Tahunanui News

School and Community No 8 10 June 2014

CHOIR AND KAPA HAKA PERFORMANCE AT

STEPPING OUT IN BURRELL PARK On Sunday the 25th of May our school choir and kapa haka group went to perform at Burrell Park at the community fun day called ‘Stepping Out’. The Kapa Haka group performed first and sang ‘E Hara I Te Mea’, ‘Tutira Mai’ and ‘Tuituia’. The choir sang American Authors, ‘Best day of my life’, for NZ Music month, Crowded House ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, Pharrell Williams, Happy’ and Ylvis ‘ What does The Fox Say’. The choir sang with the kapa haka group too. It was our very first performance. I thought it was exciting and I had lots of fun singing in front of a big crowd. There were lots of different activities and heaps of yummy food. - by Jessie Burrell Team

RIPPA RUGBY TOURNAMENT On Tuesday 27th May we took 4 teams to the interschool rippa rugby tournament - 2 social teams and 2 competitive teams. All teams impressed with their attitude, skill and behaviour. From the 4 teams the players of the day were: Ruru, Ben, Nathaniel and Andrew The fair play awards went to Emma, Wiremu, Vasiliki and Braedan S. Thank you to the parents who helped manage teams and provide transport.

The highlight for me was: - winning the last game against Victory to come fifth overall. - Jonti

- getting in the semi finals (of the social competition) and scoring lots of tries. - Brayden

PORTABLE PACKING As part of our initiative The Green Ninjas are encouraging students to a ‘Be Zero Hero’. Students will continue to put their food waste in the scrap buckets and to wash their yoghurt pottles so they can be recycled.

One aim of our endeavour is to reduce the rubbish created in our community. If we throw out a little less then our landfill will not fill

up so quickly having a positive effect on our city. We are exploring ways to show our students how this is possible. - Heidi Newlands, Coordinator

I Can - I Will

69 Muritai Street Phone (03) 548 6167 Fax (03) 548 6761

Tahunanui E-mail secretary@cloud.tahunanui.school.nz

Ka taea - ka tutuki

SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY 7yr & under boys 7yr & under girls 8yr old boys 1st Tim Newson 1st Lydia Fehse 1st Callum Robertson 2nd Jamie Bryant 2nd Naomi Robertson 2nd=Wade Walker 3rd James Cheyne 3rd Jacey Adams 2nd=Jackson Yates 3rd Ben Roff 8yr girls 9yr boys 9yr girls 1st Stella Dallimore 1st Sam Newson 1st Kate Bryant 2nd Tui Hegglun 2nd Henry Grab 2nd Kaia Marsh 3rd Lovinia Pluck 3rd Ruru Taura 3rd Georgia Iorns 10yr boys 10yr girls 1st Robbie McIntosh 1st Iesha Preston-Walker 2nd Isaiah Konelio 2nd Isis Bruning 3rd Riley O’Hara 3rd Georgia Dallimore 11yr girls 11yr boys 1st Emily Dickson 1st Bradean Scott 2nd Jonti Austin

Well done to all those who participated in this great event on a glorious day at the beach. It was great to see the children who, even though running isn’t their ‘thing’, showed a great ‘I can I will’ attitude and didn’t give up and finished their races. Thank you to everyone who helped on the day. The Interschool Cross Country event will be held on Wednesday 18 June 12.30 - 3.00pm at Greenmeadows. - Aidan Barnett Sports Coordinator LIBRARY NEWS Recently the New Zealand Post Book Awards finalists were announced and our school purchased a range of picture, non fiction and junior-fiction books on the ‘finals’ list. These books were displayed in our library, some with book reviews intact and classes were able to vote for their favourite book. The books purchased are now on the library shelves available for issuing. The winners of the New Zealand Post Book Awards will be announced on the 23 June 2014. - Carol Climo & Tania Trewavas

SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT A man walked into a pet shop. “Have you got any puppies going cheap?” “No sir”, the pet shop owner said. “All our puppies go yap yap. Our budgies go cheep

cheep.”

Q. What did the duck say after he had finished shopping? A. Put it on my bill please!

BRAIN GYM Help your child get wired for learning. These simple effective movements stimulate brain function for optimal learning. Call the Brain Gym lady in Mapua and Richmond. Webpage www.braingymnelson.com. Email bainbridgeka@gmail.com, Mobile: 0210781336 - Kerri Bainbridge

Ms Norgate and Miss Day recently attended a Brain

Gym course and endorse the programme.

