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Newsletter – 14th June 2017 E matahi ana e mataara

Principal’s message:

Kia ora nga matua me nga whānau On Monday June 12, I attended a meeting with primary and secondary school principals as well as Early Childhood Education leaders to further discuss the possibility of forming a Community of Learning (known as a CoL) here in Masterton. There were some excellent ideas presented around how this group could strengthen learning in our town as well as thoughts about what some of the difficulties may be. Our next step as a school will be to decide whether or not to enter into the expression of interest stage. The Ministry of Education website has a lot of valuable information in the Communities of Learning (or Kahui Ako) if you would like further details about what a CoL may look like. Since our last newsletter, there have been many examples of our Masterton Intermediate students following the ADMIRE values in their goals towards achieving excellence. These include:

- An excellent kapa haka exchange with Martinborough School here on Tuesday, May 23. A big thank you to the whānau of our Year 8 students who provided food for both groups.

- An excellent performance in the Vocal Spectacular from our MIS Choir at Wairarapa College on Friday, May 26.

- An excellent inter-class lunch time knock-out volleyball competition with Room 9 winning all four of their matches to become the 2017 champions.

- An excellent kapa haka exchange with South End School on Thursday, June 1. This time it was the Year 7 families supplying kai for all those involved. Nga mihi nui ki enei whānau.

- An excellent Revolution Tour presentation to our whole school delivered in our hall on Thursday, June 8. The themes of “Be yourself”, “Believe in yourself” and “Be kind to others” where clearly understood by our students. The very positive feedback that we received from our visitors in regard to the excellent levels of participation from all those present was extremely pleasing.

- Outstanding auditions on Friday, June 9 for the school production “Rosie and Mr. Pinstripe” which will be held in week 8 of term 3. I commend each of the 38 students who stood by themselves on the stage last Friday to display their talents. An excellent effort from each and every one of you.

We look forward to Thursday, June 22nd and Friday, 23rd next week when 100 students will travel to Havelock North Intermediate for annual winter sports exchange which was first held in 1996. The Thursday afternoon sports are basketball, cross country, touch and volleyball. On Friday morning the football, hockey, netball and rugby boys will be in action. For the students here at school there will be a two-day Alternative Programme which features a variety of high interest activities. A reminder that in week 9 on Tuesday, June 27 and Wednesday, June 28 we are holding student, parent and teacher conferences to present and discuss the individual mid-year reports. Please support your child by booking a time and being part of this important process. Finally, a massive thanks to all coaches and managers of our MIS winter sports teams. These are roles that a small number of people put their hand up to perform, often for little appreciation. The fact that we have 24 school teams competing in regular competition for basketball, football, hockey and netball is a real credit to all of you. Ka nui aku mihi ki a koutou katoa! Naku noa atu.

Russell Thompson (Tumuaki)

Our Vision: Engaged and successful learners who achieve excellence and contribute positively to society

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RANDOM NUMBERS

38 100

667

The number of brave MIS kids who have auditioned for lead roles in our upcoming Production of ‘Rosie & Mr Pinstripe’. The percentage of attendance we are hoping for in our upcoming Three-way conferences. Book yours at www.schoolinterviews.co.nz event code ct3m4

The number of dollars raised by MIS for the NZ Mental Health Foundation on our ‘Pink Shirt Day’ on Friday 26 May 2017

Celebrating our success:

MAHI PAI DRAW

Thank you to these generous sponsors for our Mahi Pai draw:

Congratulations also to these winners on: Monday 29th May

Burger King Riley – Room 1 Café Istanbul Sophia – Room 7 Express Cafe Anna– Room 1 Fridgies Fruit Bowl Ricardo – Room 1 Lone Star Restaurant Anahera – Room 6 Master Bowl Riley – Room 5 Solway Park Driving Range Piper – Room 1 McDonald’s Tim – Room 1 Pizza Hutt Tom – Room 12 Pukaha Mount Bruce Zane – Room 7 Warehouse Stationery Regan – Room 12 Pita Pit Tim – Room 1 Paper Plus Nathanuel – Room 1 Fish Takeaways Piper – Room 1

TECHNICRAFT AWARDS The Technicraft Awards for displaying the A.D.M.I.R.E. values in each of these Specialist Areas were presented in assembly on Monday 29th May Cooking Devlin Backhouse Design Technology Bailey Blakaway Music Harry Ewington Science Isaac Taylor

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Snapshot on sports:

MIS SPORTS RESULTS

Week 6

Netball 10th June 2017 MIS Aces 35 vs Solway Jnr A 4 MIS Magic 16 vs Lakeview Diamonds 22 MIS Thunder 26 vs Lakeview Opals 8 MIS Steel 12 vs Chanel Gold 11 MIS Stars 23 vs Gladdy Hot Shots 13 MIS Tactix 17 vs MIS Swift 4 MIS Pulse 21 vs Wainuoru 1 4 MIS Mystics 18 vs Greytown Challenge Aces 4 MIS Vixens 11 vs Carterton Tuis 15 MIS Fever Bye

Football/Soccer Boys MIS Manu: 2-2 vs Carterton MIS Reds: 6-0 loss to Greytown MIS Gunners: 2-2 vs Greytown Girls 1st XI – 4-0 win vs St Matt’s MIS Kaha 1-0 loss vs Lakeview

Hockey MIS A 12-0 win vs St Matthew’s MIS B 4-3 win vs Gladstone MIS C 1-4 win vs Fernridge Flames

Basketball Breakers 48 vs Bulls 16 Wildcats 18 vs Chanel Giants 8 vs Lakeview

WRISSA X-COUNTRY

On Wednesday 7 June, a group of MIS students travelled over to compete in the Wellington Regional Intermediate School Sports Associaton (WRISSA) Cross Country event. This was a highly successful day for our runners with the most outstanding result being Jack Hunter who won the Year 7 event with daylight in second place! Here is a picture of Jack coming into the finish – he looks as though he could go around again!

