Term 4 Week 6
19 November 2013
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends,
Such a lot is happening at school at the moment. I am so grateful for the tenacity and patience and positive approach of the staff at this school as we all try to manage balancing all the plates. I know you know what that is like as well...
So what has been and is happening?
1. Production: Oh the Places You Will Go - we are in the last ten days of practice for this. Louise Pryde wrote the script after she recovered from last term's illness, and we are in full swing with short time availability. The staff are working so hard. Please ensure that you help them survive and thrive by ensuring that your children have thoroughly practiced all their lines with expression, and that they each have their costumes sorted. See the newsletter they brought home with details.
2. Birthday Service: Thanks so much for joining with us on Sunday for our birthday service. It means a lot to build our story and our community, and I do appreciate that it also costs something in terms of your usual commitments. So thanks. CJ, Talia and John did a great job sharing about God's work in the world in the past and in our lives today.
3. Marae Visit: This is something we have wanted to do for a long time and it is finally happening. Please talk with your children about being respectful as we learn together and build our understanding of our wider community in new ways.
4. Videoing: Brad and the camera man were here yesterday filming your children learning and talking about their learning. We will let you know when the video is complete and up on the professional development site for teachers. This is a privilege we are glad to be a part of. Thanks to our staff for being so embracing of change and professional development for the benefit of your children.
5. Assessments and Reports: These are being completed now. The teachers have a skip in their hearts, and occasionally their steps, as we gather the data about learning and see the huge progress we have made. Our writing results are exciting for us as this has been an area of intentional focus. 83% of our learners are At or Above National Standards in Writing. The national average in 2012 for schools was 70% At or Above. This is a huge shift. This is a testimony to incredible diligence and focus in our teachers this year, and I thank them for their hard work.
6. Bible Fair. The senior class continue to work to prepare for our Bible Fair at the end of the year. They will have a week to complete them after Production.
7. Interschool Athletics. Our school did very well in the Interschools this year, and we have two reps going to the HBC Interschool Athletics on Thursday. Well done Kaleigh and Talia!!
8. Honouring Assemblies. These have been a delight to us. To publicly share with families in acknowledging what we love about each of our learners is a blessing that warms our hearts. We believe this is hugely influential in developing the children's sense of who they are and who they can become.
Please ensure that you can come to the Assembly this Friday if your child is in Room 3.
9. iPads. The donated iPads have arrived and are now set up for use. This is exciting for us for next year in particular.
10. Enrolment interviews. These are ticking on well. Please continue to encourage people to make enquiries. We have four children starting or started this term alone.
So, there is a lot on the boil. Please help us keep the plates spinning by ensuring your children get an early night, lots of sleep, and that they are well prepared for the Production.
Please also take the opportunities you can to thank the teachers who have gone above and beyond to ensure that learning is engaging and purposeful and successful for each individual child this year.
I think Mary, Vanessa and Louise are absolutely fantastic teachers, and more - great role models for your children.
Thanks
Helen Pearson
Such a lot is happening at school at the moment. I am so grateful for the tenacity and patience and positive approach of the staff at this school as we all try to manage balancing all the plates. I know you know what that is like as well...
So what has been and is happening?
1. Production: Oh the Places You Will Go - we are in the last ten days of practice for this. Louise Pryde wrote the script after she recovered from last term's illness, and we are in full swing with short time availability. The staff are working so hard. Please ensure that you help them survive and thrive by ensuring that your children have thoroughly practiced all their lines with expression, and that they each have their costumes sorted. See the newsletter they brought home with details.
2. Birthday Service: Thanks so much for joining with us on Sunday for our birthday service. It means a lot to build our story and our community, and I do appreciate that it also costs something in terms of your usual commitments. So thanks. CJ, Talia and John did a great job sharing about God's work in the world in the past and in our lives today.
3. Marae Visit: This is something we have wanted to do for a long time and it is finally happening. Please talk with your children about being respectful as we learn together and build our understanding of our wider community in new ways.
