11 June 2021 - Auckland Point School
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11 June 2021
Celebrating Samoan Language
Week at APS
Last Friday, 4 June 2021 our whole school celebrated Samoan Language
Week with our Samoan Fanau by wearing our amazing floral shirts, lava lava’s,
leis, necklaces and tropical flowers in our hair. It was an array of beautiful prints
and bright colours. Some of our students performed a traditional dance for us
at assembly which was presented so gracefully. Our classes learned lots about
$12 Samoa and the culture throughout the week. There was some amazing
artworks produced and a display in the school office. Fa’amālō atu! Sekia!
Principals’ Pen Things to Remember
Assemblies are on Mondays & Fridays at 9.10am in the hall. As we continue to be in Alert
Tena koutou katoa, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Bula, Guten tag, Hallō, Bonjour, Level 1 whanau are welcome to come and share in this and enjoy a coffee or tea from 8.40
Ni hao, Hola, Whanau, until 9.00am as part of our ‘Whanau Cafe’ on Fridays.
We have enjoyed seeing our tamariki sitting down to eat lunch with their friends in the hall every day
over the past two weeks. The onsite container kitchen opened at the beginning of this week and it is
Terms 2 & 3 2021 Dates:
good to have our meals prepared close by. We have energetic student lunch teams for each day
who set up and pack away the tables and chairs so that we have the hall all ready to go for our Tuesday, 15 June 2021 - Drains to Habour field trip Senior classes only
tamariki to enjoy this time. These students can see that their work enables our lunchtimes to be a Tuesday, 22 June 2021 5.30pm - BOT Meeting
great time to come and eat with friends and enjoy the kai that has been especially prepared for us. Friday, 2 July 2021 - Matariki begins
The lunchtime eating is staggered so that years 1-3 eat first at 12.30- 12.45pm and the seniors Friday, 9 July 2021 - Last Day Term 2
come in from playing during that time to eat at 12.45-1.00pm. Following that time all students are in APS School Matariki Celebration -9.10am
the playground enjoying a play break. - Students’ Mid Year School Reports distribution
Saturday, 10 July 2021 - Matariki ends
We are very grateful for this programme and our provider Libelle seeks feedback daily to ensure Wednesday, 18July 2021 - Tennis in schools lessons begin
that our school needs are being met. So far the only difficulty has been in that children with very Monday, 26 July 2021 - First Day Term 3
special dietary needs are not able to have this programme. We are working with whanau on this and Tuesday, 27 July 2021 5.30pm - BOT Meeting
the Ministry of Education are also looking to improve this capability next year. Friday 27 August - Kahui Ako Teacher Only Day
Sunday, 5 September 2021 - Fathers Day
Our Creatives in Schools project is humming along and Maia our ‘Creative’ has begun his mahi on Tuesday, 7 September 2021 - Winter Tournament Senior School only
the metal structure of our two pou’s. We were hoping to be able to unveil these works when we Friday, 1 October 2021 - Last Day Term 3
celebrate Matariki on the last day of this term on the 9th July. Unfortunately as with all good things, Monday, 18 October 2021 - First Day Term 4
especially creative ones we will not be able to do this until next term. NMIT Trades department has
kindly gifted their workshop and equipment for Maia to create our structures, and to complete the
work he needs to share the time and space with their students hence the process will take a little Lunches in Schools at APS
longer. Good things come to those who wait! We will let you know when we have more news. Our This past fortnight our tamariki have been enjoying our new ‘Lunches in Schools’
Matariki Celebration will take place in school on Friday 9th July at 9.10 am in the school hall. Pease programme and the variety of foods that are on offer each day. It is wonderful to see the
come and share in this with us. children all seated together with their peers in the school hall enjoying their healthy kai.
Last Friday during our Staff Only Day we achieved a great deal on our curriculum refresh. As part of
the staff korero we discussed the playground environment and the opportunity for our ākonga to be
creative using odd bits of timber, wooden dowel, plastic pipes of varying dimensions, rope and other
miscellaneous items to construct huts, bridges and sculptures with these things. There are many
terms for this type of play and one is ‘Discovery’. We would like to be able to offer this to our tamariki
and initially we have a zero budget! We are going to rely on our community goodwill to start with! If
you or your whanau have any items that you can donate to school to kickstart our project we would
gratefully receive it. These will be temporary structures and our tamariki will be able to explore a
whole range of concepts in their creations.