For your information:

E TU WHĀNAU

You may be aware that MIS has a close working relationship with E Tu Whānau. This is an organisation which seeks to work closely with the members of an school, business or whānau to strengthen the relationships and ‘ways of operating’ by building on the positives that are already there. We really value our relationship with E Tu Whānau and Norm Hewitt. To find out more about the work of E Tu Whānau, visit http://etuwhanau.org.nz/

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HOW TO PREVENT YOUTH DROP OUT IN SPORT

For your information: Thank you Makoura!

This week our Year 8 students are enjoying some time learning about the opportunities available to them at Makoura College. This is an opportunity made available to all colleges in the area and we really encourage all families to have a good think about which option is best for them. Here are some MIS students in action in the Makoura Services Academy and in the Makoura Art Department.

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THREE – WAY CONFERENCES – TERM 2 Bookings are now OPEN for our three-way conferences coming up in Week 9 of this term. Bookings can be made at www.schoolinterviews.co.nz using the ‘event code’ ct3m4. Families will be receiving and talking through our Mid-Year Report at this event. We look forward to another round of great attendance from our families as we work together to help our tamariki achieve great things!

Conferences will start at 1:30pm on Tuesday 27 June, however school will NOT finish early. Students will have their normal School Singing Assembly in our afternoon block. Conferences will start at 3:30pm on Wednesday 28 June.

Wairarapa Schools Photography Competition

We are preparing for the Wairarapa Schools Photography Competition in association with Kokomai Creative Festival. This will be taking place on Wednesday October 18th. Many of our students are already beginning their work preparing for this by learning about what makes a good photo – and then by getting our there and taking as many pics as possible! Photos can be taken at home in your own time with whatever devices you have. We’d love to see them! Email any to campbell@mis.school.nz. School Social JAPAN QUIZ NIGHT On June 30 we will have our famous annual Quiz Night to raise funds for our Japan trip. This will be hosted by Quizmaster Coggy. Teams can be 4 – 6 people and the cost is $10 per person. To book your team, contact the MIS school office. This will be a fully licensed adult event.

PrayingMantis–JorjahKaraitiana

JUST ANNOUNCED:

BONUS DJ;

‘DJ Pay the Piper’

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HAVELOCK NORTH INTERMEDIATE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMME Next week 100 MIS athletes will be travelling to Havelock North Intermediate to take part in a winter sports exchange. While these students are away, the rest of MIS will take part in an exciting Alternative Programme. Our teachers have offered a wide range of exciting things, and students have selected a programme to be part of for the two days. Listed below are the costs involved for each option. Please discuss payments options with our front office.

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMME COSTS

AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS Payments and Costs on Accounts:

If you have a regular automatic payment to MIS, it may be possible to have your child's costs added onto your account.

If there is a specific activity you would like added to the account, can you please let us know. You can indicate this on the permission slip for the activity or, contact the school in person, by phone or email.

We are not able to automatically add the cost onto the account without your permission.

If you would like to set up an automatic payment, call into school to pick up a form or we can email one to you.

If you are paying online for an activity, please remember to list your child's name, room # and what the payment is for.

Thanks for your help with this.

COOKATHON $6.00 CREATIVE CREATIONS $5.00 ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER EXPLORATIONS $25.00 FOOD, FITNESS, FUN $4.00 FUR & FEATHERS $11.00 GAMING NO CHARGE KOOL KIDS KRAFTS $4.00 MAGIC, MYSTERY & ILLUSIONS $4.00 OUT & ABOUT $10.00 RASPBERRY PI NO CHARGE SING YOUR HEART OUT NO CHARGE SURVIVAL BRACELET $25.00

For Alternative Programme I will be doing ‘Food, Fitness & Fun’. I chose this option because it

sounded really fun! I am most looking forward to the ‘FITNESS’ part of it. I am pretty fit already

because of gymnastics and netball. – Rhiannon Morrice. Room 4

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TERM TWO 2017 - ACTIVITIES

The following dates and activities are some of the key events that will take place this term:

WEEK DATE EVENT 7

Monday, June 12 Wednesday, June 14 Thursday, June 15

ICAS Writing (12 - 16 June) Waiohine to Makoura College from 9.00 – 11.45 a.m. Waipoua to Makoura College from 11.45 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. ICAS Spelling WRISSA Boys Hockey Masterton Cross Country WRISSA Girls Hockey Tauwharenikau to Makoura fCollege rom 9.00 – 11.45 a.m. Waingawa to Makoura College from 11.45 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. School Social from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m.

8 Wednesday, June 21 Thursday, June 22 and Friday, June 23

Super Sport Basketball in Palmerston North Winter Sports exchange at Havelock North Intermediate (please note that the cost is $60 per student)

9 Monday, June 26 Tuesday, June 27 Wednesday, June 28 Thursday, June 29

Board of Trustees meet at 6.00 p.m. Masterton Speeches in the MIS hall – morning 3-way Conferences to discuss Mid-Year Reports 3-way Conferences to discuss Mid-Year Reports Wairarapa Speech finals – evening

10 Monday, July 3 Wednesday, July 5 Thursday, July 6 Friday, July 7

Celebration Day for Term 2 Inquiry Super Sport Netball at Colombo Road Courts, Masterton ADMIRE Day Syndicate Dance competition at 1.45 p.m. Term Two ends at 3.00 p.m.

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