COMING EVENTS

Friday 5 July Last day of Term 2

Monday 22 July First day of Term 3

22-23 July High School Dental Van

Wednesday 24 July Class 6 Parent Meeting

Friday 26 July School Lantern Festival

Tuesday 30 July Teacher/Parent/Student Conferences C10,11,12

Friday 2 August Pyjama Day & Movie Night

Tuesday 6 August Teacher/Parent/Student Conferences C8 & 9

Tuesday 6 August Class 1 Parent Meeting

Tuesday 6 August Class 2 Parent Meeting

Friday 9 August Kindy Market

Kia ora tatou

Half-way through the year already!

Last Tuesday I attended the monthly

meeting of our Rudolf Steiner School

Trust (RSST). This was also the AGM.

Given that, as the name suggests, I

was a year since the last AGM each Trust member was invited

to reflect on the year past. It was a year ago that I had been

appointed to take on the role of Principal at Michael Park and I

still have strong memories of receiving the news and coming in

to meet the staff and wider community, prior to starting

formally in term 3. It was fascinating to hear what had

resonated with each member of the Trust over the past 12

months, the thing that shone through was the growing feeling

of excitement and energy that was a common theme to

everyone.

I would like to take a moment to thank the many, many people

who went out of their way to welcome and support me and

continue to do so. The strength of the school are the

relationships within it and the common understanding of what

is important for child in an increasingly fast-paced,

technological and homogenising world.

Enjoy a restful and peaceful break.

Ngā mihi

Terry Storer

Principal

LOWER & MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS MEETING DATES

24th July Class 6 7pm - 8pm

6th August Classes 1 and 2 7pm - 8pm

13th August Classes 3 and 4 7pm - 8pm

20th August Class 5 7pm - 8pm

27th August Class 7 7pm - 8pm

HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

Kia ora parents and whānau

TEACHER PARENT STUDENT CONFERENCES

We will have Teacher Parent Student Conferences early next term where you will be able to speak with your son or daughter’s teachers. The two dates for your diaries are:

Tuesday 30th July (chiefly for Classes 10, 11, and 12)

Tuesday 6th August (mainly Classes 8 and 9).

Two weeks out from the TPS Conference, we will send out instructions on how to make online bookings.

If you have any concerns at any time, I encourage you to make contact with your child’s subject or main lesson teacher for academic matters and the kaitiaki for matters that are more pastoral. If you require the correct email contact details, feel free to email me.

MID-YEAR REPORTS

The mid-year reports for all High School classes have been emailed to you. We are using the email addresses we have on our school management system. If you have changed your email address then please let me know and we will update our records.

The emails will be sent via our school management system and they sometimes end up in your junk folders—so please take a look there if the reports do not arrive in your inbox. If you do not receive a report, or have any queries, please feel free to email me and I will follow-up.

Warm regards and happy holidays!

Adam Driver High School Deputy Principal

FRIDAY FLYER 5 July 2019

Newsletter 21

KAPA HAKA FUNDRAISING

We are fundraising for our kapa haka uniforms.

Whaea Beverly Findlay has kindly gifted some of her art work

that we have put on greeting cards, selling after school and some

we are putting in a silent auction.

Cards on sale in Raewyn’s

office $3 for 1 or all 5 designs

for $10

Artwork in frames, laminated

or on postcards are for sale

after school under the band

rotunda at 3pm daily this

week and week 1 of term 2.

We have a silent auction going on for details and to make a bid

click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/

d/1RC1Gxxys19a60dP-OTUD4o2hONOJS99SObRBDb3BjKY/edit

Ngā mihi nui

Whaea Andrea

LUMINO THE DENTISTS - HIGH SCHOOL

ADOLESCENT DENTAL VAN IS COMING TO MICHAEL PARK

SCHOOL FROM 22-23 JULY

OPTIONAL ORAL HEALTH TREATMENT

Lumino The Dentists know how important good oral health is to

your child’s overall health and happiness.

We will be setting up one of our mobile dental units outside the

gym toilets, and will provide each student with a dental

examination, including dental health and care advice, x-rays (if

required), treatment (if required) and a personal Smile Report.

Where treatment cannot be completed, your child will be

referred to a Lumino The Dentists practice. If your child requires

orthodontic treatment, we will advise you to contact your family

dentist or orthodontist specialist.

If you would like your child to be part of the Lumino The Dentists

School Smiles Programme, you can enrol your child by

completing this form:

https://michaelpark.school.nz/media/resources/general/

Lumino-Mob-Enrolment-Broch_Web-5-2016.pdf

If your child is already enrolled, there is no need to re-enrol each

year unless there has been a change of address or change in

medical history. Parental consent is needed for all students

under the age of 16 years.

