TERM 3, WEEK 8 2016
IMPORTANT LINKS
For updated school information please check our web
site for the latest calendar of events, notices and
newsletters. All this information is found under the
‘for parents’ tab on http://www.pointview.school.nz
Welcome to our new students
Brandon Soong, Jonathan Li, Ellie Warden,
Xavier Yip, Izobella James, Kayla Lee, Louie
Chin and Aydin Lau.
DATES FOR THE OCTOBER
OUT OF ZONE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS CLOSE:
Wednesday 12 October, 3.00pm
BALLOT DRAWN:
Wednesday 19 October
A reminder that the ballot to be held in October this
year will cover new entrant students turning five
through to December 2017.
Sisters and brothers of out of zone students at the
school MUST apply to go in the ballot. By law, siblings
do not have automatic right of enrolment. There are
different application forms for the different priority
levels so please make sure to collect the correct one.
Please make sure you submit your sibling application
in time to be included in the October ballot.
Auckland Mayoral Candidates - Public Meeting
Meet the main mayoral candidates - Phil Goff, Vic
Crone, John Palino and David Hay - at a public meeting
on Monday 26 September, 7.30pm at the East City
Wesleyan Church, 210 Burswood Drive (off Ti Rakau
Drive). Everyone welcome!
What to look for in this issue
• Out of zone ballot dates
• Walking School Bus leadership programme
• Students taking holidays during term time
• Gymnastics results
• Poetry and Speech Competition results
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
CONGRATULATIONS TO POINT VIEW WE ARE NOW A SILVER ENVIRO SCHOOL
On Tuesday we had a very important day of reflection and
planning, involving students, teachers, parents and our
EnviroSchools Facilitator, Haley Lowe. At the end of the day
we were declared to have reached Silver status in the
EnviroSchools programme. This recognises that our school
has attained an advanced level of awareness of
environmental sustainability issues and has woven an
environmental perspective through all learning in our school.
Next week I will share with you our school’s ‘Vision for
Sustainability’, but this week I would like to thank all those
who have helped to get us to this point in our enviro journey.
Jenny Naus is our current enviro leader and she has put a
tremendous deal of work into leading our enviro learning and
the recent reflection process. Previously, Sherri Rhodes and
Ksenia Tauroa had also held this leadership role.
Helen Page has been a primary driver and support in our
school’s enviro work. As a parent and staff member, and
for many years as our landscape gardener, Helen has been
innovative, committed and extremely supportive of all our
learning and development.
In 2011 the Botany Life Community Trust organised and
funded the transformation of the area behind our Junior
classroom block into an outstanding enviro learning area.
Termed The Hive, this area provides a wide range of learning
experiences and is a pivotal resource for our students.
Sincere thanks to these people and to all of our teachers and
other staff members, for their commitment to this
important facet of learning at Point View School.
Judy Parr
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
Walking School Bus
Leadership Programme
Thank you to everyone who attended the recent
disco and a big thanks to those teachers and
parents who helped out.
Coming up next is the sausage sizzle which has
been rescheduled to the 22nd September. We
will have included our new gluten free and
vegetarian sausage options.
For our year six students we have a little design
competition coming up to keep you busy over the
holidays. We are looking for a design for our
2016 graduation t-shirts, so watch for the notice
coming out soon with further details.
It was great to see new faces at our last Family
and Friends meeting. If you would like to come
along and check out our meetings, our next
meeting is on 11 October at 7pm in the staffroom
(upstairs in the hall). We'd love to see you there.
Science-athon
Thank you to all the parents who have sent
their sponsor money in. It would be
appreciated if we could have all the
sponsorship in by Friday 23 September.
On Monday 5 September we had our first Walking
School Bus Leadership meeting where a number
of our more senior children were given the
opportunity to learn some new leadership skills.
The focus was around understanding what it
means to be a good role model and how to
develop skills in helping and leading others. They
will also learnt about road safety and first aid.
They have been issued with ‘Learner Licences’
and will progress through to restricted and then full
licences as part of the programme.
This will hugely benefit the running of the Walking
School Buses as we will develop a great team of
students whom we can rely on to help us keep the
bus operating in a responsible manner.
This programme is a great introduction to
Auckland Transport Travel Wise and continues
through to Intermediate schools as well, where
more leadership opportunities are available.
Another great reason to join the Walking School
Buses!
For any enquires please contact the office on
[email protected] or 274 0637.
