baking items, jellies/instant
puddings, Pasta, Cook in the pot/Vegetable bake
sachets, Toothpaste, Shampoo
Scholastic Book
orders close on
Friday 7th
August
Please make
cheques payable
to Scholastic