Established 1896

2554 State Highway 10, R D 1, MANGONUI 0494

Phone: 09 406 0300

Principal Mobile: 027 311 7406

Email: office@oruaiti.school.nz

www.oruaiti.school.nz

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Thank you to all those families who were able to support our teachers to enable us to attend the NZEI Paid Union meeting yesterday. This meeting gave us information about the Governments proposal to introduce Global Funding. This would have a huge impact on the way schools are funded and could adversely affect support staff and teaching and learning programmes within schools. We hope to have your continued support with our campaign to encourage the Government to change their proposal. We will keep you informed with our progress. Last week some students presented the speeches they have been working on to the rest of the school. Well done to all students involved, it was great to see you overcome nerves and speak with confidence. Our year three and four students are not able to progress to the Far North competition however the standard of their speeches was excellent. We will have some great speeches to look forward to in the years to come from these students. Results from all year levels are detailed later in this newsletter. Only two more weeks until the end of this term. Things are going to get busy with preparation for Pet/Market Day as well as all the Reading, Writing and Maths that we need to fit in!

ICE-BLOCKS ARE NOW FRIDAY!!!! Ice-blocks have changed to a Friday. Starting tomorrow Friday 9th September. PLEASE GIVE YOUR MONEY TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER!!!

Cost: $1 Thank you for your support!!!

PET DAY Only two weeks to go until our Pet/Market Day. Please see the Pet Day notice included with this newsletter for details of the programme for the day.

OPEN DAY AT KAITAIA COLLEGE This will be held on Monday 12th September starting at 9.30a.m. Any year 8 students who are looking at options for next year should attend this day to see what Kaitaia College has to offer for their secondary school years.

SPEECHES

Last Thursday we held our school speech competition. Thank You to Bev Robertson and Bronwyn Gregory - Hunt for judging this competition. I know this was not an easy job! The results of the competition are as follows. Year 8

1st- Rose Foster

2nd – Prairie Herk

3rd – Jorja Tatham Year 7

1st- Kendal Wyatt-Logan

2nd- Emma Pickard

3rd- Jessica Scott

Highly Commended – Tane Nicholson, Shanae Sumner

Year 6

1st – Ryan Beckham

2nd equal – Cordelia Mostert, Karma Stacey

Highly Commended – Lawe Riwhi Moihi Year 5

1st equal – Brody Hutchinson, Kyra Van Iperen, Meri Sherman

Year 4

1st – Kayla Gregory-Hunt

2nd – Sahara Vercammen

3rd – Tyla Sumner

Highly Commended – Lara Newman Year 3

1st- Amara Oxton

2nd – Camryn Wyatt-Logan

3rd – Jayden Gregory-Hunt

Rose Foster, Kendal Wyatt-Logan and Ryan Beckham will go on to represent our school at the Far North Competition next Thursday.

Term 3, Week 7, Thursday 8th September 2016

CROSS COUNTRY Wow! What an awesome day. Our students performed so well. All students who competed finished their races. A big Thank You to Willie who supported many students around the course and made sure they crossed the finish line with a smile on their face. I am sure Willie would have completed at least 20 laps of the course! We had eight students place 1st in their age group and many others finish in the top ten. We have 18 students who will represent our school (and the Eastern Zone) at the Far North inter-zone competition on Friday (this is only for students 8 years old and above) Students selected for this will have a permission notice today. Results are as follows: Age 5 Boys: 8th Neo Vercammen, 10th Touaka Robinson. Age 5 Girls: 1st Isla Bleakley, 5th Stacey Tehei-Kirkwood, 6th Kaya Henry. Age 6 Boys: 1st Tazman Walden, 8th Jayden Gregory-Hunt. Age 6 Girls: 1st Camryn Wyatt-Logan, 10th Rhiannon Lee-Taipari. Age 7 Boys: 1st Isaac Bleakley. Age 7 Girls: 1st Shaelyn Hohaia, 8th Tyla Sumner. Age 8 Boys: 4th Cash Stacey. Age 8 Girls: 1st Kyra Van Iperen, 3rd Meri Sherman, 5th Kayla Gregory-Hunt. Age 9 Girls: 2nd Cordelia Mostert Age 10 Boys: 1st Tiaki Orbell. Age 10 Girls: 8th Shanae Sumner. Age 11 Boys: 2nd Beau Marshall, 3rd Dylan Jenner-Mattock, 7th Kurt Nash. Age 11 Girls: 3rd Aura Herk, 4th Emma Pickard, 8th Sandy Harrison. Age 12 Boys: 1st Tai Orbell, 3rd Sabastian Mostert, 4th Fabian O’Brien Age 12 Girls: 2nd Prairie Herk, 5th Kahu Wehi

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 9th September – Far North Cross Country 12th September – Orientation Day Kaitaia College 15th September – Far North Speech Competition Kaitaia 19th September – BOT meeting 5.15p.m 22nd September – Pet Day 23rd September – Last Day of Term 3

CERTIFICATES: 31th August 2016

KOWHAI: Isla Bleakley - Welcoming new students and making steady progress in her reading, Ka pai Isla!!, Colin Kerehoma - Sharing news with a big,clear loud voice and fantastic reading with Mrs Ralph! Miharo Colin RIMU: Amara Oxton - For your amazing delivery of your entertaining speech, Selwyn Kerehoma - For having the confidence to present your speech and being proud afterwards, Aneika Pritchard - For producing a very well written speech. PURIRI: KAURI: Tiaki Orbell - Has a growth mindset because he finished his writing first and then with his spare time helped another student to finish theirs, Prairie Herk - Has a growth mindset because she wrote two amazing speeches as she thought she could do even better!, Sabastian Mostert - Has a growth mindset for wanting to stay in at lunchtime to finish his art.

CERTIFICATES: 9th September 2016 KOWHAI: Tazman Walden - Super effort in cross country, Neo Vercammen - Amazing effort in cross country and persevering to run the whole way!. RIMU: Tyla Sumner - Amazing effort running the cross country, Isaac Bleakley - Awesome persistence and effort in cross country, Camryn Wyatt-Logan - Awesome persistence and effort in cross country. PURIRI: Puriri Class - For awesome effort and attitude in cross country. KAURI: Whole school - For representing Oruaiti so impeccably at cross country this week, Shanae Sumner - For persisting at cross country and never giving up.