Roll of Honour Karla De Vera, James Florance

Milla MacKenzie, Hannah Sharplin

First Merit Madi Fauth, Rommie Murie Amalia Shand, Layla Yukich

Newsletter No. 27 Term 3, Week 6

Week Ending 30th August 2019 Tena koutou katoa On Tuesday 150 Year 4/8 students attended the Hurunui Primary schools' 7 A-Side day at the Hawarden domain. Representing Amuri were 4 Year 4/5 teams, 4 Year 5/6 teams and 10 Year 7/8 teams. Beautiful weather provided a pleasant setting for much good-natured competition between the neighbouring schools in touch rugby, soccer and netball. With the goal of the day to encourage participation and enjoyment of sport, there was plenty of evidence to suggest this had been achieved. Many thanks to the very efficient parents and caregivers who attended and supported the teams to give nothing but the best on the day. At assembly this week our Head Students spoke about change that occurs in our lives and the importance of mindset. There are two types of mindset - fixed and growth and for people to be able to cope with change and develop the resilience to face challenges in life they need to be in the growth mindset camp. In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work regardless of talent or brains. A good message to get across. Assembly also continued with our value of RESPECT and it was a pleasure to award Room 5 with a Principal’s Award for taking up the challenge to become a class of eco warriors. Room 5 have been very active in tidying up our immediate school environment and having a focus on the use of plastics in food packaging. This environmental protection theme continues to be a focus in their current

Antarctic Study. Raising and maintaining our understanding of the issues that cause global warming and environmental degradation and what individually we can do to combat this are very important to us all. There are many things that happen daily where students are demonstrating our values. This week we had the cooking classes being covered on Monday by other staff – two of our senior Independent Living students volunteered to take the lead with the Hanmer Year 7/8 cooking students. Jayde Murphy took control, came up with a cooking alternative as the food order for the day had not arrived and ran the class like clockwork with Arcadian Turner assisting. Every teacher who went into the class in those two hours remarked on what an outstanding job was being done. Our thanks to Jayde and Arcadian for their fantastic work. As school is closed on Friday for a Teacher Only Day, we had our Cancer Awareness Day on Thursday across the whole school. Ms McCarthy designed an activity pack for all the form and junior classes and the students contributed to a coin trail. The collection of coins (and notes) was humbling and none more so than the $62.10 contributed by BBM form class - it is evident that our students have a real awareness of the statistics regarding cancer and the impact cancer has on individuals and families and wished to do their bit. We are just so proud of our students – Kia Kitea Toikaka – Nothing but the Best. Penny Mossman Acting Principal

Raising Achievement; Realising Potential; Encouraging Excellence

Phone: 03-315-8233 E-Mail: office@amuri.school.nz Web: www.amuri.school.nz

Why Maths is Valued at Amuri Maths Week’s estimates an audience of more than 250,000 students, teachers and parents from around New Zealand in August each year. In its 22nd year of operation, Maths Week is the creation of the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers (NZAMT), a registered charity with the following aims: Find out more about NZAMT at http://www.nzamt.org.nz This is a fantastic site to visit. Like New Zealand Maths Week, Amuri Area School has its own version called Amuri Maths Week, celebrating all things mathematical within our community. Entries are open to all junior classes up to Year 10. The categories are Maths posters, Maths models, Edible Maths, Wearable Maths and a new topic this year, Reciprocal teaching of maths. This is where a group of students teach another group of students something “mathy”. A number of these entries are also taken down to the Cantamath competition in Christchurch on the 28th August. This year neighbouring schools were invited to enter our competition. We had a superb response from Hanmer Primary School who cleaned out the Edible section with Maths-related pizzas, cakes and biscuits. Yummo! Not only has maths been celebrated in Week 4, three teams attended the North Canterbury Cantamath Competition in Ohoka. We had fantastic results with second place in both the Year 7 and Year 8 competition and a mid-table placing for the year 6 pupils. A very special thanks to Joc Kinney and Amy

