Tuku aroha ki mua, Tuku aroha ki muri 

Send love to the past, Send love to the future, Be love today   

 

TERM 1 INQUIRY: COMMUNITY Newsletter 5, 2018 - Thursday 5 April. MCS: 180 families and 238 students  School Values: RESPECT (MANA) INDEPENDENCE (MANA MOTUHAKE) COMMUNITY (WHANAUNGATANGA) 

School Value Focus: RESPECT (wk 9) INDEPENDENCE (MANA MOTUHAKE) (wk 10)  Dear Parents/Caregivers -Tena koutou katoa, I trust you all had a much deserved and well rested Easter long weekend. Thank you to the parents and their                                         children who attended the 2018-2020 Draft Health Curriculum Evening on Thursday 29 March 6.30pm -                             7.30pm in the school Hall. It was a very informative event with presentations from Staff, Constable Aaron Dann                                   (pictured below) and Danny Bradshaw (Norrcom) - thank you all so much. The presentation is uploaded to the                                   school website under the heading News and Events. The Google Form 5 minute survey has been emailed to                                   each parent to be completed by the end of the term please. This will help inform the school’s Health Curriculum                                       focus and implementation over the next two years. A couple of recent pictures from three different events below. 

 Constable Aaron Dann presenting Most tickets sold for the Ethnic Food Fair Raffle Drill: Earthquake Scenario 1- assembly point 

1st Elsie and 2nd and 3rd Kiahn and Mikayla 

 

Year 6 School Camp - 35 excited Year 6 children two teachers (Ms Burke and Mrs Carlson) and two parents                                       (Rachel Carr and Rhonda Catchpole) left yesterday by bus to Camp Kaitoke for the annual Year 6 Camp. The                                     students have a great programme lined up for the next three days. Thank you Ms Burke for your excellent                                     organisation and helping the Year 6 team raise $1200 towards the camp activities. I will be popping out to see                                       the students today and join the EOTC (Education Outside the Classroom) programme. 

Teina & Kowhai ‘3 Way Conferences’ Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 April 3.30pm - 8.00pm - we are into our                                       second night of conferences and I would like to thank the staff for their preparation going into the interim/                                     anniversary reports or the “3 Way Conference’ of goal sharing and identifying your child’s strengths and areas to                                   improve on. Next term’s report conferences will be on the last week of term 2 and will involve the whole school                                         together on the Wednesday and Thursday nights. 

 

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Term 1 KiwiSport - Get Set Go (Teina) Jump Run Throw (Tuakana) 

The 8 session programme ($17 per child) has gone very well for all classes so far. However, presently only 56%                                       of parents/ caregivers have paid the $10 fee which is being subsidised by the School’s Sports Budget of $7                                     per child. May those parents who haven’t paid the $10 fee please do so for the end of the term. Thank you so                                             much. 

Personnel News 

As emailed out to parents last week, we look forward to welcoming Tracy Shanks our Assistant Principal                                 starting Term 2. Tracy has been a former Acting Deputy Principal and class teacher of juniors at St. Anthony’s                                     School in Seatoun. Tracy will be leading the Teina Team working with New Entrant (Rm 12) and Year 1 (Rm 11)                                         classes initially until a new class is formed with our projected roll growth. Room 13 will then come into life as the                                           new class. However this class will formed over the next two to three terms and give our youngest students the                                       best start to their schooling with lower class numbers. 

Olivia Carle - Teacher Aide of 10 years is having her last day at Miramar Central School on Thursday 12 April.                                         The BOT and I would like to thank Olivia for her commitment, energy, passion and diligence teaching the STEPS                                     (Learning to Literacy programme) to our quality students over the years. Olivia you will be missed and we wish                                     you all the very best in your future endeavours. 

Welcome to our new BOT parent member: Tim Robinson 

 Tim’s quick bio: I’ve been in Wellington since 1999, and have loved living in Miramar since 2014. Natalie and I have two                                           kids at MCS, and another starting next year. I spend my days as a consultant in the energy sector, an interesting and                                           varied job that lets me spend time with all sorts of people, all around the Asia Pacific region. I’m a committed Christian,                                           an amateur musician, an even more amateur potter, and I love board games.   I’m excited to be part of a board that supports academic achievement, fosters the cultural diversity that makes us                                     special, and helps make MCS a place where everyone wants to be.  

School Gardener and Environment Science Programme - As part of our engagement with our school                             environment, connecting science to real world settings and our school charter the approval of a school gardener                                 and educator with classes has been employed. This is Kate Bate (one of our school parents) who has expert                                     knowledge in botany and sustainable ways that the school can do to be more environmentally friendly, caring for                                   our environment and teaching key aspects of biodiversity to our tamariki across the school. Listed below is the                                   objective and tasks of this role: 

Objective: to improve our school planting environment through the beautification, maintenance and new                         planting, while engaging tamariki with our school environment through educational programmes ie. biodiversity,                         sustainability, compositing, and caring and enhancing our environment. 

Tasks: 

· Maintenance and beautification of existing plants in the school grounds 

· Planting of natives in our marine environment to bring about increased bird life 

· Education of classes – how to care for plants, planting, growing, compositing, sustainability, identification of                               plants, life cycles, plant types, Maori medicinal plants etc. Enhancing our science programme by getting tamariki                               to be hands-on 

· Sustainability and recycling - working towards a Bronze school environmental award 

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· Compositing and Collaboration – involving WCC experts and free products (free compost 2m3 per year) and                                 collaborating with students to collect compost items and develop our school compost renewable system 

· Planting programmes with classes and taking ownership of areas around the school 

· Water tanks from roof rainwater and using this to feed plants 

· Signage about plants – Maori name and English name and plant use and history 

· Working with the Predator Free Miramar Schools initiative - trapping of vermin and encouraging weta and                                 birds 

· Science - using soil kits and pH testing to develop the optimum soil conditions for plants 

2018: Establishing our environment, getting it to the aesthetic standard & starting education programmes.                           Working with local agencies, iwi and initiatives. Community involvement. 

