TIS Newsletter 10

Tauranga Intermediate School Newsletter 28 June 2012 Vol 10!

Kia ora / Dear Parents

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy mid winter holiday. School will resume for Term Three on Monday 16 July 2012 at 8.30 am.

It is great to see so many of you involved with your families in sports and cultural activities during the week and at the weekend.

TAKE THE TIME

Many of you have children involved in winter cultural and sports activities. Our school would like to encourage you to TAKE THE TIME TO SPEND TIME with your child by attending his/her activity. We know that if we make time to do this then we all benefit from it and we also meet other parents and gain new friends.

If you can also TAKE THE TIME to talk to your child about his/her day at school on a regular basis this would be very much appreciated by our teachers.

We look forward to an exciting and full Term Three with one of the highlights being the NZCT AIMS GAMES from 9 September to 15 September.

Our students have worked very hard over Term Two and we are very pleased with their writing progress They all deserve a happy and restful break.

Regards, Brian Diver

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Tauranga Intermediate School

Newsletter School Roll: 1184 Thursday 28 June 2012 Volume 10

LEARNING CONFERENCES.....

Tauranga Intermediate School will be hosting the Learning Conferences on Tuesday 31 July, with the exception of Room 27 which will be held on Monday 23 July and Rooms 21 and 24 which will be held on Tuesday 7 August .

Interview times are between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm and can be booked on line - go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the code X9KG2.

Your child will be bringing home a Learning Conference form this week.


OUR VISION : EXPLORING PERSONAL POTENTIAL

TAURANGA BOYSʼ COLLEGEOPEN EVENING

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE:

TAURANGA BOYSʼ COLLEGEOPEN EVENING TO BE HELD ON

WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST 6.00 PM - 9.30 PM

IN THE GYMNASIUM

CONGRATULATIONS....

Congratulations to our very own Boys Choir who have made it through to the next round of the New Zealand's Got Talent television show.

The choir will perform under their stage name, 'Playing Up'.

They will travel up to Auckland next month to perform in front of a live theatre audience and a panel of expert judges.

All the best boys, we know you'll do us proud. Hopefully we'll see you on TV!

REMINDER....

We continue with our winter uniform for Term III. Our uniform is available from Active Schoolwear in Grey Street.

Please note that the footwear is black leather lace-up school shoes. Sandals are not to be worn - they are part of the summer uniform.

TAURANGA GIRLSʼ COLLEGEOPEN EVENING

TAURANGA GIRLSʼ COLLEGEOPEN EVENING TO BE HELD ON

THURSDAY 2 AUGUST 2012 IN THE HALL

Parentsʼ and studentsʼ interviews with College staff to be held on Tuesday 7 August and Wednesday 8 August 2012 9.00 am - 5.00 pm


Academic Report

“A Three Way Conference”

Tuesday 31st July

It is the end of another busy and productive term at Tauranga Intermediate School. Teachers and students have been

working hard to make academic gains in Mathematics, Literacy, Science Fair and individual inquiry within their

classroom programmes. With this in mind it is a great opportunity to unpack the purpose of our Learning Conferences

that take place early next term.

The purpose of these Three Way Conferences is to have our teachers, students, parents, family, and whanau in

communication about our students learning. Students, parents and the classroom teacher will have 5 min each to talk

about where the child is at in relation to National Standards, where they need to get to by the end of the year and the

students next steps to achieve these goals.

Attendance for our Learning Conferences is COMPULSORY!

Please book your conference time online or return the paper copy to your classroom teacher by Wednesday 25th July.

The vision of The New Zealand Curriculum is for our young people to be confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners.

Learning Conferences will:

• Communicte clear, dependable information about progress and achievement, and provides a basis for building

a strong partnership between the child, the teacher and the childʼs parents, family and whānau to support

learning and improve their academic outcomes.

• Provide information about a childʼs learning, progress and achievement that can then be used to support

further learning.

A successful three way conference at Tauranga Intermediate will enable:

• all parents, family and whānau:

◦ to understand how their childrenʼs learning is progressing

◦ to become active, involved supporters of their childʼs learning and the school programme



• all students to build a strong sense of achievement, self-efficacy, and motivation to engage with future

learning

• students who would normally ʻswitch offʼ when faced with low achievement to remain motivated and willing

to learn, and students who are already disengaged to regain motivation

Roles within the Conference process1. Tauranga Intermediate and your child's teacher:

The role of our school is to support a learning focused relationship between the teacher, the student, and their

parents, family and whānau. This should:

• help the student to become increasingly capable of initiating conversations about what is being learnt

• provide parents, family and whānau with the information they need

• help parents, family and whānau to know how to support childrenʼs learning with the information they

receive

2. Parents, families and whānau

The role of parents, families and whānau is to support their children to learn.

They can do this best if they:

• have clear, good quality information about what their child is learning

• use everyday opportunities to interact with their children in ways that support further learning such as:

◦ responding to them as they talk about what they are learning

◦ providing opportunities for learning practice

◦ providing affirmation/praise of what has been learnt and progress made

• feel comfortable and confident engaging with their school to find out what is being learnt, where their

children are in the learning sequence, what the next steps are, and what they can do to support further

learning.

We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 31st July.

Shane Cunliffe and Gareth Scholes

Academic Deputy Principals


PTA News - Meetings for 2012

Coming up This Year .......



Date Term / Week Topic

Tuesday 17 July7.30 - 9pm

Term Three Week 1

Normal PTA meeting (ie. no guest speaker)

Tuesday 21 August7.30 - 9pm

Term Three Week 6

Guest Speaker - Karen Mills - ICT SpecialistTopic: Cyberbullying - what parents need to know!

