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IN THIS ISSUE

From the Principal

Coastal Values

ICAS Information

Dental Service Information

Congratulations

New School App “BEEP”

Sports Information

MMI Community News

Sponsors

Thank You To Our Funders

C O M I N G E V E N T S 2020

JUNE 2020

1 Queen’s Birthday

4 HPV1 Vaccinations – Yr 8’s

18 Donut Day

23 & 25 Learning Conferences 3-7pm

JULY 2020

2 Cross Country – Block 1

3 Term 2 ends

20 Term 3 begins

MT MAUNGANUI INTERMEDIATE

15 May 2020

Newsletter

No. 13

LEARNING CONFERENCES

This year our Learning Conferences will be held on 23rd and 25th of June. They will be between 3pm & 7pm on each day. We will be open for normal school instruction on these days. We will forward the online booking instructions to you on Wednesday 10th June.

LUNCHONLINE

Lunch online is available to order on:

Thursdays - Bakers Delight only Wednesdays/Fridays - Subway only

Bakers Delight is no longer available on Mondays

www.lunchonline.co.nz

DELIVERIES

When delivering items for your child, can we please ask that you put them in a bag with their name/room number on the outside. Deliver to reception and we will arrange for your child to collect.

Please do not go to your child’s

classroom.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL Lisa Morresey

Kia ora whānau, Getting back to normal Well, it has been a very learning focussed week, with teachers back into instructional teaching. Attendance has been at 92%, which is really pleasing to see. Let’s see if we can get our attendance back up over 95% next week. Within the level two health and safety guidelines, we are working hard to resume learning and as many extra-curricular activities and opportunities for students as we can. This week, we held hockey and jump jam trials. Netball and basketball trainings are beginning. Kapahaka and out of hours music tuition has started. Extension technology and arts begin on Friday. We are also pleased to inform you that community football and rugby is coming soon. Anchor AIMS Games We were very sad to hear about the postponement of the 2020 Anchor AIMS Games. This is disappointing but, at the end of the day, we must follow health and safety guidelines. We are working with the other four intermediates, to plan sporting fixtures that meet guidelines for level two. Buses Thank you to all of our families that have found alternative transport to school. Most of our bus routes will now be able to carry students as normal. 712 Palm Springs Golden Sands and 713b Domain Road are both running, with limited capacity. So, ensure that your student does have an alternate safety plan (a phone, or a neighbour or relative to walk to), just in case there are unforeseen bus issues. Please address any concerns to Baybus. Online learning Thank you to all of the students, staff and whānau, who completed the online/distance learning survey. If you have not yet completed the survey, you can complete the survey by clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrPXSo9USxqKUh3uLygIDCFzDDahzBzyCreVtbBbBCuQfGnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link. We will share the results with you in our next newsletter. BYOD Thank you so much whānau! It’s incredible! 399 students have brought in their own devices to use in our classrooms. This has had a positive impact on the number of devices available in our classrooms. This means that our classrooms have enough devices for every single child. 1:1 here we come! Queen’s Birthday Weekend Our students are tired as they readjust back into school routines and early mornings. Enjoy the long weekend, but not too many late nights! Enjoy the sunshine.

Ngā mihi Whaea Lisa

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COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2020 Term 2 – Week 7

1 Joshua Davies You are such a help to myself and the rest of the class with ICT issues. You are working consistently in class and I always know you are listening and participating.

2 Solene Cantin For a massive improvement with your geometry, and for being so focused and hardworking with your learning since returning to school. Ka pai

3 Yasmine Galvin Jacob Orsler

You have had such a fantastic start to the term, thank you for always being the best version of yourself! Your determination and dedication to consistently work hard has not gone unnoticed. I look forward to seeing how Cross Country goes for you!

4 Jarryd Richards For your continued positive effort across all curriculum areas. Room 4 is lucky to have you and your smiling face!

5 Zach Stuart For your positive attitude towards learning, amazing progress in Geometry and the respect you show to everyone. Ka pai tō mahi!

6 Chloe Hocking You are a dream student! I love how you put 100% into everything you do. You are consistently kind, polite and hard working. I appreciate you and i cannot wait to see what you achieve in your final year at intermediate!

