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29 May 2013TRANSCRIPT
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] or [email protected] •
Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
Edendale News
THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING
30 May 2013
Next issue: 12 June 2013
Message from the Principal
Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!
Our students celebrated our 104th Birthday in a variety of ways! Some of our Year One
students wrote stories, made party hats to
wear, read along with
Janet and John stories from my school days
a t Mode l Count ry School, experienced a
handwriting lesson with Matua Alan writing on a
‘ s la te ’ w i th cha l k
(very similar to lessons of my childhood; who
remembers ‘the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’?) Year Two
students participated in callisthenics and marching, some of the Year Threes made beautiful symmetrical
butterflies and Room 27 combined a birthday and a National Music Month activity and made this amazing cake!
Thank you to our Board of Trustees
A very special thank you to our current trustees, Khylee Quince (Chairperson), John Marsh, Mike Maitland and Roshyn Singh for their excellent governance of our school and commitment
to all staff, students and their families over the past three years. There have been numerous
challenges to address (mainly in the property area of leaky buildings remediation), which were all successfully resolved by the Board. Voting closed at midday today. The results of the new
Board election will be notified to the community via newspapers after 5th June. The first meeting will take place on Tuesday 25th June at 7:15pm; this will be a planning and training
meeting (not open to the public).
Enjoy the upcoming long weekend!
Rosemary Vivien, Principal
HAPPY 104TH BIRTHDAY EDENDALE!
It was our official birthday on Wednesday 29 May
Monday 3rd June is a Public Holiday
School re-opens Tuesday 4 June
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] or [email protected] •
Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
School Information • Programmes • Awards
Prepaid PhotoLife Portrait Class and Sibling Photos These will be taken on Thursday 20th June, starting at
9:00am. Please see attached packs from your class
teacher. ‘Sibling’ envelopes can be collected from the
school office. No photos will be distributed with out a pre
paid envelope.
Contact details changed? If so, please complete the
attached form and leave it with office staff. It is really important that office staff have your correct de-
tails so that they are able to contact you in emergencies
and so that correspondence we send reaches you.
School Payments When making direct credit payments to our bank account,
please ensure you put a reference with the payment e.g.
Donation, Activity or Post School as we have many direct
credits made and cannot always identify the payer and
payment type. Thank you.
Garden to Table
We had a very exciting day at Edendale, celebrating International Food Revolution Day.
The whole school partook in the activity, with Room 28 being filmed live by Breakfast TV
having their pyjama party and preparing their delicious breakfast. We were baking our
Morning Glory muffins and roasted vegetable frittata. Awesome! In the garden we have been testing the pH and NPK (nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium) levels in our
soil, the results are important for leaf growth, root growth and plant health and fruit. We have been
digging up huge amounts of jerusalem artichokes that are not actually from Jerusalem or an artichoke
but are related to sunflowers! In the kitchen we have been turning our artichokes into soup and making herb and cheese scones to
accompany the soup, perfect for this time of year!
We are also discussing vitamins, where they come from and why our body needs vitamins to stay
healthy. We have learnt which fruit, vegetables and herbs are super rich in vitamins (parsley, red
capsicum and broccoli). We are on the plastic milk bottle top hunt again, please leave your clean bottle tops in a container down
by our shed (outside Room 11).
Are you interested in volunteering Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday for an hour or so? We would love to
hear from you; please contact Sarah or Jodie, [email protected] Sarah and Jodie
Term Three: Science Open Week and Science-a-thon
Science Open Week will take place 27th-29th August with ‘hands on’ interactive displays and experiments
happening in all classrooms. The Science-a-thon is our major school fundraising event for this year. We
wish to raise money to purchase further equipment in the areas of Science and ICT. Science-a-thon
packs, questions and sponsorship forms will be sent home on Friday 5th July. This will allow students
plenty of time over the holidays to collect sponsors and to research and learn the answers to the
Science-a-thon questions. Students will be tested in Week Two of Term Three (Wednesday 7th August)
and sponsorship money will be collected by Week 5 (Friday 31st August).
We are looking for scientists who would like to visit our school during this week!
If you would like to be involved in supporting our Science Open Week, please contact Shilpa Soysa (R22),
Jackie Procter (Deputy Principal Yr1-3) or leave a message with the office. Thank you in advance for your
support with our major fundraiser this year. Our students are looking forward to showing you some of
their amazing science learning. Shilpa Soysa (Science Curriculum Leader)
Breakfast Show last week… Good Morning this week!
