Rosemary Vivien Principal Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Auckland.

Telephone: 846 6340, Facsimile: 846 3997, Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale News 16 September 2010

Next issue: 14 October 2010

Principal’s Message Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni

hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Coin Trail Supporting Canterbury Post-earthquake

THANK YOU SO MUCH to our many

students, families and staff who

made a contribution to our coin

trail collection today. A grand total

of $470.00 was collected and

dropped off at an ASB collection

box yesterday, to be added to the

other contributions going to sup-

port Cantabrian families.

Thank you also to our teachers and

students who have made class sets of cards to send to the

students at Banks Avenue

School in Christchurch;

these will be sent to the

school today. Everyone has

gone to a great deal of trou-

ble to ensure that there will

be smiling faces when stu-

dents receive our cards. Our students have been involved

in discussions about the disaster this week with many

having questions about what would happen should an

earthquake occur in Auckland. This has been a very

thought-provoking time for us all.

School– Family Partnerships Survey

Our thanks go to the 109 parents/caregivers who have

completed our survey about reporting to date. This repre-

sented 23% of families in the school. A wide range of

views and ideas have been fed back to us; a great deal of

thought has gone into your considered responses and will

give us ideas to think about. Some of these we can act

upon and others we will not be able to take on board.

Examples of those which do not fit with the NZ Curricu-

lum are giving students a place in class and marks out of

100 for subjects. There will be further feedback early next

term (and on our website during the term break) as the

information you’ve given is summarised. Inside today’s

newsletter is a description of Reading Levels (PM/Probe)

which a number of respondents asked about. We do hope

you find this initial information useful.

The survey will remain open for your feedback until

Wednesday 22 September. Please check our website

for the link. Thank you!

As this is the last newsletter for Term Three, we wish

you all a safe and happy term break!

Rosemary Vivien, Principal

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Changes to our Newsletter Delivery

As of today, as previously notified, our newsletters will

only be emailed to you. Families who do not have a

home email address will continue to receive a paper

copy.

If you do have a home email address and did not receive

an emailed copy today, please contact the school office

with your child’s name, room number and your details.

office@edendale.school.nz

All Lost Property

All lost property that remained unclaimed af-

ter 3pm Friday 24th September will be dis-

posed of.

Rosemary Vivien Principal Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Auckland.

Telephone: 846 6340, Facsimile: 846 3997, Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

School Information OFFICE NOTICES - SCHOOL-WIDE REQUESTS - RIPPA RUGBY

Good news from the Green Place...the children are collecting and recycling their food scraps.. But we need to make our worm farm bigger.

We can reuse an old bathtub to make a fantastic worm farm. We will use the food scraps to make a highly nu-tritious compost and a liquid fertilizer at the same time. Children will learn more about how to garden and grow healthy vegetables

If you have

A bath tub left over from a bathroom job, or know where one might be

Some recycled treated timber, 4x2 and 6x2

Some handy building skills and a couple of hours of time to donate

We would love you to contact the office, or Mr Coleman in Room 4.

All lunch or-

ders must be made in the classroom be-fore 8:50 am

WANTED

Helpers Week 4 of Term 4 for Kusam in the Art Room.

Magazines, clean ice cream containers and other containers of any size.

For further information please Kusam in the Art Room

We need parents who are able to apply face paint for the pro-duction on the 9

th (for an 11:30am start), 10

th and 11

th (for a

6:30pm start) of November. Please talk to Miss Ross in Room 1 if

you are available.

Edendale Playground GOOD Behaviour Tickets

Name Room Awarded for Name Room Awarded for

Jade 15 Helping others Shahriar 27 Playing nicely with others

Cameron 3 Keeping our grounds clean Georgia 8 Helping others

Lina-Miri 6 Playing nicely with others

Notices from the School Office

Children are not permitted to be at school before 8 am.

As there is no supervision available for children at

this time, it is not safe for them to be at school so

early.

We now have a signing out register at the office for all

students. If you are picking your child up early you

must sign your child out after speaking to their

teacher.

