GLENITI We're still standing

MARCH 16TH 2022

GLENITI
 KEI TE TU TONU

 MATOU
 We're still standing

 MUFTI DAY

 THURSDAY

 TEACHER ONLY DAY

 ON MONDAY

KA PAI

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WEGLENITI 16TH MARCH 2022

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 FROM THE SWIVELY CHAIR STUFF YOU KNOW WELL AND PHASE 3 NEWS

 NEED TO KEEP DOING WELL
 THANKS, KA PAI Washing hands! Yes that old chestnut! I just want to emphasise
 the need to continue with this regime. Some studies show that
O ur cover stars this week are from Rooms 11 and
 people on average touch their faces around 16 times an hour. I
12. They have been working with Polly Rowe on
 imagine in a school setting it's way higher than that! Touching
these amazing "nature wall hangings". Don't
 something, and then touching our faces is a great way for
they look great!
 Omicron to get a foothold (or nosehold!) into our bodies.
 Therefore washing our hands regularly is a top method for
I know that there is still a long way to go in this
 ensuring that if we are touching our faces, then at least we're
current chapter of COVID, but I just want to say
 not doing so with lurgy on our hands.
a huge thank you to our wider whanau for the
great support and help you've given us all here
 M ask up! Who would've thought two years ago that we'd be
at school.
 spending so much of our time wearing a mask - but here we are!
 On the whole we're doing a stellar job with our mask wearing.
Covid is now in 88.7% of schools throughout
 The vast majority of us have doctorate like understandings of
Canterbury apparently and we're well and truly
 how to wear a mask and why we wear masks. As a positive aside
one of them. It's a stressful and challenging time
 we all look like doctors as a result! Bonus!
for all (how many times have we said that over
 Just a gentle reminder though to keep your nose in your mask -
the last two years?), and so that's why I want to
 not hanging outside it. It really does make a world of difference
take time to say thank you to you all, because
 for everyone else :)
you have all been so good in helping us do our
thing. What a great community to be a part of.
 This week we've been working hard to communicate our own
Principal Award Stickers to you all!
 daily Covid numbers with you. We'll continue to do this around
 10:30am each day via email. If you haven't been receiving these
Yes there's still a long way to go. Some schools
 emails then please let the office know. This information is for
in Timaru are getting near to the stage where it
 Gleniti School families only. Please note that this information is
is hard to staff their schools, meaning choices
 only as up to date as the moment it was sent to you!
about sending students home and starting the
homelearning scenario isn't far away from being
made.
At Gleniti we're not at that stage yet, but when
it happens, it is likely to happen quite quickly I
imagine. We'll do our best to keep you all up to
date with the best information that we have at
the time. I'm sure you can imagine, it's a forever
changing beast!

Thank you!

Steve Zonnevylle
Principal Gleniti School Newsletter 07/2022

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 SCHOOL NOTICES
 HOME LEARNING - REPEAT FROM PHASE 3 NEWS

TEACHER LAST WEEK
ONLY DAY A s things progress, more and more children will be isolating at home. There may even
 be a time when we have significantly more people, both students and teaching staff,
 at home than at school.
T he school will be closed There will a tipping point when the school will implement the Home Learning plan.
 The timing of this will be based on a whole heap of information and different
to all students on Monday
 scenarios. It's very fluid.
21st March for a Teacher
 At this stage we aren't providing individual home learning to our students isolating.
Only Day. Please keep
your children at home on However we do recommend the following sites that could be of use to you until
 things become clearer.
Monday
 The Gleniti School Working From Home Package,
 (https://hail.to/gleniti-school/publication/BWFWmiI)

MUFTI DAY
 still has a whole heap of cool things to do on it.

