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23 November 2016

WHAT’S ON DIARY

November 23rd - SuperX riders visit 24th - Southland Golf Tournament 25th - Golf postponement day 25th - Home and School Catchup 28th-1st Dec - Rm 7&8 Dunedin Camp

December 5th-6th Rm 4&7 School Overnight Camp 5th-7th - Rm 7&8 Riverton Rotations 6th-7th - Room 5 Camp 8th - School Disco 12th - Year 8 Amazing Race 12th - BOT meeting 7pm 12th - School Christmas Pantomime 7pm 15th - Last day for Y0-7 15th - Prizegiving 6.30pm 16th - Last day for Y8

February 7th First day of Term 1 13th-16th - Bikewise 16th - Home and School meeting 7pm 17th - Tryathlon 20th - 21st Food for Thought Yr 4-8 20th - BOT meeting

CAMP COLUMBA Mrs Simpson and her Room 6 class had a fabulous time at Camp Columba this week. Thanks heaps to all the parent helpers.

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Weekly Awards

Congratulations to all those that received awards this week. Writers Jack Churstain Readers Amelia Young

A+ Attitude Tessa Riley Maths Isabella Anderson School Pride Ben Anderson Student of the Week Amie Pratt

Home and School End of Year Social Catchup Friday 25 Nov 5-7pm, Winton’s Garden Bar Come and join us after touch at Winton's Garden Bar (Top Pub) for a low key catchup. We'd love to see old faces, new faces, mums & dads off the farm, leaving school families and of course the kids. Nibbles provided. RSVP for catering please by clicking the ‘Going’ button on our Facebook Event page and please comment with numbers if you are bringing the family too.

Plans are well underway for 2017. Class lists will be distributed

with next week's newsletter, but we can tell you that the teaching teams for next year will be as follows: Linda Caldwell, Mel Cooper and Jenny Scott with new entrants and Year 1s, Kathy Turnbull and Lenka Simpson with Year 2s and 3s, Kirsty Rodger and Hunter Murray with Year 4s, 5s and 6s and Amy Coward and Kerri Neylon with Year 7s and 8s. Our property plans are now taking shape and we are finding the silver linings within the asbestos cloud! We will be able to share final plans shortly. However, we do need a few volunteers to donate 1 hr on the mornings of Saturday 17th December and Saturday 4th Feb. This is to help teachers move everything from the main block into the hall for asbestos removal works and back again. Please turn up and give us a hand if you can.

ALERTS Scholastic orders due by Friday 25 November.

We have had some instances of headlice at school.

Please be vigilant and treat accordingly.

This Friday is Crazy Hair Day to support Kaikoura.

This Friday at the Top Pub, 5-7pm is the Home and School

Social Catchup.

Thursday 8 December - School Disco

School Christmas Pantomime - new date of Monday

12 December at 7pm

principal@limehills.school.nz

Keep the 8th December free! School Disco with DJ Vinyl Richie (see advert below).

Brought to you by the Home & School Committee More info to come ...

CRAZY HAIR DAY TO SUPPORT KAIKOURA The Principal of Kaikoura School is a Southlander - Nigel Easson, who was DP at Riverton Primary School until very recently.

To support Nigel and his staff and students, we will be having a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ on Friday (25th). Please bring a gold coin donation. We will be combining these funds with other schools across Southland for Nigel to use as he sees fit.

Library Books Please ensure that all library books are returned to school as soon as possible. The Library will close on 8th December.

FROM THE BOT Our BoT are finalising their strategic planning for the next few years at school. If you have any ideas you would like us to consider, please email them to bot@limehills.school.nz

NEW APPOINTMENT We are delighted to announce that Amy Coward has been appointed to cover Rebecca Shaw's maternity leave for one year. Amy is an outstanding teacher who has been relieving at school over the last 12 months. She adds another dimension to our teaching team with her strengths in languages, ICT and technology (food and textiles.) Welcome aboard Amy.

CAMPS Room 7-8 Dunedin 28th Nov-1 Dec (Mon-Thur)

Room 4-7 School 5-6th Dec (Mon-Tue)

Room 5 Tariangatura 6th-7th Dec (Tue - Wed)

RIVERTON ROTATIONS Year 8 Riverton 5th Dec (Mon) Year 7 Riverton 6th Dec (Tue) Year 6 Riverton 7th Dec (Wed)

SUPER X We were lucky enough to have some special visitors at school today. Josiah Natzke and Richard Evans are motorcross riders coming to take on Jim Cooper’s (Jared Hunt’s granddad) SuperX track. Get along tomorrow, Ryan Road from 5pm onwards to see them in action.

