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| From the Principal Kia ora koutou. Welcome to week 5. Student-Led Conferences conclude today with all classes having conferences in their rooms after school. We have managed to keep the school open for the full day for both days of the conferences without causing any disruption to teaching and learning. Once again I am impressed by how well the students have prepared themselves for their presentation to you and the effort in preparing them by their teachers. End of the School Day – Junior / Senior Playground It is wonderful seeing parents and whānau come back into the school grounds after school to visit classrooms, reconnect with their children’s teachers and view student’s learning. We do ask, however, that you keep your children with you and not allow them to play on the adventure playground. We do not have teachers on duty after school and so only allow bus students to use the main field and tennis courts until the second bus bell rings at around 3.05PM, all other students are expected to be collected after the 2:30 bell. School Donation / Fees and Subscriptions Firstly, a huge thank you to to most families and whānau who have given their donation to our kura. Without this we would certainly struggle to provide the wonderful learning experiences and opportunities your children receive. We also collect fees and subscriptions on behalf of associations and providers from outside the school for a range of events and activities. This ensures that we provide a wide range of extracurricular activities for your tamariki. Please make sure that any fees or subscriptions are paid in advance of the event as we are often required to pay these prior to the event taking place or start of the season. If there is any difficulty in meeting this request please talk to Jo in the office or make an appointment to see me. We are only too willing to help where we can. Daffodil Day As with tradition we will be celebrating Daffodil Day this coming Friday, 26 August. This is where we dress up in yellow and bring to school a Gold coin donation for the Marlborough Cancer Society. Fairhall School has had a long association with supporting Daffodil Day and the Cancer Society. Our students and families have been fantastic in supporting such a worthy cause and no doubt this will be another valuable time of giving over receiving. Sports Week We normally run a sports week in Terms one and three and this term our sports week has spanned across two weeks in order to provide a range of sports for our students. We have had a number of sporting code coaches come into Fairhall School and take classes for specific skill lessons and this week has been a week for cricket and touch skills. I would like to thank our school’s sports co-ordinator, Anne Taylor, for organising the week.   Harcourts Marlborough Kids Duathlon Planning is well underway with this year’s duathlon. A reminder to families that if you have not registered your children for this event to do so sooner rather than later. Also we are still asking for luxury item donations for our raffle. These items can be added to the donation box in the school’s reception area. Ngā mihi nui Steve Crockett Principal From the Board of Trustees Just a reminder about this year’s Board of Trustee Elections. We received six nominations for the three parent trustee positions to be contended this year. You should have already received your voting papers, but if not then please contact Jo in the office. Voting papers should be returned to Jo by 4pm Wednesday 7th September. Also, congratulations to Michael Stringer on becoming the new staff representative on the Board. And a big thank you to Aaron Sangster who steps down following 8 years of representing staff on the Board. Reminder Notices Reminder – Harcourts Marlborough Kids Duathlon Entries are now open. Go to www.kidsdu.co.nz . Enter before 29th August 2022 to be able to order a T-Shirt. Entries after this date are accepted but a T-Shirt cannot be purchased. The event is open to children from six years of age. A short course and a long course are offered. Run (1km / 2km), Cycle (3km / 5.5km), Run (1km / 1km). Give it a Go! This event has a major influence on supporting our school’s EOTC – School Camping programme, please support it by encouraging family and friends to enter. As part of our fundraising efforts this year, we are also holding another fantastic raffle. Please could families donate a gourmet food item for the ‘Luxury Food Hampers” . Each family is asked to sell at least one sheet of raffle tickets. All proceeds go directly towards the School