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NEWSLETTER 30 July 2020

From The Principal

ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVE EXCEL

TERM DATES 2020/2021Term 3 2020 Monday 20/7- Friday 25/9 Term 4 2020Monday 12/10 - Tue 15/12

Term 1 2021Monday 01/02- Friday 16/04

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

A warm welcome back to all our students and families. We hope you had afun holiday break and enjoyed lots of quality family time. There are lots of exciting learning opportunities planned for this term. School Production, Sports Exchanges,Cotter Cup, just to name a few. Our school finishes onFriday 25 September this term.

Our major building projects this term will be installing our bus shelter (fundsKindly donated by our awesome PTA), putting in our cricket nets, starting our school scooter track (funds donated by the PTA and Sports Waikato) and the start of our turf roofing project (this project is funded by the Government school investment funding package. All very exciting projects for our kids.

Our UBD topic this term is Action/Reaction. It is heavily weighted towards The Science curriculum and the other core areas will be integrated into it. Our kids have already been involved in an excellent session from the Science in a Van team (the cost of this was covered by the Ministry donation scheme).

We will be closed for instruction on Wednesday 9 September for ourteacher conference. We look forward to seeing all families during this time.

Mr Mair has started all of the hard work that goes into our annual SchoolProduction. This year, the children will be telling a local historical story. The production dates are 25, 26 and 27 August. Tickets for the show willbe sold through the school office from Monday 10 August.

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Unknown

Ngaa Mihi, Glenn MacPherson, Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS

Learning Conference Day - Wednesday 9 SeptemberPlease be reminded that School will be closed for instruction on

Wednesday 9 September for our Learning Conferences. We will open our online bookings for these on Monday 24 August and close on Monday 7 September. More information will be emailed out with how to book these

and a booking code. Children do not attend these conferences.

Friday 31 July

Whole School Assembly

Monday 3 August

Springboard Session 2

Wednesday 5 August

PTA Disco in School Hall

Monday 10 August

Ballot for Out-Of-Zone students

Tuesday 11 August

7pm BOT Meeting Boardroom

Monday 17 August

7pm PTA Meeting Staffroom

Thursday 20 August

Cotter Cup

Tuesday 25 August

Greenpark Sports Exchange25, 26 & 27 August - School Production - Tarore

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This week in ReviewSCIENCE - FOCUS ON ACTION/REACTIONRoom One’s focus is around the periodic table. Each student has been assigned an element to research e.g. Calcium, Iodine, Sodium. There are at least 100 elements on the periodic table. Can you try to guess some more elements that appear on the table? by Sharlee, Corajade and Ryna

Making Oobleck/Gloop in Room 18!Room 18 has been having lots of fun whilelearning about Action and Reaction. We got very messy making Oobleck, and as you cansee there were some wonderful reactions takingplace - both in the mixing process and on thechildren’s faces! We learnt that the Oobleck mixture isn’t your typical liquid - or solid. The cornstarch and water mixture creates a fluid that acts more like quicksand than waterapplying force (squeezingor tapping it) causes itto become thicker.

‘SCIENCE IN A VAN’ ROAD SHOW On Wednesday and Thursday last week Matamata Primary were entertained,Taught and engaged by the ‘Science in a Van’ Roadshow. The Science in aVan roadshow experience provided the teachers and students with a fun, interactive and memorable way to see, teach and engage with science. This was an easy and exciting way to enhance our science programme.

Was it a theatre show? Was it a science lesson? It was both! The topics thatThe science roadshow covered were ‘The Wonderful World of Bubbles’ andThe Middle/Senior classes learnt about ‘matter’ through ‘What’s the Matter? - Understanding Materials’.

THANK YOU to the team of volunteers who run the Matamata Community Dinners are now supplying the local schools with food for children and families in need. We truly appreciate this amazing initiative!

If you are able to help out with donations of sandwich spreads - Marmite, Jam, Honey, Nutella etc, lunchbox snacks and baking. These can be dropped off to the Baptist Church between 9am to 12 noon week days. You can contact Natalie de Jong on 027-4246666 for any further queries.

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Reminders & Important Information

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMMEPlease note School lunches are available to order from school on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesdays.We will still be offering Subway Lunches every Friday. These can be ordered online at Subway Express, School Lunch Programme, and will be delivered to your child at school by lunchtime

each Friday.

