LOBURN SCHOOL NEWSLETTER August 2 2017 Innovative - Dynamic - Exciting Phone 3128828 Email [email protected]

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Nau mai, hoki mai Dear Parents, Yesterday all the students got to watch the NED Show. As well as entertaining the students with his Yo Yo tricks, the show had a powerful message for us all. Never give up, Encourage others, Do your best. He talked about how making mistakes can be the best way to learn. I have talked before about essential skills for success - resilience and determination are just two of them. Yo Yo’s are for sale before and after school, outside the Mt Thomas Room until next Tuesday. I heard a quote last week from Sir Alex Ferguson, the former coach of Manchester United. He made the point that there is nothing better than a player hearing “well done”, (the two best words ever invented in sport) and that there is no need to use superlatives. He goes on to say that there is no room for criticism on the training field. I do think we underestimate the power of words and the profound impact they have on people of all ages. Simple words like “well done” used at the right time are magic words.

want to find out more information on the programme, the assessors will be available after school on Monday in the library.

Reporting Year 4-8 Goal Setting Your child will be bringing home their updated goal setting sheets today. Goals that were set in Term 1 have been reviewed and updated and if appropriate, new goals have been set. The sheet also provides an indication of your child's progress towards the National Standards.  Please contact your child's teachers should you want further information about his/her progress and achievement. National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) Year 8’s Next week the Year 8 students will be participating in the NMSSA. The purpose of the NMSSA is to get a broad picture of student achievement in New Zealand. It does this by assessing representative samples of New Zealand school students at successive points in time. Our students will be assessed in Science, Physical Education and Health. Please ensure they come prepared for physical exercise on Monday and Tuesday. If any parents

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Included in the newsletter are summaries of topics that each team will be engaging in this term. As mentioned, the speeches will be the main focus for the students, however, in the second half of the term, the focus will shift to Sexuality Education for all students. Sexuality education is part of Health and Physical Education learning area of the New Zealand Curriculum. Later in the term we will hold an information session for parents Enjoy the rest of the week. Hei konā rā Stuart [email protected]

Ian, our NED Show presenter with NED alongside him. Team North showing their appreciation of the show.

Team Summaries for the term Team South For the first few weeks of the term we will be doing a mini unit on Butterflies in line with our environmental focus. We will be looking at Shape and Transformation for Maths for the first 2-3 weeks before heading into a Numeracy focus. We will also be focusing on our Oral Presentations with our Teach the Teacher presentations in the first half of the term and in the second half of the term we will be doing a Health Unit focusing on Sexuality. Team North Our focus for the first 6 weeks will be oral language presentations. The Year 4s will be working on 'The Power is Within Us’ as their presentation topic. The Year 2 and 3s will be 'Teaching the Teacher' - a great opportunity for them to become the experts and teach the team what they know! For the second half of the term, we will be investigating 'Sexuality Education' as part of our Health Curriculum. This will be underpinned by the four concepts of 'Hauora' - health promotion, positive attitudes, core values and a social perspective. We will then spend time learning about specific parts of the body that are associated with power such as muscles, the brain. Team West This term in Team West our main focus will be The Power is Within Us - Speech writing and presentation. We will be running this alongside our science focus of Our Brilliant Bodies. We will be focusing on the main body systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems. Finishing the term we will be changing our focus to puberty, as we are required to teach this as part of the Health curriculum-further information will be provided before this unit is taught. At the end of the term we will be attending and performing at the North Canterbury Kapahaka Festival, this will lead onto our final focus for the term. Students will be learning some basic commands, greetings and farewells in Te Reo with a big focus on Kapahaka. We will be undergoing a novel study on the book “Deadly Feathers” by Des Hunt and will be diving deep into the story and completing art relating back to the book. Team East Our main focus will be The Power is Within Us - Speech writing and presentation. The Science focus will be about ‘Our Brilliant Bodies’ focusing on the main body Systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive systems, finishing with Pubertal change at the end of the term Cultural Responsiveness, te reo, greetings and basic commands, art, values and working towards the North Canterbury Kapahaka Festival will be other topics to touch on. We have set up last term “Cluster Connections” with children at North Loburn, Ashley and Sefton schools. Each child has been assigned a buddy and so far we have introduced ourselves by sharing a document. This term we will be sharing our learning with our buddy. We do not have Technology this term as our timetable has changed. However, we will be getting ready for the technology changes in term 4, where we will attend Tuesday all day and Wednesday morning. Here, the children have a choice of what they would like to do. This means we will spend time this term deciding and researching in more depth. We will contact you soon with further information about the changes.

