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published every even week during school terms posted to school families the wider community on the web and emailed by request copy and casual advertising for #08 published wed 30 may closes thu 24 may 2012 wednesday 16 may 2012 term 2 week 4 volume 152 number 07 quote we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children calendar fri 18 may fri 1 jun mon 4 jun mon 11 jun native american proverb denotes further information elsewhere in the newsletter event status updates available http www.peloruspeople.org.nz/havelockschool pelorus x-country at canvsatown teacher only day school closed queen s birthday holiday last day to notify office re desire for election board of trustees meeting pelorus haere ra recently we farewelled ryan perez who with his family have returned to brazil we wish them good fortune kyren and saviour patuwai are also heading away but not as far just into blenheim we wish them also every success in their new school haere mai naumai joining us in kaituna are towa urakawa-murdoch and alex steele an especially warm welcome as you start your school days at havelock mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 1

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pelorus x-country at canvsatown friday 18 may thanks to all who have returned transport slips these arrangements will be finalised during the week in case you haven t seen the flyer the salient information is included below where canvastown hall and surrounds departing school at 09:45 time races run 10:30 ­ 13:00 departing canvastown 14:30 latest parent help required svp for supervision in assembly areas checking children have got to correct event and as a track marshal children need refillable water bottles plenty of healthy food including healthy snacks for between races whilst competing students will need to be wearing their blue school t-shirt and black shorts please have these sorted before friday and suitable shoes older pair of sneakers for cross-country running likely to get wet and muddy warm clothing for the rest of the day please note no food and drink may be bought from the trout hotel food available will be sausages onions etc are $2.00 lamingtons $1.50 drinks $1.50 one of each of course adds up to $5 easy for change too mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 2

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board of trustees news for personal health reasons our board chairperson georgie mccauley has recently resigned from the board of trustees we wish her a speedy return to full health and thank her for her work as trustee over the last term and brief spell as chairperson vaughan warburton the dep chairperson will fill the role in the interim with a position already vacant following the last mid-term elections we now have two places to fill as parent reps on the board at this point in time the board is looking to fill the two positions by co-option for the remaining months until the next election which falls in march 2013 however before moving to do this it needs to seek from the community any desire to hold a by-election and so should more than 10 of parents notify the school office before june 11 accordingly then an election will be held if not then the board will move to fill the two positions by co-option at its next meeting on 11 june lucky book club organsier we re looking for a volunteer to pull the orders together twice a term if this sounds like you then please contact mandy in our office on 574 2106 mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 4

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back flips competition 20 may 2012 11:30am renwick skate park uxbridge street renwick skateboarding scooter bmx competition registration forms available from susan ph 574 2555 or email susan@havelock.co.nz drabsch family voyage update we are in tonga the weather is not very good because a front is coming through but that does not interrupt going to shore and exploring we are anchored off an island called pangaimotu there are lots of palm trees on the island an old war ship has sunk about 100m away i think it sunk in a hurricane there are quite a lot of boats up on the coral customs came out pretty fast so we were able to go to shore riki and dad went in the kayaks and came back with two coconuts the milk is delicious but sweet and the meat is much better than the stuff you get out of a tin but you get sick of them after a bit they are different from what most of you probably think they have a thick husk about 4cm thick then they have got what you get when you buy them from the shops they are really hard dad was using a crow bar to get it open we have not caught any fish yet our long line nylon got caught around the prop when mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 5