Cundy for transportation and support while there. For the large, Christchurch Cantamath competition, preparations have begun in earnest. Year 7/8 have a weekly problem-solving maths slot to hone and develop analytical thinking skills. Shane Cundy has kindly given up his two Tuesday afternoons for further coaching and tuition of our Maths teams. Again, Amuri Area School is so grateful to our amazing parent community who support our learners in so many areas of the school. We do have a wonderful, caring and positive whanau. On the BIG CANAMATH night the Year 7s scored 60/100 and Year 8s scored 55/100. The buzz around the Horncastle arena was electrifying as over 400 children competed in each

year category. We are very proud of all those students who took part. It was lovely to have Joc Kinney and Amy Cundy join Mr Black and I in all the excitement.

DDDaaattteeesss fffooorrr yyyooouuurrr DDDiiiaaarrryyy ICAS International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

HPSSA Hurunui Primary Schools Sports Association CCHS Canterbury Country High Schools CASA Canterbury Area Schools Association CPS Canterbury Primary Schools

TOSI Top of South Island SISS South Island Secondary Schools CSS Canterbury Secondary Schools

SEPTEMBER ‘19

2nd – 6th SISS Netball Tournament, Nelson 5th School for Young Writers Visit – Years 4-8 6th School for Young Writers Visit – Years 9-13

9th – 13th Years 10-13 Exam Week 11th Get to Go Challenge 17th HPSSA Kiwi Sports

17th – 20th Primary Production in Gym 19th Caverhill Assembly @ 10am 20th Year 11 Geography trip to Kaikoura

24th – 27th VC Singers Voice Assessment Camp, Hagley, Christchurch 26th Years 11-13 Reports sent home 27th End of Term 3

Cantamaths Another exciting Cantamath competition evening for Year 9/10. After a pit-stop at McDonalds we entered Horncastle Arena to find Highly Commended awards for Mateo Jamieson’s 3D poster, and for Willow, Lily, Brylie and Maddie's wearable Maths. From behind the stadium stand we could hear the cheering as the Year 8 competition winners were being announced. Our Year 9 team Myla, Mateo, Francis and Damian, made a great start to the fast paced competition. At one point Mateo, our runner, had his trainer accidentally knocked off by another student. The Year 10 team Lily, Willow, Jed and Francis worked hard at attempting each question no more than three times. Another accident as Francis was run over by another student! We were all amazed at how quickly some of the scores went up for other schools. We couldn’t have tried any harder and have resolved to tackle more practice questions throughout the year. We arrived back at school at 11:10 pm and nearly all of us were back in school the next morning. Well done to everyone. Thank you to the parents for waiting to collect their young people so late and thank you to our volunteer Susanne for accompanying us.

Susan Ibbetson Acting HELA Secondary Maths

HANDS-ON AT OTAGO

Each year Otago University offers an experience of university life and study in

the summer holidays (January) for students who will be in Year 12 or 13 that

year. Entry is competitive so students are

expected to have high grades at NCEA level in their subject(s) of choice.

See www.otago.ac.nz/hands-on-at-otago/index.html.

Each year the Rotary Club of Rangiora is willing to sponsor a suitable applicant from the Waimakariri or Hurunui areas to attend

this event to the amount of $800. BEFORE APPLYING to 'Hands-On at Otago,' any student seeking this sponsorship needs

to submit their CV to Rotarian Alan Missen

(awmissen@xtra.co.nz) BEFORE 10th September 2019.

The successful applicant will be notified as soon as possible.

Rotary Club of Rangiora Charitable Trust

ALEX MURRAY EDUCATION AWARD 2019

The Rotary Club of Rangiora awards a grant each year in memory of a former member, Alex Murray, to assist a young person about to leave school to undertake further training at an education centre, polytechnic or university.

The grant, to a value of $5000, will be awarded to a young person living in either the Waimakariri or Hurunui Districts. The grant is to assist with course costs and/or study materials (excluding accommodation costs) over the first two years of tertiary study. Up to half of the grant would be available for the first year of study.

