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SEP 7

2011

Gabby, Olivia and Sophie enjoying a fun day up at The Remarkables on our first ever ski trip with the snow and weather coming to the party.

Our ski trip participants had a wonderful fun day at the Remarkables ski area last Friday. While we endured some interesting weather they enjoyed crisp sunshine! Out of the 64 students who went over 30 of them were skiing for the first time. A big thank you to Mark and Hamish who organised the day and to all our parents who went, which meant the mountain was saturated with Myross Bush support! Tomorrow afternoon, at 1.30pm, every child gets the opportunity to participate in a 45 minute highly entertaining and 'Rhythm Interactive' stage performance. This is entirely performed through mime as part of the theme "Action Speaks Louder than Words", with each student given an African styled hand drum that they use to participate. This is followed by a short presentation and a 15 minute Q&A session. The staff had the opportunity to be a part of this show at the recent conference in the term break and it is something that we are excited about being able to give as an opportunity to our students. Due to our Activity Centre operating as a 'Learning Centre' during the renovation period we

will bus the children along to the hall. You are welcome to come along tomorrow to see the whole school in action at this time! The school is also purchasing 10 of these drums (thanks to Aviary fundraising!) after the performance to extend our music resource for beat and rhythm activities. The cost of this show and the bus is largely being covered by the school but we do need your support of $2 per student to help. This will be added to your family account. Please note that any cost put to parents account is taken seriously as I am aware that it can feel that bills just keep growing and coming! The school endeavors to resource as much of our learning programmes as it can but as a Decile 10 designated school our government funding is adjusted accordingly. This means Decile 1 schools get more funding per student and at the other end of the scale Decile 10 schools get the least per student. Therefore, your continued financial support is a very important element of the home & school partnership for giving our children every opportunity to enjoy a range of learning experiences.

The first classroom block to be renovated is nearly there! Sometime next week Rooms 2 & 3 will transition back into their 'fresh' environments and Rooms 4 & 5 will move into the 'learning' centre so the next stage of the renovation can begin! While this is sounds easy written down it is actually a mammoth undertaking, as anyone who has had to move rooms for renovation at home will know! Our teachers take the learning programme of all our children very seriously and while this is a short term pain for a very positive long term gain your understanding and consideration for our teachers is appreciated. School life, like any workplace, is full on and we all need to support and encourage each other in full on times like this! Last week saw the first of our 'unassembly's' and the parents that made it enjoyed the opportunity to see their child's room in action. Keep an eye on the news and views and the class blogs to see what they're up to for the coming weeks! We look forward to seeing you again this Friday! Regards, Tim Lovelock

Kia tu Pakari

From strong foundations we grow and stand tall together

Community:
Missing Cat Flyer: Cat missing
from Drysdale Road came home last night. Thank you for your calls.

Community Planting:
happening at Bushy Point, Otatara on 11 September 2011. The planting is part of the Living Legends project and at Bushy Point we will be planting 5000 native plants in just a few hours. What you may not know is that as well as All Black rugby legend Kevin Laidlaw attending, Bug Man Ruud Kleinpaste will also be there. Its the only Living Legends event he is attending so we are very lucky. The day will start at 9.30am walking through from the Bryson Road entrance, speeches at 10am and planting soon after, lunch provided, more planting if necessary, finishing around 3pm. The major organising and advertising for the event is done by Living Legends nationally and they will be in touch with people by email when you register. If you want to get a free bus from Invercargill to the site you will need to register at www.livinglegends.co.nz, and that will also give an idea of how many people to cater for (but we wont turn you away if you havent registered!). Lunch, and activities for children. This event is also a Southland Conservation Week activity and DOC are providing a big marquee with some space for groups to put their displays. Parking will be in a paddock, if you can car pool or take the bus from town that will help.

Brock, Corbin, Cassie, Katie H and Hannah from Room 5 ordering decimals and recording numbers in their place value with Mrs Kahukura yesterday.

