Murrays Bay Intermediate School News Sunrise Ave, Murrays Bay, Auckland 0630 Ph 09 477 2121 Fax 09 478 8071 Website: www.mbi.school.nz ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ th Thursday 23 October 2014 Newsletter No. 15 Coming Events 27/10/14 Labour Day - School Closed 19/11/14 Band Concert 27/10 - 07/11/14 Japan Trip 21/11/14 Onepoto Festival 28/10/14 NH Touch 24/11 - 27/11/14 Uniform Sales 3-7pm for 2015 Year 7 29/10/14 2015 Beginner Band Info Evening 24/11 - 28/11/14 Production Rehearsal Week 03/11/14 Dance Sport Comp 26/11/14 NH Athletics 04/11/14 APPA Choir 01/12 - 05/12/14 Production Week 2015 Band Hire Evening 02/12/14 Rainbows End Positive Token Trip 05/11/14 APPA Choir Performance 7pm 03/12/14 Band Trip 07/11/14 Music Photos 05/12/14 Yr 7 Disco 10/11/14 NH Kiwikick 08/12/14 Sports Prize Giving 11/11/14 Athletics Yr 7 09/12/14 Academic Prize Giving 12/11/14 NH Golf – Girls/Mixed 12/12/14 Yr 8 Graduation Orchestra Concert 13/11/14 Athletics Yr 8 Reports Home 15/12/14 NH Golf - Boys 14/11/14 Save Day Athletics NH Top Team Mufti Yr 8’s for donation of uniform Last Day Yr 8 – 3.05pm 16/12/14 Last Day Yr 7 12noon School Holiday Road Safety 1. We ask parents please do not stop on the bus stop below the pedestrian crossing in the mornings, this is needed for buses. This has been a problem, and we will be having enforcement people monitor this and give offence notices were needed. 2. Please do not enter the bus bay, or sit at the entrance to the bus bay, until after 3.20pm. Buses are sometimes late arriving and cannot enter the bus bay. We nearly had one of our students run over in the bus bay at the end of last term when a car drove through the bus bay as a child crossed to board a bus in the outside lane. There is good signage advising that cars should not enter the bus bay between 2.30pm and 3.20pm. Management Year 7 Students Year 7 students - Come to our Music Tuition Evening in the School Hall next Wednesday 29th October 7:30 pm. We want YOU in our 2015 Beginner Band. You will hear our music students perform on Flute - Clarinet Trumpet - Trombone - Alto Saxophone. Start an instrument and Join the Band for 2015.! It is important that you attend this evening as music tuition enrolments for 2015 will be taken and tuition spaces fill quickly. Join the fun group tuition, hire instruments through the school, fun concerts and trips. Bring your mum or dad and see you in the Hall at 7:30pm John McGhie ICAS English Congratulations to Elim Lin for achieving the top ICAS English score in NZ! Year 7 High Distinction Grace Blakey Victoria Jones Year 7 Distinction Mikah Buckley Jade Couper Maya Holloway Makayla Jones Grace King Year 8 Distinction Elizabeth Chua Thomas Finlay Ella Fraser Cornish Andreas Hamschmidt Elim Lin Centaine Noom-Duckworth Henry Pettigrew Hannah Salatielu Aaron Li Chuan Li Blake McGlashan Grace McKee Niamh Quann Josh Steele Friederike Voit Andy Wang Vanessa Xiong Helen Zhang Andrew Lee Alexander Markham Stella Rapana Michaela Ryan-Lentini Wey Jynn Thoo Brian Wu Daniel Xie North Harbour Science Fair Elizabeth Prosee: 2nd OVERALL + Statistics award - Best Materials for Blocking Sound Abby Offwood: WINNER - Living World, Pure H2O Brian Kim: David Peace Award - Alternative Energy, Let the Wind Blow Stirling Bright & Nate Rolfe-Vyson: GOLD - How Clean Are Your Hands? Grace McKee: GOLD - Which Citrus Fruit Would Charge My Ipad? Josh Feng: SILVER - Pollinate Ben Reshef: BRONZE - How Salty Are Your Fries? Mikah Buckley: BRONZE - The Truth For Your Tooth Zoe Penlington: BRONZE - Horse Pooper Scooper Sue Ruxton Gareth Kruyen Auckland Dance Competition Auckland Dance Competition was held at Glen Eden Intermediate, MBIS won two of the four divisions in the competition. All of our teams were placed in the top three. Jazz Team - 1st place in Modern Dance Category, Contemporary - 1st place in Contemporary/Lyrical section, Hip Hop team - 3rd place in Hip Hop section and Cheerleaders - 3rd place in Cheerleading section. Thanks so much to all the teachers and management who supported our dancers. Janette Wilson Ski Team MBIS entered 2 ski teams to the North Island Ski Champs, Sept 1st – 5th. Our skiers were very competitive with our top skiers being Cameron Brownsey 13/117 and Blake McGlashan 20/117. Our skiers in order of number are;59= Oliver Scott, 101=Sam Charlesworth, 52=Billie Partington, 23=Cameron Brownsey, 24= Blake McGlashan, 35= Liam Mottram, 81=Shaun Willis, 47=Chandler Hoffman, 53=Theo Hardy, 110=Daniel Willis. Many thanks to the accompanying parents. Kevin Anderson Congratulations Congratulations to the following students: Kylie McGahan R42 Centaine Noom-Duckworth R16 and Ella Moore R24 represented Harbour who made it to the U13s Nationals final and achieved a silver medal in Dunedin. A wonderful result. Harrison Payne R5, whose team won the U13B Nationals this weekend (11th Oct) with Waitakere West. Even though Harrison was unable to play (an injury sustained from AIMs), he was integral to the team's lead up and 1st seeding from the National Qualifying tournament (where he top scored with 29). A wonderful