Getting into the Olympic spirit!

Yesterday Muritai School enjoyed a fantastic day participating in our own mini Olympics. It was great to see the hard work that the Senior Syndicate (Year 7/8) had put into the day being an absolute success. It was a long yet incredibly enjoyable day from the opening ceremony all the way through to the final medal prize giving.

In Third place - Greece

In Second place - Kenya

The Winners - China

Syndicate Assembly Wk11

Sport

*Y5/6 Rugby match v Boulcott School on Wednesday, with kick off @ 12pm @ Boulcott School.

*The Muritai School ‘Mini Olympics’ will be held on Tuesday.  The ‘Parade of Nations’ will begin at 9.20am

*ASB Girls soccer tournament.  The tournament was played in the new ASB arena in Wellington last week.  Muritai 1 only lost 1 of 5 games and Muritai 2 also played well. 

We had some really positive feedback from one of the parents that attended:

“I also wanted to let you know what a pleasure it was to attend this event with the girls.  It was awesome to see how they supported each other, had some fantastic chants on the sideline and represented Muritai to the standards you would expect.  The school can be very proud of them.”

Well done girls!

*Touch teams to be announced this week.  There are 5  Year 5/6 teams entered, which is the most we’ve ever had.  We are just waiting for confirmation from Touch NZ.

*Tennis – Mr McMillan will be meeting, sometime this week, with all of those who have shown interest in representing the school at the tennis tournament in term 4.

*Cross Country – Macey Caughley will be competing in the Inter-Regional Primary Schools Cross Country Championships on Thursday at Queen Elizabeth Park on the Kapiti Coast.  We wish her all the best for the race!

Earthquake awareness

On Wednesday at 9.26a.m, 'The great shakeout' will take place in your classrooms.   This is a nationwide earthquake drill to raise awareness and ensure preparedness in case of a real event.  More information can be found on the following website: http://www.shakeout.govt.nz/

Production – ‘The Uno Effect’

*What an AWESOME week it was!  You all were great, in the holding rooms and on stage.  You should be very proud of your performances. 

Some feedback via the school Facebook page about the production:

“Great work from the kids”

“Highly entertaining show”

“Great performance”

“Such a fabulous show”

“Love, Love, LOVE”

“I loved the show, fabulous music”

By all accounts the show was a HIT!!!  Congratulations Ms. Berry for directing a fabulous production. 

A DVD ($15) will be on sale soon!

Enviro-School

*Remember to use the compost bin

Muritai School Values

*Last week our goal was to show courtesy.  This week we are focusing on RESPECT.  There have been a number of incidents recently that have shown a lack of respect for others and their property.  One most important values we have as citizens is respect.  Respect encompasses our 4Cs, it means to show consideration for; treat courteously or kindly.  We need to be appreciating and respecting others differences and uniqueness- protecting others- especially if they are new and you notice someone giving them a hard time.

Putting on the polish!

With less than a week left till our first production performance we are busy putting the polish on our Uno's Garden performance. If you are wanting to watch the show get in quick to get your tickets on the day/nights that you prefer...they will sell out!

Here is a taster of how fabulous our syndicate will look:

Calendars

It's calendar time. This is always a great fund raiser for the school and provides you with the opportunity to purchase a unique art work as an early christmas present.

Syndicate Assembly Wk9

·      Sport: 

*The ASB Girls Soccer Tournament is to be held on Thursday in week 10. Mr. McMillan will be finalizing the teams this week.

*Muritai School will have some stackers competing at ‘The New Zealand Sport Stacking Championships’ held in Palmerston North on Saturday 15^thSeptember.

*Tennis

There is a tennis tournament next term for boys and girls.  Mr. McMillan would like to see anyone who is interested and has had tennis coaching or plays for a club.

*Touch

Touch notices need to go to the office.  They need to be by this Friday.  No form No play!

·      Maths

*The Y5/6 ‘Mathswell’ competition team had a great time last Thursday evening at Berhampore School in Wellington.  It was a really tough competition.  Well done Lauren, Mia TB, Max W, Monty D, Lucy C and Liam F for your efforts.

·      Artsplash Choir

*The Y4-6 Artsplash choir are going to Wellington, on Wednesday, for arehearsal at the Michael Fowler Centre.  They will leave at approx.10.00am (rehearsal @ 11.30am) and return to school at approx. 2.00pm.  The concert is at 7.45pm on Wednesday night.

·      Production: 

This is the final week of preparation so make sure you:

-have all of your costume sorted and at school in a named bag

-continue to cooperate to ensure maximum concentration during practices.

-read the notice (email) that will come out this week about times and places

·      Behaviour expectations

It is so important to be ‘better than our best’ when there are relievers in the classroom.

·      Book work

We expect that bookwork be done to a high standard.  You need to have ‘PRIDE’ in all of the work you do.

·      Homework: 

*Room 11, 12 and 13 will begin the new homework this week.  It is a NEW and improved version of homework and it includes – Reading, Spelling, Mathletics, a relevant activity and ‘Extra for Experts’.  All of the required homework is due in by Friday.  

·      Welcome Felix!

*Felix has started today in Room 11.  Welcome to Muritai School Felix!!

·      REMINDER about Mathletics: 

* Free Parent Access!

You can register for free parent access so you can view your child’s progress and certificates.  Visit www.mathletics.co.nz/parent Fill in the required fields and submit Record your new username and password.  Each student’s Mathletics account holds information relating to individual results and progress.

