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Monrad Intermediate SchoolNewsletter – 16 November 2011Telephone: (06) 357 9777Fax: (06) 356 1890Email: office@monrad.school.nzWebsite: www.monrad.school.nzMonrad Intermediate – Making a Positive Difference

If this option appeals to you please let me or PaCribby know (3579777) as soon as possibleCWSA (Children with Special Abilities)We will have a composite Year 7 and Year 8class operating next year.Testing and marking has been completed andinvitations to be a member of the class will besent out next Monday 21 November.Friday 25 November is the cut off day foraccepting a place in the class.YEAR 6 ORIENTATIONOn Thursday 24 November we will bewelcoming Year 6s from Central Normal,Cloverlea, OLOL, Riverdale and West Endschools. I look forward to showing you aroundyour new school. A bus will pick you up fromyour current school at 9.00am and deliver youback at 10.30am. Parents/caregivers are verywelcome to accompany their child.Pupils from Awapuni and Somerset School willhave the same orientation on Tuesday 29November.PRINCIPAL’S APPRAISALOur Board of Trustees would like to have allMonrad’s stakeholders have input in to howthey feel your Principal is performing.Pupils had their say through a questionnaireyesterday. Staff at the school responded onTuesday and Wednesday of this week. Now Iwould like to get the opinions of your, ourparents and caregivers.Staff will randomly select 25% of the school rolland send to you a sheet with a number ofstatements which you are asked to rate thePrincipal’s performance on. Also included willbe a stamped return envelope for you to be ableto return your appraisal.Office staff will collate all returns and presentyour responses to our Board of TrusteesPRIZE GIVING AND FINAL ASSEMBLYOur end of year prize giving (academic andsporting) will be in our school hall onWednesday 14 December starting at 10.30 andrunning through to midday. There will be thepresentation of academic and sporting awards,speeches, waiata, singing, band and choir.There will be extra seating for around 200people so family members/whanau are warmlyinvited to attend.School will finish for the day at he end of theprizegiving.FINAL ASSEMBLYThis will be held in our school hall on Thursday15 December at 11.00. I am hoping to have aclosing ceremony and it will finish withdeparting Year 8s and staff being piped fromthe Hall around midday. The piping out willmark the end of the 2011 school year.FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JEANETTEGIBBSHONESTY is an important virtue. At Monradwe encourage everyone to be truthful andtactful. “say what you mean and mean what yousay”. If you make a mistake, admit it and fix it.STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS – HOTLUNCHES - the two hot lunches were a hugesuccess. We may provide a hot lunch one moretime before the end of term.STUDENT SOCIAL – Thursday 1 December7-8.30pm. Permission slips will be in the nextnewsletter.MUFTI DAY yesterday raised $265.STU DUVAL – Stu Duval is a well-knownstoryteller, writer and artist. He performed forus this afternoon. Stu’s cost was subsidised bythe Student Council but all students areexpected to pay $3 for this treat.SWIMMING – swimming lessons have beengoing extremely well. We have a break now untilthe last round of lessons in week 7, 5-8

December. Please find out from your childwhen his/her lesson is so that they do not missout.PTA UNIFORM SALE will be on Wednesday25 January 2012 12-1pm in our school hall.STAFF NEWS – Congratulations to MrWayne Higgison who has recently completed allhis provisional teaching requirements and isnow a fully registered teacher. We are proud ofyou.KIDS FOR KIDSOur choir has been working towards the WorldVision “Kids for Kids” concert performancewith Suzanne Prentice. It is at The Regent, 30 thNovember 2011 at 7.30pm. Tickets are availablefrom Ticket DirectROAD SENSEKeep your bike in control by keeping one handon the handlebars at all times.To close the newsletter I will list for you theTeen Commandments, an entertaining articlewrittin by Liam Dolan.I summarise what the Teen Commandmentsare:1. You shall not attempt to engage inmeaningful conversation in the morning.2. You shall not approve the use of more thantwo electronic devices simultaneously.3. Your shall not offer commentary about haircuts, hair styles, or hair colours.4. Your shall not offer helpful suggestions onhomework management.5. You shall not extend curfew beyoundmidnight.6. You shall not expect a fully functioningfrontal cortex.7. Your shall not believe in the chaperoningabilities of the older sibling.8. You shall eat dinner together as often asyour can.9. You shall not hesitate if they call you saythey ened a ride home from a party.10. You shall remember that you were 16 once.Best wishesJohn Forsyth,PrincipalCOMING UPCOMMUNITY NOTICESMEASLES OUTBREAK - we have had notificationfrom the Ministry of Health concerning a measlesoutbreak. Measles is highly infectious andchildren need to be kept home. MoreInformation is available on the Ministry of Healthwebsite .HOMEWORK WEDNESDAYS 3 - 4.30 have startedback at Te Paatikitiki (Highbury Branch Library).All are welcome to come along and hang out withus to get your homework done with Whaea Ruthand the WIRED YOUTH LEADERS from CCC onPascal Street.Friday 18 NovemberSuperSport Touch – Monrad Park 10.00am.Assembly (Room 1) – Singing.QEC testing.Friday 25 NovemberSchool Singing 2.15pm.Wednesday 30 NovemberSuperSport Athletics – Cooks Gardens,Wanganui.Kids for Kids Concert – Regent 7.30pm.Thursday 1 DecemberCatch up testing day for Awatapu College.Student Social 7pm – 8.30pmThursday 15 DecemberLast day of school