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INFLIGHTMAGAZINE
OCTOBER 2 0 1 8
ROYAL OAK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Together empowering confident, motivated learners to achieve success
in all walks of life.
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Greetings, Kia Ora, Fakaalofa Lahi Atu, Bula Vinaka, Malo e lelei, Talofa
Lava, Taloha, Kia Orana, Ni Hao, Buenos Dias, Chao, Malo Ni, Habari Dobar
Dan, Namaste, Salam!
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Welcome back to Term 4 and needless to say, there is about eight weeks to the summer holidays. Term
Three was packed with fun filled learning and teaching activities.
This term, we welcome Mr Barry O’Halloran as our new Acting Deputy Principal. Mr O’Halloran was Room
2’s classroom teacher. Also, a warm welcome to Mr Satya Dutt who will be the classroom teacher in Room
2 for the rest of the term.
Our Integrated Inquiry Unit of Mahi Tahi proved to be an absolute success! Students unpacked the
Enduring Understandings of Mahi Tahi and worked industriously to inquiry about their Essential questions.
Each class successfully prepared for visits to various organisations in our community. Our students showed
RERE in their collaborative learning and the principle of Mahi Tahi brought our motto into action: Together
empowering, confident, motivated learners to achieve success in all walks of life. Our Food, Art and Craft
Market further highlighted how our ākonga worked cohesively in teams because they produced delectable
food, sweet treats, tantalising fruit drinks and engaging games. Team work at its best! Many parents,
whanau, families and friends supported our fundraising venture – thanks to all of you who attended or
markets.
Term 4 always seems to be the busiest term and our full curriculum adds to an eventful mix of activities.
We have Year 6 students coming into our kura for Orientation Days on 6 and 8 November 2018. If you have
Year 6 ākonga who will be attending our kura in 2019, we have scheduled two orientation mornings as
follows:
1) 6 November: Te Papapa School; Oranga Primary; Onehunga Primary; Royal Oak Primary
2) 8 November: Favona Primary; Mangere Bridge Primary; Waterlea Primary; Mountain View
School
Royal Oak Intermediate will provide bus transport for the orientation morning. Year 6 ākonga need only
bring their morning tea along with them.
When speaking to parents and students at a recent Year 6 Information Evening about enrolling their
tamariki at Royal Oak Intermediate, they spoke highly of the positive attitude of our present Year 7 and 8
ākonga. Our ākonga were able to articulate and celebrate the learning opportunities offered at Royal Oak
Intermediate School. Throughout the year, ākonga strive to achieve their best and work hard to gain
badges in order to get their names on the Honours Badge. Continue striving for excellence!
During the September holidays, Mr Alex Adams competed in the New Zealand Long Distance Waka Ama
Nationals in Napier. He came second in New Zealand in the individual race over 16km and his team of 6
came 4th in their race over 24km. Congratulations to Alex and his team for showing excellence and
resilience in these events!
At present, our kura is undergoing some renovation with a change of windows - the old wooden frames are
being placed with durable aluminium frames. The renovated class are looking great! Thanks to all for taking
heed of the safety barriers that have been placed around the cordoned off areas nearest to the windows.
Thanks to ākonga and kaiako for showing resilience when they had to relocate while classes were being
renovated. The contractors will continue to work on the remaining classes.
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In the coming weeks, we have a number of exciting activities taking place.
On 1 November 2018, we need to put on our dancing shoes and dress in Halloween costumes because we
are having a Halloween Social. Tickets will be sold at $5.00.
HALLOWEEN SOCIAL
Date 1 November 2018
Time 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Venue Royal Oak Intermediate Hall
Cost $5.00
Students and teachers have worked really hard to achieve successes in Term 3 – resilience and empathy
were shown throughout our Mahi Tahi unit and this continues to cascade into Term 4. It is pleasing to see
that our tamariki continue to show RERE not only in class time but also out of the classroom and school.
Let us continue to fly – KA RERE!
