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11 November 2009

Tena koutou katoa!

Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Broadgreen.

COMMUNITY SURVEY 2009

• The purpose of this survey is to guide the BoT/Principal in formulating the 2010 Annual Plan.
• 27% of our school community responded.

ITEM A:

1.86% of respondents think the school’s CLASSROOM AND BUILDINGS are attractively presented and in good order

2.62% of respondents think there are many OPPORTUNITIES TOPARTICIPATE at Broadgreen Intermediate. 26% were unsure

3.80% of respondents think 3 WAY CONFERENCES are an effective way of reporting and developing students’ responsibility for their learning

4.85% of respondents think the Broadgreen IntermediateCULTURE IS SAFE (emotionally and physically)

5.90% of respondents think the TEACHERS at BroadgreenIntermediateSchool meet their child/ren’s needs

6.88% of respondents think the TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAMMES at BroadgreenIntermediateSchool meet their child/ren’s needs

7.70% of respondents support learning supplemented by regular HOMEWORK

8.80% of respondents think BroadgreenIntermediateSchoolCELEBRATES CHILDREN’S SUCCESSES effectively

9.92% of respondents think BroadgreenIntermediateSchool should keep a SCHOOL UNIFORM

10.43% of respondents think learning a LANGUAGE, in addition to Maori, should be mandatory for students

ITEM B:

ONE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBESBroadgreenIntermediateSchool

• A significant number of respondents chose a positive word
• Examples of popular words (5 or more respondents) include;

opportunities, good, great, awesome

ITEM C:

ISSUES/IDEAS that the BoT/Principal should consider to further enhance BroadgreenIntermediateSchool

• The respondents shared a variety of issues/ideas
• A significant number of these were in response to the previous survey questions (items A)
• The majority of responses included the following themes;

uniform, languages, 3 way conferences, homework and extension programmes

NEXT STEPS -(for inclusion in the 2010 Annual Plan):

• Each term publish in the newsletter the ways in which PARENTS CANPARTICIPATE at Broadgreen Intermediate
• That UNIFORM remain however, review their suitability/appropriateness
• Explore the opportunity and delivery of LANGUAGES for students
• Continue to develop and refine the effectiveness of 3 WAY CONFERENCES
• Review the effectiveness of HOMEWORK programmes
• Review the effectiveness of EXTENSION PROGRAMMES within the classroom

Derek Lucic

Principal

Zero waste @ Broadgreen

Well as you may have heard, Broadgreen Intermediate has been working really hard towards achieving zero waste from within the classrooms. Each class has had two zero waste monitors to educate students on how we can accomplish this together and it is now time to see if we can do it!

Starting week 6 Term 4 all rubbish bins from around the school will be removed with one left for canteen rubbish being the only one, which will remain. Anything which can be recycled on site will be and will be collected from the school. Waste, which cannot be recycled such as gladwrap, chip packets etc will go back home with the student.

We look forward to doing our part for a cleaner greener school and a cleaner greener community.

Craig Maybee

Whanaungatanga Survey

All the Year 7 students who need to return whanau surveys for Mrs Diskin – a reminder to return them this week to Mrs Mitchell in the front office.

Calendar of Events

Term 4 - Monday 12th October to Friday 18th December

Please make a note of these events on your home calendar.

WEEK SIX

Art exhibition in hall Monday - Thursday

Wednesday 18th November - BIS Athletics day

Friday 20 November -Interschool Swimming Sports

WEEK SEVEN

Room 8 camp

Friday 27 November - Interschool Athletics Saxton Field

WEEK EIGHT

Room 7 camp

Thursday 3 December- Formal disco

WEEK NINE

Thursday 10 December – Thank you morning tea

Thursday 10 December – Yr 8 Graduation 7pm

Saturday 12 December -Community Xmas Concert

WEEK TEN

Tuesday 15 December – Helpers morning assembly

Wednesday 16 December – Student formal afternoon assembly

Thursday 17 December – Final formal afternoon assembly

MUSIC NOTICES

Band and Choir

The recording session planned for this Saturday the 14th November has been postponed to the 8th of December. This will happen during school time while rehearsing for Christmas Concerts. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Community Christmas Concert

The students of Broadgreen Intermediate will be putting on a Community Christmas Concert on the 12th of December. All members of the school community are invited to come along and enjoy listening to a variety of performances from our talented students. Featuring the school band, choir, marimba group, Kapahaka group, dance groups, musical groups and individual instrumentalists.

Start time is 7:00pm. No charge.

Musical Instruments to donate

We are always looking for musical instruments that are no longer being used at home. If you have an instrument at home which is still in working order or needs a small amount of repair, we would happily take it off your hands so a student at Broadgreen can benefit from learning to play it.

Please contact me if you can help.

