FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Monday 8th SeptemberGST Meeting 7.30pm

All Welcome

Tuesday 9th SeptemberKite Flying at Totara

Park (please note change of date)

Wednesday 10th November

Inter-school Mathex, Y5-8, held at Manurewa

Intermediate

****Alfriston College, Out-

of-zone applications close

Friday 12th SeptemberWhole School Assembly

2pm, School Hallrun by the

School Council

ISSUE NO. 28 DATE: 8 September, 2014

HELLO FROM THE PRINCIPAL!

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Please note that our Kite flying day is tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1.30pm at Totara Park - rescheduled from last week due to the weather. We are looking forward to getting all the amazing kite creations off the ground! If you are able to, please join us at Totara Park from 1.30pm to see our kites in action. We will be walking down to Totara Park, leaving school shortly after 1.00pm and will be back here for our usual end of the day.

For the last two weeks, at Monday morning assembly, we have brought all the lost property from out school basket and tried to find owners. There are at least 10 school jackets in various sizes, with no names or identifying features, as well as sports gear, undershirts - and some very new looking items! This uniform MUST have owners, but if they are not collected by the end of term, we will be on-selling them. We also asked the assembly which kids had lost clothing items this year, but the four hands that went up did not numerically match the great pile of gear we had sitting at the front! Please name your children’s uniform, or take advantage of our embroidery service and we will return lost items to their owner.

Our Cultural Day last Thursday was a huge success. Thank you to all the families who supported this by making food, helping their children dress in cultural costumes and supporting classroom activities!

SUSANNAH FOWLER, PRINCIPAL

Website: www.thegardens.school.nz Phone: 09-269-0041 Email: reception@thegardens.school.nz Address: 101 Charles Prevost Drive, Manurewa, Auckland Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheGardensSchool

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CONTACT INFORMATION Have your contact details changed?

Please make sure any changes to address/phone numbers/email contacts etc. are passed on to the school office to ensure we have up to date contact information for all our families.

GENERAL NOTICES:

UNIFORM EMBROIDERY:Our machine is up and running and we have started naming uniform items. We are currently naming PE Gear and the black polar-fleece jacket. Cost is $1 per 3 letters/symbols, per item of clothing. This is a fantastic way to keep track of your child’s uniform and we are keeping a record of which combination of letters/symbols belong to each child, meaning uniform can still be handed down to a sibling or another student once it is outgrown.

Slips are available from the school office, please complete these and return with payment - we will call for your child’s uniform when it is needed.

Thank You to Melissa Sutherland who has given her time to embroider uniforms, we appreciate your help!

PEOPLE OF THE WEEK:Each  week  at  our  Monday  morning  assembly  we  recognise  6  students  for  their  efforts,  either  in  learning,  behaviour,  school  values  or  for  some  other  special  reason.This  week  we  acknowledge:

Zhoe  Long  -­‐  Kea  2         Danielle  Hepburn  -­‐  Takahe  2Hannah  Brown  -­‐  Huia  1       Issey  Kouch  -­‐  Kea  1Eden  Lowry  -­‐  Takahe  2       Noor  Manie  -­‐  Kea  1

KEYBOARD  LESSONS:If  you  are  interested  in  keyboard  lessons  on  Thursdays  lunchKme    -­‐  please  visit  www.musiqhub.co.nz  or  contact  Louis  at  louisandrewnewton@gmail.com  or  phone:  021  025  76101

Habitat  for  Humanity  Build  Challenge  Build  a  LEGO®  house  for  Habitat!Join the Build Challenge: build a house out of LEGO® for Habitat for Humanity and make a difference! Be in to win some great LEGO® prizes too. Join one of our fun local events during the school holidays, or build at home (27 Sep - 12 Oct). Check www.buildchallenge.org – registrations open from 27th Sep. SEE  FLYER  AT  END  OF  THIS  BULLETIN  

WELL DONE!To Nathan Scott who has been selected to play for the Counties Manukau, Roller Mills team. This is a huge achievement in junior rugby. Well done Nate, we know you soak up every minute of this fantastic opportunity!

SPORTS NOTICES:MPSSA Girls 7 aside Soccer TournamentTwenty Year 5 and 6 students ventured out to War Memorial Park in Manurewa. Our Gardens A and B team both competed in the division A competition versing several teams. It was a full on day of football with a lot of shots and goal and loads of running up and down the pitch. Both teams gained confidence as they tournament progressed. Thank you to Gemma Lewis from Manurewa Leisure for sharing your football expertise with all the girls and also to the parents for their assistance and support for the tournament.

Central Counties Cross CountryWell done to all of the year 7 & 8 runners that gave their all at Counties Cross Country held at Te Hihi School. Thank you to all the parent helpers and recorders. Congratulations to Micaiah and Jaymie for coming in the top 10 for counties. You both are off to Muriwai to represent counties at Auckland Champs.

KIDS Auckland Marathon - Sunday 2nd of November 2014Start: 10.45am - Beaumont St, Auckland CityBE PART OF THE ADIDAS AUCKLAND MARATHON! Kids at primary school aged 7 & over and intermediate school. Final 2.195km run on the day at the adidas Auckland Marathon event.One parent or guardian can run with their child in the 7-9yr group KIDS MARATHON free of charge.

School training days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 am on the top courts, these will be supervised and attendance recorded. For cancellations on training days, due to poor weather, please view The Gardens School Facebook Page. The training distances will vary from 1-3 kilometers and even more for our intermediate runners. For an entry form and payment please see the school office. All students attending the kids marathon event, they will need to have transport and supervision arranged by their caregiver.

GYMNASTICS SUCCESS:

Well done to Sophie Cooke, who placed 3rd in her floor routine at the North Island Gymnastics Champs. Also well done to Jacob Marshall, who cleaned up at the Franklin Gymsports Competition, held last weekend.

Term 3 Sports Calendar

BASKETBALLCC Y7/8 Basketball Tournament - Week 7, Friday 5 SeptemberMPSSA Y5/6 Basketball Tournament - Week 9, Tuesday 16 September

VOLLEYBALLCC Y7/8 Volleyball Tournament - Week 9, Friday 19 September

HOCKEYMPSSA Y5/6 Hockey Tournament - Week 8, Tuesday 9 September

BADMINTONCC Y7/8 Badminton Tournament - Week 9, Friday 19 September

FREE INTRODUCTION TO GOLF

For youngsters Year 5-8, at The Manukau Golf ClubAfter school Mondays and Fridays 4.30 - 5.30pmAll equipment provided. Our focus is on FUN and Development.Why not try it out? Interested? Contact Jock Paterson 09 267 0597

Kia ora everyone,

Manurewa Tennis Club is having its Junior Open Day, Thursday 18th September 4pm - 7pm and we would love to offer your students, staff and family's, the opportunity to give tennis a go this summer.

All are welcome, there'll be professional coaches on site and all equipment provided so just bring yourselves! Tennis is a fun, great way to keep fit and keeps our kids off the streets and couches so help spread the word via your school newsletter, notice board or social media forums. For more information, please click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/manurewatennisclub?ref=hl

In the meantime, we thank you in advance for your support, and look forward to seeing you all there!!

Kind Regards,Manurewa Tennis Club