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week 5 term 3 wednesday 18 august 2010 www.isleworth.school.nz what s happening 2010 25 aug winter tournament p/p date 27 aug daffodil day 28 aug quiz night 8 sept school photos 9 sept mt hutt ski trip 10 sept mufti day 14 sept pta meeting 7pm 20 sept board of trustees meeting 21/22 sept school production 24 sept end term 3 11 oct term 4 begins 19 oct pta meeting 7pm 29 oct school athletics kia ora koutou next wednesday 25 august representatives from isleworth will take part in the annual primary schools winter tournament this year we have students in soccer netball and hockey teams the children are looking forward to competing and hoping that the weather holds off this time you are welcome to watch and support our teams from 12pm at burnside park soccer/hockey and hagley park netball please check our answer phone on 359 8553 option 2 to make sure it is on last time it was a beautiful sunny day but the council had closed the grounds we are currently undergoing a major upgrade of our computer network cabling across the school you will have noticed signs at the gates displaying information about the electrical contractors this work is being heavily subsidised by the ministry of education and is part of the fibre optic roll out to schools across the country we are one of the lucky first 100 schools to have our cabling upgraded once completed the upgrade will provide access to ultra fast broadband up to 100mb per second the government initiative will help our students access a wide range of information very quickly and enable them to take part in programmes that we can not achieve now we look forward to connecting in the next few weeks parenting challenge these days we never seem to have enough time to do our jobs or our chores never enough hours in the day to exercise to read our favourite book or to catch up with family and friends it seems more and more difficult to spend quality time with our children my challenge to you is to simply ask your children about their learning not just what did you do today but what did you learn today don t accept nothing as an answer get excited about their learning and praise them for thinking deeply about their learning remember learning happens at home too as the saying goes the best thing you can spend on your kids is time i encourage you to take the time to visit the following nz website www.theparentingplace.com for more great parenting tips just a reminder to those who have not yet sent back their mathsathon sponsorship money this can be taken straight to the office noho ora mai parking unfortunately there are still a number of families who have not yet paid terms 1 and 2 fees please pay these as soon as possible as it your child/ren that misses out on exciting trips and visits with our school if you re not sure please inquire at the office .uoy knaht .nerdlihc ruo sregnadne dna maj ciffart a sesuac ti .daor htrowelsi no gnikrap nehw senil wolley eht ffo yats esaelp .ylefas daor eht ssorc nerdlihc ruoy pleh uoy taht erus ekam esaelp .seert eht era rehtien ,aera yalp a ton si edisdaor eht .tniop pu kcip daor htrowelsi eht htiw seussi wef a etiuq gnivah era ew reminder term 3 resource fees are now due andrew lange acting principal

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the stars of the week who were awarded classroom certificates at assembly last term were r1 r2 r3 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 r11 r12 r13 thomas mccarthy-2 times michael-john wells anna zhu rebecca davidson pita rupuha and jared macleod andrew trieu tayla tompkins brianna tobin jordan pollock and jade fletcher aiden cole alieya jaafar ada mohd izhair and brianna wilson mele fifita abbey lee-docherty praj patel shania mason caitlin barraball jayden le cheminant leoul alebel lucy mckernan and varuna yoganathan bradley green caitlin drew endiah kesha te mana rupuha taylar mcgillivray caitlin drew azra salt caleb macpherson and lauren smart grace tobin debbie beg shayden blakeley and bayley king william whitehead harry chen maddison hosking-marino and amy huang jessica hickman vishay achari emma-jay tauwhare and holly sanders-young reuben anguisaca-bland jason lin riley hearne-graham and ashton peters fikrie jaafar paige o malley jacob barnes and holly sillifant vino fosita aimee chow jessica huang and cody saunders the ocus sf lue rm is va s t e ility thi onsib sp re the principal s award was given to dylan peters for being a isleworth school welcomes leader in fitness braeden mcgillivray for showing leadership with juniors dannielle drew for being a caring friend in the playground sarah mitchell to room 12 we all hope you have a great time at isleworth school community notices please call in to the office for more information classic hits kids breakfast with the canterbury rugby squad on tuesday 5 october ­ wilding park tennis centre christchurch the squad team will sit down for breakfast with the children the children will have rugby drills with the team after breakfast everyone receives a goodie bag to take home and prizes are given out throughout the morning tickets $30/child all proceeds go to ronald mcdonald house south island please note ­13 years of age and under only length of event will be approximately 2 hours 7.30am 9.30am olympia gymnastic sports invites you to attend a testing day to be held on thursday 19 august 2010 at 4.30pm if you wish to join a competitive artistic trampoline or rhythmic gymnastics squad for the 2011 competitive season this is your opportunity testing is carried out by our qualified gymsport new zealand coaches and includes agility strength and flexibility squad selection is by invite only after testing meet in the foyer of olympia cnr springs road and corsair avenue just before 4.30pm parents are encouraged to watch testing from the mezzanine floor enquires please call allanah/kathryn 344 6060 action indoor sports teams and individuals welcome season starts 4th term indoor netball 7 aside indoor football 6 aside last year was our largest season ever things are heating up this season so get your mates together and get into the action ages 7-18yrs competition all officials and equipment provided all children receive rewards 3 great locations central city 7 iversen tce ph 366-6601 friday evenings football saturday mornings netball hornby 81 buchanans rd ph 342-6800 week day evenings football friday evenings netball redwood 67 sturrocks rd ph 354-1071 friday evenings football netball phone to enter or enter online www.actionindoorsports.com tagteach teaching with acoustical guidance is racing through the education dancing gymnastic and coaching world as an easy to use technology that speeds learning and creates a positive environment for the teacher and the student this is the first time that theresa mckeon will be in new zealand come experience what has captured the interest of parents trainers professionals teachers dancers and coaches from around the world free admission for the one-hour introductory session times:september 15 from 9:30am to 10:30am september 15 from 7pm to 8pm september 16 from 3:45pm to 4:45pm location community hall foundation of the blind 96 bristol street merivale christchurch more information videos research articles testimonials are all online on www.tagteach.org.nz register online or ring/text natalie/blair 021 82 364 movement dance centre wish to extend to your school families students the special introductory offer to dancing both ballet or jazz we specialise in classical ballet and international jazz and have a special offer of only $25 for lessons in term 3 for students ages 5-7years either at bishopdale community centre or in our purpose built dance studio based in venture place middleton catch the latest news on our news blog www.isleworthschoolnews.blogspot.com

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room one explores the 1960 s this term we have been looking back 50 years to the 1960 s we have found out many things that were special to the 60 s and have made comparisons to how things are now one of our focuses is fashion in the 1960 s last week we had fun tie dying our t-shirts purple orange and blue first of all we had to fold our t-shirt in half and then half again we put our finger in the centre of our t-shirt and replaced it with a large marble we tied a rubber band just below the marble making sure it was really tight after flipping the t-shirt over we put a small marble in the middle tied that one up and flipped back again this was repeated three times the sleeves were folded rolled up and then tied with rubber bands once we were happy with what we had done we choose a colour and put it into the bucket with that colour dye all the clothes were stirred for about 45 minutes rinsed in cold water and hung up to dry we are really proud of our work and can t wait to take our t-shirts home some of us will be wearing them for our production item we are also designing our own clothes for the 1960 s which will be modelled on paper dolls these are two of our paperdoll designs.

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final days quiz night isleworth pta when where time cost saturday 28 august isleworth school hall 7:30pm $10 per person teams of 4-6 byo drinks and nibbles get your team together and start practising a great night out loads of prizes lots of laughs tickets close fri 20th phone janette 359 7404 or paula 359 1448

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