Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: admin@mtint.school.nz

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2 June 2017

IN THIS NEWSLETTER

Principal’s Report

Room 21 & 22 Learning Page

International Homestays

Online School Shopping

Message from Bayfair Shopping

Centre

Sports Information

Coastal Value Certificates

Community Notices

C O M I N G E V E N T S 2017

DECEMBER 2017

7 Year 8 Formal – Classic Flyers

8 Elite Softball - Whakatane

13 Friends of the School Morning Tea

14 Prizegivings (times below)

18 Last Day Term 4 – 12 noon

JANUARY 2018

26 Second Hand Uniform Sale

MT MAUNGANUI INTERMEDIATE

1 December 2017

Newsletter No.

38

PRIZEGIVINGS

Thursday - 14 December 2017

Year 7 – 9.15am start

Year 8 – 11.15am start

Parents and caregivers are all welcome to attend.

Please note: Sometimes, there are family members who travel from out of town to attend our end of year prizegivings. In these circumstances, at the end of our prizegivings, we have allowed students to leave school with their families. We ask that if this is going to happen, the classroom teacher is informed in advance of prizegiving day as this is also the day that reports are issued to students.

FROM THE OFFICE

At this time of year we are working through massive workloads and would

like to ask for your patience. If you have emailed or left a message please be assured, we will get back to you as soon

as we are able.

We thank you for your support.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Kia ora koutou, It’s been a great week. After some reminders, early in the week, students have been settled and calm. So keep up the good work team. School Organisation for 2018 As communicated during the week, we are currently working on classes and school structure for next year. We have decided to keep some classes together, in consultation with parents and caregivers. This has been communicated to these classes already, with an overwhelmingly positive response. Due to uneven numbers in year 7 and 8, projected for next year, we are planning for one team of four composite classes. This will allow us to keep class sizes consistent across the school. The remaining separate year 7 and year 8 classes will be made up as usual, with careful consideration. There will be no boys only class in 2018. If you believe that your child will benefit from placement in our Whanau Class (bilingual education) with Matua Tapuraka Rikihana please contact us. It is our intention to inform students of their 2018 placement, before the end of the school year. This will support transition and dispel any anxiety or worry over the Christmas break. More information will follow. Staffing Changes At MMI, we believe strongly in growing and developing our teachers. Unfortunately, that does mean that we lose them to promotion and new opportunities. At the end of 2017 we will be saying farewell to the following staff:

Who Where? Reason?

Miss Choat Remuera Intermediate Relocating to Auckland.

Mrs Coyle Hauturu School Won a principal’s position.

Mr Needs Omokoroa Point School Year 3/4 change into primary sector.

Miss Tuck will be in school relieving and will be exploring other avenues in 2018. We sincerely thank Mrs Coyle, Miss Choat, Mr Needs and Miss Tuck for all their hard work and the significant contribution that you have made to our school over your time here. We wish you all the best for future endeavours. The following staff will be on leave for 2018:

Who What? Where? Why

Miss Harrison Maternity Leave

Mrs Goodhue Currently on maternity leave - will return mid 2018

Whaea Sara Phillips

MOE Study Leave Position

University of Waikato To undertake a total immersion Māori language programme [Te Tohu Paetahi].

Ms Lisa Morresey (Whaea Lisa)

Secondment Aiken Fellowship

University of Auckland Centre for Educational Leadership

To work with principals and school leaders in leadership development.

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Class Trips Teams have been out and about, on class end of year trips, ranging from Beach Education, Baywave, Waimarino to visiting Toi Ohomai. Thank you to all of our capable parent helpers, who supported students and staff. Lost Property As discussed at assembly last week, there are considerable amounts of unnamed uniform items in lost property. This is housed in Room 8. Please come and claim lost uniform. Congratulations Well done to our Police Competency Test Challenge Team (PCT), who took national honours over the weekend. Also, congratulations to Rikaia Burford, who won the Office Max Colour Your Classroom competition. Have a wonderful weekend. Enjoy the sunshine. Ma te wa Ms M/Whaea Lisa

UNSUNG HERO AWARDS

These awards were presented, at last week’s assembly, to our students who consistently follow their coastal values and classroom expectations, whilst always displaying a positive attitude. We like to recognise these students through this special award. You are valued members of our school community and we thank you for being you! Well done to you all.