School News:
Help: From time to time phone numbers and cell phone numbers need to be changed for whatever reason. We ask that you please notify the school when this happens as sometimes we have no way of contacting parents in an emergency if numbers have not been notified. For Sale: Sky Blue ukulele (due to cancelled order). Great Christmas present. Restrung with Hawiian strings to give a better sound. Contact Irene at the office.

Pet Day Planning Meeting: Tues 13th

September in Room 8 at 7pm. All welcome. Your help with this fun day is greatly appreciated.

Next Friends of the School Meeting: Wed 21st September in the

staffroom. Have your say about how the FOS can support the BOT with the classroom and library redevelopment.

Myross Bush Landcare Group:

Its time for us to start planning our activities at Kerr Bush for the year and to get everyones' ideas and thoughts on what next to do. Our children and school community have played a huge part in the restoration work, and are very welcome to attend the meeting to plan how to continue the amazing work which has been done so far. A meeting is at 7:30pm, Monday 12th Sept at Rod and Nan Sinclairs, 200 Drysdale Road, Myross Bush. RSVP to Nan on 2304141 or rodnan@xtra.co.nz Please pass this onto people who you feel may be interested in preserving Kerr Bush. Nan Sinclair

Friends of the School:

Book Fair is next week. Classes will get
to look at all the books on Monday and Tuesday and make a wish list if they want to. We will be open to the public/parents Wed - Fri 8.30-9.30am and 2.30-3.30pm as well as Fri 6.15-7.45pm while the disco is on. All purchases help the school as a percentage of sales is donated back to the school in the form of books. Weird & Wacky Disco: will be held for Myross Bush students Friday 16th from 6-8pm at the Myross Bush Hall. No pre-schoolers please. Entry $2 and Glow bracelets, popcorn, ice cream and fizz will be for sale. Your child should have received a poster about this event on Monday.
DAVID WHITE BUILDING Experienced Qualied Builder of: New Homes Residential Extensions and Renovations Farm Sheds etc... Phone 0274351490 or A/H 2304984

Blue Jays Marching Team

are recruiting members for their 2011-2012. Year 1-3 ph Carla Johnson 2161660, Year 3-8 ph Airdrie Stuart 2158827

Thank you to The Hideaway of Lochiel who very generously donated grasses for the entrance to our school.

Week 6 Term 3
Room 1 is busy this week, practising our lines for our
play. We are performing on Friday. Please come along and watch us at 2.15pm. We are getting really good at presenting our ideas clearly. Miss MacBeth is teaching us for 3 weeks and we are having lots of fun with our science experiments. CERTIFICATES: Logan - Writing amazing stories Mitchell - Switched on to learning. It was fun singing on the bus on the way back Georgia What a great day had by all that went on the ski trip and also those that stayed at school.On Friday for our un-assembly we would love as many parents to come along as possible. We are going to have a shared afternoon birthday tea as 3 of our classmates birthdays are this week. Feel free to bring along any goodies at 2:15 on Friday... we will be singing you a song and sharing some of our amazing work

Room 2 have been exploring how we can change

Room 3 were all pleased to see some parents at our

first un-assembly. This week we hope to be able to share our first narrative stories with anyone who has the time to visit us this week. We look forward to seeing you there. We are working hard at skip-counting this week as you will have seen in the homework. You can work on this at home by counting legs in 2's or fingers in 5's.

