17 May 2018

Meadowbank School 68 Waiatarua Road, Remuera, Auckland 1050

Phone: 520 3739 www.meadowbank.school.nz

principal@meadowbank.school.nz

School NEWSLETTER

Dear Parents and Caregivers

The flurry of energy that comes at the beginning of the term continues unabated and it is great to see

the children out and involved in a huge range of learning experiences inside and outside the classroom. It

is pleasing also to see that these experiences are being shared and commented on at home through

Seesaw. I am looking forward to seeing more learning shared this way.

A couple of reminders, please ensure clothing is named – especially raincoats and fleeces. Also, we note

that with wetter weather, parents are tempted to drop their children off using the staff and disabled

persons carpark. A gentle reminder that this carpark is only for staff and disabled parking use.

The evening with Mike King raised $1300 for the Key to Life Trust.

Around 200 people attended the evening and listened to an entertaining and

sometimes confronting talk from Mike and Hailey about their personal

journeys and why they are so passionate about mental health and wellbeing.

Pink Shirt Day is on tomorrow, Friday, 18 May. It’s a day for all children

at Meadowbank School and across the country to raise awareness about

bullying. Children are encouraged to wear PINK in support of this day.

Pink clothing or pink accessories, even just a pink headband, anything to

show their support. However, we request that children do not wear face

paint or colour their hair. It is not compulsory and there will be no gold

coin donation as we are raising awareness about the issue and

not fundraising.

We look forward to seeing a sea of pink at school on Friday.

Student Council

In the last two weeks, we welcomed two new staffing appointments. Joining our Library team is

Nicola Storey who will be working two days a week. Nicola joins us from Dio and has a long association

with Meadowbank where she was, amongst other roles, our former Librarian. We are delighted to have

her back on staff with us again. We would also like to welcome Jacob Haugh as our groundskeeper.

Jacob will be supporting Ken to keep our school looking fantastic. Some of you may recognise him

from Club Meadowbank and it is great to have him join us in this new role.

We trust your children are learning their questions and collecting sponsors ready

for the post test next Friday, 25 May.

The funds raised will go towards purchasing new sports uniforms and future

development of our senior school playground.

Friends of Meadowbank School presents the

2018 Quiz Night and Auction on Saturday, 26 May in

the Bruce McLaren Hall.

Tickets are on sale now on Kindo

https://tinyurl.com/MeadowbankShop

Tables of 10 or individual tickets available. This event will sell out, so you will need to get in quick!

Auction items to offer?

Please complete the donation form: https://bit.ly/2HJa0eX

Keen to volunteer on the day setting up, on the night or the next morning please email foms@meadowbank.school.nz

Last night the teaching staff undertook First Aid training for the school environment with the team from Positively First Training.

The course was very practical, hands on and packed with information.

A reminder that the school will be closed on Friday, 1 June as teachers undertake a professional

development day. The teachers will be visiting some local schools in the morning before working with an external facilitator - Brooke Trenwith who has a range of expertise including developing learner

agency and extending students . We are delighted to have her join us for this day and for two subsequent professional development sessions with our staff.

PMP Parent Information Afternoon

On Wednesday, 30 May, Nicky Durkin and Greg Sullivan will be holding an information session on PMP (Perceptual Motor Program) for parents of children in New Entrants and Year 1. PMP is a structured program focused on developing the pre-requisite skills needed for formal learning.

If you would like to know more about how refining a child's perceptual judgments prepare their brain for learning, please join us at 2.15pm in Room 2.

The first of the Year 5 and 6 winter exchanges took place on Tuesday against Kings School, St Michaels

School and Victoria Avenue School. Although only a couple of weeks into the term and with only a

couple of practices under the team’s belts, they all performed very well as well as being fantastic

sportspeople and ambassadors for the school. The next exchange will be on Tuesday, 29 May.

