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MONRAD
Intermediate School
Newsletter – 24 August 2011
Telephone: (06) 357 9777
Fax: (06) 356 1890
Email: office@monrad.school.nz
Website: www.monrad.school.nz
Monrad Intermediate – Making a Positive Difference

Greetings to all members of our school’s community. Nga
mihi nui ki a koutou.
Welcome to the first newsletter of the last term.
With the All Blacks the Rugby World Champs,
the days getting longer and the temperatures
getting hotter, it is a really good time of the year
and I know the seven and a half week term will
just fly. Enjoy it.
LOTS OF CONGRATULATIONS
University of New South Wales Maths Test
Distinction awarded to Gina Bailey and Zia
Macdermid. High Distinction awarded to
Malachi Hill.
Cycling – Zia Macdermid won the Manawatu
Young Cyclist Competition and is now off to
the Regionals.
Table Tennis – Tyler Robinson, Yousef Zaoui
and Jamie King won their division in the
interschool event – their division being in the
high school league – brilliant.
Kate Waterland, Cindy Liu and Jasmine Kupa
beat fellow Monrad pupils Cassandra Feasey,
Arnea Harding and Malachi Hill in the
Intermediate final.
Wearable Arts – SuperArts – Good luck to
our team travelling to Feilding Intermediate
tomorrow, Thursday to take part in the next
round of SuperArts Competition.
Representing us are: Erin L’Huillier-Miller,
Hannah McDowall, Brittany Tyler Whiteman,
Heather Milner, Nikita Taylor, Lucy Bleackly,
Georgia Lovei, Rose Keith, Tayla Fletcher,
Grace Lutze, Emma Muir, Cindy Liu
Staff members who have worked so hard with
the group and accompanying them tomorrow
are Jensine Jepsen-Krogh and Jill Hogg.
ENROLMENTS
Thank you to those who have already filled out
and returned their Year 6 child’s enrolment
form. If you have not filled one out and know
that he/she is coming to Monrad in 2011 please
do so as soon as possible.
We base our classes and placement of teachers
on the known numbers of pupils we have forms
for. If you are not sure whether you have
enrolled your child phone the office on (06)
3579777 and we will be able to tell you. If you
want help in completing the enrolment from
please give me a phone call and I will come to
your house to assist. If you want to discuss any
aspect of Monrad or intermediate education,
again please give me a call.
When returning your enrolment form, please
ensure it is accompanied by a copy of your
child’s birth certificate or passport and in the
case of overseas students, other relevant
documentation.
CLASS PLACEMENT
For many years we have allowed
parents/caregivers some say who their child’s
teacher is for the following year and, provided
there is not an overabundance of “requests” for
the same teacher, generally we are able to
accommodate such requests.
If you have a particular teacher, or more
importantly a type of teacher in whose class you
would like your child to be next year, please
convey your wishes to me, either over the
phone or by email to office@monrad.school.nz
MAORI BILINGUAL
We know that we have one of the very best
units in the country.
Initial indications are that we will have an
increase in the numbers of pupils wanting to be
in our Te Reo Rua Unit.
If you are interested in your child being
educated in our bilingual unit please contact me
or better still the unit leader, Pa Cribby. If you