Nga Mihi
Albra Stoltenkamp
Acting Principal
NOTICES
Notes
Beginning Week
Assembly
Month
Week
Term 4 – Monday, 15 October – Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Monday, 29 October 2018 – Leadership Meeting, Everyday Theatre
Tuesday, 30 October 2018 – Full House Meeting 3:15 – 4:45pm, Board of Trustees
Meeting , Everyday Theatre
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 - Everyday Theatre
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Thursday, 1 November 2018 – Girls Touch, Int (Students), Lunch (Staff) Korero about
ROI, Halloween Social
Friday, 2 November 2018 – Assembly
Monday, 5 November 2018 -
4 November 5 Wed 5: - Newsletter #7 Out Today
Monday, 5 November 2018 -
Wed 5: - Newsletter #7 Out Today
Thu 6: - CZ Gymnastics
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Royal Oak Intermediate School Board of Trustees Newsletter Term 4, 2018
Hello and welcome to another ROI Board Newsletter. We are nearing the end of another busy year and it is hard to
believe that it is only 10 weeks to Christmas.
Obviously, the number one priority for the Board over the last few weeks has been the process to appoint the new
Principal.
Here’s an update on where we are at with the process:
We have used specialist recruitment consultants to help us with the process, KEA consultants – see
http://www.keaeducation.nz/
The advert for the new Principal is already published – see
https://gazette.education.govt.nz/vacancies/1H9m9a-principal-u5/
The closing date for applications was 29 October.
Candidates will be shortlisted by the Board on 7 November.
The interview day is 18 November.
It is intended that our new Principal will be appointed to start on or around 19 January 2019 (a two month
notice period).
We are committed to getting the right person for the job. We have left no stone unturned to do this. We have
conducted a consultation process with the staff and students. In addition to using KEA consultants we are also using
Linley Myers (our Community of Learning Lead Principal and Principal of Royal Oak Primary School) and Kay Hawk
(Education Group and former Chair of Onehunga High School - http://educationgroup.co.nz/speaker/kay-hawk/ ) as
advisers during the shortlisting phase.
Whilst we go through this process, Albra and the team continue to do a fantastic job of maintaining our progress as a
school. Last term we had some amazing success at AIMS and this term has already started with a fantastic careers’
day, where we had people like a marine biologist, nurse and fire fighter talking to our children about their
professions.
You will also notice that the school property upgrade continues with new windows being installed along the
playground side of the building. This will continue through Term 4. This complements the school repaint and the
landscaping and new feature wall that have been completed over the past two terms. I’d like to thank Albra and
Manika, our Property Manager, for the fantastic work they do in providing an environment of which the children and
community can be proud.
David Kinane has been contracted by the school and Ministry of Education to provide professional development in
elearning to our teachers. David is an e-learning expert – see http://dakinane.com/. At our last Board meeting in
September David presented to the Board. He reported on the professional development he has undertaken with 12
of our teachers over the past year and his plans for the next 18 months. Our contract with the Ministry provides for
400 hours of professional development over a two to three-year period. This has already had a great impact on the
teaching and learning for our staff and children. David presented an exciting plan to the Board, which fits very well
with the Board’s strategy over the next three years. The school will continue to invest in this area over the coming
years. BYOD is an important element of this strategy. We appreciate the support parents show to the school and
their child’s education by providing a BYOD to their child, where they can. We thank David and all of the teachers
and school leaders involved in this initiative.
Have a great term 4 from everyone on the Board.
George Woodward, Board Chair.
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Netball
Our AIMS Netball team once again represented ROI with pride down in Tauranga at the 2019 AIMS Games. The girls
worked hard throughout the week, proving themselves to be a well-drilled and highly skilled team.
They placed 76th out of 124 teams from all over New Zealand.
Tiliane Te’o, Stella Huch, Sadie Woodward, Tipani Petelo, Tiana Pahulu, Elisa Nanua, Etta Finau, Carmen Langdale, Trinity Atileo,
Vanika A’haoatu, Mele Naniseni, Rositta Lolo
Football
This year saw the Royal Oak Boys Football team make a big effort. After encouraging performances at training in late
2017 the manager and players decided they would like to test their resolve against some of the best New Zealand
has to offer. After overcoming a number of obstacles that year, the team finally made it over the line and found
themselves sitting in our school van travelling to Tauranga on a crisp sunny Sunday morning in September. We were
representing Royal Oak Intermediate at our very first AIMS Games.
By mid-afternoon we arrived at the playing fields in Papamoa to set up our stations and get a feel for the grounds.
The boys swaggered about like they were Manchester United arriving in Rome for the Champions League Final.
