St Leonards Road School

ST LEONARDS ROAD SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 2 May 2012 Week 2, Term 2 Greetings Tena Koutou Talofa Lava Malo e Le Lei Namaste Ni sa bula Fakalofa lahi atu Kia Orana Nay Ho Asalam Alykum Ni Hao An Nyung Ha Sai Yo Noaia’e mauri

Dear Parents / Caregivers Welcome to the following students who started at our school during the past two weeks: Daesian Tutaki, Inderpreet Kaur, Daz Gabriel, Christian Saso, Leeroy Sergeant, Tanisha Chand, Sophia Maung, Cecilia Talamaivao, Zia Khan, Gerran Baynham and Te Aroha Barber We hope you enjoy your time with us.

Friday Whole School Assembly This Friday’s assembly is being hosted by Room 7, Mrs Hindmarsh and her students would like to extend a warm welcome to all families to join us.

School Uniform now available at New Lynn Postie Plus Our St Leonards Road School uniform is now being sold from the New Lynn branch of Postie Plus in Lynmall, it is no longer available at the Henderson Plaza store. For a copy of the current price list for uniform items, please see Mandy in the school office. If certain items and/or sizes are unavailable when you go to Postie Plus, please ask the store staff to order them in for you.

Million Dollar Mouse Mufti Day A huge thank you to the St Leonards Road School Community! The Mufti Day held on the last day of term one raised $515.00 to help save the many New Zealand birds and their eggs on the Antipodes Island. Jo and Gareth Morgan and the Department of Conservation have said that for every dollar New Zealanders give to try to save these birds they will give a dollar too, so this means that we will in fact have raised $1030.00 in total. Thank you! - Room 21

Library Easter Raffle The Library raffle was drawn at our final assembly last term and these were our lucky winners: 1st Prize Lauren Samuela Room 21 2nd Prize Michael Wati Room 3 3rd Prize Emma and Nate Kerr Fairlie Rooms 5 & 7

MOTAT Trip for Rooms 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 and 15 As part of our Focus on ‘Old and New’ this term, we have booked our Junior Syndicate classes to go to MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology). This trip will give the children a wonderful opportunity to see ‘olden day things’ and they will be able to compare them to what we use today. They will visit an old Victorian classroom and have a ride on a tram, as well as look at old technology. On Monday 14th May, Rooms 10, 11, 8 and 15 will travel by bus to MOTAT. They will leave school at 9.15 am and return by 2.30 pm. On Friday 18th May, Rooms 14, 6 and 7 will go to MOTAT. They will leave school by bus at 9.15 am and return by 2.30 pm. A letter has been sent home this week so please check your child’s bag as a permission slip needs to be filled in and returned to school, by Tuesday 8th May. We have been able to use a special offer of no charge for entry to MOTAT and they have also organised for the cost of the buses to be covered for us. Lyn Throll (Assistant Principal) St Leonards Road School Art Exhibition 15 – 18 May A Visual Arts Celebration

Opening Times for Exhibition

Tuesday 15 May 10:00am - 4:00 pm Wednesday 16 May 9:00am - 8:00 pm Wine and Cheese from 7:00pm - 8:00 pm Thursday 17 May 9:00am - 5:00 pm Friday 18 May 9:00am - 1:00 pm (No Assembly)

Admission by ‘Donation’

TURN BANKING INTO BOOKS

Do you want to win books for your school? For every ASB school banking deposit made gives you an entry into the prize draw to win $500.00 library book voucher plus a St John Emergency Grab Kit.

Don’t do school banking….easy, collect an application form from your school office, complete and return to the office and we will enrol you. Not only will each deposit enter your school in the draw but you will receive a goodie bag from us that includes your very own Kashin calculator.

Be in now to help your school become winners and you too are a winner in establishing good savings behaviours. Saturday Netball All netball games will start this coming week. A reminder for our families that the Little Leos is the only team to play on Thursdays afternoon at Te Pai courts. The following teams will play on Saturdays - Tuis (Year 6), Kiwis (Year 5), Keas (Year 5) and Kakapos (Year 4). The draw for games will eventually be posted on the www.netballwaitakere.co.nz website.

