 From the Principal Kia ora koutou. Welcome to Week 6 We are not counting down yet, there is still too much to do before the end of the school year. This week we have been finishing off practice tramps and athletics training for our junior and district sports events. This Friday night will be a highlight for most students as the school disco will be held in Te whare Kahikatea. Senior students have been setting up a ticket booth each day for Year 1 to 6 students to purchase their disco tickets. Sales have been steady over the week and will continue until Friday. Abel Tasman Tramp Our Year 8 students have completed their practice tramps and are ready to take on the Abel Tasman National Park Tramp. They leave this coming Monday and will make their way from the start of the walk at Marahau and make their way to Awaroa before heading home on Friday. We wish them a successful tramp. FOFS Quiz Night A fantastic event took place last Friday night with our first ever major function taking place in Te whare Kahikatea. The first of many, no doubt. Congratulations to Friends of Fairhall School chair, Bec Wiffen and her team of helpers for organising such a fabulous, and successful event. Congratulations must go out to the winning team – a team name I won’t mention in this newsletter, but containing our current board Presiding Member, Steve Ross and our former Deputy principal and now ‘King of Concrete’, Colin Wood. Our staff team came a credible third so well done to them for their collaborative effort. Thanking our Volunteers We are holding a morning tea on Tuesday 6 December to thank our parent helpers and volunteers for the many programmes, activities and events we run throughout the school. We trust all who have been involved in some way across the school and throughout this year will be able to mark this date on their calendar. For catering purposes could you please RSVP to Jo as soon as possible. New Families Introduction Deputy Principal, Aaron Sangster, will be holding an information session for all new families to Fairhall school. This will also be taking place on Tuesday morning, a little earlier, at 9.15AM. This session is for new families who have arrived at Fairhall School during the 2022 school year as well as for the start of 2023. Ngā mihi nui Steve Crockett Tumuaki / Principal Reminder Notices Reminder – School Disco Our Year 8 seniors are running a Neon 80’s disco held on the 25th of November in Te whare Kahikatea. The junior disco is for our Blue team (Year 1-4) running from 6pm – 7.15pm and the senior disco for our Gold team (Year 5-8) running from 7.30pm to 9.00pm. Disco tickets will be sold from Thursday the 17th of November before school and after school. These tickets are $3 each. There will also be food available to buy on the night, so we recommend students bring cash to buy things. Reminder – 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.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. Coming Events Nov 24 MBC & MGC Taster Days Nov 25 Fairhall School Disco Nov 28-Dec 2 Year 8 Abel Tasman Camp Nov 28-30 Fundamental Skills Te Rūma Rātā & Pōhutukawa Nov 31-Dec1 Fundamental Skills Te Rūma Kōwhai & Harakeke Dec 9 Term 4 Quality Awards Dec 14 Final Assembly 1.30pm Dec 16 Last school day of 2022 On behalf of Friends of Fairhall School (FOFS) I would like to thank the School Community for supporting our Quiz Night last Friday night. We hope everyone had a great night!! The money raised will be well spent on amazing furniture for our new Library and Ruma Kahikatea (our new multi-purpose room) – aiding our Children in their learning experiences during their time at Fairhall School. Special thanks to David Searle for his amazing Quiz Mastering Talents, Brian Palmer for Live Auction magic, Anna Kingscote and Sally Kardos for looking after the all importing scoring, Nikki Grigg, Kathy Sowman and Michael Stringer for selling countless answers and chocolate wheels, Jules Kardos, Duncan Grigg and Moose Fitzpatrick for running a seamless bar, Steve Crockett – for the perfectly cooked Snags and Onions, Jo McConnell – for the back of house stuff (all the emails etc!) and controlling the Eftpos machine, Janine Bezar and Kate Gaudin for putting the cheese platters together and to our two old school students Greta and Morgan for serving and cleaning up, Tracy Rose-Russell for sorting the financials! And the organising committee – Jessie Murphy, Tracy Rose-Russell, Kathy Sowman, Kate Gaudin, Sally Kardos, Nikki Grigg, David