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Coronation Street
NORSEWOOD & DISTRICTS’ P.O. Box 3,
SCHOOL Norsewood, 4943.
Phone/fax (06) 3740870
Principal - Nikkie Christie
“On a Great Learning Adventure” principal@norsewood.school.nz
SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
Term 2, Week 1, 30 April - 4 May 2018
School Vision:
“On a GREAT Learning Adventure”
CoL Vision:
An inclusive community that collaborates to support purposeful and intentional learning that is future focused
Welcome/Velkommen/Kia Ora Koutou
What a great start to Term 2! The buzz across the school has been wonderful and it is just getting
better and better. Thank you students, teachers and to all parents/caregivers who have been in to
chat, question and participate in school this week. It is always exciting having people visit and be part of
our learning.
The ‘old’ Room 3 classroom is looking amazing. We are hoping to have this opened in Week 3.
Anzac Day in Norsewood – What a gathering! This is a special remembrance day. A time to remember
and appreciate what has gone on before us. Our students placed a wreath at the Cenotaph. The
generosity of our community was stronger than ever on the 25 April.
Thank you to Caitlyn and Natalie Parkes for sharing a special piece of cloth that their great grandfather
designed and produced back in 1916 in Egypt in World War 1. Thank you also to Mrs Roe for spending
time learning about the history of Anzac day at the end of Term 1.
The excitement and energy on Tuesday morning was contagious. Who can blame them! Odyssey Cave
left for their Great Learning Adventure to Camp Wakarara. Some of the highlights are below to share
with you. I would like to let everyone know that every child made it to Sunrise Hut. We are all so proud
of them.
Year 5-8 students started the week with orientation and time to have their queries and questions answered. In some cases, the students were able to problem solve their own questions. During the week students have participated in classroom rotations and have been given time to share how they feel. Comments like: ‘It is nice to have more teacher time to help us with the strategies’, It is nice to have Whanau Groups’, ‘I like being taught what I chose to improve and being taught at my level’, ‘I like how work starts off easy and then gets harder’. The students have been studying “Bigger and Better” as part of their Inquiry topic. On May 22, students will be visiting Waipukurau to consolidate their learning. There will be a notice and a permission slip outlining the details coming soon. Lorraine will send a hardcopy out, email it to all parents/caregivers of Yr 5-8 and have an electronic copy on our school website. On Tuesday the Year 7/8 students attended Technology at Dannevirke High School. The Year 7’s cooked some fruit muffins and scones and the Year 8’s started designs for their Woodwork. This Thursday and Friday, students will be practising some Scandi Dancing in preparation for the visit from ProBus next week. This is also a great opportunity to practise for 20 May Norway Constitution Day. You are welcome to join us. On Friday, students will be selecting which Electives they wish to participate in for this Term. Electives will begin in Week 2. After reflecting on the feedback from Term 1, the times for the Electives have changed. They will now take place after lunch 1:50p.m.-2:50 p.m. Thank you again to everyone who ran an elective last term and to those who have agreed to run one this term. These opportunities are important for our students. Elective activities confirmed so far: There may be 1 or 2 more, but we are waiting for confirmation. 1. Digital Technologies 2. Singing 3. Hockey 4. Gardening 5. Nutritious Eating 6. Golf For Golf: If you have an old putter at home, can we please borrow it to increase the practice time students will have to develop the techniques that will be practised. This activity will only be able to have a maximum of 10 students. Russell will also be taking Rippa Rugby practice on Fridays starting next week. Enjoy the rest of the week and keep warm as these days are getting a little cooler. Ha Det Bra/Nga Mihi Nikkie Christie (Principal)
From the BoT Chair’s Pen
Welcome to Term 2 everyone. It is good to see the children are so excited to be back at school to continue on their
Great Learning Adventures.
On the last three Wednesday afternoons of May (16, 23 & 30th) from 4 – 6pm the Board will be involved in some training
sessions at school. As there is a full board election coming up in a little over 12 months’ time, and if you are interested
in being part of the BoT in the future you would be most welcome to join us. Please feel free to contact me for further
information.