2015 TERM DATES

Term 1

Tuesday 3 February - Thursday 2 April Friday 6 February - Waitangi Day Friday 3 April - Good Friday - Easter during holidays Term 2

Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July Monday 27 April - ANZAC Day Monday 1 June - Queen’s Birthday Tuesday 2 June - Teacher Only Day

Term 3

Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September

Term 4

Monday 12 October - Friday 18 December

Monday 26 October - Labour day Tuesday 27 October - Teacher Only Day

TAHUNA TUATARA

AWARD Maggie O’Hara received the Tahuna Award because she is a helpful, kind, positive member of Room 4. If she sees a job that needs doing around the class she just gets stuck in and quietly gets it done, often without others noticing. But the teacher does notice! She is supportive of others when they get stuck and always has kind words to say.

Maggie adds to our discussions with her well thought out ideas, sense of humour and energy. The positive attitude that she brings to school each day is wonder-ful to see and adds to the great feeling that is part of being in Room 4. Well done Maggie!

MUFFY AWARD

SCHOOL VALUES

Confidence To show confidence is to feel okay with who you are. At school this means: - being able to take risks and not being too concerned about making mistakes - trying different activities without fear - being independent but not separate - recognising and making good choices

JARGON CORNER

Inquiry Learning Inquiry Learning happens when all activities at school revolve around a particular topic. Our inquiry cycle begins with knowledge “Why are we inquiring? “ and “What do we know now?” We then begin the investigating stage “What are our questions?” We move on to working it through “What are our learning steps?” Once these stages are complete further investigation begins “How will we research?” followed by sharing our ideas and actions “How will we present our learning?” Throughout the inquiry process we will engage in reflection (so what?) Both students and teachers at Tahunanui School are using this powerful concept of teaching and learning.

Reading The most important part of reading is understanding what the author is telling us. Visualisation, prior knowledge, asking questions, forming a hypothesis and making connections are all techniques to help students understand what they read. A student reads text and then may say: “I have a picture in my head of …” (Visualisation) “I know that because ……” (Knowledge ) “I wonder why …..” (Questions) “Maybe it’s because ……” (Hypothesis) “It’s like …….” (Connections)

Although a student may be able to decode words at a high level, the actual comprehension of text is extremely important. - Literacy Leader

HEALTHY SMILE - HEALTHY CHILD Did you know? - The Nelson/Marlborough water supply is not fluoridated. Fluoride toothpaste helps to strengthen our teeth and reduce early decay. A number of toothpastes marketed for children do not contain sufficient levels of fluoride to do that. The whole family should use the same adult strength fluoride toothpaste right from when a baby’s first tooth appears. - Community Oral Health Service

MARGARET TO THE RESCUE

Last week at lunchtime I got stuck in the toilet because the lock was broken, so my friends told the teacher, then Margaret came. Then she climbed over the toilet and she jammed the door open. When I came out a lot of people were watching. I was really brave. - Sally Room 5

FREEZING COLD

It was freezing cold outside one morning last week. This jacket was frozen solid because it was left out overnight. Can you see the icicles glistening? - Jake Room 5

THANK YOU

Drum Kit - Our school now has its very own drum kit. This was generously donated by Barbara and

Helen Bailey. Thanks so much from everyone at Tahunanui School. Apples - Thank you to ENZA for the donation of apples.

SCHOOL DISCOS

MATARIKI BREAKFAST

Friday 27 June 7.30 - 8.30am To celebrate Matariki, the Maori New Year, we are having a shared breakfast. This is a family occasion,

so bring along your whanau. We aim for this to be a zero waste event, so we ask that you bring your own plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon. Order forms will be sent home early next week. We hope to see you and your whanau joining us for good food and company. - Fiona Paurini Coordinator

MID WINTER SWIM (Year 4-6)

Thursday 19 June

Our theme - Soccer World Cup The Year 4-6 students will leave school at 9.15am and return by morning tea time. Children are only allowed to participate with your permission. Permission slips will be sent home later in the week. This is always a lot of fun for those crazy enough to take part. Parents are encouraged to join in! - Burrell Team FRIDAY LUNCHES

This Friday the Fundraising Group will be offering a mid winter lunch. Beef nachos $4.00, sausage and bread $2.00, apple/berry crumble $2.00, biscuit $1.00 and apple $1.00. As all food is pre-purchased we are unable to offer any refunds. There will be NO pizza or frankfurters available this week. Order forms must be in by Thursday

12 June 9.00am. - Fundraising Group

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The students, staff and parents had a wonderful time at the school discos. Thank

you to everyone who helped on the night

Cameron Room 2 Cameron always

displays the Tahunanui School motto. Even when

things are a challenge Cam

tries his best and never gives up.

We are proud of you!

Solomon Room 11 Solomon displays

many of our school values. He is kind and caring towards

others. When he is faced with a

challenge he shows persistence and is

resilient too. Well done Solomon!