Chests were out and spirits were high!
Over the week we had it all. We endured some losses, had some nail biting draws and enjoyed some magnificent
wins. We conceded some sloppy goals and scored some screamers. Throughout this our boys kept their heads up
and our captain Eli Sargent rallied the troops to be positive, believe and keep going. We picked up some injuries that
kept the boys wandering back to the ACC Physio every day. They were either injuries or the female physio had some
magical power over our players! It’s best to ask Rahil Singh and Andy Kafalava for the real truth on this. Every player
contributed to our success.
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Our squad rotation system meant that Hamish Parkinson and Austin Baxter could interchange between goalkeeper
and outfield players allowing both to showcase their broad skillsets. Andy “Share-Box” Kafalava pitched in with goals
from defence, Robert “Solid” Sefa, Billy Grace and Feao “Tena Koutou” Katoa were exemplary in defence also all
throughout the week. Our midfielders Eli Sargent, Ryan Bosson, Reuben Thang and Johnson Gao served as our
engine room and pitched in with goals also. They offered us grit in the tackle, creativity going forward and a desire to
win like no other team. Up front our forwards Rahil “Psycho” Singh, Hussein Alawi and Rayyan Malik kept the goals
raining in at crucial times.
We finished about middle of the road overall, coming in 48th position. With that said had it not been for losing two
games via penalty shoot-out, we could have finished in the top 30. Overall, it was the most memorable week of a lot
of our boy schooling to date. Spirits remained high throughout and all the boys gained invaluable experience to see
what is needed to compete at the highest level.
A special word of thanks to the parents and families, our school staff, our community and in particular Kirk Sargent
for coaching and being our appointed referee for the week. Big thanks must go to Vaughan Bosson again for the use
of his trailer. A lot of work went in to sparking this to life in 2018. From myself and our players, we are eternally
grateful for the opportunity to represent our kura at the AIMS Games 2018. We look forward to the next steps in our
journey for 2019. Watch this space!!
Nga Mihi
Barry O’ Halloran
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Gymnastics
Back Row: Angel Sitipa, Lauren Cunningham, Manu Manuika, Manase Manapori, Aden Uluave , Emma Ticehurst
Front Row: Dawt Mi, Mia Quiambao, Ken Buenaventura, Shae Lawrence, Hannah Hamiltom- Ralph , Michelle Singleton.
The AIMS Gymnastics girls and boys all went down to Tauranga on the Tuesday. All the other teams went on a
Sunday as their competition started on the Monday. We went straight to a gym in Rotorua called MIGGS and trained
for approximately two hours. Our competition was going to take place the next day. The Gymnastics competition
was held over one day which meant that we had to do our very best. We had to wake up at 6.00 am and by 6.30am
had breakfast and then leave for our competition. It was quite far away and took us about thirty minutes to get
there. The boys were first up for the competition, we were cheering for them. Our boys normally do very well and
were placed in the top 3. They got 3rd place this year which is amazing. The girls were up next! There were eight girls
and we made up two teams with four of us in each team. We were very scared. It is usually extremely hard for girls
to get a high placement because there are more girls than boys in the competition. The girls A Team got third, which
hasn't happened in years for our school and in individual scores Lauren got 3rd on her Vault category out of all the
girls in the competition. I (Shae) got 4th overall in the Individual category. The Royal Oak Intermediate AIMS
Gymnastic Team came home with medals and we did exceptionally well!
Shae Lawrence, Rm9
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Rugby
Every year the Boys 7s squad has a lot of pressure on them to try compete with the Girls dynasty, and they seemed
the goods to do take some of the limelight this year.
The boys started strongly with 4 wins from 4 on the opening day, taking down Francis Douglas from Taranaki, Kamo
intermediate and Mahurangi from Northland, and Mokoia from Bay of Plenty. Spirits were really high, despite two
serious injuries, one a concussion that would see us lose a major playmaker for the rest of the tournament.
Day 2 saw the boys come out full of high expectations but only just scraping the two wins against Levin, and
Pukekohe. Still, the job was done, and we had 6 from 6 and earned our spot in the top 12. A great achievement. The
boys celebrated with a day at the beach, full of dancing and antics enjoyed by the locals.
