Newsletter

• LMV Cross Country: What a great day we had on Tuesday for the Lower Mataura Valley Zone Cross Country. We love watching our children be active and involved. Well done to the children for all their efforts on the day. There was a raft of excellent results for Edendale athletes earned from their hard work in training as preparation for the event.

• Queen's Birthday: Monday is Queen's Birthday and as such is a public holiday. We will see all the children again on Tuesday.

• Alert Messaging: On Wednesday afternoon things here at school went a bit belly up in places. The Ministry of Education's Network for Learning (N4L) fell over in some sectors of the school including the office computer, office phone and photocopier. Then just after school the Brydone Bus ended up with a broken window and was running late. In both of these situations, we put a message across our Facebook Page and through our school app. We are so grateful for these means of communication which allow us to get the message directly to you. With winter now upon us, these systems are used when early morning road conditions are not favourable for driving, mainly due to snow. Please, if you have not already, follow us on Facebook (Edendale Primary School - Southland) and download our school app from SchoolAppsNZ and then, once in, search for Edendale PS Southland.

Thank You - Team Edendale

• LMV Zone Cross Country Helpers: Thanks to staff and parents for your assistance to make this day a success. Thanks to Laura McVicar and Andrea Russell in the office for sorting our in-school arrangements around name tags, certificates and buses. Thanks to Active Southland for the finish line, cones and tables. Thanks to Young Quinn Raceway (Wyndham Racecourse) for the grounds and Brendan Duffy and Bathan Muir for their help with the hay bales and finish line. Thanks to the Menzies students for being our lead runners and showing our children where to run.
  

On Friday 24th of June, there is a Gore and Districts mega celebration of Matariki at the Waimumu Events Centre (Field Days) from 2.00pm to 6.30pm.

Schools are coming together to perform in what is a full and exciting programme of performances including kapa haka groups and school bands.

Entry to the event is free.

Food vendors are booked and will be positioned to create a 'food hall' experience for people who wish to purchase a wide variety of refreshments.

At the conclusion of the event, there will be a professional fireworks display.

Come along and be part of the celebration.

This term we are going to make another book like we did last year.

Section One: Become an Author - Write an original poem, to a maximum of 200 words, focused upon the theme 'On the farm'.

Section Two: Become an Illustrator - In a style of your choosing, create an original picture themed around 'On the farm' that can be put alongside our poems.

Age Groups: Entry is open to all school children and even wider family members.

The End Result

Successful entrants (authors and illustrators) will be put into a book that we will print for the school, with copies that will go into our school library and each class.

We will then sell copies to the entrants and the general public.

The Requirements and Rules

1. The theme is 'On the farm' so the writing and/or picture must reflect this.
2. The word limit for the poem is 200 words.
3. The illustration style can be of your own choosing, A4 in size (landscape or portrait) but it must be able to be scanned into a jpeg.
4. The entries are due by Friday 10th June.
5. On all entries make sure you put your name, age, year level and room on the back. (Unless you are in the Open section where your name will suffice).
6. You can enter as both an author and illustrator.

Term Two 2022

Week Six (of 10)

• Monday 6th June: Queens Birthday Public Holiday - School Closed
• Tuesday 7th June: Sports Activator

Week Seven (of 10)

• Friday 17th June: Southland Cross Country

Week Eight (of 10)

• Monday 20th June - Thursday 23rd June: School Interviews
• Friday 24th June: Matariki Public Holiday - School Closed

Book Club - Issue 4

Scholastic Book Club Issue 4 has gone home.

All orders need to be returned to the office by Friday 17th June. You can also order online.

Talofa from Team Tui!

Week 5 already! The term has been jam-packed already with science, Sports Activator, Elgregoe, Kamahi Reserve and the LMV Zone Cross Country with more to come.

Like the rest of the school Sue Galloway has been the highlight of the term so far. I was impressed with the engagement of the children and their super thinking and questioning. Some comments of the day:

• “This is science!”
• “I love science!”
• “Can we have science everyday”

For DRIVE Inquiry we have been busy researching how different types of vehicles move and we are well on our way making our posters telling you how they move and work.

Our PR1ME Maths is ticking along nicely, with most of us learning about part- whole bar models and comparison bar models too. We are really liking the multiplication wheel where the boys and girls compete against one another to complete the multiplication wheel first, it does get very competitive.

