Global Citizens of the Future

TAIRUA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 19th June 2012

Week 9 of 10

Kia Ora tatou Sailors Grave was a hive of activity last Thursday with chil-­dren, Parents and Teachers ready and eager to make a dif-­ference to our environment. Cherry and Trevor Ladd (Kauri 2000) have been heroic in their quest to re-­establish Kauri in this area and evidence suggests that the battle is being won. With a great bunch of parent helpers, the children were able to plant over 100 trees in this area and managed a small, yet, valuable clean up of Otara Bay. I would like to congratulate the Kauri 2000 organisation, the students from Room 4 and those parent helpers that assisted with is ongo-­ing, inspiring effort to re-­establish Kauri in our backyard. Matariki Week at Tairua Te Kura: Yesterday we had Briar from Sport Waikato in to explain Tapawae to our senior classrooms. This is a strategy game that uses a wide range of large ball skills and thinking strate-­gies to achieve points. This sport is growing in popularity within primary and intermediate schools across New Zea-­land. Our hangi is just around the corner and we are in need of a few items;; potatoes (boiling/roasting), kumara, pumpkin and cabbage are required. If every child brings a plastic bag containing 3 potatoes, a piece of pumpkin, 2 kumara etc we are confident there will be plenty of kia for our commu-­nity and special guests. The idea is that we donate items from home, or, from our garden instead of going out and buying food. All donations need to be sent to school this Wednesday and placed in the M.P.R room. For those par-­ents and caregivers that had indicated an interest in helping out with our hangi prep, could you please be at school from 10:00 tomorrow morning, equipped with knives, peelers and chopping boards.

TAIRUA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER T.O.D (Teachers Only Day) Friday the 29th: The school will be taking a teachers only day on Friday the 29th of June to explore a number of professional develop-­ment focus areas for Tairua School. This is the last Friday of

H.O.T Winter Sports Day: Tuesday the 26th Next Tuesday we will be hosting Rugby, Soccer and Netball teams from Opoutere and Hikuai for the annual H.O.T Win-­ter Sports Day. This is a competitive day of sport where the three schools field their top team in each discipline. Due to

included. Mixed ages, abilities and gender makes for an interesting, fun and determined day of sport. We have lim-­ited spaces for each team and priority has been given to our senior children. Here are the teams and timetable for Tuesday. Rugby 7s Team. Henry, Harry, Bayden, Jack, Cade, Sam S, Sam K, Greyson and Darrien. Rugby 7s Team Junior Sammy, Cody, Cameron, Cooper, Maika, Hunter, Trident, Sage, Zion, Cullen, Nikau, Covek and Easton. Senior Netball. Steph, Denise, Rebecca, Karla, Abbi, Ruby Paris, Phoenix, Maddie and Mohini. Junior Netball Jenna, Lily, Ella, Angelle, Bronte, Gabby, Bry-­ony and Rhea Soccer Team, Ahi, Vita, Denzel, Marlow, Tara, Sandy, Flynn, Jordan, Otama and Ziggy. All students must wear their blue school polo shirt. If your child does not have a school shirt the school will provide one for them.

The Week Ahead at Tairua School Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Newsletter out Soccer Practice Garden Club Yr 7/8 Tech 9th Grade Soccer Te Reo Adult Class Hangi Room 2 Assembly Rotation Day 9-­12:30 Hangi Prep Art Club

Week 9 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Block 1

9:00-­10:30

Tapuwae with Briar from

Project Energize.

Room 3 9:00-­9:45

Room 4 9:45-­10:30

Rotation 1 Haka and Poi (Ian and Atawhai)

Rotation 2 Waiata (Kat and Lianne)

Marg and her team of helpers will work in with Brendan to set up an appropriate programme to ensure every-­thing is ready for a 6:00am kick off for the Hangi.

Hangi will be lit at 6:00am.

Rick Tawa, Brendan, Der-­rick Takotohiwi

and Bourney to org.

Block 2

11:00-­12:30

Room 5

11:00-­11:45

Rotation 3 Weaving

( Kendall Mil-­len)

Rotation 4 Bread Making (Marg Chick)

Hangi Prepara-­

tion

Food prep Hole digging

Equipment sorted

Thames High School Kapa Haka.

Performance. 12:15-­12:30

Block 3

1:30-­3:00

Whole School Assembly

Waiata and Te reo Maori focus. 2:30-­3:00.

The children will be in their

houses for this rotation. Teach-­ers will be

spread through-­out all activities.

