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SCHOOL ROAD, LOWER MOUTERE
www.lowermoutere.school.nz ~ office@lowermoutere.school.nz
ph.526 7775 Absentee txt 027 3398801
13 December 2019
Dear parents and whanau of Lower Moutere School –
Well, we have reached the end of the school year– nearly!! The school is buzzing with the
excitement of preparations for the end of year concert. With ‘The Arts’ being the focus, we
are seeing loads of dancing, and creative costumes along with the students making the
numerous props that are required for the evening to be a real hit!
Farewell to our Year 8 students!
Last night we had the
privilege of saying farewell to
our Year 8 students,
celebrating their time at our
school and thanking them for
their contribution to Lower
Moutere School. Ending
primary school days and
stepping out to secondary education is one of those
‘life milestones’ that we all go through. How we
prepare for and respond to these transitions, models
for our children, resilience, dealing with change and
strategies for events later in life. The more
encouraging and supportive that we can be, the better
equipped our children will be. To be the best that we
can be is very alive in our school, and we feel very
confident in, and proud of our students who are
heading away to the various secondary schools in
2020. We wish this fine group of people well!
Classes - 2020
Next week, the 2020 class placements will be announced, with students coming together as their new classes. These
class placements are made by teachers for a variety of reasons including but not limited to social, academic and
family reasons. We have also taken into account family requests that were asked for, earlier in the term.
Considerable thought is given to class placements. Please respect this when considering the placement. Thanks for
your understanding.
The end of year concert is on WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER , starting at
6.30pm. If the weather is fine, the concert will be held in the school grounds.
There will be a sectioned off area of the field for parking. Parents are welcome
to bring a picnic blanket, low chairs and snacks.
Should we have rain, the venue will be the Lower Moutere Hall. Parking will be in the bottom
paddock. We know that this will result in a tight squeeze! If you have pre-schoolers, please
place them on your knee to make as much room as possible.
We look forward to sharing our talents with you, next Wednesday evening!!
Lower Moutere School To be the best that we can be!
To Paul King and Talleys for donating small tubs of ice-cream to the school for
next week’s concert! We have one for every student at school! Thanks for your
generosity!
To all the parents who have helped with transport, coaching /managing teams, so that our
sports teams do well.
To the people who give us their time to help in classrooms – awesome!
To the parents and grandparents who support fundraising efforts in the school!
To our families who support our staff, their children and value the education that our school gives – we
appreciate it! Thanks!
Reporting to Parents
Staff have been incredibly busy over the past 5 weeks writing and updating school reports. Again, the reports are of
a very high standard and I admire the teaching staff who have dedicated large amounts of their time to ensure that
you have a report that is personal to your child.
These will be handed out at the conclusion of the concert, on Wednesday. If for some reason, you do not receive your
report, they will be either posted out or can be picked up on Thursday.
Nearly!!...Thursday will be the last FULL day of school. Buses will run as per usual.
Thursday will also be a mufti day. Students can bring wheels to school for a wheels
day … bikes, scooters etc, along with the appropriate safety gear.
Friday is a half day, concluding at 12 noon. There will be NO BUS SERVICES on Friday.
Attendance is optional on Friday.
STAFFING – 2020!
We welcome the new staff to our school, for the 2020 school year. We have the following staff in the following
spaces…
New Entrants – Mrs Wilkinson Room 1 – Miss Wood
Room 2 – Mrs Karetai Room 3 – Mrs Matthewson
Room 4 – Mr Fitzsimmons Room 5 – Miss Tuck
Room 6 – Mrs Diack Room 7 – Mrs Parfitt
Room 8 – Mr Lynch
Please note – the room we have called Room 1 this year, will now be called ‘New Entrants’ – Te Whareruruhau. The
room that we have called Room 2 is now Room 1. The room we have called 1a this year, will now be called Room 2.
We farewell from our staffing, Mrs Hyatt, Mrs Mali and Miss Harris. We thank them all for their generous time and
energy given to our school and students, and wish them well in their new jobs!
NEWS from our Board of Trustees!
The Board of Trustees met for the final time this year, last week. Here is a brief breakdown of our meeting…
Student achievement for the year was presented.
Reading – 87% of our students are reading at the curriculum level or better
Writing – 85% of our students are producing written work that is at the curriculum level or better
Maths – 81% of our students are working at the curriculum level or better.
The Board of Trustees extends their thanks to the school staff for their hard work and commitment towards the
education of our students.
Zoning – the Ministry of Education has asked that Lower Moutere School establish a school zone. So what does this
mean for our school? All students enrolled in the school are deemed as ‘in-zone’. There are no changes there at all.
For the future, the school needs to establish how many spaces that we have in the school, at all levels. We then
advertise this. From there, families approach the school about enrolling – just as we currently do. Being a zoned
school simply means that we are able to monitor more closely how big the school gets, and close the roll should we
have no further room to place students. Should you have any questions about the establishment of a school zone,
please ask the school. Every school that has a zone has varying circumstances around the zone – so no two schools are
ever alike.
We are aiming to have the zone in place for term 2, 2020.
The design stages are in place for the redesigning of Room 4, re-roofing of the Admin block and our junior school. We
hope to see this start early term 1.
The school has been given a further $142000 for property works. We are exploring the option of using this to extend
the multi-purpose space (school hall).
This term our school is reviewing its procedures on Education Outside the Classroom and Sun Protection. These are
important procedures to consider as we head into summer.
You can review these school policies by following this link and using these login details:
· Visit the website: SchoolDocs – search for Lower Moutere School.
