Weetbix Tryathlon We have 13 children in the Mimi Tryathlon Team for Wednesday, 28th March. Well done to all of the kids who have put themselves for-ward for this event. The Weetbix Tryathlon kits have ar-rived and will go home with the chil-dren today. If you registered from home, the kits will be delivered to your home address. Please remember that it is the par-ents’ responsibility to get your chil-dren to this event. No travel is organ-ised by the school but we will set up the Mimi gazebo for everyone to meet up and enjoy the day together. Please let us know if you are availa-ble to help with the gazebo.

EPro8 Challenge Eight senior students will travel to New Plymouth on Thursday, 29th March to participate in the EPro8 Challenge at Highlands Intermediate School. We will need one parent to come along for extra transport. Please contact the office if you can help.

Lucky Bookclub Issue 2 is out now. Please order by Thursday, 29th March. If paying by cheque, please remember to make cheque out to Scholastics NZ. You can also order online at www.bookclub.scholastic.co.nz

Tainui Tabloid Sports On Friday, 6th April the whole school will be travelling to Uruti School for our Tabloid Sports with the other cluster schools. Please see enclosed information and return the transport slip to school as soon as possible.

Home & School Meet-ing//Election of Officers Thanks to the parents who came to our Home & School Meeting on Mon-day. The following were elected: Chairperson – Melinda McClutchie Secretary – Joely Ham Treasurer – Karen Honeyfield Remember that all school parents are members of the Home and School.

MIMI SCHOOL “WHERE THE COUNTRY, COAST, AND CLASSROOM MEET”

22 March 2018

23 Pukearuhe Road, RD 44, Urenui, 4377 Phone 752 3617, mobile 027 752 3617

Email admin@mimi.school.nz www.mimi.school.nz

Puke Ariki Visit On Monday, 19th March we went to Puke Ariki for the treasure hunt and learning about the mountain and na-tive birds. When we got to Puke Ariki we got into seniors and juniors, the seniors went to the treasure hunt and the juniors went to the class to learn about the mountain and native birds. The treasure hunt was looking for the pictures. The learning was where we did quizzes and activities about the mountain and native birds. After we had all finished our activities we went outside for morning tea and had some fun for about 15 minutes and then we went back inside and went to the opposite rotation. I would like to thank all the parents who came along and took transport.

By Kaia Elliott

Senior Surfing On Tuesday. 20th March the year 4, 5 and 6’s all went to Fitzroy Beach to do surfing. We were told that the boards we were using are soft boards so that if they hit us they will not hurt. They gave us a wetsuit to put on and we went to the changing rooms and got changed, then we came back and carried a board to-gether. They taught us how to carry a board: one of us carried the back of the board and one of us carried the front. When we got to the beach they told us how to stand up on the board, then we went into the ocean and started to surf. Everyone was really good at surfing and standing on the board. Once we finished we went up and got changed.

By William Honeyfield

Urenui Marae Visit

On Wednesday 21st March, the sen-ior class and the junior class both went to the Urenui Marae. We first had a Powhiri to welcome us. After our shared morning tea we all got into three groups. We had three rota-tions, that we rotated around. There was Mr. Holden at one for games outside. The next was doing Rakau Takaro or stick games with Whaea Anne-Maree. Lastly was drawing and colouring in Taniwha faces. At the end, we all tidied up, then farewelled everyone. I would like to thank all the parents for helping transport us kids and baking all of the shared lunch.

By Tayla Ingham

Head lice There have been isolated cases of head lice reported by families to school, Please be vigilant and check your child/ren’s hair. Girls, please have your hair tied up. If you have treated your children, re-member to retreat a week later and make sure you thoroughly wash bed-ding also to guard against re-infestation.

Students of the week Last week the Student of the Week Awards went to: Rimu Room: Jordan Little for his out-standing atti-tude and effort in maths.

Totara Room: India Mulligan for always fo-cussing on her work. Well done, kids. Keep up the good work!

Urenui Mud Run The Naki Run Amuck will be held on Sunday, 13th May. A 2.5km run for year 4, 5 & 6 children will be part of this years’ event. For more information please visit their website www.nakirunamuck.co.nz.

Clarification of Swim Sport Results As you know earlier this month we were involved in the Tainui Cluster Swimming Sports at the Waitara pools. Unfortunately at Swimming Sports there was a slight mix up in the calculating of points for some swimmers and therefore a mix up in the awarding of some of the overall trophies. As a result some of the overall trophies have been redistrib-uted. For Mimi this means that we gained the trophy for overall Junior Girl and the overall Intermediate Girl but lost the trophy for the overall Senior Girl. All of the swimmers who were awarded age group trophies (eg: 8 Year Old Girls) have kept their trophies, it is just the overall trophies that have been adjusted. As a result it has been decided to retire these overall trophies, which were originally handed out when the cluster was much smaller, and to keep the age group trophies.

Worm Whizz Worm Whizz is still for sale for $5/bottle. Please con-tact Sally in the senior room or Lisa McClutchie. We also need some clean 2 litre milk bottles please.

TERM 1 CALENDAR * WEETBIX TRYATHLON Wed 28 Mar

* ePRO8 CHALLENGE Thur 29 Mar

LUCKY BOOKCLUB ORDERS Thur 29 Mar

GOOD FRIDAY Fri 30 Mar

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS Sun 1 Apr

EASTER MONDAY Mon 2 Apr

EASTER TUESDAY Tue 3 Apr

LIFE EDUCATION Wed 4— Fri 5 Apr

*TAINUI TABLOIDS Fri 6 Apr

TERM 1 ENDS Fri 13 Apr

TERM 2 STARTS Mon 30 Apr

* Trips out of school grounds,

(transport may be needed)

Please contact Jared or Sibylle at school for further information.

Lunch Orders Fridays are lunch order days. Please see below the new price list for 2018.

Here’s the roster for lunch order pick ups for the next few weeks: Friday, 23rd March: Ashleigh Jury These will be the last lunch orders for the term (the last 3 weeks we’ll have Good Friday, Tabloids and Shared Lunch)

Waitoitoi Hall Our hall is available for hire. Why not have your or your children’s birthday party or even a wedding there? We can offer you a commercial kitch-en, heat pumps, and we have recent-ly completed work on improving the acoustics, so this would be a great place for your function. Please contact Jo Appleyard on 7523809 for bookings.

Easter Tuesday Please remember that the school is CLOSED on Easter Tuesday!

Swimming Pool closed for the season Our school pool will close for the season tomorrow, Friday, 22nd March. Please return the pool key to the school office to receive a $5 re-imbursement.

Absences If your child is absent from school, please make sure you let the school office know before 9am.

Opening Hours

Friday & Saturday 10am—late Sunday 10am—4pm

Weekday bookings available Contact Karen on 7523174