www.southbrook.school.nz 26 Marshall St, Rangiora. Ph 03-3138792. www.southbrook.school.nz [email protected]Kia ora Koutou. Welcome to Week 8. It is very exciting this week, as finally we can say we have the hall back! We are all looking forward to our first school assembly on Friday @ 11:45 am. Thank you for your support last Friday with our mufti day. The student council very proudly presented $368.00 to Big Brother Big Sister. We need your help…Our roads around our school are causing concerns for the safety of our children. Because of our concerns, we have put a crossing in place on Torlesse Street at 3:00pm. We ask that all our families help us by… Using the drop off / pick up zone for just that, no parking and waiting. Crossing Torlesse Street using the temporary crossing. Parking in the correct places (not on yellow lines!). Our children had lots of fun during Science Week. Reminders… No Jojo bows at school please. School Assembly this Friday @ 11:45. All welcome. Working bee this Saturday – painting and gardening. We would love to see you if you can give some time. Positive Parenting meeting NEXT Tuesday 27 th @ 6:30. Upstairs in Purple Space. Have a great rest of the week. Ngā mihi nui Julie Southbrook School’s Newsletter Term 1 Week 8 2018
Kia ora Koutou. Welcome to Week 8. It is very exciting this week, as finally we can say we have the hall back! We are all looking forward to our first school assembly on Friday @ 11:45 am. Thank you for your support last Friday with our mufti day. The student council very proudly presented $368.00 to Big Brother Big Sister.
We need your help…Our roads around our school are causing concerns for the safety of our children. Because of our concerns, we have put a crossing in place on Torlesse Street at 3:00pm. We ask that all our families help us by…
Using the drop off / pick up zone for just that, no parking and waiting.
Crossing Torlesse Street using the temporary crossing.
Parking in the correct places (not on yellow lines!).
Our children had lots of fun during Science Week.
Reminders…
No Jojo bows at school please. School Assembly this Friday @ 11:45.
All welcome. Working bee this Saturday – painting
and gardening. We would love to see you if you can give some time.
Positive Parenting meeting NEXT Tuesday 27th @ 6:30. Upstairs in Purple Space.
Southbrook Superstars… During the weekend, Zach got two James, Tyler and Kamrin with the simple second places and a third place in machines they made for Science week. swim meet in Ashburton. Top effort Zach! A fabulous Science week story by Pearl… On Wednesday I did reflections with Mrs Curry and it was a rainbow. I did it outside in the sun. I folded some paper and cut it with scissors. In exploration I saw a big caterpillar what was eating leaves of the swan plant. A fabulous Science week story by Lily… On Monday I made a pulley and I made a catapult with Mrs Barr. On Tuesday I had a disc and I made a rainbow. When I was finished I made a snow flake and when I was finished I put my snow flake on the disc and it made patterns. On Wednesday I touched lambs heart. I opened up the heart and I saw lot’s of blood. Matthew and his Dad recently competed Petra has been very busy in Ngahere in XRACE. and she has learnt a lot about Earth. XRACE is a mystery adventure race where parent and child race together, locate and complete 10 mystery challenges, racing the clock and other family teams. Ka pai Matthew! During Kete time, Te Awa have been doing many amazing things. A group of children have used their sewing skills and made aprons, that they are going to give to a preschool. We love the way that you are adding so much to your Kete’s!
From the Cookbook team… We have been very busy behind the scenes, photographing recipes for the cookbook. We are pleased to say it is all done. It has been an amazing experience and we have had lots of fun alone the way. We would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all our great helpers that have dropped baking, meals, breakfast etc to us. The food has looked amazing and we could not have done it without your help. We have quite a few business owners within our school families that have sponsored the book, so a huge thank you also. So where are we at?... We are now at the designers, finishing the graphic design, putting the beautiful photographs against the recipes, and shaping this to be a fantastic book that you will have forever. What’s next… The team at the printers will work away at it. Then we start presales, and the book will go on sale to the public early in May. So start talking about ‘A Little Slice of Southbrook’ to your friends, family and work mates. Together we can make this fundraiser a huge success.
International Competitions and Assessment for Schools (ICAS)
This annual assessment / competition is available again to those who wish to participate.
ICAS provides an opportunity for all Years 4 – 13 students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external
testing situation. It provides teachers, parents and students with comprehensive reporting of results in the areas of
Digital Technologies, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Writing.
All students receive a certificate and an individual student report indicating which questions they answered correctly
and their score compared with the rest of the students tested. The tests are an excellent preparation for national tests
and the student report is useful for highlighting your child’s strengths and weaknesses.
Certificates are awarded for each year level as follows:
High Distinction to the top 1% of entrants.
Distinction to the next 10% of entrants.
Credit to the next 25% of entrants.
Participation to all other participating students.
The entry fee per student is as follows:
Science (sitting on 29 May 2018). Cost $9.50
Spelling (sitting on 13 June 2018). Cost $11.50
Writing (sitting on 14 June 2018). Cost $20.50
English (sitting on 31 July 2018). Cost $9.50
Mathematics (sitting on 14 August 2018). Cost $9.50
Please complete the form below with the details of the tests you would like your child to sit.
Richard Blackmore
2018 ICAS Entry
Students Name: ____________________________ Year _____
Register me for the following papers (please circle)
Digital Technologies Science Spelling Writing English Mathematics
Please find enclosed $ ____________ to cover the entry costs.
Signed ______________________________
Please return the permission slip and the entry fee ASAP
I require childcare for _____________________________
Swimming Pool News The swimming pool will be closing this weekend – thank you to all those who helped in mantaining the pool. It was a great season for swimming, please return your key to the office ASAP. Thank you
For Sale – available at the office Chillies (red and green) $3.00 bag Peppers $3.00 Cucumbers $1.00 each Available at the office
After school Robotics Club Is your child interested in learning about Lego Minecraft Robotics? Southbrook school are running an after school robotics programme from 3.30 until 4.30 on Wednesday afternoons for Term 2. $100 for the term. Ring Southbrook School on (03) 313 8792. This is for Year 7 & 8 students and limited to the first 10 students