Post-school does not run on the last day of term. For

a l l p o s t - s c h o o l e n q u i r i e s c o n t a c t

ehenry@edendale.school.nz

EDENDALE SCHOOL Term 3 Holiday Programme

2010

Monday 27th Sept – Friday 8th Oct 2010

9.00am – 3.00pm daily

Crafts, workshops and trips available for children aged

5 – 12 years

Oscar Approved

Pre Care and Post Care Available

Enrolment Brochures are available from the School

Office. Bookings are being taken now.

For all enquiries please phone 846 6340 or

021 124 7571 / 021 071 5344

Dragons

The dragons scales are as rough as the rocks on the moon.

A dragons spikes is like the point of a sword.

The dragons nostrils make smoke like a bee smoker.

The wings on a dragon feels like sandpaper.

The dragons teeth are so strong that it could chop a giant piece of wood.

By Ned, Room 6

On Saturday the Edendale Rippa Rugby team played as a cur-tain raiser at Eden Park. They competed in a World Rippa Rugby Tournament to celebrate ‘One Year To Go’ for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Edendale was representing Russia and we played against Marist Herne Bay which was Ireland. They boys played really well and as a team, we won the match 3 tries to 1. Well done boys, it was a memorable experience especially seeing yourself playing on the large screen at Eden Park. The team as follows: Matthew, Andre, David, Jonathan, Ayrton, Devron, Leroy, Max, Trevino, Otto, Rohit and Faith.

Rosemary Vivien Principal Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Auckland.

Telephone: 846 6340, Facsimile: 846 3997, Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

PM Levels / Running Records Students who are reading at PM Levels 1-21 (reading age 5-7.5 years) are assessed using a number of assessment tools includ-ing alphabet and basic sight word checks, running records and overall teacher judgments. The PM Benchmark Reading Assess-ment Kit is a tool used to take running records. Running records are used to assess individual student’s reading behaviours (Levels 1-12 every three weeks, Levels 12-21 twice a term). Running records enable teachers to score, and analyze a stu-dent's reading behaviors and comprehension. They provide evidence of what a student knows about: letter, sound, and word recognition and sentence structure (decoding); their use of skills and strategies to gain understanding of a text and their ability to retell the text in detail (comprehension). Comprehen-sion questions assess a student’s ability to recall specific infor-mation, to make connections between prior knowledge and the text, to explain, expand and justify ideas and to make infer-ences from the text. Running records help teachers assess a student's reading level and the development of independent reading strategies. Run-ning records provide teachers with information about the learn-ing needs of the reader so that informed decisions can be made about students’ progress and next steps for learning. A decod-ing score of 95-100% and comprehension levels of at least 80% indicate a student is ready to progress to the next reading level.

PROBE assessments Students who are reading at 7 years and higher are assessed using a variety of reading assessments. One of these is PROBE (Prose Reading Observation, Behaviour and Evaluation of Com-prehension). This assessment is done on an individual student basis with teachers at least once a term. Students are given text passages (fiction and/or non-fiction) to read aloud which are followed up by a range of questions. The reading aloud is commonly referred to as decoding and allows teachers to observe student reading behaviour in areas such as self-corrections, hesitations, insertions, omissions, ex-pression and fluency. The questions involve testing of student comprehension in literal (information stated in text), reorgani-sation (reconstructing information in text), vocabulary (determining the meaning of words or phrases that are used in the text), evaluation (using inference skills) and reaction (providing an opinion based on information in text). PROBE assessment results stated in reports are based on a reading age range in which students are reading instructionally. The comprehension percentage is the most significant criteria by which student instructional levels are determined. Decoding at 90-95% and comprehension should be at least 75-80% before students are considered for promotion to the next reading age level. PROBE is a tool that can be used for assessing reading ages to 15 years.

Continued… WIZARD OF OZ - REPORT INFO - EDENDALE AUTHORS

Upcoming event Term Four: Years 4-6 production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

Watch out for one of the main events in Term Four. Years 4-6 have been working hard

in getting ‘The Wizard of Oz’ production underway. This is a play for all students and

families to see. There have been many students practising their lines, making props and

backdrops, learning their songs and discussing their ideas about the storyline. Tickets

and T-shirts will be available to buy at the start of Term Four. Each family will be

given an order form in Week One.

