Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale News

THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING

22 March 2012

Next issue: 5 April 2012

Principal’s Message

Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei,

Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Parent Meeting Last Week

Thank you very much to the fifty parents/caregivers

and fifteen students who came to the meeting in our

school hall for a discussion about National Standards

expectations with Senior Leaders last Wednesday night.

Excellent conversations took place, led by team leaders

and it was interesting to hear questions and concerns

put forward by parents/caregivers. Should further or

different information emerge, we will hold another

meeting later in the year. Please keep an eye on our

fortnightly newsletters as these will contain information

pertaining to any meetings to be held at school.

Education in the News

It has been ‘interesting’ to read commentary over re-

cent days regarding Treasury’s view of class sizes and

quality of teachers. We do our very best to maintain

low class sizes wherever possible. Our teachers do

work very hard to make a difference for our students

and their learning on a daily basis. It was great to re-

cently receive affirmation of our programmes from

grandparents visiting Edendale from overseas.

New Parents/Caregivers Morning Tea

Families new to the school this term are welcome to

attend a morning tea in the staffroom on Friday 23

March at 10:15am. Senior leaders and PTA members

will be present to talk with you and to answer any

questions you may have about life at Edendale.

Donations and Activity Fees

Thank you to those families who have paid a donation

and activity fee so far this year. We very much appreci-

ate your support for student learning at Edendale.

Don’t forget - if you pay the donation and activity fee in

a lump sum by 5 April, there will be a $40 discount!

Volunteering at Edendale

We regret that we are unable to cater for pre-schoolers

for parents wishing to volunteer at Edendale. Please

make alternative arrangements for your little ones.

Please remember that there is an office register that all

volunteers must sign in and out of when volunteering

at school or for a school/class/team event. Thank you.

Scooters/Wheelie Shoes

Please remember that we allow school-aged students to

ride scooters to school under parent supervision only

on the proviso that parents take scooters home as we

are unable to accommodate them safely during the

school day. Please ensure that your child does not ride

the scooter once inside the school grounds. Please

note that ‘wheelies’ are not permitted as footwear at

school at all. Thank you for your co-operation.

Review of School Procedures

A number of school procedures pertaining to our school

community been revised recently and will be uploaded

to our website by the end of next week. These include:

Attendance and Truancy, Police Vetting, Volunteers,

Duty of Care, Student Management

Please note that our Prospectus has also been updated

and will be uploaded to the website shortly.

Rosemary Vivien, Principal

Term Two Community Dates

Tuesday 1 May 6:00pm

KnowledgeNET: Accessing your child’s data via Knowl-

edgeNET and our school website.

Friday 11 May

TEACHER ONLY DAY - Students stay home

Professional Development: Reporting to families

Tuesday 29 May 6:00pm

Boys’ Education

Tuesday 26 June 5:30pm & 7:00pm

Hui and Fono

Edendale Student Code

I am an Edendale student. Therefore, I show respect to everyone; I am kind to others; I behave in a sensible

way. I take care of my school, my belongings and the environment. I am honest and reliable; I am responsible

for my actions. I have fun with my learning; I participate at school and try my very best!

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

School Information and Programmes

Edendale Playground

Good Behaviour Tickets

Taonga Winners: Savhan-R18

These children were seen...

helping others: Georgia - R10, Seini - R8,

Melani - R7

keeping our grounds clean: Kiahn - R27, To-

akase - R15, Devesh - R25, Isabella - R22,

Vanessa - R2, Kaifa - R2, Sara - R20, Roscoe -

R28, Rodney - R11

playing nicely with others: Kaifa - R2, Luc -

R21, Savhan - R18, Daniel - R27, Sasi - R11

being thoughtful: Daniel - R15, Fatima - R15

Coast-to-Coast Walk This will take place on Monday 2 April

for Rooms 24, 25 and 26 and on

Tuesday 3 April for Rooms 23, 27 and

28. Permission slips are due back by

Friday 16 March and all students are

expected to take part. Your child will

benefit by going for long walks

(preferably carrying his/her backpack)

in preparation for Coast-to-Coast.

Please encourage your child to get

sponsorship.

S P O R T S N E W S Soccer Coaching

Soccer coaching is on Tuesdays 3:15-4:15pm on the bottom field. The cost is $8 and should be paid

to Mr Wilson in Room 24 on Tues-day mornings. Children must be collected afterwards by 4:20pm.

Garden to Table Autumn is upon us and with it a bumper harvest from Eden-dale’s orchard and vegetable beds. With the bounty, Year 5 and 6 classes have cooked apple and passion fruit crumbles, rustled up a roast pumpkin and spinach salad, and baked batches of banana and passion fruit muffins. Yum!

Out in the garden the students have continued earning points towards their tool license and made ‘compost lasagne’ (to feed the garden not the children!) Wonder why we’re not picking all our pumpkins? We’re waiting for the vines to die off and stems to dry out, so that they will store well over winter.

Many thanks to recent sponsors Marketplace Media for name tags and McGregor’s for tools and seeds for autumn sowing. Thanks once again to our hardworking volunteers. If you’d like to join in the fun too, see below.

Enjoy the fruits of our labour Jodie, Sarah and Kim

Butter Chicken

on Rice $4.50

Order Tuesday

for Wednesday

lunch.

