‘ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING ‘
Term 1 Week 1
Tuesday 31st January 2017
28 Surrey Street, PO Box 21, Mossburn, 9747; Phone/Fax 03 248 6288; Email:
C O M I N G u p…this term is…
Friday 3rd February Whole School BBQ and Open Day for all families with fun swim afterwards 12:30-3pm
Monday 6th February Waitangi Day Observed – No School
Tuesday 7th February Book Bus 1.30-3.30pm
Thursday 9th February Stewart Island Camp Meeting – 6.30pm (TBC)
Fri 17th Feb MCC Flowershow = making creations from 9-10am and chn visit from 2-3pm
Tuesday 21st February Book Bus 9.30-10.30am
Mon 20th and Tues 21st Feb Parent Interviews = 2:30-5:45pm
Thurs 24th Feb Northern Swimming – Lumsden
Tuesday 7th March Book Bus 1.30-3.30pm
Monday 6th to Friday 10th March Year 5&6 Stewart Island Camp
Wed 8th & Thu 9th March Life Education
Tues 14th March Mid Dome Athletics – Lumsden (PP on Wed)
Tue 21st March Northern Athletics – Lumsden (PP on Wed)
Tuesday 21st March Book Bus 9.30-10.30am
Sat 8th April Southland Athletics – Surrey Park, Invers
Tuesday 4th April Book Bus 1.30-3.30pm
Thu 13th April Term 1 Ends
P R I N C I P A L ’ S R E P O R T
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome back to all our Mossburn School families. From all of the staff - we hope you have all had a fantastic, restful, fun-packed break and are ready to come to school energised, excited and ready for all the exciting learning opportunities that will be on offer this year.
New to School: Welcome to Luca Duthie who has started in Room 1 and Miss Rachel Peters our new principal.
Board News: Once again our BOT has made a commitment to continue the level of support staff within the school; 38+ hours for Teacher Aide support and admin/office 20+ hours. This is fantastic! Our annual budget also allows us to manage the school well, where our children and staff can all benefit – thank you to our on-going supportive Board.
There will be several projects (property) and initiatives (learning/professional development) occurring throughout the year and I will keep you informed as we go.
Staff for 2017:
Room 1: Mrs Tanya Day, Room 2: Mrs Paula Marrah and Room 3: Mrs Chantal McClean & Miss Marie McCarthy
Teacher Aides: Megan Carter (Rm1), Teresa Wilson (Rm1 and Rm2), Julie Thomas (Rm2) & Jan Manson (Rm 3)
Office Manager: Nic White – Mon & Tues (8:30-3:30), Wed (12:30-4:30) and every second Thursday (8.30-3.30).
Office/Library: Midge Webb – Thursday 9-3pm.
Cleaning & Grounds: Colleen Thompson, Lawns & Spraying: Vanessa Te Whata
Relievers: Mrs Leanne Stalker, Mrs Janette Collins, Mrs Kris Russell, Mrs Lisa Elder and Mrs Vanessa Hamilton.
Stewart Island Camp Meeting: Room 4 – 6.30pm on Thursday the 9th of February. (TBC)
Room 1 with Mrs Day and Megan
Family BBQ: This Friday we will be holding a BBQ to welcome Miss Peters to Mossburn School. Bread and sausages will be suppled for a 12.30 lunch. Please bring a pot luck salad to share as well as cutlery and plates for yourselves. You are invited to stay for assembly at 1.30pm and a fun swim. It would be great if we could have adults to help supervise the swimming. See you there!
Flower Show: The annual Flower Show is on Friday 17th Feb – see below for details. Students will need to bring flowers to create sand saucers. Please send along extra flowers if you have them.
Waitangi Day: Reminder: No school on Monday 6th February
Parent Teacher Interviews: Will be held Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of February. A letter and booking form will be sent our shortly.
Room 2 with Mrs Marrah and Teresa
Room 3 with Mrs McClean and Jan
Media Coverage: As some of the community may be aware, yesterday the NZ Herald posted an online article about Mossburn School and its use of the TRUMP acronym. Due to the US elections, Donald Trump and anything associated with him, is now very high profile and hence a minor mention of his previous work on The Apprentice has drawn attention. The school had already made a commitment, prior to the term starting, to look for a new acronym to help our children remember the very important Key Competencies. We're aiming to have this ready for the start of Term Two and look forward to sharing it with you and the children.
2017 YEAR DATESTerm 1 31st January – 13th April
Waitangi Day - 6th February
Term 2 1st May – 7th July
Queen’s Birthday – 5th June
Term 3 24th July – 29th September
Term 4 16th October – 14th December TBC
Labour Day – 23rd October
/ School Times:
9-11am Morning block
11-11:30am Morning Tea
11:30-12:30pm Middle Block
12:30-12:40pm Lunch – sitting down
12:40ish – 1:30pm Lunchtime
1:30-3pm Afternoon block
Other School Notices
66th Mossburn Community Flower Show – 17th February
Open to the public 3-5.15pm, Admission $2.00 each Adult, Children Free. Come along and view the Children’s Art and other exhibits as the hall is full of talent on the day and the display is awesome. Your entry is more than welcome, see schedule for entry details. The Committee are excited about what comes in each year and wish to share it with as many people as possible. Invite the neighbours, fill the car, come and enjoy.
DAIRY WOMENS NETWORK-Wednesday 15th FebruaryFREE Upcoming Event funded by DairyNZ and Primary ITO - "Build your Budget" 9.30am - 12.30pm in Lumsden. All men/women welcome. Light Refreshments provided. RSVP's to Rebecca Dawkins 021 138 9580 or Julz Orr 027 478 0148
SUPERSTAR CRICKET-
· Week commencing 20th February for Y1-8. $20 per child for the 6 week programme.
· Thursdays 4pm LUMSDEN
· 8 players per side batting in pairs (formerly kiwi 8’s).
GIRLS SMASH-
· Week commencing 20th February. Games start at 4pm. Y3-8.
· Centres: Mondays HAMILTON PARK GORE, Tuesdays QUEENS PARK INVERCARGILL.
· 6 players per side batting in pairs. Soft ball used.
· “Girls Smash” T-shirt for every player. No fee to play (funded by NZ Cricket).
If you have anyone interested in either of these – please contact the school office. Thanks Nic