COMING EVENTS

Tuesday 20 November Class 1 2019 Parent Evening

Wednesday 21 November Open Day

Friday 23 November Kindy Market Day

Wednesday 28 November C10 Play Performance

Thursday 29 November C10 Play Performance

FRIDAY FLYER 16 November 2018

Newsletter 39

Kia ora tatou

The weather provided a fitting backdrop

to a joyous and highly enjoyable Fair day

on Saturday. It is always interesting to

have fresh eyes look at events that have

been part of the fabric of a place for so

long. The reputation around Fair is very high and is completely

justified. The music, food, stalls and games were all wonderful but

what really set the day apart was the almost tangible sense of

community and pride. My thanks to the many, many, many

parents, students, staff and volunteers who gave up so much time

to make it such a special day and a special thanks to Christine

Fairclough for coordinating the event.

On Monday of this week students from classes 1-4 attended an

assembly presentation of the Dragon Play. Students from classes 8

and 9 provided not only the characterisation but had also worked

with class teachers and students to support them in learning some

of the main songs. The event was coordinated by the ever present

Mr Bernal. This model of older students working with younger

students to share and role model is one that we will continue to

develop next year.

Our senior students are now half way through the external

examination period. Our thoughts remain with them as they

navigate this intense and demanding time.

As summer approaches, the better weather and longer days also

herald the time for camps for many of our students. Class 6

returned just over a week ago from King Country, Class 7 return

today from Whanganui River and Class 5 leave for their Olympic

camp in Rotorua next week. Experiential learning gives students

the opportunity to grow in so many ways that can’t be quantified

within the regular curriculum. My thanks to all the staff and parent

volunteers that provide the logistics and time to make these camps

happen and to the parent community for their ongoing support

and understanding of the importance of these camps in the

development of students.

Ngā mihi

Terry Storer, Principal

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

Urgently seeking reasonably priced 2/3 bedroom home

for my boys and I. Please contact Roanne Patecki on

021 160 0653

For Sale – two beautifully presented properties just a

few steps from Michael Park School. Open Homes Sat/

Sun 3 - 3:40pm.

3/11 Umere Cres, Ellerslie link: https://www.uprealestate.co.nz/UPR14612

2/11 Umere Cres, Ellerslie link: https://www.uprealestate.co.nz/UPR14611

Contact the editor fridayflyer@michaelpark.school.nz

Guideline 150 characters please. Deadline Thursday lunchtime.

MPS STAFFING VACANCIES

PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS TEACHER - Full time, permanent

PRIMARY MUSIC TEACHER - Part time, perm, FTTE up to 0.4

HANDWORK TEACHER - Part time, permanent, FTTE up to 0.5

GERMAN TEACHER - Part time, fixed term, FTTE up to 0.3

PHOTOGRAPHY/ART - Part time, fixed term, FTTE up to 0.4

SCIENCE TEACHER W/ PHYSICS - Part time, perm, FTTE up to 0.8

LAB TECHNICIAN -4.5 hours per week

To apply, go to:

www.michaelpark.school.nz/about-us/vacancies

SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER AIDE

Michael Park Kindergarten is seeking a special needs teacher aide.

Hours are 9.30 -12.30, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs. The ideal applicant

is well organised and practical, has great communication skills and

can build warm and responsive relationships.

Please send your CV to admin@michaelpark.school.nz

TE AO MĀORI Kia ora koutou,

Ruapotaka Marae in Glen Innis are holding a local Kapa haka festival next Saturday 24th of November. Please come and support our newly formed Kapa haka group as they take the stage approx. 1.35pm Nau mai haere mai ki te tautoko mai.

We would love to see you there. Ngā mihi nui Andrea and Amanda

Dear community,

The Class 10 Play is rapidly approaching. Class 10 will be

performing a modern interpretation of an ancient Greek comedy –

Lysistrata.

Lysistrata is a very topical play for these times and tells the story of

a group of women who stand up to the patriarchal powers and go

on a ….’wife’ strike in order to stop a prolonged and ridiculous war.

Ancient Greek comedies were the first political and social satires.

(Think along the lines of Alec Baldwin’s satire of Donald Trump)

We chose this for Class 10 this year, as they are a class with strong

intellect and depth, who could get their teeth into the deeper

themes of the play. The class also felt the need to do a play that

was very outrageous and this play is most definitely that. The

Greeks loved to couch their deep social themes in outrageous

physical comedy, bawdiness and saucy comic banter. This will be a

very satisfying night of Theatre, with rousing songs …dance...ritual

…. broad comedy and very rousing heartfelt oratory. It is very

much a play that will speak to women of all ages and is very topical

in terms of what we see happening in the world today. It is

appropriate for class 7 and above.

