30 june newsletter edendale

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

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale News 30 June 2011

Next issue: 14 July 2011

THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING

Principal’s Message Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei,

Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Thank you!

A very special ‘thank you’ goes to Hamish Stewart and

Karen Ward for their very generous donation of a gar-

den shed for our school orchard. Doesn’t it look great!

This is going to be really useful and we very much ap-

preciate your generosity! We are always looking for ad-

ditional helpers for the orchard so if you have a spare

moment, please give me a

call or email and I’ll pass

your details on to Karen.

We have had further in-

quiries from parents at

other schools wanting to

come and visit the orchard

having seen the ‘Garden of

Edendale’ Blog (access via the information page of our

website). It is great to be able to share our gardens at

Edendale with others!

Hui and Fono

Thank you so much to all the families who came along

last night to share thoughts and aspirations for their

children at school and for the future. We were delighted

to see many more families attending for both Hui and

Fono this year. It was very empowering to hear your

stories and feedback. We hope that you enjoyed hearing

about our stories too and also our hopes and dreams for

both our own children and grandchildren as well as for

yours! It was quite evident that we have a shared vision

for learning, education, happiness and a ‘good life’ for

everyone.

We look forward to meeting up again in November to

celebrate learning at Edendale in 2011.

Safety First Messages

1. Please ensure that you all take great care with chil-

dren crossing Sandringham and other busy local roads

at all times, not just before and after school! One of

our teachers (on her way home) has noticed parents

crossing Sandringham Rd at dusk, on a number of occa-

sions, dodging in between traffic and running over the

road with Edendale children, quite close to the St Lukes

Rd/Balmoral Rd intersection. There is a crossing at the

intersection, please use it! It is not worth risking your

own as well as your child’s life!

2. Two students from Balmoral Intermediate were hit by

a car while on the pedestrian crossing outside our school

last Friday. Thanks to the quick thinking of a trainee

teacher at Edendale (who was on the scene and noted

the registration and vehicle details), police were able to

follow up this accident with the driver, (who ran a red

light while in the bus lane and did not stop at the time).

Two things to remember here - A. red light running is

dangerous and we will report all vehicles that we are

able to indentify doing this. B. If you are a pedes-

trian, please do not race over the road at the last min-

ute. If you have a bike or scooter with you, you must

walk it across the road.

3. The KINZ carpark is neither a parking nor a turning

area for Edendale parents dropping off or picking up

children. Please DO NOT use it like this; it is becoming

very unsafe for KINZ children and their families as well

as Edendale students walking by. Our community con-

stable will be giving information about potential fines for

various offences around schools in the near future.

Rosemary Vivien, Principal

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!



School Information

Edendale Playground GOOD Behaviour Tickets

Name Room Awarded for Name Room Awarded for

Navjot 1 Playing nicely with others Hamid 12 Playing nicely with others

Jason 20 Keeping our grounds clean Matthew 27 Keeping our grounds clean

David E 11 Being thoughtful, kind and caring

YUMMY

STICKERS

It's time to collect YUMMY stickers

again!!! Edendale is participating in

this great promotion that runs

through Terms 2 and 3. Each class

has a sticker collection sheet and a

bag label sheet or you can download

c o l l e c t i o n s h e e t s f r o m

www.yummyfruit.co.nz. Completed

sheets are to be put in the collection

box at the office.

Eat YUMMY apples

and get FREE sports

gear for our school!

The Art Festival will take place 20-22 September. There will be an exhibition of stu-

dents’ art, a silent auction and three days of special events to celebrate visual art.

We are looking for artists who would like to visit our school, or “famous” locals who would be prepared to create a spe-

cial piece of artwork for our silent auction. If you would like to be involved in supporting our Art Festival celebrations

please contact Jackie Procter (Deputy Principal Y1-3) or leave a message with Zoe at the office.

The Art-a-thon is our major school fundraising event for 2011. We wish to raise money to purchase further equipment

in the areas of Visual Art, the ‘Food for Thought’ programme and Literacy. Our aim is to match the amount raised in

2010. Art-a-Thon packs, questions and sponsorship forms will be sent home on Friday 8 July. This will allow students

plenty of time over the holidays to collect sponsors and to research and learn the answers to the Art-a-Thon questions.

Students will be tested in Week 2 of Term 3 (Wednesday 10 August) and sponsorship money will need to be collected by

Week 6 (5-9 September).

Thank you for your support with this major fundraiser this year. Our students are looking forward to showing you some

of the amazing artwork they have completed this year.

Jackie Procter (Deputy Principal Y1-3) & Kusam Fausett (Artist in Residence)

Worm Wee Garden Liquid Food

$4 for 2L / $2 for 1L

Fantastic for the garden!

Please see Mr Bell in Room 11

Message from the ART

ROOM Needed: wooden cotton reels, clean

tin cans, containers, lids and maga-

zines. There is so much art going on,

we are running out!

Thank you from Kusam

THREE-WAY CONFERENCES

Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13 July

We look forward to meeting up to

talk about learning at school with

you and your child/children. We

have increased the time for these

conferences to 20 minutes as we

now have students participating as

well as parents having time to talk

with teachers.

