THURSDAY 23rd JUNE
EDITION 07/2016
Greetings, Kia Ora, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava, Kia orana, Ni Hao, Buenos Dias,
Malo ni, Namaste, Salam
THIS FORTNIGHT’S QUALITY WE VALUE IS
RESILIENCE – “being able to recover quickly from unpleasant or damaging events.”
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We have just had another hardworking
and fun few weeks here at school.
Welcome to all our new families and
students who have joined us over this
time. The week after next is the finale to
our term’s focus on celebrating our
wonderful world. Last week we had our
Wonderful World Food Festival and what
an amazing day it was. Thank you for
your support of this whether as a
coordinator, helper or a provider of the
goodies that everyone got to sample. Our
performance nights in the final week of
term will be enjoyed by everyone. They
are the result of a huge amount of effort
and practice by children, staff and parent
helpers. Congratulations to them all. They
will all deserve the holiday that is coming
at the end of that week.
SHOW TICKETS
Just to remind you that the limitation has
been lifted. You are now able to come
and purchase more tickets if you need to.
BOARD OF TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
Thank you to all the parents/caregivers
who took the time to vote in the recent
elections. There were a pleasing number
of voters! We are a very fortunate school
having 16 high calibre nominees.
We welcome the return of Board
members Fiona Barker, Malua Tipi and
Michael Taia, and look forward to our two
new members Anna Palairet and Nigel
Stevenson joining the Board of Trustees.
The new Board will have their first Board
meeting on Wednesday 29th June, 7pm in
the staffroom.
Judith Howe, Returning Officer
MEDICATION IN SCHOOL
No medication should be kept in your
child’s school bag. If your child has
antibiotic/medication that needs to be
administered during the school day please
ensure you have filled out a permission
slip at the office. No medication can be
administered to your child without
approval.
SCHOOL LUNCHES
These can also be ordered online, as well
as in person in the school hall before
school. There is a link on the school
website for online ordering, or go to
www.lunchonline.co.nz and
select
Gladstone School. The Happy Rock Café is
open for lunches on Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
COMING EVENTS
June
24th - Assembly Rm 26
27th – Intake No 5
28th – Sausage Sizzle
29th – BOT Mtg 7pm; PTA Mtg 7.30pm
30th – Interschool Rugby Saving Day
July
1st – Assembly Rm 19
5th – Senior School Performance
6th – Middle School Performance
7th – Junior School Performance;
Newsletter No 8
8th – Assembly Rm 2, TERM 2 ENDS
3.00pm
25th – TERM 3 STARTS 8.45am; Intake
No 6
27th – Options start; PTA Mtg 7.30pm
28th – Newsletter No 9
29th – Assembly Rm 30
August
2nd – NSW English; Sausage Sizzle
5th – Assembly Rm 9
11th – Interschool Netball
12th – Assembly Rm 55
15th – Interschool Quiz
16th – Interschool Netball Saving day;
School Photos
18th – Newsletter No 10; Senior School
Speech 9am in the hall
19th – Assembly Rm 38; School Photos;
House Activity
22nd – Intake No 7
22nd – 26th - Science week
26th – Assembly Rm 35
29th – Gymnastics for 3 weeks
29th -(Rae Rae’s birthday)
30th – Interschool Football; Sausage Sizzle
31st – BOT Mtg 7pm
September
1st – Inter school football saving day
2nd – Assembly Rm 40
8th – Newsletter No 11; Inter zone speech
finals
9th – Assembly Rm 46
13th – Sports photos
14th – PTA Mtg 7.30pm
15th –Assembly Rm 32; Quikhit
Cricket
20th – Sausage Sizzle
21st – BOT Mtg 7pm; ICT Expo in the
hall 7.30pm
23rd – Gladstone’s Got Talent; END
OF TERM 3, 3pm
CLASS REPORTS
ROOM 26, YEAR 1; WRITING ABOUT
BRUCE
Bruce works at Gladstone School and he
is tall. I like Bruce because he is funny
sometimes. Bruce has a green jumper.
Bruce fixes computers. Bruce is very kind.
Lucia Laskey
Bruce works at Gladstone School. He
fixes computers. I like Bruce because he
is kind. Bruce has glasses and he has
curly hair. He fixes everything.
Hannah Delich
Bruce works at Gladstone and he is tall
and has glasses. He is always wearing a
green jumper and he wears jeans. He
wears grey shoes. He is a boy. Bruce
makes GTV.
Kobie Mamea
I like Bruce because he works at
Gladstone School and he helps people.
He is kind and very tall and he has
glasses on his eyes. He has curly hair and
he is funny.
Harry Jones
Bruce works at Gladstone School. He has
curly hair and he fixes everything. I like
Bruce because he is funny and kind. He
has glasses and wears a green jumper. I
like Bruce because he likes me.
Nikita Kumar
Bruce works at Gladstone. He has glasses
and a green jumper. Bruce is tall. Bruce is
a boy. I like Bruce because he never
gives up. He has blue jeans. Bruce is
nice. Bruce has curly hair.
