Newsletter Wednesday 30th August 2023

Term 3  Week 7 – Wednesday 30th August 2023

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Daffodil Day fundraiser last week. We raised $235 for the Cancer Society.

The Student Council made some amazing daffodils which are on display on our front lawn. They certainly added to the atmosphere of yellow on the day.

3rd Place Podium finish for Dallas – well done!

Congratulations to all children who took part in the Rural Schools Cluster Cross Country on Monday. We were very proud of the way you represented the school and yourselves.

Special congratulations to those who finished in the top 10 of their age races:

5 yr old girls: Caylahni O – 3rd 

6 yr old boys: Dallas O – 3rd, Bryn M – 7th, Kado S – 8th

7 yr old girls: Marnie M – 8th, Sarayah-Jade S – 9th 

7 yr old boys: Jake E – 4th, Leo M-W – 7th, Parker G – 8th, Finn K – 10th

8 yr old girls: Jahlaa C – 9th, Kisharna V -10th

9 yr old boys: Oliver O – 3rd, Archie M – 9th, Cooper B – 10th

10 yr old girls: Alice K – 4th, Ava D – 5th, Sam R – 6th, Sienna T – 8th, Molly G – 9th

10 yr old boys: Hayden M-H – 5th, Finn L – 7th

11 yr old girls: Kymahni C – 7th, Nikki Z – 8th

11 yr old boys: Daniel T – 3rd, Ollie L – 4th, Jaxon K – 6th, Tyler D – 7th, Angus O – 8th

12 & 13 yr girls: London O – 3rd, Kaylee E – 7th

12 & 13 yr old boys: Keegan K – 5th, Jacob R – 7th, Braith H – 10th    

Congratulations and well done to our year 7 & 8 teams who represented our school last week in the McLeod Shield (Rugby) and Hurlstone Cup (netball) matches. Our rugby team won all their games and will play 2nd place getter Kaimata in a final match for the shield. Date is still to be determined but will be this term.

Poetry Writing from Room 4

CAMP FUNDRAISER

Enviro Report By Mila Evans

On Thursday the Ngaere School Enviro team worked together with a teacher from Enviro schools Taranaki, Sue Rine. Sue comes every Enviro afternoon. This week we are finding and creating microbes in soil. There are billions of microbes at work and we can see them with a microscope. We had some smelly experiences, but Sue says it smells for science. We got some soil and filled it with water, then we put it in a third of a jar. We had some boiled eggs and peeled the shells off and then we smashed the egg into little bits and put it in the jar on top of the soil. Then we filled the rest of the jar with water, but not to the top though. After that we found some hay and we felt what the inside felt like and it was hot and then we talked about it and found out that’s because all the hay is bunched together to make warmth. Then we put an egg in a bag and put it inside the hay and we will check on it next week. 

We are working hard to create the best soil we can for our gardens using all the scientific knowledge we are learning.

BULL CALF NOMINATION SCHEME

As the Bobby Calf scheme has been wound up, the school unfortuntely misses out on a significant fundraiser.  Please consider the Bull Calf Nomination scheme, where a bull calf is reared by you and the proceeds from the sale of the calf would go to the school.  We understand that this is a difficult year for some people, but any support would be very much appreciated.  Thank you.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos are still being processed.  We will advise when the access codes have been emailed.

 What’s On..

• Mon 28th-Thur 31st August – EPro 8 week (Rms 5, 6, 7)
• Wed 30th August – Pepper & Me Fundraiser Finishes Today
• Friday 01st September – Junk Food Raffle Tickets & Money Due
• Friday 01st September – Disco – Camp Fundraiser
• Wednesday 6th September – Central Primary Schools Cross Country Stratford
• Friday 08th September – Last day for Lucky Bookclub
• Friday 08th September – Junk Food Raffle Drawn
• Sunday 10th September – Taranaki Bulls vs Tasman rugby match
• Wednesday 20th September – Taranaki Schools Cross Country Champs in Hawera
• Friday 22nd September – Last day term 3
• Monday 9th October – Term 4 begins
• Wednesday 11th October – PET DAY
• Wednesday 1st November – Rural Cluster Athletics (Toko) Yr 5-8
• Thursday 16th November – Rural Cluster Tabloids (Midhirst) Yr 1-4
• Monday 20th November – Teacher Only Day (MoE Directed) – 
• Tuesday 21st- Friday 24th November – Yr 7 & 8 Camp to Wellington
• Thursday 14th December – End of Year prize Giving
• Friday 15th December – Last day Term 4

(Please note this may not be a complete list and some dates may change)

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