STUDENTS TAKING HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME
Many families choose to take students out of school during
term time for holidays. While overseas holiday experiences
can be beneficial for students, the Education Act does require
children to attend school each day that it is open for tuition.
Principals may allow an absence of no more than five school
days.
Please note the following changes to the way term time
holidays need to be advised to the school. These changes
come into effect from the beginning of Term 4.
Process for term time holiday notifications
• For term time holidays of up to five (5) days only please
complete the online form on the school’s website at least
one school week prior to the first day your child will be
absent.
• For term time holidays for a specific purpose such as a
family holiday overseas in excess of five (5) days,
notification must be submitted in writing to the Principal
(please note you cannot use the online form for this
purpose) at least two school weeks in advance of the first
day your child will be absent. The Ministry of Education
requires the school to record such absences in the
attendance system as ‘notified but unjustified’.
It is a Ministry requirement that any child absent from school
without written confirmation of a return date must be removed
from the school roll after 21 days.
Kilkenny Kids After School Care
Spaces are available at Kilkenny Kids After School Care
programme, run on site at Point View School.
For more information please contact: Simone Mcfarlane,
[email protected] or phone 0274 778 651.
OSCAR approved and WINZ subsidy available.
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
Eastern Zone Gymnastic Results
Point View had a great day and we have so
many stars. All these students will now be
competing at the Auckland Champion of
Champions competition
Individual - Year 3 Boys
4th Jaysheel Joshi Rm 15
1st Chase Stewart Rm 16
1st Team
Chase Stewart Rm 16
Jaysheel Joshi Rm 15
Ryan Chandler Rm 15
Hyunje Park Rm 12
Individual - Year 3 Girls
7th Mollie Phipps Rm 15
4th Tamsin Low Rm 16
1st Alicia McGregor-Haliday Rm 15
1st Team
Mollie Phipps Rm 15
Tamsin Low Rm 16
Alicia McGregor-Haliday Rm 15
Jayni Patel Rm 16
Individual - Year 4 Boys
7th Raymond Quot Rm 28
5th Hilton Mom Rm 28
4th Anton Smith Rm 31
3rd Keegan O’Reilly Rm 31
2nd Jack Edgar-Banks Rm 30
3rd Teams
Raymon Quot Rm 28
Kaden Whitton Rm 11
Benjamin Blundell Rm 11
Liam Venter Rm 31
1st Team
Hilton Mom Rm 28
Anton Smith Rm 31
Keegan O’Reilly Rm 31
Jack Edgar-Banks Rm 30
Year 4 girls -Individual
6th Madison Richards Rm 28
Individual - Year 5 boys
7th Blake Gordon Rm24
4th Cory Gordon Rm 26
3rd Team
Blake Gordon Rm24
Cory Gordon Rm 26
Thomas Blakeman Rm 26
Sairam Kandakumaran Rm 27
Individual -Year 6 boys
8th Alex Keen Rm 23
2nd Dykie Suzuki Rm 23
1st Jacob Higham Rm 23
1st Team
Alex Keen Rm 23
Dykie Suzuki Rm 23
Jacob Higham Rm 23
Donavan Mondriaan Rm 18
Individual - Year 6 girls
7th Lucy Kingston Rm 19
6th Sarah Oldham Rm 18
3rd Ruby Spring Rm 21
2nd Team
Lucy Kingston Rm 19
Sarah Oldham Rm18
Ruby Spring Rm 21
Alicia Walmsley Rm 18
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
Auckland Championship Gymnastic results
We had another wonderful day at the
Auckland
Champion
of
Champions
competition! We sent 29 students and came
back with 26 medals!
A big thanks to Lynne Laburn, Marie Crous,
Chris Cole, Jodi Oldham, Jen Hall and Kim
Christophers. Without them we would not
have been able to train these students to
reach the heights they have!