· username: lowermoutere (all lower case – no spaces) password: respectful
On behalf of the staff of Lower Moutere School, have
a great Christmas break, enjoy being with family and
friends, and we look forward to seeing our current and new
families, back at school, on TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY, 2020!
To our Year 8 students moving on to secondary school, we wish
you all the very best!
Chris Bascand - Principal
STARS OF THE WEEK
TERM 4
DECEMBER
Wed 18th End of year concert & reports home
Fri 20th Last Day Term 4 (No buses. School closes
at noon)
2020
JANUARY
Wed 29th & Thurs 30th School Office Open - for purchasing
stationery class packs & enrolments
Our AWESOME Touch Rugby stars!! Thurs 31st Teacher Only Day
Well done to our senior touch rugby team – FEBRUARY
LMS Stars!! who won the finals in the Tues 4th First Day of Term 1
senior grade, on Wednesday! Thurs 6th Waitangi Day – Public Holiday
Fri 7th Teacher Only Day
APRIL Thurs 9th Last Day of Term 1
2020 Term Dates
Term 2 Tues 28th April to Fri 3rd July
Term 3 Mon 20th July to Fri 25th Sept
Term 4 Mon 12th Oct to Fri 18th Dec
OTHER NOTICES
Absentee Messages Ph: 526 7775 or Text: 027 339 8801
Please provide the following details: Your child’s name, room number and reason for absence
School Fee Payments Please ensure your Payee Details have the family name and the payment reason.
The school account details are as follows: Westpac Banking Corporation, Motueka Branch 030693-0124662-00
Community Oral Health Service
The Community Oral Health Service advised early this term that due to staffing shortages the mobile clinic would not
be coming back to our school this year. It is now scheduled to return in March 2020.
For dental treatment prior to the Mobile Clinic return, contact the Community Oral Health Service for an
appointment Ph 0800 833 846 or 528 1160 Option 7. For any urgent dental care, parents should contact a contracting
dentist in their community.
LOST PROPERTY – Check for shoes, gumboots, lunchboxes, towels as well as clothing.
Thank you to the following supporters of our school throughout 2018:
Fonterra for supplying milk for breakfast club and the milk in schools program
Motueka New World – Gift Cards used for breakfast club supplies – bread & spreads
Sanitarium – Weetbix for breakfast club
Tasman District Council ($1000 Swimming pool subsidy)
Tasman District Council ($437 School mural project)
Riverside Community Trust Board ($600 breakfast club)
Lion Foundation ($3000 STEAM equipment)
Pub Charity ($8410 Chromebooks)
Clorox NZ Ltd ($1000 Vege garden donation)
Also, to the anonymous $500 donor – towards 3D printer!
Huge thanks to June Smith for offering to launder & repair our school library bags – yet again!!!
Fundraising Group News
This year the fundraising group has fundraised $2800 through our NZ Apple products sales, Coupland Pies, lunchtime
pies and the recent Athletics days.
With these funds we have been able to support the school with the purchase of Camera Microscopes, a Table Tennis
Table, and Senior camp costs.
Special thank you to NZ Apple products for their wonderful products, Lower Moutere Store for their support with
the lunchtime pies and Bev Brereton for all the lovely baking on Athletics day. Thanks to all who supported our
fundraising throughout the year.
Are you interested in Swimming Lessons – in the school pool during the holidays?
Heather is looking for expressions of interest for proposed independent swimming lessons to be held at the school pool mid January.
Morning sessions are being considered with small groups of children, by a qualified swimming instructor. $25 per week for a block
course of 2 weeks.
Please email your expressions of interest for these lessons to Heather Baigent, heatherdave@xtra.co.nz. Include your child/rens
names & ages.
School Pool Keys are available from the school office. Cost is $50 for the season for school families or $70 for
non-school families. (There is a pool rules form for completion).
Wednesday 18th December is the last day to get your key this year!
School Holiday Ideas
Bridge Valley Holiday Camps
Our overnight, week-long, children’s holiday camps are
coming up!
Our camps are fun, safe, and exciting for all ages,
and are a great way to spend a week of the Summer
holidays.
Blast Day Camp (7-13 yrs): 18th - 20th December - Not
overnight
Junior (8-11 yrs): 6th - 10th January
Intermediate (11-13 yrs): 13th - 17th January
Extreme (Junior: 9-11 yrs, Youth: 12-15 yrs): 21st -
24th January
Registrations are open online (www.bridgevalley.co.nz)
Email holidaycamps@bridgevalley.co.nz with any questions!
KIDZ KLUB AFTER 3
MASSIVE HOLIDAY FUN
Contact Name: Cindus Colonna
Phone: (03) 543 2033 / (027) 358 7233
Email: kidzklubafter3@gmail.com
Dates and Times: 20 January - 31 January 2020
8.30am- 3.30pm
(aftercare may be available until 5.00 dependent on numbers)
Venue: Upper Moutere School Hall
Ages: 5yrs - 13yrs
Kidz Klub After 3 run CYF OSCAR approved after school and school holiday programmes. Our activities are adapted to suit all ages
to ensure everyone has fun!
These summer holidays we are going to keep kids busy with lots of fun activities happening everyday. Our themes include Lets get
Potting, Sleepyheads, Wet Wild and Messy, Moutere Ninja Warrior, Miniatures with Kim, Summetime Crafts and loads more -
and of course we will be making the most of the school pool with lots of swimming!
Contact us for a copy of our full programme brochure outlining what we will be up to each day!
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