Student Council 2014

I met with the Student Council this morning, to negotiate their role in our school.   

I look forward to regular weekly meetings with Hamza, Indio, Noah, Harsh, Santiago, Mounga, Miracle and Alexia, as they work on initiatives at Christchurch East School.

• We welcome the Values Warrior to Christchurch East School, because it's not only our students who are Living the Values at our school. Anton Baker, Room 10 teacher, demonstrated Sense of Community, Integrity and Excellence as he was returning from the Port Hills with his family, heading past the school late one night. From the street, he saw a light on in the school's Teacher Resource Room, and thought that he'd better check it out. Thankfully, all was well, as it turned out that someone was working late into the evening at the photocopier.

• Anton will be on the lookout this week for another staff member Living our Values, as he will be choosing the next recipient of the award. Staff members have already been spotted having only one biscuit at morning tea, so that there are sufficient for everyone else, in the hope that they will be able to share with their students the story of their Values Warrior award next week.

What an amazing display of Sense of Community!   

Anton Baker has been co-ordinating the collection of Meadow Fresh stickers by students and their whānau.   The students told me this morning that they had collected enough stickers to cover the whole of New Zealand, and demonstrated this by laying the sticker sheets out in the shape of the New Zealand map.   

Meadow Fresh are giving away art and sports equipment to some lucky schools;  our students have collected 5000 stickers to put us in the draw.   We have our fingers crossed ...

The application is being sent off today.   Thank you to our school community for once again helping out. 

Cultural Celebration at Christchurch East

Kia ora everyone,

We have had an amazing start to the day today, as our students have visited other rooms across the school to share the cultures they have been studying this term.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this afternoon at the Cultural Festival Performance in the hall.

Mike

Good Bye Earthquake Reminder!

Kia ora everyone,

It is great to see this finally leave our school, more room for our students!

The earthquake emergency water tank gets its marching orders!

Mike

School Disco

A BIG thank you to our PTA for putting on an awesome disco night for our students, everyone had a great time and it was great to have so many parent volunteers here supporting the event. The photos say it all!

Upcoming Cultural Celebration

I have really enjoyed seeing (and hearing!) our students practising With Heart for the upcoming Cultural Celebration.   Emily and Jack are part of the Junior Kapa Haka group, and they hope you'll come along in the last week of term to see their and others' performances.   Look out for your special invitation coming home in Week 9.

Picnic with the Principal

Kia ora!

Team Kauri Picnic with the Principal 18 June 2013

Team Koru Picnic with the Principal 19 June 2013

What a wonderful week - I've shared two picnic lunches with our amazing students. These students, and many more, were in the draw for displaying the C+O+O+L Factor or for Living our School Values (or both) in Term 2.   I enjoy listening to the children's stories and viewpoints, and acknowledging their achievements in many different areas of the curriculum.

The students whose names were drawn from the kete are, from Team Kauri:  Torrin, Zak, Samantha, Harrison, Alex, Gwen and Eva; and, from Team Koru:  Maximillian, Tilly, Manuel, Lily, Charlotte, Maia, Atalasa, Aidan, Diana, Yasiira and Alix (and Miss Jowett joined us too).   We all enjoyed a feast of pizza and fruit kebabs in our Community Room.  

Well done, everyone!

Mike

Term One Highlights

Kia ora everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the amazing Christchurch holiday break weather and your first week has gone well. Term one was a great start to the year and we had so many great achievements to celebrate.

Well done to everyone who participated in the school cross country, everyone put in an amazing effort and it was a huge success.

