The week ahead

Bonjour 22'ers,

Firstly to all of our epals in France at the Anne Frank school as well as all of our French friends and whanau here in Gisborne, we are thinking about you all. I have sent a message on behalf of our class to our epals to let them know that they are in our thoughts and that we will be writing to them tomorrow. I hope all of you that have family and friends in France are ok.

Last week, we managed to complete nearly all of our end of year assessments and I was extremely pleased with the overall results. The majority of the class have made excellent progress with their reading, writing and maths. I still have to finish off my Pearson Math interviews and one more reading assessment but I thank my class for managing so well while these assessments are being done.

I would like to congratulate Rigante Keelan who sat his Level 1 NCEA Te Reo exam at Boys High last Wednesday. This exam was 3 hours long and Rigante coped extremely well with the demands of not only the exam but also the extra workload throughout this year. He will now have a wee wait until his results come out in January. Tau ke Rigante!

Well done also to our awesome 1-4 runners who braved the cold last Friday to compete in the 100m and 200m events and did our class proud.
Special mention to Jasmyn Broughton and Jade Vercoe who were extremely reluctant to compete but who persevered, competed and ended up doing very well in their races. A full write up of the results will be in this week's school newsletter. 

                                              

Library Book Amnesty 
Our lovely librarian Mrs Robinson is calling for all school library books to be returned. If your child has any please send them back to school tomorrow. Thanks in advance. 

Here is a rundown of what is happening this week

Monday - Day 2

• Camp panui 2 being sent home - thank you so much to our parent helpers. Once again we are able to do these activities because of your ongoing support.
• Tech in the middle block 
• Leadership students depart for Rotorua - Emily, Bo, Giorgia and Kaitlyn.

Tuesday - Day 3

• Year 7 Leadership group return - pm

Wednesday - Day 4

• Normal Day

Thursday - Day 5

• Waka Ama Champs - Good luck Charli and Genna!
• Battle of the Bays
• Tech last block

Friday - Day 6

• Turanganui Schools Kapa Haka Festival 
• Battle of the Bays

Before the end of the year there is still lots of learning to be done and numerous events to participate in such as...

Week 7

• Year 6 Orientation Day - Tuesday 24/11
• BOP/PB Athletics - Friday 27/11
• Tech Thursday 26/11

Week 8

• Sports Awards evening - Tuesday 1/12
• Whaikorero Comp - Wednesday 2/12
• Arts Award Evening - Thursday 3/12
• End of year reports go home - Thursday 3/12
• BOP/PB Softball Comp - Friday 4/12

Week 9

Omaio Bay Camp - Rooms 22 and 23 - Monday to Thursday

Week 10

• Monday - Prizegiving rehearsal
• Tuesday - Last Day. End of Year prizegiving @ YMCA

The final day for 2015 is Tuesday the 15th December. Our end of year prizegiving will be held at the YMCA on this day from 10am to 12:00pm. I will email all families of students who are going to receive certificates or awards at this assembly as soon as they are finalised so you can arrange to be there. 

We also have special sports award and arts/cultural award evenings where students are celebrated for their achievements in these arenas. Students will receive invitations if they will be receiving certificates at these assemblies. 

Finally, congratulations to Aaliyah Taylor-Elliffe and Rigante Keelan for receiving our class certificates at assembly last week. Both students are a pleasure to have in our room. Well done also to Sophie Kelly who was our student of the week. There will be a full write up on why Sophie is so deserving of this award in this week's school newsletter. I am really looking forward to having more of our class celebrated at the end of year prizegivings.  

Soph is pictured below with Jamie Paratene who was also the recipient this week.