 At the moment it's still full of stuff from the past, but
 we are adding to it all the time. So it's worth heading
 back for a looksie every now and again.
O ur Bike/Scooter track is

almost complete! If the
 The LEARNZ website has a whole host of awesome
weather comes to the party activities to look and learn from in regards to our
 topic Mā te Taiao Let Nature In! Take a look :)
then we'll see it all sealed https://www.learnz.org.nz/backyardbiodiversity213
with ashphalt on Thursday!
Wooohoo!
The Student Council are
currently on the drive to
find and purchase some
extra scooters to have on
hand in the sports shed.
They'll be running a gold
coin mufti day on Thursday
17th March to help raise
some funds. Double
woohooo!

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WEGLENITI 16TH MARCH 2022

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 SCHOOL STARS
 PRINCIPAL AWARDS WEEK SIX SCHOOL NOTICES

 GLENITI
 LIVE@11:10 IS
 ON!
 T his week our assembly will
 be beaming in live from a
 mystery location at 11:10am.
 I wonder what I'll have to
 share!) Check out our
 Lucca, Freya, Zoe, Paige, Mackenzie, McKenzie Amelia, Eli, Archie, Neave, Louis Facebook page!

 LOLLIES
 E veryone loves lollies! That
 is true. But lollies are
 sometimes food and don't
 belong in our lunch boxes.

 Pippa, Cruz, Greer, Mafana, Baxter Emily, Anderson, Joseph

 WELCOME

 his week we welcomed the following new students, Quinn Taggart R4, Eddie Morgan R3,
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Oscar den Oudsten R14, Jack den Oudsten R10, Elsie Evans R13 and Hattie Evans R6.

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WEGLENITI 16TH MARCH 2022

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 PTA
 EZ LUNCHES
 NEWS WHAT'S COMING UP

 F riday EZ Lunches from TBHS
 From this week, the online order form for Friday lunches will ask for a Learning Team rather
 DATES TO KEEP
 than an individual class.
 Learning Team 1: Rooms 1, 2, 3 (currently 16), 4 (currently the Meeting Room) and 17.
 AN EYE ON
 Learning Team 2: Rooms 5, 6, 7, 8
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 Learning Team 3: Rooms 9, 10, 11, 12
 Learning Team 4: Rooms 13, 14, 15. Thursday 17th March - Mufti Day

 Thanks for your support.
 Monday 21st March - Teachers Only
 Day

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 Term 1
 Monday 31st January -Thursday 14th

 TOUCH SINGLETS April

 Term 2
 J ust a reminder that all tough rugby singlets need to be returned to the office as soon as
TASMAN
 possible.JUNIOR TOUR
 Thank you. Monday 2nd May - Friday 8th July

 Term 3

 LOST PROPERTY Monday 25th July - Friday 30th
 September
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 This week we have the following items in our Lost Property. We also have a large
 number of unnamed sweatshirts. A reminder to please check that your child's Term 4
 uniform is named.
 Monday 17th Oct - Thursday 15th
 December (12pm finish)

 Teacher Only Days for 2022
 Monday 21st March
 Friday 20th May
 Friday 3rd June
 Friday 9th September

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PTA NEWS
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 PTA NEWS

