28th March, 2013 Phone 07 889 6629 Fax 07 889 5645 Email office@mi.schoo.

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We wish everyone a safe & happy Easter Holiday! School will be closed on Friday 29th March for Good Friday and closed on Monday 1st April for Easter Monday. Please note: School will also be closed on Tuesday 2nd April as part of the Easter Holiday. There will be no school newsletter next week due to the short week.
Ng mihi nui ki a koutou Greetings to you all, Congratulations to our Milo Cricket Team on their recent win against Te Kauwhata; they are now on to the next stage in the qualifying for the Milo Shield. Following their game on Monday we received a lovely email from a teacher at Te Kauwhata College congratulating the team on their behaviour and attitude when they played against Te Kauwhata. The teacher commented on how the team wore their uniforms with pride, were lovely to watch and a great bunch of boys; along with the fantastic parent help that the team had to support them. It is always wonderful to have such positive feedback that reflects our school vision Kia U Ki Te Pai; well done to the boys, their parents/whanau and the team supporters.

School Merit Programme:

Our school merit programme has been developed to encourage students to diversify their skills and strengths, to broaden their horizons and to support our focus on developing the emerging adolescence and our school vision. The programme supports student development of the key competencies from the New Zealand Curriculum and the schools core values in such areas as: self-motivation, self-managing skills, goal setting, perseverance, commitment, dedication, team work, respect, integrity, honesty, personal pride. Students are able to achieve points over their two years at Intermediate, through their involvement with various activities and school events in the sporting, academic, cultural and civic duty areas. Students have to demonstrate not just skill or turning up for the activity, but commitment and dedication to this. In each area the teacher in-charge will look at certain qualities to ensure the students meet the expectations we have. Examples of this include: In sports: students should demonstrate fair play, sportsmanship, commitment and team spirit. In Cultural activities: have good attendance, a positive attitude, participation and commitment to the group/activity. In the Academics: to be motivated to learn, show perseverance and working to the expected level. In Civics: demonstrating a dedicated and honest commitment to duties or services at MIS. Students must show punctuality, honesty and reliability. Teachers go through this regularly with students, work alongside students to track their points, help set goals and to ensure that students are aware of what is happening. We do keep the merit programme to activities that are school related, as it becomes unmanageable from our end, to ensure that the allocation of points is fair, consistent and transparent; and only we decide on the allocation of points. The merit programme has gone from strength to strength. When I talk to ex-students it is often one of the things they always mention in their highlights from their time at intermediate; even if they just tried one new thing that they never had done before.

Principal Chat:
A reminder that there is an open invitation for parents and whanau to come and have a coffee and chat on Friday 5th April at 11am. This is completely informal and gives us an opportunity to talk about aspects of learning and general school life at Morrinsville Intermediate. Nku noa, Vicky Marshall (Acting Principal)
Whakatauki mo te wiki: Proverb for the week: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Albert Einstein.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent / teacher Interviews are being held on Monday 8th April from 3.20pm to 7.30pm and Tuesday the 9th April from 3.20pm to 5.30pm. Each interview will last 10 minutes and a bell will sound at the end of each ten minute session to ensure all parents get to utilise their time. Please note; school will close at the earlier time of 2.50pm on both these days to allow teachers the opportunity to prepare for their interviews. Buses will run as usual. To book a parent interview follow the instructions (on the right) or phone the school office on 889 6629 to have the interview booked for you.

Log-on to: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Instructions are listed below on how to book. This event is now live for bookings.

3PJJS

Now you can book school interviews for the times that suit you. Simply log-on to the website listed above and enter the school code (3PJJS) and press "Go". You will be guided through three steps and you will get an email confirming your interview. If you require more help please phone the school office.

Another win for MILO CRICKET !

MIS Milo Cup cricket team headed off to Te Kauwhata to play their second match for the Milo Cricket Cup. MIS lost the toss and were sent into bat on a dewy outfield and with long boundaries. After loosing a wicket on the first ball of the innings Jack Devane (50 off 45 balls not out retired) and Keiren Price (35) had an excellent partnership and then innings finished off nicely by Luke Meiklejohn and Sam Houghton to set up a good score of 124 off 20 overs. With some excellent bowling right from the start Te Kauwhata regularly lost wickets and were all out for 44 off 14 overs. Bowler of the Day Keegan Hamerton with 5 wickets for 9 runs off 4 overs and assisted by Jack Devane 2 wickets for 3 runs off 3 overs and Ryan Arnold 2 wickets for 3 runs off 2 overs. Well done boys!

MIS Boys Milo Cricket Team wearing our new school tracksuits! We had lots of comments from other schools and parents about how great the team looked.

A big thank you to Lynn and Darryl Houghton for transporting the boys on the day as well as coaching and managing the team.

School Fees and Donations

A formal account has been sent home with each student earlier in the term on blue paper. Families are welcome to pay in instalments or via internet banking. A $15 discount is applied to all accounts paid in full by 31.03.13 reducing the amount payable to $110.00. Please contact the office if you did not receive your statement. Thank you to those families who have already made payments.

Music Department
Please note there will be NO guitar or drum lessons on Tuesday 2nd April (next week) due to Tuesday being a Holiday. Students will get a make-up lesson at a later date. A reminder that Music Fees for term One & Two are due to be paid by the third lesson. Thanks.
Books Magazines wanted for the library
Donations wanted for the school library: books or magazines in good condition which are suitable for the school library ie: chapter books, picture books, fact books or topic magazines such as sport, vehicles or animals etc. Thanks!

Daily Canteen Specials

Monday: Wedges with sour cream Tuesday: Chicken burgers Wednesday: Pork riblets Thursday: American hotdogs Friday: Hot chicken sub $3.00 $3.50 $3.50 $3.00 $3.50

MIS Boys Saturday Cricket Report

MIS Blues last game of the term was a thriller and the end result was a tie on 145 runs each. MIS Blue batted first and with some good batting MIS scored 145 off their overs. Nghinapouri started well before MIS got the first wicket on 44 runs. Some excellent fielding by man of the match Wekette Riki saw the batter run out on the second run to end on 145 runs. MIS Red awesome to finish with a win and complete a great first term of cricket. Top batsman: Blair Johnsont, Luke Meiklejohn, Cameron Parker, Sam Metcalf and Jack Edmonds. Top bowlers: Nate Hopkins, Keegan Hamerton, Jack Edmonds. Players of the day: Blair Johnson & Sam Metcalfe.