ROOM NAME

1

Scott Chalmers

2

Calib Simon

3

Claire Lendrum

4

Elzaan Meyer

5

Brooke Steele

6

Anna Watson

7

Ella McDonald

8

Felix Bird

9

Ellie Thompson

10

Lyneve Tata

11

Hannah Dryden

12

Ngarongo Temete

13

Amy Hsu

14

Becky Monks

15

Aria Ebbing

16

Shaun Tekotia

17 Paris Harding

19

Morgan McKay

20

Heidi Seymour

21

Frida Villalobos

22

George Mills

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INTERNATIONAL HOMESTAYS REQUIRED

In February, we have two new students looking for homestay families for the first month of term one. If you may be interested in hosting one of these boys, could you please contact: Jane Howard International Student Director j.howard@mtint.school.nz

The “Blues” (embroidered badges), given out to students for following coastal values and in recognition of their sporting, community and academic achievement, cannot be replaced if the student loses or misplaces them. They are very expensive so please remind your child, if they receive one of these, to look after it, bring it home and have it sewn on their fleece, as soon as possible.

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SPORTS INFORMATION

BOYS CLASS – GOLF FUN

This term, the boys’ only class have been learning the fundamentals of golf, as part of learning through the context of sport. On Tuesday, they went down to exhibit their skills at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club. Below are some pictures of the boys putting and driving. They really enjoyed this hands on learning experience.

SPORTS UNIFORMS

Could you please check at home and return all sports uniforms. Thank you.

Addressing the safety of local students in and around Bayfair Shopping Centres’ carparks

As the hub of the community and location of public transport services, Bayfair Shopping Centre is a busy thoroughfare for traffic coming in and out of the carpark areas. Recently, we have noticed an increasing number of students congregating in the centre’s car parks and in general, hanging around in high traffic areas, reserved for vehicles and in stairwells that access the upper level of the car park. This behaviour puts the students at risk and we have concerns for their safety in areas that are purely designed for parking and accessing vehicles. From our observations, students appear to be meeting friends and spending time in the carparks, as well as walking up and down the stairwells/ramps between the multilevel car-park and in some cases riding on skateboards and scooters. As I am sure you will agree it is not advisable for students to use these areas as recreation space. As the safety of everyone who visits our centre is of paramount importance, we are, contacting schools, neighbouring houses within our community, and relevant community leaders to ask that they assist with addressing these concerns and help us share this community safety message. We have proactively upgraded our car park signage to better identify the areas and their correct uses as well as increasing our security guard presence during busy times in the car parks such as after-school hours and school holidays. We would be grateful if you could support us and inform the students, at your school and perhaps include mention in your newsletter and assemblies. We also encourage anyone who sees unsafe behaviour or loitering in the centre’s carparks to inform centre staff immediately.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Richie Wellsbury Operations Manager|Bayfair Shopping Centre|AMP Capital Shopping Centres

MESSAGE FROM BAYFAIR SHOPPING CENTRE

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MOUNT WINS NATIONAL PCT 8 Mount Intermediate students qualified to go to Wellington, to compete in the physical competency test and other challenges. We travelled down last Friday. We got to the PCT course at around 12:30pm on the Saturday and we were all pretty nervous. The team captain went up and drew the positions we would do the PCT course in. I went up and I drew 17, so we had some time to strategize. The Year 8s went first and set a very quick time of 2.17 just beating the other Mount team by one second (this was the fastest team on the day but, unfortunately had a 5 second penalty). Finally, it got to our turn and we started. The 2 year 7’s were in front and then the 2 year 8’s were behind. We came up to the beam and had to walk across. Finally we got some time to relax, when we were waiting for the others to finish it. We finished the beam and we sprinted over the jump. Now it was Gus and I at the front. We were all good at the scaling the wall, but I went back and helped the girls. We finished the wall and sprinted to drag the 70kg bag. The girls sprinted to the wire fence and quickly climbed over it and we all put our hands on the finishing cone. We finished at a time of 2:21. That night we went to the Wellington ‘Cake Tin’ to watch the Wellington Phoenix play. On the 2nd day we did 4 challenges. The first one was the 8 minutes to win it challenge, when we had to flip 5 cups, transfer 20 M&M’s into another plate by sucking with a straw, bouncing ping pong balls into a cup and

