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Updates and developments to share with you this week include the following...

A Full Week: We have had a full week for the school on a range of fronts. Monday was our Southand Athletics Qualifiers event followed by a Home and School Meeting in the evening. Tuesday was Pet Day and our School Board meeting was in the evening. Wednesday night I attended the Wyndham Lions Club meeting as they very kindly donated $4000 to the school. We hope to use this on our concreting project with the path to the pool being extended to its new dimensions. Thursday afternoon we held our Preparation for School meeting for families due to start in the coming year. Friday was our fortnightly Celebration Time. On top of that throughout the whole week, we have been swimming and the office space is coming along with decorators in now for painting and wall linings. It takes a lot to run a school and there are so many people, in so many ways, who have contributed to this during this week. Thank you.

End-of-Year Concert: We are excited this year to be able to put on our end-of-year concert for the school community face to face. It is going to be on Thursday the 8th of December. We will do a matinee show and an evening performance. The theme is "That's So Last Century!". It should be fun.

Year Six Prize Giving: We enjoyed the adjustments that occurred last year and will roll out a very similar prize-giving structure for Year Sixes (but with all invited guests being present) on Friday the 9th of December. Most of the awards will be presented at this event with the main trophies being presented at the Evening Concert the evening before.

To Give Away: We have a few items surplus to our requirements that we have put in the bike-shed near the west driveway gate. Help yourself.

Acknowledging - Team Edendale

• Caroline Blackmore: We are so grateful to the Home and School for supporting our Team Kea students with funding that enables us to employ Caroline Blackmore. Caroline has such a positive and warm personality that our young children love. She is an integral part of the Team Kea team, ensuring that our young children get the best start that we can give them. Thanks Caroline for your input into the lives of our children.
• Pet Day Committee: A big thank you from staff, children and parents to the Pet Day Committee for their community-focused efforts in putting on Pet Day on Tuesday. It was an enjoyable day for all. Well done.

Term Four 2022

Week 4 (of 8)

• Thursday 10th November - Bush School Kamahi Reserve

Week 5 (of 8)

• Tuesday 15th November - Sports Activator
• Friday 16th November - Celebration Time (2.20pm)
• Saturday 19th November - Southland Athletics

Week 6 (of 8)

• Friday 25th November - LMV Swimming Sports

Week 7 (of 8)

• Monday 28th November - Senior Triathlon
• Wednesday 30th November - Levi Goodall Show
• Friday 1st December - Celebration Time (2.20pm)

Week 8 (of 8)

• Thursday 8th December - Concert Matinee 1pm, Evening 7pm
• Friday 9th December - Year 6 Farewell

On Monday, with Term Four being such a busy term, we held an adjusted athletics event, with Wyndham and Tuturau Schools, for those students in our schools that we knew had a strong chance of being highly competitive to a Southland Athletics level. A big thank you to the committee (Lower Mataura Valley Combined Activities Group) who worked hard to amend our programme to fit.

Here are our results.

7 Years

• Cooper Dobbie: 60 Metres 1st Place; 100 Metres 1st Place
• Hudson Latta: 60 Metres 3rd Place; 100 Metres 3rd Place

• Ally Webber: 60 Metres 1st Place; 100 Metres 1st Place
• Ella Bryson: 60 Metres 2nd Place; 100 Metres 2nd Place
• Lexie Mainland: 60 Metres 3rd Place; 100 Metres 3rd Place
• Grace Webber: 60 Metres 4th Place; 100 Metres 4th Place

8 Years

• Nixon Cripps: 60 Metres 1st Place: 100 Metres 1st Place; Long Jump 3rd Place
• Taite Clarke: 100 Metres 4th Place

• Piper Muir: 60 Metres 1st Place: 100 Metres 1st Place; Long Jump 1st Place

9 Years

• Boston Haenga: 100 Metres 1st Place: 200 Metres 3rd Place; Shot Put 3rd Place
• Liam Bryson: 800 Metres 2nd Place
• Charlie Frantz: 800 Metres 3rd Place; Discus 3rd Place; High Jump 2nd Place; Long Jump 3rd Place
• Sharnie Waikari-Parkes: 2nd Shot Put

• Ida Jukes: 100 Metres 1st Place: 200 Metres 1st Place; 800 Metres 1st Place; High Jump 1st Place; Long Jump 2nd Place
• Jada McKinnel: 100 Metres 2nd Place: 200 Metres 2nd Place; 800 Metres 3rd Place
• Miriam Pemberton: 800 Metres 2nd Place
• Pippa Clarke: Discus 3rd Place; High Jump 3rd Place

