Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale News

THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING

21November 2012

Next issue: 7 December 2012

Message from the Principal

Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e

lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Welcome

A warm welcome to all new families who have started

at Edendale this week! We are delighted that you

have joined our school family and look forward to

getting to know you all.

Survey: Students and Scooters at School

Thank you to the families who have responded to our

survey to date. The survey will remain open until the

end of next week. To date most responses have been

from families with children in our junior school. It has

been interesting to talk with other local schools about

their approach to this issue, which generates

considerable conversation.

One local school I spoke with discourages scooters

and another larger neighbouring school currently

allows them. However the school is considering

changing this due to numerous complaints from the

public about the manner in which students ride their

scooters on footpaths and the school itself has

informed students that they must wheel rather than

ride their scooter on certain streets. There have also

been scooter thefts from the school grounds and this

is becoming a problem.

We have checked with businesses who produce

scooter racks and these cost in the vicinity of $750 for

a rack that would securely hold ten scooters, which is

quite a considerable cost. We are also currently

checking our other possible alternatives. We will be

discussing the issue further at our Board planning

meeting next week.

2013 Boys’ Class

Thank you to the families who attended our meeting

last week and to Jenny Tong and Brian Coleman for

leading and speaking at the meeting. There has once

again been considerable interest in the class; Jenny

Tong will be in contact with the families of students

who have been selected for this class once the

process is completed; this will be by the end of the

week.

Once again, there were more applicants than places

available. However, learning conditions for boys (as

well as girls!) continues as a priority for teacher

professional development next year.

Choir at the Town Hall

It was a real treat to watch our school choir perform

at the Town Hall last Wednesday evening. They looked

and sounded wonderful! Our talented Teri-Ann

represented us, Letele and Faith had solo parts to

perform and our Marimba group accompanied the

singers during their two songs on the night. Lovely to

see our students with such a high profile! Special

thanks to Whaea Roshan who has given our students

outstanding tuition this year in a number of musical

areas and also to Catherine Oxenham for her

continued support for our choir and music at

Edendale. We really appreciate your participation and

assistance.

Rosemary Vivien

Principal

Get Set Go with

Valerie Adams

Ten of our Years 1-3

s t u d e n t s e n j o y e d

participating in a sporting

event at Eden Park

earlier this week and

were able to meet Valerie

Adams! The event was

most successful; thank

you to Jen Harris and

Shamin Flanagan for

their organisation and

supervision and to the

parents who came along

to transport, assist and

support the students.

Thanks to Simon Finch for

the photo to the right.

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

School Information and Programmes • Notices

Links Edendale’s Website Garden to Table Blog Garden of Eden Blog News Blog

Edendale Playground

Good Behaviour Tickets

Taonga Winners: Shuaib—Rm2

These children were seen...

Keeping our grounds clean: Beth-Anne—Rm9, Summer—Rm5, Nyra—Rm7, Janki—Rm18, Daniel—Rm15

Playing nicely with others: Ashtyn—Rm22, Toakase—Rm4

Being thoughtful: Umaschei—Rm11, Sharnah—Rm23

Sharing with others: Shuaib—Rm2

Other great behaviour: Sanjilah—Rm25

Please Note - Term 4 Calendar

Fri 23 Nov Specialist Facilities Tour: 9:15am

New Parents Morning Tea: 10.15am

Wed 28 Nov Junior Parent information meeting

Literacy/Maths 8.30—9.30am

Tues 18 Dec Last Day of Term 4: 2pm finish

No Post School

School Playground After Hours

A reminder that our adventure playgrounds will close

at 3:30pm daily. Please note that students playing on

school equipment after hours must be directly

supervised by parents/caregivers.

News from Edendale’s PTA

PTA AGM Elected Committee Members for 2013 Chairperson Aamel Rahmati Treasurer Sarah Overhill Secretary David Coventon Staff Representative Aimee Booth

Parent Committee Members Kathy White, Sanj Smith, Gina Wright, Vaughan Drever, Glenn Pressnell. We would also like to thank Tom, resigning Co-Chair whom we will all miss. Chriss, always there and

making things happen. Sanj for being the ever efficient Secretary, Steph for your work as Treasurer and to

Denise, in the office, for covering the PTA financials for us during this year. Tom, the school Caretaker, for being so helpful and Stephen for being a fantastic Staff Rep this year. Wine Tasting Evening This was a very enjoyable, classy and relaxed evening.

The wine was fabulous and the accompanying food provided by Catherine Oxenham was delicious. We raised $325. The evening was hosted by the eloquent David Iggulden, co-owner of the Hamden Estate vineyard in Martinborough.

School Disco – Theme: Your favourite character

To be held Friday 7th of December. Tickets are $2.00

per child. Edendale Primary students only.

Consent forms will be sent home closer to the date, and must be completed, signed and brought to the disco on the 7th of December.

This year we are splitting the disco into 2 time

slots:

Junior Disco – Years 0 to 3 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Senior Disco – Years 4 to 6 6:30 pm – 8:00pm

On the night there will be face painting, glow stick paraphernalia, food and drinks on sale $1—$3 per item.

New PTA Members

We are very low on numbers, so now would be a great time to come and join us in raising money for the children of Edendale Primary School. If you would like to join us you can email us on pta@edendale.school.nz.

Tom Cooper & Aamel Rahmati

Co-Chairpersons

Manaaki—Endeavour Cultural Show

Tuesday 27 November 11.30am

Wednesday 28 November 6.00pm

Thursday 29 November 6.00pm

Tickets available

$2.00 per ticket (no door sales)

Limit 5 tickets per family

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

School Information and Programmes • Notices

Edendale Student Code

I am an Edendale student. Therefore, I show respect to everyone; I am kind to others; I behave in a sensible way. I

take care of my school, my belongings and the environment. I am honest and reliable; I am responsible for my

actions. I have fun with my learning; I participate at school and try my very best!