Graeme Woods

Congratulations to Hannah Waine, Aiden McKenzie, Jessica Bell, Oscar Baden, Cameron Thomas who represented Broadgreen at the Intermediate School's Tennis Tournament on 5th November.Hannah won the girls event while Aiden came runner- up in the boys event.Hannah and Aiden will now travel to Christchurch to compete

in the South Island Primary Schools Tournamenton December 2 & 3.

Tena koutou katoa!

Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Broadgreen.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AT BROADGREEN

Intermediate education is often viewed as a transitional time for students as they move from primary to secondary education. The two-year time frame is short and students develop physically and socially quickly. Often intermediate is viewed by many parents and students as a time of increasing independence and therefore less direct parental involvement with the school. Below is a list of possible opportunities that I encourage you to consider as ways of participating in the ‘life’ of BroadgreenIntermediateSchool. Your service and contributions are appreciated.

ACTIVITY	CONTACT PERSON
Athletics	Helen Bywater
Friday sports programme	Helen Bywater
Sport coaching/managing	Helen Bywater
Careers – sharing	Classroom teacher
Swimming	Classroom teacher
Art Exhibition	Jeana Packer
Numeracy resource making	Jeanne Munroe
Concerts – assistance	Graeme Woods
Duty assistants/support	Cate Gully
Reading assistance/tutoring	Lynda Sutherland
Science Fair support	Craig Maybee
Modules assistance	See future printed list
BOT involvement	Kevin Cordukes

I would remind you that you don’t have to wait until 3 Way Conferences (parent interviews) to meet with your child’s teacher to share information about their learning. You can make contact with the school anytime throughout the year to negotiate a mutually suitable time.

Derek Lucic

Principal

Calendar of Events

Term 4 - Monday 12th October to Friday 18th December

Please make a note of these events on your home calendar.

WEEK FOUR

Room 4 and Room 18 camp

WEEK FIVE

Room 2 camp

WEEK SIX

Art exhibition in hall

Wednesday 18th NovemberBIS Athletics day

Room 13 has just been on camp. It was a lot better then we expected. We were all packed and ready for rain but to our surprise, the sun shone and the weather was perfect. Absolutely perfect. Camp was full of challenges, abseiling, kayaking, spotlight and the challenge of getting to know your classmates. There was nobody who didn’t learn something. Along with that there is something that must never be overlooked, the food was delicious and there was lots of it! All in all, camp was an exciting experience and an opportunity for our new older teacher to get to know us. A big thank you to Mr J and to the fantastic team of parents who helped.

By Lisa Toft

Spring Art Exhibition at Broadgreen

16th– 19th November

In our hall

Wanted:

Parent help to set up exhibition on Friday November 13th. Anytime between 9:30am-2:30pm. Please contact the front office if you can help

If you are able to help Room 5 with Maths on aTuesday morning from 9.30 - 10.20 each week. Please contact Cass Parker on 547 7131.

Sports Fees – these are now due

Touch

We have had students who have handed in permission slips and no fees – these must be paid by Friday or students will be withdrawn from Teams until payment is received.

Saturday Cricket

We have 4 places for students who want to play Saturday cricket. Students should see Mrs Bywater in the student centre - first games this Saturday (weather/ ground conditions permitting).Team lists & Saturday’s draw are up on the Sports notice board.

Wednesday and Thursday Volleyball

Spaces for volleyball teams – practices in the Hall on Wednesday.

BIS Athletics Day Wednesday 18th November

All students take part in track and field events – parents & family support welcome – parents relay race so come with your running gear!

Inter school SwimmingandNovelty swimming

20th November – postponed from term 1.

Inter school Athletics

BIS team will be selected on results of Athletics day and events run at lunchtimes

Primary Surfing Championships

Saturday 14th November in Gisborne. Notices in the centre.

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14 October 2009

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Nau mai, haere mai ki te kura o Broadgreen.

Welcome back to term 4. This marks the final term for half of our school. I encourage all students to remain engaged in their learning and utilise the opportunities in and beyond the classroom that Broadgreen provides. I have enjoyed watching students grow intellectually and socially throughout the year.

Thank you to those families who hosted the visiting students from CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH INTERMEDIATE last term. This was a very successful exchange providing a unique experience for our students to share through performance, sports, games, music, and socially with their visiting peers. We look forward to travelling to Christchurch in 2010.

This term’s virtue is HONESTY. I look forward to sharing ‘morning tea’ with students who exemplify this virtue at the end of the term.

WELCOME to new staff as follows:

Adele ScotsonRoom 15

Jonathan HollandRoom 13

Sue BailliePerforming Arts

Laura JourdainRoom 17

We encourage you to use the SCHOOL AFTER HOURS and weekends i.e. grounds, courts and challenge course. We have a great community facility at Broadgreen and would like families to utilise it for playing games, walking, jogging etc. During the holiday period we had several classrooms broken into; consequently we have reviewed our security in the affected areas. If you see anything suspicious or inappropriate please inform the police.