Room 8

Room 4 This week we are learning to write a narrative that is entertaining. Next week we will be editing, proofreading and publishing them in the form of a book. If you would like to read one, keep an eye on the Room 4 blog over the next few weeks. In maths we continue to learn about fractions. Check our the Woodlands site for some fun fraction games (On the Room 4 Blog). We enjoyed learning about melting and discussing our ideas about what is happening to the particles as they melt. On a Friday the children are allowed to bring something from home for sharing time ( please no toys). Thanks for your support. Evelyn Room 5 are excitedly working on our Inquiry. Conducting experiments, making changes and recording the outcomes. Throughout our experiments we have been reflecting on the scientific process. We can't wait to start filming these. Over the next few days your child may require an ingredient to contribute to their groups experiment. This will be written on their homework sheet. I am excited about experimenting with baking soda and vinegar and to find out what happens if I change the vinegar and use milk. Will I think the volcano will still explode if we use milk. Katie C It will be interesting to see how we can keep an egg whole when we drop it from a high place. Cassie Im looking forward to making a rocket. Blake The oral language presentations have been fantastic. Well done Room 5. Have a great week. Room 6
I had a few crashes on the ski trip but it was still fun Kahn I had lots of fun skiing down the slopes - Holly We made blue marshmallow and coated it in coconut at school on Friday - Jessica It was fun skiing - Jack It was fun skiing even though it was freezing up there - Oliver B I liked eating the marshmallows - George

Cameron - I enjoyed going to the snow trip last week. I really liked learning how to ski and playing with my friends. Zach - I like how we're learning about science. You get to find out things that you didn't know before. Our groups learning how we get salt. Mr Herring - This week our groups are experimenting on their chosen form of matter. They're investigating things like aluminium, helium, vinegar and salt. It should be fun watching all the experiments in action.

Sports Notices:
Congratulations to... Jaidene Marshall who competed at the South Island gymnastics completion in Timaru last weekend and came 5th overall for step 5 (unders) Well done! Congratulations to... -Andrew Fleming, Jack and Thomas Wilcox who won all their games in the Southland v's Otago competition in Dunedin last weekend. Well done boys! -Bradley Corbett, Ben Clixby, Oscar Patterson & Kaitlyn Michelle who play for Old Boys Arsenal 11th Grade who won their grade this year -Ben Clixby who has been chosen to represent Southland in the Under 11 Tennis Team.

Netball
MB Shooters v Woodlands Lost 8-4 POD Emma Phillips

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GLADSTONE TYRES & MAGS: Get the school rewarded - $5 back to the school on every tyre purchase - drop a copy of your invoice into the school

from the classroom

materials by cooling, heating and mixing, and we are looking forward to making up our own experiments. In writing, we have been learning how to create a picture in our readers head by using describing words. We are getting great at retelling stories with drama. We know to look at the audience and to make our faces and bodies tell the story. We are looking forward to moving to our new space soon! We welcome Mrs Hughes who will be teaching on Thursday and Friday this week.

Room 7 Ski Trip & Plasticine animation one liners!

Going up the chair lift was fun but going down was a little scary! - Bethany

* It was cold and windy up there but heaps of fun. Olivia I got winded when someone bowled into me (really I fell down over myself because I was clumsy!) Jack The boots made your feet sore when you took the skis off. Sarah It was a blizzard at Remarkables at times. Emily I got told off when I rammed into the Ski Instructor because I forgot how to brake. Jonty

September
8th (Thurs) Rhythm Interactive Show

October
5th (Wed) Myross Bush WOW night at Civic Theatre

November
7th (Mon) Pet Day

Updated 7th September 2011

9th (Fri un assembly) A reminder that you are invited to pop along to school at the usual time 2.15pm and visit your childs class in action. They will also showcase some of the work they have been doing. 12th-16th (Mon-Fri) Book Fair Week (Staffroom) 16th (Friday night) School disco 6-8pm at the Myross Bush Hall. 12th (Mon) Board of Trustees Meeting 7.30pm 13th (Tues night) FOS Pet Day Meeting in Room 8 at 7pm. All welcome. Your help with this fun day is greatly appreciated.

7th (Fri) End of Term 3

22nd-25th (Tues - Fri) Year 6 Camp

24th (Mon) Labour Day

25th (Tues) Term 4 begins

December
19th (Mon) End of Term 4 (confirmed)

calendar

27th (Thurs) Class Photos

21st (Wed) Friends of the School Meeting 7.30pm Have your say about how the FOS can support the BOT with the classroom and library redevelopment. 22nd (Thurs) Lifestyle Portraits

FOS Pe t Day m eeting Tues 13 th at 7 pm

Dont forget. ..