On day 3, the wheels seemed to come off. Facing much stiffer competition, we couldn’t seem to get our head in the
game, being soundly beaten by St Peters College, and Matuari Bay. Despite the results, the boys showed some
excellent fight and managed to save face with some strong finishing to each game.
Day 4 saw us needing to win all our games to stay in the mix, but unfortunately, we couldn’t manage against two
teams the boys should have coped with, but did come away with a resounding victory – 43-0 over Northcross
Intermediate, which raised the spirits and expectations, hoping the momentum would carry through to Friday.
Friday saw us in a playoff for 9th-12th and we were up against Kamo again. Quietly confident having beaten them
once, whilst we played solid and did most things right, we just couldn’t quite get our attack in order and went down
5-12. We were disappointed but still going away happy to be in top 12, with one game left. Against Northcross again.
The boys had their heads up and when confident, showed what they were capable of, with another resounding win,
45-7. 11th place overall. A great effort, but one definitely that could have been higher.
It was a great tournament and experience. Camp life, team travel and scoring numbers and being located next to the
girl’s netball games would definitely be a long-lasting memory for all the boys and they can be proud of their efforts.
Demetrius in action!
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AIMS GAMES RESULTS
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Nurse
10The Success of R.O.I Market Day
By Cassidy Newby Room 8
On the 21st September 2018, Royal Oak Intermediate held their very first market day. Each classroom researched and
created their very own stall so that they can make money for their end of year trip.
On that Friday evening, I saw happy smiley faces and stalls with items, products or even prizes sold out. I am also
truly happy with the fact that R.O.I was showing Mahi Tahi. I’m extremely excited to say that it was an absolute,
amazing success.
I enjoyed watching R.O.I present themselves to parents and children and also persuading them to buy their products
or play their games. AND… it was great watching my peers working together in painting, setting up and gathering
products for their stall. It was truly an act of Mahi Tahi, working as one. During Royal Oak’s Market Day, I thought it
was successful. I think it was successful because I could see lots of people gathering money fast. I also saw stalls sold
out and people counting their money to check if they had enough money for their end of year school trip. Over all, I
am very happy to say that R.O.I was surely successful that evening and that even though I will be a Year 9 next year, I
will try my best to attended the next Market Day. I just can’t wait to see Mahi Tahi in action once again.
I think my group’s stall was a success. I think this because we all helped and put in our very best effort in making our
stall possible. The reason I think this is because we made a Gannt chart. We all wrote down what we had to do to
help and what we could do to make our stall better, and by the end of the week, we were all ready to set up and
ready to begin. Over all I think my group was correctly prepared and well organised when using the Gannt chart. We
got everything ready on time and we were ready to start well before 2:00 pm.
During this Market Day we all had to put in effort to make a stall. I think I put in a great effort on our stall for Market
Day. I think this because we all had little jobs to do. I had the job of making signs, the agreement for the use of a
stage and I bought $23.70 worth of candy for the stall. I personally thought I applied myself and made a great effort
with our stall. The reason I think I did a good job was because I worked on the stall from 2:00-3:00pm and I kept on
hearing compliments on the work we put in. Overall, I think we ALL did a great job together, and that we ALL put in
the best effort we could to make our stall great and successful.
We all did a great job at the end of the day. Every stall ended
up making money and Room 8 ended up making a good
profit. Mrs. Loggie stepped back and let us do most of the
work, which really made some of us step forward and take
the lead. At the end of the day, we made a fair amount of
money.
11In Term Three Room Eight learnt about The Water Cycle. In order to use this new learning
and consolidate their knowledge about The Water Cycle the students created an animated
Water Cycle using Scratch Animation. With the help of David Kinane, ROI's accredited MoE
PLD facilitator, students learnt simple computer coding using Scratch Animation to make
their water cycles come to life. It was encouraging to see how the students supported each
other to develop these animations. The students with advanced skills in coding using
Scratch Animation acted as tutors to the less experienced students. Many students were so
intrigued with this learning that they continued working on their animations in their own
time.
12GnT Art Trip 30/08
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wows echoed
throughout our group
as we approached the
first masterpiece. Neon
colours, pebbles,
creased decorations
surrounding the strange
shapes hung high above
our heads.
