Carisbrook School “Seek Excellence Together” “Whāia te iti kahuraki ka mahi tahi tātou” Newsletter 16

Thursday 2 June 2016

Principal’s Report

Carisbrook (Main) 217 South Rd, Caversham Ph: 455 8315 Fax: 455 3720 Carisbrook (Heights) 38 Riselaw Rd, Calton Hill Ph: 487 7465 Fax: 487 7465

Kia ora, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Fakaalofa Lahi atu, Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Ni Hao, Nei Ho, Selamat, Konnichiwa, Kamusta, Salam, Malo ni, Assalaam alaikum & greetings. Hooray! Our swimming pool relining can begin now. Last Friday we received wonderful news from both the Bendigo Foundation and the Otago Community Trust. Our funding applications to both agencies were successful and we have been granted the $53,000 necessary to get our swimming pool operational again. An engineer will be down from Christchurch this week to have a final check on the associated pipework adjustments needed. It is so pleasing to know that our students will be getting their swimming coaching sessions this year. Yesterday I received an e-mail from a property manager from the Ministry of Education (MOE) advising me that they are now ready to meet with us, our property consultant from School Support and a property manager from the MOE to implement our five year property agreement (5YPA). The five year property plan takes effect June/July 2016 and runs through to June/July 2021. A requirement of the 5YPA is that the school has a property consultant produce a ten year maintenance plan for our school. The consultant has completed this after receiving reports from electrical companies, painting contractors, roofing contractors and building contractors. We look forward to starting our property developments. Please assist us with our review of the Carisbrook health and physical education consultation which is attached to this newsletter. We are required to consult with our community every two years and we are doing this via an online survey. Your feedback is very valuable to us. Please read through our survey document and complete the survey which are located on our school website; www.carisbrook.school.nz

Resilient Responsible Respectful

110 of our Carisbrook junior students had a great time at the Edgar Centre last Friday as they took part in the Sport Otago Fundamental Movement Skills session. Our students participated in a variety of physical activities and displayed very positive attitudes and behaved to a very high standard. It is always a delight to hear positive feedback from the wider community. An invitation is being posted out to our Pasifika community inviting them to attend a get together next Thursday evening. Look out in your mailbox for the invite. Board of Trustees elections is receiving much publicity through the media this time. Voting closes on Friday at noon so make sure that you get your votes into school. Regards Ben Sincock, Principal

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to our new student…. Jakobi Richards Computers In Homes

Important notice. This will be your last chance for you to be part of an amazing program. Computers In Homes will be functioning from other schools so do not miss out. There will be a brief information evening this Friday 3rd June from 5pm – 6pm in the school staffroom to explain what is involved and your commitments to the program. Please come along and hear about how great this program will be for you and your children. For $50 total you will receive 20 hours training, a desktop or laptop and the opportunity to get a subsidised internet connection. Computers In Homes has been popular so you will need to be in quick. If you are interested just come along or need additional information please do not hesitate to contact Tony Hayward 021 754 848 or 03 4551366. Do not miss out on this great opportunity, Act now. Last Chance.

Matariki Celebrations

MATARIKI celebrations this year will be on the 18th of June. Again we will be having lots of crafts, food, story telling and singing. Please save this date, if you are a family of the school or part of the wider community and would like to support in some way such as making fried bread, poi making, flax weaving, carving, etc. Please let Rachelle Moors know as we would love to make this just as special as last year. Whiria te Tangata Weave the people together. Matariki is the Māori name for a group of seven stars known as the Pleiades star cluster. The Māori New Year is marked by the rise of this star cluster and the sighting of the next new moon. In 2016, Matariki will start on 6 June. The physical appearance of Matariki in the sky was traditionally used by a tohunga (a priest or expert) as a forecast of the year ahead. Clear and bright stars signalled warm and productive seasons, and hazy or shimmering clusters meant a cold winter was coming and ground for crops was prepared accordingly.

