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4th February 2016 - Week 1 Term 1 Welcome back to our returning and new families for 2016 We would like to welcome everyone back to school for another action packed year. There were a lot of excited parents on Tuesday as they dropped their children off and were looking forward to a bit more freedom and ease with childcare. We have started 2016 with 107 children. Welcome to our new students We would like to welcome all our new students to Motupipi. They have settled into their new school well and we wish them all the best for the year ahead. Motupipi School Details: 435 Abel Tasman Drive Takaka 7183 Phone: 03 525 9986 EMAIL: [email protected] Or: [email protected] Internet Banking No: 03 1711 0013347 00 2016 Dates Term 1 2nd Feb - 15th April Term 2 2nd May - 8th July Term 3 25th July - 28th Sept Term 4 10th Oct - 15th Dec ABSENCES Please remember to phone us before 9.15am if your child is absent. After 9.15am Jane will phone parents to check where any unaccounted children are. This is a Ministry requirement, so please be patient when we phone. School Calendar February 8th Waitangi Day 10th Assembly 2.10pm 16th Parent Information Evening 19th Mini Reports sent home 24th Assembly 2.10pm March 6th Weetbix Tryathlon 9th Assembly 2.10pm 23rd Assembly 2.10pm 25th Good Friday 28th Easter Monday 29th Easter Tuesday April 15th April Term 1 ends Emily (Rm 4) Seamus (Rm 1), Gabriel (Rm 4), and Shawn (Rm 3) Our New Entrant Children in Room 2 giving us their competition winning smiles. Chloe, Finn, Chase, Quinn, Matt, Saxon, Wiremu, Kye and Rowan.

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4th February 2016 - Week 1 Term 1

Welcome back to our returning and new families for 2016 We would like to welcome everyone back to school for another action packed year. There were a lot

of excited parents on Tuesday as they dropped their children off and were looking forward to a bit

more freedom and ease with childcare. We have started 2016 with 107 children.

Welcome to our new students We would like to welcome all our new students to Motupipi.

They have settled into their new school well and we wish

them all the best for the year ahead.

Motupipi School Details: 435 Abel Tasman Drive

Takaka 7183

Phone: 03 525 9986

EMAIL: [email protected]

Or: [email protected]

Internet Banking No:

03 1711 0013347 00

2016 Dates

Term 1 2nd Feb - 15th April Term 2 2nd May - 8th July

Term 3 25th July - 28th Sept Term 4 10th Oct - 15th Dec

ABSENCES Please remember to phone us before

9.15am if your child is absent.

After 9.15am Jane will phone

parents to check where any

unaccounted children are.

This is a Ministry requirement, so

please be patient when we phone.

School Calendar

February 8th Waitangi Day

10th Assembly 2.10pm

16th Parent Information Evening

19th Mini Reports sent home

24th Assembly 2.10pm

March 6th Weetbix Tryathlon

9th Assembly 2.10pm

23rd Assembly 2.10pm

25th Good Friday

28th Easter Monday

29th Easter Tuesday

April 15th April Term 1 ends

Emily (Rm 4) Seamus (Rm 1), Gabriel (Rm 4), and Shawn (Rm 3)

Our New Entrant Children in Room 2 giving us their competition

winning smiles.

Chloe, Finn, Chase, Quinn, Matt, Saxon, Wiremu, Kye and Rowan.

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Class Swimming Each class has a swimming session each day and all of the children are expected to take part. The pool

temperature is currently 24 degrees. With daily swims the progress the children are making is already noticeable.

Swimming Sports / School Tryathlon We are waiting for the dates of the Golden Bay Schools Swimming Sports which is for all 7-11yr olds who can

swim a length of the High School Pool. Once the date has been decided we will be able to plan a date for our

School Tryathlon which will be held at the Golden Bay Top 10 Holiday Park. Prior to the swimming sports we will

take the children to the GBHS pool for training.

The Junior rooms will hold a swimming demonstration towards the end of the swim season.

Parent Information Evening We will be holding an information evening for parents on Tuesday 16th February. The evening will be

staggered so that parents can get to hear what is happening in each class. There will also be a time for parents to

catch up with a teacher should class talks coincide.

Information to be shared will be:

Explaining the reading, writing and maths programme

Homework expectation

What you can do at home to help support the children

Staffing for 2016

Room 1 Jodie Grant Year 6

Room 2 Wendy Webster / Rose Williams (Fri) Year 1

Room 3 Helen Young Year 2/3

Room 4 Judy Cullen Year 3/4

Room 5 Renford Crump Year 5

School T-Shirts Please send in any school T-shirts

that are sitting in drawers at home.

We will need these soon for

swimming sports.

Staff Changes for 2016

There are a few staff changes happening at School this year.

Mark has won a Principals Ten Week Sabbatical, during which he will be doing some research on Dyslexia.

Included in his leave will be a trip to the UK where he will visit some schools specialising in this field. Mark’s leave will

begin in the last week of Term 2 and all of Term 3. Nick Farr will be relieving for Mark during his Sabbatical.

