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1 May 2018 Ko te ahurei o te tamaiti arahia o tatou mahi. Let the uniqueness of the child guide our work. HOODIES FOR SALE!!!! The first batch of hoodies has hit the streets. As soon as we have another 20 orders we can send the next batch away. Available sizes: Youth XS/X/M/L/XL and Adult M/L. Prices: $39 with Central School logo on the front & $49 with Central School logo on the front and your personal name on the back. Please ensure name on the order form is correct - name will be printed exactly as it is received. The sweatshirts can be viewed and tried on for size at the following times: Tuesday 8 May 3pm Friday 11 May 8.30 and 3pm The order form will be at the office.
WELCOME TO JOHANNA TUCK Johanna was warmly welcomed by her Room 6 children yesterday and she assured me she would return today so all is well. A Taranakian come home again, Johanna has been teaching in the UK and in Wellington prior to that. She has been a specialist PE teacher, has taught New Entrants to Year 3/4 students. Johanna has expertise in literacy, PE and IT as well as focused professional development and experience in teaching children with learning needs; both the gifted and talented and those who require support to meet curriculum
expectation.
Johanna loves dance, yoga, tennis, touch
rugby, football and netball and looks forward
to using these skills to contribute to the
school.
Johanna seems to be very organised so we may all have to be on our toes! We trust you will feel you belong the Central Te Kura Waenga o Ngāmotu family very soon.
STAFF NEWS CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIET VICKERS At the end of last term we were able to celebrate our school mission statement which reminds us of the NZ curriculum vision of us all as life long learners. Our special congratulations to Juliet who graduated with a Mindlab post graduate diploma. Siobhan also holds this very valuable qualification.
GOODBYE HANNAH At the end of the month we farewell our wonderful teacher aide Hannah O’Connor who is heading to the UK for her OE. While Hannah will be so dearly missed, we are excited for her as she heads off on explorations and adventures.
SPEAKING OF ADVENTURE Clare Rose our fabulous office wizz was missing in action for a number of weeks last term as she and her friend walked a total of 340kms on the Camino in Spain. Clare endured blizzards, rain, hail, and snow and has many stories to tell. She will also never
complain about how hot the office is again.
FOCUS ON LEARNING- The Creative Learner
This year our curriculum and our board goals are focusing on the creative learner. Please find the Creative Learner Profile which we are pleased to share with you. At our student conferences, we trust that children will be able to refer to their goals and successes in this key area of a holistic curriculum. Performers in school Friday May 18
Linking nicely into our school inquiry Te Maunga, Kahurangi Māori performing group will visit us with their show Taonga. This talented troupe will entertain and engage our learners with stories about taonga (treasures) of the Māori people e.g mountains, rivers, pounamu (greenstone), tribal areas and canoes.
Please pay $4.00 per child to the office, classroom teacher or on Kindo before May 17. Mandarin Teacher Hosting You might remember Shaobo, our teacher from China that we hosted in Term 3 last year. We have been approached by AFS as they have a number of Mandarin teachers keen to travel to New Zealand from 28 July to the 25 August 2018. They are based in a host school. The teachers engage with students in the classroom and learn about the New Zealand school system and how our classrooms work. They are also able to teach some of their own specialties like song, dance, paper cutting or even cooking. While the teachers are here they stay with a local host family where they take part in the family's activities and learn about the kiwi lifestyle. The host family get the opportunity to learn about another culture without having to leave home! The host family is paid $75 per week while the teacher is in their home. Please email Charlaine Spencer [email protected] LANGUAGE NESTS For the last three years we have run very successful language nests. These language nests have been run voluntarily by dedicated parents. This year we would like to run Thai, German, Samoan, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Spanish and Indian Subcontinent language nests. If you speak another language and would like to help out with a language nest please let Charlaine know [email protected] . We are open to families suggesting other language nests for their first language. We would like to get these sessions up and running on Wednesday 9 May.
HOME & SCHOOL
Jack and Jill Portrait Fundraiser Only a few spots now left available so book now to avoid disappointment! For only $10 you receive a FREE portrait sitting with a professional photographer and a 10x13” portrait or credit towards a purchase. To book your preferred appointment time and pay your $10 please visit http://jjportal.com/book/10626. This offer is open to all friends and family of the community.
Join us for our AGM The Home & School AGM Is on Wednesday 23
May @ 7.30pm in the staffroom, followed by our normal monthly meeting. Come along, enjoy some refreshments, have your say and meet our friendly team. We would love to see you there! Yummy Stickers Sticker sheets went home with the kids this week – please encourage your children to be active, healthy kiwis by eating yummy apples and collecting the stickers! This is an easy fundraiser that everyone can get involved with; the more stickers we collect the more sports gear the school can get in return. A fabulous prize for the child with the most stickers collected, so start collecting now!
KINDO - Voluntary Donation Receipts
Kindo is now sending out the receipts you need
to claim the tax back on your school donation.
If you pay your donation now through Kindo,
you will receive a PDF attachment to your
normal Kindo emailed receipt. Please print this
and hold on to it for your tax return.
Kindo will also be sending out receipts for those
of you who have paid a School Donation via
my Kindo prior to now - please look out for this.
Shortly you will also be able to access copies
of these from your myKindo online account
(on the 'my orders' page).
To pay your donation now, you can use our
Kindo link below...
Login https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/ user_home.shtml?session=false&shop= Central%20School
or create a new account https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/ shop/handshake.shtml?&shop=Central%20School
SPORTS NEWS
Netball starts this week at Waiwhakaiho courts. We have 2x Year 3-4 teams and 2x Year 5-6 teams. Thank you to our coaches and managers; Chris Fenwick, Anne Mattson, Donna Plasmeyer, Kate Laurenson, Kylee Brown, Stacey Watts, Jacqui Litchwark and Tineka Twigley. Hockey starts this weekend. Central School has a Year 3-4 team and a Year 5-6 team
entered. We also have a number of Year 1-2 players who will join the Funsticks programme every Saturday for 8 weeks. Thank you to our coaches and managers; Hayden Monk, Tania Monk, Kelly Donald and Meihana McDonald. Next week Miniball and Basketball commences. We have 1x Year 3-4 team and 1x Year 5-6 team entered. Thank you to our coaches and managers; Chloe Gardner, Debbie Marshall and Eddie Brown. Good luck for your first games everyone. Play with Central PRIDE! Important - please return summer sport uniforms asap. Unreturned uniforms will be invoiced.
DATES FOR YOUR CALENDARS 30 May 3.30-5.30pm Student Achievement Conferences 30 May- 5.30pm Board of Trustees meeting 31 May - Student Achievement Conferences 1.00pm-7.00 pm PLEASE NOTE - SCHOOL FINISHES AT LUNCHTIME THAT DAY! 4 June - Queen’s Birthday Monday- school closed- public holiday COMMUNITY NOTICES Please note that these notices are circulated for your information and at the request of the community groups/ businesses advertised. The school is not recommending or advising attendance at any of the programmes, nor recommending the use of any product/ service. We are happy to drop this service if families prefer. Do let us know.
