Tapawera News

Issue 18 8 Nov

2018

Kiaora Whanau Tena koutou e hoa ma. Senior Students Study Leave These students finish school tomorrow and the following weeks are set aside for them to prepare for their exams. All students benefit from spending time in concentrated study. If students have questions or concerns along the way they are very welcome to come into school and seek that help from staff. Best wishes to you all. Armistice Weekend 10 & 11 November This has become a very significant event for Tapawera. Please come along and support the activities. Market Day 10-2pm on Saturday at the school Sunday Commemoration Activities at the Paddock west of the village 9:30-3pm Primary students are singing a set of songs during the Saturday Market between 10 and 12:30. Thanks families for helping get these students to school. Both days will see significant displays of student work. A PB4L Thought…. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.” Denis Waitley Education Review Office Visit Next week we will be visited by a team of reviewers. They will be with us most of the week - starting and ending with meetings with our Board of Trustees on Monday and Thursday. Art Achievement Every year at about this time we get to see the results of our artists efforts. They are truly stunning! Our students do so well and achieve very highly on the national assessments. Well done to you all.

School Contacts

Tapawera Area School

Main Road, Tapawera

RD 2 Wakefield

7096

Phone: (03) 5224337

E-mail:

sellis@tapawera.school.nz

Website:

www.tapawera.school.nz

Principal:

Kelvin Woodley

Senior Leader Primary:

Tanya Snackers

Senior Leader Secondary

Jeff Rowland

Executive Officer

Susan Ellis

Office / Reception / Newsletter

Barbara Carleton

If you have questions,

concerns or compliments

please let us know—we

value your feedback.

Term Dates 2018 Term 1 Jan 31 – Apr 13 Term 2 Apr 30 – July 6 Term 3 July 23 – Sep 30 Term 4 Oct 15 – Dec 14

Volleyball Congratulations to Stephen Haunch who has been asked to be involved in coaching at a national event next week. Our volleyball success are a result of his commitment and skills. We consider this opportunity to be good professional development. Thanks Stephen. Wha Tui - Room 5 - Abel Tasman Tramp Sadly these students have made their trip in the midst of a very unpleasant patch of weather and are return home a day early. Such is life. It is reassuring to know that we have staff who are willing to take on these types of activities, but also make wise, hard decisions. Materials Projects I always enjoy checking in on what students are achieving in the Materials Rooms. Our students have a tendency to construct large and often most impressive items - tables, dog boxes, kennels, gun cabinets. Many have been completing the book work for their projects this week. From these experiences many of these students move off into the trades. A Final Shot The support that is given to students by whanau is critical. That doesn‟t mean doing the work for them, just giving them a nudge or word of encouragement in the right direction at the right time. When whanau get it right it is really obvious in student outcomes. In the same way whanau need to have the courage to challenge inappropriate actions of their children. Tena koe, tena koutou hoki mo o magi manaaki, mahi awhina. Thank you, all of you, for your caring and help. Kelvin

CUPS & TROPHIES Please return all school cups and

trophies, that were presented at

Prizegiving last year, to the school

office. Thank you.

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Year 0- 8 News Key words for 2018 FIRE

Friendship, Integrity, Respect, Effort

Wow! The term is disappearing fast as we are

almost half way through already. It has been so

busy and will get even busier in the next 5

weeks. Hats

Thank you to parents who have ensured your

child/ren have a school hat. This is compulsory

term 1 and 4 as per BoT policy.

Camps

Good luck to Room 4 for a great camp this

week (fingers crossed for the weather)

Room 4 Abel Tasman Tramp Wednesday 7th

-

Friday 9th

November

Room 6 Tahunanui Camp on Wednesday 28th

Friday -29th

November

Room 3 & 7 Overnight at school on Thursday

29th

November

Armistice – Friday 9- Sunday 11th

November

Thank you to the families who have returned

the slip about singing on Saturday. It would be

great if you could encourage your children to

take the opportunity and come and join the 27

children so far. The more the merrier. The

performance times are 10.30, 11.30 and 12.30

(for a short 10 minute medley of songs). There

will be plenty of food and treats to purchase

from the Market Day stalls.

On the Sunday we will have a tent up with

static images/art work etc that the school

children have completed. Come see us.

Teacher Only Day- a date for your diary

For all staff to continue in professional

development, we will be having a Teacher Only

Day. This will be on Friday 23rd

November.

Primary Athletics Day- a date for your diary

This is an annual event which will be held on

Thursday 15th

November for year 0-8 students.

The event runs all day with final running races

and house team races in the afternoon.

