COMING EVENTS

Sunday 13 December Fair Shed Open 10-2

14-18 December Class 11 Camp

Monday 14 December Nativity Play 9am

Tuesday 15 December Nativity Play 9am

Wednesday 16 December Kindy Advent Picnic

Wednesday 16 December Carols Evening 6.30pm

Thursday 17 December Last day of term - 12pm finish

Tuesday 2 February First day of term 1, 2021

FRIDAY FLYER 11 December 2020

Newsletter 31

FAIR SHED OPENING

We are opening the Fair Shed on the 13th December from

10:00 to 2:00. Come and have a look at your class activity

equipment and do a check that it is all there and in good

working order.

Any questions please contact erinw@michaelpark.school.nz

FESTIVAL NEWS

The Nativity Play is happening on the last week of school on

Monday December 14th and Tuesday December 15th, at 9am

in the auditorium.

The lower school classes are busy practicing daily for this much

anticipated Christmas event. We hope that you will join us on

one of the days. We want to ensure a quieter more solemn

audience for the Tuesday performance, therefore we

encourage any younger pre-school aged children to come on

Monday.

Christmas Carol Evening Wednesday 16 December

Auditorium 6.30pm Bring all the family

Festive treats for sale before and after (supporting Christmas

Kindness and Swaita). Dust off the Halo and the Tinsel and dress

up if you wish! This is a wonderful way of bringing our whole

community together on the second to last day of school.

LOST PROPERTY

Please come and check the lost

property box for anything that

belongs to your children.

All leftover items are donated to

charity at the end of the term.

Kia ora koutou

The end of the school year is a time of

anticipation, celebration and

reflection.

On Monday and Tuesday, Class 9

showcased their year-long

independent projects. My thanks to all the students and their

whānau for their support and to Mr Driver and Mrs Storm for

guiding the process throughout the year.

On Monday we also celebrated Prizegiving. This provided an

opportunity to publicly recognise the success of our students in

areas that are central to our school. The final awards were

presented for outstanding academic achievement and for

‘making the most of every opportunity’. The recipients for 2020

are:

Dux – Misaki Kameyama

Proxime Accessit – Grace Ryan

Colin Lawrence Cup – Grace Ryan

Today our graduating class crossed the stage for the final time.

Good luck to our graduating class, you epitomise our school

Mission: “Our highest endeavour must be to develop free

human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose

and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of

truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the

very nerve of education.” (Rudolf Steiner)

Terry Storer

Principal

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WRAPPING UP THE YEAR

IN HIGH SCHOOL

Kia ora whānau

Dates, times, and events

• In the last week of High School, Monday 14th December to

Thursday 17th December, we continue to start the day at 8:30

a.m. with kaitiaki.

• We are still finishing at 3 p.m. until our final day of the

year, when we finish at 12 noon on Thursday 17th December.

• Craft week continues will have its last day on Wednesday

16th December, when all the craft work culminates in a sharing

of student success.

• Rā whakanui takes place in the morning of Thursday 17th

December and Class 8 and 9 attend this with their kaitiaki and

teachers. They will then pack-down High School and celebrate

the end of year with their kaitiaki.

Mr. Johnstone as acting Deputy Principal

As I am on Camp with Class 11 in the last week of High School,

Mr. Johnstone will be acting Deputy Principal for High School. I

am on Great Barrier and out of reach, so from Friday 11th

December at 5 p.m., all non-urgent matters, where a next day

reply is OK, please contact him via email:

AndrewJ@michaelpark.school.nz. All urgent matters must go

to Mr. Johnstone in person or via a phone call to Reception.

It has been a challenging year and I think that we as a school -

the teachers, all staff, students, and families - have met those

challenges with resolve and learned much about ourselves,

individually and relationally - learning we take with us going

forward.

Have a lovely and restorative summer break with your loved

ones. See you all in 2021.

Caixia Tan, Class 9, competed in Hawkes Bay on the weekend

and was selected to go to Scotland next August 2021 to

represent NZ in the Under 18 World Teams Mounted Games

Championships. With covid she may not end up going but a lot

of work went into getting into the team, so fingers crossed they

make it there.

Caixia devotes all her spare time to her ponies

- at least 20 hours a week and more to

competing in this sport. She would be so

proud to represent NZ doing something she

loves.

Well done Caixia!

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

• House and/or Dog Sitter needed - 27th December to

2nd January. Located in Ponsonby. Call Matt Hebley

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• Vacancy at Steiner Cottage Kindy, Lower Hutt. Click to

view Ed Gazette Link.

