18 November 2016
Dear Parents / Caregivers / Whanau
Tena Koutou, Talofa Lava, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa
lahi atu, Ni sa bula vinaka Anyonghasayo,
Konnichiwa, Akwaaba, Chau, Kia orana, Bonjour,
Guten Tag, Kumusta, Hola and Greetings,
What a week this one has been. After Sunday night our
community is slowly getting back to “normal”. We have
tired students and tired staff who have done an amzing
job this week. I would like to acknowledge the efforts
of our staff, who like most of our whanau, had to
evacuate and spent Sunday night driving around our
city. An experience we are all unpacking and coming to
grips with.
Tonight our Fair is perfect timing to help us recover and
celebrate our wonderful community. Please all come
along, with money and a smile.
Coming Events:- Dates To Remember
21 Nov
23 Nov
24 Nov
25 Nov
29 Nov
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1 Dec
7 Dec
8 Dec
9 Dec
14 Dec
Dec 16
Eastern Zone Athletics
School Photo orders Close
Clip n Climb – Road Patrol Trip
Subway for lunch
Junior Picnic Spencer Park
Kids in Town - Junior and Senior Choirs
Canterbury Athletics
Yr 7 & 8 big Day Out
Jellie Park – Rms 10 -18
Yr8 Leavers Dinner
Term 4 Ends at 1pm
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School Honour Roll
On Wednesday night, it was my privilege to accompany
Connie-May Whitehouse and Phoebe Wells to the
Avon-Otakaro Rotary Club dinner at The Elms Hotel. At
the ceremony, they were presented with School Honour
Roll Awards for their citizenship and for the way they
contribute positively to our school. This award is
recognised by the Mayor and represents an outstanding
achievement. Congratulations to you both!
Kerri McManus
Student Leadership
At Parkview, we pride ourselves on being a full primary
school which goes right up to Year 8. We value the
contribution that our Year 7 and 8 students make to our
school and we want to ensure that they have
opportunities to develop and expand their leadership
skills. With this in mind, I ran a workshop last week with
a group of students from Years 6 to 8. I listened to their
ideas on leadership - what it means, what it ‘looks like’
now, what they would like to develop from being a
leader and how they see leadership looking at our
school from 2017. The careful thought and
consideration they put into their comments and ideas
was very impressive! Their ideas will be used as a
starting point for the development of our school’s
student leadership programme which will be shared
with the rest of our community. Stay tuned for future
updates!
Kerri McManus
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Red Nose Day
Thank you for your huge support for Red Nose Day. We
were able to raise a huge $777.70 for Cure Kids!
From the Student Council
Parkview’s Got Talent Finals
After a great couple of weeks of auditions, the House
Captains have come up with a list of students who will
be competing in the ‘Parkview’s Got Talent’ finals.
These will be held on Friday 25th November in our
school hall. The Senior show (Years 5-8) will start at
9.30am and the Junior show (Years 1-4) will start at
11.30am.
Whanau
are
most
welcome
to
attend! Congratulations to the students who made it
through and received notices today.
Juniors
Room 3 - Hayley
Room 6 - Peita, Teah and Chloe
Room 7 - Tamara
Room 10 - Trinity
Room 11 - Oscar
Room 12 - Yuito, Freya, Chelsie, Emily, Jackson and
Brooklyn
Seniors
Room 14 - Claudia, Sophie and Jorja
Room 15 - Lucy, Josh and Alex
Room 16 - Kayla
Room 17 - Leah, Daniel, Ben, Manaaki and Hiromu
Guy Fawkes Night
In the weekend my whole family walked to my friend’s
house and after
dinner we did the
fire
sparklers.
Then I blasted the
colourful
fireworks off the
end of a truck. The
fireworks
were
powerful
and
horrible. It was
terrifying to see
the colourful fireworks. My friend, Paige, was inside
because she was so, so scared. I was running inside and
outside because I was just a little bit scared.
By Brooke
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House Points for week ending 18th November
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1 Totara
2nd Kauri
3rd Kowhai
4th Rimu
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Holiday Programme – Parkview Oscar
Parkview Oscar’s Holiday programme for December is
available. Please collect from the school hall or contact
Steph at Oscar 383 5403.
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Caught Being Good week ending 18th November
Fraser Hendry
Room 15
Kingston Hewett
Room 10
Clayton Carsner
Room 17
Blake Washington
Room 11
Ayla Gray
Room 8
Manaaki Frampton
Room 4
Zac Palmer
Room 7
Ella McDonald
Room 3
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Welcome to Parkview School:
Joshua Colombus
Room 8
and his family.
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What’s Happening in Room 5
Room 5 wrote stories about their fireworks experiences
and drew pictures.
All the children in Room Five have written stories,
unfortunately they can not all fit in the newsletter. If
you wish to read some more please visit Room 5.
Fireworks
I drove to Guy Fawkes with my cousins, Dad, friends and
Aunty. Some spun around and some sparkled up. My
dad had love heart sparklers. At the end, I thought it
was finished but there was a cute little one out to sea.
On our way home, there was so much traffic I wanted
to go to sleep.
By Tilly
They exploded in
the sky like a
watermelon
splatters on the
ground. It was
beautiful.
The
little fireworks at
the back were in
time. It was like
they were doing it
on their own but at the same time. Some of them were
enormous and some of them were tiny. There were
fireworks which looked like Rapunzel’s hair. I loved
them.
By Taamia
Taniwha
Taniwha are green and purple. They are a fascinating
creature. They have big, scary eyes. Some taniwha can
fly. Taniwha have great big mouths. They have bumpy
scales on their bodies. Some taniwha are friendly and
some are mean as. Some live in swamps. They have big
faces. They have got big wings for flying and
humungous feet.
By Kaea
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Fireworks
When you stare at the fireworks and they boom, it feels
like they are coming to get you.
By Isaac J
Enjoy your weekend. See you at the fair.
Simon Thomas (Mr T)
Principal/Tumuaki