The NATIONAL EDUCATION MONITORING PROJECT has released its current findings with regards to student achievement. A summary of these results as follows:

READING& SPEAKING

“Most students were able to decode demanding texts quite accurately, with substantial improvement over the last eight years, but there has been no improvement in comprehension…”

MUSIC

“Year 4 students whose home language is not English, Pasifika students and Pakeha students performed similarly. Pasifika students did particularly well on many performance tasks…”

TECHNOLOGY

“Year 8 children presented some very innovative solutions to problems that require them to develop a device or a solution to a practical problem…”

(NEMP reports and in-depth studies online at: http://nemp.otago.ac.nz)

Kind regards

Derek Lucic´ - Principal

Calendar of Events

Term 4 - Monday 12th October to Friday 18th December

Please make a note of these events on your home calendar.

WEEK ONE

Room 12 camp

WEEK TWO

Room 13 camp

WEEK THREE

Monday 26 OctoberLabour Day – school closed

WEEK FOUR

Room 18 camp

Room 4 camp

WEEK FIVE

Room 2 camp

WEEK SIX

Art exhibition in hall

Wednesday 18th NovemberBIS Athletics day

LIBRARY NEWS

The winners of the Term 3 Book Report competition were:

AmyHarveyRoom 11

Emily Haworth Room 10

Amy did her book report on the Lemony Snicket series and won a copy of Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden.

Emily did her report on the books of Roald Dahl and won a copy of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

I really loved reading the book reports. Amy and Emily did excellent work!

Aimee Lowe- Librarian

Board of Trustee Meeting

At our meeting last term the following was discussed

¨Policies (approved): Safety Management System, Non Contact Time, Equal Employment Opportunities, Good Employer, Protected Disclosures, Leave and Financial Management.

¨Uniform (approved): Change to shoes, girls able to wear the black shorts

¨Community grants: schedule approved

¨Canteen: for review

¨International students: for review

Next Board meeting is Thursday 29 October, 7pm Staff Room

Room 15 and Mrs Diksin would like to thank Fresh Connection Nelson and Branch Manager, Duke Climo for the generous donation of the fruit and vegetables for our camp last term.

Congratulations to Olivia Miller who finished third overall in her age group at the South Island Secondary schools Mountain Bike Champs held over the weekend.

Well done to Toma Noguchi of Room 5 who was selected for the U13 National Boys Tournament Team. Toma was the only player from his Nelson team to be selected and one of 3 from the South Island.

The PAWPRINTS Programme

On Wednesday September 23 a group of students from the PAWPRINTS programme represented the school at the National conference for Resource Teachers of learning and Behaviour in Nelson.

Evan Andrews, Mathew Wilmhurst, Josh Stewart-Rolleston and Shannon Riley are to be congratulated for their wonderful enthusiasm when walking with the dogs as well as students from other schools.

The teachers who attend the presentation were from all over New Zealand. The students working with the dogs gave the teachers an insight into the animal assisted learning programme that are involved at Broadgreen.

These sporting opportunities are open to ALL Broadgreen Students – Complete beginners give it a go – you never know until you try J

Volleyball: Students wanting to play volleyball in term 4 are welcome. The competition will be on Wednesdays at the Badminton Hall Richmond or Thursday in Nelson. Parental help is needed for supervision or coaching. There will be a coaching session for ALL players Wednesday lunchtimes in the Hall.

Cricket: Season starts 31st October

Touch: Students wanting to play on Friday nights at Tahunanui. We need parents / older siblings to help with supervision & coaching – please indicate if you are able to help.

Softball: The softball season starts on 17th October with a meeting in the Hall on Thursday 17th October with Marty Grant for students who want to play for Eagles softball club. Any parents willing to help with coaching or supervision please let us know.

Summer Hockey: Intermediate games – Tuesday nights from 5.15pm – make your own team or Nelson hockey will make a team for you.

Inter school tennis - 4th/5th November - closing date 22nd October.

Primary School Surfing Champs: 14th November in Gisborne - closing date 8th November.

Nelson BMX Club has started at Tahuna BMX Track, meetings every Sunday @ 11am.Fun for all ages and something different to try.Enquiries to Sean Christensen 0272728747.

