Kaua e rangiruatia te hā o te hoe; e kore tō tātou waka e ū ki uta. Do not lift the paddle out of unison or our canoe will never reach the shore.

Kia ora whānau,

Welcome to term 4, the busiest term on the school calendar. One of the absolute highlights of the term is our Monster Fair, run by our fantastic PTA and supported by staff, volunteers and other community stakeholders. If you are able to help us on the day please complete the volunteer form in the Oakleaf Café or email stalbansmonsterfair@gmail.com. This is definitely an event you don’t want to miss. Join us Sunday 11th November 12 – 4pm. Sun Safe School A reminder that hats must be worn outdoors this term. Navy blue bucket style hats or purchase a school cap from the office or café for $20. St Albans is Now a Rubbish Free School Removing the bins means all packaging that is in your child’s lunchbox will return home with them. Our goal is to reduce the amount of plastic packaging we use. Food scraps will be collected at school. Our Eco Warriors are driving this initiative, however, it needs all our cooperation to achieve this important goal. VIP Morning Tea – Friday 14th December If you have helped us ... pop this one in your diary now. We will once again showcase St Albans talent and put on a lavish spread as a means of showing our appreciation of your support.

Our kiwaha this week is Pai mutunga - that's the best! Out of School Achievement Lola and Mischa competed in the 10th Grade Girls South Island Football Tournament during the holidays. Their team worked so hard, won all 6 games and finished first place! Well done girls. Ngā mihi, Ginnie and the team

Term 4 Week 1 18 October 2018 2015October 2014

Phone: 355 9132 #0 Reception

Absentee Line: 355 9132 # 1 or 027 750 3559 (text only) Email: stalbans@stalbans.school.nz Website: www.stalbans.school.nz

Kaua e rangiruatia te hā o te hoe; e kore tō tātou waka e ū ki uta. Do not lift the paddle out of unison or our canoe will never reach the shore.

NEW PUPILS We welcome the following children who joined our school this week: William, Aiden, Josefa, Ezamae, Tatum and Vanshika. YEAR 5 & 6 ATHLETICS TUESDAY OCT 23rd (pp. Thursday Oct 25th) Events will begin at 9.30am. Senior students will be competing in year groups (this is new this year and is a directive from Primary Sport Canterbury) The following are some guidelines so you know what your child/children are eligible for:

• Children who are Yr 5 are eligible for the zone sprint, relay, long jump and high jump teams.

• Children who are Yr 6 are eligible for zone sprints, relay, high jump, long jump, discus and shot put teams.

• Yr 5 & 6 children are eligible for the 1000 metre at the Zone Champs These distance races will be held soon after our school athletics day. Canty. Primary School Athletic rules state that any representative may only enter the following:

• 2 sprints (including relay) and 1 field event or • 1 sprint and 2 field events or • 3 field events

The Year 5 boys and girls have been split (evenly in ability) into a red and white section because of their large numbers. For this age group the top 4 children from red and top 4 from white will be selected and their throws/jumps measured to get the overall place getters. (Although sprints will be run altogether on the day).

9.30am 10.30am 11.10am 11.50am 1.30pm 2.10pm Sprints All Yr 5 Yr 6 Boys Yr 6 Girls X X Relays Discus X Yr 5 Red Yr 6 Boys Yr 6 Girls Yr 5 White Relays

Long Jump X Yr 5 White Yr 5 Red Yr 6 Boys Yr 6 Girls Relays Shot Put Yr 6 Girls X Yr 5 White Yr 5 Red Yr 6 Boys Relays

High Jump Yr 6 Boys Yr 6 Girls X Yr 5 White Yr 5 Red Relays Children are encouraged to wear their house colours, bring a water bottle, wear a hat, apply sunscreen and have a warm jacket handy just in case. Please bring a safety pin so your score card can be placed on to your top. It should be a great day and we would love to see you down here if you can. Make sure you bring your running shoes for the parent relay at the end.