It was my pleasure in joining Odyssey Cave on their mammoth climb to Sunrise Hut yesterday. Well done team, and
thanks to Mrs Brooks & Mrs Trent for organising such a fun and challenging camp for our Year 3 & 4 students.
Craig Bishop
Week 1 School Counsellors Report
Charlotte Radcliffe, Cody Anderson & Gabriella Buckley
We want to share with you our Whanau Group names that we have chosen.
Year 5 – K F C
Year 6 – Green Gumboots
Year 7 – Crazy Horses
Year 8 - Jumangineers
We would like to celebrate the following birthdays:
To William Halford who has turned 5 and has started in Redet this week.
Events – Reminders Section
Reminder Second Hand Uniform contact: Michele Buckley 374 0494 or 027 652 1437
Monday 7 May School Photos – Sibling envelopes available from the office. Envelopes need to be in by
9am Monday 7th.
Tuesday 8 May 11am. Entertaining Probus Group
Thursday 10 May Tales from the Farm - story telling.
Jamie Hape is going to be taking our Year7/8 students for Ki O Rahi on a Thursday at 12.30pm, starting next week.
This will take place each Thursday and will into 15 minutes of lunch as it is going to be a 45 minute session.
SSG Section Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful break over the holidays. We would like to thank you all for completing our voting paper. Here are the results:
The School Support Group will be holding their next general meeting on Wednesday 9 May at 7.15pm in the staff
Room. We will contact those who have put their names forward to help make our goal happen.
I would like to thank everyone who ordered pies and also thank Michele and Vanessa for helping bag the pies, we
hope you enjoy them.
Targa Rally is fast approaching (20May). I have been given all the gear and I will need all marshals to sign a
declaration form next week. I will have all your gear, vests and information ready for you to collect from the
office. (we could still do with two extra people please).
We have also been asked to organise catering lunch on Norway Day. Vanessa Dorreen has very kindly offered to
organise this for us as SSG is already flat doing Targa Rally on the same day. Before we can confirm that we are
able to make this catering happen, we need more help please!!
If you are able to help with this please get in touch with Vanessa. You would be required to help prepare and
serve lunch for Norway Day (20 May). Norway Day is a unique event for our community and school so it would be
great to be part of it. (Vanessa 374 8803 or 021 261 1117)
We thank you all for your support and help with our fundraisers!!
Lidewij Black
374 1733 or 027 244 8066
Sports Section
By now your child/ren would have received their mouth guards and the Duty/Parent
information about Dannevirke Junior Hockey. The Funsticks would also have received an
email about how the funsticks will run. If you have not received any of these please contact
Vanessa on 374 8803 and I will help you with this.
The funsticks team will be merged with Weber School and are the Red team.
Junior Hockey Norsewood are on duty in Week 3 – 18th May. Many hands make light work.
2018 The draw can also be found on the DSC Junior Hockey facebook page.
Have a great season and play fair.
Friday May 4 Draw: Funsticks – Red vs Blue – Turf 3 – 3.50pm
Mini B – Norsewood Ninjas vs Ruahine Blue Sticks – Turf 2 – 4.00pm
Mini A – Norsewood Strikers vs Ruahine Hawks – Turf 1 – 4.30pm
Kiwi A – Norsewood Rangers vs Norsewood Phantoms – Turf 3 – 4.30pm
Kwik B – Norsewood Stars vs Ruahine Hurricanes – High School – 4.00pm
Kwik A – Norsewood Stormers BYE
Dannevirke 4v4 –This Saturday at 9am in the Sports Centre I will be teaching 4v4 to all parents/children
Junior Netball and for Hannah Mae who will be taking over 4v4 this term.
Black skirts will be given out and we ask that players wear their school teas with them. (they
Grading Day can wear long sleeve thermals under their school tops.
I will go through a warm up, skills session, followed a game. – Kelly Gillard.
