MAIDSTONE INTERMEDIATE Te Kura ō Hinepōhatu Website: www.maidstone.school.nz Telephone: 04 528 3094 Email: [email protected] Absences: [email protected] 13 May 2021 Newsletter # 6 In This Issue 2021 Fun Run • A word from our Acting Please feel free to join us on the day, run some laps and buy Principal some kai • Evening Presentation for Monday 24 May Caregivers • Yr 7 Vision Testing A word from our Acting Principal • Fun Run Fundraiser • Touch Rugby Dear whānau • Rugby Sevens Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa • College Open Days & Welcome to the first newsletter of Term 2. Evenings • Community Notices Organisation for the annual Fun Run Fundraiser on 24 May is well underway. Thank you for the effort you have put into supporting us in being able to purchase more chromebooks. We have already raised over $8000…. and Important Dates counting! As always, the class contest for the pizza lunch is being hotly contested. Chromebooks play an important role in our learning programmes and 17/5 - Gold Expressions the investment we have made over the last three years has had a huge impact. Trips - Rm 1 & 2 We hope to look at shifting our fundraising focus next year onto something else 17/5 - Gold Expressions as we are getting close to our target number of devices. Trips - Rm 3 18/5 - Hastings Exchange We would also like to extend an invitation to our Maidstone whānau and community to a presentation from Joseph Driessen on Thursday 3rd June at 19/5 - Cross Country 6.30pm. Joseph is a leading International Educator who specialises in Boys’ 19/5 - STEMM Challenge Education, Student Behaviour Management, and Teaching Excellence. He is New 20/5 - William Pike visit to Zealand based and has presented in Ireland, Australia, United Kingdom, USA Elderslea and Germany. This will be a great opportunity to gain expert 24/5 - Fun Run Fundraiser advice, ask questions, and learn more about effective approaches to parenting pre-adolescents. 24/5 - BOT Meeting @ 6pm 25/5 - Ppt day for Fun Run Ngā mihi nui 25/5 - Heretaunga College Chris Robinson Yr 8 Open Morning Acting Tumuaki 27/5 - Pies delivered AIMS Fundraising What we expect positive behaviours to look like at Maidstone 27/5 - Vision Testing An evening presentation for Parents/Caregivers We invite our Maidstone whanau and community to a presentation from Joseph Driessen on Thursday 3rd June. Joseph is a leading International Educator who Water Safety specialises in Boys’ Education, Student Behaviour Management, and Teaching Excellence. He is New Zealand based and has presented in Ireland, Australia, @ H20 Xtreme United Kingdom, USA and Germany. We have been lucky to have Joseph working with Maidstone staff this year and he is also presenting workshops at 31/5 - Rooms 8, 9 ,10 the Upper Hutt Cluster Teacher Only Day in June. 1/6 - Rooms 11, 17, 18 The PB4L Team will also present a short summary of the behaviour focus this year, and the processes in place to support positive behavior choices. As a PB4L 2/6 - Rooms 1, 2, 3 school we follow the philosophy that positive behaviours are a choice, and just 3/6 - Rooms 19, 20, 4 like reading and math, they can be taught. All staff members have participated 9/6 - Rooms 5, 6, 7 in Professional Development around teaching and modelling behaviours that we 10/6 - Rooms 12, 13, 14 promote at school. These are based around our values of respect, freedom, creativity, mana and whanaungatanga. By working together, we believe that we can all behave in a consistent, reasonable and positive manner in our school community. Tea and Coffee will be available and children are welcome. Venue: Maidstone Intermediate School Hall Thursday 3rd June @ 6:30 - 7:30pm PB4L Team: Kerry Baines, Desiree Mitchell, Praneel Singh, Mary Winiata Year 7 Vision Screening - Information for parents Regional Public Health provides a vision screening programme for all Year 7 students. Vision – pupils will be advised of results at the time of screening. If further assessment is recommended you will be notified by mail. Children who wear glasses and/or are under professional care and have regular checks will not require a vision check from our service. Non-consent – please notify your school if you do not want your child being screened. This screening is not a full assessment of your child’s vision. If you have any concerns, please see an optometrist. 2021 Fun Run fundraising event This year Maidstone Intermediate School is holding a Fun Run fundraising event on Monday 24 May 2021. This is the major school-wide fundraiser for the year and all proceeds will go towards purchasing new Chromebooks to use as part of the daily learning programme in classrooms. What will it look like? 12pm Students and community members will be encouraged to buy food and drinks from the fabulous food stalls we will have arranged. 