Carisbrook School “Seek Excellence Together” “Whāia te iti kahuraki ka mahi tahi tātou” Newsletter 13

Thursday 12 May 2016

Principal’s Report

Carisbrook (Main) 217 South Rd, Caversham Ph: 455 8315 Fax: 455 3720 Carisbrook (Heights) 38 Riselaw Rd, Calton Hill Ph: 487 7465 Fax: 487 7465

Resilient

Kia ora, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Fakaalofa Lahi atu, Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Ni Hao, Nei Ho, Selamat, Konnichiwa, Kamusta, Salam, Malo ni, Assalaam alaikum & greetings. What a great summers day yesterday, - 27 Degrees! Last Friday we enrolled three Syrian refugee students into Carisbrook School. Ahmad is a year eight student and Reema and Faeza are year four students. They are delighted to have the opportunity to be in a school again and are looking forward to the learning opportunities and the opportunities to develop new friendships. This week we have also been happy to see more ex-carisbrook students return to us after having moved out of town. This week I have observed our Year Seven and Year Eight food technology students making butter and yoghurt for themselves from milk. The students got to each make their own butter in jars for themselves and enjoyed tasting and eating their finished products on cracker biscuits. Many of the students were very surprised with both, how butter was made and also with how good the butter tasted. The next day the students made yoghurt. I hope that the students involved in this process will share these activities with those at home. Speaking of food, our Year Eight students who are in the University of Otago ASPIRE programme were treated to a variety of food related activities at the University last Friday after school. The students spent time experimenting with food and then got to eat some of their products. The ASPIRE programme opens participants eyes to the opportunities that are available to them if they choose to take the university pathway. We currently have six Year Eight students on the programme and we are negotiating to have this programme continue and available to another group of Year Eight students later this year. Some of you will remember the ‘Rangitahi Leadership and Fitness’ programme that twelve of the Carisbrook Year Eight students got to participate in last year. This programme is organised by the Dunedin Police with great support from the both the Highlanders and the Southern Steel. The programme involves students dragging themselves out of bed on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and getting themselves to Carisbrook school by 7.00am ready to start the fitness programme. They are joined in their efforts by professional sportsman from both netball and rugby. The sportsman also eat breakfast with the students following the workouts and talk to the students about their hardwork and journeys. This programme will kick off in a couple of weeks. Senior students have started returning their applications.

Responsible

The ‘Friends of Carisbrook School’ have met over the recent break and have prepared a number of activities for our Carisbrook students for the rest of this year. They put in a lot of work behind the scenes with organizing fundraisers and activities for our students to benefit from. Please support the Friends of Carisbrook school in their ventures as it is your children that benefit in the long run.

Respectful

Track suit pants, jackets and beanies are in great demand as parents prepare their students for the upcoming cold blast that we get with winter. Remember that we carry limited uniform stock so get your orders in early. It will be interesting to see how many snow days we receive this year. Numbers are growing again in the ‘After School Programme’ at Carisbrook School. After School Programme Supervisor Anna runs a great programme for our students that attend. The programme, like our Holiday Programme is Oscar approved. We are going to start taking enrolments for the next Holiday Programme in week three.

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Carisbrook School

Principal’s Report Continues

The Singapore Cultural Exchange students are very lucky to be benefitting from Air New Zealand's latest initiative, ‘Airpoints for Schools’. One of ten schools selected from over seventy applications. It works on Air New Zealand passengers registered on the airpoints programme donating points to a school. Our target was set at 10,000 Airpoints and as of last night we have earned 2300 Airpoints. If you are an Airpoints member with points about to expire, please donate them to the Carisbrook students. Also please spread the word to others who travel, of the Airpoints for Schools programme. http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/airpoints-for-schools or www.airpointsstore.co.nz/products/air-new-zealand-elementary-school?result_style=card_list&sort_order=title_asc&taxon_id=421 Last term we launched our newsletter quiz. Several families benefited by being selected from the correct weekly entries and winning prize packs consisting of stationery and books. It is now time for the big draw (details below). As promised correct entries from all newsletter quiz questions have been kept and went into the draw for the major prize of tickets to this weekends Super 18 game between the Highlanders and the Crusaders. It should be a close game with the Highlanders hopefully getting the better of our northern neighbours! Teachers have been talking about how enthused students were in last terms science inquiry topic of electricity. Many of the students have completed a post assessment and teachers have been impressed with the knowledge learnt and retained. Regards Ben Sincock, Principal

Rugby Ticket Winners

Congratulations to the follow people who are the lucky winners of 2 Adult Tickets each to Highlanders vs Crusaders on Friday 13 May at 7.35pm. Emily Scott Jessica Leith Donna Campbell Please pick up tickets from the school office.

