Edendale newsletter

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

Principal’s Message

Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Burglaries

Our school was targeted once again by burglars

during last weekend; the same two offices had

windows smashed, cupboard and drawer locks broken

and a lot of mess created. The police continue to

follow up leads. Please contact me as soon as possible

if you have information that could be useful. We

currently have exterior alarm beams being installed.

More information will be in the next newsletter.

ICAS 2012 Computer Competition

The names of students achieving highly in this

competition were publicised in our previous

newsletter; it was lovely to see so many family

members at assembly where certificates were

presented. Below are the Edendale statistics for the

competition.

Skill Areas

*General Skills *Word Processing

*Graphics/Multimedia *Internet/Email

*Spreadsheet/Databases

Our top score matched the NZ top score in these four areas; in the other area our top score was one point below the top NZ score. Our top scorer, Alexander was

one point short of a perfect score and Maddison was one point away from a High Distinction! Congratulations to you both; an outstanding result!

ICAS 2012 Science Competition Forty-two students participated in the Science Competition and were awarded 4 Distinction, 5 Credit

and 33 Participation certificates. Congratulations to all students who entered and special congratulations to our Distinction and Credit certificate winners: Distinction:

Alexander—Room 24 Year Five, Bryan—Room 24, Yi Chao—Room 27 and Bhavya—Room 25, all Year Six students.

Credit: Ryan—Room 2 Year 4, Joshua—Room 24 Year 5, Zoe—Room 25 and Matthew—Room 24 both Year Six students.

Skill Areas

*Observing/Measuring *Interpreting

*Predicting/Concluding *Investigating

*Reasoning/Problem-solving

Our highest score was one point below that of the NZ

top score in each of these areas for Year Four.

In Year Five our top score met that for NZ in the *areas.

Our Year Six highest scores matched the NZ top score in

Interpreting, Predicting/Concluding and Investigating.

Boys’ Education Evening

We hope to see as many of our families who have

sons at our evening next Tuesday (in the staffroom)

where Zane Wilson will talk about educating boys and

share useful research-based ideas about activities for

boys that you could use at home. The meeting will

start at 6pm and run through until 6:45pm. Please

note this meeting is not about requests for 2013; a

further meeting for that will be held in Term Four.

Shorwell St Parking

If you currently drop off your child/children in the

KINZ car park please note the following. A number of

parents and duty teachers have expressed their

annoyance at being verbally abused by a few parents

who insist on using unsafe driving and parking

practices in this area. The police will begin random

checks shortly and teachers are recording cars and

registration plates. I will be discussing thoughts

around publication of offenders‘ number plates in the

newsletter with the BOT shortly. Please do not put

our students at risk!

Rosemary Vivien, Principal

Participants School New Zealand

Year Five 15 1367

Average Score 19.7 21.8

Year Six 22 1713


Participants School New Zealand

Year Four 11 2096


Year Five 15 2586


Year Six 13 3093


22nd August 2012

Next issue: 5 September 2012



School Information and Programmes

SPORTS NEWS

Soccer Coaching Soccer coaching is on Wednesdays 3:15-4:15pm on the bottom field. Cost: $8 per session. This should be paid to Mr Wilson in Room 24. Children must be collected afterwards by 4:20pm; forms are on the table at reception.

Rainy Day Notice will be given to cancel due to weather at 2.30pm on the day of coaching, and a note will be put on the ‗ticker‘ on the Edendale KnowledgeNET page.

Please check online.

Links Edendale’s Website Garden to Table Blog Garden of Eden Blog News Blog

Edendale Playground

Good Behaviour Tickets

Taonga Winners: Rodney—Rm19, Cody—Rm11

These children were seen...

Keeping our grounds clean: Elijah—Rm24,

Elsie—Rm10, Nicky—Rm6, Rodney—Rm19,

Connor—Rm21, Yuko—15

Playing nicely with others: Ethan—Rm9, Hai—Rm2,

Ryan—Rm2, Alex—Rm20

Other great behaviour: Winona—Rm25,

Sharing: Wainouna—Rm 5

Please Note - Term 3 Calendar

28 August Boys‘ Education Evening 6:00-6:45pm

28 August Board of Trustees Meeting 7:15pm

29 August Junior School Concert 6:00pm start

30 August Junior School Concert 1:30pm start

31 August Junior School Concert 11:30am start

7 Sept Tour and Morning Tea for families new to

Edendale at 10:00am (tour) 10:15am

(Morning tea)

To be

confirmed

Year 3 (Tarai) Murals—unveiled at Learning

and Discovery Centre, Auckland Zoo

11 Sept Maths Expo - Family Evening 6:00-8:00pm

12-14

Sept

Open Days to participate in classroom

Maths (times to be confirmed)

JUNIOR SCHOOL CONCERT

Entry by ticket only

(Hall foyer doors only)

Wednesday 29 August 6:00pm

Thursday 30 August 1.30pm

Friday 31 August 11.30am

Reminder

You can access your child's KnowledgeNET page which

is available on our website. Please contact Zoe in the

office ([email protected]) if you do not

have a password, or if you wish to use the school

computer to access KnowledgeNET.