Jude has been granted four weeks leave to travel with Mark to the UK.

Jodie has been granted a years leave to travel and this will start from the end of Term 1 2016 until the beginning of

Term 2 2017. A replacement for Jodie has been advertised.

Wendy is back teaching in Room 2 for four days per week, Monday until Thursday, and Rose Williams is staying on

with us teaching on a Friday.

Mark will teach in Room 5 every second Friday.

Sol Morgan, our Garden Facilitator comes in each

Friday and does whole class and/or group teaching

with the children.

Jane is in the office from 8.30am – 3.00pm

Naming your Children’s Things… Please remember to write your children's name on

their clothing, lunch boxes, hats, shoes and

especially any health products eg Inhalers.

Lost property is located outside the Library.

Unclaimed items will be given away or donated to

Trash palace every few weeks.

WANTED - FANS Room 1 and Room 2 are looking to

borrow fans until the building job is finished.

Do you have one the school could borrow?

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Friday Lunches We will be starting school lunches next Friday.

Once again we are calling for parents who would be happy to go on the Term 1 roster!

Thanks to all of the parents who in 2015 so kindly helped by baking, making, and helping to serve school lunches. Did you know all money raised helps reduce camp fees, pays for buses on class trips and buys equipment for school? Please give Jane your name or phone the office on 525 9986.

Lorraine and Kerry our wonderful cleaners asked us to thank all the kids of Motupipi for their lovely cards and letters.

Health Notice

One of our new entrants, Chloe Coleman, has a severe peanut/nut

allergy. Strict avoidance of peanut/nut products is the only way to

prevent a life threatening allergic reaction.

If exposed to peanuts/nuts, Chloe may develop a life-threatening allergic

reaction that requires emergency medical treatment. The greatest

potential for exposure at school is to peanut products and nut products.

To reduce the risk of exposure and to provide Chloe with a safe learning

environment, we have decided to make Room 2 peanut/nut free, so we

have asked Room 2 parents to not send any peanut or nut containing

products in their child’s lunch box. Any exposure to peanuts or nuts

through contact or ingestion can cause a severe reaction.

We appreciate that this will be an inconvenience to Room 2 parents

when preparing their child’s lunchbox, however we want to keep Chloe

safe.

WEET-BIX KIDS TRYATHLON

The Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is to be held at the Tahunanui Recreation Ground in Nelson on Sunday 6th March for those keen to enter. The cost is $35 and can be done individually or as a team. Participant packs include Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Official Kids TRYathlon T shirt

Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Official Swim Cap Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Official Kit Bag Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon numbers

On completing the triathlon the children receive a Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon certificate. Celebrities and sporting stars at each event cheer kids on and award certificates! The Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon in Nelson is located at Tahunanui Recreation Ground. The swim is at Tahunanui Beach, which is adjacent to the Transition area on the recreation fields. The bike and run leg of the Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon are around the field and surrounding streets.

Event Course

Check out the Weet-Bix Tryathlon website to register and for further information and training tips at ww.try.weetbix.co.nz

7 yrs Swim 8-10 yrs

Swim

11-15 yrs Swim

7-10 year olds

Bike Leg (approx 4km)

11-15 year olds

Bike Leg (approx 8km)

All ages

Run Leg (approx 1.5km)

50m 100m 200m 2 short laps 3 long laps 1 lap

Swim Type: Ocean swim

Water Depth: Around average chest height for age group. Max 1.5m.

Chloe has started in Room 2

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These are our shield’s we made to show some things

that are special to us.

By Tara

We made this tree and it shows

what Room Five stands for and

we are all of the leaves on the

tree. By Bayleigh

Do you have an interest in making a radio show?

Fresh FM has had some wonderful programmes made by primary and young high school students: Cool Kids Chat

Channel, AFK and The Afternoon Breakfast Show… but they have all ended and I’d love to get more on air.

A children's programme could include a book, game or movie review, school notices, stupid jokes, weird facts,

interesting guests, stories, poetry, music – whatever you dream up.

Perhaps you and some of your friends have half an hour or more, one day a fortnight after school, to present a radio

show of your own? You’d need to find an adult willing to train in how to operate the studio equipment, or supervise

you while you do it. I’ll teach you all you need to know.

Or perhaps you’re a parent or carer who has time to operate the desk for a show? Or create a regular show especially

for children?

If you’re interested, let’s talk. Call Sage Forest 5258779 or 0273351395, or email [email protected]

On Saturdays at 8am (repeated Sun 7am), you could listen to The Great Big Kids Show on Fresh FM on 104.8 or 95.0 fm

or live-stream it on our website www.freshfm.net

Room Five

Motupipi Newsletter has gone Electronic for 2016

We are no longer sending out printed copies of the School Newsletter. It will be emailed out

to parents and be published on our School Website— www.motupipischool.co.nz .

Please give Jane in the office your email address if you or any of your family wish to be sent

it electronically.