MOBILE EAR CLINICPlease note that the Mobile Ear Clinic will be visiting Matamata on 5 August and 15

September. This will be situated at Pohlen Carpark,

58 Rawhiti Avenue, MatamataThe drop in clinic hours are now reduced

and will be available from 12-1.30pm only. For appointment times please phone

07-8383565 ext 22094

PURCHASE YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BOOK TODAY FOR LOADS OF DISCOUNT VOUCHERS

To order go online to; https.www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/

orderbooks/1555k49Purchase your Digital Entertainment Book

online now. The membership is $69.99 for a Waikato/BOP book for 12 months or $119.99

for a Nationwide book with 2 months additional free use. There are amazing food and

entertainment deals in these saving hundreds of dollars. There are lots of activities such as cheap movie tickets, Leap, Mini Golf, Zoo etc. The school raises $14.00 for each membership sold for Waikato and $24.00 on the Nationwide

book.

OPEN DAY - MATAMATA INTERMEDIATEMatamata Intermediate will be holding an open day on Wednesday 19 August for

parents of prospective students (Year 5 and Year 6 students).

Programme starts at 9.30am with Coffee and informal discussion, 10am Tour around the classrooms and 10.30am Question time

with Principal, DP and Board of Trustees

LUCKY BOOK ORDERS CLOSE FRIDAY 7 AUGUST. Please send in your orders or order online before this closes next Friday.BOOK FAIR - We will be once again holding a Book Fair during the Conference Week in September. This is a great opportunity to purchase books for Christmas presents, donate to the school library or for Grandparents toCome in and check out. Great selection availablefrom Scholastic.

BALLOT FOR OUT OF ZONE STUDENTS - MONDAY 10 AUGUST AT

12 NOONWe are holding our next Ballot for out-of-zone students on Monday 10 August at 12 noon. Please note that if you already have children

at school but are out of zone, your preschoolers will still need to be balloted in to

our school.We have spaces available for:

Y5-1, Y4-5, Y2 - 6, Y1-14, Y0-NE (born after 28 April 2015) - 25 .

There are currently no spaces available for Year 6 or Year 3 students.

Ballot forms are available from the school office or on the website. These must be returned with your child’s birth certificate

before 10 August at 12 noon.

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School Policies & ProceduresMatamata Primary School Policies and Procedures are available to be viewed online at http://matamataprimary.schooldocs.co.nzUsername: matamataprimary Password: 3440

Bank Account for online paymentsIf you are making online payments the information required is: Matamata Primary School BOT A/C ASB: 12-3438-0004616-00Please make sure your surname and reference for what the payment is, e.g. Senior Camp, Touch Rugby etc

Reminders, Events and Important Information

Download the School Loop APP Today!! Please see the details on how to download the app here.

ZOGGS SWIMMING GOGGLES FOR SALE3 pack of goggles (2 children/1 adult) for only $20.00 available from school office. Great value, good quality goggles.

IMMUNISATION RECORDSWe have been asked by the Ministry of Health to ensure our Immunisation register at school is up to date as they are currently working on this to gauge how many children have been immunised against Measles.

If you have not given the school a copy of your child’s immunisation records, could you please send a copy into school or bring in your book and we can copy this. Alternatively you can contact the Medical

Centre who should be able to provide you a copy of this if you do not have it. We have been given a letter from the Ministry of Health to send home with families who we do not have

immunisation records on our files.

PRIME MATHS PAYMENTS DUE NOWIf you have not yet paid for your child’s Prime Maths workbook (Middle/Senior only) could you please forward your $10 to the school

office ASAP. All Middle and Senior students received their books last term and have been

working in them

THANK YOU NORTHFUELSWe received a large box of balls - soccer, rugby and netball as well as some ball bags from Northfuels as part of the Fuel for Schools programme. This comes from families who have nominated our school to receive points when they purchase fuel from Northfuel. UNIFORM ITEMS AVAILABLE

The following uniform items are in stock and available from the school office for purchase;

Hoodie - $60.00 Black Short - $35.00Premier Shorts - $40.00 Poloshirt - $35.00 House Shirts - $30.00 Trackpants - $50.00School Beanie - $20.00