result, particularly as this will be the last U13 Nationals as Basketball NZ will no longer be running this tournament. Josh Kooiman R22 was in the Harbour team that came 2nd and got Silver. Tamara Otene R36 who gained medals (two 1st and a 2nd) in her events at the U15 Badminton Nationals. Tamara is the under 15s National badminton singles champ for 2014. Also national mixed champ with her mixed partner Oscar Guo from Westlake Boys High School. They both have not lost a game all year even beating u17s. Great year. Tam was runner up in the doubles. Hiphop This 8 week course is designed to give kids the foundation, the basics and the confidence to try out for next year’s Murrays Bay Hiphop Comp Team; representing the school at the Auckland Dance Comps 2015. The open level course allows all students to try something new, high energy and fun! No experience needed, just turn up with a positive and hardworking attitude. TUESDAY - Venue: MBI Science Lab, Time: Girls Class – Session 1 | Mixed Class – Session 3 | Boys Class – Session 6, Cost: $80 for 8 week course. LIMITED SPACES – Booking Required. Dance Dates: October 21st – 28th,. November 4th – 11th – 18th – 25th, December 2nd – 9th. Contact - Ian Barnes; Dance Teacher & Director, Ph: 027 844 3187 idc.ianb@gmail.com Research Opportunity Person Clinical and Talent Assessment is conducting a research project across Australian and New Zealand on skills related to intelligence, learning and achievement. Looking for participants aged between 4 years and 19 years 11 months who are fluent in English to participate. To nominate your child for the research please visit: www.personclinical.com.au/nomination Contact Dr Nicki Knott, Project Director nicki.knott@person.com or Clifford van Ommen, Centre for Psychology, Massey University Albany Tel: 09 441 8175 or Karen Spicer karen.spicer@mbi.school.nz for further information. Murrays Bay Sailing Club Term 4, 2014 and Term 1, 2015 Learn to Sail Programme Wed pm & Sunday am. Registration forms for both courses are on Club site at http://www.murraysbay.org/murrays-bay-sailing-club/learn-to-sail/ Call Anne Perratt for more details on 021 373 620 or email sailingmbsc@gmail.com Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving - Junior Registration (for all 5 – 13 year olds as at 30th Sep, 2014) Register and Pay Online at: www.mairangibayslsc.org.nz Information Sessions will be held at the Club Rooms for Uniform Sales (Cash or Cheque only) and Proof of Age: Thursday 16th October 6 – 8 pm, Tuesday, 21st October 6 – 8 pm, Tuesday, 4th November 6 – 8 pm. Fees are set as follows: $120 for 1 child, $200 for family with 2 children, $250 for family with 3+ children. Plus togs and a beanie. First Club day Sunday 9th November. Whangaparaoa Triathlon ‘Challenge yourself and join us on Thursday 20th November for the ‘North Shore Schools 2014 WHANGAPARAOA TRIATHLON’. Open to Year 4 – 8 Individuals and Two Person Teams. Please see www.bsgevents.co.nz for all the details. Rangitoto Kindergarten 40th Over the last 40 years, with the support from some amazing parents/whanau, committees and teams of teachers, Rangitoto Kindergarten has continually provided an incredible learning environment and experiences for the children in our community. We are celebrating our 40th with a “Garden Party“ at the Kindergarten on Sunday16th November at 3.30pm. This will be an afternoon of celebration, with refreshments provided, a magic show and a chance to reconnect with teachers, committees, parents/whanau and pupils- past and present!! Please join us and help us celebrate this milestone!! If you know any past parents, pupils or teachers, please let us know or invite them along!! Youthtown Snow Club An after school ski and snowboard club suitable for gaining and enhancing skills and making new friends. Club includes: Transport to and from Snow Planet, gear hire, entry, instruction and supervision. When: Every Tuesday at Snowplanet from 21st October-26th December. Time: 3:45-7pm. Cost: $420. The schools we do pickups from are Kowhai Intermediate, Freemans Bay, Marist, Ponsonby Primary and Intermediate, Newton school and Grey Lynn. (but we can try and arrange a pick if there is 5 or more from 1 school) You can register here https://youthtown.wufoo.com/forms/snow-club-term-4-2014/ For more information email outdoors@youthtown.org.nz Superheroes in The Park Friday 31 October 2014 from 4-7pm. Long Bay Regional Park, site 5. Event jointly organised by Windsor Park Baptist Church and Small Fries. Phone 09 477 0002 for more information. Club Murrays Contact the Club Murrays supervisor, Leanne Strand on: leanne.strand@mbi.school.nz or pick up an enrolment form from the school office. Do you work and have difficulty finding somewhere for your children to be cared for that doesn’t cost the earth? Hours are from 3pm to 6pm. Cost is $11 up to 5pm and $17 up to 6pm See our website: www.mbi.school.nz for more Newsletters Community Notices will be posted on the website under Community News. Disclaimer: The school accepts notices from the community but is not responsible for the product/services quality.