Coroglen School continue traditional annual planting at Hot Water Beach

Coroglen School students continue their traditional annual planting at Hot Water Beach. The school has been planting at the beach for 12 years in conjunction with the Hot Water Beach Reserve Management Group and Smart Environmental. Over the years they have filled the land between the road and the beach as you enter Hot Water Beach. Last Thursday they joined parents and helpers to plant along the new car park and new track leading to the hot pools. They planted out 400 plants including flax and cabbage trees as well as some pohutakawa and puri trees the school had received in the paper for trees scheme, but decided these trees were too big for the school grounds.

Howard Saunders from Smart Environmental talks about Matariki and
the ledgend "eyes of god" and how we celebrate Matariki.

Antonio & Sean removing
the plant from the container

xx carrying the cabbage
tree to the planting site

Isabelle & xx planting out a pohutakawa
along the new track leading to the hot pools

Planting along the new car park

Lunch time fun!

It's great to see so many happy faces enjoying their lunch break. The weather was warm and dry for a winters day, and the children took the opportunity to soak up the sun when it came out. 

The girls on the climbing bars,

and both boys and girls on the back field having a friendly game of touch.

Trinity runs the ball up for his team.

Antonio on his way to score a try for his team.

In training for Winter Sports

We have begun training for our Winter Sports. Children need to bring suitable footwear to school every day, as they are required for some of the sports we are practicing.

The Winter Sports are for our Years 4-8 and are on Wednesday 3^rd July at Whenuakite School. There will be 18 teams playing 5-7 aside games in netball, ripper rugby, football (soccer), uni-hockey, and inside games. From 10am to 2pm there will be rounds of about 26 minutes each and each team will play five very competitive games against equally matched teams (mainly Year 4, 5 & 6, and 7 & 8). The competition will be intense because points are collected after each game. There are overall winners in each section, but never by much.

It does not matter whether the teams come from a big school or small

school, have boys or girls, or play club sports or not. Any team can win on the day. Team work is the secret weapon plus a bit of luck.

If there are any keen parents willing to come along to school and help coach our children in these sports, please let the school know. A big thanks to Kerrie Strang who has been coming on a Wednesday to train the children in Netball. The children really enjoy these afternoons.

The children enjoy playing uni-hockey in their morning break today.

Newsletter, Term 2, No 6

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 2 Number 6

Wednesday 12^th June 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Gecko – Last week we had a visit by Herpetological Society member Mr. Doug Ashby and his geckos. Most of the children were brave enough to handle these amazing creatures.  If you spot the Coromandel striped gecko, as pictured, can you please take a photo and note when and where you spotted them, and email the information to Doug at [email protected]

Matariki – is the Maori name of the Pleiades star cluster, otherwise known as the Seven Sisters. The rise of the stars marks the start of winter and the traditional Maori New Year. To celebrate this occasion the children engaged in a kite flying afternoon as a symbol of lifting their vision skywards.    

Planting – We also planted the junior gardens with garlic, spinach and parsley. The year 8s also got to plant a tree each, down the drive.

Relief teacher – There will be a very experienced reliever, Miss Dianne Gaenge in the school over the next few weeks while I am away dealing with a minor medical matter.  Jean Saunders will be acting principal in my absence.

Tree Planting – with the Hot Water Beach Tree Committee will be next Thursday 20^th June. This is a whole school event. We will need people to assist with supervision and transport, please complete and return the form at the bottom of the newsletter.

BOT Meeting – The meeting of the new board will be on Monday the 17^th of June at 3.15 pm.

Kind regards

Penny and the Team.

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HOT WATER BEACH PLANTING TRANSPORT FORM

I can provide transport to Hot Water Beach on Thursday 20^th June, and can

take ______ others as well as my own child/ren.

I cannot provide transport to Hot Water Beach on Thursday 20^th June.

Name ____________________________

Signed ___________________________

Newsletter, Term 2, week 5

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 2 Number 5

Wednesday 5^th June 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Garage Sale – Thank you for your donations and baking for the Coroglen School garage sale held last weekend in town. The fundraising committee raised $376.40.

Senior Olive Trip – The senior room children enjoyed picking olives at Ian and Jan Hollister’s Olive Grove last week. They then took them to Thames to be pressed into olive oil by Stratt Peters. Thank you to all the parents who helped out with transport and supervision. Watch this space to see what we do with the olive oil.

