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MAIDSTONE INTERMEDIATE
Te Kura ō Hinepōhatu
Website: www.maidstone.school.nz Telephone: 04 528 3094
Email: admin@maidstone.school.nz Absences: absences@maidstone.school.nz
8 April 2021 Newsletter # 5
In This Issue Last Day Term 1 - Friday 16 April
• A word from our Principal
• Hat Reminder First Day Term 2 - Monday 3 May
• A word from our Learning
Support Coordinator
• 2021 Fun Run Fundraiser
A word from our Principal
• Awakairangi Games
• Inter-Intermediate
Athletic Photos Dear parents, caregivers, students and friends of the school
• Girls Cricket Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa
• Material Tech Welcome to the last newsletter of Term 1. I do hope you’ve all had a restful
• Community Notices Easter break. Hard to believe that this time last year we were in lockdown!
Term 2 will see a few changes as I will be on Sabbatical Leave for the whole of
Important Dates the term. This was scheduled for last year but due to the lockdowns it was
postponed to Term 2 this year. While a sabbatical is for refreshment leave it
9/4 - Overnight William
also comes with a learning component. My focus will be on curriculum - the
Pike Trip Maidstone local curriculum in particular. I’m looking forward to having the
12/4 - BOT Meeting @ 6pm opportunity to pull together all the work done on our curriculum over the past
14/4 - Sevens Tournament few years. Chris Robinson will be Acting Principal while I’m away and the school
15/4 - Ppt Sevens will be in very capable hands!
16/4 - Term 1 ends
Last week I attended an Intermediate/Middle School Regional Summit in
3/5 - Term 2 begins Masterton. It was an excellent opportunity to connect with Intermediate and
11/5 - Cross Country Middle School Principals from the lower half of the North Island. One of the
13/5 - Boys’ Football topics for discussion was the importance of Intermediate/Middle schooling for
14/5 - Girls’ Football early adolescent students - education that caters for the very unique needs of
19/5 - STEMM Challenge this age group. As the Principal of an Intermediate I can honestly say it’s a
rather special place of learning - a place designed for early adolescents to thrive.
24/5 - Fun Run Fundraiser
We’re getting organised for the annual Fun Run Fundraiser that’s scheduled for
Monday 24 May. Look out for information coming your way about this. It’s our
one major fundraiser of the year and funds go towards purchasing Chromebooks
for the classrooms. We’ve had fantastic responses over the last two years and
hope this year will be the same.
Nga mihi nui
Mary O’Regan
Principal/Tumuaki
Hat Reminder
A small percentage of students at this stage of the Term, are not
wearing their school hat when they are outside at Interval and
Lunchtimes. If they have lost their hat, teachers sometimes have
spares they can lend. Hats must be on heads when out in the
playground to protect them from ultraviolet rays in both Terms 1 and 4.
Please support us by ensuring that your child has his/her school hat for
the last week of Term 1 so they can enjoy their break times outside
while the good weather holds.
Thank you
Kerry Baines
A word from our Learning Support Coordinator
Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss your child’s learning or behaviour needs. I can
offer support with contacting agencies, strategies for learning, and practical suggestions to help your
child’s learning at home. I can also discuss options for Dyslexia testing, and how to arrange
appointments for screening other learning or behaviour concerns.
As part of my role, I am available to coordinate the range of agencies that may be supporting your child
and family. It is intended that I will eventually become the ‘one stop shop’ to ensure your child’s smooth
transition between teachers and eventually your chosen College. My job is to ensure that all the
information important to your child’s learning is available for their next teacher / school. I am more than
happy to discuss what this might look like for your child, and how you would like this managed. If you
have concerns about this or would like more information, let’s have a chat!
You can book a time to meet with me by emailing rachael.kneepkens@maidstone.school.nz or phone /
txt 027 226 4765
2021 Fun Run fundraising event
This year Maidstone Intermediate School is holding a Fun Run fundraising event on
Monday 24 May 2021.
This is the major school-wide fundraiser for the year and all proceeds will go towards
purchasing new Chromebooks to use as part of the daily learning programme in classrooms.
What will it look like?
12pm Students and community members will be encouraged to buy food and drinks
from the fabulous food stalls we will have arranged.