2019: Garden to Table initiative: Preparing, planting, growing, educating and cooking up products. Community                           involvement with our ‘Community Garden’. 

NEWS - UPDATE 

EMAILS - if you are not receiving the newsletter and other school correspondence via email please contact Jane                                   Scadden (Office Manager) office@miramarcentral.school.nz to update or add email addresses for parents and                         caregivers. 

LATENESS TO SCHOOL & ATTENDANCE - please ensure your child arrives before 9.00am ready to maximise                               their learning. If you are picking up your child earlier than 3.00pm please come to the School Office and sign                                       them out. This is a Health and Safety issue and all children’s whereabouts during the school operational day                                   need to be know. Thank you for your assistance. 

Welcome to New Students: Sivlik Rm 12, Masereyvuthiya Rm 2 Year 6 Camp Fundraiser: NACHO FRIDAY 23 March - Thank you for supporting this initiative raising $300! Predator Free Miramar ­ Location 4 (Northern side of Room 9) trapped a male mouse 16cm long. We have now trapped 4                                           mice. 

 

The Principal Award certificates get presented in school assemblies held every even week on Mondays 2.15pm - 2.45pm                                   in the School hall. Principal awards are given to tamariki for consistent improvement in learning, behaviour, culture or                                   sport, a positive attitude towards their learning, contribution to school life and displaying empathy towards others. Well done to Wk 7 & 8’s Recipients:  Wk 7: Lily Rm 1 x 2, Beatrice Rm 1, Jamie Rm 1 x 2, Kanika Rm 1, Jessica Rm 1, Mikayla Rm 2, Olivia Rm 3, Taimutu                                                       Rm 3, Neasa Rm 2 x 2, Leon Rm 3, Elliot Rm 3, Hannah Rm 3, Cooper Rm 3, Billie Rm 2, Kayden Rm 3, Toby Rm 2, Trey                                                         Rm 1, Alyssa Rm 1, and Saupo Rm 1, Room 1 for their amazing maths games;  Wk 8: Oscar Rm 2, Abraham Rm 2, Chairud Rm 2, Andy Rm 2, Kyra Rm 2, Dhilan Rm 10, Rana Rm 3, Class award - Rm                                                     3 Respect, Upuia Rm 3, and Ryan Rm 3.  

 Our term target is 1,500 C-Cards for a school-wide award. Currently we have 1,098 C-cards awarded school-wide!                                  House Points as of Wk 9: Well done Motu Kairangi.   

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    Motu Kairangi                Ngake          Whataitai         Roto Kura 

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 Genesis School Gen: School Prizes Please vote for us to win a share of great environmental assets to our                                     school:http://www.schoolgen.co.nz/voteforyourschool Thanks to Rebekah Hesketh for organising this. 

Postponement of the School Picnic - due to daylight savings finishing on 1 April this event will now occur early                                       in term 4. Thank you for your consideration. 

FaCE meeting tonight in the staffroom 7.00pm - 9.00pm.  Community Notices: Holiday Programmes  

Wellington Phoenix are running two holiday programmes during the April school holidays! This is an opportunity to play your                                     

favourite game all day, develop your skills, make new friends and rub shoulders with members of the Wellington Phoenix. 

  

Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 April, Wakefield Park, Island Bay, 9am­3pm 

Thursday 26 – Friday 27 April, Upper Hutt Artificial, 9am­3pm 

  

Includes coaching from Wellington Phoenix Academy Youth coaches, a Wellington Phoenix holiday programme t­shirt,  

a Wellington Phoenix football and a possible visit from Phoenix players. 

  

To register, visit  wellingtonphoenix.com  or email  beckyc@wellingtonphoenix.com 

 

Upcoming events - Mixed Futsal Teams 11 & 12 April. EZ Football - Unfortunately the Eastern Zone Yr 5/6 Football (Wednesday 28 Feb. 0930-1430 Miramar Park) was cancelled due to poor weather. Netball - entries have now closed and ready for the start of the Term 2 & 3 season for our Year 5 / 6 team.  

 Term 1 (10 weeks): Wed 7 February to Friday 13 April. Term 2 starts Monday 30 April till Friday 6 July (10 weeks)   

SCHOOL EVENTS: Wk 9- 10 Wk 9: 2 - 6 April: Year 6 School Camp 4-6 at YMCA Kaitoke. Teina and Kowhai ‘3 Way Learning Conferences’ (Rms 12, 11, 10, 14, 15, 9 and 4) Wednesday 4 & Thursday 5 April 

3.30pm -8.00pm. Wk 10: 9 - 13 April: Family Picnic and Games at MCS 4.30pm - 6.30pm. This event has moved to Term 4.  

 

MCS Office: Jane Scadden - (04) 9390684 office@miramarcentral.school.nz  

MCS website: www.miramarcentral.school.nz  

Leadership Team:  

Principal: Ed Trotter - principalmcs@miramarcentral.school.nz 

Deputy Principal: Karina McKiernan - mckiernan@miramarcentral.school.nz 

Acting Assistant Principal: Jane Hatley - hatley@miramarcentral.school.nz 

Kowhai Special Education Centre: Raph Millen - 9390687 millen@miramarcentral.school.nz  Ngā  mihi nui,  Ed Trotter Tumuaki 

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