      

Teachers only day - This was very worthwhile for the teachers. Our main focus was writing our local maths curriculum document. We also looked at a consequences of behaviour plan. Thank you for your support in enabling us to have this day for staff development together. It is great to be able to have quality time together and focus on completing some important jobs that need to be done.

Life Education Trust – Visited us yesterday and today. Your children will come home with things to discuss.

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Kind regards

Penny and the Team.

Newsletter Term 2, Week 4

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 2 Number 4

Wednesday 29th May 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Teacher Only Day – a reminder that School will be closed on Friday 31^st May for a Teacher Only Day. This is also Queen’s Birthday weekend, so school will also be closed on Monday 3^rd June.

Garage Sale – This will be on Saturday 1 June. Good quality reusable items can be dropped off to 8 Cobham Lane from Friday. We will be including a cake stall, and would appreciate a cake from each family to make this the cake stall everyone will be talking about. If you have excess fruit on your trees and can bag these up, please send them along as well.  Please drop these off on Friday to School or on Saturday to the above address.

Keeping Ourselves Safe – The junior room children will be bringing home a keeping Ourselves Safe handbook to complete and keep at home. This is for them to keep as a resource.

Life Education Trust – will be at the School next Tuesday and Wednesday. The junior children are looking at emotions and how we deal with them appropriately (which complements the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme we have just finished).

Senior Olive Trip – If you are not taking children on this trip, please send $5 per child towards the cost of transport on the day. Children will need a packed lunch and a water bottle. Children will also need sensible walking shoes and a jacket.

Lawns donation – If you are not sure if you have paid this, please contact the school to find out what is outstanding. Lawns donation pays for the cost of having our school lawns mowed regularly. $30 for one child, or $60 for two or more children.

Manual fees – are also due for year 7 and 8 children. Year 7 manual fees are $38 per child; year 8 manual fees are $45 per child.

Kind regards

Penny and the Team.

Coroglen “Cool Kids” playing well inside on a rainy day. Well done!

Children are never too old for play dough.

Newsletter Term 2, week 3

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 2 Number 3

Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Thank you to Fiona Illingworth, Caitlyn and Amy Hodge for the wonderful cakes they made to celebrate our 117^th birthday. They were awesome. Thank you also to the ladies in the fundraising committee who served everyone sausages on the day.

BOT School Elections – closed last Thursday with three nominations in total. We only needed three parent representatives, so a vote will not be required. The Returning Officer has publicized the results in this newsletter.

Teacher Only Day – a reminder that School will be closed on Friday 31^st May for a Teacher Only Day. This is also Queen’s Birthday weekend, so school will also be closed on Monday 3^rd June.

Garage Sale – This will be on Saturday 1 June. Good quality reusable items can be dropped off  to 8 Cobham Lane from Friday. We will be including a cake stall, and would appreciate a cake from each family to make this the cake stall everyone will be talking about. Please drop these off on Friday to School or on Saturday to the above address.

School Photos – Photolife have taken the school photos, and the prepaid orders have been sent off. The photos should be returned in about three weeks time.

Phone Tree – we are updating our phone tree list, so could you please return the updated contact numbers attached to the bottom of the newsletter as soon as possible. If we have your new numbers we will be able to contact you or your nominated adult easily.

Gym Sports – Last Thursday the junior room enjoyed a taste of gym sport.

They are pictured doing arm stretches, and back stretches.

Happy Birthday – Coroglen School celebrated their 117th birthday on Monday with a dress up day. The seniors researched the games played by children at the school over 100 years ago and in the afternoon the entire school participated in a fun day playing the sports children played when the school first opened. Games included Annie Over,  Team Handball, Deer Stalker, Rolling the Hoop and Red Rover. Pictured are a few shots of the children having a fun afternoon the good ole fashion way.

Board of Trustees Elections

Declaration of Parent Election Results

As the number of valid nominations was equal to the number of vacancies required to be filled, I hereby declare the following duly elected.

Seba Illingworth

Nikki Colville

Rowan Jordan

Lisa Peehikuru

Returning Officer

Board of Trustees Election

Declaration of Staff Election Results

At the close of nominations, as there was only one valid nomination received I hereby declare the following duly elected.

Jean Saunders

Lisa Peehikuru

Returning Officer

Kind regards

Penny and the team.