Camping programme. Please drop off your donated items to the office. Reminder – New Enrolments 2023 and beyond If you have any children starting school next year or over the next few years please ensure the school is aware of this. Enrolment forms can be requested and collected from the school office. Shortly we will be planning for spaces available for any ‘out of zone’ enrolments and we need to know who is ‘in-zone’ in the first instance. Reminder – Early Starters With the winter kicking in we are a little concerned about the number of students who do not travel to school by bus but are still arriving at school before 8AM. While we do have staff on-site our teachers are required to use this time in preparation. We are reviewing our policies and procedures around this, however, please ensure your child is dropped off at school between 8.00AM and 8.15AM each morning and not before. Reminder – Fairhall School App Have you got our Fairhall School App? This can help with keeping up to date on what’s happening at Fairhall and when. Users receive notifications, access to our school newsletters, calendar dates and school contacts. Check out our app features HERE. Download the SchoolAppsNZ now – visit Google Play Store. Once you have downloaded the SchoolAppsNZ – you then search for Fairhall School. Reminder – Drop Off Zone Please be aware that the drop off zone is not a space for parents to get out of the car to help students get in or out of cars. If you are using the two parks for drop off then you are expecting your child/children to get out by themselves and come into school. If you are using the two parks for pick-up then your child/children are ready and waiting to get into your car by themselves. Reminder – Picking Up students after school We ask that you do not stop to collect your children in the driveway between the Bus Zone and the Drop Off Zone. The middle gate for crossing the road is not a pick-up zone and needs to be kept free to allow traffic to flow. Our Drop Off Zone has spaces for two vehicles only. If you are the third vehicle please move on into an angle parking spaces to let vehicles through. Reminder – Student Success Please let the school know if your child has achieved some amazing results outside of school life. We would love to celebrate this at school with our classes and within our Fairhall School community. Often our tamariki do some amazing things that don’t get noticed or mentioned in the local media or are overly humble and do not tell us. Feel free to let us know when something great has happened. Reminder – Kidszone Friday Kidzone is our weekly school assembly, run by the ‘kids’. Parents and whānau are welcome to join us in Te Whare Kahikatea, at 8.40AM. We do recommend that parents attending wear a mask. Coming Events Aug 29 – Sept 2 Book Fair Sept 5 – 9 Life Education Trust Visit Sept 5 – 16 Dance Curriculum Sept 19 Board of Trustees Meeting Sept 22 Tongariro Practice Tramp # 1 Sept 25 Harcourts Marlborough Kids Duathlon Sept 26 – 30 Year 5 & 6 Mistletoe Bay Camp Sept 30 End of Term 3   Heard of FOFS? – New to the School – haven’t heard of them? Heard of them – but haven’t taken the time to find out more? Well, here is your chance! Sadly, we have had some members retire and its time to freshen up the committee members. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Jenny Saggers and Jayne Grigg for their unwavering support and energy for the past years on the FOFS committee! If you want to know more… and think you have some great ideas, and energy to burn for a great cause – Fairhall School – Our School – Your Kids School – our Community, then get in contact. Flick a TXT with your details and email address to: Bec 0274388385 or Kathy 021729594  A very happy birthday wish to Mimi Ferguson & Jono Planthaber – 26 August, Isla Cowley – 30 August and Jack Hayward – 31st August. We hope you all have a fantastic day. SCHOOL CHICKEN ORDERS 2022  Lambs, calves, daffodils and CHICKS…Spring is a great time of the year!! Orders are now being taken for this year’s one day old Brown Shaver chicks. When grown these will be laying machines! A wonderful way to get the kids out of the house and teach the importance of compassion and dedication, with the added benefit of eggs in the future. Chicks are sold in units-each unit contains 4 chicks @$35 per unit. The approximate date for hatching is September 5th.A care book will be provided, and children will be expected to complete a booklet on raising their chickens. Children will be able to compete at Pets Day, Group Day and the Marlborough A+P with their chooks if they wish. Orders need to be in to your