Virtues Awards Well done to the following students who were recently recognized for displaying their virtues.

Respect: Zara Jackson, Lucas Eastabrook, Daniel Sherborne, Te Awanui Firmin-Cooper, Isla McKee, Isla Hamblin, Travis Perry, Albert Milsom, Zoe Baskett, Jonty Rowland, Jaime Munro.

Justice: Jorge Smith-Hogg, Eva Devane, Kate Macpherson, Nick Burroughs. Consideration: Jackson Belliss. Diligence: Katie Curran. Perseverance: Jett Casey, Ruby Fitzpatrick, Grace Eastabrook.

Book Fair

Thank you for supporting our recent book fair. We received $2,800.00 from Scholastic to purchase new library books, teaching and classroom resources. A big thank you to all our wonderful helpers these events can not happen without you. If you missed out on the book fair you can still order through the book clubs on the Scholastic website www.scholastic.co.nz.

Book Care Sadly we have recently been noticing a lot of damage to our precious library books and school readers. Please ensure the books are kept away from food, water, pets and younger siblings. A lot of the books, especially junior readers, have been drawn in and this is hard to remove. Please ensure that the readers and library books are returned to school each week. If you notice damage to the books report this so that we can attend to this straight away.

Excellence We celebrate excellence for our akonga in school newsletters, acknowledging their special gifts and talents. Excellence is the key to success. It is giving your best to whatever you do, setting realistic goals with careful planning and practice and developing a growth mindset–not giving up, it’s okay to make mistakes and that’s the way we learn. Congratulations to all our akonga for their recent successes.

A big congratulations to Morgan Taituma-Hamilton who has been selected by the Wanganui Ballet &

Dance Association (WBDA) for the Scholar's Audition with the NZ School of Dance, Wellington to be held

in November.

Rugby Rep Team: Well done to Nehemiah Su’A who was selected for the under 11 team. Soccer Rep Teams: Congratulations to Noah Jones, Blake Smith and Alan Elston who were selected for the under 11 team. Well done to Jaiden Toy who is in the under 10 boys team and Kate Macpherson and Zoe Wilkins who made the under 10 girls team.

Interschool Netball & Soccer

Well done to our team who recently competed in the interschool netball tournament. Samantha Howard, Maggie Cross, Zoe Bullock, Olivia Gibbons, Chelsea Jones, Amy Benadie, Abbie Deane, Sophia Brown, Chloe Bardell. Our team played very well against some tough competition finishing

6th overall. A big thank you to Rochelle Howard for coaching and supporting our team at this event. A great day was had by all.

Congratulations to our team who took part in the interschool soccer tournament last week. Alan Elston, Mitch Karatau, Zak Papworth, Blake Smith, Noah Jones, Lachie Burroughs, Logan Symes, Zara Jackson, Ryan Henare, Jaiden Toy, Nathan Bevins, Finnian Sinclair. Our team showed great enthusiasm and commitment. The semi final

came down to a draw and eventually was decided by a penalty shoot out. Our team finished 3rd equal overall. A huge thank you to Aaron Toy for enthusiastically encouraging and assisting the team. Thank you also to the parents that provided transport and support.

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Whanau

Tena koutou katoa

I would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge our school community for their unwavering support for school events and fundraisers this term. It has been a particularly eventful one with our PTA quiz night, pie fundraiser and various school events – book week, cross country and interschool sports. There have also been numerous class trips where we have called on our school community for transport and supervision of our learners. We appreciate you taking the time to assist us.

We are also grateful for the commitment our parents and staff have made to coach and manage our winter sports teams. A big thank you to Glen Howells, our sports co-ordinator, who works diligently to ensure our akonga remain physically active and have numerous opportunities to participate in the sporting arena.

We really appreciate our community putting their hands up and helping out. Without your support we would not be able to provide our akonga with the range of experiences presented. Ka rawe!

Nga mihi

Alison O’Hara

Handwashing We are stressing the importance of handwashing with our akonga.

Handwashing posters have been displayed in the classrooms and in all

our bathrooms. These serve as a visual reminder to children of the

routine required for washing hands to stop the spread of germs.

Please reinforce this routine at home. Thank you.

Green-Gold Enviroschool EARTH KIDS Education for Sustainability Schoolgen School Health Promoting School

Welcome to School A special welcome to the following new

students and their families. Lily Pedley & Dexter Bunker.

We wish you all the best for your learning at our school.

Gifted and Talented Learners: Readers and writers are meeting every week to explore and develop their undoubted talents and passions in these fields of endeavour. Writers Group: Tutored by Mrs Booth are: Finnian Sinclair, Lachie Burroughs, Brooke McGinniss, Zoe Bullock, Ivan Adams, Eddie Dewhirst, Nehemiah Su’a, Avalee Laird, Danielle T-M.

Book Clubs: Tutored by Mrs Donna Scrimshaw Year 3/4: Sam Penwarden, Lila Cavanagh, Pippa Sager, Annabelle Brown, Ivy Liley, Matt Smith, Phoebe Tripe, Lucy Reid.

Year 5: Aurora Chernoff, Lucy Wilkinson-Smith, Abby Roy, Kyna Chandra, Samara Wong, Emily Hagan, Samu Hermann, Zoe Wilkins.

Year 6: Aidan Hogg, Noah Jones, Travis O’Hara, Blake Smith (Absent from photo), Sophia Brown, Amy Benadie, Zara Jackson, Siobhan Sarkar.

Chess Team Our school chess team, comprising of Zoe Bullock, Zara Jackson, Alan Elston, Ryan Henare, Noah Jones, Flynn Whittaker, Travis O’Hara, Cienna Newland, Jaiden Toy, Jayden Ivory, Luke Heerdegen, Blake Smith and Logan Symes all played at the regional competition held at Wanganui Intermediate. As a result our top five players were rewarded with invitations to attend the Nationals being held in Hamilton on 28 October. Those players are Logan Symes, Noah Jones, Ryan Henare, Jaiden Toy and Alan Elston. Congratulations!

Our Wonderful School Librarians. Thank you so much to our librarians who assisted Lynette Brown our Resource Manager in the running of programmes and activities throughout book fair week. They decorated the library, helped run the book fair and facilitated lunchtime activities. They are learning valuable leadership skills.

Mathex Competition Three Year 5 and five Year 6 teams competed in this year’s competition. A great learning experience and introduction to this particular kind of questioning and problem solving, with collaboration being the key feature for success. The Year 5 team comprising of William Herd, Peter Adams, Aryan Colaabavala and Zak Papworth and Year 6 team of Noah Jones, Eddie Dewhirst, Ivan Adams and Logan Symes achieved 3rd place. Congratulations to them and well done to all teams who gave it their best effort.

Cross Country Full results of our Cross Country event will be published in

the next newsletter.

PTA News Thanks to our dedicated PTA for organising the recent

‘Fitzies Pies’ fundraiser which raised $6406 towards our swimming pool redevelopment.

Disco—Friday 15th September, School Hall Juniors (Rm 7-16) 5pm—6pm Seniors (Rm 1-6) 6.30pm—7.30pm Entry $3. Treats available to purchase 50c/$1/S2. Please ensure your child is accompanied to the hall and picked up promptly at the end. Thank you for your support.