Looking forward to a fabulous term

Tanya Snackers

Upcoming Events

Week 4

Thursday 8th Nov = NZQA Exams start

Friday 9th Nov = Kapa Haka (whole school)

Friday 9th - Sun 11

th Nov = Armistice

Week 5

Mon 12th = Yr 9/10 exams start

Mon 12th – Thurs 15

th Nov = ERO Visit

Thurs 15th Nov = Primary Athletics Day Yr 0-8

Friday 16th Nov = Assembly 2.30pm

Week 6

Tues 20th

Nov = Motueka Athletics 8 – 10 years

Wed 21st

Nov = Motueka Athletics 11 – 13 years

Thurs 22nd

Nov = Murchison Exchange Yr 9/10

Friday 23rd

Nov = Teacher Only Day

Wed 28th = Room 7 Citizenship Trip

Wed 28th - Fri 29

th Nov = Room 6 Tahunanui Camp

Thurs 29th Nov = Rooms 3 & 7 Overnight at school

Wed 5th Dec = Ki O Rahi

Friday 7th Dec = TSS Volleyball

Thurs 13 Dec 7pm Prizegiving

Friday 14 Dec = 11am Assembly

= Last day of term 12.30pm finish

Room 7 Armistice Projects

We have been so lucky to have family and friends support us with our learning. We have researched our ancestors, built army trenches, researched, made and eaten the food soldiers ate on the battle field, posted anzac biscuts only using the packaging available during WW1 and researched details about the date the Armistice was signed. A very big thank you to Barbara, Gill, Lynda, Jess, Kirsty, Kellie and Rebecca and Sandy Warnes

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Artist: Rebecca Campbell

In year 7/8 we have been creating „Static Images‟ about Armistice. „The Good, The Bad, The Ugly‟ was the concept / idea. Here are some examples

that will be on display at the Armistice weekend on Sunday in the school tent.

Artist: Caitlin Newport

Artist: Shanina Guyton

Artist: Levi Sosich

Artist: Sarah Jones

Artist: Cici Coles

Artist: Asher Beganio

Artist: Katie Hicks

Artist: Cheyenne Phyn

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Board of Trustees November Meeting - Community Report

Community Consultation Parent and community voice is a vital part of our school. Increased local decision making leads to better meeting the needs of students and connects with their wider lives, and engages the support of their families, whānau, and communities. A one question consultation will be offered to all community members attending prize giving on Thursday 13 December. Strategic Planning Grid This is a time line for policy, appraisal, curriculum, health, finance and process reviews. This document was checked and edited for the 2019 cycle. Board of Trustees Next BOT elections are in May 2019. If you are interested in standing for election an information meeting will be held early Term 1 2019. Watch out in the newsletter for the date. http://www.trustee-election.co.nz/ Board of Trustees Device The board is looking into the benefit of each trustee having a device and email address that is dedicated to their trustee role. We are exploring raising funds for this idea from outside of our school community and school finances. Succession Planning With 2 board members leaving at the next election a discussion into streamlining the process of establishing key positions with a new board was held. Budget Is reviewed each meeting. School Support has introduced a new reporting system over the last month. This will assist with up to date and accurate information. Principal and Chair Person reports These reports wrap up the nuts and bolts of running the school. Education Review Office The ERO team will be in our school during week 5, 12-16 November. During the meeting the board revised „School Evaluation Indicators‟ looking at our progress in effective practice for improvement and learner success since our last review.

From the Library We’ve just received our latest new

books from the Lucky Book Club and

it’s thanks to you parents that we can

get so many as the more books you buy

the bigger discount we get.

If your child brings home a new book-

or any book actually-to read could you

please help them get it back to the

library on time, the longer it is at home

the more chance of it getting lost. A big

thank you to the parents who make a

big effort to teach the children this

responsibility.

We have the latest Wimpy Kid book

and for Lee Child fans it’s worth

putting your name on the list to get an

early read of his latest book. It will be

here next week.

With Armistice weekend coming up

remember we have library books

covering that time so do come in for a

browse, we’d love to see you.

Larrie for the library

Wow, Motu. NMIT Student of the Year Award Year 2 Mechanical Engineering. A great effort.

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Some of the Year 9 students have been creating poppies along with the Year 10's during the last few weeks while learning about Armistice Day. Here they are outside the Memorial Hall's Gate which was built in honour of those that died.