ICE CREAM CONTAINERS PLEASE If anyone has any 2 litre ice cream containers for the Ronald McDonald Family Room and for the Room 7 and 8 camp to Dunedin, please bring in to the office. It w o u l d b e m u c h a p p r e c i a t e d . Thanks Brooke Anderson

Home and School Fundraiser LAST CHANCE to get into the MYSTERY DRAW. Cash donations in by 2nd December. Please contact Adele on 027 2376755 for more information. Drawn Friday 9th December at final assembly.

Everyone has that special person and for me it’s my Dad. He’s definitely not an ordinary dad. I’d say he’s very unique. My dad is very eye catching, he’s got ginger hair and what they call a ‘beer belly’, also a big desire to talk. I think I get it from him too.

Every dad cracks jokes, but I bet they are not as bad as my fathers. My family is pretty sure that my dad scared away the dinosaurs with his jokes they’re that bad. What makes them worse is that he laughs at them no matter how bad they are. He can’t help himself.

My dad loves music. His jam is good, old Johnny Cash and AC/DC. He sings to any song when he has the chance. He even tries to sing to modern songs like Rihanna and Beyonce. Trust me you do not wanna hear his “high pitch voice”. It’s more squeaky and cracked than anything else.

Dad is like my go to man for sports. He knows lots of tips and tricks cause supposedly he went to the Olympics for everything. He referees himself to “the best of his time” and is an “elite athlete” but we both know this is not true.

I love my dad. He’s like the pea to my pod or even the bee to my honey. He’s got a heart of gold and it’s bigger than anyone's. My dad is very special to me and I love him.

By Jack Churstain

Dad you are special to me because of what you do for me.

We are always down at Riverton to fill in some time. We go fishing all the time. We catch all kinds of things, big fish and small fish. There are good days and there are bad days. He gives up his own time to take me out hunting. Sitting out on the hill watching the sun go down seeing for miles. He comes and watches my sport on a Saturday. He gives me feedback on what to do to improve my rugby.

Ever since I was born Dad said I looked like a rat. So that’s where I get the name Rat Boy from. Dad always says I overdo things such as “I saw a 14 point stag” but it was only a ten pointer, or “I caught a four pounder” but it was only a two and a half pounder. It’s a pleasure to site outside with Dad in the afternoon watching the quail sing to each other.

Hunting runs through my blood. Dad has been taking me out hunting for a long time. The first time I went out hunting I was one. Dad just put me in the back of his hunting bag. I am grateful that Dad has been taking me hunting so many times. Dad has brought home all kinds of creatures. He will bring home rabbits to ducks, you name it. Dad will leave me to deal with the kill from the night before.

Overall my dad is really special to me because of all the wonderful things he says and does for me. That’s why my dad is special to me and always will be.

Love Josh

MINIBALL Year 5 & 6 - Pool B On Tuesday the 22nd the year 6 basketball played for 3rd and 4th. We played the Otatara Shooters. It was a great game. We were winning in the first half then they got the lead, but in the end we won 11-9 and Josh McDonald got player of the day. We have been playing for a while now and the whole team would like to thank Debbie Munro for coaching us and all the mums that helped out. By Fergus Watson

Year 3 & 4 Boys On Tuesday, the 9 boys from our team went into Stadium Southland to play our last game of miniball for the season. We had played superbly all season, winning all of our first 9 games, and now we had one game left. We were in the final!! Our team was playing the Sacred Heart Clippers who had Mr Murray’s boy Rohan playing in their team. Our first five on were Ben, Cooper, Lukas, Daniel Munro and Josh. Lukas jumped at tip off, but Sacred Heart won it. By half-time it was a nail-biting 6 all. With about 2 minutes to go they threw everything

they had at us. Our parents were yelling and cheering us on from the sideline. The noise was so intense we had to yell at each other just to hear. Our younger brothers and sisters were pretending to be cheerleaders! The final whistle blew and we looked up at the giant scoreboard… 13-8…. TO LIMEHILLS!!!!! We had won the Year 3 and 4 Boys Competition! At prizegiving the whole team went up to get the trophy and got a photo. A huge thank-you to Fleur and Todd for coaching us, and to all our mums and dads who have cheered us on each week. By Danny McDonald and Josh Cairns.

Ronald McDonald Family Room We would like to thank Anna Howard who donated a dozen eggs, and to the SVA kids who cooked mousetraps, spaghetti buns, biscuits and corn relish buns.

