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Newsletter #18, 3 August 2016 - Term 3
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Message from our principal ………
Tena koutou katoa, Goeie dag, 안녕하세요, أهلا, 您好, こんにちは, Welcome….
Help Your Child Build Writing Skills
Sandwiched somewhere between reading for meaning and tackling mathematics problems, kids are expected to write a lot. They’re writing stories, persuasive arguments, letters, PowerPoint/Keynote presentations, and content for their own websites and Blogs. And yet, for all the writing kids do, many struggle to come up with words to put on paper. Students in upper primary, and high school may be especially reluctant because they are self-conscious about their writing or think they have nothing of value to say. Shelbie Witte, an assistant professor in English education at Florida State University, says the best way parents can help a child write is to do the following…
Here are some of her strategies for helping your child become a better writer:
- Show your child how revision is necessary in life. “Show how recipes are revised through tasting,” she says. “Revision is just part of life.”
- Talk about how much you write in your daily life: emails, memos, letters, text messages. “There are so many opportunities for writing in the real world,” Witte says. Show your child how you review an email and make changes to improve it before sending.
- Let your child know that every occupation requires writing. Doctors write. Artists write. Athletes write. Look for examples everywhere you go of people writing as part of their professional lives. Encourage adults in your child’s life to point out examples of writing and revision.
- Show your child how writing can help them work through problems and find a solution. If something is bothering them, have them write about it. Or if your family is having a problem, such as feeling over scheduled or not being able to stick to a budget, have your child write down potential solutions.
- Help your child tackle mathematics problems with writing. Sometimes writing a paragraph or sentence about how you plan to solve an equation can help. “If ever there were a skill that crosses every curriculum area, it’s writing,” Witte says. “Writing can help you get a better handle on an abstract concept.”
- Emphasize reading and writing as two of life’s great pleasures that go together. “Writing shouldn’t be held in isolation,” Witte says.
- Encourage your child to write letters. Not the electronic kind, but handwritten letters. Whether they write to a grandparent or a pen pal in another country, they’ll gain valuable practice expressing themselves through words. “Writing a letter is such an emotional, personal thing,” Witte says.
- Read your child’s writing and comment on it. Take time to praise your child’s writing. “Audience is a big part of motivation,” Witte says.
Ken
Student Led Conferences - Start at 2pm today!
We hope you have taken this opportunity to make a time to come in and visit your students classroom.
This evening helps cement the home and school link and we really value your support in making this relationship a strong one.
Just a reminder that students with appointments at 2pm will be in the classroom waiting for you to arrive, students booked for 2.30pm and 3pm will need to be collected from Waipapa.
Please also remember that the time slots are booked for 30 minutes and as a curtsey to other families we ask that you keep to the schedule.
If you feel you need to discuss anything that may take longer or need privacy please email the teacher to make a mutually suitable time.
Please note the change of time for the full school assembly on the 12th August, this is accommodate the cross country events run earlier in the day.
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Event Calendar - Link here
August
3 - Student Led Conferences
4 - Netsafe Information Evening, 5.30pm
8 - 12 Maths Week
9 - BOT Meeting, 7pm, Boardroom
10 - Y6 Students visit to MB Intermediate
11 - Mid Bays Rugby
12 - Full School Assembly, 2pm, Waipapa
12 - MBS Cross Country, 9am Seniors, 11.30am Juniors
15 - MBS Cross Country Save Day
16 - ICAS Mathematics
17 - Mid Bays Hockey
18 - Mid Bays Hockey Save Day
19 - Scholastic Book Orders Close
22 - APPA Choir Practice
23 - AGM - Waterwise, 7pm, Staffroom
24 - Hui @ He manu O Waipapa
26 - Daffodil Day - Std Government
29 - Hearing and Vision Visit
September
1 - PTA Meeting, 7pm, Staffroom
5 - Life Education Arrives
13 - Mid Bays Cross Country
13 - BOT Meeting, 7pm, Boardroom
14 - Mid Bays Cross Country Save Day
19 - Calendar Art - Orders Close
19 - Matinee Show - 12pm
20 - Evening Show - 7pm
21 - Evening Show - 7pm
23 - Full School Assembly, 9.15am, Waipapa
23 - Term 3 Ends
October
10 - Term 4 Starts
Important Links
Letters Home - Link here
CareKids - After School Care - Link here
Walking School Bus - Link here
School Lunches - Link here
Student Absences - Link here
School Uniform - Link here
Business Partnerships - Link here
Next Full School Assembly
Friday, 12 August 2016
2pm, Waipapa
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Message from the Board of Trustees
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Welcome everyone to Term 3, especially to all our new students who have recently started with us. This term looks to be a very exciting term for all. Here is a snapshot of what is happening across the school.
- Rooms 1, 2 and 15 have merged into an Innovative Learning Environment. The wall between Rooms 1 and 2 has been opened up to create a fantastic new environment for our students.
- In Year 3 the students continue to enjoy the Roots of Empathy programme and have had a wonderful experience with horses visiting on the school grounds as part of the real learning.
- The Year 4, 5 and 6 teams are busy preparing for the school production of the stage musical “Best foot forward” being held on 19-21 September. Tickets go on sale from week 5, more information to come...
This year we will be having the Education Review Office (ERO) officials visiting our school towards the end of the year to ensure our school is meeting the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) expectations.
At Murrays Bay School we are always striving to better meet the needs of our community and are working to be more transparent in as many areas as possible. We have initiated a new digital governance manual School Docs, to allow our community to be more informed about our school, which will be available online later this year.
