Find the Way, Know the Way, Lead the Way - Titahi Bay Intermediate
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Issue Date: 3rd December 2019
Find the Way, Know the Way, Lead the Way
Tena Koutou, Talofa Lava, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Kia ago. Our 117, Year 8 students will leave us at the end of
Orana, Taloha Ni, Malo e lelei, Greetings to you all next week and the number of Year 6 students in our
community is a lot lower. This means that we will have
a drop in roll as our current number of Year 7’s is 76 and
Welcome to the end of week 8. There is a lot of infor-
mation in this newsletter so please enjoy the read. the number coming in is not able to match the 117 leav-
ing. I am anticipating 5 classrooms for 2020 and as a
Changes for 2020 result we will be making class changes next year to bring
There are some exciting changes happening in 2020. We 7 classes down to 5. Please let me know if you have any
will be welcoming new staff to our school as some staff special requests.
move on to new adventures and journeys in their lives.
Property Development
We will welcome Stephanie Gardiner who comes with I am currently working with our Property Managers and
strengths in Te Reo Māori and Kapa Haka and Roseanne we are in the final design stages for roofing replace-
Duxfield who is strong in languages, music, dance and ments throughout the school. Blocks 2 and 3 will have
drama. full roof replacements and some of the technology
rooms will be re-screwed. The other major roof replace-
We will farewell Teuila Aiono (R7) as she moves across ment will be the administration block. Due to the ‘flat
the ditch to Australia and Fuatia Lavea (R3) who will be roof’ all of this will be re-pitched with a new roof,
leaving teaching altogether to start a new journey in her gutters and spouting. The front of our school will look
life. Renee Leenders (R1) is taking the next step in her quite different as we will lose some windows due to the
life and moving to Taranaki to begin married life. Rose pitching of the roof which will be replaced with new alu-
Sawaya who was on a year contract will be taking up a minum windows.
role with one of the governments new initiatives of
Learning Support Co-ordinator in the Newlands area. I Block 2 (Rooms 1, 2 and 3) will receive new aluminum
would like to thank our staff for their ongoing commit- windows as well as new classroom ceilings with brand
ment to working with our young adolescents in the new LED lighting.
Titahi Bay community and wish them all the best on
Rooms 6 and 7 will also receive new ceilings and LED
their next adventure.
lights as well. All 5 of these classrooms will also have
new aluminum doors inserted to replace the old
Along with teaching staff we will also welcome some
wooden doors. These 5 classrooms will then be the
new teacher aides and a new office administrator.
same as the newly refurbished Rooms 4 and 5.
Debra Lobban will be enjoying retired life at the end of
the year. Debra has been one of the longest serving
These property projects will mean we have to shuffle
staff members with around 30 years’ service to Titahi
classes around as work cannot be done while rooms are
Bay Intermediate. I would like to thank Debra very
being occupied. We’ll also have to do this when the ad-
much for her dedication and commitment to Titahi Bay
ministration block is being done as well.
Intermediate and our community. Julia Kelly is already
in training to take on this role in the office.
I am also starting the paperwork for the upgrade of our
current Music, Dance and Drama room, which can be
Over the last two years our school roll has increased to
utilized as a classroom when the roll grows again.
195 due to the baby boom that happened over a decade
This is an exciting time for our students and our school.
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Find the Way, Know the Way, Lead the Way
Teaching Recognition Robin Hoodlum
Renee Leenders is celebrating coming to the end of her Our annual school production was held this week with
2 years of provisional teaching. A big congratulation to performances on Wednesday and Thursday evening,
Renee on this great achievement and we wish her all the both evenings a huge success.
very best at her new school in Taranaki.
I would like to thank Allie Rutherford and Cheryl Hanra-
Self Defence Classes han for their time, commitment and passion for organis-
ing and sewing all of the casts costumes. Again ,these
Our girls have been involved in a day and a half, self-
two ladies have taken the stress away from our leader-
defence class which has been fully funded for us. The
ship team by taking total control of costumes for us.
tutor, Tania, has been wonderful and brings enthusiasm
Thank you both very much.
and passion for teaching our girls ways to keep them-
selves safe. We have had feedback from our boys who I would also like to thank Talia Itamura and Amy Cole for
would like this opened to them next year and this has their commitment to ensuring that our students were
been passed on to Tania and her organization. able to participate in this wonderful experience.
Orientation Day
Our Orientation Day for students that will be
attending TBI next year was held during week 7. All
our students were great ambassadors for our
school, showing our future students what makes
TBI great!
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Find the Way, Know the Way, Lead the Way
EPRO8 Challenge Year 8 Graduation
Congratulations to our amazing EPRO8 team for repre- Next Wednesday, 11th December we will be acknowledg-
senting “TBI” to a high standard by finishing this Engi- ing our Year 8 students before they move onto their
neering, Problem Solving and Innovation subject compe- next educational journey. We will have a school assem-
tition, a healthy 5th in the semi-finals. bly at 1.30 in the hall. Parents and whanau are welcome
to come along.
