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9 March 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK...........

Dear Parents & Caregivers

Talofa everyone. Thank you for your attendance at the Learning
Conferences this week. I hope you found these helpful. Our teachers
certainly did. Please don’t hesitate to contact teachers to talk about things
throughout the year. Having a strong relationship between school and
home makes a real difference to the wellbeing and learning progress of our
tamariki.

Congratulations to last week’s winner of the Principal’s
Award for Caring, Sophie Murdoch. In her classroom,
Kakapo, Sophie is a very kind, helpful and hard working
learner. She gets on well with everyone and follows all of
our school values in the playground, on the bus and on the
sports field.

Each day I supervise lunchtime eating for 15 minutes. Something
that I’m noticing a lot is that many children do not like eating the
fruit in their lunchbox and are choosing to leave it uneaten unless
reminded by me. It would be helpful if you talk to your children
about this. I have included in this newsletter some really good tips
from the Heart Foundation about school lunches.

We have been given multiple copies of a new, free magazine
for parents called ‘Tots to Teens’. Please ask Nicky for a copy
of it. If you like it, you may wish to become a subscriber
through Woodlands School.

Yesterday we sent home an information letter about the Southern Zone
Athletics sports on March 20th. If you did not receive it please let us know.

Have a great week.

Regards

Fiona

13 Mar Fruit Orders due by noon Results for Monday 6th March.
BOT Meeting 7pm U6 Reds won 6 – 4 against Myross Bush Rockets. Player of the Day was
15 Mar PTA Meeting 7.30pm Katelyn Shaw. Next Monday they will play Makarewa Penguins at 4pm on
16 Mar Fruit Orders delivered TT2.
20 Mar Southern Zone Athletics at Surrey Park U8 Rangers won 1 – 0 against Southern Bears. Player of the Day was
23 Mar Southern Zone Athletics postponement date Benjamin Burns. Next Monday they will play Makarewa United at 4:30pm on
24 Mar Pita Pit order online www.lunchonline.co.nz TT2.
3 Apr Bookbus 2-4pm U10 Blues lost 0 – 4 to Myross Bush Dynamos. Player of the Day was Will
3-6 Apr Room Whio Camp to Tautuku Murdoch. Next Monday they will play Windsor Grey at 5pm on TT8.
13 Apr End of Term 1 U12 Saints won 7 – 0 against Myross Bush Rumblers. Player of the Day was
1 May Term 2 starts Blake Shaw. Next Monday they will play Under Dogs at 5:30pm on TT6.

School banking is done every Tuesday morning through ANZ Bank. If Results for Tuesday 7th March:
you would like an application form for an ANZ Bank account for your Y3-7 Smash won 118 – 108 against Fernworth Scorchers. Player of the Day
child/ren, ring the bank on 0800 269 296. was Harriet Johnston. Next Tuesday they will play Waihopai Scorchers at
4pm.
Parents, please let the school know when your child is absent. When a child is Y5-8 Blast won 128–117 against Waihopai Aces. Player of the Day was
not at school, and we don’t know why, Nicky has to spend quite a bit of time Emma Nicol. Next Tuesday they will play St Patricks Gold at 4pm.
ringing parents. This is a “must do” for the safety of your children. If ringing the
school is not always the easiest option, you can email Results for Tuesday 7th March:
[email protected] or text us on 027 758 1503. Y2-6 Kings won 114 – 86 against Myross Bush Volts. Player of the Day was
Hapai Winiata. Next Tuesday they will play Rimu Red at 4pm.
Learning Certificates: Bella Topp Y3-6 Aces lost 126 – 134 to Donovan Smashers. Player of the Day was Finn
Amy van der Straaten Hurley. Next Tuesday they will play Makarewa Black Caps at 4pm.
Whio Room Ocean Ranui
Kakapo Room Alex Chamberlain Results from Wednesday 8th March:
Pukeko Room Danika Marsh Y1/2 Wasps lost 2 – 4 to St Patricks Lions. Player of the Day was Cruze
Tui Room Hackell.
Kea Room Maia Murdoch Y1/2 Ants lost 1 – 8 to Myross Bush Panthers. Player of the Day was Sonya
Nell Johnston Webster.
Values Certificates: Grace Hourston Y3/4 Rockets drew 3–3 with St Theresa’s Unstoppables. Player of the Day
Olivia Burgess was Rylee Cronin.
Whio Room Luke Cronin Y5/6 Giants won 4–1 against Myross Bush Stormers. Player of the Day was
Kakapo Room Sophie Murdoch Carter Duncan.
Pukeko Room Luke Cronin
Tui Room Results for Friday 3rd March:
Kea Room Y1-3 Blue won 4 – 2 against Rimu Blue. Player of the Day was William
Principal’s Award for Caring Chamberlain. Tomorrow they will play Myross Bush Blue at 3:40pm in the
Spirit of a Nation Learners Pool.
Y4-6 Red lost 5 – 15 to Donovan Sharks. Player of the Day was Finn Hurley.
Tomorrow they will play Windsor North Stingrays at 5:35 in the south end of
the main pool.
Y4-6 Woodlands/Tisbury Mixed won 15 – 5 against Fernworth Fernies. Player
of the Day was Will Murdoch. Tomorrow they will play Myross Bush Green at
3:55pm in the south end of the main pool.

Wednesday 15th March
7:30pm

Woodlands School Staffroom
Everyone Welcome –

an extra warm welcome to new families

Room Kea (5 year olds)

Room Kea’s Self-portraits

Our self-portraits are done in the style of Lichtenstein (an American artist who favoured old fashioned comic strips
as a subject matter). We lightly sketched our faces onto paper that was full of empty dots, taking care to make sure
our features were in the correct place. Then drew around them with a vivid. After that, we coloured in the dots with felt

pens and shaded around the dots with crayons.

By Lachy Reader By Cruze Hackell By Jared Stuart By Danika Marsh

By Adrian Singh By Sunny McInytre By Luke Cronin By Rubie Maliao

Woodlands CDA Elections Woodlands Netball Club 2017

Southland District Council is looking for community-minded residents to Y6 –8 Girls who want to play on Saturdays please
put their hand up to work with Council on its Community Development phone Leanne 027 405 4675
Area (CDA) sub-committees. The sub-committees are made up of six
members of the local community, elected every 3 years at a public AGM
meeting. They usually meet two to four times a year. Tuesday 14th March 7pm
To be eligible to be on our CDA, to nominate someone else or to vote at
the meeting, you must be a resident or ratepayer from within the defined Woodlands Tavern
area (Woodlands Township) and have lived in or owned a property in that
area for at least 6 months.
The election meeting is on Monday 20th March at 7:30pm in the
Woodlands School staffroom.