FIRST LIGHT LANTERN FESTIVAL

Dear parents

The school Lantern Festival is happening in the evening of

Friday July 26 (Term 3, Week 1). Given the time of year where it

has been placed in the calendar this year, we have renamed it

the First Light Lantern Festival. It lies between the winter

solstice and the spring equinox. At one moment the promise of

spring hovers in the air, the next, winter leaps out and catches

us without coats facing the chilly winds. A good time to get

together and kindle a fire to warn ourselves.

The light of day becomes longer gradually into the subtle

change of the seasons. In nature it is a time of gathering and

preparation before the steady warmth of spring sets in.

Classes 1 through 5 have been busy making their lanterns, while

class 6 has started making the grottos. Class 7 students are

making the fire staves and working on their powerful opening

ceremony, and rehearsing of the beautiful singing has started in

all classes.

This year our traditional festival will see a couple of additions:

In order to give our students a real sense of a procession of our

community holding lanterns in the dark, we will add a new

segment to the walk going up around the gym and back down

next to the Eurythmy room before we head up to see the

grottos. We have also decided to try gathering around a single

bigger fire as a community, rather than having several small

ones. Firewood is welcome and will be gathered during the

previous days to the festival in a box left at the roundabout for

the purpose.

The Festival will start at 6:00 pm. Classes will gather with their

teacher in their classroom at the sound of the bell at 5:45pm, to

find and light their lanterns with the help of parents. All classes

will gather with their lanterns at the steps in front of classes

two and three. After the lantern walk, roasting of food will

happen at the only fire once it has burnt down a little bit. Do

bring food to roast and share. As usual marshmallows will be

discouraged, as we want to encourage people to get creative at

preparing food without depending on industrialized items.

We hope to see you there.

Luis Bernal

For the Festival Group

At the Middle School Assembly this week we had a

representative from World Vision attend to congratulate the

school on raising over $7,500 for the 40 hour famine appeal!

The participants received a certificate and a small gift. We as a

school would like to thank all of the parents and their families for

supporting your children to raise these funds for the children of

South Sudan.

As a small school were are always amazed by the determination

of our students to always ‘go the extra mile’ in their fundraising

efforts for those less fortunate.

Cathy our wonderful School Receptionist / Charity Team Leader

is the driving force behind the fundraising efforts of the children.

Without Cathy’s passion and dedication to always being there to

advocate and promote charity ( Service) for others, our children

are now able to see how powerful their efforts can be by being

of ‘Service to Others’!

Thank you again to each and every child and family – this huge

amount of money will help to feed 100 families for over a month

in South Sudan!

Donna Bainbridge

Deputy Principal, Lower & Middle School

THE GIFT OF HOPE CHARITY TEAM

40 Hour Famine

Our total is now over $7000. Incredible

effort MPS! Our top fundraising class is Class

6 who raised over $3000... amazing! They

win the Movie Night and our first VIP is

Lucas Cross, who returned his book and his

money first. Congratulations Lucas! More VIPs to follow. Please

make sure your return your books after the holidays.

Movie Night - Friday 2 August, 6pm

Yes our Class 6 will get the movie night for free but you can still

join us! $5 will get you movie and popcorn. Bring your cushions,

beanbags, etc. This will be a great night out and all proceeds go

to World Vision. Class 6 will be choosing

the movie so watch this space!

PJ Day is coming next term

Wear your PJs or onesies to school for the day!

Bring $2. Prizes for the Best PJ’s, Bedtime stories,

‘Midnight Feast’ Morning Tea at the Lunch bar.

We are fundraising for the Refugee Resettlement Art Therapy

Programme. Many of our newest citizens are children who of

course struggle with the language barrier. Art therapy is one

way to help them express themselves and ease trauma. We

have provided paints and materials and also a wonderful mural

in the art space.

Cathy

For the Gift of Hope Charity Team

New Zealand is a small piece in a big puzzle slowly being put

together, the big global picture is rehoming refugees. Australia and

New Zealand, among many other countries are a part of the UNHCR

(2). A term frequently used by the UNHCR and other resettling

programs is ‘Quota refugee’, it refers to the number of legal

refugees New Zealand accepts every year…

Continue reading this article here:

https://michaelpark.school.nz/media/resources/Further-Reading/

Resettlement-in-NZ-Student-Article-by-Ruby-Legg.pdf

2019 FAIR UPDATE

Thank you to everyone who got in touch with regards to

vacant roles. Special thanks to the people who have

stepped up and offered to get involved & contribute with

selected roles for this years exciting school fair - much

appreciated!

