File - Ashhurst School

TERM 4, 2015 - WEEK 02 - 22ND OCTOBER
Speech Competition
Welcome to Week 2
What an exciting week we have had with a
number of events throughout the school.
Welcome to Nehemiah and Zachariah Foua,
and Travis and Mason Puklowski. We hope you
enjoy your time at Ashhurst School.
We were lucky enough to have had the
opportunity to listen to some quality speeches
on Tuesday night at our school speech finals.
All of the children, including our two invited
speakers from the Turanga team, did an
exceptional job speaking in front of an
appreciative audience. Great job everyone!
Thanks also to Mr Smith for his organisation
and Ms Karen Allan for coming along to judge.
It was great to get the opportunity to attend and
watch our Year 7 and 8 children compete at the
Super 8 basketball competition on Tuesday.
The children represented the school with a lot
of pride, skill and determination. Many thanks
to Mr Smith for his organisation, to Nick
Godfrey and Robyn Cooper for their coaching
and managing of the team and all parents who
assisted with transport.
Next week promises to be equally as exciting,
with Lamb and Calf Day being held on
Wednesday 28th. This is such a fabulous day
and it will be great to see the children getting
an opportunity to share their animals, arts and
crafts.
Next Friday we will be having a Black Out Day
in support of the All Blacks; children can wear
black and bring a gold coin donation. We are
quietly confident the All Blacks will make the
finals.
Have a great weekend all
Karyn Giles
Acting Principal
Congratulations to all our speech finalists, you
were all amazing. A big thank you to Cody Smith
and Cadence Hita for opening our evening with
your speeches.
Year 5/6
1st Tahlia Edwards, 2nd Kaci Whaanga,3rd Greer
Cherrie
Year 7/8
1st Grace Swanston, 2nd Roisin Powell, 3rd
Jenna Bowie
Lamb & Calf Day - Wednesday 28th October
A reminder that it’s Lamb and Calf Day next week.
Students with pet lambs or calves do not need to
come to school until they bring their animals,
between 10.30 and 11.00 am. Judging will start at
11.20 and classes will be open to view displays
from 12.00 - 1.00. Postponement day is Thursday
29th; this is only for judging the animals. Arts and
crafts will still take place on Wednesday.
Black Out Day
On Friday 30th October, students can come to
school wearing black in support of the All Blacks.
Please bring a gold coin donation.
Ashhurst School Cups & Trophies
Please return all Ashhurst School cups and trophies to
school as soon as possible. We require these for
engraving before prize giving at the end of the year.
Hats and Sunscreen
From next week can you please ensure your child
brings a hat to school every day, or leaves one in their
desk for use at school this term. We have a ‘No hat,
no play’ policy in terms 4 and 1. If students are not
wearing a hat, they will be asked to play in the shade
outside Room 4. Sunscreen is available on the bought
lunch table in the office for students to use. Children
also need a water bottle. There are water fountains
around the school to refill bottles.
ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK WILL BE HOSTED BY MRS GEARY AND ROOM 5
THEY WOULD LOVE YOU TO JOIN THEM IN THE VILLAGE VALLEY CENTRE AT 2.00 PM
Pippins Age 5 – 6 Years
Pippins is the beginning of an exciting adventure as part of the
GirlGuiding journey. We help girls to make new friends, tackle
challenges, enjoy activities, and earn badges. Come along and see what
it is all about
Wednesday evenings, 5.30 – 6.30 pm,
St Magdalene Church Hall, Cambridge Ave, Ashhurst
For more information Contact Caroline on 355 1993 | [email protected]
Wanted Pet Lambs
We have a lifestyle block and we are looking for Pet lambs to eat our
grass. They will stay as pets!
If you have any please contact Trace on 021 509 023
“Calling all old mobile phones”
It’s that time again to rummage around in your drawers and toy
boxes and bring into school any unwanted mobile phones you may
have at home.
It is estimated that each year up to three million phones become
obsolete in NZ, of those only 2% are recycled.