All notices and entry forms for these sports are in the Student Centre

Congratulations to the Broadgreen boys who represented Nelson in the 12th Grade Representative football tournament in Blenheim during the holiday break. The Nelson teams had a terrific tournament, with Nelson placing 5th (with just one defeat - to the eventual finalists

Canterbury) and Tasman placing 6th. This was a fine reward for their excellent efforts and commitment over the previous three months of selection and training. Thanks go the players, their coaches and parents for their tremendous enthusiasm throughout -even some of their opponents commented on the positive attitude and supportive atmosphere within the squad. Playing for Nelson were Danny Hampton, Izaak Cunningham, Jayd Cosmatos, RileyHaymes, Sam Nichols & Max Winterton, with Jayd receiving the team's MVP award and Max top- scoring for the team. Playing for Tasman were Jack Barber and Reggie Elliott-Jon

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16 September 2009

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Next week we have our traditional exchange with students from CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH INTERMEDIATE. There is a variety of sporting and cultural activities that many students participate in. These include a disco and a debate ie ‘that smacking as a form of parental correction should be a criminal offence’. Thank you to those families who are hosting the visiting students.

The board is consulting with our community through an ANNUAL SURVEY providing guidance for 2010 planning. We have had a return rate of over 25% - thank you. I will share the results with staff, the board and community (next term’s newsletter) once collated and analysed.

The Police have asked me to remind students on bikes to take care at the RAILROAD RESERVE CROSSING. Some students travel too quickly across these making it difficult for motorist to stop in time.

Yesterday I met with some students for a ‘Principal’s morning tea’ to celebrate their selection as students who have exemplified our term’s virtue, SELF DISCIPLINE. I extend my congratulations to these students who consistently model this virtue (student names follow).

There are a number of STAFF CHANGESfor nextterm as follows:

Kelly Diskin (Room 15) has a term’s sabbatical leave. Adele Scotson will teach this class. We wish Kelly well as she explores links between Broadgreen and our Maori community.

Jessica Whinui (Room 13) will be on maternity leave. Jonathon Holland will teach this class. We wish Jessica well as she starts her family.

Jayne Keyes (Performing Arts) is leaving to also have a baby. Sue Baille will teach these classes. We wish Jayne well.

Jason Murray (Room 17) is departing to teach in an international school. Laura Jourdain will teach this class. We wish Jason and his family well in their overseas adventure.

The school community extends its thanks and appreciation for the service and contributiontheseteachers have given to Broadgreen. We wish them well in their respective endeavours.

The term is quickly coming to an end, thank you for supporting your child in their learning and the variety of programmes they are involved in. We wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday break.

Kind regards

Derek Lucic´

Principal

Calendar of Events Term 3

Please make a note of these events on your home calendar.

TERM THREE

WEEK NINE

Friday 18 SeptemberInterschool X Country

Room 15 camp

WEEK TEN

Christchurch South Exchange

Friday 25 SeptemberLast day of term 3

WEEK ONE – TERM FOUR

Monday 12 OctoberFirst day8.45am start

LIBRARY NEWS

Thanks to everyone who came to the library book sale on Monday the 14th.

The raffle winner’s were:

Caitlin R18 (Twilight)

Shannyn R5 (Hannah Montana)

Jessie R12 (Simpsons)

There were 2 winners for the lolly jar!

Amy R11

Libby R3

There were 124 lollies in the jar.

The winner’s of the Captain Underpants Crossword Competition were:

Joseph R12

Blair R13

They each won a copy of a Captain Underpants book.

Well done everyone!

Aimee Lowe - Librarian

A selection of Broadgreen students have their art displayed at the Morrison Street Café in Nelson. The exhibition runs until 30th September.

Congratulations to Toma Noguchi for being selected for the NZ Under 14 Basketball Koru Team which will be playing in Australia January 2010

Principal’s Morning Tea Recipients

Self Discipline

Nicole Riedel Jazmin Clark

Indy DavidsonCaleb Chadderton

Wati NicholsJoel Harden

Kayla CookShade Hippolite

Scott Davidson Georgia Cowman

Mitchell StamperTama Kingi

Cory JonesMoria Gibbons

Holly StaceDaniel Vincent

Gerry Toft Cuwan Van Der Watt

Emily SnelgroveBlair Ashton

Elaine AngAbbey Douglas

Leanna LeGrosAntony Cawkill

Jordan SimcockEllan Baker

Elliot PrenticeRaina Masters

Eden NeameAlix Cowan

Ashton ClarkDavid Flynn

Dylan Neiman

Netball

Congratulations to the Eagles and Tui BIS netball teams who won their grade finals - well done.

Thanks to Leonie Perry and Megan Allan for coaching these teams.

Please return all netball uniforms, in a named bag, to the Student Centre.

Basketball

Congratulations to the BIS Red and BIS Gold teams for winning their grades. Both finals were close games.

Thanks to Moira Raumati and Lyndon Chandler for coaching these teams.

All basketball uniforms need to be returned, cleaned in a named plastic bag and returned to the Student Centre.