Class 10 is currently a small class with many students away on

exchange at this time. This Class of 16 have produced a really

enlivening play that that should not be missed. Whaea Andrea’s

husband, Keith, has built us a striking set and the Auditorium has a

completely unique and individual feel.

For Michael Park Students going into Class Eight next year it is very

important for them to see this play and have an experience as they

will be doing in 2019. A picture paints a thousand words in term of

Drama learning and the more plays they see, the more they will

instinctively understand what is possible for them as well. For

those going into Class 9 it will prepare them well for the Comedy

and Tragedy Main Lesson next year. For those going into Class 10

in 2019, they will see the scale of the Class 10 Play, and for those

doing NCEA Drama, it provides a learning platform for Greek

Theatre. For the rest of you, I promise a very funny, compelling,

enlivening and relevant theatre experience. This will be a high

quality show and one that a group of parents would enjoy as a

night out without their kids. Greek Theatre is a unique Theatre

form. Part Musical/Burlesque/ Physical Comedy/Ritual and Social

Satire…it is really out of the box.

Please make a special effort to come to this Play, as I feel it is

important for this class. If the community turns up in force, then

our Class 10 students get given a unique and thrilling gift of a

bustling, full to the brim audience, and when it is your child’s turn

the community will turn up for them as well. The age restriction of

this play and the fact that so many of this class are on Foreign

exchanges makes it even more important for us to mobilize

numbers for these 16 Class 10 students. Please spread the word,

buy tickets and come along to support us. Please help us to give

these students an awesome experience that they won’t forget to

end the year with a bang. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Please feel Free to contact myself or Jane Patterson if you want to

enquire about the suitability of the play for a particular age group.

We are recommending Class 7 and above (13 years) as the story in

the play is a group of woman going on a sex strike to force their

husbands to stop a ridiculous war, although in Greek times there

were no females on the stage! Our 2018 version is ultimately

about female empowerment, bringing all our outdated way of

doing things into the light, and together creating a better world.

Heartfelt thanks,

Patrice Wilson

For tickets contact Grace at grace@ryan.net.nz

(Tickets on sale before and after school from Friday in the rotunda)

To the Michael Park Community

We had another awesome fair day on Saturday. The weather played its part, the people came,

everyone was smiling and the unicorn was again a star (huge thankyou to the Allsop family).

Thank you to all those who have been working all year behind the scenes such as the Doll, Craft and

Woodwork groups, Snapdragon shop, the families making fabulous prizes for the many games and

gorgeous items for sale, bringing in wonderful Silent Auction items, stringing sesame tickets, repairing

props, cooking beautiful food for the cafes, and of course posting the fabulous Facebook and Instagram

posts which took off again this year.

Thanks to Adrienne who plastered Auckland with fair signs and Mr Farley, Steve and Lyndle for putting up

the big signs.

Thank you to the MPS staff who worked extremely hard on the day and before - money running, sesame

ticket selling, helping with set up and pack down, counting, making maps and sesame tickets, handing out

flyers, making the school grounds look wonderful. doing rubbish duties on the day, organizing the fair

shed in and out, and running the awesome outdoor classroom. The admin team work 12 hours plus on fair

day and support everyone prior to that too – thank you!

Shawn the Electrician did a huge setup pre fair day again and is on hand through the day too, thanks

Shawn. Our stage on the day was led by Reb Fountain with Harley McIlveen providing the sound and it

was brilliant – the field in front of the stage was full all day – a huge thanks to you and your team! Our

students were fabulous on the stage and we are lucky to have so many talented students willing to get up

and do their thing, thanks to you all too.

We had parents and staff checking in stallholders and doing gate patrol from 6 am – thank you! And again,

we must mention the great organization of the Pre-Loved Clothing and Cake Stall – huge jobs and so well

done, thank you Natasha, Emma and Mary. Tala and his team loaned and setup the stage again – big

thanks to them.

Hope you all had a wonderful day and we look forward to getting the result out

soon. This year we are using the fair proceeds to purchase new outdoor canopies

for classes 6 and 7 and high school. We have already replaced the Outdoor

Classroom tent, purchased a new kiln and helped with the cost of installing the

kindergarten flow form. The new Auditorium foyer toilets are in and the lighting in

the auditorium is being worked on – all from proceeds of the previous two fairs.

On behalf on the Fair Group and the class Fair Coordinators THANK YOU

EVERYONE!

Christine, Adrienne, Brenda, Bob, and Joao

Do you enjoy working with wood? Do you want to get involved in our community

in a practical way?

Come along and help us make things to sell to raise money for the school at the Summer Fair.

We meet in the woodwork room each

Monday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm All parents are welcome (we are not allowed

children, sorry) and no experience is necessary.

For more information contact Doug Cross

021 455 831 douglascross@gmail.com

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