10 Years

• Ollie Glynn: 100 Metres 1st Place; 200 Metres 1st Place; 800 Metres 2nd Place; Shot Put 1st Place; Discus 2nd Place; High Jump 1st Place; Long Jump 1st Place
• Stan Hunter: 100 Metres 2nd Place; 200 Metres 2nd Place; 800 Metres 1st Place; Discus 1st Place; High Jump 3rd Place; Long Jump 2nd Place
• Ryan Boogerd: 100 Metres 3rd Place; 200 Metres 3rd Place; 800 Metres 4th Place
• Chase Chambers: 100 Metres 4th Place
• Case Dickson: Shot Put 2nd Place; Discus 3rd Place
• Aiden Folesi: Shot Put 3rd Place

• Quinn Tuhao: 100 Metres 1st Place; 200 Metres 1st Place; Shot Put 1st Place; Discus 1st Place; High Jump 1st Place; Long Jump 2nd Place
• Iyland Roberts: 100 Metres 2nd Place; 200 Metres 2nd Place; 800 Metres 1st Place; Shot Put 2nd Place; Discus 2nd Place; Long Jump 1st Place
• Charlotte Omadle: 100 Metres 4th Place; 200 Metres 3rd Place
• Erin Wallis: 800 Metres 2nd Place
• Fleur Blackmore: 800 Metres 4th Place

School Three-Way Interviews with Reports - Booking Link

The link to our interviews is below. Click through and book for your child/ren.

Team Kereru has had a busy week this week.

Monday was athletics. It was awesome to see all the children putting their best effort forward with all of the events they participated in. We were lucky to have such a lovely day for athletics to go ahead.

Tuesday was Pet Day. This year’s Pet Day was the first pet day I have been to with Edendale School and it had been a two years wait for the children also. It was wonderful to see children putting in entries for multiple different sections. Meeting everyone's pet was fun!

Team Kereru have started swimming this week to get ready for LMV Swimming Sports. Mrs Shepherd took the class yesterday practising freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke.

In writing we are creating a piece of narrative writing based on an image of a moving swing. The children can take the story wherever they want, as long as it has a beginning, middle, and end. The story needs to have a problem and solution. The children have used planning sheets to help them put their ideas down and to recognise how planning can help them in their writing. It will be great to read them when they are completed as each child will have their own unique piece of writing. Also, to start off the term, each student thought of a SMART writing goal that they can try to achieve or improve on by the end of the term.

With DRIVE this term, we have started to look at a variety of historical events that have had an impact on us today. The children created an awesome brainstorm. The children then have to create a digital presentation based on one specific event, making sure they include who, what, when, where, and how.

We have a busy few weeks coming up with the visit to Kamahi Reserve next Thursday and the Thursday after, we have the Year 5 Big Day Out in Invercargill.

We are starting to get into concert practice this week.

The term will fly by and before we know it, it will be Week 8.

Have a lovely weekend!

Integrity means we behave to a high standard of character everywhere we are and is shown through honesty, truthfulness, accuracy, consistent behaviour, selflessness and self-discipline. We demonstrate it when we...

• Are honest and trustworthy.

• Do the right thing even when no one is looking.

• Make positive choices that we are proud of.

This week's Principal's Values Award goes to: Erin Wallis

Koby is Team Kiwi’s MVP for Ponotanga - Integrity.

Koby is a kind and cheerful class member who greets his teachers and his peers every morning. He knows our morning routine and sets about to do what is required of him.

Koby has a positive attitude towards his school work and our class activities. He is able to work independently and is always willing to try new things. On the mat, Koby displays great mat manners and is usually one of the first students with his hand up ready to answer a question or contribute to a class discussion.

Koby makes positive choices that help him be a great learner and a valued class member. He is honest and trustworthy.

You have had a great year in Team Kiwi, Koby! You have been an awesome role model and we are lucky to have had you in Team Kiwi this year!

Ella is Team Tui’s MVP for Ponotanga - Integrity.

Integrity is about making the right choices at the right time and Ella is a super example of a young lady who can be trusted to be doing the right thing even when no-one is looking.

Ella is a super duper helper in the mornings, especially on Mondays with sorting out other children’s homework with me. She knows the routines and rules of our classroom and school, and she follows them to a very high standard.

Ella is liked by all her classmates as she is honest, kind and is someone you can have a good laugh with. She definitely has a few jokes up her sleeve.

Recently Ella has shown great sportsmanship inside and outside the classroom, encouraging and cheering her peers with positive words. She is not only proud of her own achievements, but others' achievements too.

Ella, we are lucky to have a hard-working, bubbly. reliable student like you in Team Tui.

Fleur Blackmore is Team Kahu’s MVP this week for always displaying Integrity-Ponotanga.

Fleur’s honesty and trustworthiness are evident at all times, both inside and outside of the classroom and she shows that integrity means doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.

Fleur stands up for what she believes is right and supports those around her.

Fleur actively participates in all classroom activities and produces work that she is proud of. She completes her work by staying on task and making sure it is finished in a timely manner.

She asks for or offers to help when needed.

Fleur shows respect to all those around her. She actively listens to adults and classmates alike and gives constructive feedback to her classmates during sharing time.

