TOTARA GROVE NEWSLETTER

TODAY: Thursday 22nd September 2016 No.20 No.16

The Warrior of Nga: Our School of Stars

Tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa

It is hard to believe that another school term is about to end. By now most of you will have had the chance to see our school production “The Warrior of Nga”. I am sure that you will have been impressed by the quality of the show and you will have enjoyed seeing your children have the opportunity to perform. Tonight is the last performance, so if you haven’t seen it yet, try to get along to the Tikipunga High School auditorium for the final show. By tomorrow, we will have a lot of tired children (and teachers) at school. We still expect to see everyone at school tomorrow, but we will excuse lateness for any children whose parents decide they need a bit of a sleep-in. School ends on Friday 23rd September at the usual time of 3.00pm and Term Four starts on Monday 10th October.

Ka Kite anō Lana Wolfgram Principal

TUPU TAHI – GROWING TOGETHER. STANDING STRONG. REACHING HIGH.

Winners of books for the last 2 weeks were: Corey Rm 3 Trent Rm 10 Tayo Team Kākano

Taonga Rm 12

Winners of books for the last 2 weeks were:

Team Kākano:

Tayo

Ezekial

Rm 3: Ariana

Rm 4: ----------

Rm 5: Cael

Rm 6: ----------

CAUGHT BEING GOOD Winners for the last 2 weeks were:

Team Kākano:

Tynan

Sheldon

Mana

Rm 2: Tayo

Rm 3: Quintana

Rm 4: Lyric

Rm 5: Mahlae-Ace

Rm 6: Hei Arii

MERIT CERTIFICATES

Rm 7: Kayne

Rm 8: ----------

Rm 9: ----------

Rm 10: Maui

Rm 11: ---------

Rm 12: ---------

Rm 13: Havalier

Rm 14: ----------

Rm 7: Noah

Rm 8: Lexus

Rm 9: ---------

Rm 10: Miracle

Kane

Rm 11: ---------

Rm 12: ---------

Rm 13: Summer

Rm 14: ---------

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

ROCKSTARS Winners for the last 2 weeks were:

Robbie Rm 4

Leah Rm 4

Brianna Rm 9

Mia Rm 13

Congratulations to all these children.

Librarian of the Week

THE WARRIOR OF NGA – Totara Grove School Production 2016

Thanks to the AMAZING efforts of cast, staff and students, our school production has been a great success!!

Tonight’s final show promises to be spectacular.

Channel North will be in attendance to film the show and DVDs will be available next term.

Where: Tikipunga High School auditorium When: 6pm Cost: Gold Coin donation

Show programmes will be available for an additional gold coin donation.

Please note that, due to the Duffy Role Model assembly Friday 9 Sept and the 12:30pm finish Friday 16 Sept, we have been unable to hold full school assemblies and only some classes were able to organise their own certificate presentations.

TUPU TAHI – GROWING TOGETHER. STANDING STRONG. REACHING HIGH.

Hi. We are Streaky Bacon – a group of young future changemakers at TGS. We would like everyone to complete our survey about gender bullying please. It is online at https://enketo.ona.io/x/#Y9Vd Thank you very much for your help.

BULLYING SURVEY

Board of Trustees Meetings Meetings will be held at 6.00pm in the school staffroom. 11th October 8th November 13th December

Supporting Learning At Home As parents and whanau you play a big part in your child’s learning every day, and you can support and build on what they learn at school too. Sometimes important learning gets forgotten during the school holidays. To avoid this please try to include some reading, writing and maths in holiday activities. A few ideas- Choose an interesting book and read to your child every day – show by example a love of books and reading. Draw a map of the backyard and mark spots for treasure. Design a marbles track and challenge a friend to a game of marbles. Revise sight words in a fun way – write them on cards and play games – Snap, Bingo, Memory, Fish …. Write a joke book. Tell jokes to each other and write them down. Send emails or texts to friends or family members. Play cards and board games. This is a great way of practising basic facts in maths. Encourage your child to retell favourite stories or parts of stories in their own words. Turn a favourite story into a play and act it out. Talk about interesting words, especially ones that are fun to say, like “hippopotamus” or “ringaringa”. Short and simple games could involve finding how many little words can be found in the word “atmosphere”. Plan a healthy menu for a backyard picnic. Invite a friend to come along.

School Photos Late orders for school photos must be paid to the office by 2pm tomorrow Friday 23 September.

If your child had an individual/family photo taken on the 13th of September you can order additional copies.

If you ordered a class photo you can order additional copies.

If you missed out on ordering a class photo completely you can order a copy.

After tomorrow, you will need to order through the photographer’s website: www.lizdaviesphotography.co.nz A $5 postage fee will be charged for online orders.

TUPU TAHI – GROWING TOGETHER. STANDING STRONG. REACHING HIGH.

DATES TO REMEMBER: Friday 23 Sept

Last day of Term 3

Last day to order class photos or

reorder individual photos

Monday 10 Oct

First day of term 4

Tupu Tahi Team News This was an exciting week for our team! We were able to send every child home with a strawberry plant that we had grown, along with awesome *how to* instructions from our team to help everyone look after their plants. A huge thanks goes out to all the children who helped make this project happen. We hope you have fun growing your strawberries. Tupu Tahi & Whaea Sara

These sessions are based in the school library. If you require further information about the programmes please contact the Navigators or the Programme Operations manager Damien Clark 021 828 258

I Have A Dream: After School programmes

PB4L Snippet for this Fortnight:

WHANGAREI JUNIOR BASKETBALL Under 10s Development Programme 4-10yr olds only Starts Thursday Oct 13 4pm – 5:30pm FREE ENTRY for a 5 week course Children must be accompanied by a parent/adult willing to help. Registrations must be in by 10th October. Please see Whaea Luella for a registration form

School Term Dates 2017 Term One 1st February – 13th April Term Two 1st May – 7th July Term Three 24th July – 29th September Term Four 16th October – 18th December

Determination What is it?

Determination is using your willpower and focussing your energy on a task until it is done. It’s usually an important task that will make a big difference to you if you succeed. It means caring so much about doing something that even when it becomes difficult, you still keep on going. You don’t stop until the job is done.

PB4L - Positive Behaviour for Learning

The Totara Grove way!

Whanau at the Falls 15th October 2-6pm Music & Talent Quest Performances Sports & Games Food & information Stalls

Contact kathrynm@tikihigh.school.nz 027 276 6957 Facebook: Otuihau Community Development Project