Matariki Celebrations

MATARIKI celebrations this year will be on the 18th of June. Again we will be having lots of crafts, food, story telling and singing. Please save this date, if you are a family of the school or part of the wider community and would like to support in some way such as making fried bread, poi making, flax weaving, carving, etc. Please let Rachelle Moors know as we would love to make this just as special as last year. Whiria te Tangata Weave the people together.

Quiz Night Monday 30th May at 7:00pm Teams of 6 Tickets available from the school office Anyone keen to join a team let Katrina Munro know. Proceeds are to purchase rewards for positive behaviour. Any raffle items greatly received

SuperGrans Dunedin Charitable Trust      

SuperGrans is a service open to all and is about passing on everyday skills needed to provide for oneself or family. SuperGrans are mature people who volunteer to pass on life skills because they care. It is a one to one service in the home that works with people at a level they can manage while encouraging new ways to work. SuperGrans help in the following areas: - Good menu planning, basic/budget cooking, preserving, housekeeping techniques, planning your day, clothes repairs, gardening, literacy, advocacy - mentoring, knitting, sewing & crafts, shopping on a budget. SuperGrans is a free, non-judgmental, confidential service Want to be a SuperGran or a SuperGrandad - volunteers are also welcome.

For a confidential chat contact SuperGrans on 474 0582 or 027 2088157.

Winter Sports DRAW - NETBALL - Thursday 12 May (Grading Games) Carisbrook Red vs. KVC Pink 3:45pm Carisbrook Red vs. DNI Maroon 4:10pm Carisbrook Blue vs. Tahuna 8C 5:25pm Carisbrook Blue vs. KVC Red 5:50pm DRAW - MINIBALL Miniball starts next week.

Court 17 Court 17 Court 11 Court 11

Year 1 & 2 will play on Wednesday afternoons between 4:00pm and 5:30pm Year 3 & 4 will play on Thursday afternoons between 3:40pm and 6:00pm Year 7 & 8 will play on Monday afternoons between 3:30pm and 6:30pm

Check out the draws and results for Dunedin sports at http://drawsresults.sportsrunner.net

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to our new students…. Ahmad Al Hamwi

Faeza Khodr

Rimaa Dwara

Carisbrook School Holiday Programme Fun

NO DOGS ALLOWED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00AM AND 5:30PM

Wanted - Bob The Builder Hats

If anyone has a yellow Bob the Builder hat that they could lend (please name on inside so it can be returned) or donate to the school can these please dropped off to one of the site offices. Thank you.

Important Diary Dates May Thursday Friday Wednesday

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F.O.C.S Disco, 5:00pm to 6:30pm BOT Nominations Close at Noon BOT Voting Papers Issued

June Friday Saturday

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BOT Voting Closes at Noon Matariki Celebrations

Carisbrook School

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Board of Trustees Elections

The term of the current Carisbrook School Board of Trustees will end in June of this year. We are currently looking for a minimum of five trustees to be nominated for the new Board. It is good to have a diverse group of people who can bring experience and knowledge from a variety of areas. If you have knowledge in one or more of the following areas, we would appreciate your nomination:

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Previous experience being on boards or committees,

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Financial knowledge, Awareness of Māori and Pacific Island cultures, Policy knowledge Strategic planning skills Community engagement An educational background.

The current Board Members, including myself, would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

The "Cook Islands Christian Church" Sunday Service 15th May 2016 @ 10am. Venue: Carisbrook School Hall 217 South Rd, Caversham For further info. Contact Mr. Tuatai Piniata 0212394243 or 4554205

Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to attend or if you have any questions. Sheralyn Weepers, Board Chairperson