Please ensure that your child is the only one to access and use their account.

·      4 C’s:

* Last week’s goal was ‘Co-operation’.  It was great to see most of the students co-operate with each other and teachers through production preparation.  This week’s goal is to use Common Sense  - things that are ‘normal around our school’ e.g. walking in the corridors, picking up rubbish (even if it’s not yours), letting others through the door ways, looking after your own property and respecting others’ property etc.

And the winner is...

Y5/6 Speech competition Final

The final of the Y5/6 speech competition was AWESOME!  

All of the finalists did a great job. 

The winner of the Y5 category is...Andrew Sutcliffe

The winner of the Y6 category is...Milly Griffiths

The 2012 overall Y5/6 speech champion is...Milly Griffiths!!!  Well done Milly!!!

Syndicate Assembly W8

·      Sport: 

*The ASB Girls Soccer Tournament is to be held in week 10 of term 3

*Congratulations to the Y5/6 Girls and Boys hockey teams as they won the Central Zone trophy by coming 1^st and 2^nd respectively.

*Y5/6 Boys Hockey feedback:

“They took direction very well, and outplayed teams with players with much more experience by working well as a group, backing each other up and showing superior fitness (and bravery). They exhibited good sportsmanship on and off the field, supported the girls when possible and were a real credit to the Muritai School. Most importantly they all seemed to enjoy themselves and are all very keen to play again”.

*Water Polo – The finals are this week.  Make sure that you check your emails for times etc.

*North Island Primary Schools Ski Championships – The following Y5/6 students took part in the championships last week:  Tobias Knight, Max Hahn, and Mathew Jones.

·      ‘Mean Green House’ competition

*Grace Allan, Ella Tait, Eva Oliver and Lauren Redpath (of Room 13) have been working on a project over that last few weeks, which they have entered into the ‘Mean Green House’ competition.  They have put a lot of hardwork and effort into this project.  You can see the video they made, as part of the project, on Room 13’s class blog.

·      BP Technology Challenge

*Last week Muritai Scholl sent 2 teams to the BP technology challenge.  Pablo, Eden, Ella T, Charlotte W and Grace Ogilvie made up the Year 5/6 team.  The team had great success, placing 3^rd in the ‘known challenge’ section of the event. 

·      Enviro School

*The Enviro Team (Eden and Rosa) will be setting up a new compost bin for the students to start putting food scraps in to.

·      Maths

*The Y5/6 ‘Mathswell’ competition is this Thursday evening at Berhampore School in Wellington.  We wish our team all the best!

Problem solving: Lauren, Mia, Max

Activity: Monty, Lucy, Liam

·      Production: 

*You need to bring in all of the things you need for your costume by Monday of week 9. An email has been sent home explaining what is required.

·      Y5/6 Speech finals are today.  Good luck to all of the finalists!!!

·      Homework: 

*Room 11, 12 and 13 are coming to the end of the inquiry homework.  All of the required homework is due in by Friday.  Room 14 has an extra week as they started the inquiry homework a week later.  There will be a NEW and improved version of homework starting in Week 9 and will include –Reading, Spelling, Mathletics, inquiry and an ‘Extra for Experts’.

·      ‘Tell the teacher’: 

*It is always important to ‘tell the teacher’ about any incidents that happen in or outside of the class.  The teacher needs to be informed of things that are contrary to the class OR syndicate expectations.

·      Mathletics: 

* Free Parent Access!

You can register for free parent access so you can view your child’s progress and certificates.  Visit www.mathletics.co.nz/parent Fill in the required fields and submit Record your new username and password.  Each student’s Mathletics account holds information relating to individual results and progress.

Please ensure that your child is the only one to access and use their account.

·      4 C’s:

*Consideration (moving silently through the corridor during learning time) was last week’s goal.  This week’s goal is Co-operation, we need to ensure that we co-operate with students and teachers through all of the production preparation.

Mean Green House Comp

After a whole lot of blood, sweat and yes even tears 4 students from Room 13 have finally completed their Schoolgen Mean Green House Competition entry. The students were required to explore eco houses, draw their own house, build it, record all their work in a portfolio and then create a video that shared all the fascinating details of their house. Here is the result:

And the finalists are...

It was a very difficult decision this year with so many speakers presenting their speeches to such a high standard. However a decision had to made and the students from Year 5 and 6 that will progress to the Finals on Friday are (In no particular order):

Year 5

Max Hahn

Phoebe Evans

Andrew Sutcliffe

Lucy Crawford

Year 6

Hannah Moffat

Harry Summers

Louis Rutherford

Milly Griffiths

Congratulations finalists and to all those who presented!

Syndicate Assembly W7

 Today we met as a syndicate and talked about what is coming up this week and also what we aim to achieve. 

·      Macey Caughley (Bad Habits) and Harrison Summers (6 weeks in a wheel chair) presented their speeches

·      Sports – Zone Hockey Tournament on Tuesday 28^th August

·      BP Challenge – Thursday 30th August

·      Production – Help needed for the painting of the backdrops.  Please contact Ms. Berry ASAP if your parents are able to assist.

·      Speeches  - Top 8 finalist to be confirmed by Tuesday and the FINAL will be held on Friday.  An email with names, times and venue will be forwarded as soon as we make the final decisions.

·      Our team GOAL for the week: moving through the corridors silently during learning time (Consideration)