Zach Dennison
ROOM 39, YEAR 3; WRITING
The Emperor Penguin
The amazing emperor penguin has a
tummy like lemon meringue. The fluffy
emperor penguin has an orange beak and
has little orange feet. The anxious
emperor penguin’s black and white body
is so cute.
Emperor penguins dive into the deep
freezing water. Emperor penguins waddle
on the ice.
This emperor penguin cleans its baby. The cute
emperor penguin is so clever because he has
to know how to survive. Emperor penguins are
social because penguins stay together. The
adorable emperor penguins are so energetic
because they slide on their tummies.
Next time you go to the emperor penguins
home, look out for the… CUTIES!
Olivia Turner
The Emperor Penguin
The magnificent emperor penguin is as dark as
a dark cave and as white as snow. The middle
of them looks like lemon meringue. They look
very proud and super cuddly too.
The beautiful fluffy penguin cleans itself like its
having a shower ,but he’s not and he waddles
like a man that drank a silly poison. He dives
into the ice cold water when he hears his
tummy rumbling.
The fluffy emperor penguin is very intelligent
because he has to keep his babies off the
freezing ice. Also he is very social because he’s
always around other penguins. The fantastic
penguin is very energetic because he is always
moving around.
Imagine having a penguin for a pet!
The Emperor Penguin
The emperor penguin looks as white as the
snow and the neck looks like the bright as the
sun in the sky.
The emperor penguin dives into the freezing
cold water while he's in, he shivers. The
emperor penguin waddles quickly into the
water. Once the emperor penguin gets out he
cleans his feathers.
The cuddly little penguin is social because he
keeps his babies off the ice with his feet.
I wish I could hold a fluffy cuddly penguin.
Andre Settle
Room 19, Year 3; Writing
Pandas’ Diet
Pandas are omnivores and they mostly eat
plants so they don’t starve. Giant pandas eat
bamboos stems and red pandas eat bamboo
leaves.
Joseph Whitfield
Pandas’ Habitat
Most pandas are found in forests and
mountains in China, Nepal and India but they
only live in areas where fir trees and bamboos
grow. Small forests cannot give pandas all the
things they need.
Emma Li
Pandas’ Appearance
Giant pandas are black and white and they
usually have black patches around their eyes.
They are much bigger than their red panda
cousins. Red pandas are small and red with
white patches around their eyes.
Caitlin Browne
BIRTHDAYS
The following students have a birthday
over the next few weeks. We wish you a
Happy Birthday and trust you have a
wonderful day. Happy Birthday to:
17th June
Sam Barrett
Tyler Mackie
18th June
Ryan Sanders
Amelia Settle
19th June
Jessica Armstrong
20th June
Benjamin Blouin
21st June
Zoe Burnett
Wei Bin Ong
23rd June
Lily Curnow
Jayden Huang
Caitlin Human
Ella Mravicich-Sutton
Traya Sukha
Josh Werry
24th June
Joseph Gracie
Leo Mauala
Ruby Parr
Tilly Tiafariu-Smith
Ryan Zuccani
25th June
Justin Brendolise
Annabelle Sharp
Fawara Tajek
26th June
Ilyra Bondin
Nikita Kumar
Yelena Poching
Abigail spring
27th June
Thomas Alsweiler
Molly Eastwood
Evie George
Samiya Malhotra
28th June
Amelia Jones
Emma Li
Jude Wilson
29th June
Jaime Manga
30th June
Amelie Lawrence
Ujala Nahayan
Sella Roberts
1st July
Fleur Nielsen
Om Soni-Bhindi
Oscar Wei
2nd July
Anas Ahmed
Anouk Blackburn
Amelia Brinsden
Michael Doyle
Oliver Tabgt
Regan Yang
3rd July
Oliver Ducker
Gemma Twist
4th July
Ella De Coek
Elliot Kitchener
Reuben O’Sullivan
5th July
Jackson Cosgrove
Shanika Farooki
Ofa Tu’uefiafi
6th July
Jesse Magee
7th July
Eden Bosman
Eloise Fraser-House
Reilley Peneche
NB: Please let us know if we
inadvertently miss a birthday so we can
acknowledge it in the next newsletter
Hope you have a great few weeks.
Dave Shadbolt
PRINCIPAL
COMMUNITY NOTICES
SINGING TEACHER
Margaret Lindsay BA. Dip.Tchg FTCL.
For enjoyment or exams.
Improve your vocal range, quality
and music skills.
Ph 849 8070 021 042 8855
[email protected]
GLADSTONE COMMUNITY
GROUP CHANGE OF DATE
FOR MEETING
The meeting will be
Wednesday 29th June at
7.30pm in Barbara
McPherson’s office next to the
staffroom.
THE LOVE BOAT
SOCIAL
Saturday 2 July,
7.30pm-12.00am at the Irish
Club, Rocky Nook Ave, Mt Albert
Tickets $40 – on sale at the office
(exact amount only)
Cash bar, DJ and supper
provided.
Proudly brought to you by the
Adult Fun Committee
All profits go to Gladstone School
Community
And remember the Love Boat
promises something for everyone.
We’re expecting you!