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MOTUEKA HIGH SCHOOL
The only school with an Emerging Talent Scholarship for Year 8’s
Contact our Year 9 Dean for further details
Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders
John Prestidge, Principal Motueka High School Whakarewa Street Motueka
[email protected] www.motuekahigh.school.nz T: 03 528 9050 F: 03 528 6906
When it comes to WATER …
We have the answer
For a free initial consultation
Call our experienced team
Phone 03 528 0040 or 027 859 8926
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450 High Street
12 Courtney Street
Motueka
POSTAL ADDRESS:
P O Box 359
Motueka
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.motuekasouth.school.nz
A school for everyone He Kura ma tatou
Newsletter Issue: 2018/6
Thank you very much to the PTA who recently donated $100 to every class. The extra funds have been very much appreciated. Classes have had fun spending their money on lego, hedgehog blocks,
board games and science experiment ingredients.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following students
who recently received a Principal’s Awards:
Ricoh Cancian-Taitua
William Bartholomew
Livinya Jayasinghe
Alyssa Burt
Tiana Pascoe
Helena Satherley
Treyu Regan
Leo Hammon
Xavier Bastian
Bianca Scott
Indee Sharkie
Jason Fortes
Tasman de Roo
Xav Whitlock
Jazmyn Freeland-Smith
Charli McFarlane
Hamish Hammon
Fletcher Gilmour
Lachlan Butler
Larissa Inglis
Hanyl Sutherland
Ella Brockett
Casey Harris
Lexie Peychers
Kaiah Wijohn
Maxwell Everton
Maxim Riley
Lillie Peacock
Motueka South School Newsletter, Issue: 2018/6 BEST (Better Every Single Time at MSS) Motueka South School Newsletter, Issue: 2018/6
MSS welcomes and looks forward to working with the following new students and their families.
Oliver Hinton
Drake Fitzgerald
Marilla Hewetson
Jarred Khan
Maxwell Everton
WEEK 4
13 – 17 AUGUST
13 Year 6-8 Rainbow Ski Trip
PTA Meeting 7pm
14 Year 5 & 6 Technology Challenge
15 SCHOOL CLOSED
16 Year 7 & 8 Technology Challenge
17 Tennis Coaching (Rooms 1-5)
WEEK 5
20 – 24 AUGUST
22 Sport Tasman Touch Coaching
(Rooms 4, 5 & 7)
EPro8 Challenge (Year 5-6 & Year 7-8 Inter-
school Science & Technology Challenge)
23 Junior Winter Tournament
24 Senior Winter Tournament
WEEK 6
27 – 31 AUGUST
30 MSS Speech Competition 1:30pm
31 Daffodil Day
WEEK 7
3 – 7 SEPTEMBER
Book Week / Scholastic Book Fair
3 Author Visit
WEEK 8
10 – 14 SEPTEMBER
11 Motueka Cluster Speech Competition
12 Kiyosato Visit 9:00am
13 Junior Ball Fun Afternoon
Junior Parent Information Meeting
(Writing Focus)
14 BOT Meeting 1pm
School Disco
WEEK 9
17 – 21 SEPTEMBER
Firewise Week for Juniors
WEEK 10
24 – 28 SEPTEMBER
28 Last Day of Term 3
Final Assembly 2:30pm
School Closure Notification
The NZEI (Teachers and Principal Union) has advised the Motueka South School Board of Trustees that union members at our school will be taking strike action for a full day on Wednesday 15th August 2018.
The Board has carefully considered the availability of teaching staff, and unfortunately decided that we cannot provide the normal teaching services during the strike.
The school will need to close during this strike - Wednesday 15th August 2018.
It’s important that you make alternative arrangements for the care of your child/children on the day of the strike.
I know that this is inconvenient for parents and students alike, but please be assured that student safety is our main concern. Thank you for your understanding.
Please contact a Board of Trustees member if you have any queries relating to this decision.
