Newsletter 33

30 October 2014

Principal’s Report

Kia ora, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Fakaalofa Lahi atu, Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Ni Hao, Nei Ho, Selamat, Konnichiwa & greetings. The weather held out for us yesterday and we had a very successful Athletics Day for our senior and middle students at the Caledonian Ground. I was impressed with the very positive attitude of our students towards participation. Sports Co-ordinator Tony Roche is looking through the results today and entering those students who met the qualifying standards into the upcoming South Zone Athletic Sports. The South Zone Athletics Sports is next Wednesday, 5th November with the postponement date of Friday 7th November. It looks as though we will have a good number of entries from Carisbrook School. From the South Zone Sports all finalists will be entered into the Otago Athletic Championships which is scheduled for Tuesday 18th November. Our Carisbrook junior students had a sports afternoon yesterday afternoon here at school. They participated in a large number of sports activities. Lots of big smiles on our students faces. Last Wednesday evening we had our first meeting for our parents of our Year 6 students who have registered for the cultural exchange to Singapore in 2016. Students are very excited about the opportunity and will be fundraising hard to finance the trip. Many of these students are also in our Asiaconnect group. They have currently taken over my office with Mr Sanders and are busy interacting through the internet with their Singapore counterparts. Cycle Skills is in action today. We have groups of students cycling the streets around Carisbrook with the cycle skills tutors. We also have some students learning to ride bikes. This group is practising within our school grounds. High Tech Studio is a hive of activity. Students extending their knowledge and skills in the information technology field. Yesterday our Studio Producer Aaron had some students working on ‘photoshop’, some creating cartoons and another group learning how to use ‘green screens’ for filming. Our Maths Kwon-Do Club for students is proving popular once again and Kat Freeman is running sessions for students as a lunchtime option on Thursdays. The wearing of school uniforms has improved greatly over the last two weeks. We expect uniforms to be worn daily. It has been good to see more parents and caregivers using our layby service and EFTPOS facility. Regards Ben Sincock Principal

School Banking

Join NZCU South School Banking and receive a movie ticket and if you bank 6 times in a term you will also receive another one. Three easy steps to open your child’s account 1. Collect your application form from your school office or NZCU South 2. Attach a copy of your child’s birth certificate and photo identification for yourself along with address confirmation. 3. Drop this into your school office and we will open your child’s account and you will receive a banking pack full of surprises. Bank as little or as much as you like. Banking day is each Wednesday.

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Carisbrook School

Senior and Middle Syndicate Athletics Day A great day was had by all and luckily the weather held out. It was wonderful to see all the children giving it a go!

Hotshots Tennis lessons at the Main Site

Team Sports DRAW - T-BALL - Saturday 1 November Carisbrook Tigers vs. Columba Carisbrook Cougars vs St Clair Rippers Carisbrook Cubs vs Abbots Red Rockers Carisbrook Cheetahs vs -

10:00am 9:00am 10:00am 9:00am

DRAW - RIPPA RUGBY - Monday 3 November Carisbrook Cougars vs. GSNS Flames Carisbrook Jaguars vs. St Clair 2 Carisbrook Tigers vs. Wakari Blue Carisbrook Pumas vs. Fairfield Stallions Carisbrook Leopards vs. GSNS Thunder Carisbrook Cheetahs vs. Balmac Salmon Carisbrook Lions vs. Balmac Dynamos

Bathgate 8 Bathgate 9 Bathgate 12 Bathgate 1 3:45pm 3:45pm 4:15pm 4:15pm 4:45pm 5:15pm 5:15pm

DRAW - FUTSAL - Tuesday 4 November & Wednesday 5 November Carisbrook Silver vs. Kavanagh Roar 5:00pm Carisbrook Gold vs. Taieri College Vigers 4:30pm Carisbrook Blue vs. Fairfield Wave 5:00pm Carisbrook Red vs. Tainui 3 5:00pm Carisbrook Black vs. Sacred Heart Strikers 6:00pm Carisbrook Orange vs. George St Titans 6:30pm

Edgar Court 11 Edgar Court 17 More FM Arena 1 Edgar Court 14 Edgar Court 11 Edgar Court 11