We moved past the tin foil like creations and entered a ‘jungle village’ made of cardboard sculptures. They
all had their own ‘life’ and uniqueness. Some looked attractive, and well, some looked rather weird!
13We then moved to other parts of the gallery and Mr Puru inspired and ‘enlightened’ us to the ways of the
creative art world! We checked out some more flabbergasting pieces of art. For instance, a pile of
portraits, statues and more!
GnT Art students had a task to investigate an artwork they were interested in. We then moved to the
artist’s studio and began our workshop, exploring our local community. We had loads of fun, Albert Park
was a great place to have lunch and explore.
Overall, it was an amazing experience and we would like to thank Mr Puru, Frankie and Elvi (Matariki’s
aunty) for the day!
14If you would like to consider or nominate your child for the Gifted and Talented Art programme in 2019, please
see the attached form at the back of this Newsletter.
In Term 3, our learners had the opportunity to learn about the Visual Arts with Mr.Puru. They learnt about
traditional art forms and art from around the world. Exploring 2D and 3D art making conventions gave all learners an
opportunity to value and understand the role of art in society. Art at ROI has been well received by Mr Puru as he
has thoroughly enjoyed facilitating all our learners. Look forward to your child bringing back their art portfolio at the
end of the year!
15ART
Written by Dorothy Spiers of Room 6.
Art is a big concept that not even experts can define. Although we are definitely not experts, Mr Puru had helped us and taught
us the basics, such as using merely a pencil, an eraser and a ruler to sketch a self-portrait symmetrically. Learning how to change
the tone of a pencil stroke to add more dimension to a drawing, learning the types of art media (such as colouring pencil,
charcoal, acrylic paint, watercolour, etc). Learning the value, colour, shape, form, space and texture of art, using clay to make an
original design of a magical underwater creature, using papers of different kinds (different colours, with paint or writing on it,
sticky notes, etc)
We discovered artists like Jackson Pollock (who does art with repetitive lines with textures) and Andy Warhol (who does pop art
of celebrities).
Michelle Rm 15
Doing art was really fun, I learned quite a lot. Like how to blend with paints,
using charcoal, textures with Indian ink, printmaking, woodblock carving
and pop art. Even studying all kinds of artists was fun and educating. My
favourite art piece was my colourful print.
Lucas Rm 15
During art, last term was extraordinary. Learning new things such as art
elements, blending paints, doing pop art and learning how to sketch.
Learning new things was a big experience for me. But it was also a good
challenge as well. In conclusion, I found art fun and interesting.
Tasmin Rm 7Art last term was the most fun I have ever had. We used all
sorts of different materials to create our own version of famous art styles. I
loved playing with clay and sculpting an underwater creature and carving
out patterns onto wood, Pop Art was probably my favourite style.
Michelle Singleton Rm 15
Aliya Donovan Rm 9
16Room 9 have been studying George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm. Their final task was to write a guide
to achieve a totalitarian government, much like Napoleon from the book. Here are some excerpts from
some of the students work.
THE PATH TO POWER
By Napoleon (Avylin Fifita)
Whoever is reading this, It is my legacy that I leave behind in this letter that I have written upon my nearing death. This is your
predecessor and founder Napoleon; comrade, leader, supreme and most importantly, your superior. If it’s this letter you read, it
means that the sadly anticipated and unwanted passing of your leader, I, The Great Napoleon has come. This doomed day was
bound to come, but fortunately, I leave you with a dying gift, the Path to Power and control, how I, Napoleon, led the animals of
Manor Farm to the prosperous and modernized farm that it has become today (Manor Co.).
I completely understand you must be going through grief and depression that your beloved father has sadly passed, but it is time to
see who will step in the great shoes of your mighty king Napoleon. When the time comes of a new leader, they must learn how to
control, mastermind and rule, It may be a tough and lengthy process to become successful (like me) but I was expecting that.
Dearest amateur and imperfect leader, I have thoughtfully decided to support you and guide you to becoming a powerful and
controlling commander. I have six very important steps, follow them precisely, you are extremely likely to have a successful reign
and maybe you will make a great Path to Power for younger leaders to be Great and Mighty just like me…….
GUIDE TO POWER
By: Napoleon (Lauren Cunningham)
Fellow comrades, as you may have heard I, Napoleon, has had an unfortunate event fallen upon everyone. My reign is finally over.