TERM 1 HOLIDAY PROGRAMME 2012 Tuesday 10 April — Friday 20 April

9:00am to 3:00pm daily at Edendale School

Crafts, workshops and trips available for children aged 5-12 years

OSCAR approved

Pre-care and Post-care available

Enrolment forms available from the office

For all enquiries, please phone Karen 09 846 6340 or 021 124 7571

Lost Property

Please check for any

items of lost cloth-

ing in the cupboard

by the office. Any

clothing left un-

claimed after 2pm

Thursday 5 April

will be disposed of.

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Kabila Artists and Authors • Notices

Cycling to school

Any child who cycles to school MUST have a bike permission slip. This is available from Mr Wilson in Room 24.

Everyone is allowed to cycle to school, but only Year 5/6 students are allowed to cycle unsuper-vised.

All bikes must have a lock.

You may not ride your bicycle through school grounds and you must walk your bicycle across the road.

Newsletter Delivery

Our newsletters are sent home

fortnightly. As of Wednesday

21 March, newsletters will only

be emailed to you. Families

who do not have a home email

address will continue to re-

ceive a paper copy. If you do

have a home email address

and do not receive an emailed

copy on 21 March, please con-

tact the school office with your

child’s name, room number

and your email address.

Education of our future drivers is imperative and you can never start too early to teach children about

the dangers of the road. Children of all ages are very vulnerable on roads, just because they are still

learning and are known to behave unpredictably and are easily distracted. Whilst children face dan-

gers on a daily basis on their journey to and from school, there is currently very little to protect them

if they walk or bike. A maximum speed limit of 40km/h is proven to be the highest safe speed limit

outside a school, yet at the moment there is no National School Speed Limit. Some schools are on

100km/h roads whilst a small number are fortunate to have 20km/h outside their schools. There is no

consistency of speed limits, so I am campaigning to have a National School Speed Limit of 40km/h or

less. Road Safety week is from 7-13 May and I am hoping that all schools will come together to show

the Government that speeds above 40km/h are too high outside schools. For more information, con-

tact Lucinda Rees at schoolspeed@clear.net.nz, visit www.roadsafetyweek.org.

7-13 May

Room 10

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

See our website for info on upcoming events, BOT news and more! www.edendale.school.nz

Board of Trustees

Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Tuesday 27th March at 7:15pm

All welcome to attend

Edendale PTA Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Thursday 26th April at 7:00pm

All welcome to attend

Movie Night (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) was a

huge success and we couldn’t have done it without

the support of our sponsors - please see the attached

flyer. Thank you also to all the volunteers who came

along to help on the night. We raised $2,279—well

done everyone!

Entertainment Books: It’s time to place your order

for the 2012/2013 Entertainment Book. This book is

crammed full of a huge range of discount vouchers

for dining, recreation and travel and is only $65, with

$13 from each sale going to our school. Order and

pay for your book by 28 March and receive a bonus

sheet of vouchers. Fill in the attached form and

drop this in at the school office or order online at

www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/991b27.

Books will be available early April.

Sausage Sizzle: Friday 30 March at lunchtime. Sau-

sages (halal) are $1.50 each (max 2 per child). Or-

ders will be collected by classroom teachers (not the

office) on Thursday 29 March.

Tom Cooper & Aamel Rahmati

Co-Chairpersons

News from Edendale’s PTA

THANK YOU! Edendale would like to extend a big thank you to the Sathya Sai Organisation for con-tinuing to donate sandwiches to the school every week.

The It's My Turn To Cook Tonight Bosch School Holiday Cooking Program runs April 16th-20th in your home, using your food, with your kids cooking your dinner! If you have children (we recommend 9+years) who you would like to learn to cook, you have an older child (14+) who is looking for something fun and innovative to do in the holidays or you want something meaningful to do with your children in the holidays, then we have a great idea for you. We harness the power of role models and utilise the Internet to engage kids to gain cooking and food skills. See how you can be-come involved - visit www.foodsavvykids.com.

2012 School Calendar

Term 1: 2 February - 5 April

Term 2: 23 April - 29 June

Term 3: 16 July - 28 September

Term 4: 15 October - 18 December

Public Holidays falling on school days:

Wednesday 25 April - Anzac Day

Monday 4 June - Queen’s Birthday

Monday 22 October - Labour Day

NB: TEACHER ONLY DAY

Friday 11 May - Teacher Professional Development

St Dominic's (Blockhouse Bay) Catholic Primary

School is celebrating its 50th Jubilee!

Queens Birthday 2012 — June 1st and 2nd.

We invite all ex pupils, staff,

PTFA & BOT to join us.

For further information and to register go

to stdominics.school.nz.

Free Dental Care for your Child

We wish to inform you that Wesley Intermediate School Community Dental Clinic is the local Dental Clinic where your children are treated. Treatment is actioned through an appointment, either by phone, post or sent home with your child when our Dental Screening van is onsite at your school. Please endeavour to attend scheduled dental ap-pointments for your child/ren and phone us on 09 620 2564 if you wish to change an appointment. Your school is aware that appointments will be scheduled within school hours. We look forward to seeing you in our new facilities located within Wesley Intermediate School grounds, 766-770 Sandringham Road Extension, Mt Roskill.

The Dental Team Wesley Intermediate Community Dental Clinic.