Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025 Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: [email protected]• Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/ Edendale News 11 August 2011 Next issue: 25 August 2011 THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING Principal’s Message Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum! Welcome Back to School! We do hope that you all had an enjoyable term break. We are very pleased to welcome Stephen Ramdhanie as the teacher for Room 29 for the rest of 2011 and to welcome back Moira Blair Team Leader Year Three and Annette Herbert Team Leader Year Four. Welcome also to our nineteen new students who have enrolled at Edendale. We hope that you all enjoy being a part of our Edendale School family. We have advertised for a new teacher due to roll growth in the Year 0-1 team and hope to open a further class around the middle of this term. ICAS Competition Results Computer Well done to all students who chose to enter these international competitions. Sixteen Year Five and fifteen Year Six students sat the examination in May. We received the results during the school term break. High Distinction = 1 Distinction = 3 Credit = 7 Participation = 20 Edendale’s average score for Year 5 was 21.3/30 (NZ average 21.4) and for Year 6 - 20.7 ( NZ average 22) Congratulations to Zoe in Room 25 for her High Distinction (99 th percentile NZ) result and to Stella in Room 29 for her Distinction; two other Yr.5 students missed a distinc- tion award by one point! Congratulations to Dominic (Room 23) and Nadine (Room 29) in Yr.6 for achieving Distinction. Areas tested were: General Skills, Word Processing, Graphics and Multimedia, Internet and Email, Databases and Spreadsheets. Science Four Year Four, fourteen Year Five and eleven Year Six students sat the examination. We have not yet received the certificates but the results are available on-line. Distinction = 2 Credit = 9 Participation = 18 Congratulations to Katie (Room 29) and Yichao (Room 27) for being awarded Distinction. Edendale’s average scores were as follows (compared with the NZ average) Year Four 16.5 (NZ 19.2) Year Five 18.4 (NZ 18.6) Year Six 25.6 (NZ 26.5) Areas tested were: Observing/measuring, Interpreting, Predicting/Concluding, Investigating, Reasoning/Problem- solving. A number of Edendale students sat the English competi- tion last Tuesday. We have also participated in the Writing and Spelling competitions this year. ERO Report We have just this week received the confirmed copy of our ERO Report; it took longer this time as there were a number of factual errors within it along with a few grammatical errors which needed correction. We will upload a link to our report once it is on the ERO website. Meanwhile a copy will be available in the school office for families to look at, at school. PTO for further information from Rosemary! E D E N D A L E S T U D E N T C O D E I am an Edendale student. Therefore, I show respect to everyone; I am kind to others; I behave in a sen- sible way. I take care of my school, my belongings and the environment. I am honest and reliable; I am responsible for my actions. I have fun with my learning; I participate at school and try my very best!
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Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025
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PTA News
Board of Trustees
Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room
Tuesday 27th September at 7:15pm
All welcome to attend
Edendale PTA Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room
Thursday 18th August at 7:00pm
All welcome to attend
We need your help. The PTA is run by a wonderful bunch of Edendale parents who aim to generate additional funds to enhance our children’s experience at this school. We meet the third Thursday of every month in the school meeting room (next to the office) to brainstorm ideas and plan fundraisers. It would be great to have some new members join our team. We’d love to see you at the next meeting on Thursday 18 August at 7.00pm.
Tom Cooper - Chairperson
Class Photos
Payment for Photolife class
photos are now overdue.
Please return payment or the
photo in pristine condition to
the school office if you have
not already done so.
Thank you.
IRON BRION IS COMING TO SCHOOL!
The Iron Brion BBQ Roadshow is a fun, interactive show, teaching
primary school children about the four basic food groups and the
importance of eating a well-balanced diet.
The show takes 45 minutes, at the end of which all children will be
served a healthy Heart Tick approved beef & salad/vege burger.
Iron Brion was developed by Beef+Lamb NZ because young New
Zealand children have surprisingly high rates of iron deficiency.
Iron deficiency can have a detrimental impact on concentration
and energy levels, which can hamper children’s learning at a
critical age.
Iron Brion is visiting us Wednesday 31st August for
For those considering our school as a possible intermediate for 2012, we are holding an Open Day for Year 6 students and their parents on Monday 22 August, 9:20am—11:45am. Parents are welcome to drop off and pick up their children or stay for the visit.
Address: Bolton Street, Blockhouse Bay - Phone: 09 626 6414
Boys Class 2012
There will be a meeting in the staffroom on Tuesday 30 August 6:00pm for parents of Year 4 & 5 boys who are interested in having their son in an all boys class in 2012. Any queries, please email Mr Wilson on [email protected].
New Item — Big News!
Butter Chicken Wednesdays
Starting September
A New Flag for
New Zealand?
I think that we
should keep our New
Zealand flag because
I just like the New
Zealand flag.
Australia has kind of
got the same stuff on
their flag. I think
that is good because
we are quite close to
each other.
Do not change it be-
cause I like it! If you
get mixed up look in
a flag book!
Christopher
Change the Flag!
I think we should
change the New
Zealand flag because
some people get con-
fused with the New
Zealand flag and the
Australian flag.
Sometimes you might
vote for the wrong
team. Some people
might even think you’re
Australian. It’s not
unique. Also it doesn’t
symbolise New
Zealand. It should
symbolise Maori people
because they were first
ones to come to New
Zealand.
Do you want everyone
to think you come from
Australia? Of course
not! Then change the
New Zealand flag!
Kaifa
Last term the Koru Team learned about
flags. We looked at flags around the world and compared them to our New Zealand
flag. Some of us thought the New Zealand flag should be changed and others thought it