Home
Staff
Classes
E
Team
Parent Info
School
Yard
Newsletters
eLearning
Links
Board of Trustees
|
|
 |
|
 Peria
School
1430 Oruru Road
RD2 Kaitaia 0482
Ph. 408 5834
Fax. 408 5835
Term Four, Week Eight, 12 December 2011
|
“He waka eke noa.”
A canoe we are all in with no exceptions.
Kia ora everyone,
As the above whakatauki implies – we are all in the same boat.
2011 has been a year of re-defining and re-building.
We have a new school vision, which is not a change from the
past, but is simply a more definitive statement of who we are
and what we hope to achieve. As I have mentioned earlier in the
year our new vision is:
Our wish for the future is that Peria be a vibrant community.
We acknowledge that we as a school are an integral part of our
community and as a result this brings responsibilities and
opportunities.
As a school we will all be learners valued for our unique sets
of strengths and talents.
We will focus on, develop and build on our strengths of being a
small, rural, isolated and diverse school.
We began a journey this year by seeking to re-connect strongly
with our community. This does not simply mean relying on our
community to support the school (as our community has done for a
very long time) but for us as a school to look for opportunities
to give back to our community. If you have any ideas on ways we
can do this, please let us know.
Finally, as this is my last newsletter for the year I hope you
will be able to enjoy the Christmas holidays with family and
friends (as I will be doing with my family ).
Arohanui,
Jason
Beach Day
We were planning a school beach day this coming Wednesday to
celebrate the end of the year. Sadly, we are forced to cancel
this as the weather forecast for the week is looking decidedly
unpleasant.
• Thursday 15 December
Final Assembly School finishes at
midday
Prize Giving
The last day of school for 2011 is Thursday 15th December. We
will be holding our Prize Giving starting at 10am. We would love
you to join us in recognising the hard work of all our students
and to farewell our Year 8’s.
Once the ceremony has concluded school will be officially closed
and the children will be allowed to go home with their parents.
Buses will run two and a half hours earlier than usual on this
day. |
|
Some Te Rangi camp pictures
The Assassins
The Bio-Hazards
The Crustaceans
Quotes from Camp
“This
boat is jinxed” Zeb
“I’m
hungry” Kailash
“Zeb, hold the paddle”
Odette
“What centreboard?”
Rewa
“I think I ate too much”
Kailash
“The boat thingie ma bob”
Abe
"What’s wrong with Leigh’s indicator?”
Jeff
“I’m hungry”
Kailash |
|
|
Te
Rangi Camp
Last week Te Rangi students camped at Tokerau Beach. Accompanied
by myself and a number of keen parents the crew headed off armed
with heaps of sunscreen, kai and huge excitement. Arriving back
on Thursday afternoon we were all absolutely exhausted, but
happy.
A huge thank you to the wonderful parents who attended,
helped with transport, sent baking or supported us in numerous
other ways. A special mention must go to Leigh Jennings and Jeff
Martin who helped organise a great deal of the camp and also to
Claire Olsen and Anne Farry who travelled into town and bought
the enormous pile of food in their own time.
I know a lot of special memories were made during those 3 days
at Tokerau Beach so thank you to all who made it happen.
I’m sure you will
join me in congratulating these students for their outstanding
achievements.
Mrs Young, who
chaperoned our students, said all who participated were all a
credit to our school.
|
E.R.O. Visit
On Monday 28 November we welcomed Graeme Tregowth and Rosie
Solomon from the Education Review Office. They spent three days
with us, visiting students in their classrooms, chatting to
staff, parents and the community and getting a feel for the
special nature of our school.
Their subsequent verbal report to the Board of Trustees was very
positive and they identified many of the wonderful things going
on at Peria that support, develop and extend our students.
Thank you to all the people who spoke to Graeme and Rosie.
|
|
|
Community Consultation
Before heading off to camp I held two community consultation meetings to gather
feedback on curriculum topics and to present analysis of our assessment data.
Thank you to the parents who gave up their time to have input into their
children’s learning and to help guide our vision for Peria School.
If you couldn’t make it to the meeting, and would like to offer your thoughts or
feedback, please get in touch with me.Notices
Reports - Reports will go home with students on Tuesday 12 December.
IOU’s - Please pay all accounts owing to the office by Wednesday 14 December.
Library Books/Readers/Journals - Please have a good look around for any books
with the Peria stamp on. |
Farewells
As well as saying a fond farewell to all our Year 8 students we are also saying
goodbye to our middle and senior school teachers - Mrs Helen Piesse and Mrs
Linda Young. It is always sad to see teachers move on and we hope you will join
us in wishing them all the best for next year.
2012
The start date for 2012 is Tuesday 31 January. Please mark this on your
calendar.
Board of Trustees
We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be sure to enjoy this
special family time. Take time to stop and “smell the roses”.
We look forward to seeing you next year when we continue to build on the
successes of our school.
Best wishes from -
Leigh Jennings, Ray Olsen, Martha Tauhara, Jeff Martin, Caleb Ewen, Linda Young
and Jason Tane.
|
|
