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Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
Edendale News
THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING
21November 2012
Next issue: 7 December 2012
Message from the Principal
Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e
lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!
Welcome
A warm welcome to all new families who have started
at Edendale this week! We are delighted that you
have joined our school family and look forward to
getting to know you all.
Survey: Students and Scooters at School
Thank you to the families who have responded to our
survey to date. The survey will remain open until the
end of next week. To date most responses have been
from families with children in our junior school. It has
been interesting to talk with other local schools about
their approach to this issue, which generates
considerable conversation.
One local school I spoke with discourages scooters
and another larger neighbouring school currently
allows them. However the school is considering
changing this due to numerous complaints from the
public about the manner in which students ride their
scooters on footpaths and the school itself has
informed students that they must wheel rather than
ride their scooter on certain streets. There have also
been scooter thefts from the school grounds and this
is becoming a problem.
We have checked with businesses who produce
scooter racks and these cost in the vicinity of $750 for
a rack that would securely hold ten scooters, which is
quite a considerable cost. We are also currently
checking our other possible alternatives. We will be
discussing the issue further at our Board planning
meeting next week.
2013 Boys’ Class
Thank you to the families who attended our meeting
last week and to Jenny Tong and Brian Coleman for
leading and speaking at the meeting. There has once
again been considerable interest in the class; Jenny
Tong will be in contact with the families of students
who have been selected for this class once the
process is completed; this will be by the end of the
week.
Once again, there were more applicants than places
available. However, learning conditions for boys (as
well as girls!) continues as a priority for teacher
professional development next year.
Choir at the Town Hall
It was a real treat to watch our school choir perform
at the Town Hall last Wednesday evening. They looked
and sounded wonderful! Our talented Teri-Ann
represented us, Letele and Faith had solo parts to
perform and our Marimba group accompanied the
singers during their two songs on the night. Lovely to
see our students with such a high profile! Special
thanks to Whaea Roshan who has given our students
outstanding tuition this year in a number of musical
areas and also to Catherine Oxenham for her
continued support for our choir and music at
Edendale. We really appreciate your participation and
assistance.
Rosemary Vivien
Principal
Get Set Go with
Valerie Adams
Ten of our Years 1-3
s t u d e n t s e n j o y e d
participating in a sporting
event at Eden Park
earlier this week and
were able to meet Valerie
Adams! The event was
most successful; thank
you to Jen Harris and
Shamin Flanagan for
their organisation and
supervision and to the
parents who came along
to transport, assist and
support the students.
Thanks to Simon Finch for
the photo to the right.
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
School Information and Programmes • Notices
Links Edendale’s Website Garden to Table Blog Garden of Eden Blog News Blog
Edendale Playground
Good Behaviour Tickets
Taonga Winners: Shuaib—Rm2
These children were seen...
Keeping our grounds clean: Beth-Anne—Rm9, Summer—Rm5, Nyra—Rm7, Janki—Rm18, Daniel—Rm15
Playing nicely with others: Ashtyn—Rm22, Toakase—Rm4
Being thoughtful: Umaschei—Rm11, Sharnah—Rm23
Sharing with others: Shuaib—Rm2
Other great behaviour: Sanjilah—Rm25
Please Note - Term 4 Calendar
Fri 23 Nov Specialist Facilities Tour: 9:15am
New Parents Morning Tea: 10.15am
Wed 28 Nov Junior Parent information meeting
Literacy/Maths 8.30—9.30am
Tues 18 Dec Last Day of Term 4: 2pm finish
No Post School
School Playground After Hours
A reminder that our adventure playgrounds will close
at 3:30pm daily. Please note that students playing on
school equipment after hours must be directly
supervised by parents/caregivers.
News from Edendale’s PTA
PTA AGM Elected Committee Members for 2013 Chairperson Aamel Rahmati Treasurer Sarah Overhill Secretary David Coventon Staff Representative Aimee Booth
Parent Committee Members Kathy White, Sanj Smith, Gina Wright, Vaughan Drever, Glenn Pressnell. We would also like to thank Tom, resigning Co-Chair whom we will all miss. Chriss, always there and
making things happen. Sanj for being the ever efficient Secretary, Steph for your work as Treasurer and to
Denise, in the office, for covering the PTA financials for us during this year. Tom, the school Caretaker, for being so helpful and Stephen for being a fantastic Staff Rep this year. Wine Tasting Evening This was a very enjoyable, classy and relaxed evening.
The wine was fabulous and the accompanying food provided by Catherine Oxenham was delicious. We raised $325. The evening was hosted by the eloquent David Iggulden, co-owner of the Hamden Estate vineyard in Martinborough.
School Disco – Theme: Your favourite character
To be held Friday 7th of December. Tickets are $2.00
per child. Edendale Primary students only.
Consent forms will be sent home closer to the date, and must be completed, signed and brought to the disco on the 7th of December.
This year we are splitting the disco into 2 time
slots:
Junior Disco – Years 0 to 3 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Senior Disco – Years 4 to 6 6:30 pm – 8:00pm
On the night there will be face painting, glow stick paraphernalia, food and drinks on sale $1—$3 per item.
New PTA Members
We are very low on numbers, so now would be a great time to come and join us in raising money for the children of Edendale Primary School. If you would like to join us you can email us on [email protected].
Tom Cooper & Aamel Rahmati
Co-Chairpersons
Manaaki—Endeavour Cultural Show
Tuesday 27 November 11.30am
Wednesday 28 November 6.00pm
Thursday 29 November 6.00pm
Tickets available
$2.00 per ticket (no door sales)
Limit 5 tickets per family
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
School Information and Programmes • Notices
Edendale Student Code
I am an Edendale student. Therefore, I show respect to everyone; I am kind to others; I behave in a sensible way. I
take care of my school, my belongings and the environment. I am honest and reliable; I am responsible for my
actions. I have fun with my learning; I participate at school and try my very best!