Board of Trustees Voting Papers

Parent Representatives Voting papers must be delivered to the school office by noon Friday 3 June (tomorrow). Your vote will not be counted unless the voting paper is delivered to the Returning Officer in the envelope provided by noon on Friday 3 June. Results will be published in the school newsletter on Thursday 9 June and The Star Community newspaper the following week. If you have not received a voting paper in the mail this will be due to the school not having your correct address details. Please contact the school to amend this information.

Surrey Street Parking

The school side of Surrey Street has now been clearly marked with yellow lines. Please do not park or stop on these lines while dropping of your child. Please refer to the back page of this newsletter regarding our pick up and drop off zone on South Road. Please note that vehicles are not allow to drive onto school grounds, at any time. The Surrey Street entrance is for staff only.

Wonderful Writers Club

The Greatest Library The dark brown books had minds of their own. The books flew stunningly across the sky. The little girl called Lucy sat down on her bright blue chair reading about knights fighting in their land at night time. Her blue chair brightened up the whole room like the sun shining in in the sky. The books flew above her, flapping their clean white papers. She heard her echo all alone reading her yellow dark book. The shelves surrounded her. By Amira Soroka

Winter Sports DRAW - NETBALL Thursday 2 June Monday 6 June Tuesday 7 June DRAW - MINIBALL Thursday 2 June Monday 6 June Wednesday 8 June

Carisbrook Blue Carisbrook Red Carisbrook Stars Carisbrook Shooters Carisbrook Green Carisbrook Yellow

Carisbrook Heat Carisbrook Hornets Carisbrook Hawks

vs. vs. vs.

vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

KAVA 8 3:45pm Bathgate Coyotes 3:45pm No Game - Queen’s Birthday No Game - Queen’s Birthday Draw not yet available Draw not yet available

Balaclava Yellow 3:40pm No Game - Queen’s Birthday Kaikorai Warriors 4:20pm

Court 2 Friendly Court 4

Check out the draws and results for Dunedin sports at http://drawsresults.sportsrunner.net

Court 13 Court 16

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Last Friday, Carisbrook School Enviroschools facilitator Anna Hughes along with Jennie Nielson, students, staff and members of our community and Board of Trustees met to review the School's progress on our Enviroschool journey. As a result of our reflection, it was agreed that we had met the required criteria and received our bronze certification. This will be officially presented and celebrated at the community Matariki Celebrations later this month.

This is Mr Tofia with Ruma Korora and Ruma Pukeko, helping us get ready for our Samoan language week celebration with the local Kindies.

Ruma Pukeko hosted assembly last Friday. They used their flying superpower artwork to produce a short film.

Last week PALS from both the Main and Heights site took part in winter sporting codes leadership training. They learned a bunch of new games from Netball, League, Football, Basketball and Handball. PALS will run games/ activities at lunch times on Wednesday and Thursdays, weather dependent.

Student Reports & Parent/Teacher Interviews

Middle and Senior student reports will come home with your child on Friday 17 June. Parent/interviews for all students will be held on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 June. More information on how to book will be included in next weeks newsletter.

Important Diary Dates June Friday Friday Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday Tuesday Wednesday

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BOT Voting Closes at Noon Site Assembly, Main School Hall, 2:20pm Queens Birthday - School Closed Science Mission, catch up session Pasifika Fono, 5:30pm to 7:30pm Middle and Senior Student Reports sent home Matariki Celebrations Parent/Teacher Interviews Parent/Teacher Interviews

Carisbrook School

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Activate Music Academy New lessons spaces available Lessons in guitar, bass, drums, piano, singing, ukulele, and electronic music production. Check out our website to register, and download your free copy of Introduction to Music. Get in touch if you’d like a free trial lesson, or let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help you make music happen! https://activatemusic.academy/lesson-registration/ [email protected] 03 425 0706

MATARIKI WHANAU RELAXATION SESSIONS SATURDAY 4th and 25th JUNE 2016, 11-12.30AM at Level 1, 174 Princes St Our whānau sessions help to create stronger family bonds through games and fun activities, and ways to relax together. Each of the sessions are themed around Matariki. The sessions finish with a craft/art activity for each whānau to complete together. Suitable Ages 3+ BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - LIMITED SPACES ONLY $5 PER PERSON