LYNMORE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER www.lynmore.school.nz KEEP MOVING KEEP GROWING 24 June 2021 KEEP LEARNING Issue 18 Tupungia te aroha o te ako hei anga mua New Principal Announcement Kia ora Students, Parents & Caregivers We are delighted to announce the appointment of Hinei Taute as the new Principal of Lynmore Primary School. Hinei comes to us with over 20 years of teaching and leadership experience and has worked in a variety of schools including Principal of Whakarewarewa School, Deputy Principal of Rotorua Intermediate and Lead Principal of the Rotorua Central Kahui Ako (Community of Learning) which includes 9 schools, 1 Tertiary provider and 23 Early Learning Centres in the central Rotorua Cluster. She is currently Principal at Whakarewarewa School, a position she has held since 2017. She has successfully increased the school roll from 79 to 160 students in four years. Hinei has great collaboration skills where she is able to actively listen and work towards bringing groups of diverse people together and their ideas to achieve common goals. She leads, serves and participates in all aspects of school life. Hinei has a Masters of Education with honors from the University of Waikato and continues to develop her lifelong love of learning. She is an active sports person, coach, mentor, grandmother, wife and dedicated mother of 5. She was born and raised in Rotorua, spent 12 years in Australia and the United Kingdom and returned to Rotorua in 1996. With four years’ experience as a Principal, nine years as a Deputy Principal and extensive experience as hands-on teacher at both Intermediate and Primary schools’; we are very confident that Hinei is the ideal person to lead our school into the future. The Board was very pleased with the calibre of applicants. Our process involved reviewing all the candidates against the values and attributes (below) that we had advertised. This table was derived from the community, staff and student voice collected. We were then able to determine the shortlist, visit shortlisted candidates schools and then conduct interviews and make the key appointment to the Principal role. FROM THE PRINCIPALS... This term is racing by! It has been great to see the sunshine during some parts of the week. Next week we have a busy one with school photos, PEP’s (Personalised Education Plan) and we have a group of children who are representing Lynmore at the Bay of Plenty Cross Country Championships in Tauranga. Personalised Education Plan meetings are next week. We really encourage you to make a booking with your child’s teacher for a catch up to discuss learning. We believe in this process and have seen great value come from the partnership of home and school working together to support the growth and learning of our students. Keep up the great work with this! We wish all of the students the very best that are representing Lynmore School in the next week. We have a number of students that have qualified for the Epro8 Grand Fi- nal tomorrow at Mokoia Intermediate. They will be participating against other schools at engineering and technology challenges. We wish you all the best. We also have a group of 16 students that are participating at the BOP Cross Country next week in Tauranga. You have all worked extremely hard to make it this far and are very proud of you for this effort. We wish you all of the best for your run! A huge congratulations to the following children: Nadia in Room 1a who participated in Trinity College London Grade 2 Guitar Examination last Thursday. She has been playing the guitar for two and a half years. Her hard work, dedication and commitment paid off. She got 92 and achieved with a well deserved DISTINCTION. Well done Nadia! Nathanael in Room 3 who got 96% in a recent Piano exam. What a fantastic achievement, well done Nathanael, we hope to hear you play one day! Keira in Room 3 who got the most improved 10 year old swimmer for Swim Rotorua! What an amazing achievement Keira, keep it up! Success stories If your children have been involved in any events outside of school please do let us know so that we can celebrate their success in the newsletter. Enjoy the rest of your week and weekend ahead. Nga mihi Michael Cunliffe and Billinda Connolly-Tevendale P.E.P. (Personalised Education Plan) Important! Please check you have the correct day and have booked. On Monday night the PEP interview booking sheets were sent out via Seesaw, unfortunately it had the wrong dates so shortly after the first PEP message came out on Seesaw another one was sent with a new code. Please make sure you have the correct booking for next week. Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. We have set up a P.E.P calendar for those parents who have yet to participate in our P.E.P (Personalised Education Plan) meetings this term. While we highly encourage you to touch base with your child’s teacher when the need arises, we realise that some of you may not have been able to do this as of yet. As a result we have some available P.E.P bookings available that you may like to utilise next week. Please follow the instructions below to book your meeting time. If you are unable to make any of these times, please contact your child’s teacher to arrange another meeting. Instructions: Go to the website www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ and enter the code y3cfz in the ‘School event Code’. Enter your full name, email address, and choose how many students you are booking for and enter their names then click ‘Go’. Choose your child’s teacher/s and click ‘Go’. Click the square on the date and time/s you would like and then click ‘Go’. Finished! Your booking will be listed on the screen and also emailed to your email address. You can print your bookings at this stage. At any time you can re-enter and change or cancel your bookings. If you run into any difficulties, please see the office or your child’s teacher. Bookings will be closed on Sunday 27th June at 5pm. We look forward to seeing you next week ICAS EXAMINATIONS 2021 All registrations need to be completed by Friday 2nd July; no late entries can be accepted. Spare forms are available at the office. PRINCIPAL AWARDS Aroha Curiosity Integrity Courage Whare Ako Kupe Classes Room 21 Room 20 Room 21 Room 3 Ciara Jack Millie Christian For the way you interact so For the way you For showing in- For showing thoughtfully and positively display curiosity tegrity in the way courage in the with others all the time. You towards learning that you listen to way that you show aroha to everyone in our through play. You others when they are taking large classroom, and support are so eager to try are sharing their responsibility other children when you can new things and I Teach the Teach- for your learn- see they need help. You are just love your ‘can er. You are al- ing by being always on task, and making do’ attitude you ways able to an- organised and the right choices and Room 21 display. You have swer their ques- ready each is very lucky to have you. Keep made amazing cre- tions with the morning. being awesome, Ciara! ations with your correct answers. Christian it is friends both inside You are growing also awesome Room 19 and out of the as a role model to see you ap- classroom environ- daily by the way proaching Caydence ment. We are lucky you are trying to your learning to have you in be the best ver- with a positive For always showing aroha. Room 20 Jack. sion of yourself. attitude and Caydence, you are so kind and Keep on doing persevering to sweet to your peers in Room what you’re do- be the ‘best 19. I love how you alway know ing! you can be! what to say or do to help your Keep up the friends feel better. You are Room 8 great mahi always eager to help your Helen Christian! friends or myself when we need something. You truly For your lookout for everyone in Room phenomenal 19. Thank you for being so work ethic in thoughtful. You're amazing. class. You always strive to do your Room 8 best and perse- Nastassja vere when tasks challenge you. For the aroha and kindness You have a you show to others. You are growth mindset such a positive member of the and this has been class and treat others with so reflected in your much respect. I love how you progress this encourage others and year. Keep up the celebrate their achievements. amazing work We are very fortunate to have mahi. you in our class. Aroha Curiosity Integrity Courage PRINCIPAL AWARDS Aroha Curiosity Integrity Courage Whare Ako Ihenga Classes Room 27 Room 1 Room 16a Room 25 Parizaat Lucy-Belle Brodie Manaia For showing kind- For the way you For letting your friends For the way you ness and including approach all of join in the game and display courage others in your games your learning. You making them happy. towards learning and activities. You show curiosity by Brodie, you are a kind through play. You are always so happy asking questions, friend to your peers are so eager to to share and take looking at new and they enjoy your learn new things turns. Thank you for concepts from all company.