PHOTO: Room 5 have been creating videos, posters, keynotes and animations to inform others on areas of safety that

they have learnt about through our Inquiry. Cassie, Hannah, Emily and Rose have created posters that they will display.

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Dear Parents

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

13th July 2011

Our school interviews are another way that we can partnership in our students progress.Please make an online booking for these as spaces are lling fast.We look forward to seeing you all again in the new Term.Have a wonderful holiday. Regards help you in the two weeks prior to the interviews.

Are you enjoying the wintery weather that has nally hit?We know there are some excited children getting ready for our ski trip next term! This term has been a busy one for visitors and experiences based around our Safety Inquiry.We have had classes involved in the Life Education Bus, a visit from Ronald McDonald about road safety, taking trips into town, visits by the S.P.C.A and even some sessions with our local Police Education Ofcer, Constable Herrick. There has been some impressive learning around what a hazard is and how we can take action about them an important skill as they grow. Please take the opportunity to have a look in our rooms at the childrens work.Building strong connections between home and school are well researched as benecial to their success.You can also see information and updates on our school website, www.myrossbush.school.nz (which now has a facebook page for up to the minute news!) and our classroom blogs.

Room 5, 6, 7, 8: The Senior Team

are planning a 'Big Morning Out' trip to Sandy Point this Friday. They are using their safety understanding to complete their own 'RAMS' (Risk Analysis Management Safety Form). They will be deciding whether this might be postponed due to the weather Thursday afternoon and a note will sent home with the students. Thanks to everyone who has volunteered their time to help.

Jan Forde and Mark Herring

Assistant Principals

School News:
School Interviews Reminder: If
you are having difficulty with this please ring the office or call in between 8.30 and 1pm and be guided through the process on the library computer by Irene or Cristy. As the interviews are in the first week back next term it is probably a good idea to book these over the next week as we will be on holiday and not able to

**School Interviews**
2nd and 3rd of August (rst week T3). Book online at: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz School code: H8ZCY

Our Vision

From strong foundations we grow and stand tall together. Kia tu Pakari

PHOTO: Fenton Herrick our Police Education Officer talks to Room 7 yesterday about traffic flow in the community, the effect of heavy vehicles on areas of the city and how they decide where to put a by-pass if it became necessary.

Community:
FOR SALE: Wine barrels, half or full with mobile and fixed stands. Cost delivered: $50 half, $80 full. Ph Bradley 2304260 KIDSZONE TICKETS: Due to a late commitment, 6 tickets are available for sale for Sunday 24th July or would consider swapping for tickets another day. Ph Nicola 2304604 if interested. RED NOSE DAY FRIDAY 15th Bring your $2 to buy a RED NOSE which supports "Cure for Kids". Take the craziest, funniest, silliest photo and you could win a prize from Cure for Kids all you have to do is wear a red nose! Email your photo to Cure Kids and we will upload it to the Cure Kids Facebook website. Voting will be based on 50% of public vote (likes on Facebook), and 50% by our judging panel. The winning person will win their image on a 2012 Poster for Cure Kids Red Nose Day. Every photo that gets more than 50 likes gains another entry for your school to the prize draw. CHAMPION FUNDRAISER COMPETITION The school who raises the most money (per capita) WINS not only a fantastic prize, but will also be crowned the Cure Kids Champion School for 2011. You wont want to miss out on this prize we are currently confirming a TV Spot for the winning school! Every $250 raised gets your school another entry in the prize draw! Thank you, Winton Paper Plus, for including us in their fundraising for Cure Kids and issuing a $5 voucher to spend in the store with every nose purchased.

Sports Notices:
Hockey Yes there will be practice Monday 1st August. (first day back) MB v Otatara Lost 2-0 POD Emma Phillips, Aisling Shirley MB Legends - Bye MB Champs v Salford Lost 4-1 POD Cassie Gray Netball Moffett Cup Practises Practises will be on Tuesday and Thursday of Week 1, and Tuesday Week 2, Term 3. Further information will be put onto the website as soon as we have it from the organising school. Miss Stewarts Fun Fern practice Thursday after school is now Thursday lunch time. Congratulations: to Thomas and Jack Wilcox who won Southland Primary School Tuesday Table Tennis Competition this term. Points were 3-2 against Sacred Heart. Check out the school website later in the week for the team photo.
DAVID WHITE BUILDING Experienced Qualied Builder of: New Homes Residential Extensions and Renovations Farm Sheds etc... Phone 0274351490 or A/H 2304984

Friends of the School:

First Aid Kit Orders: are due back at
the office tomorrow. There are two sizes available ($35 and $12) and these can be viewed at the school office now. The pink order form has been sent home and is also on the website. Please do not include any other payment with your order and cheques are to be made out to Friends of the School. Thank you from Friends of the School.

Myross Bush Community Annual Winter Ball all

8pm 13 Aug at Myross Bush Hall. Tickets $40 per single available from Heritage Furniture. Supper by Mash Catering. Music Dave Allot. Formal Attire, tickets non refundable.

