NEWSLETTER

MORRINSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

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2nd August, 2012

Thank you to the parents who came along to our school cross country last Friday afternoon to support the students. We were very lucky to have the sun shining and students competed very well despite a lot of mud to run through. Well done to all students who took part. The top 10 place-getters are listed below. Thank you very much to Hamish & Justine Brown from the Allan Estate for enabling us to use the farm for the students to run through. Your assistance and time given each year is very much appreciated by our school.

Year 7 Girls
1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 7th Place 8th Place 9th Place 10th Place 1st Place 1st = Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 7th Place 8th Place 9th Place 10th Place Jessica Greenfield Mackenzie Higham Rubie Osborne Hayley Cross Hannah Greenville Grace Christie Jasmine Armstrong Mealea Phorn Daumavia Herewini Kristina Bill

Year 7 Boys
Jack Devane Jone Naivalulevu Pete Boer Kieran Price Rhys Balme Reece Paterson Cullum Glidden Logan Pike Jayden Tretheway Cade Hauraki

Jack Devane 1st Year 7 Boys

Year 8 Girls
Alison Priestley Alysha Priestley Courtney Hurley Caoimhe Barker Ella Wilton Timara Jenkins Chantal Pederson Dikshya Parajuli Jordyn Mellow Tiana Parker

Year 8 Boys
Sean Lovelock Maly Phorn Mitchell Huigens Owen van der Meulen Shaun Campbell Josh Greenfield Kodee Rowling Lachlan Turner Ethan Gray Siggi Holmes

Jessica Greenfield 1st Year 7 Girls

Sean Lovelock 1st Year 8 Boys

Alison & Alysha Priestley 1st = Year 8 Girls

School-wide Attendance as of the end of Term 2

We are required by the Ministry of Education to monitor attendance closely, and as you would have seen in the media reducing truancy, is a government goal. At MIS we have set a goal of having 90% attendance for all our students. At the end of Term Two our attendance rates were far exceeding this expectation. Overall attendance is at 94.04%. When we analyse the trends for specific groups the rates also exceed our school goal. Year 7 attendance is 94.14% and Year 8 93.94%. Boys attendance is 93.66% and girls 94.36%. We are required to analyse trends in relation to ethnic groups; NZ European have an attendance rate of 94.08% and Maori is 93.60%. We monitor attendance very closely at Morrinsville Intermediate, including students who are regularly late to school.

The BOT have approved a Teacher Only Day to be held on Monday 13th August for teachers to take part in professional development. This will be the last Teacher Only Day for 2012. Parents / caregivers will need to make alternative arrangements on this dayThank you.

Open Grade A 1st overall 1st Laura Burne 3rd Charlie Callaghan 4th Grace Christie Twisters B Team 1st overall 1st Kate Hutchings rd 3 = Alana Webb 3rd = Jordyn Mellow Ella Wilton Sara Keightley Flyers C Team 1st overall 1st Dallas Tapper 2nd= Mealea Phorn 4th Crystel Roberts Monique Mellow Flyers D Team 2nd overall 2nd = Jessica Greenfield Eden Adamson th 5 Hannah Greenville Flyers Boys Team 1st overall 1st Maly Phorn 2nd Steven Christie Rueben Coleman Kodee Rowling
On 24th July MIS entered five teams in the Waikato Gymsport Festival held in Hamilton. This is the first year that MIS have entered extra teams, with 19 competitors. We all had to learn different routines, including floor, vault and beam during lunch and after school, though most of us are members of Piako Gymnastic Club, where we also put in a lot of practice. We were all really nervous when we got there but all the lunch time practices paid off. All our teams were rewarded with fantastic results with several students receiving medals for individual placings. After a very successful day Morrinsville Intermediate was rewarded further with the trophy for 1st Overall school for the day. We would like to thank Kitreece Hickin and Sally Armstrong for all the coaching and time they have put into training us. Thank you to all the parents who provided transport and support on the day. Report by Jordyn Mellow & Ella Wilton.

MIS Gymsport Team

Open Grade Overall Winners

MIS 1st Overall

A new idea for dealing with OCD, ADD, ADHD & Autism A New Idea for Dealing with OCD, ADD, ADHD & Autism class 2nd August in Hamilton This class is run by Diva Diaz who is on the spectrum of all of these and she will share tools she uses to assist herself and others to function in society with more ease. For more info see www.AccessConsciousness.co.nz/ labels or call Michelle 027-270-1948. Suitable for parents, teachers and people on the spectrums.

Hub Report
There are 3 colouring competitions at The Hub. The Kip McGrath colouring-in competition for the Olympics is at The Hub; ask Mrs Le Heron if you would like to enter. The winning school will win $300 for resources and the winning students an iPad2. Entries will be collected on Wednesday August the 8th. The sketch colouring-in competition is also held at The Hub. Entries close on Wednesday the 8th of August, and get drawn out on the 10th of August. The other Olympic one has a wordfind, too. Entries close on the 15th of August. Report by Elleshya Parker.

Oxford Pie FundraiserPies will need to be picked up next Thursday afternoon from Room 12. Thank you. Scholastic Book ClubAll orders need to be in by tomorrow morning please.