The staff appreciated having the concentrated time together last Friday to work collaboratively on
our mahi. Thank you for supporting us in this. I hope the additional day at Queens Birthday weekend
Relocation of the APS Bike Container
made a happy long weekend for you and your whanau. We had excitement in the school grounds
last Thursday with the relocation of our
Ngā mihi nui,
school bike container to its new forever
Sonya home with a paved entrance by the edible
garden. It fits in perfectly and looks great.
A new paint job is on the ‘To Do’ list’.
PB4L Focus APS Cross Country
‘Resolving Conflict’
Last Monday, 31 May 2021 we ran our whole school Cross Country for all age
Our PB4L focus this fortnight has been teaching our groups. We were very proud that our afternoon practices had paid off and all
students did their best to participate and finish. A huge effort was put in by all our
tamariki how to identify and resolve conflict no matter tamariki and we would like to thank our whanau for coming along to support. Medals
how big or small. were distributed to the 3 first placed runners and the senior top runners went on to
participate in the Inter-School Cross Country held this week to compete against
other Nelson schools. ‘Finishers are winners. Winners are finishers’.
Inter School Cross Country
This week we had eleven Year 5 & 6
students participate at this year's
Inter-School Cross Country
competition that was held at
Branford Park. Though conditions
were very wet and muddy from the
weekend's rain, all students ran with
a great attitude and they all
displayed our ‘APS Way’ values.
Thank you to Mr Baker and the
parent helpers for making this
happen. The students who
participated were: Michalea, Daisy,
Nixon, Archer, Toto'a, Ludo, Mia,
Cassidy, Aurelie, Olivia & Addisyn.
BE YOU. BE GREAT. AWARDS BE YOU. BE GREAT. AWARDS
Term 2 Week 5 Term 2 Week 6
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Cleo Costelloe-Baptista: For her awesome teamwork and participation at Learning George Westall: For working hard to make good choices in Learning Through Play time.
Through Play time. Chloe Eastman: For working hard to learn all her phonics letters and sounds.
Carter Halliday: For his amazing effort at Cross Country.
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St. Vincent Tahi Room Eve Cumming: For using her skills and sharing her knowledge and ideas at Math time.
Kiara Paul Mendoza: For her awesome training for the Cross Country. Quintaya Takimoana-Johnstone: For always listening and trying her best at everything she
does!
Ben Hadfield: For his excellent effort at training for the cross country.
Chloe Conmee: For your resilience learning to ride a bike for the first time yesterday.
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Tahlia Fuller: For showing amazing dedication at yesterday's cross country. Zander Brown: For using place value partitioning to solve 3-4 digit add/sub problems.
Indigo McMahon: For displaying outstanding fluency and comprehension in her reading. Evan Lewis: For outstanding reading comprehension and fluency.
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Cassidy Patterson - Cossgrove: For her resilience and perseverance when participating in
Annie Qu: For always being such an amazing role model to her peers and leading by
Cross Country. Miharo Cassidy! Awesome work.
example. Huarahi ki te haere Annie! Way to go!
Connor Suttie: For making positive choices when working independently and collaboratively
Ciana Whiri-Tawhai: For working hard to learn the different processes of the water cycle in
with his peers. Kei runga noa atu koe Connor! Outstanding work.
Inquiry. Kia mau ki te mahi pai Ciana! Keep up the good work.
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Iraia Pul-Mendoza: For encouraging others to give their best during class learning time. Nile Rua Room
Melika Cooper: For your kind and caring attitude towards your role as a fuss buster. Elenoa Tunagaga: For always participating, being prepared and having such a positive
attitude towards all aspects of her school life.
Fair Play: Mia Johnson: For taking on every new leadership and learning opportunity that comes your
Tahiri Samuela: For really embracing the moment during Auckland Point School’s Cross way.
Country with his positivity and determination. Tino pai awa atu Tahiri. Excellent!
Fair Play:
Aurelie Abran - for her sheer determination and perseverance during the inter-school Cross
Leading Light:
Country this week. Not only did Aurelie remain positive throughout the entire event, but she
Delia Goodfellow: For working hard to be respectful of others and using strategies to help
also provided support and encouragement to her peers. He whetu koe Aurelie! You are a
resolve conflicts in the playground. He whetu koe Delia. You are a star!
star!
Leading Light:
Celease Takimoana-Johnstone - for consistently working hard to assist her peers at school
by resolving conflicts in a calm and respectful manner.
Koia kei a koe Celease! You’re awesome!
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