Room 7 Armistice Projects

We have been so lucky to have family and friends support us with our learning. We have researched our ancestors, built army trenches, researched, made and eaten the food soldiers ate on the battle field, posted anzac biscuts only using the packaging available during WW1 and researched details about the date the Armistice was signed. A very big thank you to Barbara, Gill, Lynda, Jess, Kirsty, Kellie and Rebecca and Sandy Warnes

Year 11 OED Takaka Trip The Outdoor Ed programme wrapped up the year with a final rock climbing assessment at Paynes Ford. How could we not kick off our trip with another lap down the beloved Rameka Track into Takaka as the sun was beginning to set. We (Jack, Jed, Trenton, Kahu and Miss C) rode into town just as the chippie was closing and grabbed fish and chips for dinner before heading off to Hangdog campsite for the night. We woke to clearing rain and wafting smells of a hearty breakfast. Miss Campbell treated us to bacon, eggs, baked beans and even some ‘grilled’ toast! A few short steps away is the awesome climbing crag of Paynes Ford where we met our instructor Billy, talked about safety, learnt that mud and dirt is the devil to ropes and shoes before setting our ropes on Creese Wall. Everyone completed several climbs with kooky names like ‘Midwife Crisis’, ‘Blobbet’ and ‘Gorgonzola Goes’ which is right next to ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’ which has a wooden stake attached to one of the bolts!! There were definitely a few squeals, shaky knees and tired arms but it was a great day topped off with a manu/bomb or two into the swimming hole on the Takaka River. A special thanks to Caleb for being our shuttle driver, food shopper, lead climber and back-up safety guy! Thanks guys for a super bike/camp/climb combo trip, you were marvelous. Look out 2019!

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Nelson Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Sunday 3rd March 2019

at Tahunanui Recreation Ground, Nelson

Our school has registered as a school group for the Nelson Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon to be held on Sunday 3rd March 2019 at Tahunanui Recreation Ground, Nelson. The Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is for Kiwi kids of all sporting abilities who are aged between 7 and 15. Children can enter as individuals and do all three legs of the TRYathlon by themselves or in a team of two and do either the swim/run or bike/run with a friend.

You are invited to register your child as part of the Tapawera Area School group for Nelson sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon.When you link your child‟s registration to a school group, you will receive a school group discount applied to your registration fee. Your entry will also count towards your school‟s eligibility for school group prizes.To complete your registration for Tapawera Area School from home with an online registration, please follow the link below. Use your name and email address in the first field: https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/AccessRegistration.aspx?E=31843

Year 11 Camp fundraiser

(for 2019)

Everyone loves Cookie Time cookies

As part of our fundraising to go to

Christchurch next year we are selling

special Christmas time packs.

For only $20 you will get: 600g of

orginal Chocolate Chip Bites and a $5

Killinchy Gold Ice-Cream voucher.

(Great Christmas present idea) .

The ultimate summer ice-cream

sandwich kit.

If you want to place an order

just let us know

tmytton@tapawera.school.nz

Orders need to be in by the 16th of

November.

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BGAC SHOW CUPS & TROPHIES

Please return all BGAC Show cups and trophies to the school office. We hope you’re getting ready to enter the competitions again this year on 8th December.

BGAC Garden Competition

Flower Gardens

Vegetable Gardens Tyre gardens

Collect details and entry form

from the school office.

Boys and Girls Agricultural Club

BGAC

Pets & Games Day Saturday 8

th December

All the Usual Competitions in the Hall Pet lambs, dogs, poultry & other pets Schedule out soon Fancy Dressed Pets Games, face painting, bouncy castle Donald with ducks and dog Free entry for everyone Come & Celebrate 75 years of BGAC

Tapawera Armistice

This Weekend

Come and meet Torty the Tortoise at the

Armistice event. She will be there with the

grandson of the soldier who brought her to

New Zeaand after WW1.

We are also thrilled to be hosting renowned

author Jennifer Beck, who has written some

beautiful children’s books, including ‘Torty

and the Soldier: a Story of a True WWI

Survivor’, ‘Bantam and the Soldier’ and ‘The

Anzac Violin.’

This Sunday, the 11th November Jennifer

will be reading her stories in the Children’s

Tent at The Paddock from 12.15pm until

12.45pm. Then later in the afternoon she will

deliver a half hour presentation on writing

books for children. She will be accompanied

by Robyn Belton who has illustrated many of

her books.

Don’t miss the Parade after the Armistice

Day Service at 10am. There will be bands,

horse drawn vehicles, lots of flags and other

vintage vehicles. Look out for the replicar

cart, made to match one in a museum photo

of the Armistice Parade 100 years ago. Dress

up in the era and bring a flag to wave.

Come and join in to celebrate Armistice

Weekend - Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and

Sunday 11th November.