p Wellsford School 47 School Rd Wellsford Phone: 09 423 8042 Fax: 09 423 8056 Email: [email protected]Website: www.wellsford.school.nz Newsletter No 21 22 July 2015 Information News and Views Coming Events Tena ra koutou katoa He mihi tenei kia koutou e awhi nei mo tenei kura He putanga tenei panui mo koutou Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa Greetings to everyone who is, or has been supporting or helping our school Y7/8 Production Congratulations Team 4, teachers, and helpers, on a wonderful production at the end of last term. Two great nights of fun, music, and dance. Two great crowds of supporters. You worked hard all term to rehearse and then produced two great nights of entertainment. Well done! Y7/8 Mahurangi Sports Challenge Our first ever interschool sports challenge with the Y7/8 students of Mahurangi College takes place on Friday 31 July at Mahurangi College. We will enter teams in Netball, Rugby, and Soccer, and hopefully add this trophy to the one we already have in the cabinet from the Mangawhai Beach School Challenge last term. Parents please keep an eye out for notices, etc from Mr Lees regarding this event. Team 1 & 2 Author Visit this Thursday We have sourced a wonderful kiwi author, Nicholas Rumble, to come and visit the school to promote his stunning book. He presents an interactive puppet show and shares what inspires him to write using nature, photography and values. His books use NZ native birds. Team 1 will enjoy his visit at 1.30pm and Team 2 at 2.15pm. Note – there is no charge for this. Maths Week During the week of the 10 th of August the school will participate in Math’s week, a National Week focusing on maths. Children will engage in a variety of extra maths activities in the classrooms and online. They may even bring home activities to challenge their parents. Have a go! Whanau Classes Start This Friday Our new Whanau class initiative will begin this Friday. Our four house groups will be divided into three or four smaller classes and be assigned a teacher. On Friday afternoons when there isn’t an assembly Whanau Classes will meet. These classes will include children from all age groups and engage in activities designed to get to know each other and grow a sense of community among our students. To get this started in a positive way we are asking children from Teams 3 and 4 (Y4-8) to each bring a suitable item for a shared afternoon tea. (baking, biscuits, chips, etc. No fizzy drinks please. If baking please deliver on a disposable plate, thanks). They hand this item in at the office, to be divided up among the whanau classes on Friday afternoon. Thank you, in advance. I realise you only have Thursday and Friday morning to deliver these. Regards, Dave Bradley Principal Education Tips for Parents Raising self-esteem: Family learning – building friendships The teaching which families do every day can act as motivation for learning. If students enjoy learning then they tend to do well at school. Sport, games, gardening, fishing, swimming, boating, bike riding, bush walking, and building are typical New Zealand pastimes which can offer the family a chance to learn together. Reading maps, listening to weather forecasts, measuring, making purchasing choices, and considering long term and short term decision- making can all be shared for the benefit of the child. The basic skills of sharing, taking turns, encouraging others, learning to win, lose and persevere can also be taught within the family. Such learning has links with school success and is likely to establish and reinforce the relationship between what is studied at school and the realities of everyday life. Read together occasionally instead of watching TV. Try picking a book together and reading it at the same time. Ask your child to read to you from the newspaper. Inspire the reading with real life questions: “What’s the best mortgage interest rate at the moment?” “Will the tides be any good for floundering this weekend?” “What’s the latest news on that police hunt?”
What’s ahead? Friday 24 July: Rms 13, 18 & 19 walk to
Wellsford Library
Friday 31 July: Y7/8 Mahurangi Sports
Tournament
Monday 10 to
Friday 14 August: Maths Week
Monday 24 August: Mid Term Break
WELLSFORD JMB RUGBY This week's rugby draw is a Friday night game at Maungaturoto.
U7’s kickoff at 6.00pm, U9’s at 6.45pm, U11’s at 7.40pm.
Please be there at least 30mins before kickoff. Training resumes Thursdays
from 5.00 - 6.00pm. Enquires phone Alan 021 998 048.
Wellsford Premiers play Mid Northern in the Southern Districts final at Toll Stadium this Saturday 25 July. Kickoff at 2.45pm. Come and support the boys!
WELLSFORD NETBALL CLUB
Draw for this weekend, Saturday 25 July,
Week 6 of competition.
Pilot Game for year 5/6 programme: 11.45am - 12.30pm, on courts 4 & 5.
We need the players from Wellsford 6 &
Starz for these teams, just a fun game.
KIWI GRADE:
Sapphires vs. Warkworth Turquoise, Ct 3
and Dazzlers vs. Maungaturoto, Ct 2 –
meet at 8.40am
Starz vs. Rodney, meet at 10.15am
on Ct 5, for 10.45am game
8.45am round: Wellsford 6 vs. Snells Beach 1, Ct 4
9.45am round: Wellsford 1 vs. Wellsford 2, Ct 6
10.45am round: Wellsford 4 vs. Kaiwaka 1, Ct 1
11.45am round: Wellsford 5 vs. Mangawhai 6, Ct 1
Wellsford 3 vs. Matakana 1, Ct 2
Wellsford Starz and Wellsford 6,
Cts 4 & 5, pilot game
Term Dates: Term 3: 20th July – 25th September
Term 4: 12th October – 14th December
Learning Hours: Block 1: 8.55 – 11.00am
Block 2: 11.30am – 12.40pm
Block 3: 1.30 – 3.00pm
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Tremayne Vakatini-Harding (Y8 – R3)
for making the 2015 Northland Roller
Mills Team – TUMEKE!!!
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