We still have 2 "roles" that need filled. Before you have

your fair coordinator chase each class asking for support,

we would love to hear from parents / families who have

interest in the below roles. Know that there is support

from wider fair committee team

• Street Signage and Poster Installations

• Stallholders Co-ordinator

Please get in contact with:

Brenda Davidson brendad@michaelpark.school.nz

or catch up with her in the school office, or

Paul Lands mr.paul.lands@gmail.com 02108299367

and we'll be more than happy to discuss these roles in

more detail to give you better idea of requirements.

The fair committee team are meeting early T3 to open

Fair Shed and start working through props and

requirements per class activities. Expect an update from

your class fair coordinator

afterwards so each class will

know what is needed should any

props etc need some "love" and

touch ups that can be worked on

per class community in time for

November.

Have a wonderful school

holidays!

Warm Regards

Fair Committee Team

THE GIFT OF HOPE CHARITY TEAM

The following article was written by Ruby Legg. Ruby is a Class

11 Media Studies students, studying journalism and a MPS

volunteer at the Mangere Refugee Centre.

Resettlement in New Zealand:

A Step Closer to Home for the Homeless

“As soon as a refugee steps off the plane

and onto New Zealand soil they are a New

Zealand citizen, just like us.”

Cathy Downey-Parish, Refugee Volunteer

Over the crackly static of an old telephone speaker, the American

accent of a woman could be discerned. It was the voice of

Mackenzie(1), an immigrant herself, but unlike refugees escaping

the most dangerous and poor places in the world, Mackenzie

comes from the richest country across the globe, North America.

Years ago, she came to New Zealand and found herself working at

Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre in Auckland. Over the

breaking sound of the house phone, she described how a large

percentage of refugees crave the familiarity of their home, despite

the tumultuous environment which has enveloped their country

and forced them to flee. She described, “Most people, in fact like

95% of people, don't opt for resettlement, because the vast

majority of people would prefer to go home. They want to go back

from where they came from, because that’s their culture, their

homes, their families, their community, everything. They are

hoping that the war will finish, or the conflict will end and that they

will be able to go home.” New Zealand serves as a new home for

1,500 quota refugees every year and Mangere refugee

resettlement center and its staff such as McKenzie, does

everything in its power to make Aotearoa feel like a home away

from home to its newest citizens.

The first world problem of waiting in 5:30 Auckland traffic is

annoying when all you want is to be home and eating dinner, but

can this qualify as an issue in comparison with what refugee’s

face? Being chased from your community for the fear of death,

escaping on a path of uncertainty. Sixty-eight point five million

refugees, fourteen times the general population of New Zealand,

have been displaced from their home and community and do not

have the privilege of waiting in traffic to make it home for dinner.

This astounding number of refugees are unable to return to their

home in fear of persecution due to their identity; religion, race,

nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political

opinion. New Zealand has resettled over 35,000 quota refugees

since 1945, and in the interview with Mackenzie, she mentions

how this small country in the South Pacific prioritizes the smooth

integration of refugees into its country and seeks to give the

minorities a home. “New Zealand is one of the countries that has

signed on to resettle people, we have our own criteria. New

Zealand prioritizes vulnerable women, we prioritize people who

have disabilities. We accept people who are members of LGBT

community”.

Playing chess develops self-

confidence, concentration and

problem-solving skills.

We are really pleased to

continue our Chess Coaching

Programme at our school and look

forward to bringing the excitement,

competition and educational benefits of chess to our

children.

Why Chess?

• Improve concentration and focus

• Develop important life skills – fair play and decision

making

• Tactical & Strategic thinking

• Prepare for Chess Tournaments against other

schools

• Develop a love of chess, of learning and of thinking

What happens in a Chess Power Coaching

Programme?

Each session starts with a formal lesson; all players will

learn a new strategy, idea or skill each week. Then they put

those skills into practice with activities and games. All

games are monitored and supervised by the coach who

provides individual feedback along the way.

Throughout the programme, we reward kids that do well

and encourage and support kids that are struggling. At

completion of the programme we recognise each child with

a certificate based on their performance.

Q Where can I learn more?

A Visit our website, www.chesspower.co.nz

and click Parents Centre

CLASS DETAILS

Sessions will be held in the library on Fridays from

1:00pm to 2:00pm 26 July - 27 September 2019. The

fee is $120 for the term per student.

REGISTRATION

If your child would like to be part of this for Term 3

please visit our website. Both registration and payment can

be done online:

www.chesspower.co.nz/register

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

The University of Auckland

Dear Parents/Carers,

My name is Mehrdad Rafiepourgatabi. I am a PhD student

studying at the University of Auckland. My supervisor’s name

is Kim Dirks. I am looking at children’s exposure to air

pollution in their journey to school find out which routes

result in the lowest exposure. Ultimately, the aim of my

project is to improve children’s health.