Yours sincerely
Gavin Frampton Chairperson Motueka South School Board of Trustees
It’s never too young to join St John Our youth movement takes people from age 6-18
St John Penguins (6-8 years) & St John Youth (8 years plus) Learn first aid, healthcare, leadership & general life skills
St John is one of the largest youth organizations in New Zealand
Competitions, events, camps, social activities Meet new people, Learn new things, Have loads of fun Motueka Division meets Thursday Nights 6.30pm-8pm
St John Rooms – Courtney St Motueka For more info – [email protected]
ST JOHN YOUTH NEW ZEALAND
Year 4/5/6 Tackle Rugby Tournament
On Wednesday 1 August we went to compete at the
Golden Bay/Motueka rugby tackle tournament.
There were three Motueka South teams competing.
The “Competitive” team played 3 games plus the
finals. We won all of our games except the final when
we lost to Motupipi School who had travelled all the
way from Takaka. It was a really hard game but
we still qualified to play at Henley School in another
competition, we were surprised.
At the end of the day
we were really dirty
and muddy as you can
see in the photo!
By Tom and Cyris R7
WINTER TOURNAMENT
Our students have been training for the interschool
winter tournament which is being held on Thursday
23 August for Juniors (Rooms 4, 5, 7 & 8), and Friday
24 August for Seniors (Rooms 6, 9 & 10)
Students are expected to meet their team
manager at 9:30am on Thursday or Friday at their
respective sports venue (except hockey players).
Please note students do not come to school.
Games will finish at approximately 2.15pm so
please make arrangements for your child to return
home from their venue.
All hockey players will meet at school at 9am and
will be transported over to the Saxton hockey fields.
Please make sure your child brings warm clothing,
plenty of lunch and a large drink. All students are
required to wear their school t-shirt and dark shorts
or leggings.
Sport Venue Special
Requirements
Netball Rec Centre Sneakers
Soccer Goodman
Park
Boots or
sneakers &
shin pads
Rugby Sports Park Mouth guard
Hockey
Saxton
Hockey Fields
Sneakers,
mouth guard
& shin pads
Should this event be cancelled an announcement
will be posted on our school website and
Facebook page. Our school is not responsible for
making this decision therefore we will be waiting for
an announcement as well. Children will then come
to school as normal. Due to the busy schedules of
schools, unfortunately there will not be a
postponement day for the tournament.
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WINTER TOURNAMENT TEAM MANAGERS NEEDED
Some sports require a team manager. If you are
able to assist on either day please send this form
back to your child’s teacher as soon as possible.
Child’s Name: __________________________________
Parent Helper Name: ___________________________
Sport: __________________________________________
Mobile number: ________________________________
OPEN LETTER TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Teachers across New Zealand are genuinely concerned about the state of teaching in New Zealand and for this reason are agreeing to strike in a bid to change this. The facts are: • The average age of a teacher in New Zealand is 57 years • 40% drop in people training to be teachers • Those new teachers who do enter the profession stay an average
of only 5 years • Student numbers are increasing rapidly. This begs the question “Who will be teaching your children in 5 years time?” What we are campaigning for: • More teachers – so your children can get more attention • More resources/staff – to support children with additional learning
needs • A pay jolt to salaries for teachers to address the teacher shortage
– so that your children will have a teacher in the future. Something needs to be done now to attract high quality people to the teaching profession and retain them. This will only happen if teachers are respected as professionals, paid accordingly and schools are resourced to do the best job they can to meet the many, varied needs of our children through appropriate class sizes, resourcing and staffing. We cannot make this change on our own and need the support of our boards and school communities to make our voices heard. The national strike is to raise awareness of the teacher shortage crisis and what this will mean for every child in New Zealand if something is not done now. On 15 August, strike day, teachers will be out in their communities raising awareness and fighting for the rights of children to a quality education. We hope that communities will understand and support our position. The decision to take strike action has not been made lightly nor is it a selfish decision solely for personal gain. It has been made because we genuinely care about our profession and the children we teach. Yours sincerely MSS Teaching Staff
The school has two entrances: 1. High Street 2. Courtney Street
Please do not use allocated parking spaces.
The Courtney Street carpark is for staff access/parking and for parents with disabled students to enter and exit. It is recommended that parents park in Courtney Street or in the High Street carpark.
Please do not park in the designated ‘staff’ or ‘disabled’ parks.
PTA Meeting Monday 13 August 7pm - School Office Meeting Room
