NEWS & NOTES - Dunsandel School

The Dunsandel School
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 NEWS & NOTES
 Monday 1 April 2019
 Phone Website Office Email School Account Number
03 3254079 www.dunsandel.school.nz admin@dunsandel.school.nz 02-0860-0049250-000
News and Notes from the Principal
Nau mai, haere mai
Nga mihi nui kia koutou katoa
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Mufti Day Friday – This Friday we will be participating in the IAMHOPE –
Gumboot challenge to support free counselling for young New
Zealanders. If you can, please bring along a gold coin donation and please
wear your gumboots to show support. It is a mufti day so wear your
favourite clothes. Gumboot Friday is a new initiative by New Zealander of
the Year, Mike King, and I Am Hope. They’re aiming to raise $2million for
kids who need some mental health support. You can find out more about
Gumboot Friday at www.iamhope.org.nz/gumbootfriday
Maori Programme – Today we had a Kapahaka session with Latoya
Graham from Kapahikitia. Our intention is to start a Kapahaka group in
Term 2 with children from Year 3-6 who want to be part of this. It will be
an opt in programme and will be taken once a week (1130am on a
Monday at this stage). A notice regarding this will come home with your
child this week. Our tutors will also take a session with our Room 1-2
children on a Monday starting Term 2 for 30 minutes on Te Reo. Staff are
excited about the potential of this programme and we will be looking
forward to see how it develops as the year progresses.
Canterbury Swimming – All the best to Vlad Novikov who competes at
the Canterbury Swimming Event on Thursday at Rolleston. Swim with PRIDE
Assembly – Thank you to those parents and caregivers who came along to our Assembly on Friday – we appreciate
your support. Our last assembly for Term One will be this Friday starting at 2:20pm. Room One will be sharing – all
welcome.
Year 3/4 Lions – Our Year 3/4 Lions Basketball team has two more games before the end of the Term One season.
Thanks to Mrs Righton for her coaching expertise and to Mrs Becky Wolff for managing the team on game day.
Results so far have seen 3 wins and one loss.
Swimming Pool – The school swimming pool is now closed for the season. Our thanks to Mr Happer for ensuring the
school pool was ready for use during the term.
Enjoy the week ahead.
Ngā mihi nui.
Kind Regards,

Dave Robinson
Principal

PRIDE Awards
Room One – Blake - Blake, at our school duathlon you were
amazing! Even though things didn’t always go your way, you
kept your cool and showed me so such courage and
determination to finish, I was soooo proud of you. You showed
that if you keep trying you CAN win!
Room Two – Casey - Casey, this award is for always packing
Excellence in your school bag every single day! You are always
neat and careful with your school work. You are always kind
and caring with your friends. You think of clever and interesting
questions to ask about the world, and how it works. And to top
it all off - you couldn’t be more cool if you tried! I am super
proud of you!
Room Four – Archer - Archer, your determined attitude towards
learning makes me proud every day. You work so hard to learn
new things, and you don’t give up until you have completed what you want to do.I have been particularly impressed
with your determination to learn new maths strategies, you are an absolute whizz! I was also super proud of you at
our Duathlon, when you stopped during your race to help your friend and check that he was okay - this shows
kindness and a heart the size of Alaska, which is choice! Keep up the excellent work Archie, you are one cool kid.
Room Four – Gemma r - Gemma you are just a real gem in our class.! I love
how you are bubbly and helpful in every way – with your own work and in Assembly Stars
helping others. You always have something to contribute in our class and I
am just SO impressed with how you always challenge yourself with your own Our Assembly Stars on Friday were:
learning, always striving to improve. Keep up this wonderful attitude. You Zaria and Lexie
are a star and I love being your teacher.
Room Five – Lexie - Lexie I think you have a heart made from absolute gold!
You are one of the kindest people I know always there to show support to
anyone in need! You bring a ray of sunshine into our classroom and rainbows
of positivity! You show determination in every part of your day Lexie and I
am so lucky to have you in Room 5! 
Room Six – Claire– Claire thank you for showing excellence every single day!
Your stories are exceptional - you are a natural storyteller adding description and detail that just makes the reader
want to read more. I love the determination that you show towards maths and I enjoy your insight you share in our
reading group. Thank you for bringing your absolute best to our class - you are amazing! 
Room Six – Chris - Chris- I am so proud of you. You are perhaps the most enthusiastic person I know- You have an
abundance of energy and this has shown in our sharing today-you were a great pestering brother! Thank you for
bringing so many of your ideas to the final performance. Thank you also for working so hard with your captain’s
speech, doing the best that you could. You have also been so positive and encouraging to all members of your
duathlon team- what a fine example of a leader you are.

PTA News
REMINDER: PTA meeting tonight 7pm at the Dunsandel Country Cafe and Bar. Every parent and caregiver is
automatically in the PTA so coming to the meetings just gives you a chance to take part in the process! and I
love meeting new people.
Have a great week!
THANKS
Emily McIntyre
PTA President

Changes for After School Routine
Winter sport has started and it is really important to let the school know your child’s new after school
routine. Please complete the form below if there are any changes.

 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 Important Dates Dunsandel School
Thursday 4 April – Canterbury Swimming Sports Irvines Road
Friday 5 April – Gumboot Mufti Day RD2
Tuesday 9 April – Padder Tennis v Leeston Dunsandel 7682
Friday 12 April – Last day of term 1 Phone 033254079
 Fax 033254492
 www.dunsandel.school.nz
 Office Email
 admin@dunsandel.school.nz
 Principal
 Dave Robinson – principal@dunsandel.school.nz
 Deputy Principal
 Tracey Harrold – tracey@dunsandel.school.nz
 Board of Trustees Chairperson
 Don Lough
 PTA President
 Emily McIntyre
Community News

 Fruity Loopy Fresh Fruit and Veggies

 $20 fruit bags Delivered
 Assorted seasonal fruit delivered to your door.
 Please visit ‘Fruity loopy fresh fruit and veggies to place an order.

 IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SELWYN DISTRICT LIBRARIES
 MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE
 Selwyn Libraries will take its current mobile library bus off the road on Friday 12 April. The mobile bus will
 no longer be coming to visit schools or preschools.
 There will be a new range of outreach services that will operate from July, including libraries delivering
 programmes directly to schools and pre-schools, increased availability of digital resources, personalized
 services for users, and books by courier services.
In the interim to ensure that your library needs are met we will be setting up a temporary service which will
 run from mid-April until the new service begins.
 Those that have borrowed an item from the mobile library since 1 October 2018, we will contact you by
 post or email to give you more information and keep up updated.