As a part of my project, I will be collecting some air pollution

data using devices in schools neighbourhoods. I will be

wearing a ‘high vis’ vest and will hang my identity card

around my neck so you will be able to identify me. I will be

walking in the footpath to measure air pollution using a blue

device which looks like a dustbuster.

I will also have a camera on my hand to capture cars’ plate

numbers so I can determine the fleet makeup and estimate

the emission rates from the tailpipes of the vehicles passing

by.

If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact:

Associate Professor Kim Dirks k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz

021 0269 6214

Mehrdad Rafiepourgatabi m.rafiepour@auckland.ac.nz

027 200 5989

Best regards,

Mehrdad

and

Kim Dirks

Associate Professor, Head of Department

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

School of Population health

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

University of Auckland

We meet in the handwork room from 9am—2pm on Fridays (coming in later and leaving earlier is ok).

Dates for next term coming soon

Enjoy the holidays!

Looking forward seeing you.

Nina & Leela Your Craft Group Team

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

• We are renting a house which is 5 minutes away from

the school. The house is rented directly from a kind

owner. 4 bedrooms, double garage, brick and tile, 2

levels rent out for $685. I would like to pass it to any

family from the school as it is very cheap rent. No

fixed contract. Contact Amy 021 049 4630.

• Would any single parents be interested in sharing a

rental house near the school? I have a son in class 2.

We could meet and see if we could be a good fit.

Geraldine 021 111 0405 gemmul.31@icloud.com

• Flatmate wanted near MPS, bus & train station in

Panmure. We are looking for a considerate flatmate to

join our flat. Nadine (kindergarten teacher) and her

partner Justin are expecting a baby at the end of

August. We currently have 1 other IT professional

flatmate with us. If you know of anyone looking for a

home, please contact Nadine 022 640 2867.

• Thank you Jacaranda Whanau! We would like to say a

huge thank you for all Jacaranda parents and our

lovely teacher Stacey and her helpers! We recently

had a new arrival to our family, a little brother to our

son. Parents organised a roster for kindi transfer for

our older son, we have received cooked meal for the

whole family, and always received offers of help

during this period. It made a huge difference in our

life and we feel honoured to be part of this whanau.

Community like this is not granted this days and we

feel prevailed to be able to experience this. Choosing

Michael Park Kindi and school was the best choice for

us. We met so many friends and caring people

here. Csizmadia family - Kinga, Attila, Akos and Bence

Contact the editor fridayflyer@michaelpark.school.nz

Guideline 150 characters max please. Deadline Thursday lunchtime.

DONATION OF CRAFT EQUIPMENT

Our deepest gratitude to parents of class 12 2018 and craft enthusiasts, who have donated

new equipment for the craft rooms out of the left over money from their class account.

Their generous donations consisted of a new pedestal drill for

the metalwork room and a spindle sander for the woodwork

room. Along with these two come a set of sending belts and

spindles to keep new and current equipment running, as well as

a new set of clamps.

Come and visit our beautiful school shop,

You will find Snapdragon in next to the whare at top left of the turning circle.

Open every Friday 8-9 am 1:30-2:30 pm

All proceeds go to our school. Snapdragon is a parent-run fundraising initiative.

Come and shop with us to support our school!

MPS has had a long tradition of parents making wonderful wooden treasures to sell

at the Summer Fair.

This year the woodwork group hasn’t been operating due to dwindling numbers

and no current co-ordinator.

The co-ordinator’s role is mainly to be a central contact person and to hold the key to open

and lock up the woodwork room at each session. This task could be shared by more

than one person.

Sessions are usually on a weekday evening for a

couple of hours. If you’re keen to help get the group

and running again, you could pick whatever time suits you!

If you’re interested in joining the woodwork group or potentially helping to coordinate it,

please contact Dana in the school office

danam@michaelpark.school.nz

The biggest interactive drum show for kids in Australasia!

Rhythm Interactive is proud to present their new theater production;

Jungle Jambo “Together as one.” An inspiring show filled with fun and

laughter and lots of jungle jamming.

Rhythm Interactive has performed interactive drum shows for NZ schools

since 2008. Jungle Jambo is our latest and biggest production to date.

Everyone gets a drum to join in and is fully part of the storyline.

Jungle Jambo is an interactive musical experience where digital

characters come to life on stage. Join Jambo’s tribe and help him save

the jungle!

What to do these school winter holidays? Jungle Jambo, The Herald

Theatre Aotea Centre Auckland July 16 to July 20, 2:30 pm. Our special

school offer promo code; JAMBO, use this code and receive a 15%

discount. Brilliant family entertainment for kids aged 5 to 12.

Tickets: https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/show/jungle-jambo