The results are as follows:

In November 2017, over 200 students from Meadowbank School sat the YCT Level 1 and 2 exams. YCT

(Youth Chinese Test) is an international Chinese language test which is administered by the Confucius

Institute. Meadowbank is the first and the only school in New Zealand to have over 200 students sitting

the test.

Students from Meadowbank have been working very hard to prepare for the test and they have

achieved some fantastic results. Last Friday at the school assembly students were congratulated. Four

students achieved full marks and thirteen students achieved 90% and above. These top achievers

received awards from CI Deputy Director Mr Bing Zhou and Exam Coordinator Ms Meiju Wang. Both

students and their parents were thrilled about their achievements and acknowledged the valuable

opportunity of learning the Chinese language and culture at Meadowbank School.

Full marks:-

Mikayla Chung, Liam Van Dalaan, Oscar Prestidge,

Cara Betterton

Above 90%:-

Nishita Gupta, Katerina Lontzetidou, Isaac Phillips,

Asher Watterson-Noe, Dylan Mole, Jessica Smith,

Hayley Haberfield, Caleb Jenkins, James Moyes,

Olivia Kay, Abby Mullany, Leo Schache, Stellan Vale.

Football:

MBS 1 vs Kings - loss MBS 2 vs Kings - won MBS 3 vs Kings - won

Hockey:

MBS A vs SMCS - won MBS A vs KINGS - won MBS B vs KINGS - draw MBS C vs SMCS - won

Netball:

MBS Mystics vs Vicky Ave A - won MBS Tactix vs Vicky Ave A - loss MBS Mystics vs Vicky Ave B - won MBS Pulse vs Vicky Ave B - draw MBS Steele vs Vicky Ave C - won

Rugby:

A squad vs Kings A - loss

B Squad vs Kings B - loss

MAY 18 PINK SHIRT DAY Pork Bun Lunch Year 6 Waterwise Room 20 & 29 assembly presentation - 2.15pm 21 Year 4 trip to Auckland Zoo 23 BOT Meeting - 7pm - Senior Staffroom 25 Year 6 Waterwise Quiz-a-thon Test Room 34 & 35 Assembly presentation - 2.15pm 26 FOMS Quiz & Auction Night 29 Year 5 & 6 Sports Exchange 30 PMP Parent Information Afternoon (NE/Y1)

JUNE 1 TEACHER ONLY DAY - school closed 4 Queen’s Birthday 5 Parents Awareness Meeting (KOS) - 6.30pm 6 FOMS Meeting - Junior Staffroom 7.30pm 12 Year 5 & 6 Sports Exchange 15 Matariki Day 20 BOT Meeting - 7pm - Senior Staffroom 22 Room 37 & 38 Assembly presentation - 2.15pm 26 NE, Year 1 & 2 Poetry Recital - 9am Year 5 & 6 Sports Exchange 27 Open Morning - Junior School (details soon) 28 Open Afternoon - Senior School (details soon)

En te r ta inment Books

The NEW 2018—2019 Entertainment™ Memberships have been issued.

Every book sold the school receives 20% - this will be going towards our senior playground update and sports uniforms.

If you want a digital membership please order on-line

www.entbook.co.nz/954w53

If you do not wish to purchase the book which was sent home, please ensure this is returned by next Friday, 25 May.

TE REO MĀORI PARENT/COMMUNITY LESSONS

Are you interested in learning Te Reo Maori? If so, we are running free Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga lessons with Whaea Andrea in the community room every Thursday from 2.15 to 2.55pm.

Nau mai haere mai - All are welcome.

If you have any wool or old magazines at home and unwanted; could these please be dropped off to the Junior Office over

the next few weeks.

We will be using these for our Matariki celebrations on Friday, 15 June.

KAPA HAKA GROUP

Come along and watch our Kapa Haka group perform this Sunday at

Mangere Bridge School from 9.30am.

They are performing at a fundraising event for more information please visit

https://www.facebook.com/

events/1870021019962415/