NEWSLETTER

MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Ph 07 889 6629 Fax 07 889 5645 Email office@mi.school.nz

13th September, 2012

On Monday 3rd of September a team of 38 Year 8 MIS students travelled to Totara Springs in Matamata to compete in the annual Coast to Coast Sports Camp. In the opening ceremony everyone was hyped and ready to go. First off was the Cross Country which was harder than expected, but our team did very well against some hard competition. This was followed by archery, shooting and golf, and to finish the day was swimming. Swimming was a very tight match, with 1 point between 1st and 2nd; unfortunately, we came runners-up but we were still very pleased with the result. After a restless sleep for some everyone was ready to start a full-on two days of sport. Teams competed in various sports throughout both days with some great results. During the evenings the sports continued until 9pm and we played Indoor Hockey, Chess, Draughts, Boys and Girls Table-Tennis, Bowls, and Indoor Soccer. We did very well in all of them and had some close matches and we made it into the final for Indoor Soccer. This was an extremely close game which ended with sudden death drop out which unfortunately, we lost 1-nil. Everyone was exhausted but after a few packets of lollies we were ready to play our hardest.

Our first final was boys hockey which we won 3-nil. In our netball final we had an outstanding win over Rosehill. This was followed by the Girls Basketball final which was a close game but we lost in the second half to Rosehill. On Friday morning bright and early there was Athletics. We tried our hardest and came runners-up behind Hillary. The week finished off with a prizegiving and we were awarded with six trophies and five runner-up placings which was a great effort against some tough competition. It was a fun week of playing sport and making heaps of new friends. Overall, we had a great experience and our school finished 4th overall!! We would like to give a huge thanks to Miss Milliken and Mrs Taylor; we couldnt have done it without you. Also big thanks to Keith Holmes, Darryl Parker and Lynda Lovelock for being our parent helpers for the week!

MIS Overall Winners in: Netball, Boys Hockey, Golf, Girls Table Tennis, Caged Soccer and Tennis. MIS Runners-up in: Athletics, Boys Indoor Soccer, Girls Basketball, Petanque and Swimming.

Photos of MIS Students competing in various sports during the week.

Final SCHOOL CAMP FEES now due

A reminder that all school camp fees must be paid in full by Monday 17th September. Please phone the office on 07 889 6629 if you need to check the amount still owing. Our school bank account number is: 12-3437-0000031-00 for those who wish to pay via the internet. Please include the students name and camp fees as a reference. Eftpos is also available at the school office. Thank you.

Health Programme Survey

All students will have brought home a Health Programme Survey which is part of our schools biennial health review and community consultation. We would appreciate all families taking the time to complete the survey and return it to school. Thanks.

For the first three terms of the year, each Team organises a school disco; our last school disco for the year will be run by Aranui and the theme is Out of this World. The Aranui Disco is being held next week on Thursday the 20th September from 7.00pm9.00pm. Students must receive an invitation from school to be able to purchase a ticket which will be $3.00 each. Students with excessive demerit points will not receive an invitation as part of our Choices programme. Food, drinks, glow sticks etc will be available for purchase at the disco. No child will leave the hall during the time of the disco. Children must be collected from the school hall by an adult at 9pm.

Well done to all students who have completed a Science or Technology Fair Project. A large number of students have spent many weeks working on their projects which were judged in our school hall yesterday. Thank you very much to our judges: Johannes Siraa (Scientist from Tatua Dairy Factory), Steve Harcourt & Steve Davis (Scientists from LIC), Kylie Brunt, Stuart King, Ruth Dainty and Ed Dainty (teachers with experience in science fair and technology). A big thank you to Grant Hurley from Evonik (our major sponsor this year). Evonik has donated prizes for our top eight students. These prizes will be presented tomorrow during assembly. Thank you also to LIC for donating prizes for dairybased exhibits which the students received yesterday.

We will be supporting Loud Shirt Day on Friday 21st September (the day after the disco). Students may come to school wearing loud (fluoro / multi coloured) clothing for a gold coin donation towards Loud Shirt Day which is a fundraiser for deaf children. Clothing must be suitable for school - no offensive slogans etc.

Oxford Pies Here Next Week

Thank you to all families who have supported the pie fundraisers this year. The last pie orders will be delivered next Wednesday on 19th Sept. Pies MUST be picked up from Room 12 by 4pm as we have nowhere to store them at school. Thanks!

The canteen will be running a sausage sizzle on Friday 21st September as well. A sausage in bread with sauce plus a fizzy drink for only $2.00.

Gala & Garage Sale - Saturday 22nd September from 10am at ATC Clubrooms (Cnr Lorne & Allen Streets). Lots of stalls, clothes, books, bric-a-brac, great prizes, face & nail painting, sausage sizzle, devonshire teas etc.

Australian Exams - Spelling & Writing

Educational Assessment Australia (EEA) specialises in large-scale assessment including the International Competitions and Assessments for school (ICAS). Congratulations to the following students:

ICAS Spelling Participation Jackson Tomsett Connar Brunton Shantanu Rawal Tori Gilroy Jyadeep Nagra Kelvin David Sukhraj Dosanjh Liam Gilroy Bree Jamieson Credit Ryan Arnold Distinction Mark Haddock

ICAS Writing Participation Noah Costar Tori Gilroy Mark Haddock Shantanu Rawal Kelvin David Credit Caitlin Li Calsi Distinction Liam Gilroy

Attached to the newsletter is a flyer for TelstraClear Intelligent Rewards. Please take a few minutes to read it and return the completed form to school if you are interested in signing up. Thanks for your support!

Student interest in the Police Force

Last Tuesday we were lucky enough to be invited to the Morrinsville Police Station because we have been looking at the police force as a future career idea. It was bigger than we thought and we got to look at the cells and breath-testing room. We got to meet some of the Police and see where they all get to work. We got to see the security cameras pointing onto the main street and also saw where they do the finger printing. Sergeant Sneddon let us try on his police vest, it was really heavy and weighs 12kg. It was fun and really interesting to see behind the scenes. Report by Dylan Meale, Kodee Rowling
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Tuaha Muriwai.

Tuaha, Kodee & Dylan with Sergeant Sneddon