A group of Yr5-6 students and R28 starred
during a Breakfast Show clip last week, here
is a link if you missed it!
http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/garden-
table-pyjama-party-video-5439808 A further group from our choir has been
chosen to sing with students from East
Tamaki Primary on Good Morning this Friday
as part of NZ Music Month! They will travel
to a TVNZ studio to perform which will be a
great experience! Thanks to Mr Hantler for
organising this. Mr Hantler and Miss Tong
will accompany our students. The school will
come together at 12:45pm to sing ‘Paradise’
and show some art works students have
made to celebrate Music Month.
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] or [email protected] •
Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
School Information • Programmes • Notices
News from Edendale’s PTA Movie Night Review
Edendale Primary PTA held a Movie Night Fundraiser on Sunday 19th May! It was a fun, indulgent night
enjoyed by all who partook in the fundraiser. We raised $2295.10 which will really help towards extra
resources and educational opportunities for the children, i.e. class trips, sports uniforms, shows and
school equipment, Garden to Table, etc.
A big thank you to all those on the PTA and the other wonderful people who worked so hard to make the
night such a great success!
Our sponsors were big contributors to the success of our fundraiser. Please take the time to look at the
businesses who sponsored us in the attached document. If you are able to, please show your
appreciation by supporting these businesses.
The 2012 / 2013 Entertainment™ Book will expire on 1st June 2013.
The new book is bigger than last years. It is also filled with a huge range of discount vouchers for
dining, travel and recreation. Books cost only $65.00 with $13.00 from each sale going to the school.
For ordering books please see the attached document.
Quiz Night
We need Auction and Raffle items for our annual Quiz Night on Friday 28th June.
All donations big and small are most welcome.
Just a few ideas:
Do you, friends or family work for a company who might donate an item or service?
Do you have a bach you could offer up for a weekend?
Would you like to donate some yummy treats or items to add to raffle baskets?
What sport or after school activities do your children do, could you approach them for lessons or other
form of sponsorship?
We really appreciate your help.
All sponsors will be recognised on the night and in the Newsletter following the Quiz.
Please e-mail us, [email protected], approach one of the PTA team or drop items off in the office
for us to collect. Thank you. Tickets are on sale now in the morning and afternoon every day outside
room 9 from the 10th of June.
The next PTA meeting will be held in the meeting room Thursday 20th June at 7:00pm. Please come and
join us.
PTA
Can you help out in our orchard? A group of parents who meet on Wednesdays at 2:00pm to weed, mulch, prune, etc. in the
orchard would love more help; If you are able to come along and assist please contact
Fiona Paul: 021 1742974 or 620 9498 or email: [email protected]
Edendale Playground Taonga Winners (Positive Behaviour Tickets)
The following students were recently spotted and have sports equipment for their class for the next
fortnight :
Taonga Winner: Caleb—Rm28
Keeping our grounds clean and tidy: Raaga—Rm5, Jaden—Rm6, Zarghuna—Rm2, Tilly—Rm8,
Century—Rm15
Playing nicely with others: Beth-Anne—Rm1, Cushla—Rm11, Leila—Rm20, Caleb—Rm28
Being thoughtful: Talita—Rm24
Our next school assembly will be held on Monday 10 June at 10:00am
Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected] or [email protected] •
Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/
Board of Trustees
Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room
Tuesday 25th June 2013 at 7:15pm
This is a planning meeting, not open to the public.
Edendale PTA
Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room
Thursday 20th June at 7:00pm
All welcome to attend
School Information • Stories and Art • Advertisements
School Calendar 2013
Term 2: 6 May—12 July
Term 3: 29 July—27 September
Term 4: 14 October—20 December
Public Holidays falling on school days: Monday 3 June—Queen’s Birthday
Monday 28 October—Labour Day
Post School Student Vacancies for 2013
If you are interested please contact
Emma Henry:
Apple Stickers
Please continue to collect
Yummy apple stickers and barcodes
from Yummy apple bags. Students
can collect a sheet from the office or
print out a sheet from home on
www.yummyfruit.co.nz
Open Day and Evening
Thursday 8 August
Attention All Year 6 Students
Balmoral Intermediate 2014 enrolment process begins Term 3
Application forms, In Zone and Out of Zone will be available
from Monday 29th July
More details can be found at www.balmoral.school.nz or
by phoning 09 638 7960
I eat lots of fruits and
vegetables because it
makes my body strong and
I don't feel sick.
Olive
Fruits and vegetables
make us strong and fit. I
eat lots of it everyday so
that I get stronger and
stronger.
Betty
My Fruit Bowl by Room 15
Chika
Weekend News by Room 20
Left: Room 24 participate in music
and movement while listening to
Bach’s Fugue: Contrapunctus No1,
played by Glen Gould.
Right: Georjah shows how her new
digivox speaker works and explains
how she made her clay pizza!