Mountains to Sea
Next week, Year 8 students have been offered the op-
portunity to be part of a snorkelling experience led by
Zoe Studd from Mountains to Sea. This is a one off ex-
perience for those students who take up the opportuni-
ty to participate. We are looking for adult helpers on
the day who are able to get into the water with our stu-
dents. This will be held on Tuesday 10th December.
Please contact the office if you are able to do this.
Social Media and Screen Time Updated Addresses
Over the past few weeks a number of whanau have Reports will be posted home next week so it is essential
been in contact with me due to social media issues. that if you have moved address that you let the office
These issues come into our school and cause conflicts know. This will ensure that you receive your child’s re-
between different peer groups which I then spend time port in the post.
working through. Unfortunately, this is becoming a daily
occurrence. I encourage whanau to monitor their child’s TBISSG Whanau Group
social media interactions, whether using a phone, This year, our whanau group have been busy working in
chrome book or laptop/computer. the background holding different fundraising events.
Some of these members will be moving on as their child
moves onto college. I would like to thank
I would like to thank parents and whanau for their sup-
Allie Rutherford, Velli Brian and Jude Pointon who have
port when I contact home to discuss behaviours that are
put in many hours of hard work over the past two years.
occurring with their child. We want the best for our stu-
dents at Titahi Bay Intermediate and we all need to work
For 2020 we are looking for parents/caregivers/whanau
together to support our young people during this chal-
lenging time of their life. to come aboard our TBISSG and get in behind organising
different events.
Energy Drinks
A number of students are consuming energy drinks on School Camp 2020
their way to school. Unfortunately, the local dairies are At the end of Term 1 of 2020, we will be taking our stu-
selling these products to our students. The amount of dents to camp. Keep this in mind if you need to start
sugar contained in these drinks is mind blowing and the putting money aside to cover the expense of it. The to-
effects on our students is not good. Please support us tal cost of the camp will be confirmed soon.
by talking to your child about not consuming these sugar
filled drinks.
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Find the Way, Know the Way, Lead the Way
College Enrolments Breakfast Club
We still have a number of Year 8 students who have not We are celebrating being part of the Breakfast Club Initi-
yet enrolled at a college. Please ensure that you enrol ative that has been running at TBI for 10 years, providing
breakfast to our students on Monday, Wednesday and
them now, so that they do not miss out on their enrol-
Friday from 8am to 8.30am.
ment interviews. This will help with the anxiety of tran-
sitioning into a new school. Please let me know if you Community Notices
need support to do this. Springboard & Platform Diving at Kilbirnie Pool-
Wellington Diving Club is running a holiday pro-
End of Year Data gramme in January 2020 for children aged 5yrs+
I would like to thank our students and whanau for a who are confident in deep water & can comfortably
wonderful year. Our end of year data has been ex- swim 25mtrs. Tuesdays & Thursdays – 6th to
tremely positive with a large number of students making 23rd January. Choose 10am-11am &/or
accelerated progress in their reading, writing and maths. 4pm/5pm. $10 per session. For more information
The progress that students have made is due to the please call Barbara on 027 485 8888 or make your
commitment of our teaching team with their ongoing booking via our website https://
professional development as well as that of our students wellingtondiving.org.nz/holiday-program
and their whanau. Our support staff have also been a
big part of our student’s progress with their commit-
ment to working alongside students in class. What’s On
Careers Day 9th December
Congratulations
Year 8 Celebrations 11th December
Well done to the following students for receiving
the “MR HOPE” certificate for Manaakitanga: Trophy Night 12th December
Austin Arnold-Mackie, Emyr Staffer, Mahe Carter,
Chante Daniel, Devon Riley, Leo Mitchell, Lauren Fisher, School finishes 13th December at 1.30pm
Peata Edwards, Capri Graham-Haua, Connor Falemaka,
Jaun Zuluaga-Rivera, Ana Pauu, Tempriss Little, Hawaikii
Eketone, Tareq Morgan, Jayden Mill, Bailey Horua, Pop-
Kind regards
py Drummond, Reijhan Pokaiwhenua, Nikki Bayer and
Aurora Heta-Tipene.
The following students and teacher received Students
Council of the Week awards: Isabella Stratford, Italy Dairne Kaimona
Makaua, Lauren Fisher, Leon Lalotoa-Peniata, Mahe
Carter, Drezden Johnson , Sean Felise and Ms Cole. Con-
Principal
gratulations.
Wellington Regional Intermediate Athletics
On Wednesday, we had two students, Harlem
Metuangaro and Dante Ford-Tuveve, travel to Welling-
ton to compete in two athletic disciplines, Shotput and
Discus. Both boys had a hugely successful campaign
with Harlem finishing in 1st place for shotput and Dan-
te, in 2nd place in Discus. Well done boys.
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