Newsletter - Week 1 Term 2

Greenmeadows School 5th May 2021

Principal's Message

Kia ora koutou,

Hoping that everyone had a great break - the children have arrived raring to get back into their learning ... fantastic to see.

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Our Newest Arrivals at GMS

The latest arrivals to our school are settling in beautifully - we have welcomed these students:

Henry Ward, Neveaeh Soutar, Mithil Setty, Charley Cannington,

Cole Hyndman, Spencer Le Bas, Hope Millar, Isabella Lyndstrom and Aashiyana Ward.

We know you will have a wonderful time at GMS!

We currently have 463 children enrolled.

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Staffing Update

Not only do we have new students at school, we also welcome Mr Andy Mackay and Miss Cassie Vella-Brincat as teachers at school.

'Mr Mac' is in Room 3a and having a great time getting to know these children.

Miss Vella has started out in the brand new Room 6 ... and is already up to eight students!

Mrs de Lange has also returned from her term of sabbatical leave too. Great to have you all here and as part of our GMS team.

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ANZAC Day Ceremony

This Friday we will have our own school ceremony to commemorate ANZAC Day in the place of our normal weekly whole school assembly.

Children will be given a poppy if they wish and are asked to bring a gold coin donation to give to the Greendale Services Association. Children can also bring a flower or small bouquet to place in our field of remembrance on Friday morning as they enter into He Kapua for the ceremony.

We start at 12.15pm.

Reminder - Change of bell times at end of school day

2.50pm - We will release the Kōwhai classes (Years 1 and 2) along with any older siblings.

3.00pm - We will release all remaining pupils - Years 3 to 6.

The ten minute gap between the two end of day times should allow for the vehicles to depart and car parks become free for older children pick ups.

We will review this by Queen's Birthday weekend in terms of effectiveness, and more importantly, the safety of your children.

Free Hawkes Basketball tickets - Saturday 8 May 7.30pm

We have been given twenty child passes for the Hawkes v Southland game this weekend.

We will give these to the first twenty names to be drawn of those who have either brought a signed note from home, or sent an email to admin@gms.school.nz by Friday 7 April 12.00pm.

Feed the Bus Donations- Napier Foodbank - Tuesday 18th May

The Napier Foodbank needs our help!

We are collecting food items on behalf of the Napier Foodbank to help them restock their shelves with donations of non perishable items.

Any donations can be sent to school prior to collection day on Tuesday 18th May, we will have a collection box in the school office.

The Foodbank have sent a special request for the following items which they have a real shortage of:- tinned fish, pasta sauces, canned spaghetti, baked beans, pasta, jams, spreads and canned vegetables.

Yummy’ School Sticker Promotion

What is it?

Our school has been registered in the 2021 Yummy Sticker Promotion. The Yummy stickers collected will be converted into a winning share of the $200,000 sports prize pool from 'DG Sport'.

What to do?

Shop at your local New World, Pak’n'Save and participating Four Square stores. Purchase Yummy apples, either bags with:

* individual apples with Yummy stickers

* cut-out labels (one cut-out label is worth 10 apple stickers).

Send the stickers into school to be placed on collection sheets in each class. However, if you would like your own collection sheet for home, please collect one from the school office.

What will happen?

At the end of Term 3 all collection sheets will be collated and sent off to the promoters and we will then be contacted to let us know how much we have to spend on sports equipment. Collection day will be Monday 27 September 2021.

The more we collect, the more sports gear we can order, so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers! It would be great if we could all get behind this and collect as many stickers as possible.

For more information visit: http://www.yummyfruit.co.nz

FORMER GMS STUDENTS NOW IN Year 7 and 8

To acknowledge all the incredible efforts in fundraising over the past few years on Friday 7 May we invite our ex-students back to GMS. Shoot some hoops, enjoy the sounds, or catch up with old friends in this amazing facility.

Any former GMS students are invited to come down and celebrate our astroturf court, 'He Kapua'. They can enjoy this space from 8.25am until 9.00am. All are welcome.

PTA Meeting - Wednesday 5th May 2021

Our next PTA Meeting will be held tonight, Wednesday, 5th May at 7.30pm in the staffroom.

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Congratulations to Nicki Sunley - 3rd place in NZ Dressage Finals

Nicki Sunley our Sports Coordinator competed at Takapoto Estate, Waikato, on Saturday 1st May in the finals of the New Zealand dressage musical freestyle series. Nicki achieved a 3rd place overall at level 7. What an awesome achievement Nicki, well done!!!

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School Canteen

The School Canteen is open Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays'. Make sure you download the Kindo App from the App store, this is the most reliable way to order your child's lunch or make changes to their details.

Ōtātara/Taradale Whānau Hui - Resilience "How do we as teachers, parents, and the community support and ensure our students/children are resilient?"

Greenmeadows School is part of the Ōtātara Kāhui Ako. This is based around the schools and early childhood centres in the Taradale/Greenmeadows area.

The Kāhui Ako invite teachers, staff, parents, and extended family from all schools to a presentation on 'resilience' delivered by Edmond Otis, Wednesday 12 May Taradale High School, 6.00-7.00pm in the school hall.

Edmond is a certified counsellor who is employed by Health Hawkes Bay, who has been delivering in-school workshops to help youth develop strategies when dealing with change. The presentation will address the above question to ensure our rangatahi have the support and skills from the important people in their life. There will be an opportunity at the end for a Q & A section.