Phones collected help our school gain valuable rewards and the
environment benefits as well keeping our landfills free of mobile
phones and their array of hazardous toxic substances.
Please drop any unwanted mobile phones you may have in the
collection box in the reception area at school.
Grace Swanston Year 7/8 Speech Winner
I think the most powerful word in the world is
stereotyping because of how it influences the way we
view the world and everyone in it. It can hurt people....
really hurt people. We all use stereotypes all the time,
without knowing it and without even thinking we pass
them on.
So what is stereotyping? Stereotyping is an overgeneralization about a particular group of people. In
other words… whole groups of society are thought of
as if they are the same, which is ridiculous right?? As
every individual is different in some way. At this point I
thought really hard about how to give an example that
would not offend anyone... in the end I came up with
this… “all blondes are dizzy airheads” but wait I'm
blonde does that mean I'm dumb?
There are lots of different ways stereotyping
messages are spread. For example television, fairy
tales, ads, movies and many more. Let’s talk about
fairy tales for instance. I want you to think about why
the prince always save the poor, helpless princess.
Why can’t we change that around every once and
awhile because not all males are strong, brave, and
have a leadership role. The same as not all women
are weak and helpless. These messages are
everywhere you look, every corner you turn. They
become our "normal" because we don’t even notice
that these messages are there despite the fact that
they are so widespread they are practically the air we
breath.
The effect these messages have on us can be
devastating. I can give you an example, I’m sure
you're all familiar with the term, ‘you run like a girl ’.
Run like a girl, what does that even mean? Whatever
it is... I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be an insult,
right! Does that mean that it is bad to be a girl? That
girls are incompetent at physical activities... maybe
unless that 'physical activity' is vacuuming!
Part 2 next week.
Touch
Friday 23rd October - Monrad Park
Ashhurst Carter @ 4.00 pm Field 2A (lollipops)
Ashhurst Carter @ 4.30 pm Field 2B (lollipops)
Ashhurst Cruden @ 5.00 pm Field 13A (Jetts Fitness)
Ashhurst Cruden @ 5.30 pm Field 12A (Odyssey T-Shirts)
Ashhurst Milner-Skudder @ 6.00 pm Field 5 (HWC)
Ashhurst Milner-Skudder @ 6.30 pm Field 4 (Downtown
Cinemas)
Celebrating Success
Kaelan Newton entered a swimming
competition at Dannevirke and got two 1st
places and a 3rd place.
Well done Kaelan!
Cricket
Manawatu Cricket has, on a Tuesday afternoon
at 5pm, a course for 5-8 year olds. If you want
to go and learn some skills with Manawatu
cricket players, go along to Ongley Park on
Park Road. A range of children from around
Manawatu will also be there. For more
information please see Miss Thessman in the
MLE.
Mon 26th Oct Labour Day - School Closed
Wed 28th Oct Lamb & Calf day
Thu 29th Oct Lamb & Calf Postponement day
PNBHS parent and student meeting 7pm
Fri 30th Oct
Black Out day - Gold coin donation.
Thu 3rd Nov Farm Trip Rms 4, 10, 11
Wed 4th Nov Farm Trip Rms 5, 12, 13
Transition to Wharite meeting 6pm
Thu 5th Nov Transition to Tararua open day 9-11am
Thu 12th Nov PNBHS Sports Develoment Trials Football & Rugby
Fri 13th Nov PNBHS Sports Development Trials Basketball, Cricket and Hockey
PTA Art Auction 7pm
Tue 24th Nov Athletic Sports at Lincoln Park
Wed 2nd Dec Vision & Hearing Testing NE
BOT Meeting 7pm
Mon 7th Dec Wharite Trip to Napier
Tue 8th Dec Year 8 Conference Day
Tue 15th Dec Domain day
Year 8 Dinner
Wed 16th Dec Final Assembly - Finish at 12.30
End of Term 4
Tue 2nd Feb 2016 - Start of Term 1