7 Stella Chisholm For having such a great focus towards all aspects of your learning. I love how focused you are and ensure you are putting your best foot forward in learning and assessments. Thank you for being you.

8 Callai Couper For completing the online tasks to the best of her ability and making fantastic gains in Maths.

9 Zach Davie For the massive effort you are putting into your Science project. I can’t wait to see your final product. You are a pleasure to teach.

10 Olivia Verryt For your diligence and excellent listening skills. Your Science Fair introduction is clear and detailed, handed in on time and one of the best I’ve seen so far. Well done!

11 Slade Vincent For the positive way you have approached your learning and social issues since coming back to school. You have really strengthened your ability to manage yourself. Kei te whakahīhī au ki a koe!

12 Cochise Hemara Giving everything 100% and trying your best in all areas of learning. Kei runga noa atu koe!

13 Hoko Tiopira-Horne Setting a high benchmark with your classwork for your peers. Mahia te mahi kei tamariki ana.

14 Manaia Nasey For your positive attitude towards all of your learning both Online and at school. Ka mau te wehi Manaia. Tu kaha!

15 Ryan Parker For being a positive personality and being willing to try new things. You are great at contributing to our class.

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16 Panapa Mailata For always being willing to get involved in all aspects of learning and general school life! Your attitude is awesome, keep it up!!

17 Nikau Shrimpton For huge progress in geometry, as shown in your snapshot. Ka pai Nikau!

18 Anaru Strawbridge For huge progress in the Geometry snapshot. Ka pai, Anaru!

19 Anni Eskuche For your selfless actions in putting others first, on a number of occasions.

21 Emily Barnes For your fantastic effort in Geometry!

22 Kim Ryder For your outstanding progress in your Geometry snapshot! You should be proud of your learning, well done Kim!

23 Bruno Wood For showing a positive attitude towards learning resulting in fantastic progress in Geometry.

24 Makayla Morgan For your positive attitude in class, and willing helping others with their learning.

25 Asha James For completing all set learning to a high standard and role modelling our coastal values in everything you do.

26 Lulu Horton For always taking pride in your learning and our classroom environment. Room 26 is very lucky to have you!

Visual Arts Freya Clark Room 23

For your positive and focused attitude along with producing some amazing creative designs for your work out ahead this cycle.

Digi Tech TJ Spee Room 3

For making valuable contributions to our class discussions in Digital Technology.

Hard Materials

Griffin Hunt Room 16

For complete focus and commitment to learning in Hard Materials.

Music Unique Rikiti Room 3

For working really hard on ukulele skills. You learnt a huge amount in one lesson. Ka pai. .

Dance & Drama

Tama Hawkins Room 21

For your excellent snazzy dance moves during musical statues this week. Your enthusiasm in our classroom is much appreciated :)

Food Tech Liv Young Room 21

For her contribution to a cooperative learning environment. Akonga tahi!

International Sihoon Lee Room 15

For diligence and effort in his English language lessons

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INITIAL ICAS TESTING INFORMATION FOR 2020

ICAS testing for 2020 will continue to be completed online.

These tests are sat by thousands of students throughout New Zealand, International Schools, Australia and other Pacific nations. This testing process is administered from Australia.

All students in our school may sit any of these tests, but entry is optional.

The subjects and timing of these are listed below (we will set the specific days early Term 3).

SUBJECT SITTING DATE WINDOW

Science 17 – 21 August

Digital Technologies 24-28 August

English 24-28 August

Mathematics 31 Aug-4 Sept

Spelling Bee 31 Aug-4 Sept

NB – Writing is NOT being offered, by the providers, this year.

We will send out more information, before the end of this term, about costs, closing dates and how to register

DENTAL SERVICE AT MMI Dear Parents and Caregivers, We are excited to have the dental van back at MMI and wanted to give you a brief heads-up of how dental procedures will be working with COVID-19 restrictions. To ensure our services are safe, we will be calling each parent/caregiver prior to seeing your child to complete a COVID-19 risk assessment. If your child would like a support person, we ask that only ONE person comes along to the appointment please. This is to reduce contacts. Our appointment spaces will be limited and our target group is year 8 students – however, if your child is in pain, please do not hesitate to phone us on 0212847179. Many thanks, Tuawhitu Dental Team.