school by Monday 29th August…..no late orders will be accepted. Email Jo for orders. Sports Notices Term 3 2022 Netball – Saturday 27th August Fairhall Falcons vrs Renwick Rimu 9.30am Crt 5 Fairhall Flyers vrs Renwick Totara 9.30am Crt 2 Basketball – Wednesday 24th August Fairhall Junior Girls vrs Whitney St Panthers 4.20pm Crt 1A Fairhall Junior Boys vrs Witherlea Warriors 3.45pm Crt 2A Basketball – Friday 26th August Fairhall Gold vrs Bohally Kings 7.05pm Crt 1 Fairhall Blue vrs St Marys Magic 3.45pm Crt 2 Uniforms and Equipment All sports uniforms please be washed and returned to Te Rūma Tōtara after the last games of Hockey and Netball Any hockey sticks that were borrowed from school need to be returned after the last games of fun sticks. All netball bags and bibs to be returned to Marlborough Netball ( Years 1-4) and Fairhall School ( Years 5-8) Registrations are beginning to be sent to school for Summer Sports (Registrations will not be accepted if there are outstanding subs on Winter sports) Fairhall School organises the following sports Tennis Touch Volleyball Summer Football ( Term 4) Register for Touch Touch is played on a Thursday afternoon from 3:45- 5:45 Years 3-8 Last year’s players have received a link to re- register. New players go to Touch Registration to register “Be Humble in Victory and Proud in Defeat’        Kidzone 19th August Te Rūma Kōwhai – Fia Bond – for improved concentration and focus during class discussions. Sam Kardos – For always trying hard at writing time. You always get started quickly and stay on task. Te Rūma Harakeke Lily Almeida – for your awesome focus and effort in Reading. Great work Lily! Sam Fitzpatrick – for always doing your personal best in your learning tasks. Well done Sam! Te Rūma Pōhutukawa Nina O’Connor – For impressing Mrs Ferguson with her descriptive language and use of metaphors in her writing this week. Eve Bartholomeusz – For showing creativity in the design of her musical instrument. Te Rūma Rātā Lucy De Waal – For approaching learning with a positive and can do attitude. Keep it up Lucy. Augusta Jackson-Hoare – For your positivity and contributions in class. You are on the Pathway to Excellence. Te Rūma Tōtara Eleanor Bull – For showing a great work ethic and working hard to catch up and finish her learning tasks on time. Well done Eleanor. Koby Crockett – For remaining focused during class this week and taking the time to reflect honestly on his learning. Te Rūma Nīkau Billy Hurren – For pushing on at camp despite your injury. Your perseverance was great to see. Maddie Thomas – For consistently working as a team player in all of your activities at camp and being encouraging towards others. Well done for ensuring you gave 100% effort in every activity. Tom Dunne – For your perseverance in the obstacle course and confidence course. And for ensuring you gave everything a go to the very best of your ability at camp. Te Rūma Horoeka Nita Wylie-Leahy – For following this terms whakataukī whilst on camp and enabling positive results with her group. A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions. I orea te tuatara ka puta ki waho. Hannah Kole – For displaying initiative and stepping up to leadership roles with increased confidence and enjoyment. PRIDE Cup Poutama Award Erin Gleeson Peyton Bull FAIRHALL PRIDE – Pathway to EXCELLENCESchool Goals Our school goals for Term Three focus on the PRIDE values of Integrity and Personal Best. The goals are: At Fairhall School we are learning to be equitable and ethical in the decisions you make, and act on them. (Integrity) and At Fairhall School we are learning to actively seek, use and create knowledge. (Personal Best). The school goals relate to our curriculum topics and at the end of each term we will be looking to celebrate with students who have achieved this goal. School Wide Whakataukiī Each term our kura (school) has a whakataukī that aligns with our school inquiry focus. A whakataukī translates to whakatau (to settle) and kī (say), say something to settle. These proverbs are motivational and offer a unique way to reflect on our place and what we do. This term our school whakatuakī is: I orea te tuatara ka puta ki waho A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions  We unpack these whakatuakī at school and relate it back to what we do/can do. Term Dates 2022 Term 1 1st Feb – 14th April Term 2 2nd May – 8th July Term 3 25th July – 30th Sept Term 4 17th Oct – 16th Dec Term Dates 2023 Term1 30th Jan – 6th April Term 2 24th Apr – 30th June Term 3 17th July – 22nd Sept Term 4 9th Oct – 15th Dec |
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