We are all making great progress with our reading and writing skills. We will be focusing our writing on speeches now which links into our new DRIVE topic about “ What do I want to be when I grow up”.

Mrs Shepherd has also been busy with teaching us about measurement to do with mass and capacity as well as colours for Māori. Test us at home on our colours, see how well we have been listening.

In May we farewelled our dear friend Bayden, we will miss his friendship and wish him all the best at Riversdale School.

We are looking forward to the second half of the term to learn about Michel Tuffery, a New Zealand artist who explores the themes of Māori Pasifika in a woodcut font, lase-cut Matariki Star and Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa series. This will link in great with the celebration of Matariki coming up.

We can’t wait to see you all in Week 8 at report interviews.

Have an awesome and safe long weekend!

Miss Caci Mineur and Team Tui 😊

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

Responsibility means we own our actions towards our roles, activities and items for our own and other’s benefit and is shown through loyalty, duty, commitment, initiative, onus, ownership, contributions, trustworthiness and doing.

At Edendale Primary School respect is demonstrated when we...

• Are ready for our learning.

• Work right through from start to finish.

• Care for people, property and places.

• Look after our belongings.

• Involve ourselves in our school whanau community.

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 Jake Wigchers Van Boheemen for being a strong contributor, living out our school values every day.

Simone Cupido is Team Tui’s MVP for our school value of Haepapa - Responsibility.

Simone comes in every morning with a beautiful, big smile and a fantastic positive attitude. She is a polite, friendly, and helpful member of our team and a caring friend to all.

Simone shows responsibility by making sure she gets her work finished within the time frame and puts 100% effort into all her work. She is an engaged learner by listening actively to instructions or discussions and being confident to contribute her own ideas.

Simone knows our class routines very well and completes her job to a high standard. She never complains and nothing is too big or small.

Simone, you are a delight to have in Team Tui with your enthusiastic bubbly personality.

Keep shining bright superstar!

Bonnie McCauley is Team Kea’s MVP this week. Bonnie is a polite young lady who shows our school value of Haepapa - Responsibility.

Bonnie walks into school with a happy smile and gets herself organised for the day. She is a very kind class member who gets along with everyone. She makes new children feel welcome and plays fairly and sensibly with others.

It has been lovely watching Bonnie’s confidence grow more and more. Bonnie is always ready with the right equipment and focuses on her learning from start to finish. She is keen to learn and completes her work to a high standard.

I can trust Bonnie to make great learning and behaviour choices throughout the day. She has been a great buddy and role model to the children new to our school.

Bonnie is a very kind friend who treats others the way she would want to be treated. She notices when someone needs a friend or a helping hand and often goes to support them.

You have had a fantastic start to your learning journey, Bonnie. You are a valued member of our class. I look forward to seeing all the achievements you make here at Edendale Primary School.

Keep being you!

If I had to design a car for the future this would be how it’s going to work.

My car for the future would be a self–driving car that can float! To make it float you must go to the back of the car, plug the plug into the outlet and flip the switch.

The wheels will glow green and push the air down making the car go up. If you are a passenger, you can just relax and watch any channel on the TV. If you are the driver there are ways to work your car, you can just drive it or turn it on self-drive mode.

Now, this car is paintable, but I recommend black because it has LED lights that you can change to any colour, even rainbow!

School Board - Vision Day 2025+

The School Board is running its annual Vision Day on Wednesday 6th of July. This helps the School Board maintain continual momentum for the school. As part of that, the School Board surveys the school community (staff, students and families).

Below is a link that we would appreciate your thoughts on what you think our school's future could look like.

Term Two - Meeting Five

The next general meeting for the School Board in Term Two is this coming Tuesday 21st June at 6.00 pm. Meeting material will be issued a week beforehand.

Board Election - Timeframe

• Call for nominations: Friday 15th July
• Nominations Close: Friday 5th August before 4.00 pm
• 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 Two 2022

The Term Three 2022 meeting of the Home and School is scheduled for Monday15th August starting at 7.30pm in the school staffroom.

Toilet Paper Fundraiser - Order Now

Edendale Home and School are running a Toilet Paper Fundraiser.

Forms have gone home to families.

See the poster below for more information. Thank you for your support!

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Location: Edendale Primary School, 24 Salford Street, Edendale 9825, New Zealand
Phone: 03 206 6959
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Twitter: @EdendaleSchool