A special congratulations to the following students:

            Year 1 Girls                           

1st           Kaelyn KIRK                                            

2nd         Charlotte MAJOR                                

3rd          Lilly  WRIGHT                                  

                  Year 1 Boys                           

1st           Jack O'RORKE                                         

2nd         Maximillian ILIFF                                

3rd          Kayden RICHARDSON-SMITH       

                  

                 Year 2 Girls                           

1st           Natasha BLAKIE                                                     

2nd         Poppy MACINNES                                

3rd          Sneha LAL                                                

4th          Lily MCNICHOLL                                                     

5th          Frances   TONNER                                   

                  Year 2 Boys                           

1st           Arlo BEAN                                                 

2nd         Arralle TEKOHIMARAMA                 

3rd          Riley SAPSTED                                       

4th          Reece TAWHAI                                     

5th          Lukah BURTON  

                                   

                  Year 3 Girls                           

1st           Arowa WILSON                                     

2nd         Navarre  ILIFF                                          

3rd          Alix LIVESLEY                                          

4th          Aaliyah HAEREWA                              

5th          Emah TUTU                                             

                  Year 3 Boys                           

1st           Lucas TAWHAI                                      

2nd         Limah FUALAU-SEARLE                    

3rd          Oscar DENNIS                                        

4th          Ethan BLAS                                              

5th          Michael   SWAN   

                                   

                  Year 4 Girls                           

1st           Eboni ARMSTRONG-PERSAD         

2nd         Yasiira SHEIKH-ALI                             

3rd          Shatoria SOFAI                                     

4th          Jamie YATES       

5th          Diana NYADANI                  

                  Year 4 Boys                           

1st           Noah BEAN          

2nd         Noah SMITH       

3rd          Jae BULLOCK     

4th          Jamahl JAMAC  

5th          Sean TONNER    

                 

                Year 5 Girls                           

1st           Freya KERSEY     

2nd         Eva FENWICK     

3rd          Sonya SHEIL        

4th          Chillarie GARCIA               

5th          Simone  BLAKIE  

                  Year 5 Boys                           

1st           Alex SHEIL            

2nd         Bailey MCFARLANE          

3rd          Liam KERR           

4th          Kobe LAUESE      

5th          Legend WHARERAU 

        

                  Year 6 Girls                           

1st           Dagmawite ERETA            

2nd         Abbegail ANDERSON       

3rd          Snehil SRIJAN    

4th          Josephine ANDERSON   

5th          Samantha THORNICROFT              

                  Year 6 Boys                           

1st           Harsh PATEL       

2nd         Harrison KELLOW-CROPP              

3rd          Jaden COOPER  

4th          Zakarya  JASSEM

5th          Kalib MORGAN 

                  Year 7 Girls                           

1st           Shruti SHUKLA  

2nd         Tyler MCFARLANE             

3rd          Samrawite ERETA             

4th          Zhardonnay PORIMA      

5th          Miracle  GEORGE-KAHUKIWA        

                  Year 7 Boys                           

1st           Lee DAVIS            

2nd         Noah FENWICK 

3rd          Eli SHIRLEY           

4th          Torrin EMERY

5th          Santiago RODRIGUES    

                  Year 8 Girls                           

1st           Lily PLATT             

2nd         Apsaravy MAN  

3rd          Huixin LI               

4th          Aster ASRESU     

5th          Yusra SHEIKH-ALI              

                  Year 8 Boys                           

1st           Danila BUBLIK

2nd         Alec DAY-GARRETT            

3rd          Cameron INGRAM            

4th          Alfonso LOFREDO              

5th          Dylan HARTLEY  

Well done everyone,

Mike

Kia ora everyone,

This is my first post for the year, I will be using my blog again this year to supplement information we send out in the the school newsletters and on the school website. Enjoy!

Congratulations to members of our school Kapa Haka Group who performed at the Children's Day in Hagley Park on Sunday the 3rd of March. It was a great finish to an awesome day!

Here are some pictures and a video if I can upload it correctly.

Well done everyone!

Thanks Mike

Picnic Lunch with the Principal

Kia ora everyone,

Yesterday was our first 'Picnic Lunch with the Principal' for the team one students who where drawn out from the large number who have been to see me this term. It was a great opportunity to catch up with these students and talk about their learning and how they have been living our School Values and displaying the C+O+O+L Factor.

I am looking forward to the Team 3 draw for their lunch next Wednesday.

Take care Mike

Cultural Festival Performance

Kia ora everyone,

Well done to our Kapa Haka Group and support team for an outstanding performance today at the Cultural Festival. This was our first time participating in this event and a great achievement for the group and school. It was also a great to have the whole school there to celebrate this achievement. Have a look at some of the photos of their performance.

Take care,

Mike