Tuesday 18 September7.30 - 9pm

Term Three Week 10

Normal PTA meeting (ie. no guest speaker)

Tuesday 16 October7.30 - 9pm

Term Four Week 1

Normal PTA meeting & Final organisation of 12 hour relay Food Tent

Tuesday 20 November7 - 8.30pm

Term Four Week 6

Information evening for new 2013 parents from contributing schools. Question and Answer time.

Tuesday 11 December7.30 - 9pm

Term Four Week 9

2013 Academic Report to parents presented by Shane Cunliffe and Gareth Scholes and thank you supper provided by Brian Diver and Janelle Jones

TAURANGA INTERMEDIATE TEACHER RELEASES SCORCHING YOUNG ADULT NOVEL . . .

Check out the video trailer: http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Verie4fH6UA&feature=youtu.beRead a free chapter: www.throughangelseyes.yolasite.com/Get your signed copy for $29.95 $25.00 and $5.00 will be donated to the TIS 12 Hour Relay.Simply email: [email protected] with TIS in the subject line.

50 years ago the scourge of racism was stifling the development of millions of children in America. In 1963, a core group of these courageous young people stood up and said, “Enough!” The story of these child marchers imparts vital lessons that the 21st century child desperately needs to learn from - courage, resistance to peer pressure, empathy, non-violence and conviction.Through Angel’s Eyes brings the story of the 1963 Alabama child marches to life through the eyes of Angel Dunbar - and in Angel we finally have a role model for our times!

STEVE THEUNISSEN

ThroughAngel’s Eyes

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CHANGE OF CONTACT DETAILSPlease ensure that you always update our records by completing the form below and either returning it in person or by email to [email protected]

PARENTS/CAREGIVERS NAME:_________________________________________________________

STUDENTS NAME: _________________________________________ ROOM NO: ____________

ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________

" " __________________________________________________________________

HOME PHONE:" ______________________________________________

WORK PHONE (S): ______________________________________________

MOBILE (S): " " ______________________________________________

BOOSTRIX VACCINATION FOR ALL YEAR 7’s 2012.....Boostrix Vaccination!! Thursday 30 August

HPV Vaccinations Year 8 Girls 2012 3rd Vaccination! ! Friday 28 September


CELLPHONES.... Students are not allowed to have cell phones on the school site. This means no cell phones, even if they are in the school bag and switched off. Teachers will not hold cell phones in safe keeping for students.

Any student with a cell phone at school will automatically receive a school detention and the cell phone will be confiscated.

Two phones are designated for students the first is in the Wellness Centre and the second is in the Student Office.


Camp News......! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! Year 8 Camps have finished for the year.! ! ! ! A HUGE THANK YOU to all Year 8 teachers and especially !! parent helpers at Camp.

! ! !Year 7 Camps - Terms 3 and 4 are as below.! ! !Please note change of dates Rooms 6 and 7 camps are now being held in ! ! !Week 11 Monday 24 September - Friday 28 September. This is due to staff changes.

Regards, Gerry Hart - Ngamuwahine LEOTC Administrator

OUR VISION :" " EXPLORING PERSONAL POTENTIAL


UPCOMING EVENTS.......


TERM TWO

FRIDAY 29 JUNE TERM TWO CONCLUDES 3.00 PM

MONDAY 16 JULY TERM THREE COMMENCES 8.30 AM

FRIDAY 20 JULY PB/BOP BASKETBALL ROTORUA

TUESDAY 31 JULY SECOND LEARNING CONFERENCE

TAURANGA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HALL

THURSDAY 2 AUGUST OPEN EVENING TAURANGA GIRLS COLLEGE 5.45 - 8.00 PM

TAURANGA GIRLSʼ COLLEGE HALL

TUESDAY 7 AUGUST WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST

PARENTS AND STUDENTS INTERVIEWS WITH TAURANGA GIRLSʼ COLLEGE STAFF

WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST OPEN NIGHT TAURANGA BOYS COLLEGE 6.00 PM - 9.30 PM

TAURANGA BOYSʼ COLLEGE

GYMNASIUM

WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST TAURANGA INTERMEDIATE GENERAL INFORMATION EVENING YR 7 2013, 6.30 - 8.00 PM

IVAN AITKEN SPORTS & CULTURAL CENTRE (SCHOOL HALL

MONDAY 27 AUGUST - FRIDAY 31 AUGUST

PRIMARY SCHOOLSʼ MUSIC FESTIVAL

SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER - FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

NZCT AIMS GAMES

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER TERM THREE CONCLUDES 3.00 PM

MONDAY 15 OCTOBER TERM FOUR COMMENCES 8.30 AM

MONDAY 22 OCTOBER LABOUR DAY SCHOOL CLOSED

MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER - FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER

ARTS WEEK

FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER TERM FOUR CONCLUDES 12 NOON

HAIR AND BEAUTY ON TANNERALL SALON SERVICES AVAILABLE

1 Tanner streetNext to Tauranga IntermediatePh 577 1571

Use Tauranga Intermediate as your booking reference for your school to receive a donation.


AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHTS

Please help us -

You can help us to raise money for our school when booking Air New Zealand flights by clicking on the link below :

http://schools.airnewzealand.co.nz/tauranga-intermediate-school.aspx

or

clicking on to the Air New Zealand image on our website:

www.tauranga-int.school.nz

By booking through these sites the school will receive: Domestic: $5.00 Trans-tasman / Pacific $10.00 International Longhaul $15.00 Rental car bookings 10% of booking value Holiday Packages $50.00


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