Teach the Teacher (NE to Yr 3) Year 0, 1, 2 and 3 children will be preparing a 2-3 minute oral presentation on something they are good at or are interested in. Some ideas could be “How to make a paper plane”, “All about dinosaurs”, “How to train a pet”, “All about bikes” etc. Your child must be able to teach the teacher and the class about their chosen topic with lots of detail. Your child may bring in props, photos and include short video clips to assist them with their presentation. The top 2 children from each year group will move through to the next round to present their topic in front of the school on Wednesday 30 August. We will be working on their presentations over the next couple of weeks to help them prepare. It would be great if you could talk to your child about a suitable topic that they could teach us about. The children will be presenting their presentations during Week 5 (21st-25th August). Please let your child’s teacher know if you have any questions. Miss Kennedy, Miss Milburn, Mrs Knight & Mrs Allaway Loburn Take the Floor (Yr 4 to Yr 8) This year’s topic is ‘The Power is Within Us!’ Students will be putting together an oral presentation that may include digital elements and physical props.  The timing for Y4/5 is 2 minutes maximum and Y6, 7 and 8,  3 minutes maximum.  Team sharing will be completed by the end of week 5. Loburn School presentation sharing will be on Wednesday 30th August (week 6) The Quad School competition will be held on Friday 8th September. (week 7) in the Mt.Thomas Room. Please check with your child’s teacher for details for specific teams.

GREEN HORSE INHAND & RIDDEN SHOW 
 10TH SEPTEMBER
 This day is about getting out there & having some fun with your four legged friend & gaining experience for either Handler/Rider and or Horse/Pony
 ' Give it a Go ' 


Rug to be won for Supreme Ridden See Link below for schedule
 http://hogzandhorzez.webs.com/Hogz%20green%20show%2010-9-17… 465 Barkers Rd - Loburn
 https://goo.gl/maps/TMkfREmE1Sw ALL STARS: Junior Club League! TRIAL REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THIS WEEKENDS TRIALS!!! https://goo.gl/forms/nIfznjpTEmTAURq13 This is the registration form for the upcoming All Star Basketball Tournaments. This tournament is a weekly tournament held on Sundays in Christchurch, where the top Year 5/6 & 7/8 players from our association will compete against the top players from throughout Christchurch. This competition runs August 20 - September 23rd. The NCBA will be entering one team into each of the grades
 -Year 5/6 Girls Grade, Year 5/6 Boys Grade, Year 7/8 Girls Grade, Year 7/8 Boys Grade Trials for this tournament are open to all Year 5, 6, 7 & 8 students and we encourage you to come along this weekend!!! IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 Trial Date: August 6th, Sunday. Trial Venue: Rangiora New Life School Trial Times
 Year 5/6 Boys & Girls: 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Year 7/8 Boys & Girls: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Please complete the below registration form and we look forward to seeing you August 6th! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jules on [email protected]. https://goo.gl/forms/nIfznjpTEmTAURq13 Jules Schwalger-Smith | Community Coach North Canterbury Basketball Associa5on M: 021 532 176 | E: [email protected] Mitre 10 Mega Centre, East Belt, Rangiora 7400 Facebook: hDps://www.facebook.com/NorthCanterburyBasketball Website: www.ncba.org.nz

IN SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM: For drums - Jeremy Pope 027 226 6919, 03 942 4102 or email [email protected]. For piano/keyboard: David Webster 027 921 1987, or email [email protected]. For guitar Adrian Cook 03 327 6042 or email: [email protected]

Primary Schools Show Jumping Competition Years 1-8 2 rounds per rider at each height. Composite teams accepted. Competition 1 - Morning SEFTON RIDING CENTRE TROPHY Class 1 - Poles on the ground obstacle course Class 2 - Up to 25cm. 4 in each team any mix of class 1 and 2 Competition 2 - Afternoon ALANA ADAMS TROPHY Class 3 - 60cm Class 4 - 80cm 4 in each team any mix of class 3 and 4 Times of competition start given closer to the date, pending on numbers. See Bridget in the office to register interest.

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LOBURN SCHOOL CALENDAR MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2017 31 July

1 August

2 August

3 August

NeD Show

4 August Assembly 9am

7 August

8 August

9 August

Home and School Meeting 7.30pm

North Canterbury Cantamaths

WPCA Activity Spencer Park

10 August

11 August Assembly 9am

BoT Meeting 7pm 14 August

15 August

16 August

17 August

18 August Assembly 9am

21 August

22 August

23 August

24 August

25 August Assembly 9am

28 August

29 August

30 August

31 August

Loburn School Speech Competition 4 September

5 September

6 September

1 September Assembly 9am

7 September

8 September Quad Schools Speech Competition Assembly 9am

11 September

12 September

13 September

14 September

BoT Meeting 7pm

15 September Assembly 9am School finishes at 1pm

18 September

19 September

20 September

21 September

Kids for Kids Concert 25 September

26 September

27 September

22 September Assembly 9am

28 September

29 September

North Canterbury Cultural Festival Ohoka School

Assembly 9am

2017 SCHOOL TERMS

Term 2: Monday 1 May to Friday 7 July Term 3: Monday 24 July to Friday 29 September Term 4: Monday 16 October to Friday December 15

End of Term