 To the following business and families that have
 PTA AGM will be held on
 donated time/money/plants/materials –
 Wednesday, 16th March 2022,
 you guys are awesome!
 7pm at Benny’s Again
 We welcome new members and ideas 
 Dan Zhang & Family Hayley Harkness Photography
 Butler Electrical Langton Family
 PTA Annual General Meeting 2022
 Sidekick Timaru Teague Family
 Our PTA Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 16th
 Mainfreight Timaru Timaru Hunting and Fishing
 March 2022, 7pm, followed by our normal meeting straight after, at
 PTA NEWS Hampton Family Brunton Family
 Benny’s Again. Dessert is definitely on the agenda. Vaccination
 Morton Family Aubrey Podiatry
 certificate required.
 McRae Family Brunton Family
 New faces are welcome - come along and bring a friend. If you can't
 Paterson Family Gledhill Family
 make our meeting but want to join the PTA, flick me a text and I’ll send
 Timaru Roast Shop Payne Family
 out the information of our meetings and who is who on our PTA.
 Jenkin Family Howden Family
 Sarah Johnson (PTA Chairperson) 0277662359
 Reed Family Morse Family
 HC Partners Best Family
 Wheels Track Update
 Lord Family Walker Family
 Exciting news… After a long wait, blood, sweat and tears, our wheels
 Timpany Walton Galbraith Family
 track is going to be asphalted TOMORROW! Please keep off the track
 Campbell Family Warburton Family
 until
TASMAN further notice.
 JUNIOR TOUR Our grand opening will be happening, but due to Nolan Building Bae-Kim Family
 the world we are living in, it will look a bit different.
 Mainland Mortgages Nolhann Melgies and Family
 Sparrow Family Ethan Holland and Family
 Student Council SHOUT OUT!
 Walsh Family Adam & Daniel Pearce
 Our awesome Student Council is holding a mufti day on Thursday. All
 Muff Family Origin Design
 money raised is going towards purchasing scooters that can be used
 Gresham Family Tait Family
 on our wheels track, The PTA will purchase helmets to go with the T
 The Shade House Jackson Family
 scooters. Thanks Student Council!!!
 Tonks Family Punjab Restaurant
 Liang Family Athan and Arwen Liew
 Roberts Pharmacy Phimister Family
 Sprague Family Latuila & Ferguson Family
 Campbell Family Dee Street Pharmacy
 WORKING BEE Barron Family Ewen Family
 COMMUNITY NOTICES Cahill Family Erskine Family
 Our aim is to tidy the gardens around track, Davis Ogilvie Fabtech Engineering Solutions
 add topsoil and make it all look awesome. Brice Family Twohig Building
 Park Family Doyoon and Family
 Sunday, 27th March 2022 Timaru Honda van Heerden Family
 9am Lister Family Williamson Family
 Bring: Johnson Family Phoenix Steel
 People Gamage Family D’Souza Family
 Wheelbarrows Shah Family Cunningham-Beynon Family
 Shovels Bartlett Family Lawless Family
 McLeod Family Harcourts-Julian Blanchard
 PTA will be cooking a sausage sizzle lunch for helpers! Gough Family Artikel & Swint Limited
 Geddes Family Origin Design & Web

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

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 ⚽️⚽️⚽️ Northern Hearts Football
 2022 Registrations
 If your child is keen to play football for Northern Hearts
 this season you can find all the details on our Facebook
 page - Northern Hearts AFC Juniors - or contact us on
 nheartsjuniors@hotmail.com. Ages 5/6yrs ( this
 includes 5year olds turning 6yrs this year) to 13yrs.
 Registrations need to be completed by the Wednesday
 23rd of March.

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WEGLENITI 16TH MARCH 2022

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SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESSES

Room 1 Vicki McFarlane vickim@gleniti.school.nz
Room 2 Hayley Toumohuni hayley@gleniti.school.nz
Room 3 Sarah Spittal sarahs@gleniti.school.nz
Room 4 Angela Fitzgerald angelaf@gleniti.school.nz
Room 17 Melissa Muff melh@gleniti.school.nz
Room 5 Lorraine Currie lorrainec@gleniti.school.nz
Room 6 Rebecca Best rebeccab@gleniti.school.nz
Room 7 Jo Armstrong joa@gleniti.school.nz
Room 8 Nadine Jones nadine@gleniti.school.nz
Room 9 Annie Rodgers annie@gleniti.school.nz
Room 10 Nic Cleaver nic@gleniti.school.nz
Room 11 Odette Franklin odettef@gleniti.school.nz
Room 12 Deborah Bruce deborahb@gleniti.school.nz
Room 13 Alex Hand alexh@gleniti.school.nz
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Room 14 Kate Hunter kateh@gleniti.school.nz
Room 15 Heather Hinton heatherh@gleniti.school.nz

Steve Zonnevylle stevez@gleniti.school.nz
Office office@gleniti.school.nz

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