The Board of Trustees strive to create an exceptional learning environment and welcomes any feedback on governance.
Remember that all are welcome to attend our Board meetings, with the next meeting being held on 9 August from 7.00pm.
Brett Ingold
Board Trustee - Murrays Bay School
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Congratulations to.......
Charlie Noble, Olivia Apperley, Lilah Ellis, Emma Kan, Naiomi Ferrissey, Sophie Davies, Toby Coombe, Isla-Mai Booker, Laurel Sacke, Lola Hawkins, Joseph Streeter, Dyllan Fasen, Jake Ellis, Greer McKenzie, Antonia Towers, Jessica Stevens, Layla Whiteside and Anna Jungwho will receive their gold certificates at the next school assembly.
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Netsafe Information Evening
We would like to invite you to a Netsafe Information Evening being held at 5.30pm on Thursday 4th August 2016, this evening has been planned as a result of feedback received from our BYOD Information evening held last year. As we expect a large response to this event we have scheduled it to be held in Waipapa and ask that you RSVP below.
Lee Chisholm will be our Educator. Lee is the Education and Training Specialist at NetSafe. She has a background in counselling, mediation and management, and joined NetSafe in 2005. Schools and the public contact NetSafe to seek advice on a wide range of online challenges. These are as diverse as online harassment and bullying, offensive and damaging sexual content, malicious software, theft of data and a myriad of scams.
Lee’s experience enables her to share some preventative strategies to reduce the chances of your children being adversely impacted by online challenges.
The session will cover
Online safety
• Safe and secure online habits at home and beyond
• What young people are doing online
• Some challenges presented by using social media
• Conversations you might have with children about online practice
• A chance to ask your questions (and no tech knowledge required!)
Please RSVP by following this link, we look forward to seeing you there.
Kind Regards
K Ward
Principal
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Welcome to.....
who all started at Murrays Bay School this term.
STAR OF THE WEEK
Week 10 - Term 2
01AL - Jackson Mu
02JM - Calvin Ciganek
04HD - Gemma Hebberd
05SG - Noah Duncan
06GG - Anthony Huang
07SH - Stella Kim
08MW - Sienna Kim
09CF - Lauren Sacke
10LH - Joseph Knight
11AT - Tony Cao
12LM - Cameron Lange
13TW - George Bentley
14NM - Andy Wang
15SE - Thomas Tie
16MW - Eryn Westlake
17SA - Suhaan Contractor
18LW - Caitlin Ashdown
19AM - Sam Sun
20MR - Joon Lee
21CJ - Ava-Grace Booker
22LR - Reilly Brogan
23LH - Cara Strinati
24LJ - Danni Fineberg
25RP - Gracie Zhang
26SI - Dyllan Fasen
27LM - Dayeon Jung
28TB - Liam Endres
Week 2 - Term 3
01AL - Elliana Willis-Smith
02JM - Lilly Vannisselroy
03RV - Xavier Whitmore
04HD - Edward Parker
05SG - Tommy Sharples
06GG - Lola Hawkins
07SH - Olivia Yu
08MW - Alisha Kopyl
09CF - Joanne Xu
10LH - Kiera Taylor
11AT - Kei Shiho
12LM - Jessica Stevens
13TW - Christopher Jin
14NM - Reina Li
15SE - Emma Shan
16MW - Lianne Kim
17SA - Boen Song
18LW - Joshua Perks
19AM - Cole Friedlos
20MR - Taein Jung
21CJ - Lauren Copeland
22LR - Taylor Child
23LH - Kayla Gilfillan
24LJ - Ishwari Nair
25RP - Bailey Stevenson
26SI - Fantasia Nair
27LM - Andrew Guan
28TB - Micah Ogilvie
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APPA Music Festival
22nd November 2016, Town Hall
Ticket order forms will be sent home with the students participating in this event by the end of this week, they will also be available from the website, orders will close on the 17th August.
Depending on demand tickets maybe available by door sales up to the event.
The students have been working very hard practicing for this annual event and we wish them well.
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 Spare Uniform
Unfortunately our supply of spare uniform has been completely depleted, so please ensure that your students are sent to school with spare uniform to change into on cross country days.
This would be greatly appreciated and eliminate the need to call parents/caregivers to bring in clothing.
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Murrays Bay School Cross Country 12th August
This year the cross country will be held on Friday 12th August, we would really appreciate parent support and help on the day.
If you are able to help as a course marshall for the seniors (9 - 11am) or the Juniors (11.30am - 1pm) please email Zane Cooper: zane@murraysbay.school.nz with the time/s you are available.
The Junior group are Years 1 - 2 and Seniors are Years 3 - 6
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Lost Property
Unfortunately the lost property has filled up again and we are only two weeks in to the term!!
Even sadder is the number of unnamed items in there!
Please, please, please help us to make sure the items stay with the rightful owner by naming ALL items that come to school.
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 Building Club
We are looking at offering a lunchtime building club for our students this term. If you or someone you know have some carpentry skills you would like to share with our students, please get in contact with Alice Andel on alice@murraysbay.school.nz
We are also in need of basic building materials and tools so please have a search at home to see if you have anything to spare. These can be dropped to the school office. Thank you!
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ENTERTAINMENT BOOK
Ave, and up Aotearoa Tce to school. They currently have about 17 children registered to walk and run a roster of parents who walk one or 2 mornings a week.
