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N E W S L E T T E R NO. 37
25 November 2014
Dates
Wednesday 26 November
Thursday 27 November
Monday 1 December
Thursday 4 December
Friday 5 December
Tuesday 16 December
Thursday 18 December
Year 3-4 Athletics
Eastern Zone Athletics
School Assembly at 2.00pm
Sausage Sizzle and Mufti Day
International Food and Culture Festival 5.00-8.00pm
Prize Giving – Holy Trinity Cathedral – 11.00am
Term 4 ends. School closes at 1.00pm
International Food & Cultural
Festival – Friday 5th December,
5-8pm
Come and join in the fun as we
celebrate our wonderfully diverse
community! Try many delicacies
from all around the world! (priced
from $3-$6). Enjoy dance
performances from India, Africa,
Russia and musical
performances from China, NZ
and Indonesia. Come and get to
know your community. Feel free
to; dress up, bring a picnic
blanket & a chilly bin with your
favourite drinks.
Library Books
It is that time of the year to collect in all our Library Books. Those students who have overdue books will bring home
notices this week and we would appreciate it if all books could be returned as soon as possible, or you may contact Jo or
Kat in the Library to resolve any outstanding matters. Please note that Yearbooks will not be issued to students until
their Library books are all in and accounted for. Thank you for your help in ensuring our books are returned.
Parents for Road Patrol 2015
We need parent help to assist with road patrol next year. This only necessitates 20-30 minutes a week either before or
after school. The students cannot operate the crossings without parent supervision. We need 15-20 parents and so far
only have 3. Please email [email protected] . Your assistance in helping to keep our students safe is hugely
appreciated.
Cixi Elementary School Visit to Parnell- More homestays required for February 2015
In February 2015, 17 students will be visiting from our sister school in Ningbo, China. The students from Cixi Elementary
School will arrive on Wednesday, 5th February and depart on the 15th February (10 nights). The students will spend
most of their time on pre-organised trips around Auckland as well as a few days at school. While being able to
communicate in Mandarin is beneficial it’s certainly not essential as the students are here to enjoy an authentic NZ
homestay experience while practising their English. Ideally the students will be billeted in pairs. The students will pay the
homestay parents $240 per week, per student. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a homestay family
for Parnell School, please email our ESOL teacher Anna Hedstrom – [email protected] with your name, email
address and contact phone numbers.
Year 2 Athletics - Thank you
Year two and particularly Mrs Bonniface wish to thank Bridget Fitzpatrick who works for GSK, and has a child in room 2.
On Friday Bridget gave a workplace community service day to us, assisting with Discovery, athletics and then doing
some mundane but greatly appreciated work in Room 2. Thanks Bridget.
Year two Athletics Day Friday November 21st
The weather really warmed up for us on Friday and it was wonderful to see so many parents, grandparents and friends
on the field, in the sunshine, supporting our students. The fun events were just that – plenty of tossing- “Can we hit the
teacher?” and jumping and fox-tail throwing.
The winners of the sprints events were
6 Year old girls
1st Jacqui. Rm 4
2nd Elena Rm 1
3rd Jessica Rm 2
6 year old boys
1st Bashar Rm 4
2nd Sam H Rm
1
3rd Aston Rm 4
7 Year old girls
1st Scarlett Rm 2
2nd Lucia Rm 4
3rd Gladys Rm 1
7 year old boys
1st= Guy Lawrence Room 2
Harry W Room 2
3rd place Will Room 2
Exams in Year 7 & 8
In week 3 of this term the year 7 and 8 students sat exams: English, Maths, Social Studies, Science, Environmental
studies, Music and Maori. Exam reports went home last week reporting children’s achievement along with the average
score for their peer group.
We set and prepare students for exams for the following reasons
1. To prepare students for the exams they will sit on entry to high school and the systems they will meet in Year 9.
2. To show that regular work, focus, recording and systematic book work enables success.
3. To teach about exam sitting skills.
4. To teach methods for revision.
5. To encourage self- evaluation and goal setting.
English and Maths assessments are based on the National Standards and curriculum objectives for Level 4 (expected
level for year 7 & 8 students) with 25% of assessments set at Level 5. An achievement of between 50 and 60% reflects
achieving the standard for year 7 students and a mark of between 60 and 70 reflects achieving the standard for year 8
students in these subjects. In other subject areas, testing reflects the curriculum covered in classes over 2014.
Congratulations to the following students who achieved outstanding results (over 80%) in the following subjects.
Maths Year 7: Tama Morris, Tony Feng, Jacky Zhu,
Maths year 8: Ally Langenkamp, Freddy Hatton, Cambell Jackson Mee, Bridget Speed, Reika Yusa, Ben Peltola,
Ana Styles, Sarah Raines, Sophia Morcom.
English Year 7: Linda Rehm, Tama Morris, Mina Liu, Zoe Roche, Rosie Waterson.
English Year 8: Freddy Hatton and Amn Waqar, Ally Langenkamp, Sophia Morcom, Cambell Jackson Mee,
Kipp Mann Benn, Shrusti Patel,
Social Studies Year 7: Zoe Roche, Edward Nelson, Tama Morris, Lucy Woodhams, Toby Svoboda.