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it was going so we had to cut it it was 4 mm thick so it was a bit of a loss we got up here in six and half days that s quite fast we gave minerva reef a miss because of the winds there are about ten boats from from the ica in here the rest are still on their way the water is much better for swimming here the water temperature is 28.5 degrees celsius the days have not been that hot so its going to get warmer than that i ll stop rubbing it in shall i but don t think we get to sit back and relax now we have got a lot of school work to do we have not done any for about a week but we have got an excuse we were seasick yes excuses excuses you would be saying yeh but if you were sick you would say forget about that and just look at the horizon that s all for now cheery o finn and riki accessing community law centre from havelock a reminder that you can skype the marlborough community law centre from havelock for assistance with your legal enquiries to do this just contact susan at pelorus projects office 574 2555 and she will set up an appointment for the next session the next appointment afternoons are tuesday 22 may the community law centre deals with employment contract family consumer and immigration issues ­ but not commercial or conveyancing wanted needed more muscle the committee of the havelock mussel festival seeks additional members to join the committee for the next year s festival the festival has donated in excess of $150 000 to the local and surrounding communities over the last six years and pledged a further $20 000 imagine what the community might lose if more people do not make the effort to assist with what has become an iconic marlborough event so come on get interested get involved and get on the committee the date for the next agm is scheduled for tuesday 17 july see you there venue to be advised mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 6

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heart stopper challenge 19 may on saturday 19th may blenheim heart are holding the heart stopper challenge at marlborough lines stadium for the second year this year tayla munro is part of a team taking the plunge to raise money for heart @heart formerly heart children nz is the only organisation in nz that provides life-long support to all those affected by a childhood heart condition every week in new zealand twelve babies are born with a congenital heart defect ­ that s over six hundred babies every year @heart is the only organisation dedicated to supporting these children and their families as they grow into teens and adults they receive no government funding and are not affiliated to the heart foundation so therefore rely on your donations to continue providing heart children and families free access to the fifty plus services for more information please visit their website www.heartnz.org.nz the heart stopper challenge happens nationwide throughout the year view at www.heartstopper.org.nz for further details in support of tayla this week there is a wishing well at the school from monday 14 to thursday 17 may and on friday 18 may at havelock healthcare you are invited to put your donations into the well and make a wish maybe it will be for those little brave hearts to be strong maybe it will be for the doctors to find a solution for something they don t already know or maybe it will just be for the kids to have a great day whatever your wish dig deep in your heart tayla is participating as she has two very close family friends who are kids@heart but also because there are two kids at havelock school who may have benefited from @heart already or who may do in the future indoor cricket and netball junior 6-aside leagues now running only $4 per child per game and we supply everything cricket on monday from 15:45 and netball on tuesday from 15:45 individuals and teams are invited to register at blenheim indoor sports 578 4851 or info@blenheimndoorsports.co.nz blenheim indoor sports and ten pin bowling simcox stadium 5 battys rd www.blenheimindoorsports.co.nz scw live pro wrestling marlborough mayhem saturday 19 may where marlborough boys college time doors open 6:30 show starts at 7:00pm tickets $10 at oscar s video store 114 scott street or tiger take-aways 42 high street refreshments available cash only a great night of family entertainment dive right in aquatic fun night this sunday 20 may where stadium 2000 pool time 17:00 18:00 cost $8/swimmer or $3 with blenheim swim club membership only $30 per annum for anyone any age who can swim one length of the pool and who love water games relays races team events water polo water safety prizes loads of aquatic fun mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 8

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community library news agm the agm was held on 1 march the officer bearers for the next year are chairperson janet manning secretary rita jacobsen treasurer beth fairbairn nan buchanan-brown stood down as chair at this meeting thanks nan for all the work you have done for the library new books a new batch of interloan books have arrived from blenheim comprising one hundred and fifty adult fiction fifty large print thirty young adult and thirty cooking and gardening books come along and see what we have to offer requests if there is a book you want to read but we don t have it in our library we will request it from blenheim and get it delivered out to havelock for you mussel festival raffle thanks to havelock school for allowing the community library to have a raffle at its stall at the festival thanks also to havelock four square for allowing more tickets to be sold in their store after the festival the raffle was won by peter hounson of picton and raised $326 for the library pelorus judo this term come and try judo for free at pelorus judo classes restarted on tuesday 24 april heaps of fun for all ages tuesday timetable 3:30 pm 4:00 pm tumble and play for preschoolers 5 year olds 25 family/term 4:00 pm 5:00 or 5:00 6:00 pm juniors for primary aged children 60 person/term 6:00 7:00 pm senior class for college aged students and adults 60 person/term venue havelock school hall contact susan foster tel 574 2555 notes from havelock museum there is so much happening at the museum at the moment that it is hard to keep track of it all in april 2010 we wrote of the plans to make a covered area between the museum and the jack shand building.this will give protection to the outside machines and the larger implements we look after it has taken a long time but finally the work has started the first hurdle was to have the steam engine that was parked between the buildings shifted and we are very grateful to richard wallis and his team at hydralift who did this for us without a cost after all the waiting it seemed no time before ross mclean s men and gary lawrence s team were at work digging the soak pit we were required to have and preparing the area for the concrete base we are grateful to gary and ross for the assistance they are giving us to keep the cost of the work as low as possible another goal has also been reached this month thanks to a pub charity grant and help from callaghan and martella in keeping the work within the amount of pub charity s grant the museum and the jack shand building are now alarmed with movement sensors and smoke mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 9

