5th September 2013 - Week 6 Term 3

Soccer Tournament All our Yr 3-6 children were to be involved in the Golden Bay Schools

Soccer Tournament next Friday, however one of the schools has

another commitment so it has been postponed to early in term 4.

Staff PD Next Wednesday /Thursday staff will travel to Nelson to visit

schools as part of their professional development. While at the

schools they will talk with staff , view lessons, check out programmes that interest

them, look at the use made of technology and check what these schools offer that

would help us in our journey in lifting the achievement levels of our children.

The schools to be visited are

Hampton St

Richmond Primary

Stoke School

Brightwater School

The relievers for those days are Rm1 Mark, Rm2 Kim, Rm 3 Natasha, Rm 4 Abbie and

Rm 5 Rose

Tackle 7’s Our Tackle 7’s team took on the other Golden Bay schools on Tuesday at Takaka Primary.

We had a loss against Takaka 1 in our first game and then managed wins against Takaka 2 and Collingwood, which put us in the

final against the unbeaten Takaka 1 team. In the final we managed to hold them scoreless for several minutes and halfway

through the game it was 5 all, after a burst down the blindside by Oscar who scored in the corner. Our try seemed to

galvanise the Takaka team and they lifted their game to eventually win comfortably.

There were some tired boys at the end after four hard games and we were proud of the way they never gave up and the

great attitude they displayed. Player of the day was Max for his non stop tackling.

Thanks to all the parents who supported the team, it was appreciated by us all.

“It was so much fun playing kids we didn’t know. It was tough as the other teams tackled pretty hard.” Cameron

“My favourite part was tackling the big kids. It was my first game of rugby and I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to

playing next year.” Leo

What's happening this Term…..

Term 3 14th September GB Tennis Club Open Day

25th September Junior production

Matinee & evening shows

26th September Senior Production

Matinee & Evening shows

27th September Term 3 Ends

14th October Term 4 Begins

Friday Lunches

Soup & Cheese Roll $2.50

Choc & Walnut Cookie $1.50

Thanks to Grace, Tudor and Karl

for the lunches this week.

Wanted for the School

Garden

Old hay and straw

Manure

Pots - single seedling

Punnets - open, not cell

punnets

Plastic bags for taking

seedlings home in!

2013 Dates Term 3 29 July - 27th Sept

Term 4 14th Oct - 20th Dec

Motupipi School Contact

Details:

435 Abel Tasman Drive

Takaka 7183

Phone: 03 525 9986 EMAIL:

markc@motupipi.school.nz

Or: office@motupipi.school.nz

Internet Banking No:

03 1711 0013347 00

Town Bus Due to concerns about children safety when the town bus drops the children off at the Bickleys’ Depot, it has been decided that the bus

will stop outside the TNL Office ( just beside Bickleys’ office) and drop the children off.

Parents are asked to park on the roadside rather than in the yard because of all the bus and truck traffic going in and out.

Chess We wish the chess team all the best at the National Schools Chess Champs in Auckland next week.

The team will leave early on Monday morning and visit the Auckland Zoo and the Sky Tower and

Tuesday will be a full on day of chess.

The team have been lucky to have local chess players Mike, Piers and Carol come in and tutor them.

Sponsorship from lots of kind locals has enabled the trip to go ahead and the children have sent

letters of thanks to them all.

“I’m looking forward to playing chess all day but nervous about maybe not winning games, but I’ll be

doing my best.” Gabby

“I’ve never been to Auckland before and I’m really excited about that. The tournament will be a

great experience as I get to play other children from all around New Zealand.” Rosie

“I’m looking forward to seeing the Sky Tower and hanging out in Auckland. I’m a better chess

player now, because I’ve learnt so much from the adults who have been playing us.” Nico

School Concert Our school concert will be held at The Playhouse on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th Septem-

ber and the children are all practicing their songs, drama and speech for their performance.

Wednesday 25th September.

Rm 2 will be performing The Teddy Bears Picnic, Rm 3 The Legend of the Kiwi & Rm 4 Little Red and the Cunning Kuri (Dog). They will

put on a matinee performance at 1.00pm and an evening show at 6.30pm.

Thursday 26th September.

Rm 1 will be performing You Can Be A Champion and Rm 5, Bob and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. They will put on a

matinee performance at 1.00pm and an evening show at 6.30pm.

NZ Tennis Have a Go Day. Saturday September 14th Golden Bay Tennis Club Park Ave, A prize draw. 9am beginners and under tens. 10am under twelve's. 11.oo to 12.30 teenagers 1.00 adults Refresher coaching Beginners coaching.

The Best Day Ever - By Joe Room 3

I felt excited in the morning when I got

out of bed because it was Daffodil Day. I

wore an orange t-shirt because it was

the Daffodil Day colour. There were lots

of people there. I went to have a jelly cup

first, then I went and did the dart throw

on the court and got to sit on the

teachers chair for a whole day. We have

Daffodil Day to raise money for the

cancer people. It was a really fun day.

Daffodil Day - By Holley Room 3

Last Friday it was Daffodil Day. When

I got out of bed I was excited because

it was Daffodil Day. Lots and lots of

people were there. I did the gumboot

throw and the dart board and the

catapult, and I had sherbet. It was the

best day ever. I had some jelly with

cream on it. It was really fun and fun.