We are calling for applications for this grant for study to be commenced in 2020.

The application form may be obtained by emailing ayers.david@xtra.co.nz.

Applications will close on Thursday 3rd October 2019.

Amuri Area School PTA Calf Scheme

The Calf Scheme we run every year is our No. 1 fundraiser for our school. Every year, thanks to your generous support, we raise in excess of $30,000.00. All money raised goes to classroom resources, school excursions or any other needs within the school. If you are keen to donate to this years’ scheme, please let us know and we will get tags to you. This year, to avoid any mycoplasma bovis risk, the stock will be held at the Sale-yards overnight rather than on private property. The following day they will be transported to the sale. If you would rather make a monetary donation, as any donation is greatly appreciated, please donate through online banking using your surname and first name as reference, code CALF. Our bank account number is 03-1582-0069597-00.

If you are after a tag or two or need any further information, please contact Vicky Hamilton on 021-134-1793 or Fiona Dwyer on 027-260-2027. Please note that you will need to ensure all donated stock are NAIT tagged.

SPRING SEED FUNDRAISER

Help us grow by beautifying your garden Fund Raising for establishing a school garden on the Junior Side

at Amuri Area School Here is a great opportunity to purchase seeds to show your support. Seeds are easy to sow, fun to grow and will reward you with gorgeous flowers year after year.

We have some great choices - why not try them all. Prices are less than normal retail and our organisation will make 40% profit on all sales. Growing information is included on each packet of seeds.

To order please return this form to the school office with your payment no later than 20 September 2019. Delivery will be on 30th September 2019

Thank you for supporting this fundraiser. All enquiries to Alison Nimmo (alison@amuri.school.nz)

Seed Order Form 2019 Name:

Address:

Ph:

Seed Type Price Number Total

Wildflower Bee Friendly Mix – 10 grams Plant wildflower seeds, the ultimate in colourful low maintenance gardening, in your garden to provide essential nutrition for bees and other pollinating insects. Covers 10m2. Height: 20-60 cm

$10.00

Wildflower Butterfly Garden Mix – 10 grams An easy to grow gourmet blend of wildflowers specially formulated to attract butterflies into your garden. A balanced mix of colourful annuals and perennials that will cover an area of 10m2. Height: 30-70 cm

$10.00

Crazy Cosmos Mix – 500 seeds Bright crazy colour all the way. Try this mix of dazzling cosmos – they are sure to blast colour into your garden throughout the season. Covers 7m2. Height: 60-90cm

$5.00

Fragrant Garden – 7 grams A mix of fragrant flower seeds ideal for planter boxes around your outdoor relaxing areas. Packed full of colourful and heavenly scented wildflowers. Good for small gifts. Covers 7m2. Height: 40-50cm

$6.70

Micro Greens – 10 grams ‘Micro Greens” is a term used for vegetables that are harvested at small seedling stage. They are a nutritious and tasty addition to salads. They can be grown any time of year, even inside during the winter.

$6.50

Sweet Pea – Summer Rainbow Mix – 20 seeds A colourful and fragrant mix of climbing sweet peas. Plant against a fence or trellis. Height up to 2 metres.

$4.40

Sunflowers – 20 seeds Sunflowers are a great way to add colour to your garden, and they're easy to grow and care for.

$4.40

Potful of Poppies – 7 grams A combination of different types of poppies that can be grown together to give an amazing colourful and easy to grow display. Three wildflower species have also been included to harmonise and blend. Covers 7m2. Height 40-80cm

$6.70

GRAND TOTAL $

Please make payment to: Amuri Area School bank details: 12-3616-0057391-000. Reference “SEEDS” with your name. Many thanks for supporting this fundraiser.

1st – 3rd November 2019 Hurunui School Fundraiser

Tickets and programmes are available from the Amuri Area School office in

Culverden