Hangi Prepara-­tion

Food prep Hole digging

Equipment sorted

Clean up in the afternoon

Time Soccer Rugby

11:30-­12:00 Opoutere vs Tairua Jnr Tairua J vs Opoutere J

12:00-­12:30 Hikuai vs Opoutere Tairua vs Hikuai

12:30-­1:00 Tairua vs Opoutere Opoutere vs Hikuai

1:00-­1:30 Tairua vs Hikuai Tairua vs Opoutere

2:00 Assembly Assembly

Time Netball

11:30-­11:50 Tairua Jnr vs Opoutere Jnr

11:50-­12:10 Hikuai Jnr vs Opoutere Jnr

12:10-­12:30 Tairua Jnr vs Hikuai Jnr

12:30-­1:00 Hikuai vs Opoutere

1:00-­1:30 Tairua vs Hikuai

1:30-­2:00 Tairua vs Opoutere

2:00 Assembly

School email addresses: (07) 864 8590

office@tairua.school.nz carin@tairua.school.nz brendanf@tairua.school.nz catherine@tairua.school.nz samanthat@tairua.school.nz amyl@tairua.school.nz nel@tairua.school.nz Maria Cory-­Wright 864 8175

Term dates: Term 1 01/02/2012 -­ 05/04/2012 Term 2 23/04/2012 -­ 29/06/2012 Term 3 16/07/2012 -­ 28/09/2012 Term 4 15/10/2012 -­ 15/12/2012

Students Leaders Message: There will be no disco this Friday night. The decision was made to postpone the disco to term 3, when we have more time to organise it. Lots of sickness:

seen a dramatic increase in sickness and other related health issues. With the colder weather now well and truly upon us, I encourage you to ensure your child is dressed ap-­propriately. Students need warm jerseys and jumpers, ther-­mals, beanies and jackets on these cold days. Better to be over prepared than find yourself cold and uncomfortable during break times and E.O.T.C sessions. E.R.O Community Meeting: 18th July 2012 As I mentioned in last weeks newsletter, we have Jocelyn Wilding and Paul Matthews from the Education Review Of-­fice visiting our school and community in week 1 of term 3. The purpose of this visit is to assess progress and initiatives to date and provide direction for raising student achievement. This visit involves everybody in the school community from the B.O.T, staff, children and parents. On Wednesday the 18th of July, Jocelyn and Paul would like to meet with mem-­bers from the school community from 2:00pm 3:00pm in the Multi purpose room. If you are able to attend please feel free to do so. Taekwondo:

The following Tairua School Stu-­dents graded to the next belt in Taekwondo on June 9th in Mor-­rinsville. Marlow Brown (to black tip), Zion Vaughters (to blue tip), Vita Rowe (to blue tip), Sage Vaughters (to blue tip), Jordan Metz (to black tip), Darrien Wil-­son (to yellow tip), Thomas Mo-­sen (to yellow tip).

Tairua Soccer Draw -­ Round 8 Here is the draw for round 8.

Major School Events for Term 2 Anzac Day -­ Week 1, Wedns 25th, April Elgrogoe Magician Show -­ Week 6, Tues the 29th, May. Queens Birthday -­ Week 7, Monday 4th, June Arbour Day -­ Week 7, Tuesday 5th June. Book Week. Week 8, June. Matariki -­ Week 9.Hangi Thursday the 21st. H.O.T Winter Sport Comp-­ Week 10, Tues 26th, June. Mid Year Reports -­ Week 10, Thursday 28th, June. As additional activities and events are timetabled in, they will be added to this notice board.

Tairua Library: Bank on Books Thanks to all the enthusiastic readers who have registered for Bank on Books. I have make more spaces available due to high demand (Bank on Books is as popular as the Lady Gaga concert this year!). Please note, registrations will re-­main open until this Friday 22nd June at 4:30pm. Phone the

out. Be first to discover the best new books these holidays. Earn book bank bucks for reading and buy real prizes at the finale Wine and Food Festival AGM: The Wine and Food Festival AGM will be held Monday 25th June at 6pm in the staffroom. Everybody most welcome to attend. Soccer: A big congratulations to Marlow Brown who has been se-­lected to play in the Under 11 Thames Valley Rep team. Marlow is travelling to Rotorua this Sunday for the first game and we wish him well. Musical Theatre/Creative Drama Winter Workshop-­Tairua School July 7th 11am -­ 3pm: This workshop will provide children the opportunity to explore and experience the joy of performance. They will partici-­pate in improvisation, creative drama games and vocal ba-­sics as we work together to expand our comfort zones and build personal confidence. Students will be encouraged to direct, act and sing a variety of skits and songs. Following

brief demonstration for family and friends. Tuition of $30 must

spot. Limited spaces and scholarships available. Please visit www.shineperformance.webs.com or call Kat on 0272 306 016 with any questions. Thames Pool -­ Learn to Swim: All new enrolments for our swim school program for Term 3 are assessed this week the 18th -­ 22nd June 3:30pm -­ 4:30pm, come along any day no need to book, just bring your togs. Learn to Swim in our warm heated pool over the winter months so you can hit summer with a splash. If your require further information ring the pool on (07) 868 8441 and speak with Paul Dufty. Book Fair: A big thank you to Anne-­Marie and Susan for all their help during Book Week, we really appreciate it. Lost Property: We have a large pile of lost property, please come and check it before it is taken to the Op Shop at the end of term.

Kindest Regards Brendan Finn

Global Citizens of the Future

Date Time Team 1 Team 2 Venue

23/06/2012 10:45am Whanga Wings 11

Tairua 11 Whanga Area School

23/06/2012 11:30am Whanga Waves 11

Tairua 11 Whanga Area School