At the end I was still happy because I

was going to Totaranui.

Daffodil Day - By Kier Room 3

Daffodil Day is a day when all the

classes make something. Room 3 made

seed packets and lemonade and jelly

and we sold it. The children and their

parents brought them. There was a

dart board and catapult there too. I

felt good when I did lemon dunking

because you have to put your head

under the water. It was the best day

ever because we could buy things.

Garage Sale to support chess trip

9am 27 Abel Tasman Drive

Ph 5259381

Small kids bikes x3 Wheelies Roller shoes x2

Gold Dredge set up (no pump) Rowing machine

Reebok exercycle Baby Clothes Baby shoes

Boys clothes size 5&6 Girls Clothes size 6&8 Kids motorbike 50cc

Sausage Sizzle

What a wonderful turnout for our Daffodil Day extravaganza. Thank you all for being so generous. Our school made a whopping $1069 for the Cancer society.

Board of Trustees Report

The Board of Trustees met last week to go through the results of our parent consultation, which involved both

oral feedback via three meetings and a paper survey.

Our thanks go to those who took the time to give us feedback, it was appreciated and certainly gave us some ideas

for future development.

We have attached what parents liked about our school and the skills and qualities parents wanted the children to

have. The skills and qualities will be put into a more user friendly format. Also included are some of the areas

parents felt could be improved. Several were included in an earlier newsletter and there will be more next week.

What Parents Like About Motupipi School

Welcoming and friendly environment

Staff are very caring and approachable

Staff build confidence and resilience in children

Good open door policy

Good gardening program and physical environment

Community feel

Respect around children. Matters dealt with re-

spect

Multitude of trips, visits and events

Children love coming to school

School camps

Good integration of different ages in activities

Children really enjoy clubs.

All children well known, each child matters

Parents are welcome in class to help out

School reports/consultation

Kind and helpful receptionist

Children develop good social skills

Lots of out of classroom learning

Fundraising committee/Friday lunches

Three short breaks throughout the day

Teaches good at conflict resolution between students

Town bus

Nice size school

Whole school buddy reading

Boys can be boys

School production

Kids good at encouraging each other

Good representation of parents at Motupipi events

Opportunity for kids to attend events as whole school

Music as extra-curricular activity within school hours

Relaxed informal atmosphere

Good interaction between teachers and children and

teachers and parents

School has a ‘Can do’ attitude

Good balance between indoor and outdoor activities

Answerphone

Children are respectful of the teachers

Family oriented

Skills and Qualities Parents Want Motupipi Children to Have

Self confidence

Acceptance and respect of others

Empathy and consideration of others

Open minds

Be happy

Fair minded

Able to form own opinions

Honesty

Kindness

What Could Be Improved At Motupipi School

Here are some of the ideas of what could be improved at Motupipi. Some were published in the August newsletter

and more will follow next week.

Production to be held in term 3 as term 4 becomes extremely busy. We have moved our school production /

concert to term 3 for this reason and the fact our sound and lighting technician is now able to provide his

services late in term 3. Term 4 is busy enough with gathering data for school reports and writing them, end of

year camps and sports events.

It was mentioned that some children get stressed with the school concert. If that is the case contact the class

teacher and a lesser part can be given to the child. Children will get nervous being on stage as we all do and

that is just part of performing.

Lots of time is spent by parents on costuming. Teachers may ask for help with costuming and this is voluntary.

Costumes will be arranged by the teacher if parents aren’t available.

Assembly certificates don’t recognize average good working sloggers . I have checked our record of children

receiving certificates in assembly and found that this statement is not correct. Most children receive

certificates and they have been given for acting out our school vision and motto. Certificates given out in

assembly aren’t the only acknowledgement children get. Other examples are; work published in newsletters,

work shared in front of class, to other classes and the principal, verbal praise from teacher, parents

informed, rewards such as free choice of activity, choice of class game, stickers or treats.

More information about what activities are happening in and out of classroom - Generally parents will be informed

of activities through class newsletters, notices home or via the weekly newsletters.

Staff are to ensure parents are given adequate notice of events if possible. Part of the philosophy of

teaching at Motupipi is to “use the teachable moment” which means to

make the use of opportunities that present themselves. In these cases parents will generally find out about

happenings afterwards.

Assemblies- better communication of when they are on At times things come up that necessitate a change in

when an assembly is to be held . Communication in this could be better. Dates are put in the newsletter and

if something comes up a text message will be sent to all those whose cellphone numbers we have.

Board of Trustees minutes should be more public . A copy of the Board of Trustees minutes are available in the

office. Board members and the Principal can be contacted if parents have any queries.

Contact numbers of the Board members are

Clarissa Gray 525 6269 Sophia Cooke 525 6225 Brian Nesbit 525 9969

Andy Williams 9707558 Jane Childs 525 6056 Wendy Webster 524 8689

Mark Cullen School 525 9986, Home 525 8632 027 5258632

Independence

Self-monitoring – managing own learning

Love of learning

Good grasp of numeracy and literacy

Confidence to ask and accept assistance

Good social skills

To be true to their word/to be honourable

Ability to work in a team