5th March 2015 - Week 5 Term 1

Golden Bay Schools Swimming Sports Junior Swimming Display th The Golden Bay Schools’ Swimming Sports will be held tomorrow, Friday 6 This afternoon we are March at the GBHS pool. The sports start at 11am and finish around 2pm. holding the Junior A team of length swimmers have been selected after trials as the GBHS pool. Swimming display to showcase what the children The team will travel to GBHS by bus leaving school at 10.30am. have achieved over the past The events will run in the following order -7/8yr boys, 7/8 yr girls, 9yr boys, weeks of swimming tuition. 9 yr girls 10/11yr boys, 10/11 yr girls. All children have made

Children will need significant improvements Sunhat with many amazing Togs / towel themselves, their teachers Lunch/ Drink and families with their School T-shirt will be issued achievements. Photos and comments will All parents and whanau are most welcome to come along and support the feature in next weeks children. newsletter. Please return any Green School T-Shirts as we will need these on the day. If your children still want to order lunch it will be delivered to GBHS. Motupipi School Contact Details: This weeks lunch (Friday) 435 Abel Tasman Drive

2015 Dates Takaka 7183 Ham filled Rolls $3.00 Term 1 3rd Feb - 2nd April Chocolate Muffins $2.00 Phone: 03 525 9986 Term 2 20th April - 3rd July EMAIL: [email protected]

Term 3 20th July - 25th Sept Or: [email protected] Thanks to Tiff for doing school lunch this week. Term 4 12th Oct - 16th Dec Internet Banking No: Lunch will be delivered to GBHS for those who 03 1711 0013347 00 are competing at swimming sports.

School Calendar dates for Term One Education Review Office Visit March Next Monday, 9 March to Wednesday 11 6th GB Swimming Sports 11am March, two reviewers from the Education 8th Weetbix Tryathlon Review Office will visit our school. The 9-11th ERO visit reviewers are Dave Shepherd and Kellie 11th Assembly 2.10pm Graham. The Education Review Office (ERO) job is to 25th Assembly 2.10pm evaluate and report on the education and care of April students in schools and early childhood 2nd Last day of Term 1 services. While the reviewers are here they will be looking at our achievements results and reports Takaka Rugby Football Club JAB Registration as well as a multitude of various school 5 years—13 years documentation. Wednesday 11th March 2015 On Tuesday they will be visiting classrooms to 3.30 until 5pm at the Clubrooms. watch the teachers in action as well as check on A parent or guardian is required to sign their paperwork. registration forms. On Wednesday afternoon they will report back Subs $25 or $40 Family Contacts Mike Reynish 027 2757029 to the Board of Trustees on their findings so far. Anne McKenzie 525 9981 Once the report is finalized it will be available First training for 9-13 years is on Wednesday 18th on the Education Review Office website. March. Room 4 are learning about Self Belief. The children wrote stories about being champions.

Iyla The Super Strength Swimmer Lola Swims Like a Dolphin By Lola Hartingale By Iyla Lamason Sixteen year old Lola Hartingale comes from Fifteen year old Iyla has won fifteen races. Each Takapuna, New Zealand. She swims around the race Iyla will get a medal. When she had won fifteen world in four months, swimming to the bottom of the she got one trophy. The farthest she has done is 200 sea, with no diving tanks. She stops only twenty lengths. She can do as far as you like. times for sleeps and rests. She does it for fun, not to be in the newspaper. But when she broke her leg there was no more swimming for Iyla. After ten months her leg was When she comes back she joins the Olympics, then comes second place in swimming. She becomes healed. She was back in the game!! famous and one of the most famous swimmers in the For the rest of her life, even when she was a gran, world. she read books and went for long walks. Lola decides to make a school for poor people.

Our Caterpillar Turns Into a Chrysalis. By Lola Hartingale

On Wednesday our caterpillar turned into a chrysalis when we were outside playing with the balls. It is green with gold spots. It’s hanging from a web. The web is really hard to see without a magnifying glass. After a while it turns see through but it hasn’t done it yet. The wings will be orange with black veins. It will not be long until it is a butterfly.