Yummy Apple Stickers

Please continue to collect yummy stickers / barcodes from plastic yummy bags.

There will be a surprise for the student and class which collects the most completed sheets.

Students can collect a sheet from the office / or print out a sheet from home on www.yummyfruit.co.nz

Stationery orders

For any student wishing to purchase stationery items,

these can be purchased from the office between the

hours of 8.00am—8.45am Monday to Friday.

Endeavour Camp

A meeting will be held on Thursday 30th August at

6pm for parents/caregivers of the students who are

going away to camp. Meeting to be held in the

staffroom. Payment for Trips/Events

Payments for trips and events should be paid directly

to the classroom teacher and not the office. Please

send the exact money either cash or cheque before the

start of school to your child‘s classroom.

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Endeavour Artists and Authors • Notices

Garden To Table

In Garden to Table classes we have been cooking up more winter vegetable soup, but with spring just around the corner we have started to look

towards our summer harvest. We have been preparing our garden beds with plenty of compost and sheep manure and ordering seeds ready for the summer harvest to begin.

During class time we have focused on pollination and learning about the different insects that pollinate. We

have started sowing seeds for the pollinators garden to lure more beneficial pollinators into Edendale's

grounds. Did you know that one in every three bites of food we eat is possibly made by a pollinator and 80% of all flowering plants rely on a pollinator for survival!

In the kitchen we have made the most of our winter

harvest and cooked up a storm with bubble and squeak on the menu. Potatoes, leeks, spring onions, carrots, Italian parsley and thyme served with the green tomato chutney that we made in summer, all came from our garden. The Endeavour team kitchen skills are increasing, well done!

A big thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who help make our classes a fun learning experience for the Endeavour students. We still have volunteer

vacancies for Wednesday gardening classes and Thursday kitchen classes (choose either 12:00—

1.00pm in the Garden, or 12:00 - 2:50pm in the kitchen.

Please email [email protected] if you have any

questions.

Jodie, Sarah and Kim Jack—Rm24

Jasper—Rm24 Tyler—Rm24

Faith—Rm24

Picasso by Room 24

News from Edendale’s PTA

Movie Night

Movie Night will be held at the Capitol, Balmoral on Sunday 26th of August. There will be raffles and silent auctions on the night.

Please don‘t forget to bring your $5 (3 tickets) for raffle tickets and money for your winning auction bid, Eftpos will also be available.

The movie is called ―Moonrise Kingdom‖. This movie has had fabulous reviews!

Tickets are $20. This includes a glass of bubbles and a truffle. Start time 7:30pm.

Hurry! Hurry! Last 2 days to buy your tickets!

Tickets are on sale now in the morning and afternoon every day outside Room 9.

Bids on the silent auctions can be made there. Bidding on the auction can be done at the Movie Night. We look forward to seeing you there.

Movie Night Deal! Movie Night Deal!

Prague Bar & Cafe is offering a great Tapas deal for the 26th of August. Please print off the attached flyer and enjoy!!

Join us on the ‘Paint the PTA challenge’

Book a face painting party with Face Art, say you‘re from Edendale Primary and for every hour of face painting they will give the school $10! Face Art for birthdays parties and events Ph: 09 849 4359 Check their website: www.face-art.co.nz

ToyCo Discount

When you make a purchase from ToyCo, St Lukes say

you‘re from Edendale Primary and they will give a credit to the PTA – this really helps us with buying prizes for the end of year disco.

Tom Cooper & Aamel Rahmati

Co-Chairpersons

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

Board of Trustees

Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Tuesday 28 August at 7:15pm

All welcome to attend

Edendale PTA

Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Thursday 20 September at 7:00pm

All welcome to attend

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!

2012 School Terms

Term 3: 16 July - 28 September Term 4: 15 October - 18 December

Public Holidays falling on school days: Monday 22 October - Labour Day

From now 2013 Applications open and available from

Balmoral Office

15 Oct In Zone and Out of Zone applications close

23 Oct Ballot for Out of Zone applications

2 Nov Last day for Out of Zone applications to

confirm their acceptance

30 Nov Orientation day for all Year 7 students 2013

intake

BALMORAL SCHOOL

Enrolment Dates for 2013 Year 7

Free entry to MOTAT from 1-28 September

for Central Auckland residents!

Bring proof of your address to MOTAT in September and

receive free entry for you and your family.

There are no extra charges to enjoy all of MOTAT‘s

exhibitions and activities! See www.motat.org.nz for the

list of eligible suburbs and terms conditions.

Tara—Rm23

Endeavour Artists • Notices

Moon fact file

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