Due to changing circumstance the practices this term for all netball teams are as follows - Little Leos on Tuesday afterschool 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Tuis on Thursday afterschool 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Kiwis on Monday afterschool 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Keas on Tuesday afterschool 3:00 pm-4:00 pm

FOTS - Mothers Day Raffle The Friends of the school are holding a Mothers Day Raffle in Term 2. There are 2 prizes per syndicate of: a teapot, 2 mugs, 2 packets of biscuits and an assortment of beverages (as per photo) to spoil Mum on her special day. Tickets will go on sale on Monday 23rd April till Thursday 10th May and the raffle will be drawn at assembly on Friday 11th May, just in time for Mothers Day on Sunday 13th May. Tickets will cost $1.00 each.

Mother’s Day – Sunday 13 th May Once again Duffy Books in Homes has sent us a lovely book to present to someone “caught being a Good Mum” We would like children to write a story telling us why their Mum is a Good Mum. Please hand your story in to Miss Butcher at the school office by Wednesday 9th May.

FREE ENTRY MONTH FOR AUCKLAND EAST AND WEST RESIDENTS!

MOTAT wishes to thank you for your support by offering Auckland East and West residents FREE entry in MAY! Bring a voucher (available in local newspapers and letterboxes) or proof of your address to MOTAT in May and receive FREE entry for you and your family. There are no extra charges to enjoy all of MOTAT's exhibitions and activities. Pupil of the Term Awards The following children received Pupil of the Term Awards at our final assembly last term. Room 1 Victor Viki Carla Matabilas Room 2 Aleena Habibah Lomas Paialii Room 3 Ana To’angutu Vaiese Afelee Room 4 Henrietta Pani Dominic Rankin Quensell Room 5 Xarya Tamaalii Nikisone Finau Room 6 Mose Fa’aumuumu Taivaka Afelee Rom 7 Amelia Hurrell Aidan Serrano Room 8 Le Bron Le Doux Taua’a Christina Tomai Room 10 Tane Sirling Anelia Ioane Vaelei Room 11 Isaac Parker Prisha Charan Room 14 Larkesha Tohovaka Vimal Kumar Room 15 Eilis Babbington Nimesh Patel Room 16 Kaiserina Sofeni Saheel Naicker Room 17 Aaliyah Mohammed Destinee Luamata Room 18 Monica Kelly Shemaiah Mose Room 19 Lilee Ieriko Talei Rose Holmes Room 20 Daile Matabilas Dayna Gates Room 21 Laiana Halo Mason Tucker Pope

Up Coming Events Thursday 3rd May Friday 4th May Hearing and Vision testing in the school Whole School Assembly in School Hall Monday 7th May FOTS AGM IN Staffroom @ 7.00 pm Friday 11th May FOTS Mufti Day Whole School Assembly in School Hall Monday 14th May Junior Classes going to MOTAT, Rooms 10, 11, 8 and 15 Tuesday 15th Art Exhibition in School Hall 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Wednesday 16th May Art Exhibition in School Hall 10.00 am – 8.00 pm Thursday 17th May Art Exhibition in School Hall 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Friday 18th May Art Exhibition in School Hall 9.00 am – 1.00 pm Junior Classes going to MOTAT, Rooms 6,7 and 14 Friday 25th May Whole School Assembly in School Hall Tuesday 29th May AFL in school working with students Wednesday 30th May AFL in school working with students Thursday 31st May BOT Meeting in ICT Suite @ 6.30 pm Friday 1st June Whole School Assembly in School Hall Middle Syndicate 60’s Day Wednesday 6th June ICAS Science Competition in School Hall Friday 8th June Whole School Assembly in School Hall Interschool Rugby Competition Monday 11th June FOTS Meeting in staffroom @ 7.00 pm Thursday 14th June Schoolwide Spell-a-athon Friday 15th June Whole School Assembly in School Hall Monday 18th June ICAS Writing Competition in School Hall Friday 22nd June Whole School Assembly in School Hall Interschool Gymnastics Competition Thursday 28th June BOT Meeting in ICT Suite @ 6.30 pm Friday 29th June Whole School Assembly in School Hall Last Day of school for Term Two Monday 16th July First Day of school for Term Three

Kind regards Darren Smith Principal