would like more detail again make contact with
one of us.
MAORI ENRICHMENT CLASS
I have had a number of parents express a desire
to have their children not in the Level 1 and 2
unit but in a Maori enrichment class. I am
investigating this and believe if numbers are
sufficient we may be able to offer an
enrichment class attached to our bilingual unit
but following the mainstream curriculum. Being
attached to the unit they would take part in all
unit rituals such as karakia and kapa haka but
follow the same curriculum, including testing, as
the rest of the school.
If this option appeals to you please let me or Pa
Cribby know (3579777) as soon as possible
CWSA (Children with Special Abilitites)
Testing for this class was held this week. Thank
you Year 6s for coming in on Monday. I
thought you did very well.
Test will now be marked. Invitations to join the
class will be sent out on Monday 21 November.
Friday 25 November is the cut off day for
accepting a place in the class.
YEAR 6 ORIENTATION - Thursday 24
November
I would like to welcome and host all Year 6s
who have indicated that they would like to
come to Monrad next year on Thursday 24
November. I look forward to showing you
around your new school. A bus will collect
students from and return them to their primary
schools. Parents/caregivers are welcome to
accompany their child.
PRIZE GIVING AND FINAL ASSEMBLY
Our end of year prize giving (academic and
sporting) will be in our school hall on
Wednesday 14 December starting at 10.30 and
running through to midday. There will be the
presentation of academic and sporting awards,
speeches, waiata, singing, band and choir.
There will be extra seating for around 200
people so family members/whanau are warmly
invited to attend.
School will finish for the day at the end of the
prizegiving.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
This will be held in our School Hall on
Thursday 15 December at 11.00am. I am
hoping to have a closing ceremony and it will
finish with departing Year 8s and staff being
piped from the Hall around midday. The piping
out will mark the end of the 2011 school year.
NGA ITIREAREA
Good luck to our kappa haka roopu and
bilingual unit Tahuna-a-rua as they travel to
Whangarei on Saturday to compete in the
primary/intermediate schools National Kapa
Haka Finals. They have worked so hard with
their tutors all year to put up a stunning
performance and I know that they will be
magnificent ambassadors to Monrad,
Manawatu, and Rangitane. Kia Kourou.
EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE
We hosted three reviewers at the end of last
term. Their draft report arrived last Friday and
the school has twenty days to respond before it
is confirmed. At that point I will make copies
available to you, our community.
FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JEANETTE
GIBBS
INTREGITY is an important virtue. Integrity
is being honest and sincere with yourself and
others. Integrity is a major message in our
Monrad protocols - do the right thing!
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS – HOT
LUNCHES – the Student Council have
decided to sell hot lunches for two Fridays in

term 4. Friday 4 November, this week, and
Friday 11 November. For $3 students can have
either 3 chicken nuggets and chips or 1 hotdog
and chips or 2 fish bites and chips. Money and
orders to the class student councillor by 9.30 on
Friday morning please.
WET WEATHER GAMES – the student
council have recently purchased a new game for
each class.
TREE PLANTING – a group of councillors
had an enjoyable tree planting session at
Summerhill Drive Reserve as part of the PNCC
regeneration initiative.
SWIMMING – swimming lessons for the 7
mainstream classes starts the first day back next
term. Each student will receive 5 lessons. The
lessons are completely free as we have secured a
grant from Pub Charity. Please support your
child and the school by making sure you know
when the lessons are on and ensuring that s/he
has togs and towels at school.
STU DUVAL – Stu Duval is booked for a term
4 treat - Friday 18 November 1.30pm. Stu
Duval is a well-known storyteller and artist.
OTAGO MATHS PROBLEM
CHALLENGE – Congratulations to Gina
Bailey, Alan Kirk, Malachi Hill, Robert Standard
and Zia Macdermid who were awarded
Excellence in this challenge. Zia Macdermid and
Malachi Hill were the top scorers and were also
awarded a $20 book token.
DIGI AWARDS – Congratulations to Liam
Kimura, Rowan Todd and Alan Gregory who
made the finals of the inaugural Digi Awards
held on Monday night at the Regent. Thank you
to teacher Jon Clark who worked with the boys.
AWATAPU TESTING - Wednesday 9
November
QEC TESTING – Friday 11 December
ROAD SENSE
Drivers will see you more easily if your bike has
both flags and reflectors on both the front and
the rear of your bike.
I close the newsletter with a quote I read during
the week”.
“Modify your dreams as you go along. If we’d all stuck
with our first dream, the world would be over run by
cowboys and princesses.”
Stephen Colbert
Best wishes
John Forsyth,
Principal
COMING UP
Thursday 3 November
SuperArts Wearable Arts Feilding
Intermediate
Friday 4 November
Singing 2.15pm.
Saturday 5 November
Tahuna-a-Rua travel to Whangarei
Tuesday 8 November
Nga Itirearea perform around 3.30pm in
Whangarei
Saturday 12 November
Tahuna-a-rua returns
COMMUNITY NOTICES
JUNIOR GOLF EVENTS (jts-9) For more information
see the School Library noticeboard or visit
www.mwga.co.nz
GUITAR TUTORING – Beau Richardson is a private
guitar tutor offering Saturday morning guitar lessons.
Phone 06 3590915 or 021 0664445.
PARENTLINE MANAWATU offer support and
confidential counselling to parents. They also run
courses on topics such as effective parenting and
blended families. Phone 3551655 or 08004326495.