It is now time for someone else to step up and rule Animal Farm. It may take months or even years to find someone who is capable
to take over the reign that I, Napoleon once had.
You shall know that I, Napoleon was a great, mighty, brave, handsome leader who ruled animal farm, was an excellent leader who
everyone respected. First you must choose who would be capable to lead everyone.
You have now been chosen to rule, you must know the important steps to become a great. But fear not as I have written this guide
to help you and to assist you. You must follow these six steps it become a great leader. If you are to fail one of these steps, you
should reconsider this, as you are not the chosen one that will rule. However, if you succeed in completing this, congratulations!
You must know that this will not come easy. You must put hard work in to this.
Using this assistant to speak to the people will mean they will respect you in what you have to say. Your assistant must already be
greatly respected and he must be able to speak to a large crowd with passion and energy. This is a great way to hypnotize you
fellow comrades without them even realizing! The more you use your assistant the easier the animals will become….
By: Matthew Rippon
Dear future concile of the Mana Work Farm, it has come to my humble concern that one day my tremendous reign will be no longer
… but do not lose faith comrades, for I, Napoleon, your faithful and almighty leader, have set up one of the most paramount plans
of all time to guide you through times when you may need it. With my SUPERIOR knowledge over anyone else, I can teach you the
gracious ways that I have learned to control and have absolute power.
First, of all fellow leaders you must pick a head director for farm, the way this will be done is all pigs and purebred animals will be
allowed to vote. .. for all other animals are worthless scum bags, there will be much democracy but remember pigs are always
superior and always right. Second of all there will need to be another vote known as the presidential vote where only the biggest
and heaviest boars (male pigs) will be permitted to vote this will determine who will become a leader and who will become the
council.
17Holidays Rap
by Tui Pihema – Room 14
Friday 5th the final day of school,
Far how long has it been since the fifth of the seventh?
I feel like I'm in heaven.
What did you do?
I might look like a fool but I slept,
What did you expect?
Woken from the light,
Soon after I’ll be running for my life
Trying to catch that flight.
Never mind just gonna jam all night till daylight.
At my nans, can barely stay awake
Probably just past eight,
Gotta take a break
From all the work at stake.
At the beach trying find some gum
...and not the one you use for your tongue
Boil it in the hot water then in the daylight sun.
Now at my aunties got wifi
Finally a bath, now can have alone time,
But then I hear a baby's cry.
I knew that this would be the worst night of my life.
At last slumber came upon me
Until I saw the hallway light beaming
It was only half past six
...and everyone making them self a hot dish.
Next minute packing like crazy
Gonna see my mum on Thursday at Whangarei
Going to have a big trip today
Already at Opononi and feeling pretty hungry
Gonna have a quick stop at the bakery.
Finally made it,
Have to have a stretch
...but I want another rest.
Falling asleep in my head
Wonder if I'll stay awake past ten.
The meeting was long
...but at least it was done
But then I see heaven
Dishes of food,
I did what you think I did.
The day was here
When I had to go back home to Mangere
...and go to Auckland to the south side g and might go swim
...but not in the sea
it’s way too dirty.
Looking out the window trying to sleep ...but took defeat
Ended up at my house with my cousins in sight
I'm watching and waiting for the next holidays when I can sleep for days. Yays!
18GENERAL SCHOOL NOTICES
1) PLEASE NAME IT – we make every effort to see students’ personal items are
secure. It would make our task considerably easier and would drastically reduce
levels of stress for students if ALL ITEMS – INCLUDING ALL UNIFORM ITEMS,
SPORTS UNIFORMS, SHOES, SPORTS EQUIPMENT, JACKETS, JERSEYS,
LUNCHBOXES, WATER BOTTLES, BAGS etc WERE ALL CLEARLY NAMED!!
2) UPDATE OF INFORMATION – if there have been any changes to the custodial
arrangements, change of address, change of telephone number, change of emergency
contact numbers, or any other changes we would be very grateful if you would inform us as
soon as possible, so our records can be corrected.
3) VISITORS - whenever you visit the school please do so via the office so you can be
checked in, instead of going directly to the classroom. Thank you for your cooperation.
4) NO - ipods, games, fizzy drinks, lollies, chocolate or chewing gum is to be brought to
school. If students do, it will be confiscated and returned at the end of the day!