Garden To Table

We would like to say a big thank you to Joana Wilzek for her kitchenware donation and Kathy White for donating the funky kitchen scales, they are both much appreciated. Wild animals about! The Year 3 classes have been learning about plants and how their seeds disperse. To demonstrate this, the children dropped paper ‘whirly seeds’ to demonstrate how some seeds are spread by flying while others wore socks and ran around school acting like wild animals! The socks mimicked animal fur, accidentally picking up seeds and transporting it to new locations. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about plants. Parsnip harvest Our main harvest in the last two weeks has been the parsnips; they were so big that Jodie had to use a garden fork to dig them up, as she couldn’t pull them out of the ground. The classes must have

done a very good job in planting them, as supposedly parsnips don’t grow very well in Auckland. Once the parsnips made their way up to the kitchen, we cooked and

pureed them to make muffins! Yes muffins. Sarah experimented with the recipe until she got it right. Parsnip, orange and sunflower seed muffins, drizzled with bush honey. They were surprisingly delicious, and the classes loved making them. Jodie, Sarah and Kim

SPORTS NEWS

Swimming 2013 Y0—2 students

Please ensure your Swimsation registration

is completed and returned directly to Kiwiflippers Ltd by Friday 8th February. Payment can be made directly by online banking or by cheque.

Please remember to put your childs name, room number, and school when making any payments to Kiwiflippers.

Forms were sent home mid November, please ask at reception if you require a

spare form.

Athletics Day

Tiaki Team will have their Athletics Day

on Wednesday 12 December. Feel free to come along and watch your child demonstrate some of their skills they have learnt in athletics. Please don’t forget hats, sunscreen and water bottles. 9.15am. start.

2013 Office Opening Hours, Enrolments,

School Donations and Activity Fees and Stationery Packs

SCHOOL BREAK OFFICE HOURS The school office will be open in the holidays, on Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 January and Friday 1, Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 February 2013, during the hours of 10.00am-2.00pm for families who wish to come in

‘before the rush’ for the above. WEEK 1 (Thur 7 and Fri 8 February 2013)

The office would prefer to accept stationery, donation and activity payments (from Parents/Caregivers only) between the hours of: Mornings: 8.00am-10.45am Afternoons: 2.30pm-3.30pm Please note payments will not be accepted from students until Week 2. WEEK 2 (Mon 11 - Fri 15 February 2013)

The office would prefer to accept stationery, donation and activity payments (from Parents/Caregivers only) in the morning, during the hours of 8.00am-10.45am. Children who are paying for stationery, donation and activity fees in Week 2 will be called up from their classes during school hours to do so. We appreciate your assistance by not sending children to the office directly. WEEK 3 ONWARDS (Mon 18 February 2013)

Normal hours of 8.00am-3.30pm will resume. Our office staff have many other duties to complete at this very busy time of the year and we do appreciate your support with this. Thank you.

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

See our website for info on upcoming events, BOT news and more! www.edendale.school.nz

Board of Trustees

Next meeting will be a planning meeting

Tuesday 27 November

Edendale PTA

Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Thursday 21 February 2013

All welcome to attend

Manaaki Artists and Authors • Notices

2013 School Calendar

Term 1: 7 February - 19 April

Term 2: 6 May - 12 July Term 3: 29 July - 27 September

Term 4: 14 October - 20 December

Public Holidays falling on school days:

Friday 29 March—Good Friday

Monday 1st April—Easter Monday Monday 3 June — Queen’s Birthday Monday 28 October — Labour Day

Message from the ART ROOM Needed clean tin cans, containers, lids, newspapers

and magazines. There is so much art going on,

we are running out!

Yummy Apple Stickers

Thank you to Bridgit Williams and everyone

for their collection of ‘Yummy Apple

Stickers for Sports Gear’ on behalf

of Edendale.

National Jandal Day

Friday 7th December

support Surf Lifesaving

N e w Z e a l a n d b y

wearing your Jandals to

school.

Gold Coin Donation

Well Done To former Edendale pupil Darius Apulu who will be

Head Boy of De La Salle college in 2013 and was

awarded Year 12 Dux.

Edendale School

Christmas Holiday Programme

OSCAR-approved

14th January 2013– 1st February 2013

from 9.00am – 3.00pm

for children aged 5 – 12 years

There will be craft activities and trips out. Pre-care and

Post-care is also available. Enrolment brochures will be

available from the school office from Friday 23

November. For all queries, please ring the school

office on 846 6340 or 021 124 7571.

Wanted! All remnants of wrapping paper and wall

paper, any sizes and colours for craft activities for the

Edendale School Holiday Programme. Please leave at

the school office.

Lost Property Please check for any items of lost

property in the cupboard (by the office).

We will dispose of any unclaimed clothing

after 2pm Tuesday 18 December.

Pouring Rain

Heavy rain is brushing through the sky.

Oh, I wish the hushing would stop irritating you and I.

Lakes are filling up and the sky is getting dry.

Streams are getting bigger, we are bored you and I.

everything is wet, the sun is coming up.

Now the rain is evaporating, there's less to fill a cup.

By Chris, William & Oskar—Rm 4

Newsletter Distribution Our newsletters are distributed fortnightly. Families who do not have email at home will continue to receive a

paper copy. We have currently had our email system checked and it appears that our caregivers emails are not excepting our email. If you have a home email address and did not receive an electronic copy, please contact the school office with your childs name, room number and current email address.