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week 9 term 2 wednesday 16 june 2010 www.isleworth.school.nz kia ora koutou tama tu tama ora those who strive live fully three way conferences on 22 and 23 june we will be holding 3-way conferences which are also known as student-led conferences children will be talking with you about their learning telling you how they know they have learned something and what their next learning step will be they will also re-visit the goals set at the beginning of the year and evaluate whether or not these have been met some children may be ready to discuss and set new goals at this meeting teachers will also be informing you of your child s progress towards the national standards in maths reading and written language we strongly believe that children should be totally involved in the learning process and be able to discuss their learning which is why we involve them fully in these discussions however some of you may want to discuss other information without your child being present and we would encourage you to make a separate appointment with the class teacher for this purpose if you have not already made an appointment please send the form back or ring the school office teachers will also be contacting those families we haven t heard from yet these conferences are an important part of our reporting cycle and are also a way in which you can support your child s learning and show your pride in their achievements we really hope that all parents will be able to attend these conferences as the children really do enjoy sharing their learning with you and it gives them the message that learning is a partnership between home and school absences please let us know if your child is going to be away from or late to school please ring and leave a message as the winter illnesses are now in full swing it is taking karen up to an hour in the mornings to ring the families who have not let us know that a child is absent ­ this means that other work in the office is not getting done and is especially difficult at the moment as judi is also away and karen is doing much of her work too please explain why your child is absent unexplained absences are considered as truancy when our roll is checked by the ministry of education our phone system works really well if you use the options before the recorded message cuts in you can press any of the following options firmly to get directly to where you want to go option 1 ­ to record an absence option 2 ­ to listen to messages and cancellations ­ we will always try to put cancellations on here as soon as possible both for school events and sporting events which take place out of school time option 0 will take you straight to the office without listening to all the choices first we would appreciate it if you could especially use option 2 when you need to know if an event is still on ­ as you can imagine answering numerous phone calls asking if an event is still on is very time consuming for our office staff with the threat of snow last week and possibly in the future the way the winter is shaping up it is timely to remind you that no decision can be made about closing school due to snow conditions until it is light enough to assess the situation please do not ring the school line option 2 until at least 7 45 am listen to the radio as we will endeavour to put a cancellation notice on newstalk zb as our first option and other radio stations if time allows closing the school has legal implications and we need to be very sure it is justified before we can do so we are required to have the school open a regulation number of days per year and if a closure is unjustified we would need to make that day up at the end of the year we therefore need to be very sure that children would not be able to attend school safely before the closure is made i realise that this is difficult if you need to make arrangements for children on the very rare occasions on which this happens children arriving early to school a reminder that children may arrive at school from 8.30 am and may go to their classrooms to keep warm we are concerned at the number of children arriving very early at school particularly some quite small children who are waiting outside the isleworth road gate this is not a safe option ­ please ensure your children leave home to arrive at school by 8.30 ­ if they are slightly early we ask that they come into the grounds and wait on the seat by the sandpit in the junior area ­ this keeps them away from the road where they are vulnerable and allows us to keep an eye on them noho ora mai principal

