Week 1 - The Ela Murray International School

TEMIS
Newsletter
The Ela Murray International School
www.elamurray.com
Term 2 Week 1 Thursday, April 16, 2015
Principal’s Message
News from Serving Others Committee
The start of the Term Two seems to have come so quickly.
Welcome back to all our families and welcome to any new
parents who have just joined our school community. We
hope you will have a wonderful experience here at TEMIS
and in Papua New Guinea.
At the end of Term 1, the Serving Others Committee
organised a Pizza Party and a Mufti-Day. All of the funds
raised will go directly to buy equipment for the dogs
housed at the RSPCA, Port Moresby. The amount raised
was PGK1,367.25 and we thank all those people who
contributed. I would especially like to thank Mrs Boio
Davana and Ms Sylvia Kotapu for their efforts with the
organisation of the Pizza Party. Their help at this busy time
of year was very much appreciated.
Term Two is a very busy term for the school. First of all we
will have the school review in Week Three of this term. Our
staff have worked very hard to prepare for the review,
collecting evidence of all the rubrics that are part of it.
Parents will have an opportunity to meet the team and share
their experiences with them during the week. Please contact
the school office if you are interested in being part of this
and we will contact you when they will be speaking to
parents. There will be five members on the school review
team these are Mr Walter Benny - Principal in Rabaul;
Ms Suzanne Savage - Director of Education at the IEA;
Mr Greg Whiddon - previous director of Education at the IEA;
Mr Paul Richardson - Principal in Lae; and Mr Cameron
Lievore - Principal of a school in Richmond, NSW. We are
looking forward to their input and recommendations.
Mrs Jane Moore will be absent for a few weeks whilst her
work permit issues are being resolved. During this time we
have had to join the two Grade Eight classes for English and
SOSE to limit the impact on the students’ learning. They will
be taught by staff members who are currently working with
them in Grade 8. We hope this issue will be solved quickly,
but have limited control over the visa process that needs to
be followed. If there is a significant delay in Mrs Moore’s
return this may affect the school production that we have
planned for Term Two.
Mrs Williamson will also continue her treatment in Australia,
hopefully returning before the end of Term 2. She has been
suffering from a significant medical condition that has left
her completely run-down but has commenced treatment that
will hopefully allow her a full recovery. Miss Rose Ronald will
continue in Prep until her return.
I would also like to remind parents that the new school
uniform needs to be worn by all students as of the
commencement of Term 2. Any student not wearing the
correct uniform will unfortunately be taken out of class and
parents will be contacted to pick up them up. When you as
parents signed up for a re-enrolment you agreed that your
child would wear the correct uniform in good condition. We
expect parents to respect and co-operate with the school
rules.
Juliette van Eerdewijk
Our work with City Mission’s Haus Ruth is ongoing as we
work towards building a sustainable link with the
organisation. In Term 2, the students in the Committee will
visit the Haus Ruth and distribute the many wonderful toys
and books that have been donated by the TEMIS
Community. In Term 1, a selection of new books were
bought from Scholastic to present to the children at City
Mission. Each book has been labelled (see below). On our
visit, we will read the new books to the children. They will
also complete the renovation of the indoor area with
beanbags, mats, comfy cushions, book shelves and a box
of games/jigsaws.
The outdoor mural was completed at the end of last year
by our School Artist, Mr John Eric. Unfortunately, John has
left TEMIS so an indoor mural will have to wait until his
return.
As always, the students in the Committee are very
dedicated and have many wonderful ideas. As well as
initiating links with new organisations, we will also look to
maintaining our current partnerships with POM General
and Digicel Foundation. As we move through 2015, please
support us in whatever way you can. We will continue with
our Collection Bins (situated near the Finance Office), and
of course, support the Marge Yukil Annual Blood Drive.
Please watch this space for more wonderful initiatives and
fundraising ideas.
Miss Catherine Greenbank
On behalf of the Serving Others Committee
Parent Group News
Welcome back to TEMIS for Term 2 and a
whole lot of new activities for students
and parents. I hope the school holiday
was enjoyable for all with the Easter
bunny finding everyone wherever they
were.
The first Parent Group Meeting for the
term will be next Thursday, 23 April, at
1.10pm in the Staffroom at the Murray
site. Please come along to contribute to
your Parent Group, meet other parents,
and hear about what's going at TEMIS.