knocking 5 drink bottles over swinging a ball from a sack on your head. The second challenge was a memory challenge, where we had to go into a room and memorise the items in it. We got 21 out of 40 questions, about the items, correct. The 3rd challenge was where we had to put our foot on the numbers in a circle in the order of 1-20 and since Gus, and I had already done it at leadership camp we had a very good strategy. The last challenge was when we had to pour water into each other's cups from on top of our heads without using our hands. Finally, it was all over and it was prize giving. I was pretty disappointed when I didn’t hear our name called second or third, but suddenly I heard our name. We had come first!!! I was so proud of all the effort our team had put into this!!! Both teams competed well and had a great time. A huge thank you to Constable Sheryl and Kat, from Te Aranui Youth Trust, and Blair Johnstone, for accompanying and helping out the team throughout the weekend. The teams were Year 8 team - Devon Smith, Lucy Bartlett, Michael Kennedy, Steven Khoun Mixed team - Poppy Wilson, Olivia Hala, Gus Shivnan, Noah (Sharkie) Johnstone Written by Noah (Sharkie) Johnstone

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COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2017 Term 4 – Week 7

1 Corbin Van der Molen

For being a helpful and positive student in Room 1.

2 Samuel Dryden For your focus in class and being a positive role model for others.

3 Milly Swanberg For reading to the class with excellent expressions and vocabulary knowledge.

4 Jamie Kelly For your focused and motivated attitude towards driving your own learning.

5 Regan Whitten For being respectful and consistently having integrity to do the right thing.

6 Jannes Dieckmann For his positive attitude to all learning opportunities and for consistently striving to achieve and succeed.

7 Cole Kashif-Ward For improved effort and confidence in your learning. Well done Cole.

8 Stella McKenzie For being a genuinely pleasant class member who has fully immersed herself in Room 8 and school life.

9 Kalani Gosden For having a more focused approach to his learning.

10 Anna-Jayde Fifield Mō tō manaakitanga ki ngā tauira Hapanī.

11 Clara Linner For getting up in front of the class and presenting your inquiry project. Your hard work has paid off!

13 Kalea Earles For the effort put into your Inquiry and the support given to others. Ka rawe Kalea.

14 James Walker For his focus and thorough research on the United Nations and his country study for our MUNA.

15 Lily Rall For your efforts in your writing.

16 Morley Mills For having a focused term towards his learning.

17 Sivana Alabaster For being a positive role model for others and for you hard work this year.

18 Grace Mains For settling into a new class and approaching learning experiences with a positive attitude.

19 Connor Van der Pol For working hard to consistently use punctuation in your writing. Ka Rawe Connor!

20 Jed Davis For an outstanding year, consistently displaying the coastal values and being a great role model to others.

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COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2017 Term 4 – Week 7 continued

21 Zak Morrison For being a consistent role model to others, by following instructions the first time and displaying respect at all times.

22 Hunter Heywood For your ongoing progress and positive attitude towards your learning. Ka rawe Hunter - Kia kaha.

Visual Arts

Macy Burgess Room 18

For being a conscientious worker and consistently giving of her best.

Digi Tech Steven Newson Room 2

For always trying his best and being fully involved in the class activities.

Hard Materials

Jed Davis Room 20

For always working hard and being fully involved in his work.

Music Anna-Jayde Fifield Room10

For being an independent worker who is keen to learn new musical knowledge.

Dance & Drama

Nicholas Gibbard Room 11

For great enthusiasm in musical theatre.

Food Tech

Rafferty McKechnie Room 22

For your quiet, steady work ethics and getting an almost perfect score in the test.

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