Kaua e rangiruatia te hā o te hoe; e kore tō tātou waka e ū ki uta. Do not lift the paddle out of unison or our canoe will never reach the shore.

ICAS 2018 Results Many St Albans children choose to take part in these annual competitions. Special congratulations to these children that scored particularly well.

Merit Credit Distinction ICAS Maths Year 4 Joseph Ollie Harry Year 5 Sophie B, Emily T, Lachie Year 6 Hanako Magnus Rory ICAS English Year 4 Ollie Harry Year 5 Lachie Sophie B Year 6 Rory, Aoife Ava Olivia D ICAS Writing Year 4 Zena Evie Year 6 Emily D, Olivia D, Aoife, Ava ICAS Spelling Year 4 Evie, Harry Year 5 Tyler, Alexander Year 6 Tahnul, Magnus Rory ICAS Digital Technology Results Year 5 Lachie Year 6 Tahnul, Rory, Henry

Merit Credit Distinction High Distinction ICAS Science Results Year 4 Joey Hannah Harry Year 5 Lachie Year 6 Tim, Magnus Rory Australian Maths Competition run by the AMT Proficiency Credit Distinction High Distinction Year 4 Harry Year 5 Gisele Lachie Joe Year 6 Magnus, Annabel, Tim Lily Y Rory

INTER-REGIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP (By Maya) At the end of September Maya, Otto and Isaac travelled to Nelson to represent Canterbury at the Inter-regional Primary School Cross Country. We had all been training hard and were looking forward to the competition. The event was held at Rabbit Island on a very sandy course, which included four challenging hills. Otto came 6th and also picked up the 4-person team gold, Maya came 25th and Isaac placed 38th. After the race the Canterbury team went for a swim and this was followed by a team dinner in the evening. In the morning we went for a run in fancy dress along Tahunanui beach. It was an amazing experience being part of the Canterbury team!

Kaua e rangiruatia te hā o te hoe; e kore tō tātou waka e ū ki uta. Do not lift the paddle out of unison or our canoe will never reach the shore.

SCHOOL NOTICES Term 3 School Donation Prize Draw – Thank you to the vast majority of our families that choose to pay the school donation. We really appreciate your support. The winners of the term 3 prize draw were the Kreis family and the Datt family. There will be another prize draw at the end of term 4. Scholastic Book Club Issue 7 is out now. It is the last issue for the year. Maybe time to think about purchasing some early Christmas presents? Thank you for supporting Scholastic, which helps to boost our school library. Due date is Tuesday 30th of October. Visit scholastic.co.nz/LOOP to place your credit card order, or cash/cheque to the office please. PTA NEWS Ø Monster Fair – thank you for supporting us by selling raffle tickets. There are so many

amazing prizes to be won. Ø Reusable Bags Fundraiser - Support our reusable bag fundraiser and purchase yours

for just $5 each at the Café. These make FANTASTIC swimming bags J Ø Friday Sausage Sizzle - $2 per sausage, gluten-free and vegetarian available on

request. Order between 8:30 and 9am in the hall. Ø Fresh Free Range Eggs - $5.50 a dozen. Order in the café by Friday 9am for collection

on the following Wednesday morning.

COMMUNITY NOTICES Orton Bradley Park are holding its annual Spring Fair this weekend SUNDAY, LABOUR WEEKEND 21ST OCTOBER, 2018. 10AM - 4PM - more info: www.ortonbradley.nz There will be a stall there to seek funding to establish native forest back on to the park. We have set up a Give-a-little page to help fund this new forest. Below is the link: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/harbour-habitat-orton-bradley-park-native-forest Orton Bradley Park would like the community to help create a new native forest for all to enjoy. We are seeking crowd funding to establish this forest on the park. We are asking that you donate $10 per tree, for as many trees as you would like to pay for. That $10 goes towards preparing the land before planting, the seedling, and tree rescue the following 2 years after planting. Disclaimer: St Albans School does not necessarily support or endorse any of the services advertised in this newsletter.