1.45pm The Fun Run begins What will we do with money raised? This year we are setting each student the goal of raising $30. If we achieve this mark, each classroom will receive 3 more brand new Chromebooks to add to the collections in their Syndicates. $45 per class member would result in 4 Chromebooks per class! Are there prizes? Student who raises the most money: Chromebook (Donated by NORRCOM) Student with the highest number of sponsors over $2: $100 Voucher (From The Warehouse) Most money raised by a class: Pizza lunch (Donated by Domino’s Upper Hutt) Donations from furthest away: Fitbit Versa lite (A great deal given by Newbolds 100% Upper Hutt) The major prize draw The major prize is 2 tickets on a 20 minute helicopter ride over Wellington Harbour, stopping at a seal colony on the South Coast before returning back to base. This package is valued at $660 and will be valid for 12 months. Thank you to Wellington Helicopters Limited for giving us a good deal on this prize! Please visit http://bit.ly/2X37DaU for details. Students will receive an entry for the major prize draw for every $30 they raise: $30 = 1 entry, $60 = 2 entries, $150 = 5 entries. A range of prizes will be also be drawn; from vouchers to chocolate to sports equipment - many donated by our sponsors. Please feel free to join us on the day, run some laps and buy some kai! Touch Rugby Tournament Term 1 saw Maidstone Intermediate enter five teams into the local Upper Hutt Total Touch Competition. There were some awesome tries and outstanding defence. Well done to all of our teams and coaches. We had some great results with the Marlins as runners up in the boys’ grade, and the Thunder winning the girls’ grade. A special mention to our girls teams, the Thunder and Lightning. This was the first time Maidstone has ever had two girls teams! Mr Hinton Rugby Sevens Tournament The WRISSA Sevens Tournament was held on April 15 in Petone. It was a great day with lots of awesome performances. Our teams had a mixed day, with the Under 60kg and Open Weight teams having a few wins and a few loses. The girls had a strong day with wins over Brandon and Avalon Intermediates. All of the teams improved immensely over the tournament, especially the girls’ team of which many had never played before! Well done to all those who took part! Mr Hinton SCHOOL PHOTOS School photos arrived this week for those families that ordered them. If you have any queries or are not satisfied with the photo please contact the photographer's directly. If you wish to re-order - please go directly to their website or contact them by email or phone. www.lcscott.co.nz [email protected] phone (04) 568 6721 OPEN EVENING 2021 Wednesday 9 June 6.00pm – 7.30pm We warmly invite all prospective students and families to attend the Heretaunga College Open Evening. The Evening will commence at 6.00pm with an Address by our Senior Leadership Team in the School Hall. Enrolment Packs will be available Heretaunga College www.heretaunga.school.nz Ward Street, Wallaceville, Upper Hutt [email protected] Upper Hutt College 2021 Open Day Tuesday 8 June 9:00 – 11:30am Maidstone Intermediate Year 8 Students are invited to attend Upper Hutt College’s Open Day on Tuesday 8 June, starting at 9:00am in the Hall. This is an opportunity for your child to have a hands-on experience showing what Upper Hutt College has to offer, ranging from Science and Languages to Technology and the Creative Arts. On the day students will be transported to and from the College by bus. In addition, we extend a warm invitation to Maidstone Int Parents/Caregivers to join us for part of the morning session starting at 9:00am in the Hall. You will be welcomed to the College by Principal Judith Taylor and then parents/caregivers will be given a short tour of the school led by Assistant Principal Amy Perkins. This will present an ideal opportunity for whānau to learn more about life at Upper Hutt College and you will be given the opportunity to ask questions. To register your attendance please email Kirsten Hicks, Enrolment Officer at [email protected] by Thursday 3 June. 2021 Open Evening Wednesday 16 June – 6:00pm start All prospective students interested in attending Upper Hutt College in 2022 and their parents/caregivers are invited to attend the College Open Evening on Wednesday 16 June 2021. The evening will commence in the Hall at 6:00pm with a brief welcome. Students and their parents/caregivers will then be given a tour of the school, escorted by our senior students.