Garden To Table
We would like to say a big thank you to Joana Wilzek for her kitchenware donation and Kathy White for donating the funky kitchen scales, they are both much appreciated. Wild animals about! The Year 3 classes have been learning about plants and how their seeds disperse. To demonstrate this, the children dropped paper ‘whirly seeds’ to demonstrate how some seeds are spread by flying while others wore socks and ran around school acting like wild animals! The socks mimicked animal fur, accidentally picking up seeds and transporting it to new locations. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about plants. Parsnip harvest Our main harvest in the last two weeks has been the parsnips; they were so big that Jodie had to use a garden fork to dig them up, as she couldn’t pull them out of the ground. The classes must have
done a very good job in planting them, as supposedly parsnips don’t grow very well in Auckland. Once the parsnips made their way up to the kitchen, we cooked and
pureed them to make muffins! Yes muffins. Sarah experimented with the recipe until she got it right. Parsnip, orange and sunflower seed muffins, drizzled with bush honey. They were surprisingly delicious, and the classes loved making them. Jodie, Sarah and Kim
SPORTS NEWS
Swimming 2013 Y0—2 students
Please ensure your Swimsation registration
is completed and returned directly to Kiwiflippers Ltd by Friday 8th February. Payment can be made directly by online banking or by cheque.
Please remember to put your childs name, room number, and school when making any payments to Kiwiflippers.
Forms were sent home mid November, please ask at reception if you require a
spare form.
Athletics Day
Tiaki Team will have their Athletics Day
on Wednesday 12 December. Feel free to come along and watch your child demonstrate some of their skills they have learnt in athletics. Please don’t forget hats, sunscreen and water bottles. 9.15am. start.
2013 Office Opening Hours, Enrolments,
School Donations and Activity Fees and Stationery Packs
SCHOOL BREAK OFFICE HOURS The school office will be open in the holidays, on Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 January and Friday 1, Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 February 2013, during the hours of 10.00am-2.00pm for families who wish to come in
‘before the rush’ for the above. WEEK 1 (Thur 7 and Fri 8 February 2013)
The office would prefer to accept stationery, donation and activity payments (from Parents/Caregivers only) between the hours of: Mornings: 8.00am-10.45am Afternoons: 2.30pm-3.30pm Please note payments will not be accepted from students until Week 2. WEEK 2 (Mon 11 - Fri 15 February 2013)
The office would prefer to accept stationery, donation and activity payments (from Parents/Caregivers only) in the morning, during the hours of 8.00am-10.45am. Children who are paying for stationery, donation and activity fees in Week 2 will be called up from their classes during school hours to do so. We appreciate your assistance by not sending children to the office directly. WEEK 3 ONWARDS (Mon 18 February 2013)
Normal hours of 8.00am-3.30pm will resume. Our office staff have many other duties to complete at this very busy time of the year and we do appreciate your support with this. Thank you.
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
See our website for info on upcoming events, BOT news and more! www.edendale.school.nz
Board of Trustees
Next meeting will be a planning meeting
Tuesday 27 November
Edendale PTA
Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room
Thursday 21 February 2013
All welcome to attend
Manaaki Artists and Authors • Notices
2013 School Calendar
Term 1: 7 February - 19 April
Term 2: 6 May - 12 July Term 3: 29 July - 27 September
Term 4: 14 October - 20 December
Public Holidays falling on school days:
Friday 29 March—Good Friday
Monday 1st April—Easter Monday Monday 3 June — Queen’s Birthday Monday 28 October — Labour Day
Message from the ART ROOM Needed clean tin cans, containers, lids, newspapers
and magazines. There is so much art going on,
we are running out!
Yummy Apple Stickers
Thank you to Bridgit Williams and everyone
for their collection of ‘Yummy Apple
Stickers for Sports Gear’ on behalf
of Edendale.
National Jandal Day
Friday 7th December
support Surf Lifesaving
N e w Z e a l a n d b y
wearing your Jandals to
school.
Gold Coin Donation
Well Done To former Edendale pupil Darius Apulu who will be
Head Boy of De La Salle college in 2013 and was
awarded Year 12 Dux.
Edendale School
Christmas Holiday Programme
OSCAR-approved
14th January 2013– 1st February 2013
from 9.00am – 3.00pm
for children aged 5 – 12 years
There will be craft activities and trips out. Pre-care and
Post-care is also available. Enrolment brochures will be
available from the school office from Friday 23
November. For all queries, please ring the school
office on 846 6340 or 021 124 7571.
Wanted! All remnants of wrapping paper and wall
paper, any sizes and colours for craft activities for the
Edendale School Holiday Programme. Please leave at
the school office.
Lost Property Please check for any items of lost
property in the cupboard (by the office).
We will dispose of any unclaimed clothing
after 2pm Tuesday 18 December.
Pouring Rain
Heavy rain is brushing through the sky.
Oh, I wish the hushing would stop irritating you and I.
Lakes are filling up and the sky is getting dry.
Streams are getting bigger, we are bored you and I.
everything is wet, the sun is coming up.
Now the rain is evaporating, there's less to fill a cup.
By Chris, William & Oskar—Rm 4
Newsletter Distribution Our newsletters are distributed fortnightly. Families who do not have email at home will continue to receive a
paper copy. We have currently had our email system checked and it appears that our caregivers emails are not excepting our email. If you have a home email address and did not receive an electronic copy, please contact the school office with your childs name, room number and current email address.