Social Studies Year 8: Cambell Jackson Mee, Ally Langenkamp, Freddy Hatton, Ana Styles, Amn Waqar,
Katherine Nicholls, Kipp Mann Benn, Ben Paris, Sophia Morcom, Ben Petola, Sarah Raines,
Shrusti Patel, Bradley Bowden, Kate Gammie-Baglini.
Science year 7:
Zoe Roche, Edward Nelson, Mina Liu, Alysee Naddi, Tama Morris, Rosie Waterson,
Linda Rehm, Nicole Bussell.
Science year 8: Freddy Hatton, Ally Langenkamp, Cambell Jackson Mee, Amn Waqar, Sophia Morcom, Seoyeon Lee
Sarah Raines, Kate Gammie-Baglini, Katherine Nicholls, Ede Rogan, Bradley Bowden.
Maori year 7: Zoe Roche, Linda Rehm, Tony Feng, Alysee Naddi, Mina Liu, Tama Morris
Maori year 8: Sophia Morcom, Ally Langenkamp, Zoe Currie, Amn Waqar, Joanna Orr, Katherine Nicholls,
Freddy Hatton, Sarah Raines, SeoYeon Lee, Reika Yusa,
Music year 7: Edward Nelson, Jade Chong, Tony Feng, Jackie Zhu, Alysee Naddi,
Music year 8: Katherine Nicholls, Ana Styles, Seoyeon Lee, Karnpitcha Buakhieo, Ally Langenkamp,
Amn Waqar, Reika Yusa, Freedy Hatton, Ben Petola, Bridget Speed.
Environment Year 7: Nicole Bussell.
Environment Year 8: Freddy Hatton, Katherine Nicholls, Ally Langenkamp, Ben Paris, Seoyeon Lee,
Kipp Mann Benn, Sophia Morcom, Kate Gammie Baglini, Amn Waqar.
Waterwise in 2015
The year 7 & 8 students participate in a sailing and water safety course based out of Okahu Bay on a Monday
afternoon. In order to facilitate this we need parent assistance. We need both Waterwise trained and enthusiastic
hands-on parent supporters in order to run a programme of sailing, kayaking, skills and water safety.
We are looking to run training sessions for parents in late January in preparation for the 2015 season. Training as an
instructor requires sitting a theory test- sailing and rules of the water, and a practical test which focuses on using a
motor boat to coach and provide rescue and safety support for our students. If you are interested in learning more about
this please contact [email protected]
APPA Music Festival
Congratulations to the students who participated at the APPA music festival at the Auckland Town Hall last Tuesday
evening.
You all represented your families, tutors and the school extremely well, participating and performing in a professional,
focused, mature and entertaining manner whether singing, playing ukulele or dancing.
This was the culmination of 6 months of training for choir, learning 18 songs. Congratulations to Charels, Ana and
Bianca Styles who were selected to sing in small groups.
Weetbix Tryathlon Registration for 2015
Follow these easy steps to register your child into the Weetbix Tryathlon 2015 at St Heliers on February 22 nd . Click
onto try.weetbix.co.nz, then the “Parent” tab at the top of the page and click on “Register now” and then click on “St
Heliers” and complete the form. Our school account name is “Parnell School”. Also if your child would like to be in a
team with someone from another school this is possible as they will be linked together with their “Team name”. If you
have any queries please contact me on [email protected] . Thank you Valerie Marra
Community Notices
Please be aware that the school’s acceptance of advertising in the school newsletter does not constitute
approval and/ or endorsement for any product or activity.
Parnell Trust’s Summer Blast! – 6 weeks of cool holiday fun for 5-14 year olds
Kids are going to love all the cool activities and adventures Parnell Trust has lined up for the Summer Holidays in our
Summer Blast! Programme. We have FIVE exciting programme options: Club House, Adventure Seekers, On the Go,
LEGO Mindstorms and Special Tech Projects. Programmes are available at Parnell only from December 15-24, then at
both Parnell and Epsom schools from January 5-30, 2015.
Our longer hours - 7.30am to 6pm every day - are perfect for working parents. See our website for activity details
www.parnell.org.nz or phone 09 555 5194.
Free Tickets to Auckland Philharmonia Concert - Friday 28th November 2014.
Any parent or teacher from the school is able to email our [email protected] before noon on this Wednesday, quote
the code “Connecting”, and claim up to 4 free tickets.
We’d like to offer you and your school families tickets to our concert this week!
This Friday’s concert is a great 75-minute programme of the top classical music favourites from 2014, as voted by the
NZ public. You can see more about the event at this link on our website:
http://apo.co.nz/concert-events/settling-the-score-live-2
FLAUTIST MONIQUE VOSSEN
Flute Teacher, MMus
Would you like to learn the flute in 2015? Get in touch with Monique today to secure
your place for next year. Limited spaces available.
027 765 4146
[email protected]
www.moniquevossenflute.com

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