THURSDAY 21ST JUNE 2012 Well as we approach the last week it has been great to see so many wonderful achievements this term.

Last night I had the pleasure of hosting the Northern Cluster Performing Arts Festival where we had 30 plus students on stage representing Ross Intermediate in their 9 minute performance of music, dance and drama in ‘Hard Rock Cafe’, a celebration of the 50’s.

This week also sees the government continue its attack on schools with the announcements of League Tables. This is another issue of concern to us all. Now I do not want to be too outspoken again however ask yourselves this...

How is it fair to compare schools using unreliable, untested and unrealistic National Standards with no level of moderation?

Ross Intermediate do not support the development of League Tables for Primary students as they are not a fair assessment tool.

Anyway, we wish you all the best for the upcoming last week of term.

NAPIER SPORTS EXCHANGE RESULTS Soccer Boys: 0-0 (Draw) Girls: 0-0 (Draw)

Netball A: 24-20 (Ross) B: 32-12 (Ross)

Hockey Boys: 9-0 (Napier) Girls: 2-2 (Draw)

Basketball Boys: 61-10 (Ross) Girls: 12-10 (Ross)

Rugby 59-21 (Ross)

More photos on Facebook... MUFTI DAY FRIDAY Tomorrow is Mufti Day and we are again supporting the Food Drive appeal. Any student (regardless of credits) can wear mufti tomorrow and all they need to do is bring a minimum of 1 can of food. If you can provide more it is going to a very worthy cause. LATEST NEWS and INFORMATION

WINTER UNIFORM SCIENCE FAIR As you know, we have made some changes this The projects will be shared with teams next term to our Winter uniform in regards to Jackets Thursday. If your child has not finished, never and Thermals. We want to clearly publish our fear. The judging for those in our school expectations for next term in the following competition will be done at the end of Week 1 matters... Term 3.

JACKETS MUSIC EXPLOSION This term houses have been working on our Team These may be worn before and after school and singing competition. We will be sharing this at our during break times. They must be a plain black last assembly. Parents are more than welcome to jacket. Appropriate logos are fine. come along however we would ask you let the ofce know if you are coming so that they have an THERMALS indication of numbers, may be standing room These may be worn under the uniform however only but more than welcome. should not be seen. That means a long sleeve SCHOLASTIC ORDERS thermal can be worn under a short sleeve polo. If These are due in TOMORROW - FRIDAY 22nd they have a long sleeve thermal with a polar fleece JUNE. that is fine as it can not be seen however if the fleece comes of so does the thermal. LATENESS Three un-excused lates will result in an after SHOES school detention. Lates are excused if the student presents a note explaining the reason for the late This is becoming a bigger problem for us. Shoes of if a parent calls ahead to let the ofce know. need to be Black Leather Shoes, NOT canvas. We will be enforcing this strongly in Term 3.

THE TOP THREE…

Room 7 8 Rooms 1, 9 7 Rooms 4, 15, 19 6

Mr Codyre’s Trivia Challenge 2012: LEADERBOARD ACHIEVEMENTS

Postcards awarded this week - congratulations! Rm 13 Che Boag

Rm 1 Bayden Hunt Rm 7 Sam Mohi Rm 14 Georgie Barrett

Rm 2 Emma Keall Rm 8 Charlotte Williams Rm 15 Grace Bellamy

Rm 3 Ginny Lee Rm 9 Latisha Shailer Rm 16 Daina Martin

Rm 4 Ocearna Joseph Rm 10 Madi Thomson Rm 17 Edward Chen

Rm 5 Jamie Tinetti Rm 11 Jordan Lanfear Rm 18 Tifany Alsop

Rm 6 Chloe Cochran Rm 12 Xavier Christian Rm 19 Tai Corbett

We want to know about your student’s achievements outside of school, please email [email protected] to share those achievements here:

They were in the Manawatu Netball Development Team that won the Stefensen Amelia Persson tournament on Sunday two weeks ago. They won the Year 7 Development Charlotte Williams section. Teams came from Wellington, Wanganui, Dannevirke, and Wairarapa Hana Te Puni Bush.