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detectors we have long been concerned that havelock might lose the priceless exhibits that we care for and the alarm system helps give us more security the third very pleasant occasion for the museum volunteers this month was an invitation by robin cox chairman of marlborough branch historic places trust and alison orchard to visit the pilot s house at wairau bar the reason for the invitation was that havelock museum had lent the society its leading light a nautical term for a guiding light in 2007 and with the pending dissolution of the branches of historic places trust the museum had resolved to lend the light to the orchard family for another five years robin suggested he arrange the tour and we didn t need asking twice for many of us this was our first visit to wairau bar and we were amazed by the work that alison and the other volunteers had done out there brambles and weeds have been cleared and alison was able to take us around and point out interesting places such as where wynen s second marlborough store was sited the burial area of children who had lived at the bar the positioning of te rauparaha s fortified pa the position of a midden and other interesting sites the bar is well worth a visit and alison brought out and explained a volume of very interesting photos which helped us realize the social importance of the area of course the views out to sea are great as well alison told us that work had started around the area in 2006 there is great anticipation at the moment as the builder is expected to start work on restoration of their pilot s house this month alison told us that the pilot s house is an iconic building as it is only one of three in the country which is still on its original site over the years visitors have left foreign coins in our donation box and while we appreciate any financial help we receive these coins cannot be changed into nz currency at any bank other than the reserve bank we have resolved the problem by parcelling up these coins and donating page 10 linden armstrong rita jacobson the leading light ian cameron all of the havelock museum with alison orchard wairau bar and robin cox marlborough historic society mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861

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them to the lions they have an arrangement whereby these coins eventually help to furnish young people with scholarships to attend outward bound and similar worthy schemes a good outcome all round we thought with all this local activity we thought we would leave discussion of the sutton s christmas of 1904 and their subsequent tragedy in january 1905 until next month s notes by the way no news yet on the deleted name in the ww1 segment of havelock s war memorial that we talked about last month we would really appreciate any information you might have please contact ian cameron 574 2558 or ianc.cameron@xtra.co.nz dance to march introducing free dance to march classes seeking girls aged 10 upwards interested in dance cheerleading hip hop precision drill this is not about you having to join a marching team this is about just being shown the minimum basics of marching as well as what we term as the dance side of marching call us to register your interest and get further details we would love to hear from you 10 16yrs 17 ­ 30 yrs open day sunday 20 may 14:00hrs any enquiries or to register contact kim emmett 577 5976 or marianne fenwick 578 3491 did you know looking after our teeth isn t only about brushing the more often sweet food and drink is consumed the more likely we are to get holes in our teeth water milk and `snacks such as bread cheese raw vegetables nuts yoghurt and unsweetened popcorn are more `tooth friendly regular updates from the nelson marlborough community oral health service nelson/tasman 03 539 5329 or marlborough 03 520 9922 easy shopping ­ easy fundraising step 1 simply go to www.yourfastshop.co.nz select your school and start browsing your favourite stores that s it · no parking problems no petrol cost no aching feet · great deals at great stores including apple ezibuy fashion the nile bookstore mighty ape toys and free dvd rental at fatso · save $70 on printer ink and save on other items at snatch a deal · your shopping is dealt with directly by your chosen online store · www.yourfastshop.co.nz automatically provide funds to your school treat yourself to easy shopping and help your school fundraise mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 11