If you would like to cook for the Ronald McDonald Family Room next week email me hannaht@limehills.school.nz or if you want to donate some ingredients the students in Room 7 and 8 will cook it for you.

Thanks to everyone who has offered to cook for the Ronald McDonald Family Room everyone real l y apprec iates i t . Here are the list of parents cooking this week:

Prue Collie, Lyn Ellis, Maisie Smith

Thanks. By Hannah Thorburn & Georgia Hart

Room 7 & 8 students writing about their special people. This week dads, next week mums.

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LITTLE RIPPERS Limehills little rippers has been a great success so far but we have made some new rules. The most important

rule we have now is the sign in/out sheet, When you drop your kids into Limehills little rippers you can't just drop them and leave you have to write your child's name and put your signature in the sign in and when you come and collect your child you have to put your signature in the sign out. We have made some new rules because we need to make Limehills little rippers a bit safer and like to keep your children safe. By Monique Woodd

SWIMMING In the last month the playground has been very busy, with Winton School coming for swimming. Limehills School students have been

playing and having a great time on the may pole, the swings and the tyre swing. It has also been very busy in the swimming pool with swimming lessons. Last week was the last week of swimming and it was full of assessments and achievements. Hopefully everyone learnt lots of different skills and techniques, to put into their swimming strokes. We hope we learn just as much next year! By Brooke A and Annalise

CENTRAL SATELLITE TENNIS TOURNAMENT Cameron and I and multiple Limehills students participated in the Central Satellite tournament this past Sunday. Cameron and I were both entered in the under 12’s along with Ethan Turnock. The day started well, sunny and a nice breeze. The tournament started at 9:00am and finished at

5:00pm. Cameron played 3 games and won 1 and Jack played 4 and won 2. Overall our results where phenomenal with Jack coming 4th and Cameron getting 3rd in the consolation. The day was awesome thanks to all of the organisers and the parents that took us there. Thank You. By Jack Churstain

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FUNDRAISER NIGHT Thursday 24th November, 7pm - Onwards

10% Discount to Customer,10% to their organisation, eg. PTA, Toy Library, Sports Club, etc

**Bring your Christmas Shopping List, Plenty of stock in store

E L W I N G D I S C O V E R I E S

The Year 6-8 Holiday Adventure AND the Year 8 Leadership Voyage are both full. There is however a Stewart Island voyage for 15-18 Year olds which your staff/parents may be interested to know about. 14-20 December 2016. The Information Pack in regard to this voyage is attached for your convenience.

The voyage is suitable for previous voyagees, those who want an adventure at the end of a long year, also young people working on their Duke of Edinburgh Award, etc. NCEA credits (3 credits @ Level 3) earned on this voyage. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or if you wish to reserve a berth/s on this voyage - there are

2 berths still available. Elwing Discoveries 0272768817 / 034811040

VENTURE SOUTHLAND-Internet services Please pass this on throughout your networks as this information will help Venture Southland to advocate for better internet services. The more information we have the better understanding we will have of internet services around Southland. The Government have just announced the next stage of the Rural Broadband Initiative and the coverage maps they are using indicate that most areas of Southland are receiving adequate internet. In light of this we wish to undertake internet speed tests across the region as quickly as possible in order to assess whether this is in fact the case, as feedback through the survey indicates that many people remain dissatisfied with their internet. Venture Southland needs to submit back as part of this process by 25 November 2016. The speed test involves visiting a website which will undertake the speed test for you and then emailing the results back to us – All the instructions to complete are below. While this test has limitations it will give us an immediate insight into the situation. We will then follow up by sending out to a group of people a tester box which will measure speed and reliability more accurately over a longer period of time. I would be very grateful if you could return your test results as soon as convenient – by Friday 25 November at the latest. Go to http://www.speedtest.net/

Kind Regards, Navarre Campbell SOUTHLAND DIGITAL ENABLEMENT COORDINATOR

WANTED - DAIRY ASSISTANT Dairy assistance in Southhill End required to start in early December. Please contact George van der Poel on 027 3361179 for details.

FLOWERS FOR SALE Peony roses are

on sale at the Co-op this Friday $3.50 a bunch.

GIRLS GETTING P A M P E R E D

The Year 8 girls were

lucky enough to go to

SIT and be models for t h e h a i r d r e s s i n g

students.

A big thank

y o u t o M i c h e l l e

Allen for transport and to Sharon Harper for

organising the day.