Virtues Awards Ka rawe to the following students who were recognised for displaying virtues their teams are focusing on this term.

Kindness: Pippa McKee, Willow McCreedy, Te Awatea Mason, Noah Rattray, Jess Matheson, Zack Newton, Olivia Back. Kindness and Empathy: Khortez Nikora-Joseph. Empathy: Jordyn McInnes, Liam Scott-Pages. Flexibility: Cosette Guy, Ashton Kibblewhite, Bella Stead. Determination: Ihaia Cooper, Ariana Taituma, Tyler Bisset, Odin Brausch, Tayla Scrivener, Charlie Devane, Ryder Grant, Amelia Boden-Cave. Courage: Vicky Ye. Friendliness: Kyla Symes, Jackson Hay, Isla Comrie, Molly Hardy, Sam Watt, Anjully Sok.

Room 1 Camp—Mountain to Sea Room 1 enjoyed their camp at Eltham Presbyterian Camp last week. A range of outdoor activities were enjoyed by all.

Solo—By Aryan Colaabavala Creeping slowly down to our spots, I feel anxious. I sit on the damp ground. Suddenly all the noises and all the torches go out. The pitch black night makes me feel like I’m going to get eaten alive. I hear whispers and the sound of the quite stream flowing. The stars are peeking out from behind the grey clouds. I see blue, I see red. I wonder what it is. Then I realise it’s a plane. Halfway through a few people turn on their torches. It looks like flashes of lightning. Finally the whistle blows, solo is over!

Academic Achievement and/or Progress: Congratulations to the following students:

Kate Macpherson For her outstanding, positive growth mindset approach to learning. Sienna Taylor- Moore Effective recrafting and cameo writing. Zariah Wong Demonstrating perseverance and creative thinking in maths Constince Ranganui-Katene Excellent focus and strategizing in Maths. Molly-May Smith-Hogg A fantastic attitude to maths, working very hard to master basic facts and number knowledge Grace Eastabrook Challenging herself with mathematical problem solving and thinking. Leodin Joblin-Mills Excellent understanding and recall is listening and reading assessments. Elspeth Ifaturoti Fantastic planning and drafting in writing. Daniel Sherborne A great role model with a positive growth mindset towards mathematics and problem solving. Emily Ye For having a growth mind set in all learning areas and for showing perseverance during learning challenges Charlotte Banks Sounding out words and writing the sounds she hears Maggie Savage Using alphabet cards to write first sounds Ada Cox For being able to share with the class how she solved a maths problem using addition and subtraction. A motivated maths participant. Judah Roy For enthusiastic participation in maths and using his skip counting knowledge to count a whole set. Julie Stoop For being an enthusiastic learner during

our Seaweek day at the beach.

Triathlon

Year 4: Girls: - 1st Sienna Gilmore, 2nd Annabelle Brown, 3rd Florence Macbeth. Boys: - 1st Ethan Toy, 2nd Cooper Lawrence, 3rd Ihaia Cooper. Year 5: Girls: - 1st Isla Jones, 2nd Zoe Broadhead, 3rd Cosette Guy. Boys: - 1st Ben Karatau, 2nd Quin Vivian, 3rd Jack Bowen. Year 6: Girls: - 1st Sophie Trott, 2nd Kate Macpherson, 3rd Trista Ormsby. Boys: - 1st Matthias Pa’a, 2nd Zak Papworth, 3rd Joshua Hamling.

Congratulations to all year 4-6 students who took part in our school triathlon.

Kia ora koutou

I was lucky to be able to visit both the Y6 and Y5 camps last week. What stood out for me was how different children are in these ‘outside the classroom’ environments. Staying away from home for a few nights is a powerful way of developing key life skills and provides opportunities for learners, parents and teachers to strengthen their relationships. In the EOTC Guidelines 2016, “Bringing The Curriculum Alive”, it states; ‘The vision of New Zealand’s national curriculum cannot be achieved inside the classroom alone’. I noted strengths and competencies in the children including great leadership, cooperation and teamwork, support for one another and encouragement given to those in need. Many children were challenged by being placed in situations outside their comfort zone while being encouraged to dig deep to succeed. And so I thank those teachers who planned and collaborated closely with the wonderful camp mums and dads who were able to attend these camps and also acknowledge the trust all caregivers place in our teachers to nurture and look after their children over the course of the camps.