4. Videoing: Brad and the camera man were here yesterday filming your children learning and talking about their learning. We will let you know when the video is complete and up on the professional development site for teachers. This is a privilege we are glad to be a part of. Thanks to our staff for being so embracing of change and professional development for the benefit of your children.
5. Assessments and Reports: These are being completed now. The teachers have a skip in their hearts, and occasionally their steps, as we gather the data about learning and see the huge progress we have made. Our writing results are exciting for us as this has been an area of intentional focus. 83% of our learners are At or Above National Standards in Writing. The national average in 2012 for schools was 70% At or Above. This is a huge shift. This is a testimony to incredible diligence and focus in our teachers this year, and I thank them for their hard work.
6. Bible Fair. The senior class continue to work to prepare for our Bible Fair at the end of the year. They will have a week to complete them after Production.
7. Interschool Athletics. Our school did very well in the Interschools this year, and we have two reps going to the HBC Interschool Athletics on Thursday. Well done Kaleigh and Talia!!
8. Honouring Assemblies. These have been a delight to us. To publicly share with families in acknowledging what we love about each of our learners is a blessing that warms our hearts. We believe this is hugely influential in developing the children's sense of who they are and who they can become.
Please ensure that you can come to the Assembly this Friday if your child is in Room 3.
9. iPads. The donated iPads have arrived and are now set up for use. This is exciting for us for next year in particular.
10. Enrolment interviews. These are ticking on well. Please continue to encourage people to make enquiries. We have four children starting or started this term alone.
So, there is a lot on the boil. Please help us keep the plates spinning by ensuring your children get an early night, lots of sleep, and that they are well prepared for the Production.
Please also take the opportunities you can to thank the teachers who have gone above and beyond to ensure that learning is engaging and purposeful and successful for each individual child this year.
I think Mary, Vanessa and Louise are absolutely fantastic teachers, and more - great role models for your children.
Thanks
Helen Pearson
Buses
On the 22 November the College is having a
half day so the buses that run from the college to Matakana and Matakana Valley
Road will not run in the afternoon. All
other buses will be running. The
Mahurangi Christian School bus will go to Warkworth School and then on to the
Library.
Congratulations
Kaleigh Morris and Talia Carstensen
On Thursday Kaleigh and Talia will be competing in the
Area Interschool Atheltics at Hibiscus
Coast after winning their events in the
Local Interschool Athletics. Kaleigh
will be competing in shot put, discus and high jump and Talia in shot put. We
know they will represent us well.
Kaleigh set a new record in the shot put
competition so her name goes down in history. Well done Kaleigh you are a star!
Performance
We are excited about the upcoming performance
of “Oh the Places You will Go” on Friday 29th November @7.00pm. Close to half the tickets have been sold so
get in quick to get tickets for your family. Please encourage friends and
family to attend. It would be very encouraging for our children to play to a
full house.
Tickets are available from the office and cost
$10 per adult and $5 per child. We will be opening ticket sales up to the
general public at the end of this week.
We Need
You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christmas Market Fundraising
Mahurangi Christian School has
been given the opportunity to run the sausage sizzle/cake stall at The Home
Body & Beauty Market as a fundraiser so we would appreciate the support of
all the MCS families.
An hourly
roster has been set up in the office to add your name to so that we have enough
people cooking sausages and selling cakes. We will require 4 extra
volunteers per hour from 9am – 2pm. There is a total of 20 hours to
fill so if you can give more than an hour that would be wonderful. Please
call June early to get your name on your preferred spot in the roster.
Home Body & Beauty Market
Old Masonic Hall - Warkworth
SAUSAGE SIZZLE AND CAKE STALL
Saturday 23 November
9am – 2pm
Toaster
The toaster in the staffroom has passed away. If you have a spare toaster at home that we
could have we would appreciate it. Our
bread would change to toast, our teachers would smile at lunchtime, the
staffroom would be filled with the delicious smell of toasted bread. No doubt
about it out life would change!!!!!!!!
