10th December 2015- NEWSLETTER NO 39 OUR VISION

Care For the land - Care For the People - Go forward Manaaki Whenua - Manaaki Tangata - Haere Whakamua

OUR VALUES To support our students to make the best choices they can, to become confident learners with

the courage to seek a better world and aspire to heights beyond the horizon Kia Ora Vogeltown Whanau, It does not seem that long ago that I was writing up my first newsletter for Vogeltown, and here I am, 3 terms later putting together our last for the year! I would like to thank the Vogeltown Board of Trustees, the Vogeltown Home and School, Vogeltown Staff, Vogeltown students and the Vogeltown community for my wonderful welcome to Vogeltown and for making me feel like ‘one of the whanau’ from day one! This school and community certainly lives up to its wonderful name and I am proud to part of the ‘Vogeltown way’ of life! SCHOOL GOAL It has been a wonderful last couple of weeks as the kids have been involved in amazing activities and they have all participated responsibly. It is great to see our goal being a focus:

”To end 2015 responsibly – ensuring I continue to work to the best of my ability and have fun’”.

CLASSES FOR 2016 We are lucky enough to be able to staff the school as it is was at the beginning of 2015. Unfortunately this means Mrs Treadway is going to leave us a full time teacher for a little while – but she has promised me she will be back and we will see Adrienne in Rm 8 each Thursday. Our school roll is going to end 2015 at 329 students! Classes for 2016 are:

JUNIOR TEAM MIDDLE TEAM – YEAR 3/4 Rm 1 Mrs Lee Newland – Team Leader/AP NE Rm 11 Mrs Sheila Parker – Team Leader/DP Rm 2 Mrs Philippa Fairclough Y1 Rm 7 Mrs Linda Sleep Rm 3 Mrs Heather Oliver Y1/2 Rm 9 Mrs Laura Seed Rm 4 Mrs Caroline Irving Y1/2 Rm 13 Mr Tom Lancaster Rm 5 Mrs Jo Harold Y1/2 RELEASE TEACHERS SENIOR TEAM – YEAR 5/6 Lee Newland Jane Boot Rm 8 Mr Mike George – Team Leader/DP Sheila Parker Raewyn Andrews Rm 10 Mr Nathan Ransfield Mike George Adrienne Treadway Rm 12 Mr Josh Stirling Tom Lancaster Dani Melody Rm 14 Ms Rachel Pretty Josh Stirling Dani Melody

HOME AND SCHOOL A huge thank you to the Vogeltown Home and School who had their last meeting last week. It is with some sadness that we reluctantly had the resignation of Andrea Tait and Tracey Tompkins from the committee as their kids move on to Highlands. Thanks for everything you have done for the committee over the years guys, we certainly have appreciated it! We are now planning and looking forward to our first meeting in the new year and planning for the traditional and annual Vogeltown ‘Funanza’.

YEAR 6 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY A wonderful tradition at Vogeltown is the Yr 6 Leavers assembly. This is an event for all Yr 6 students, parents, caregivers and whanau to attend. It will be held on the night of Tuesday 15 December beginning at 6pm at the senior school site for a shared picnic tea, then we will go in to the hall for a formal farewell. It would be great to see all the Yr 6 students and whanau here for this event. DONATIONS Thank you so much for all the donations we received for the school hangi, we really appreciate this as the kids experience first hand the traditional maori cooking technique. Thanks also for the ‘Funanza’ donations, keep these coming in as we try to make the 2016 Funanza the best yet! ROAD SAFETY Well done to Mrs Irving and the ‘Lets Go’ team for the work that they have done over the year to get kids to school safely, to minimise the use of cars and change some of our habits in the morning and afternoons. We still have an area of concern with kids crossing Hursthouse Street. If you are around in the mornings, can you watch out for our kids as they cross this small, but dangerous street. We have had two close calls in the last week that could have ended tragically. LOST PROPERTY We have a HUGE amount of lost property in the school at the moment. If you are missing any clothing then please check the lost property at both sites. We will be putting the lost property out on the concrete in front of the schools each fine day. We will get the kids to check, however, if you are passing then please have a look. RETURNING SCHOOL RESOURCES Please have a hunt around at home for any school resources that need to be returned asap. Things like home readers, library books and any sports uniforms. Please bring them back to school if you find them so we can stock take for the year. Thanks to all the resources we have had returned so far – well done! REPORTS Your child will be bringing their school report home on Monday afternoon. This will also state their class and room for 2016, plus a stationery list for 2016. On Tuesday morning after play, students will meet their 2016 teacher and classmates. ATHLETICS Yesterday we had a wonderful morning of athletics for the Middle and Senior school. The children participated in High Jump, Long Jump, Discus and Shot Put. After that we had class relays and then teacher vs children relays. It was great fun on a stunning sunny day. Thanks to Mr Ransfield for his awesome organisation and all the teachers who ran in the relay. INCREDIBLE YEARS PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS - See attached sheets - Any parents/caregivers/whanau interested in being a part of this in 2016, register at the email on the attached sheet.