Year 4 boys
1st -Team
Liam Venter
Benjamin Blundell
Raymond Quot
Kaden Whitton
2nd Team
Hilton Mom
Anton Smith
Jack Edgar-Banks
Keegan O’Reilly
Individuals
11th Raymond Quot
10th Benjamin Blundell
9th Keegan O’Reilly
Year 3 boys
2nd Team
Chase Stewart
Ryan Chandler
Jaysheel Joshi
Hyunje Park
Individual
7th Jaysheel Joshi
5th Ryan Chandler
2nd Chase Stewart
Individual Year 3 girls
12th Tamsin Low
10th Alicia McGregor-Haliday
Year 5 Boys
3rd Team
Blake Gordon
Cory Gordon
Thomas Blakeman
Sairam Kandakumaran
Individual
12th Thomas Blakeman
8th Blake Gordon
Year 6 Boys
1st Team
Alex Keen
Dykie Suzuki
Jacob Higham
Individual
9th Alex Keen
6th Dykie Suzuki
1st Jacob Higham
Year 6 Girls
3rd Team
Lucy Kingston
Sarah Oldham
Ruby Spring
Alicia Walmsley
Individual
3rd Ruby Spring
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
2016 Poetry and Speech Competition Winners.
Year 0 Poetry Recital Winners
1st Place - Malachi Taylor
2nd Place - Isabella Sinclair
3rd Place - Jessica Bird
Year 3 Poetry Winners
1st Place - Tanish Naidoo
2nd Place - Dominic Iugan
3rd Place - Lajeen Sabri
Year 2 Speech Winners
1st Place - Suzanne Gognz
2nd Place - Tanishka Akula
3rd= Place - Aylssa Hall and Jai Pirini
Year 4 Speech Winners
1st Place - Kathryn Webster
2nd Place - Paige McKechnie
3rd Place - Herne Yoon
Year1 Poetry Recital winners 1st Place - Kerasya Naidoo
2nd Place - Eden Wu
3rd Place - Samuel Zhang
Korean Speech Competition
1st Place - Junhee Park
2nd Place - David Park
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
Senior School Speech Competitions
Ist Place - Leo Hall
2nd= Place - Blake Richards, Jade Dickson
3rd Place - Vaschasva Sehdev
Mandarin Speech Competition
1st Place - Emily Yin
2nd= Place - Gladwyn Chua, Anne Hsu
Hindi Speech Competition
1st Place - Iris Arora
2nd Place - Gurmandeep Kaur
Congratulations to Iris Arora who also
finished 2nd in the Auckland Hindi final.
Taekidokai Martial Arts operatesout of
thePointViewSchoolHallon Thursday
evenings from 6.30 to 7.30pm. Class
suitableforallagesfrom5toAdultsof
allages.
• We are now open for new
enrolments
• Wetrainduringschoolholidays
All welcome. First class free. For more
informationcontactMarieThomon
[email protected]
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
Another Football Star
After a very rigorous
trial and selection
process open to all
200+ Fencibles tenth
grade
players, Leo
Hall was selected as
one of the top ten
players to form the
Nationals team and
he will represent the
Club at the three day
10th grade National
Championship, in the
weekend of the school holidays.
VonTrappMusicAcademy
Expert in Piano Tuition & Music Theory
All ages & levels welcome
Individual & Paired Tuition
Optional ABRSM or TCL Exams – Practical & Theory by highly qualified &
experienced Piano Teacher, also an accomplished Professional Classical
Pianist who has taught at Vienna Intl School in Austria for more than 12
years.
Limited spaces available now for Term 1 after school.
For further information please contact:
Joanne Klein BMus; Dip Tchng; LRSM;LTCL;ATCL
Tel: 021 026 40567
Email: [email protected]
http://www.vontrappmusicacademy.co.nz
After school STEM classes have been successful this term so will return in term 4 on Wednesdays with a brand new programme
based around the Lego Master Builder Academy resources – www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sKfsq5TJSw . For anyone who missed
out this term there will be two STEM days in the second week of the holidays October 4 and 5 focusing on investigating 'The
Science of Star Wars’.
It is widely viewed that today’s economy and tomorrows' innovation is powered by the STEM subjects - Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths. There are great STEM learning opportunities available at Point View outside school hours for small groups
of like-minded children. Children will work with exciting hands on science equipment unavailable in NZ. Highlights include,
ultraviolet light battles with the Millenium Falcon, coding your own Star Wars games, getting to investigate a Jedi Force Levitator,
Star Wars Robotics, learning how to wield a light sabre by Darth Vader himself and even using actual brain waves to lift an X-Wing
hologram.
There will also be a separate programme led by an expert coder for the wannabe Millennium Falcon engineers and pilots. We will
be learning coding with ARDUINO programmable micro computers in an attempt to simulate all the flashing lights found in the
cockpit. We will learn about digital inputs, outputs and sensors.
If interested in any of the above please ask for further details from [email protected]
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.