Please note that school will close at

1:00pm on these days.

http://www.yummyfruit.co.nz



Continued… PUKEKO ARTISTS AND AUTHORS

This term as part of our ‘What is Art?’ topic, Room 21

have used different mediums to produce our own pic-

tures of fruit. We used oil pastels for the pineapple,

charcoal pencils for the ba-

nana, and crayon and dye for

the fruit salad. Please come

and have a look at our amaz-

ing art outside Miss Tong’s

office.

BIKE AGREEMENTS

A reminder that any student who wishes to ride his/her bicycle to school must have a signed Bike Agreement with the school. Forms may be collected from Mr Wilson in Room 24.

N E T B A L L

In the Three Kings Netball Saturday Compe-tition for the first half of the championship, Edendale A finished 3rd in the A grade and Edendale B finished 10th in C grade. Well done and a big thank you to all those in-volved. Please note that there is no netball on the weekends of 16th, 23rd and 30th July (school holidays).

Laycen

When I saw the tree it had little holes

and I saw a little hole. When I looked at

the tree it had a soft woolly coat.

By Rob — Room 18

My favourite food is pumpkin soup with

carrots in it because it has vegetables in

it. By Beth-Anne — Room 18

Rehma

James



2011 School Calendar

Term 2:

Monday 2 May to Friday 15 July

NB: Queen’s Birthday — Monday 06 June

Term 3:

Monday 1 August to Friday 7 October

Term 4:

Tuesday 25 October to Friday 16 December

NB: Labour Day — Monday 24 October

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

PTA News

Board of Trustees

Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Tuesday 9th August at 7:15pm

All welcome to attend

Edendale PTA Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Thursday 14th July at 7:00pm

All welcome to attend

Quiz Night: Friday 8th July 7-10pm - come in fancy dress. Buy your tickets (cash or cheque) at the office or outside Room 9 - $20 each or $150 for a table of eight. Money raised will help towards providing resources to sup-port the school. We will be holding raffles/auctions throughout the night and we need your help in getting

these items. If you have a good or service you can do-nate, please leave the item or details at the office or con-tac t Sarah Overh i l l (021 332 433 or [email protected]). All donations greatly appreci-ated! We’re all looking forward to an awesome night out - only 8 more sleeps to go!

Fotoman: Photos will be available Friday 1st July.

Sausage Sizzle: Friday 1st July at lunchtime. Sausages

(non-halal) are $1.50 each (max 2 per child). Orders will

be collected by classroom teachers (not the office) on

Thursday 30th June.

Parent Liaisons: We still require parent liaisons for most classes. Attendance at meetings is not required, we just need your help to pass on information to the other par-ents in your class. Please contact Aamel on [email protected] if you can assist.

Tom Cooper - Chairperson

LOST PROPERTY

Please make sure you

check the lost prop-

erty cupboard by the

office.

We will dispose of

anything that remains

unclaimed by Friday

15 July.

* S C H O O L H O L I D A Y P R O G R A M M E *

Edendale School will be running a Holiday Programme Monday 18th July – Friday 29th July for children aged 5–12 years. This is an Oscar approved programme and will run craft activities, games and trips out. Pre-care/Post-care will be available. Brochures can be picked up from the office or downloaded from the school website. Please contact Karen on 846 6340 or 021 124 7571 for more information.

* * * W A N T E D * * *

An old bath tub (not plastic)

Please see Mr Bell in

Room 11.

Baby Food Jars with Lids

(clean & empty)

Please bring them to the office.

* * * T H A N K Y O U ! * * *

School Holiday Animal Care Workshops

Calling all animal lovers! Surround yourself with hun-

dreds of pets and exotic animals these holidays at the

Oracle Education ‘Zoo’. We have an awesome range of

hands-on animal care (and careers) workshops for all

ages throughout the holidays providing fun and practical

learning at our Mairangi Bay venue. From super cute

chinchillas and puppies to exotic reptiles and inverte-

brates we provide the ultimate interactive animal experi-

ence! Early bookings advised – give us a call today!

Visit www.hippo.co.nz for a full list of workshops and Pet

Party and Pet Club information. Ph 376 2024 or email

[email protected]

BALMORAL SCHOOL

Next week we are holding an Open Evening and Open Day for Year 6 students and their parents who are inter-ested in Balmoral as a possible Intermediate for 2012.

The Open Evening will be held on Tuesday 5 July, begin-ning at 6:30pm. For those who are available to attend during the day we will be holding an Open Day the same week, Thursday 7 July, from 9:15am – 12:15pm.

On both occasions we will give parents an opportunity to see how things are done at Balmoral. We will also provide an opportunity for parents to ask questions so they can make an informed decision about which Inter-mediate to send their child to next year.

We certainly welcome all, and will be accepting some applications for out of zone enrolments. These are due no later than Tuesday 27 September and a ballot will be held if necessary, on Tuesday 4 October. The priority order for the ballot is:

1. Siblings of current students

2. Siblings of previous students

3. Children of former students

4. Children of staff / BoT members

5. General ballot

http://www.hippo.co.nz

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