Please keep cleaning twice a day

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*** CONGRATULATIONS *** Well done to Oliver Brown, from room 15, who won the Year 7/8 “Design your own Helmet” competition, together with Travelsafe.

Design your own Helmet Competition 2020

Highly Commended ROOM STUDENT

1 Mackenzie Bryant 4 Jimmy Marshall 9 Violet Ebbing

10 Isabella Sowter 11 India Gray 16 Sameera Patel 17 Jett-Rose Ramos 17 Jimin Kwon 18 Georgia-Rose Ellis 20 Ruby O’Neill 22 Cara Hicks 25 Aria Fuller

Our other students are listed here who also received “Highly Commended” certificates for their entries. Well done to you all.

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SMART SCHOOL-TO-HOME COMMUNICATION WITH “BEEP” We are pleased to advise that we are now setup to communicate with you through BEEP. This

smartphone app is from School-links, New Zealand’s leading communication provider

and…..it’s FREE!

This will enable you to:

receive news, newsletters, emergency alerts and important messages straight to your Smartphone

receive group messages for teams, clubs and special interest extra-curricular groups

securely send in an absence note for your child to the office

You may also find your other children’s schools and early childhood centres using the Beep app – all communications

in one place!

To download the FREE app:

1. Go to Google Play (Android)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.beep.android.beep

or the App Store (iPhone)

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/beep/id1201078200

2. Enable push notifications in your settings:

Settings > Notifications > Select Beep > Allow Notifications

How much will it cost you?

The Beep app is free and the push notifications to your phone will use only a tiny amount of your mobile

data, or you can use your home Wi-Fi network.

You don’t have a Smartphone?

The School-links software recognises those caregivers who have not downloaded Beep and will send emails instead

of the Beep notifications.

We will continue to send all emergency alerts and absence notifications via email, as well as Beep, to ensure that

we get critical messages through to you.

Want to learn more?

To learn more about School-links or Beep visit https://school-links.co.nz/beep-notifications/

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SPORTS INFORMATION

BASKETBALL COACHES AND MANAGERS NEEDED Dear Parents/Caregivers, We desperately still require coaches and managers for our MMI basketball teams, in the Monday night competition, in order to enable the students to play. Once the competition is confirmed by TCBA the requirements for coaches and manage will be:

To attend a training session with the students once a week. To coach/manage the team on Monday nights - usually 40 minute games between 4pm and

9pm. If you would like to coach/manage a basketball team, please email the teachers in charge of basketball: Jonas Turol - j.turol@mtint.school.nz Sharon Horne - s.horne@mtint.school.nz _____________________________________________________________________________________

To our amazing schools, It's with heavy hearts we're confirming the 2020 Anchor AIMS Games will be postponed until next year. We know that, for many of you, this year's tournament was going to be a bright ray of sunshine amid the Covid-19 gloom, something to aspire to and get life back to normality. The reality, however, is that normality is still a long way away for so many of our athletes, families, schools and communities. We have had a huge amount of feedback from people saying the spectre of Covid-19 and the associated financial and emotional factors would make it impossible for them to attend this year. We want to make sure that any tournament we hold is open to all, that we create amazing memories and joy instead of stress and hardship. We will be back, bigger and better than ever, from September 4-10, 2021... lock it in! Kind regards Vicki Semple | Anchor AIMS Games Tournament Director M 027 576 0066 | E vickis@nzaimsgames.co.nz | W www.nzaimsgames.co.nz

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U12 BOYS FOOTBALL

TEAMS

2020 SEASON PLAYERS NEEDED

We are currently putting our teams together for the upcoming football season and have 17 players.

Unfortunately, this is too many for one team, as there are only 9 on the pitch at once and not quite enough to field two teams. Tauranga City would like to have two teams in this division and they would like to see if there are any MMI boys interested. All of the necessary information is on their website, with the link below. https://tcafc.co.nz/ Please contact Jacinda on 021 194 4441.

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ICT EQUIPMENT

KAPAHAKA UNIFORMS