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reap courses reap s aim is to give the rural community support the opportunity to partake in activities in their area and to provide a tutor for the activities chosen by those interested these courses are being organised by havelock community education service oil painting course tutor mieke hilhorst this is a great 3-day course for both beginners and experienced oil painters who want to learn how oil paint works and the techniques that can be achieved students will learn 4 different techniques including old masters impressionist and contemporary styles good drawing skills are helpful but certainly not necessary as the focus is on technique and application of paint always guaranteed fun challenging and inspirational learning 15 hours over 3 saturdays needs 3 days for drying times may 26th june 2nd 9th a few positions still available course fee $100 for more details click here cheesemaking tutor liz downey this is an evening course from 6pm ­ 9pm we will be making haloumi ricotta first night camembert quark second night and gouda butter third night date yet to be arranged a few positions still available hypa tufa pot we have had a request for a course on making these pots if you are a keen gardener this course could interest you felting tutor katie mcdonald a 5-hour course learning the techniques of felting and then making a scarf in the morning and a hat after lunch course fee $45 a few positions available date yet to be arranged digital camera course this is being organised taking names photoshop following on from the digital camera course this will teach you how to digitally enhance change size add remove elements etc to/of the images taking names pasta making tutor piero rocco make your own pasta and taste the difference details yet to be arranged taking names contact rita jacobson 574 2176 ritacollet@clear.net.nz or http www.peloruspeople.org.nz/index.mvc then goto subsites and havelock community education service mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 12

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recognised recently warm fuzzies acknowledge actions that reflect our havelock values wakamarina kyren patuwai jordan lawrence taylor clark effort in x-country training kaituna olivia johnson saviour patuwai reading acknowledges recent achievement effort and commensurate reward 75 nights wakamarina sara aston-butterfield tayla munro george robbins kaituna olivia johnson andré elliot swanston toby godsiff harvey brownlee ashelyn horton-smith thanks to all those at home supporting their children reading each and every night a real gift pamphlet deliverer wanted twice a week start asap please phone kim on 577 7513 evenings or text 022 014 2642 mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 13

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the global experience ­ live it at home in june-july 2012 students from over 20 countries around the world will be arriving in new zealand to study at local high schools for five or ten months opportunities exist for families to act as a host family in a volunteer capacity hosting can be on a temporary short or long term basis host families help provide international students with the chance to study and experience life in new zealand this is a great way to learn about another country and culture establish a lifelong link to a family in another country and contribute to international goodwill if your family can offer a friendly supportive and caring home environment contact us today to hear more about this wonderful opportunity or our student exchange programs out of new zealand call student exchange australia new zealand on 0800 440 079 or visit www.studentexchange.org.nz/host-a-student mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 14

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volunteer marlborough martin j cowling people first ­ total solutions introducing social media a parent s guide friday june 8 2012 9:30am to 11:30am marlborough room scenic circle hotel cnr alfred henry streets volunteer marlborough are pleased to be able to bring martin j cowling to blenheim for the benefit of our community parents to tackle one of the issues at the forefront of our minds people first -total solutions are one of the world s leading providers of training on volunteer management martin j cowling ceo is an entertaining and dynamic speaker and a skilled presenter with more than 20 years experience with organisations introducing social media ­ a parent s guide this new workshop is specifically for parents whose children are using or thinking of using social media sites including facebook twitter youtube and so on at this session we cover · what is social media · what are the implications of social media for your child · how can you guide your child to help keep them safe · how can you stay involved and know what is happening attendance is by advance registration only and space is limited please include payment with registration payable to volunteer marlborough charitable trust th registrations will be accepted until june 1 or until full registration fee is $15.00 name child s school email phone st please return registrations to volunteer marlborough 21 henry street blenheim 7201 mauri ora na akoranga learning for life since 1861 page 15

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