Searle…………………….. A REAL TEAM EFFORT! Cheers Bec Wiffen We would like to thank and acknowledge the following sponsors of our Quiz Night: Elite Paintball Spy Valley Winery Nikki and Duncan Grigg Marisco Winery Vanessa Anderson Jacksons Estate Winery Dog Point Wines Caythorpe Forrest Wines Charles Wiffen Wines No. 1 Estate Moose & Co Builders Hunters Wines Marlborough Wine Options Lawson’s Dry Hills Wines Two Rivers Wines Meaters of Marlborough Jules Taylor Isabel Estate Furniture Gallery Duncan McFarlane Rachel Roundhill Auntsfield Wines Herb & Olive Cafe Nautilus Estate Murphys Garlic Whitehaven Wines Cranky Goat Cheese Cloudy Bay Winery The Omaka Observatory   A very happy birthday wish toScarlett Davis – 24 November and Belle Stringer – 30 November. We hope you all have a fantastic day. Sports Notices Term 4 2022 Touch – Thursday 24th November Fairhall Flyers vrs Waikawa Crusaders 4.15pm Field 7 Fairhall Fever vrs St Marys Rollars 3.45pm Field 5a Fairhall Fantastics vrs Rapaura Chiefs 3.45pm Field 8b Note 2 games Fairhall Fantastics vrs Waikawa Highlanders 4.45pm Field 8b Fairhall Blue vrs Spring Creek Schoo 4.45pm Field 5a Fairhall Fantails vrs Whitney Kings 4.45pm Field 9a Fairhall Williams vrs Rapaura Highlanders 5.15pm Field 4 Fairhall Johnson vrs Bohally Red 3.45pm Field 1 Fairhall Gold vrs Bohally Lightning 3.45pm Field 2 Tennis – Saturday 26th November Fairhall Federer vrs Bohally Kowhai 8.45am MTC 12&13 Fairhall Ferrer vrs St Mary’s Slammers 10.15am RTC 1&2 (If wet MTC) Fairhall Fernandez vrs RedwoodRVS Super Shotz 8.45am MTC 10&16 Volleyball – Friday 25th November Fairhall Smashers vrs Springlands Servers 4.00pm Court 3 Fairhall Slammers vrs Rapaura Volleys 4.00pm Court 7 Fairhall Blasters vrs RVS 4.45pm Court 2 Fairhall Flames vrs Rapaura Gals 5.30pm Court 1 Fairhall Spikers vrs BOH Extreme 5.30pm Court 3 Draws: Please ‘like’ either the Facebook page or website of the various sports that your child is involved in. Sometimes sports don’t get the draws to school before the newsletter is sent out so please don’t rely on the school newsletter to know what time games are on. Sports Fees: Thank you to everyone who has paid their winter sports fees, Volleyball Tennis and Touch subs are now due. Equipment: If your child played a winter sport, could you please check that you don’t have any equipment sitting at home. Bibs, bags, balls, uniforms all need to be returned so that they can be washed and stored until next year. “Be Humble in Victory and Proud in Defeat’         Kidzone – Week 5 Te Rūma Kōwhai Woody Macfarlane – For working super hard in reading, writing and maths. He shows enthusiasm and does his personal best. Charli Eaton – For amazing skip counting in maths and being an enthusiastic learner. Te Rūma Harakeke Connor MacPherson – for your awesome focus and effort in Reading. You are a Reading superstar! Alexis Taylor-Kendrick – for consistently working hard to do your best in all Writing sessions. Te Rūma Pōhutukawa Fleur Bouchut – For being a great role model of Fairhall Pride. You are an important part of our team Fleur. You show respect and encourage us all to be the best we can. Elena Wraighte – For having the confidence to give everything a go! Keep it up! Te Rūma Tōtara Lucy De Waal – For having fantastic independence and being a great camper at Pine Valley! George Ferguson – For always being there for your friends. We are so lucky to have you in Te Rūma Rātā! Te Rūma Nīkau Maysie Ferguson – For your wonderful teamwork at the technology challenge yesterday. Daniel Halstead – For wonderful work at the Technology challenge yesterday! Te Rūma Horoeka Toby Wakelin- For producing good quality work and being proactive in problem solving activities. Emma Anderson- For continuing to strive to achieve your best and for your excellent contributions to class discussions. FAIRHALL PRIDE Pathway to EXCELLENCE School Goals Our school goals for Term Four focus on the PRIDE values of Integrity and Enjoyment. The goals are: At Fairhall School we are learning when to lead, when to follow, when to compete and when to cooperate. (Integrity) and At Fairhall School we are learning to recognise and celebrate success (Enjoyment). 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 Whakataukī 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: Me mahi tahi tātou mō te oranga o te katoa We should work together for the well-being of everyone  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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