1.45pm The Fun Run begins
What will we do with money raised?
This year we are setting each student the goal of raising $30.
If we achieve this mark, each classroom will receive 3 more brand new Chromebooks to
add to the collections in their Syndicates. $45 per class member would result in 4
Chromebooks per class!
Are there prizes?
Student who raises the most money: Chromebook (Donated by NORRCOM)
Student with the highest number of sponsors over $2: $100 Voucher (From The Warehouse)
Most money raised by a class: Pizza lunch (Donated by Domino’s Upper Hutt)
Donations from furthest away: Fitbit Versa lite (A great deal given by
Newbolds 100% Upper Hutt)
The major prize draw
The major prize is 2 tickets on a 20 minute helicopter ride over Wellington Harbour, stopping at a
seal colony on the South Coast before returning back to base. This package is valued at $660
and will be valid for 12 months. Thank you to Wellington Helicopters Limited for giving us a good
deal on this prize!
Please visit http://bit.ly/2X37DaU for details.
Students will receive an entry for the major prize draw for every $30 they raise:
$30 = 1 entry, $60 = 2 entries, $150 = 5 entries.
A range of prizes will be also be drawn; from vouchers to chocolate to sports equipment - many donated by our
sponsors.
Please feel free to join us on the day, run some laps and buy some kai!
Awakairangi Games
On Monday 23 March, a small group of students were invited to
participate in Māori traditional games organised
for primary schools in the Upper Hutt Cluster.
Each of our students shared leadership of a group
with a student from Fergusson Intermediate and
Saint Joseph’s. Each group comprised a student
from each of the participating schools.
It was tuakana/teina (the more expert guiding the
less expert) throughout, and our students
represented Hinepōhatu magnificently!
Matua Pat
Inter-Intermediate Athletics
On Wednesday 24 March, 34 Maidstone students boarded the
bus and headed to the 2021 Inter-Intermediate Athletics. It
was an awesome day with lots of outstanding performances.
All of the Maidstone athletes had a great day, and we ended
up coming 3rd overall on points across all events. We also
had some excellent results with Mona and Rhy-leigh winning
the Girls Shot Put events, and Bella winning the Girls Vortex
event. Bella and Mona both set new Inter-Intermediate rec-
ords! These girls, along with a few other Maidstone athletes
who did well in their events, will attend the Regional Athlet-
ics at the end of the year. Well done to all involved!
Girls Cricket
Maidstone Girls Cricket Team has had success in recent games.
On 22 March they played Tawa Intermediate. The scores were: Maidstone 153/4 -
Scarlett 33 retired, Keisha 55 retired, Petra 16 not out.
Defeated Tawa 90/8 - Hebba 3 wickets for 2 runs , including a hattrick, and Petra 2
wickets for 8 runs.
On 25 March Maidstone faced Hutt Intermediate. The scores were: Maidstone 144/3
- Emma 10, Brooke 18, Faith 21, Scarlett 27 retired, Keisha 21 not out.
Defeated Hutt 89/8 - Keisha 2 wickets for 1 run, and Hebba 2 wickets for 5 runs.
They qualified top of their pool and now can look forward to a semi-final.
Well done team!
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Community Notices
Our recent Mufti Day raised money for
Diabetes Youth Wellington. The total amount the SRC
(Student Representative Council) raised was $594.00.
Below are details where you can continue to support the
cause at H2O Xtream.
H2O Xtream has an exciting Youth-led fundraising
event.
Diabetes: Don't Sugar Coat It is an event to
educate on diabetes. Join them for a pool party on
Friday 9 April 6-10pm with raffles, special guest
appearances, spot prizes, and a DJ.
Tickets are $5 with all profits being donated to
Diabetes Youth Wellington and matched by the
Silverstream Lions.
Heretaunga College will be holding
an Open Evening on
Wednesday 9th June 2021,
at 6.00pm
A big thank you to these businesses for sponsoring our School
Ryan Thomas
Custom
Construction
For a quote please call Store: 92 High Street, Lower Hutt Monday - Friday
Phone: 04 282 0129 9:00am - 5:00pm
Ryan Smith
0273467235 Email: lowerhutt@nzuniforms.com Saturday
Web: www.nzuniforms.com 9:00am - 1:00pm
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