14 October 2009
Tena koutou katoa!
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
Please make a note of these events on your home calendar.
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WEEK ONE |
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Room 12 camp |
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WEEK TWO |
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Room 13 camp |
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WEEK THREE |
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Monday 26 OctoberLabour Day – school closed |
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WEEK FOUR |
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Room 18 camp |
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Room 4 camp |
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WEEK FIVE |
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Room 2 camp |
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WEEK SIX |
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Art exhibition in hall |
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Wednesday 18th NovemberBIS Athletics day |
UNIFORM CHANGES
The students and the Board of Trustees have made the following changes to our uniform for this term.
Students are now able to wear any suitable shoe to school.
*No bright colours
*No high heels
*No inappropriate decorations
*White or black laces (no combinations)
*Fully enclosed and safe for the technology classes
Girls may wear the black PE shorts as part of the day uniform.
Students are reminded that they must have the school sun hat in term 4.
NOTICE FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE
FreshChoice have reviewed their programme and no longer offer the $100 chance draw each week to schools but instead have now extended the donation to $500 each FreshChoice supermarket per month to a community group, school or individual needing funding for a worthy cause.Interested parties can apply for the funds, details of which are on their website.
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.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Please note these names are provided to the school by students and families. We apologise if any name has been missedJ
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.
SPORTS NOTICES
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