• School Photos: The staff and students looked very tidy on Wednesday for our annual school photos. Further information will come out around ordering photos. Keep an eye on the newsletter for this.

• CORE Education and our Community of Learning: On Monday and Tuesday of this week teachers and school leaders gathered to receive professional learning from our provider Core Education. We enjoy gathering together with our other Community of Learning schools to grow and develop a shared understanding of good teaching and learning together.

• Weet-Bix Card Swap Meets: We have started up our swap meets for the Weet-bix Stat Attack Cards 2022. We will do this during intervals. If you have any spare cards you don't want drop them at the school and we will use them to swap with the children. Thanks.
  

Acknowledging - Team Edendale

• Board of Trustees: This coming Tuesday is the last formal meeting of this current School Board. I would like to thank Jacob Smyth, Logan McKenzie, Brendon Clarke, Sarah Cupido, Catherine Frantz and Sanne den Boon for all the work that they have done in their role on the School Board. It has been a big three years and there are lots in the planning process set to be rolled out very soon based on the work of this School Board.

Term Three 2022

Week 3 (of 10)

• Tuesday 9th August - Board of Trustees Meeting 6pm, staffroom
• Thursday 11th August - Pre School Preparation Meeting 2pm, staffroom

Week 4 (of 10)

• Monday 15th August - Home and School Meeting, 7.30pm, staffroom

Week 5 (of10)

• Tuesday 23rd August - Polyfest
• Wednesday 24th August - LMV Speeches

Week 9 (of 10)

• Tuesday 20th September - Board of Trustees Meeting 7pm, staffroom
• Thursday 22nd September - Senior Production 1pm, 7pm

Week 10 (of 10)

• Tuesday 27th - 29th September - Life Education
• Friday 30th September - School Picnic

We love Lego with all its creativity so Term Three's Principal's Challenge is Lego Masters Edendale 2022. We've had some great Lego competitions over the past few years with amazing lego creations. I'm looking forward to all our creativity for another year.

Theme:

This year's theme is THINGS WE EAT. What will you create? An apple? A hamburger? A cake? A carrot? A plate with dinner on it? Fish and chips? A chocolate bar? Lollies? A doughnut?

How delicious can you make your Lego creation?

Age Groups:

• New Entrants
• Year One
• Year Two
• Year Three
• Year Four
• Year Five
• Year Six
• Open Section: Parents, grandparents, past students, community members.

Judging Criteria:

• Attention to detail - did you think of everything in your build?

• Use of colour - is the colour scheme consistent and thought through?

• The originality of design - you cannot build from an instruction kit. It must be all your ideas, from scratch. This is about you being creative.

• Technical building skills - How do you use the blocks? Are there ways that you use them that are different to what they were intended?

• A strong story - Can you create a story around your creation?

Entry Instructions:

• Please have your creation in a sturdy container.
• Clearly name your container.
• Include your year level.
• Have your entry in by Thursday 8th September.

Pre-Loved Uniforms - Available at the Office

We have a good supply of pre-loved uniforms for sale at the school office.

We are very grateful for families who, once their child has left Edendale Primary School, bring their uniforms back. This helps us to keep a good supply of items to help others.

A reminder, that the best way to ensure your child's items stay with them, is to clearly name the items. This means if any uniform items are left somewhere around the school we can get it back to the right person.

Unclaimed items are washed at the end of term and incorporated into our supply for sale.

Book Club - Issue 5

Scholastic Book Club Issue 5 has gone home.

All orders need to be returned to the office by Friday 12th August. You can also order online.

The aim of our values is to nurture positive, purposeful and meaningful relationships of aroha. Responsibility helps us to do this.

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

• Work hard, have a go and do our best.

• Leave everything how we would want to find it.

• Wear our uniform with pride.

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 Jake Tay for showing our school values in class and at play.

MVP for Excellence - Tohungatanga in Team Tui this week is Piper Muir!

Piper is a fantastic role model for Excellence and all of our other school values because we can always count on her to be doing the right thing at the right time.

Piper walks into school wearing her uniform with pride and will wait until the school bell rings before coming to the classroom to complete her jobs.

Piper shows excellence in all her school work. She works very hard in every subject, completing each task to a very high standard. Her work is often used as an example for other students of what their work should look like. Piper has made great progress in her learning and has achieved her goals because of the mahi she puts in every day.

Piper likes to be challenged and gives 100% in anything she does, especially on the sporting field. She shows responsibility for her learning by completing her home partnership tasks, even with her busy after school schedule.

Piper, you should be very proud of yourself and all that you have accomplished so far this year. Keep aiming high because you can achieve anything when you put your mind to it.

Ka pai, superstar!

Makayla Webber is a lovely young lady who consistently shows many of our school values. This week she is Team Kea’s MVP for Tohungatanga - Excellence.

Makayla walks into our classroom with a tidy uniform and happy smile. She greets her friends and teachers with a friendly hello. Makayla knows our class routines and is always organised for her learning.

Makayla aims high with her learning and works hard to do her best. She works from start to finish on a task and completes work neatly.

Makayla is a fantastic role model in Team Kea. She is someone I can rely on to be doing the right thing. Makayla is an excellent helper and friend to the new Team Kea children. She shows patience and kindness when helping others

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Makayla is a kind and trustworthy friend. During action station time Makayla makes beautiful cards and pictures and gives these to her friends. She makes her friends smile by giving them compliments.

You are a valued member of Team Kea, Makayla. You have a bright future ahead of you. Keep being a superstar!

Term Three - Meeting Five

The next general meeting for the School Board in Term Three is Tuesday 9th August at 6.00 pm. Meeting material goes out a week prior to this meeting. This will be the final meeting of this current School Board.

Board Election - Timeframe

• Voting Papers Issued: Wednesday 10th August
  
• Voting Closes: Wednesday 7th September at 4.00 pm
• New Board Takes Office: Wednesday 14th September

Next Meeting - Term Three 2022

The Term Three 2022 meeting of the Home and School is scheduled for Monday 15th August starting at 7.30 pm in the school staffroom.

Fundraiser - Whittaker's Chocolate

Thank you for the great support with selling the Whittaker's Chocolate.

If you are struggling to sell your chocolates please return the remaining bars to the school office ASAP. We have other families looking for more to sell.

If you would prefer to make payment by online banking the Edendale Home & School bank account number is 03-0962-0011544-000

We ask that all money collected be direct credited or returned to the school office by Friday 12th August 2022.

There is a grand prize of an Amazon Tablet on offer to the student/family that makes the most sales, as well entries for each full box sold to be drawn for a range of spot prizes.

If you have any queries please contact: Louise Duffy 021 022 50599.

Boys Outreach, Girls Rally - Tonight (Friday)

Boys Outreach and Girls Rally on this Friday 7-9pm

9 years old and up welcome.

Activity Centre, George St

Boys – Gladiator night

Girls – Pizza night

Contacts Johno Ferguson 2066878 or Liz Pask 027 6574615

Youth Group - Saturday

Youth group on this Saturday 7.30pm – 10.15pm.

“Commonwealth Games”

Yr 9 and up welcome, just turn up.

Activity Centre, George st

Contact Becs 0274124941

Email: admin@edendaleps.school.nz
Website: https://sites.google.com/edendaleps.school.nz/edendale-primary-school
Location: Edendale Primary School, 24 Salford Street, Edendale 9825, New Zealand
Phone: 03 206 6959
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Twitter: @EdendaleSchool