Contact the editor, Dana Marcroft at fridayflyer@michaelpark.school.nz

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THE GIFT OF HOPE CHARITY TEAM

What another incredible year again for the

Gift Hope Charity Team. In this difficult year

we achieved so much, some had to be

sorted in lockdown over zoom! We did the

40 hour famine for World Vision, Sustain a

Ball for Women’s Refuge, PJ day for our

refugee Art programme, Daffodil Day for Cancer Society,

Canteen Café for Canteen. Platters for the art exhibition again

for our Refugee Art Programme. We have sponsored Swaita in

Northern India so she can attend school.

We’re finishing the year with Christmas Kindness and gifts for

the Salvation Army and Kids First which Tilly from Class 7

organised. Some of our amazing Class 7 students - Tilly,

Amberley and Sabina -spent Monday wrapping presents for

Kids First.

Each year we give out the Gift of Hope award at senior prize

giving for outstanding service to the charity team. This year the

recipient was Hannah Mullany who was moved by Refugees to

showcase their smiles in her Art work, who volunteered at the

after school program at the resettlement centre, and has bold

plans to work with Refugees next year to get to know their

stories and express that in art and an exhibition raising funds

and awareness. We have no trophy for the Gift of Hope award

but thanks to the Bluebell Legacy Fund we gift $100 to

Hannah’s chosen charity.

We also acknowledged Class 12 Students who looked

outwards this year through the Atawhai Award:

Grace Ryan - Sustain a Ball and Canteen Ambassador

Ruby Legg - Refugee After School Programme, Sustain a Ball

Anais Knight - Sustain a Ball

All students received a beautiful felted Gift of Hope brooch,

thanks to Michelle Mullany.

"Akiaki i te tī o te tangata"

"Nurture the indescribable light in a person".

- Stan Walker

We are sad to say Goodbye to Felix and Sabina. Thank you for

all your help this year - we know you will take the Gift of Hope

to your new Schools.

And last but not least, Lochy who as been with us since almost

the beginning of the Charity team (when he could fit in the

Kindness box!) Lochy we will miss your heart, enthusiasm and

ability to get people to listen! Go well and keep changing the

world.

Thank you Gift of Hope Charity Team for an amazing year.

We still have our Christmas Kindness boxes in the office. We

will also have festive food for sale at the Christmas Carols

evening with our last fundraiser for the year supporting Swaita

and Christmas Kindness.

With Rainbows Cathy, Mrs Hooker and Mrs Feenstra

Christmas Kindness For Advent this year we are supporting

The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal

In reception you will find a box under the Christmas tree. Donations

of food and would be gratefully received.

Suggestions are:

Drink Sachets, Orange / Grape Fruit Juice, Canned Fruit,

Christmas Puddings, Christmas Mince Tarts. Candy

Canes, Lollies, Christmas Crackers, Jellies, Chips,

Onion Soup and Reduced Cream (to make a dip), Nuts &

Raisins, Savoury Biscuits

HIGH SCHOOL PRIZEGIVING MAJOR AWARDS

University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship Misaki Kameyama

University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship Ruby Legg

Victoria University of Wellington School Leaver Scholarship Sadie Alexander & Ruby Legg

Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Scholarship Georgia McKenzie

Michael Park School Shield (Sports team of the year) Boys and Girls Junior Volleyball Teams

Savonije Cup (Sportswoman of the year) Ginger Weaver & Tabitha Yearbury

Senior Girls Basketball Most Valuable Player Ginger Weaver

Senior Boys Basketball Most Valuable Player Carlos Foote-Chaplin

Senior Girls Basketball Most Improved Player Sienna Laban

Senior Boys Basketball Most Improved Player Madz Mason

Student Representative - Board of Trustees Frida Dickinson

Gift of Hope Award (For Outstanding Charitable Service) Hannah Mullany

Te Tāonga Mana Motuhake (For acting as school leader) India Frith

Environment Award Anais Knight

The Megan Baguley Cup (High School Service Award Class 11) Gus Fraser-Eccleston

The Hildine Hughes Cup (High School Service Award Class 12) Ruby Legg

The Colin Lawrence Memorial Cup

(“Make the most of every opportunity”) Grace Ryan

Proxime Accessit (Second Highest Academic Achievement) Grace Ryan

DUX (Highest Academic Achievement) Misaki Kameyama

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PRIZE WINNERS

Ruby Legg, Misaki Kameyama, Carlos Foote-Chaplin, India Frith, Georgia McKenzie, Gus Fraser-Eccleston,

Grace Ryan, Anais Knight, Tabitha Yearbury & Ginger Weaver.

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