Fleur, we are very happy and proud to have you as a member of Team Kahu. You are a wonderful role model and you should be proud of the choices you make.

The Swing

Esther went to the park with her family on a sunny day. She loved to go back and forth on the swing. She loved going high in the sky. It made her feel excited, flying like a butterfly in the air.

Her parents pushed her. She yelled, "Higher. Higher!"

Esther heard her mum's phone ring. It was work. They wanted to know if she could work the next day. Her dad stopped pushing her. He saw a black, thundery rain cloud.

With her parents distracted, Esther was too. A stray dog ran past. She jumped off the swing at a low height and chased after the dog.

Mum got off the call and her dad turned around and Esther was not there. They could see her running off in the distance but Esther and the dog were too fast. Mum and Dad went to the car to chase her.

Shortly after they got to the car they lost sight of her. They revved the car and went looking.

Esther caught up with the dog and gave it a nice hug.

Around the corner came mum and dad feeling very relieved to see Esther. They picked up Esther and noticed the dog was puffing so they gave it some water in a bowl.

The rain started and the parents wanted to go but Esther did not want to leave without the dog. So, Mum and Dad picked the dog up and headed back to their house planning to take the dog to the Dog Shelter the next day.

Meeting Report - Tuesday 1st November

The new School Board met for their second time on Tuesday, being the seventh School Board meeting for the year.

The meeting started with a tour through the school that helped the new board learn some of the history of the property work undertaken by previous School Boards. There certainly has been a lot done by the efforts of many of our previous Boards - the TBLC, disability toilet block off the admin area, an extended staffroom, the junior verandah, the senior verandah, a new netball court, a new tennis/basketball court, a new car parking area, an administration block remodel, extended playing space, concrete upgrades, upgraded drainage, new fencing.

Then, this School Board will see the completion of the Learning Support Coordinators Office (in the administration block with a new principal's office), a new boiler, a new pool roof and some classroom modifications to Rooms One and Two to install a sliding door between the two of them.

The meeting then proceeded on to the agenda items for that day that included:

• Our roll is 131 children today.
• A report on the whole school's achievement in reading by Mrs Jenny Coyle. The school is exploring Structured Literacy as a means to support learners to develop greater skills and confidence in reading especially in their earlier years.
• A report on the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) results compiled by Mrs Jenny Coyle. This detailed the tracking of gender, what and when associated with misdemeanours and how this is being managed by staff. We have, on the whole, a very good school of children who do so well to get along across a day, week, term and year of being together.
• The principal presented two reports in regard to progress against the Annual Plan and Compliance Report.
• The funding and staffing allocations by the Ministry of Education for our school into 2023 were tabled.
• A draft 2023 budget, Annual Plan and Strategic Plan were tabled for input and questions with the hope that all three will be confirmed in Meeting Eight.
• Solutions and Services, the school's accountant, provided several reports in relation to the financial transactions as of September and the position that the school is in financially as a whole.

The School Board's next and final meeting for 2022 is on Tuesday 29th of November, starting at 7.00 pm in the staffroom.

Christmas Hamper - Raffle Items per Team

The Home and School would like to ask each family to please donate non-perishable (check expiry date) grocery items for our Christmas Hampers Raffle.

Please drop these items in your classroom donation boxes by Wednesday 23rd November.

Thanks very much.

• Team Kea: Christmas decorations

• Team Kiwi: Packets eg cereal, jelly, crackers, chips, biscuits, etc

• Team Pukeko: Sweets eg lollipops, marshmallows, popcorn, etc

• Team Tui: Condiments eg food toppings, jams, sauces, etc

• Team Kereru: Drinks eg fizz, juice, water, etc

• Team Kahu: Cans of food eg fruit, corn, spaghetti, tomato sauce, etc

Thanks - Raffle Support

A big thank you to Clip n Climb and Splash Palace for their support of our recent chocolate raffle with activity vouchers for our children. It is very much appreciated.

Help Wanted - End of Year Raffle and Concert

The end-of-year events are fast approaching. The Home and School runs a Christmas Hamper raffle at the matinee and evening concert. If you are able to help with organising this we would be most grateful.

Further, on the night of the evening concert we provide supper and would love a few hands to help with the tea, coffee, cake and washup.

Please contact President Louise Duffy on: louisecduffy@hotmail.com

Next Meeting - Term One 2023

The Term One 2023 meeting of the Home and School, also an AGM, is scheduled for Monday 27th of February at 7.30 pm in the school staffroom.

Edendale Community Pool - Open Now

The pool is running and being well utilised already by our members as well as the swimming lessons and school swimming. Big thanks to the volunteers who make this possible.

If you wish to join or renew, please email me at ecpscontact@gmail.com for the information. Please be aware that new memberships may take up to three days to be activated.

Memberships: renewals $85; new memberships $100.

Regards, Jenny Coyle

Sec/Treas ECPS

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Phone: 03 206 6959
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