RESULTS - FUTSAL - Tuesday 28 October & Wednesday 29 October Carisbrook Silver vs. Tahuna Bullets Loss Carisbrook Gold vs. DNI Red Devils Win Carisbrook Blue vs. Grants Braes Dynamite Loss Carisbrook Red vs. Tainui 3 Loss Carisbrook Black vs. Andy Bay Mustangs Loss Carisbrook Orange vs. Kaikorai Stars Loss

2-6 6-4 1-5 1-5 0-3 0-5

Field 2 Field 5 Field 1 Field 7 Field 1 Field 2 Field 4

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

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Head lice

Head lice in the school is very bad again at the moment. Please check your child’s hair daily and treat when necessary. We need all families to be vigilant with the prevention and treatment of head lice. Treatment is not just a one off shampoo, it takes continuous checking, combing and follow up shampooing. There are many helpful websites that have great ideas to help prevent and treat head lice. Here is one option to try:Treating head lice and eggs naturally in 5 steps - Materials Needed:  Olive or Coconut Oil: Oil drowns the lice, making them unable to crawl around to deposit eggs.  White or Apple Cider Vinegar: The vinegar dissolves the ‘glue’ that the eggs use to attach to the hair.  Fine tooth comb: To properly comb out the lice and the eggs.  Shower caps: Two caps for each head being treated / cloth is ok but might soak through.  Masking tape or hair pins: to fasten the shower caps completely over the hair.  Shampoo: A shampoo specifically made for prevention and treatment of lice is best.  Towels: We used these to protect the children’s clothing from stains. The 5 Steps Step 1: Applied olive oil generously onto the hair and scalp of each child. Placed a shower cap on and used a bit of masking tape to keep it really closed tight. Set a timer for 45 minutes and spent the time reading books, colouring and doing puzzles. Step 2: After 45 minutes, combed out the hair and picked out any lice Step 3: Rinse hair with warm water and a dash of dish soap. Step 4: Repeat step one but instead of oil now use vinegar. Wait 45-60 minutes. Step 5: Comb hair out very carefully to pick away any eggs then rinse again, this time we used a nice shampoo, to get rid of the vinegar smell. Follow Up & Prevention Check hair daily for at least 7 days after treatment and possibly repeating the process if there are many cases of lice at school or in the community. A few preventative measures that can be taken whenever you hear of any cases of lice at school or in our community:  In winter leave coats and hats in the car overnight; the freezing temperatures kill any stray crawlers.  Apply Tea Tree Oil Spray on hair and neck area each morning during the lice ‘breakout’ alerts.  Do a lice check every evening.

Vests

Well done to the majority of children who are now wearing their vests every day both to and from school. Whether they are walking, coming by car, skateboarding or whatever, they are expected to be worn everyday. Thank you to families for supporting your child to do this.

Puzzles

If you have any complete puzzles, especially wooden or easy ones, that you no longer need and would be happy to donate to the 'Rainbow Room" for the children to use, we would be most grateful to receive them. Thank you.

Duffy $5 Book Offer Duffy $5 book offer have been sent home with your child. All orders must be returned to the office by 9:00am, Tuesday 4 November.

Swimming Togs Wanted

If you have any spare children’s swimming togs that you no longer need and would like to donate to the school please drop them off at the school office. Thank you.

Scholastic Book Fair

Last day tomorrow for the Scholastic Book Fair. It will be opened from 8.30am -9:00am and then again from 3:00pm - 3.30pm. We have eftpos available and a layby service. Perfect Christmas presents. The money raised form the book fair will help us with new library books as we get 30% of the sales.

Swimming

Ruma Moa and Hoiho

Monday 3 November at 11.30am

Monday 17 November at 1:40pm

Middle Syndicate - 3 November, 10 November, 17 November and 24 November Mako and Kekeno - 12:00pm-12:30pm Tepetepe and Manaia - 12:30pm-1:00pm Pekepeka and Wheke - 1:00pm-1:30pm

Important Diary Dates November Monday Tuesday Monday

3-7 4 10 & 11

Whole School Futsal Coaching $5 Book Order orders due back by 9:00am Yrs. 4-8 only. The Science Road Show, $7 per student. Optional.

December Thursday

4

Friends of Carisbrook School Family Fun Night 4pm-7pm. More details to follow.

Last day of school for 2014 - Wednesday 17th December.

First day of school for 2015 - Monday 2nd February.