FRIDAY FLYER...2020/12/11 · Michael Park School Shield (Sports team of the year) oys and Girls...
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COMING EVENTS
Sunday 13 December Fair Shed Open 10-2
14-18 December Class 11 Camp
Monday 14 December Nativity Play 9am
Tuesday 15 December Nativity Play 9am
Wednesday 16 December Kindy Advent Picnic
Wednesday 16 December Carols Evening 6.30pm
Thursday 17 December Last day of term - 12pm finish
Tuesday 2 February First day of term 1, 2021
FRIDAY FLYER 11 December 2020
Newsletter 31
FAIR SHED OPENING
We are opening the Fair Shed on the 13th December from
10:00 to 2:00. Come and have a look at your class activity
equipment and do a check that it is all there and in good
working order.
Any questions please contact [email protected]
FESTIVAL NEWS
The Nativity Play is happening on the last week of school on
Monday December 14th and Tuesday December 15th, at 9am
in the auditorium.
The lower school classes are busy practicing daily for this much
anticipated Christmas event. We hope that you will join us on
one of the days. We want to ensure a quieter more solemn
audience for the Tuesday performance, therefore we
encourage any younger pre-school aged children to come on
Monday.
Christmas Carol Evening Wednesday 16 December
Auditorium 6.30pm Bring all the family
Festive treats for sale before and after (supporting Christmas
Kindness and Swaita). Dust off the Halo and the Tinsel and dress
up if you wish! This is a wonderful way of bringing our whole
community together on the second to last day of school.
LOST PROPERTY
Please come and check the lost
property box for anything that
belongs to your children.
All leftover items are donated to
charity at the end of the term.
Kia ora koutou
The end of the school year is a time of
anticipation, celebration and
reflection.
On Monday and Tuesday, Class 9
showcased their year-long
independent projects. My thanks to all the students and their
whānau for their support and to Mr Driver and Mrs Storm for
guiding the process throughout the year.
On Monday we also celebrated Prizegiving. This provided an
opportunity to publicly recognise the success of our students in
areas that are central to our school. The final awards were
presented for outstanding academic achievement and for
‘making the most of every opportunity’. The recipients for 2020
are:
Dux – Misaki Kameyama
Proxime Accessit – Grace Ryan
Colin Lawrence Cup – Grace Ryan
Today our graduating class crossed the stage for the final time.
Good luck to our graduating class, you epitomise our school
Mission: “Our highest endeavour must be to develop free
human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose
and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of
truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the
very nerve of education.” (Rudolf Steiner)
Terry Storer
Principal
mailto:[email protected]
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WRAPPING UP THE YEAR
IN HIGH SCHOOL
Kia ora whānau
Dates, times, and events
• In the last week of High School, Monday 14th December to
Thursday 17th December, we continue to start the day at 8:30
a.m. with kaitiaki.
• We are still finishing at 3 p.m. until our final day of the
year, when we finish at 12 noon on Thursday 17th December.
• Craft week continues will have its last day on Wednesday
16th December, when all the craft work culminates in a sharing
of student success.
• Rā whakanui takes place in the morning of Thursday 17th
December and Class 8 and 9 attend this with their kaitiaki and
teachers. They will then pack-down High School and celebrate
the end of year with their kaitiaki.
Mr. Johnstone as acting Deputy Principal
As I am on Camp with Class 11 in the last week of High School,
Mr. Johnstone will be acting Deputy Principal for High School. I
am on Great Barrier and out of reach, so from Friday 11th
December at 5 p.m., all non-urgent matters, where a next day
reply is OK, please contact him via email:
[email protected]. All urgent matters must go
to Mr. Johnstone in person or via a phone call to Reception.
It has been a challenging year and I think that we as a school -
the teachers, all staff, students, and families - have met those
challenges with resolve and learned much about ourselves,
individually and relationally - learning we take with us going
forward.
Have a lovely and restorative summer break with your loved
ones. See you all in 2021.
Caixia Tan, Class 9, competed in Hawkes Bay on the weekend
and was selected to go to Scotland next August 2021 to
represent NZ in the Under 18 World Teams Mounted Games
Championships. With covid she may not end up going but a lot
of work went into getting into the team, so fingers crossed they
make it there.
Caixia devotes all her spare time to her ponies
- at least 20 hours a week and more to
competing in this sport. She would be so
proud to represent NZ doing something she
loves.
Well done Caixia!
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
• House and/or Dog Sitter needed - 27th December to
2nd January. Located in Ponsonby. Call Matt Hebley
021 190 3625
• Vacancy at Steiner Cottage Kindy, Lower Hutt. Click to
view Ed Gazette Link.
Contact the editor, Dana Marcroft at [email protected]
Guideline 150 characters maximum please. Deadline Thursday lunchtime.
