Murchison Swimming Club Coaches meeting. Beechwoods Café 18th September pm Could all coaches please bring their swim lists from last season.

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1 Murchison Area School 15th September Waller Street P O Box 23 Murchison 7049 Phone enquiries@murchison.school.nz Term 3 School Wide Value Honesty Kia ora, Moghrey Mie, This week we have had students white water rafting on the local waters. This was organised by Miss Waite and was a great opportunity to gain some experience in this area whilst also stretching some personal goals. We have so many opportunities for our students at school, on Wednesday we had the pleasure of the New Zealand Dance Company perform and then take questions from our whole school. I was amazed at the talent on display and so glad to have them perform in little old Murchison Our students really enjoyed this opportunity and asked many quality questions as well. We have school photos on Wednesday of next week. Please contact the office if you have not received your envelope regarding this. We are also hosting a Brainwave Trust Aotearoa talk on Saturday in the Library and it would be great to see people there. We are building up to the end of term and have a few important dates to put into your diary. The Murchison Community Spring Flower Show is on in the last week and our primary classes are busy preparing artwork for display. On the last day of term we have our Celebration assembly at 2pm, on the evening of Wednesday 27 th we have the Year 7/8 play at our local theatre and on Thursday the 28 th our Kapa Haka Competition group will be performing in the West Coast Festival in Westport. On Monday of this week our group of 25 Kapa Haka students performed at Maruia School and then also watched Maruia and Sacred Heart perform their entries. It is so positive to see our school community fully engage in this crucial area of bi-culturalism and all the related learning that goes with it. Vicki Thomson has been doing a great job both with this group and also now the whole school take part in Te Reo and Tikanga every single Friday. We keep our sporting exploits on the up as well with more volleyball in the Westport Adult leagues, more senior inter-house basketball and the announcement of a Year 7-10 tournament against Tapawera Area School on November 23 rd. I have received our school staffing numbers for 2018 and this will allow us to continue to increase provision in school, widen choices in the senior school, maintain smaller class sizes in the primary area and continue to provide additional support where required. This is an exciting time for our school and it is great to have the opportunity to lead these new initiatives. Here is hoping for some good weather to allow Chris Parkinson to continue with the very good work he is doing with our grounds and also to allow us to get the school swimming pool ready for the start of next term. Nga Mihi, Slaynt as shee Andy Ashworth Principal DATES TO REMEMBER School Photos - Wednesday 20th September Board Meeting - Wednesday 20th September, pm in the Library Maruia Room play - Wednesday 27th September, 7-9pm - Murchison Theatre Last day of Term 3-29th September 2017

2 Murchison Swimming Club Coaches meeting. Beechwoods Café 18th September pm Could all coaches please bring their swim lists from last season. Welcome to our School A BIG welcome to Tamsyn Nicholls who started in Matiri Room today. If you are interested in coaching this season, you are most welcome to attend this meeting. SCHOOL PHOTOS 20th September 2017 Today, students were handed school photo order envelopes. If you would like a sibling photo (school aged children only), please ask for an order envelope at the office. Envelopes are required to be completed and returned with money to the school Mystery Student! Who is this young man??? Does anyone recognise this Student? Answer is at the bottom of page 4. NITS ARE ON THE LOOSE Please check your child s head regularly for these pesky critters. Treatment & combs are available from the office if required.

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4 ***SCHOOL CAMPS*** Please see below the dates of upcoming school camps. October 30th - November 3 rd Matakitaki Room camp - Marahau November 7 th - November 10 th Tutaki Room camp - West Coast November 21 st - November 24 th Buller Room camp - Bridge Valley November 27 th - December 1 st Year 7/8 camp - Totaranui December 4 th - December 8 th Year 9/10 camp - Wellington Camp fees can be paid in instalments if this suits. Payment can be made by either direct credit to the school bank account or cheque, cash or eftpos at the school office. PRIZE GIVING TROPHIES Could all prize giving trophies (both Primary and Secondary) please be returned to the school office as soon as possible. Thank you. FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL AREA Goldtone bracelet found in swimming pool area. Please call into office to identify the bracelet if you think it may belongs to you. Murchison Netball Club Please check your wardrobes/ cupboards for any netball uniforms/bags that need to be returned. These can be returned to Kathryn at the school office. Tutaki Room Lotto Draw Second week Winner: Michael Conlon Mystery Student: Josh Penman

5 2017 Practice NCEA Exams Year Students Practice exams for our school delivered subjects will be held in Week 9 and 10 of this term. These are following on from the practice exams for Te Kura delivered subjects which were held in Week 7. These exams are a good opportunity for students to assess their progress towards the external exams at the end of the year. They also give students and teachers some targeted next learning steps to work on. Practice exam results may be used as a piece of evidence (but not the only evidence) as part of the derived or emergency grade process if a student is unable to sit an exam in November. The number of practice exams a student will sit will depend on the students individual programme of learning in each of their subjects. All students are expected to be at school during practice exams and those not sitting a particular exam will be working in the Distance Learning Room. A notice has been given to each student with more details, including which exams that they will be sitting and when these are taking place. Please contact Amy Stewart or the relevant subject teacher if you have any queries.

6 This Saturday, 12-2 at the school library. We have a handful of seats left so don't miss out! We don't get many events like this in Murchison and it really is an awesome opportunity to discover some invaluable info about what's going on in those little brains...and it's amazing stuff! Everyone welcome. Coffee and cake provided. $5 entry.

7 Cawthron Scitec Trafalgar Centre, Parapara Rd Nelson Mon 25 Sept All projects to be dropped off Tues 26 Sept- Public viewing 9am-6pm, communicators prize 4-6pm. Free entry to all Wed 27 Sept- Primary Judging day 9-2, Public 3-6pm Thurs 28 Sept- Secondary Judging day 9-2, Public 3-6pm Over 350 exhibits by students attending Primary and Secondary schools in the Nelson Tasman region. This expo is open to the public on 26 September and we would love to encourage you to come and be amazed by the talent and hard work from our budding science and technologists. -for-revamped-nelson-science-fair Murchison Area School have not entered this competition this year but we encourage our students to support this event and perhaps be inspired to enter in the future.

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9 LUNCH TIME CLUBS Term 3, 2017