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the stars of the week who were awarded classroom certificates at assembly over the last two weeks were tayla gutsell matthew gacsal and reuben goble tea shaw and benjamin dynes carmen haybittle brianna greuel sarah connelly alex hickman and min jae park r6 jemma crocker zayne chaston praj patel varuna yoganathan zachary johnston-wilson and lucy mckernan r7 kaleb bruce te mana rupuha tori peters taylar mcgillivray shaylaliz earle kaleb bruce and amy wells r8 shayden blakeley eleanor peters hamish williamson and junior fifita r9 katie hasson angus davidson jarryd green and maddison hosking-marino r10 katy lee-docherty jayden tainui andvishay achari r11 ava o connell hayley fletcher ashton peters and jason lin r13 paige o malley tayler robinson aimee chow fikrie jaafar and jason murphy r1 r2 r3 the ocus sf lue is ct va th pe es sr i erm t the principal s award liam farrell for great leadership skills and sensible behaviour during wet lunchtimes tayla gutsell for her effort in cross country and lovely isleworth manners sharon jun for positive attitude to school life anna and jaisy zhu for being great interpreters at school what s happening 2010 17 jun rhythm interactive 18 jun disco 21 jun bot meeting 22/23 jun 3-way conferences 1 jul celebration of learning 2 jul term 2 ends 19 jul term 3 begins 20 jul pta meeting 7pm 29 jul maths-a-thon 10 aug pta meeting 7pm 11 aug winter tournament 18 aug winter tournament p/p date 8 sept school photos 29 oct school athletics 8 nov zone athletics at qeii all day 23/24 nov student-led conferences 7 dec year 6 dinner 9 dec helpers morning tea 10 dec school picnic 14 dec junior prize-giving 15 dec senior prize-giving 16 dec term 4 ends provisional community news please call into the office for more information kids in the kitchen for 7-11year olds tea party thursday 8 july diy dinner for kids thursday 15 july any queries can be directed to virginia diefenbach or lois blackie on 379 7501 or lois@foodandwine.co.nz holiday programmes hosted by papanui youth development trust at te koru youth centre papanui papanui pirates year 1 ­ 6 5th ­ 9th july $22 per day or $90 for the whole week mad scientist theme casebrook cruisers year 7 8 5th ­ 9th july $22 per day or $90 for the whole week includes trips to hanmer springs and city-wide scavenger hunt te koru toasters year 9 10 12th ­ 16th july $25 per day or $100 for the whole week includes trips to hanmer springs and lake lyndon registrations forms are available from the office 354 9381 or from our website www.pyd.org.nz bookings can be paid by post email or in person special winz booking sessions are thursday 10th june and monday 14th june 3.30 p.m ­ 5.00 p.m many thanks joy williams wise-up is an 8-week course for children aged 7 ­ 12 years teaching skills for everyday life we look at how to recognise feelings emotions and explore new and different ways of dealing with these wise-up aims to teach children to maintain self-care self-confidence self-respect and self-control programme details wise-up is being run in linwood addington shirley and hornby from 3:30-5:00pm groups are to start the week of 26th july for information enrolments contact sarah rawson methodist mission phone 366 8839 ext 845 email sarahr@mmsi.org.nz have you ever wondered how computer games and 3d movies like shrek are made learn the latest in 3d animation and games design on a bubble dome school holiday workshop this july other courses in science inventions technology and afterschool animation at selected venues for students aged 6 to 16 years tel 0800 get bubble 438-282 or email info@bubbledome.co.nz or visit www.bubbledome.co.nz pta disco disco tickets will be on sale in the school hall between 8.30 and 9.00am on thursday 17th and friday 18th of june the tickets will be $3.50 each catch the latest news on our news blog www.isleworthschoolnews.blogspot.com

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room 11 descriptive writing in room 11 we have been learning to write descriptions we know that we have to include · a title · describe using adjectives -what the subject is -what they look like -what they do · an evaluation at the end that tells the reader how we feel about the subject in the past few weeks we have had a lot of fun describing book and movie characters that we know well using the tablet and t.v for shared writing here are some examples of descriptions for one of our favourite characters the wonky donkey the wonky donkey the wonky donkey is a donkey he has three legs he has wavy ears and he has grey fur he has a winky wonky eye i like him because in the book he looks cool cordelia the wonky donkey the wonky donkey is a donkey he is brown the wonky donkey has one eye reuben the wonky donkey the wonky donkey is a donkey he stinks the wonky donkey has three legs and he looks like a pirate caleb the wonky donkey the wonky donkey is a donkey the wonky donkey is stinky he has a big head he has three legs he has a tail i like the wonky donkey dylan .loohcs htrowelsi ta emit lufrednow a sah ehs epoh ,31 moor ot einnif aym :emoclew ew

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