If you would like to be included on (or
removed from) the Parent Group mailing
list, please email Kylie Butler-McIntosh,
the Parent Group Secretary, at
[email protected]. If you would
also prefer to receive the TEMIS
Newsletter by email rather than hard
copy, please contact Boio Davana on 325
7991 or [email protected]
Nicola Denniston
President, TEMIS Parent Group
Email: [email protected]
Important Dates
1
SRC ASSEMBLY
FRI
17/04
2
ANZAC ASSEMBLY
FRI
24/04
PG WELCOME
MORNING TEA
FRI
24/04
KOKODA
EXPERIENCE
SAT
25/04
3G ASSEMBLY
FRI
01/05
MOTHERS’ DAY
STALL—MURRAY
TUE
05/05
MOTHERS DAY
STALL—ELC
WED
06/05
MOTHERS’ DAY
STALL—MURRAY
THUR
07/05
MOTHERS’ DAY
STALL—MURRAY
FRI
08/05
INTER-HOUSE
CROSS-COUNTRY
THUR
14/05
1B ASSEMBLY
FRI
15/05
ICAS COMPUTER
SKILLS
TUE
19/05
5S ASSEMBLY
FRI
22/05
INTER-SCHOOL
CROSS-COUNTRY
THUR
28/05
INTER-SCHOOL
CROSS-COUNTRY
FRI
29/05
ICAS SCIENCE
WED
03/06
7/8 ASSEMBLY
FRI
05/06
FRI
12/06
MON
15/06
FRI
19/06
THUR
25/06
FRI
26/06
FRI
26/06
FRI
26/06
3
4
5
6
Reading Passport
7
Grade 1 to Grade 3 classes started using
their Reading Passports last Term. The
Process for recording their information is
below.
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REVIEW WEEK
On the first Monday of the month,
your child should give their 9 PREP K ASSEMBLY
Reading Passport to their 10
ICAS WRITING
Classroom Assistant who will count
PRODUCTION
the number of books they have
WEEK
read and record it. As we have only
PERFORMANCE
just started in March, your child
ASSEMBLY
needs to show theirs on Monday,
20th April.
11 MURRAY OPENING
MORNINGThe Classroom Assistant will then
REPORTS
find the two children who have
ELC ATHLETIC
read the most books
CARNIVAL
Our Librarian, Mrs Orere, will then
ELC OPEN DAY—
be given a small photograph
REPORTS
(Passport Size) of each of the
LAST DAY OF
children.
TERM
Mrs Orere will display the
photographs of the two children
from each class who have read the
most Library Books.
Craft Market
Use of Site
Friday 17 April, 2015
5:00pm—6:00pm—Footy Players
Saturday 18 April, 2015
10:00am—4:00pm—BASC Carnival
Sunday 19 April, 2015
5:00pm—6:00pm— Footy Players
Community News
News from the Uniform Shop
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The TEMIS Uniform shop is now open
every Friday during the school term
from 8.00am -4pm.
 The shop has a full range of uniforms
and stock on hand for purchase. Please
note payment can be made with EFTPOS,
Credit Card or Cheque—no cash is
accepted.
Our friendly staff are on hand to assist
with any enquiries and can be contacted
any day of the week on 7121 4845 or by
email on [email protected]. Our
refund policy is we are happy to exchange
or credit on items purchased within 14
days. Goods must be undamaged and in
original packaging. We do not refund
money on purchases under any
circumstances. We hope that all product
is performing as it should, however
should you find any issues or faults
please bring the product back to the store
for assessment and we can either replace
or credit as appropriate at any time.
All refill stock has now arrived in the
store! Items that have arrived include
refills on PE gear, swimming stock, shoes,
hoodies, bags, towels and much more. If
customers have placed orders, they will
be contacted shortly by our staff to collect
their pre-ordered items.
Please note the uniform shop will be
moving from its current location to a new
place on the school grounds in the near
future - we will keep you posted on when
this move will happen and directions to
the new store!
Meghan Toka
Country Manager, Pacific Uniforms
Contact Information:
All email addresses consist of the initial of the
person’s first name, followed by the surname and
@temis.iea.ac.pg.
For
example:
[email protected]
The next TEMIS Craft Market of the year
will be held at the Ela Beach site as usual THE ELA MURRAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
on Saturday, April 25, from 7.30am to
PO BOX 1137
11.30am.
Craft Market fees for 2015:
Annual stall holders - K250.00
Casual - K25.00 per market day
BOROKO, NCD
Phone: (675) 325 2833