On behalf of all our staff I wish everyone a very happy Easter and we look forward to seeing all our learners back at school on Wednesday, 4th April.

Nga mihi

Kevin

Winter Sports Notice

The term 2 and 3 winter sports notice was sent home this week. We are offering the following team sports at St Johns Hill School - Football, (7 years old and up) - Netball, (all ages) - Hockey, (all ages) - Mini ball (years 3 - 6) A reminder that forms and money must be back before Tuesday 10th April for your child to be placed into a team. If your child is playing more than one sport, can you please fill in an individual slip for each sport. For any questions please contact the office or Glen Howells in Room 5. For these sports teams to be successful, coaches are required so please consider assisting your child’s team in a coaching role.

PTA News Thank you for the tremendous support we

received for our Easter Bun fundraiser. We raised $2006!

Green-Gold Enviroschool EARTH KIDS Education for Sustainability Schoolgen School Health Promoting School

Life Education Trust Harold is Coming! This term Life Education Trust will be on site from 4th April until the end of Term 1. Rooms 5-16 will be visiting this term with senior students having the opportunity in Term 4. Life Education is a charity that provides children with the knowledge to make informed choices about their health, respect for others and learn to appreciate their uniqueness. It supports students to develop life skills. It encourages students to make healthy choices. Students gain knowledge about health and their bodies. Students develop self-esteem and a positive understanding of themselves. Students develop strategies for relating to others. All our students will be taking part in this well regarded programme. A $5.50 charge goes to the Trust and we appreciate this being sent prior to the

School Pool Keys Please remember to return school pool keys, pool closes

Friday 13th April. A $5 refund will be given if keys are returned before the end of Term 1.

For any lost keys there will be a charge of $30.

Thour Zone Camp—Makahika Thour zone (Room 3 and 4) enjoyed 3 days at Makahika Outdoor Pursuits Centre Levin last week. Despite the wet weather a fun time was had by all.

Swing Bridge—By Hunter Fromont-Wall I heard the water running. I saw the bridge moving. I felt the breeze going. I felt scared on the bridge. I saw the other end at the bridge. I wondered if there were fish in the river. I imagined me falling off the bridge. I noticed someone was on the bridge with me I was terrified. I felt good going across the bridge.

In the rushing water—By Emily Howells I heard the water rushing down the stream. I heard the birds singing a song very loudly. I saw some very big rocks. I saw so many people falling in the water and getting so wet. I felt the freezing cold water getting on my feet. I felt the run falling down and making the stream deeper. I wondered when we would be back to camp. I wondered if there was any native eels in the stream. I thought if any one would fall on the rocks. I thought if Mrs Chapman and Mrs Baldwin would be okay to walk through the water. I smelt the salty water getting up my nose. I smelt the mud which was stinky. I imagined that i would be fishing for fish. I imagined that the water would be taking me down to the sea. I hopped i was not going to drawn in the water. I hopped no one was going to get hurt. I noticed a bridge nearby. I noticed there was a lot of rocky beaches. I didn’t know how deep it got. I didn’t realise it was going to rain so much. I expected that walking through the stream wasn't so bad after all.

Reminder: PTA AGM Monday, 9 April 2018 - 7pm in the Staff Room

The AGM will include the voting of the PTA committee for the following positions: Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Board of Trustees Representative. If you would like to nominate a person or yourself for one of the positions prior to the AGM, please email annaherd@sky.com by 12noon on Friday, 6 April 2018. All welcome!

Walking School Bus

Our walking Wednesdays are back up and running. Students are welcome to join anytime.

Star of the Week

Savannah Vinnie Jefferies Grant

Womble of the Week

Ian Kim Melanie Goosen