WEETBIX TRYATHLON - Registrations are open for this event now. It is a very popular event - last year it sold out. It will be run on Wed March 30 2016 at Ngamotu Beach. Children who are interested can get a registration form from Mr George. If you register through school the entry fee is discounted.

We will be having a ‘one pager’ newsletter next week, this will come out on Wednesday. Thanks Whanau, Ka Kite Ano, Jeremy Ogle – Principal

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Thanks for your support for what has been a massive year for Vogeltown School. We had a fantastic centenary, and the appointment of our new principal has meant a busy year for all our staff and volunteers who help make Vogeltown School such a great place.

From your Board of Trustees, we wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and a fun New Year. _________________________________________________________________________________

HOME & SCHOOL

FUNANZA 2016 The traditional ‘VOGELTOWN FUNANZA’ is going to be held on Thursday 17 March 2016. The Funanza is our largest fundraiser of 2016, and we need your generous donations to make this a success! We begin the planning and preparation this term with a weekly focus on ‘Funanza stuff’ that we need. We are asking for the following donations (our expectation is that EVERY family will donate at least one item on the list below!). Please bring your donations along to school and pop them

in the boxes at both the junior and senior offices. Week 9 - "$2 shop" or "coin save" items suitable for prizes

Thank you in advance for your support! Any questions? email the H&S team at vshomeandschool@gmail.com for further details, or see Mrs Agar, or Angela at school. _________________________________________________________________________________

COMMUNITY Ø Craft Haven Ltd, 301 Carrington Street Vogeltown - Ph 7533523

Kids Xmas Craft Workshops: Sessions on 18th (5 yrs and over), 19th (all ages),22nd ( 5 yrs and over), 23rd (8 yrs and over) December. For times, information and bookings Ph 7533523

Ø Holiday Art Classes at The Art Club - Art & craft classes available in Jan 2016 for children For a programme email or txtAngela sandsfam@ihug.co.nz or 0211 021 861/ 7533747

Ø Carrie's Drama Group - Presenting The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe musical. Fri 18th, Sat 19th & Sun 20th December 5pm, at The Peace Hall, Vivian St, opposite Taranaki Cathedral. Tickets available from the cathedral. Tickets are free, donations on the door. Refreshments available

WHAT’S ON AT OUR SCHOOL

FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER SCHOOL HANGI TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER YEAR 6 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER LAST DAY OF TERM 4 2015

SCHOOL FINISHES AT 12 NOON

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

End of Year

We hope you have all had a great sporting experience this year, there are lessons learned in sport that you really don’t learn anywhere else in life, its wonderful to have so many Vogeltowners involved, keeping fit and making new friends… enjoy the holidays we’ll be back into it all next term!

Uniforms need to be washed and returned to school before the end of term – REMEMBER - UNIFORMS DON’T SURVIVE THE DRYER!

All Sports Fees need to be paid by the end of term. Details below.

Make a fuss of your coach! They have donated their time and skills so that our children can have opportunities that we couldn’t offer otherwise – please ensure to thank them for their support!

SPORTS SUBS Soccer $12– Indoor $50- Touch $15- Cricket $25- Kiwi $10– Y1/2 Netball $25 Payments can be made at the office or by internet banking. Please state your name and sport as the reference. Bank No… 153955 0493446 00

COACH OF THE MONTH… Well done Darren Scott…Coach of our littlest Touch team… Thank you for your knowledge and

enthusiasm! Our Junior team have had a blast! Darren is off to “Baked on Carrington” for a coffee and a cake J

INDOOR NETBALL - Friday 11th LAST GAMES VS Vipers Semi Final! VS Wildcats No Game due to default Thanks to Aaron Locke and Rachel Taylor for taking these teams…much fun has been had! CRICKET - Saturday Dec 12th Thanks to Shaun Darth, Richard Hales, Warrick Quinn, Angela Buckland-Brown and Blair Briscoe for encouraging our future Black Caps! Hardball JP2 VS 1st XI vs Inglewood CC @ Vogeltown Senior Sch 9am A little fun game to finish the season… Vogeltown Junior School…9.30am V.S Volcanoes & Vettories a friendly between kiwi & incrediballers J TOUCH RUGBY - Finished for the year Thanks to Darren Scott, Theo Betteridge and Clint Parker for their support this year! SUMMER SOCCER – Finished for the year Thanks goes out to Katie Phipps, Angela Buckland-Brown, Alan Roukema, Fiona Collins and Toni Judson and Jane Lonsdale … the children have loved summer soccer …thanks heaps!

Y1/2 NETBALL – Finished for the year Thank you Verity Wall for getting in behind our first Junior Netball team!