We look forward to your support with this.
5) CELL PHONES - if students bring cell phones to school they are given to the teacher
(to be put into the lock-box) before school and collected after school. If students keep them
on them or in bags during the day and they are ‘lost’ or ‘stolen’ we will not waste any time
in following up. Owner beware - follow the procedures!
6) MONEY - is not to be left in bags, desks or clothing when not being worn. Hand to the
office or their class teacher for safe keeping. If the procedure is not followed and money is
‘lost’ or ‘stolen’ we will not waste any time following up.
Owner beware - follow the procedure!
7) SCHOOL UNIFORM - it is wonderful to see the majority of students now wearing
correct school uniform, although there are still some who are not: either because they are
choosing not to or because the uniform shops may still not have all stock in (if this is the
case, non-regulation uniform is ok but a note is still needed).
However, if incorrect uniform is worn, for whatever reason, a note is needed please.
19PICKING UP & DROPPING
OFF STUDENTS
PLEASE DO NOT PARK
NOR DRIVE THRU
THE SCHOOL CARPARK
WHEN DROPPING OFF & PICKING
UP YOUR CHILDREN BEFORE
AND AFTER SCHOOL
THANK YOU
20UNIFORM REMINDER – ALL BOYS are now required to
wear the knee-high sock as part of their uniform. In
addition to this, any white part of the uniform will now
not be allowed at school i.e. girls socks must be black,
long sleeve tops under uniform (skivvy etc) must be plain
black.
21MONEY
Please DO NOT send your child to school with $50 or $100 notes. This is
too much money for them to have for the tuckshop and/or school activities
payment. The tuck-shop will no longer accept these large notes. Thank
you for support with this.
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Bring Your Own Device – 2018/2019
We are now a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school. The next few pages are
designed to give you some helpful information on BYOD and how you at home
can help and support this. Also, a reminder on security for these devices: All
devices will be locked and secured whilst here at school.
The device required still features on our 2018 stationary list (so can be taken to
WINZ for quotes etc) including the specs for this.
The requirements are as follows:
• A physical keyboard
• A screen size of 11” or larger
• Minimum battery life of 5 hours
A Chrome Book is a good suggestion for Royal Oak Intermediate’s BYOD
Programme
…a balancing act with neither more important than the other.
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TAPAC is taking enrolments now for its Term 4 Performing Arts
Programmes!
The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) runs almost 40
performing arts classes for children and teens
Classes include drama and acting, singing, circus, hip hop,
contemporary, jazz and ballet, musical theatre, acting for screen,
speech and drama and more
All of TAPAC’s programmes are taught by practicing industry
professionals
No experience is required and there’s something to suit all
abilities and ages
There are easy transport links to TAPAC’s purpose-built facility in
Western Springs and there is plenty of free parking for drop-off and
pick-up.
Enrol now at www.tapac.org.nz or call us on 8450295
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Visual Arts Nomination Form Instructions:
Highlight the area (or areas) of the visual arts in which you believe the student should be
screened for possible gifted identification. Then place a ·bullet point next to each behaviour
or attribute you have observed in the student nominated. Write additional observations
you think may be relevant on the back of this form or attach additional pages.
VISUAL ART
Elaborates on other people’s ideas and uses them as a jumping off point as opposed
to copying from
Shows unique selection of art media for individual activity or classroom projects
Has unusual and richly imaginative ideas
Composes with unusual detail and skill
Displays compulsive artistic pursuit
Date Submitted:____________________________
Student Name:_____________________________________________________
Room:________
Year:______
Name of Person Referring:______________________
Relationship to Student (please circle): Parent Teacher Peer Self
Permission to Screen/Assess (Complete only if nominator is a parent of the nominated
student)
I give permission for my child ________________________ to participate in
screening/assessment for possible identification of giftedness in the visual arts.
Parent Name:______________________ Parent Signature: _________________________
Date:_________
30I have received and read the OCTOBER‘In
Flight Magazine’ Newsletter
SIGNED: _________________________ Parent of ___________________
Room: ________
WHĀNAU/FAMILIES:
Please circle which HOUSE your child is in and
return this to your child’s teacher for your child to
gain 1 Whanau point.
BUCHANAN GRAINGER BINSTED JORDAN
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