SPORTS DRAWS and NEWS

Teams Date / Time Location Basketball Ross Black v PNINS Air (Duty 4pm) Wed 27th June @ 5pm B&M Ct 2 Ross Green v Hiwinui Strikers Wed 27th June @ 5pm B&M Ct 4 Ross Boys v PNINS Flight Wed 27th June @ 4pm B&M Ct 1 Ross Girls v Feilding Girls Wed 27th June @ 4pm Ballroom 2 Canoe Polo Feilding Flames v Ross Rays Thu. 21 June @ 8pm Makino Aquatic Centre, Feilding Feilding Force v Ross Sharks Thu. 21 June @ 8:30pm Makino Aquatic Centre, Feilding Ross Dolphins v Ross Squids Thu. 21 June @ 7pm Freyberg Pool, Palmerston North Hockey LAC v Ross Alpha Fri 22 June @ 4:30pm Turf 1 PNINS The Girls v Ross Bravo Sat 23 June @ 8:00am Turf 2 Ross Charlie v St Peters A Sat 23 June @ 8:00am Turf 1 Netball Ashhurst School Mystics v Ross Int 8A1 25th June @ 5:30pm Ct 2 Ross Int 7A1 v Carncot School A 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 2 Ross Int 8A2 v PNINS 8A2 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 5 TKKMOM Nga Manuhuia v Ross Int 8A3 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 8 St Josephs v Ross Int 7A2 25th June @ 6:15pm Ct 2 Ross Int 8B1 v PNINS 8B1 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 12 Ross Int 8B2 v Carncot School B 25th June @ 4:45pm Ct 4 Ross Int 7A3 v PNINS 7B2 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 14 Ross Int Green v Opiki Ferns 25th June @ 5:30pm Ct 6 Ross Int Black v Feilding Int D 25th June @ 4:00pm Ct 15 PNINS 7B3 v Ross Int White 25th June @ 4:0ppm Ct 16 Ross Int Rebels BYE COMMUNITY NOTICES...

AFTER SCHOOL ADVENTURES Once Upon A time July Holiday Program

From $33 a day, meals included. Fully OSCAR approved. 8am - 6pm Weekdays. For more information contact us on 3575323 or www.afterschooladventures.co.nz

LEARNIT MUSIC LESSONS If you are interested, please see the flyer that has gone out this week and return slips to BABY OF THE WEEK: the ofce or to Last week’s photo was none other than Room 7’s teacher Pauline O’Leary... [email protected] Who is it this week?

HELP! My kid wants to wear bare feet to school !!! Raising migrant children in the Kiwi Environment.

Wednesday 27th June, 5 – 630pm @ Café Jacko in George Street. Registrations essential. Please phone Tracey or Shelley from Settlement Support on 06 356 8199 RSVP by Monday 25th June 4pm

SQUASHGYM HOLIDAY PROGRAMME Get your kids in these coming school holidays! WHEN: 2nd-5th July or 9th-11th July TIME: 9am-12pm each day COST: $25.00 per day or $60.00 for all 3 days WHAT TO BRING: A non marking pair of shoes, drink bottle and some snacks! HOW TO REGISTER: Send us your childs' name and ages to [email protected] TERM CALENDAR

Item Date Contact… Term 2: Monday 23rd April – Friday 29th June SuperArts: Dance Wed. 27th June Lorna Beauchamp School Science Fair (See details on Page 2) Sharyn Loveridge Canned Food Drive Mufti Day Fri. 22nd June Liam Rutherford Term 3: Monday 16th July – Friday 28th September Awatapu Roadshow for Year 8s Wed. 18th July Zayne Templeton Freyberg Visit for Year 8s Thu. 19th July Zayne Templeton ICAS English Exam Tue. 31st July Zayne Templeton Board of Trustees Meeting 5 Tue. 31st July Erica Prier Supersport: Netball Wed. 1st August @Masterton Shiree Anderson ICAS Maths Exam Tue. 14th August Zayne Templeton Supersport: Rugby Wed. 15th August @Masterton Shiree Anderson Manawatu Science & Technology Fair Thu. 23rd – Sun. 26th August Sharyn Loveridge Board of Trustees Meeting 6 Tue. 4th September Erica Prier Supersport: Football Wed. 5th September @Levin Shiree Anderson Supersport: Basketball Wed. 19th September @Ross Shiree Anderson Term 4: Monday 15th October – Tuesday 18th December Supersport: Cross Country Wed. 24th October @Feilding Shiree Anderson Supersport: Golf Fri. 26th October Shiree Anderson Board of Trustees Meeting 7 Tue. 30th October Erica Prier 3rd dose for HPV Tue. 30th October Zayne Templeton Manawatu Digi Awards Monday 15th November Wayne Codyre Prizegiving Monday 3rd December Ofce Board of Trustees Meeting 8 Tue. 4th December Erica Prier Think our calendar is missing something? Please email [email protected] and let us know.

YEAR 8 HIGH SCHOOL As these details are shared with us we will publish them here. The High Schools start visiting around this time to talk to students. It is vital that you enrol within the enrolment period and most schools have Enrolment

SCHOOL OPEN EVENING / ENROLMENTS SCHOOL WEBSITE DAY CLOSE

Palmerston North Boys High School Wed. July 25th Fri. 24th August www.pnbhs.school.nz

Freyberg High School Wed. August 1st www.freyberg.ac.nz

Awatapu College Tues. July 24th www.awatapu.school.nz

Palmerston North Girls High School Thu. July 26th Fri. 17th August www.pnghs.school.nz

St Peters College www.st-peters.school.nz

Queen Elizabeth College www.qec.school.nz