Graphic advertisements to be formatted to fit A6 portrait (¼ page).
Whole page ads are not accepted for non school-related activities. Ads may
be published a maximum of twice per term, at the editor’s discretion.
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THE GIFT OF HOPE CHARITY TEAM
What another incredible year again for the
Gift Hope Charity Team. In this difficult year
we achieved so much, some had to be
sorted in lockdown over zoom! We did the
40 hour famine for World Vision, Sustain a
Ball for Women’s Refuge, PJ day for our
refugee Art programme, Daffodil Day for Cancer Society,
Canteen Café for Canteen. Platters for the art exhibition again
for our Refugee Art Programme. We have sponsored Swaita in
Northern India so she can attend school.
We’re finishing the year with Christmas Kindness and gifts for
the Salvation Army and Kids First which Tilly from Class 7
organised. Some of our amazing Class 7 students - Tilly,
Amberley and Sabina -spent Monday wrapping presents for
Kids First.
Each year we give out the Gift of Hope award at senior prize
giving for outstanding service to the charity team. This year the
recipient was Hannah Mullany who was moved by Refugees to
showcase their smiles in her Art work, who volunteered at the
after school program at the resettlement centre, and has bold
plans to work with Refugees next year to get to know their
stories and express that in art and an exhibition raising funds
and awareness. We have no trophy for the Gift of Hope award
but thanks to the Bluebell Legacy Fund we gift $100 to
Hannah’s chosen charity.
We also acknowledged Class 12 Students who looked
outwards this year through the Atawhai Award:
Grace Ryan - Sustain a Ball and Canteen Ambassador
Ruby Legg - Refugee After School Programme, Sustain a Ball
Anais Knight - Sustain a Ball
All students received a beautiful felted Gift of Hope brooch,
thanks to Michelle Mullany.
"Akiaki i te tī o te tangata"
"Nurture the indescribable light in a person".
- Stan Walker
We are sad to say Goodbye to Felix and Sabina. Thank you for
all your help this year - we know you will take the Gift of Hope
to your new Schools.
And last but not least, Lochy who as been with us since almost
the beginning of the Charity team (when he could fit in the
Kindness box!) Lochy we will miss your heart, enthusiasm and
ability to get people to listen! Go well and keep changing the
world.
Thank you Gift of Hope Charity Team for an amazing year.
We still have our Christmas Kindness boxes in the office. We
will also have festive food for sale at the Christmas Carols
evening with our last fundraiser for the year supporting Swaita
and Christmas Kindness.
With Rainbows Cathy, Mrs Hooker and Mrs Feenstra
Christmas Kindness For Advent this year we are supporting
The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal
In reception you will find a box under the Christmas tree. Donations
of food and would be gratefully received.
Suggestions are:
Drink Sachets, Orange / Grape Fruit Juice, Canned Fruit,
Christmas Puddings, Christmas Mince Tarts. Candy
Canes, Lollies, Christmas Crackers, Jellies, Chips,
Onion Soup and Reduced Cream (to make a dip), Nuts &
Raisins, Savoury Biscuits
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HIGH SCHOOL PRIZEGIVING MAJOR AWARDS
University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship Misaki Kameyama
University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship Ruby Legg
Victoria University of Wellington School Leaver Scholarship Sadie Alexander & Ruby Legg
Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Scholarship Georgia McKenzie
Michael Park School Shield (Sports team of the year) Boys and Girls Junior Volleyball Teams
Savonije Cup (Sportswoman of the year) Ginger Weaver & Tabitha Yearbury
Senior Girls Basketball Most Valuable Player Ginger Weaver
Senior Boys Basketball Most Valuable Player Carlos Foote-Chaplin
Senior Girls Basketball Most Improved Player Sienna Laban
Senior Boys Basketball Most Improved Player Madz Mason
Student Representative - Board of Trustees Frida Dickinson
Gift of Hope Award (For Outstanding Charitable Service) Hannah Mullany
Te Tāonga Mana Motuhake (For acting as school leader) India Frith
Environment Award Anais Knight
The Megan Baguley Cup (High School Service Award Class 11) Gus Fraser-Eccleston
The Hildine Hughes Cup (High School Service Award Class 12) Ruby Legg
The Colin Lawrence Memorial Cup
(“Make the most of every opportunity”) Grace Ryan
Proxime Accessit (Second Highest Academic Achievement) Grace Ryan
DUX (Highest Academic Achievement) Misaki Kameyama
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PRIZE WINNERS
Ruby Legg, Misaki Kameyama, Carlos Foote-Chaplin, India Frith, Georgia McKenzie, Gus Fraser-Eccleston,
Grace Ryan, Anais Knight, Tabitha Yearbury & Ginger Weaver.
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