Room 3 have been writing about what they like doing at school. I like to go on my scooter over ramps. Kiyo I like to go swimming at free swimming time. Carmyn

I like swimming in the school pool. It is fun. Isla

I like going down to the bike track I like to ride my bike on the bike track. I like playing on the Ripstick. Sawyer Kayden

I like school because the ripsticks I am swimming. I am diving.. I love are cool. Brody Motupipi because it has a swimming pool. Jed

Student Advisory Board Four of our students were part of a group of the Nelson Tasman regions future environmental leaders who met for the first time as part of a student led advisory board tasked with helping in the restoration of the Abel Tasman National Park. Chis & Alex Oakden, Jessie Childs and Pippa Struck were selected, after an interview process, to represent our school on the Student Advisory Board, which is part of Project Janszoon and the Department of Conservation’s Adopt a Section programme. It will see four students each from partner schools Motueka High School, Golden Bay High School and Motupipi School meet regularly and step into leadership roles for the programme. The students recently met for the first time at a two-day retreat held at Onetahuti in the Abel Tasman National Park . Four students and one teacher from each of the three partner schools make up the advisory board, along with a representative from DOC and Project Janszoon. While there are adult members on the board, all meetings are led by students who plan agendas and focus on areas that interest them.

Helen Young attended the retreat with our children and said the students left the weekend buzzing and it was great to see them being empowered by their involvement. They students showed a real maturity about understanding what would be involved and the role of an advisory board. They were not daunted by the idea they were leading this and that was inspiring to see. Thanks goes to Helen for supporting the children over the weekend.

We got to see lots of seals around Tonga Island and we also got a ride in the glass- bottomed boat. There were lots of spotties and we saw a large eagle ray. I also enjoyed mixing with the High School kids. Jessie

I learnt heaps about nature, which I really enjoy. I got to see saddlebacks and robins on Adele Island. Some of the birds didn’t have bands, which meant the birds were breeding. I hope to be part of a group when they release tuatara on Tonga Island. Chris

I learnt that stoats can swim up to 3km so they have to keep traps going on Tonga Is because it is less than 3km from the mainland. I found all the High School kids really encouraging and they let us share our own opinions. Alex

We met at Kaiteriteri and we didn’t know where we were going, which was exciting. We travelled by boat to a tent camp at Onetahuti. I enjoyed being part of the group as we all got on well with each other. Pippa

I like to play in the school pool all day. Malika I like to ride my bike. Jayden I like to climb trees. Aurora

Bridge Valley Camp Last week 48 students from Room1 &5 along with 16 parents and teachers headed to Bridge Valley for four days of high octane action. A huge thanks goes out to the great support we had from the parents. They were thoroughly involved in running various activities, supporting and encouraging children through challenging moments as well as competing with and against the children in different games. We were proud of the way the children challenged themselves as some of the tasks were putting them outside their comfort zone. Our school vision certainly came to the fore – “Believe in Yourself .Take the Challenge. Succeed” Some of the activities were 4 m Platform leap, Air rifles Caving(inside climbing tower) Orienteering courses Water slide Abseiling Rock Climbing Archery Confidence course Go-karts Flying foxes Kayaking Hydroslide Low ropes course

I was terrified at the top of the abseiling tower and I tried not to look down. I knew that this might be the only chance I ever get to do this, so I tried so hard. When I made it to the ground I was so proud of myself. Mya

I was nervous as I waited for my turn on the go- karts. When I got in I gripped the steering wheel so hard. It was pretty scary on the first round, but I got more confident and started to go lots faster. When it was time to stop I was disappointed as I wanted to keep going. Cherysh

I was really scared because I thought there would be two in the go kart but it was a single and I wasn’t so confident and thought I would crash. With each lap I got more and more confident. It was really exciting. Maata

The ironman event was my favourite and my activity was the confidence course. I managed to pass two from the other teams. Our team got second. Keiran

We had to make a raft from 3 tubes, 3 planks and 3 ropes and then race the other teams around the island and back. It was exciting on the raft as I was nearly falling off . My arms were so tired at the end as I was paddling so hard. Anna