PHOTO: Sacha, Addisyn, Amelia, Lydia and Eliza celerating 100 days at school in Room 1 this week.

From the Classroom Week 11 Term 2

Room 1 Today we celebrated 100 days at school. It has been SO powerful for our learning about place value and groups of 10. We can all skip count in 10's and some of us know there are 7 lots of 10 and 4 left over in the number 74! Each day for the past 100 school days we have placed a marble in the jar so it has been quite a journey. We had a great shared lunch to celebrate, along with a lolly scramble with 100 lollies! We also farewelled Marcus who is moving with his family to Christchurch. All the best Marcus. Reading books are coming home for the holidays on Friday along with a stationery list for replenishing our stocks. Have a great holiday. Certificates on Friday were Addisyn for knowing her phone number and address, Ethan for 100% in spelling, and Eliza for great counting on from the biggest number in maths. Great work! Room 2 has been busy making signs this week. We found some hazards around the school and we decided we needed to take action! Keep an eye out for our signs as they go up by the end of the week. We have had Mr Herrick for road safety. Stop, look listen, decide, when you cross the road. said Cody. I learned that when your brain says 'cross', you need to cross! said Nick. I liked the things on Mr Herrick's belt said Eilish. Keep an eye out in your children's home folders for lots of reading books, and some maths goals to work on in the holidays. Have a happy holiday and keep warm! Certificate Cody Stevens Room 3 have had a great time making safety videos. Please go to our Room 3 blog to view these. I'm sure you will enjoy the great acting skills! I will be sending home about 6 books or stories with each child and their homework book with the spelling list they are working on. The flash cards are going home too as 5 minutes practice every day really helps the children to remember these facts fast! Have a restful and warm holiday. Certificates Grace Davidson, Trey Nelson. Room 4 have had a great term of learning and are looking forward to a well deserved rest. To celebrate that everyone has read for 50 nights we are going to have a pajama day on Thursday. The Room 4 children can wear their pajama's to school. (Please dress warm underneath them) Have a great holiday. Certificates: Harriet Stevens, Hayden Elliotte Room 5 Wow it's the end of term already. Room 5 would like to share some of their highlights with you.We have also shared these on our blog. Eilish - I enjoyed the visit from the RSPCA. The dog was cute. Katie C - I enjoyed learning about animal Safety. Hannah - I am proud of my basic facts times. My personal best is now 4.34. At the start of the year it took me over 10minutes. Ben Mc - enjoyed reading and writing about Margaret Mahy's book "Down the back of the chair. Brock - I loved showing off our awesome Haka to the stags. Katie H - I enjoyed when Harold and the life education bus came to visit. Karlee - I enjoyed the spell-a- thon. I am proud that I got 99/100. Emma R - I have enjoyed Inquiry this term. I am enjoying making a kid pix safety poster with tips on how to keep safe with animals. We are very excited about our BIG MORNING OUT!!!!! Room 5 Thank you for your support this term. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday. Room 6 A big last week has been planned for this week. We are finishing up our inquiry unit on 'Safety Rules'. Using the design process we are looking at making some changes in the playground that will improve the safety of some of the things the children play on. Watch this space!Certificates: Olivia Horton, Joel Fleck Room 7 are the end of our Safety Inquiry and have an impressive Safety Town to display what we have learnt. Groups each have a part of the town to research, plan, design, test and refine to show the technology that counteracts the hazards. The Room 7 and 8 creation will be on display in the Activity Centre on Friday. Everyone is looking forward to a well deserved holiday, we hope all you have a wonderful two weeks! Certificates: Jack Cameron, Thomas Wilcox Room 8 Mac - I love doing Safety Town cause its really creative and fun! I've learned how to make scale model buildings and it's fun making lots of designs that we have to test and go back to research. Olivia - My favourite thing has been doing Safety Town, too. It's a town related to our inquiry because we are identifying hazards and making them so theyre safe. Certificates: Jaidene - Setting and achieving her goals with the Basic Facts Ladder. Gabby - Great work at achieving another level on your Rocket Spelling Programme. Assembly Wk 11: Duty Rm 6 Item Rm 6

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Have a safe and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing you all next Term.

July
14th (Thurs) First Aid Kit Orders due in at the office. Thank you for your support with this Friends of the School fundraiser

August
1st (Mon) Term 3 begins

September
12th-16th Book Fair Week - more info later

15th (Fri) Red Nose Day $2 each

2nd-3rd (Tues-Wed) Mid Year Interviews - all classes. Go to: www.schoolinterviews.co. nz and use the code H8ZCY.

16th (Friday night) School disco - more info later

Updated 13th July

Reports home End of Term 2

5th (Fri) Friends of the School Quiz Night at Myross Bush Hall - more info later

10th (Wed) Southern Zone Moffet Cup for Year 3-6

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First A id kit o rders due to morrow Red No se Day Friday Book in terview times!

Dont f orget. ..

Term 3 1st Aug - 7th Oct Term 4 25th Oct - 16 Dec (to be confirmed)