Newsletter (Lockdown Update 1)

Kia ora koutou.

From the Principal's desk:

• E-School: Thank you to the teachers for working so fast to get E-School up and running for this week's Level Four lockdown. At the time of writing, I await announcements as to whether our E-School through Seesaw will continue into next week. Please keep an eye on Facebook and our App for these updates.

• Lockdown Level Four: A reminder that under Level Four requirements playgrounds are closed. This includes our school playground.

• Being Prepared for Level Three: As of writing and publishing this newsletter, I do not know what pandemic level we will be in for next week. If we step down to Level Three, we will establish Bubble School for essential workers. Miss Laura McVicar, our Assistant Principal, has kindly offered to run our first bubble. She will run it from out of her classroom. Families will be seated together in their 'family bubble' and complete the work provided by the teachers for E-School. Miss McVicar will have assistance from a teacher aide. Should Level Three be where we move to I will put out a link on Facebook and through the App, for parents to register their children for the day Level Three might start.

• Polyfest: Polyfest for our entire school was set to be this coming Monday. The organisers have stated (see their message on our Facebook page) that the event will not occur in its current form should we be at Alert Level 2, 3, or 4. We await what next week brings.

• Teacher Only Day: We have plans for a Teacher Only Day on Monday 30th of August. We are joining with the other primary schools of the Lower Mataura Valley Kahui Ako to visit other schools around the points of teacher research groups. The school will be closed that day. We will let you know should anything change regarding this due to Lockdown rules and requirements.

• Weetbix Stat Attack Cards: If you have spare Weetbix Stat Attack cards drop them into school and I can use them as part of the Swap Meet that we will begin for the children to help them get their sets of these. Three were dropped off the other day and as I get more I'll be able to start up the Swap Meet.
  

• Something for Lockdown - The Term Three Principal's Challenge: Term Three's Principal's Challenge is below. It is for our creative and artistic children and gives them a chance to have their artwork on public display for years to come. I look forward to seeing the entries. They close on Friday 10th September. I will accept multiple entries per person.

Thank Yous - Team Edendale

• Teachers: A big thank you to Laura McVicar, Caci Mineur, Hayley Clarke, Abby Duffy, Jenny Coyle, Jasmine Collett, Kim Nicol and Sanne den Boon for being so flexible and adaptive this week and moving to set up E-School 2021 for our children. In times like we are in, keeping a learning routine going is very important for children as it gives them a sense of normality and continual connection.

Ka kite

David McKenzie

The Project

We have been approached by the Southland District Council (SDC) to help design a 'wrap' for a new toilet that will be going in at the Recreation Grounds in early 2022. See an example of the toilets with their wrap in the photos below.

The Design Brief

The design brief that we have been given is 'Something that will represent Edendale'.

The Challenge

Design a picture that can be incorporated into an Edendale mural 'wrap' that can go around the toilets.

It must in some way represent the area that we live in.

Questions that may help with your creativity...

• When you think of Edendale you think of...?
• What makes us in Edendale special and unique?
• What would you tell a person about Edendale, if they asked you?

It is open to any Edendale Primary School student.

The artwork needs to be able to be scanned in high resolution so do it on white paper (not pre-lined paper).

Do not include any words on it. It is straight artwork.

Due

Submissions are due on Friday 10th of September. (So there is plenty of time).

Submissions need to include your name and age on the back of them. (Not the front, that's for your artwork).

The Process From There

I will gather the submissions up and work with the SDC to select the best and most appropriate to become part of the Edendale mural artwork for the toilet.

Then in 2022, the winners will see their artwork on public display for all at the Recreation Grounds to admire. Very cool.

TERM THREE

Please Note: All up and coming events are subject to Covid-19 Pandemic Alert levels.

Week Five (of 10)

• Monday 23rd August - Polyfest (Stadium Southland, 11.50 am)
• Friday 27th August - Daffodil Day Fundraiser

Week Six (of 10)

• Monday 30th August - Teachers Only Day (School Closed)
• Tuesday 31st August - Sports Activator

Week Eight (of 10)

• Tuesday 14th September - Board of Trustees General Meeting, 7 pm (Staffroom)

Week Nine (of 10)

• Tuesday 21st September - Sports Activator

Week Ten (of 10)

• Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th September - Life Education

General BOT Meeting - Meeting Six

The next BOT meeting is Tuesday 14th of September starting at 7.00pm in the school staffroom.