Saturday May 5 The netball draw is being re done so the girls will get a copy of the draw tomorrow,
Grading games will run from 9.15am – 11.34am. All teams will have at least two games.
Yr 7/8 trials are at 12pm.
Draw: Rippa – Norsewood vs Puketoi Green – Field 2 – 10.30am – Round 1
Midget – Puketoi vs Puketoi/Nswd – Field 3 – 11.00am – Round 1
JAB Rugby
Junior – TKK/Nswd vs South – Field 4 – 11.00am – Round 1
Senior – Combined vs StJ’s/Ruahine – Dvke– 10.40am – Warm up games
Saturday May 5
- Combined vs South – Dvke – 11.20am – Warm up games
During Term 2 the year 5-8 students in the Senior Hub will be completing the Bigger and Better
Science and Technology Unit under the guidance of NZ Young Farmers.
We have chosen this unit due to many of the student’s backgrounds and evident interest in the
farming and food sectors. We will be working through a resource with the students covering five
modules outlined below:
Bigger and Better
‘Bigger and Better,’ is an inquiry based Science and Technology
Unit. The resource supports year 6 – 8 learners to develop
achievements for levels three to four science within the context of
sheep and/or beef farming whose key focus is on bigger and better
meat production.
‘Bigger and Better,’ covers activities that will help your learners
explore the relationship between science and farming, gain
knowledge about the main breeds of livestock that contribute to the red meat industry, investigate
farming techniques that produce a high quality and quantity of animals and gain a basic
understanding of how genetic science is applied to farming practices in NZ.
https://agrication.co.nz/primary/
At the conclusion of this unit we will be visiting a
local farmer Robin Hilson at his farm in
Waipukurau. Here the children can explore their
learning and take along any questions/queries they
have gathered along the way.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the students to
relate their learning to the real world.
If you have any questions about this unit or would
like to be involved, please do not hesitate to come
and have a chat! It would be fantastic to get
farming family or friends in to assist the students in their learning.
Thanks
Mrs Roe
OUTSIDE NOTICES
Celebrating Norway Day in Norsewood – Sunday May 20th
Norsewood Promotions & Scandinavian Club of the Manawatu invite all to this unique event.
From 10.15 at the Cemetery, learn about the lives of a few of our settlers or if the weather doesn’t cooperate,
at St David’s Church.
Please bring a contribution towards lunch at the Hovding Hall or make a Scandinavian inspired contribution to
the cooking competition. Categories: Adults, Children Savoury, Sweet, Salad.
Participate in a novel fun scandi cooking contest – live.
There will be a short history talk on The Race to the South Pole. How Roald Amundsen was there first.
As last year the Old Dairy Factory will host Scandi Dancing Pre School and School age.
The Norsewood Choir will be a delight. Some surprises will follow.
Don’t bypass the all day market in the grounds on NZ Natural Clothing, the Wopwops wetland park.
Our special guests will be Beate, a senior representative visiting from the Norwegian Embassy, Canberra and
Graeme Mitchell Hon. Consul, Wellington.
Follow the Norsewood Facebook page as more details of the programme unfold.
Please support our unique iconic event in it’s 27th year.
Dannevirke & Districts’ Pony Club
Dannevirke & Districts Pony Club are looking for new members from 4-24yrs. Pony club is lots of fun, check
our facebook page to see what our members have been up to. Our AGM is on 22nd May, 7.00pm at the
Mangatera Hotel, all welcome. For more info please contact Nic Smyth atrig@slingshot.co.nz or phone 374
2749.
Norsewood and Districts’ Health Centre
The Norsewood and Districts’ Health Centre are holding their AGM on the 28th May at 7.30pm.
This will be held at the War Memorial Hall, Norsewood. All welcome.
Dannevirke Badminton Club
Dannevirke school age badminton starts Monday 7th May at the Dannevirke Sports Centre, Anderson
Street, from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. All welcome.
Non marking shoes please. Subs: $25 primary, $40 High school or family subs available.
Please contact Hilary Hirst 374 6732
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