Marae
Visit
We are visiting Te Hana Marae tomorrow. Thank you to all those
accompanying us and to those assisting with transport.
Library Helpers
If you have some spare hours next week we
would love to have you help us with our library stocktake. If you are available
please indicate when on this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Kthdn0LiQH9ANzZ-Eup2hKugwPjPZcfgEs-Ggkx0w08/viewform
Library Books
Library Books
Notices about missing library books will
be sent home this week. Please have a
good look around home and send any library books you find back to school as
replacing them can be a costly exercise.
Buddy Kit fundraising
Thank you all those who
have sent back you order forms for these kits. If you have orders at home
please send them in as quickly as possible, we must have all money and orders
in by Friday after assembly, so we can send them off and receive the products
back in plenty of time for Christmas.
Weetbix Kids TRYathlon
Is there anybody interested in taking part in
the Weetbix Kids TRYathlon as part of a school team? If so please let June know
in the office.
Costs
Earlybird Price ( before noon 20th
December) $34.60 per person
School Group (4 children in any one event) $35.50 per person
Regular Entry Price $40.75
per person
Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is the BIGGEST under
16’s triathlon series in the world.
Entry is open
to anyone 7 to 15 years of age no matter what your level of fitness, and you
can either sign up as an individual or as a team of two with a friend.
Where and When: Narrowneck
Beach, North Shore, 6th April, 2014
Contact: try.weetbix.co.nz or call 09 531 5080
Vision and Hearing Testing
On 12 December the Vision
and Hearing Technician will visit our school.
She will be testing New Entrants who have not had B4 School hearing and
Vision Tests and children who have not been tested in New Zealand.
Children do not need to
be tested if they have completed the B4 School Check Hearing and Vision tests.
Honouring Assemblies
See your child get a special honour
Our End of Term Celebration Assemblies this
year have focused on those learners who have made the most outstanding Progress
during that term.
Our End of Year Prizegivings focus on those
learners who have had the most outstanding Achievement.
Honouring Assemblies: Honour our helpers and
volunteers
On 22 November, we will have an assembly to honour
our volunteers. Please keep this date free if possible.
Assembly
Roster for Term 4 2013
Term
4
|
2013
|
Assembly host
|
Week
1
|
19
Oct
|
Principal’s
Assembly
|
Week
2
|
25
Oct
|
Colin Shilston
|
Week
3
|
1
Nov
|
Pre- school
Tabloids- no assembly
|
Week
4
|
8
Nov
|
Honouring Assembly
Room 1
and
class party afterwards
|
Week
5
|
15
Nov
|
Honouring Assembly
Room 2
and
class party afterwards
|
Week
6
|
22
Nov
|
Honouring Assembly
Room 3
and
class party afterwards
|
Week
7
|
29
Nov
|
No assembly due to
Production
|
Week
8
|
6
Dec
|
Honouring Assembly
for friends of the school
|
Week
9
|
13
Dec
|
Prize Giving
|
Upcoming Events:
20 November Te
Hana Marae Visit
25-29 November Library
Stocktake
29 November School Production
7 December Santa Parade
12 December Bible Fair and Picnic
Vision
and Hearing Testing
18 December Last day of school for the year
Community Notices
Heartbeat Christian Book Store Warkworth
Would like to announce that we have the new
Rosie Boom book in store - " Where the River Rises" - Book 4
Please come in and have a look around.
Rosie Boom book in store - " Where the River Rises" - Book 4
Please come in and have a look around.
Christmas
Gift Market
When: Friday 29th November
2013 @ 3.00pm - 7.30pm
Where: Mahurangi
College Hall, Warkworth
There are a great selection of handmade and designerproducts.
Local wine and local cuisine available throughout the
event.
For Stallholder Information, contact Lisa Cardno on 09 425 8039
or email: l.cardno@mahurangi.school.nz
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