The BOT elections are next year. If you are interested in standing for the BOT and taking a governance role for our school, please contact the BOT chair, Jacob Smyth. It can be helpful to attend a few meetings as an observer to get an idea of whatschool governance looks like.

Out of Zone Enrolments - Term Four

Enrolment at Edendale Primary School is governed by an enrolment scheme.

The Board has 20 places available for out of zone students for the 2021 school year. The exact number of places is subject to the number of eligible in-zone enrolments received.

Term Four enrolment period - Monday 18th October to Monday 13th December

• Out of zone students seeking enrolment within this enrolment period, the deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 18th October.
  

Information and application forms can be picked up at the school office and are also available on our website www.edendaleps.school.nz.

If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. If a ballot for out of zone places is required, it will be held on the following Monday from the deadline dates.

Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot as early as possible (and within three school days of the ballot being held).

Home and School Fundraiser - Winter Wood

The Home and School has cut 50 cubic metres of old man pine. This is $70 per cubic metre.

If you want to put an order in please contact Hamish Blackmore 027 636 0421.

Te Rau Aroha Marae - Year Five and Six Visit

On Tuesday the Year Five and Six children visited the Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff. It was a great experience to be welcomed onto a marae (a first for many students) and then to learn all about the marae - its carvings, panels and displays.

Thank you to Miss Kim Nicol for her leadership of this event. Thank you to the parents who came along with us.

Student Council - Daffodil Day

Our fundraiser for this term will be in support of the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day appeal on Friday 27th August.

Unfortunately, cancer impacts so many of us in New Zealand, with a heart-breaking 71 people diagnosed each day. The Cancer Society is here to help and support people with cancer and their whānau, education and awareness programmes, and life-saving cancer research.

We are aiming to raise $250. With your support, every dollar raised for Daffodil Day will go towards cancer care for patients and their whānau in Southland.

Children can come to school wearing something yellow, and bring a gold coin donation.

Online donations can also be made via our school’s specific fundraising page at: https://www.daffodilday.org.nz/edendaleprimaryschoolsouthland

The aim of our values is to nurture positive, purposeful and meaningful relationships of aroha.

When we come from so many different families our values draw us together as one big school whanau.

Excellence means we aim for a high standard and continuous improvement and is shown through reliability, consistency, flexibility, reflection, change, innovation, accuracy, completion, dedication, practise, effort and attitude.

We show excellence tohungatanga when we...

• Work hard, have a go and do our best.
• Leave everything how we would want to find it.
• Wear our uniform with pride.

Every time our values are shown they make our school a great place to be for children and adults.

When we use our values on a day by day basis, in the relationships that we have, one with another, in our school, we contribute to making our school a great place for all to come along.

This week the Principal Tumuaki would like to acknowledge the classroom teachers for being strong contributors, living out our school values every day.

Edendale Community Pool Society - Meeting

AGM and General Meeting

• Monday 23rd August; 7.30pm
• Edendale School staffroom

We invite all members and pool-users to attend - join the committee to help us keep the pool open for our community.

Any queries or apologies to Jenny at ecpscontact@gmail.com

Wyndham Pioneer Lions Club - Recycling

The Wyndham Pioneer Lions collect many things that raise money for the underprivileged and disadvantaged but we can do more with your help.

• Bread tags raise funds for wheelchairs
• Tear tabs from aluminium cans and wine bottle tops raise funds for "Kidney Kids"

If you would like to start collecting the above items they can be dropped into the school office.

Junior Rugby League - Registrations

Junior Rugby League is starting October 17th, contact Rachel Haenga for registrations ASAP 027 600 7027 or rjhaenga@gmail.com

We are having a registration day with skills and drills with some Southland Rams players.

Saturday 28th August 12 noon at the Edendale Rugby Club, sausage sizzle. Come have a go!

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