No photos or filming of any sort to be taken during the performances except for school

-approved personnel. This is for the benefit of audience members and students performing to ensure that there are no

unnecessary distractions. All audience members will need to be seated during the performances and there will only be a

limited number of tickets sold for each performance. Performances will be held on 9-11 November. The first perform-

ance will be a matinee and the other two will be in the evening. More details will be given at the start of Term Four.

What are PM levels, Running Records and PROBE assessments?

The Koru team went on a trip. We went to the bush walk. I saw some really cool

leaves. One looked like a tiger’s fur. We threw a Pooh stick. We threw it in the

river. The water was very muddy, that’s why it sank.

Then we went to the Honey Centre. He told us about bees and how many trips

they did. It was so hard to remember that I can’t remember it even now. Then we

went right next to a beehive then we went to the beach. My group made a great

castle. We made arched walls. We made five ditches and one trap. We had a lot of

fun but then the teacher said it’s time to go back to school.

On the way back my group got to sit in the front. Do you know why? On the way

there it stank in the back of the bus. When we got back to school the bell had

already gone. Now I have told you my story.

Frankie Room 5

By Beth-Anne

Room 30

Rosemary Vivien Principal Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Auckland.

Telephone: 846 6340, Facsimile: 846 3997, Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale T-shirts

There are still a few t-shirts with the Edendale logo available for sale at the office. They are $17 each and there are a range of sizes (6, 8, 10, 12, 14, L).

Calendar and Greeting Card Fundraiser

This week you will have received your order forms for calendars and greeting cards. These make fantastic gifts, especially for family at Christmas. We are only doing photos this year. If you have children’s artwork you would like to use then you will need to photograph it and submit the photo through www.kidssrtwork.co.nz as shown on the order form. Submitting photos directly to KidsArt is

the easiest way. If you do not have internet access you can also enclose a copy of your photo or a CD containing the photo with your order. Order forms need to be returned to your teacher by Wednesday September 22nd.

Friends Meeting Change

The next Friends of Edendale meeting has been changed to 7pm, Thursday September 23rd. We will be having some wine and nibbles. A special invitation goes out to any new parents to the school who would like to come along.

Tom Cooper

Chairperson, Friends of Edendale Primary

Board of Trustees.

Next meeting is a planning meeting

(not a public meeting this time)

Tuesday, 21 September, 7.15pm

The Friends of Edendale School

Next meeting is

Thursday, 23 September, 7.00pm

All welcome to attend

See our website for info on upcoming events, BOT news and more! www.edendale.school.nz

Don’t forget!

Keep bringing in those Yummy Apple stickers and

bag labels to earn our school free sports equip-

ment! This promotion finishes tomorrow. Royal

Gala labels and stickers will receive double

points for the remainder of the promotion. These

stickers need to be attached to sheets in your

child’s classroom. These sheets will be collected

on Friday 17 September.

Royal Gala stickers are worth 2 points

Royal Gala Bag barcodes are worth 20 points.

Please also remember that McCain Frozen Vegetable and Purely

Potato packs will earn our school free gardening equipment.

Dear Parents/Caregivers, In Term 1 2011, Edendale School will be taking part in the Swimsation Schools programme which will be

held in our school pool during school hours. The swim-ming lessons are aimed at all ages and abilities and each lesson is tailored to the swimmers individual needs with a strong focus on water safety and fun. Swimsation provides the students with...

Initial assessment of students swimming ability

Fun swimming lessons with a strong emphasis on

stroke technique.

Structured lessons based on ability levels (complete

beginners to squad level)

Achievement certificates

Ongoing web based assessment

Friendly child focused instructors

Swimsation caters for all ability levels including mini squads. The programme is designed to complement any current lessons your child attends and will help them pro-gress faster. Students participating will need to wear appropriate swim-wear, (rash shirt or wet suits permitted) and a swimming cap. Goggles are encouraged but are optional. The cost of the lessons is $32 per child for 8 x 30min les-sons.

We will not be accepting payments until Term 4. Students will be sent home with a permission and

payment slip. If you have any queries, please contact Zane Wilson, Team Toa team leader on zwilson@edendale.school.nz

Friends of Edendale Primary News