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Calendar Sep 26 Technology Y7 and Y8 SEP 28 Ag and ART Day 11 am start, TERM 3 ENDS Oct15th Term 4 Starts Oct 24th Production Rehearsal Oct 24th Technology Y 7 and Y8 Oct 25th Production afternoon and evening show Nov 2nd Glen Massey School Athletics Nov 7th Technology Y 7 and Y8 Nov 9th Huntly West Cluster Athletics Nov 13th 7 – 8:30pm PTA Meeting Nov 21 Technology Y 7 and Y8 Dec 5th Technology Y 7 and Y8 Dec 7th Rainbows End Dec 12th School Picnic Dec 12th Prizegiving Dec 13th Last day of School

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September 19th 2018 Dear Parents/Caregivers Mihi atu ki ā tātou kātoa. Greetings to you all. Last week was Maori Language Week. Te wiki o te reo Māori provides an opportunity to celebrate and learn te reo Māori, helping to secure its future as a living, dynamic, and rich language. This year’s focus was Kia Kaha te Reo Maori (let’s make Maori language

strong). Children were involved in a variety of ways within their classes. Teachers had some of their own focuses and Whaea Wera (who teaches Te Reo/Tikanga in classes each afternoon) also had a focus within her programme. Hope-fully all of you were able to be involved in some way also. This week we have Bruce Moody our maths consultant in classes. He is once again working with teachers and stu-dents and ensuring that the delivery of our Maths curricu-lum is of a high quality. He will be in on Wednesday and Thursday. Yesterday we had a fantastic gym day at Huntly. A huge thanks to Susan and Amanda Potts for their efforts in mak-ing this happen and to Brenda Coleman for her work in setting things from the school side. Thanks to all of our parent helpers also. I really enjoyed it and the students certainly looked like they did also. Next Monday and Tuesday we are running student led conferences. These will run from 3 - 5 pm and give an op-portunity for you to hear about your child’s learning expe-riences from your child. Please give them the time they

need to share with you. They are in charge on these days! You will have the oppor-tunity to touch base briefly with the teacher also. Thanks to everyone who returned their survey form. I am about ¾ of the way through collating all of the information and will share a summary once complete. Overall the feedback is very positive and some very good suggestions have come through also. The Education Review Office will be visiting our school next term during the week starting 12th November. They will be conducting a full audit of teaching, board and leadership practices in relation to student achievement. We will welcome them with a Powhiri on the Monday morning and then they will be into meetings/observations on and off during the week. We look forward to showing them what our school has to offer. Pet Day takes place on Friday 28th September. Children will be involved in class displays etc during the morning and then judging of animals will start at 11am. Once judging is complete we will have some games etc organised. A reminder that school finishes on Friday 28th September for the school holidays. We start back on Monday 15th October. Principals Thought for the week - Who else is glad they were young and stupid long before there were camera phones? Nga mihi nui Rodney Montford

Student of the week Room 1 Elijah Understanding language, symbols and text. Working hard during guided reading sessions. Room 2 Brent for using language, symbols and text. persistence in making sens and decoding of his reading. Room 3 Sophie Thinking Creating new knowledge by using more than one think-ing strategy reflecting transferring and challenging to achieve personal goals Room 4 Reign Managing Self Sets high expectations for herself and makes well in-formed choices at all times Room 5 Jordan Managing self constantly showing determination to complete all activities to a high standard.

Cont.

Student Learning Celebrations

on Monday the 24th and Tuesday the

25th of September

Parents Whanau and Grandparents will have the opportunity to come t and share

in what your child has been learning at school. Bring everyone the more the mer-

rier!!

Students will be in charge of telling you /showing you various things and Talking

about their learning. It is important that you let them lead but you may ask ques-

tions about their learning as you go. There will be a brief opportunity for you to

touch base with the teacher, but if you wish to have a formal meeting you will

need to make an appointment at a time that suits. There will be a half hour block

available with up to 5 families in each block/. Please choose the time that suits

your Family/whanau to come and share in your child’s learning.

Family Name Students name

Monday 24th

3pm

Tuesday 25th

3pm

3.30 3.30

4PM 4Pm

4.30 4.30

Principals Award - James Bretherton Principals Award - Amalie Edwards

Quick notes Orders for the outdoor book are being received by the school . If you want them before the holidays please place your order by this Friday. Other wise orders after the 21st of September will be delivered in term 4. Registrations for Pet day are still open. So if you have a dog a lamb or a kid, Please get them registered asap!

Gym Day Many thanks to the Parents who provided transport and assistance with the Gym day. This event could not take place without your help

Don’t forget Playgroup on Monday mornings at 9.00

in the hall we have a small

group of mums and pre schoolers

and would love to have your company for a chat and a coffee.

Have you got a lamb for Pet Day!

PAM HARDING has a lot of lambs available for pet day (currently bottle feeding 15).

Please phone her 824 7299. The lambs are $40 and if people want to re-turn them after pet day, they can, and she will give them back the $40. How good is that!! Milk Powder available at school.

A Program and Pet Day information

will be sent out on Friday

Hello And Welcome to Glen Massey School

This Gazette is to keep you up to date….. We print the Gazette fortnightly

and use digital media for Keeping parents up to date.

The news letters are distributed digitally.

On the school Loop app, the school website

And the At school website..

And messages are distributed on our facebook page as well.

School loop App

The website is www.glenmassey.school.nz

And At School is a parent program which lets parents and the school

communicate reports and school data via an individual login which is for

your children only.

Please contact the school for your login.

If you wish you can request the Gazette by email.

Short notices and updates are put out by school loop and website

Any emergency notices are notified by text message to the

Cell phone listed on your child’ records.