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.