1. Absences
Please text your child’s
absence to
0272542430
State:
Name,
Room Number
Reason for absence.
Term 2 —2013 No.5
PRINCIPAL’S RAMBLE
Next Newsletter:
1 August 2013
Remember:
School Hours:
8:45 am to 2:45pm
Our Mission:
Developing Confident, Resourceful
Life-Long Learners.
DATES TO DIARY:
Term 2 6 May—12 July
July
11/7 BOT Meeting
12/7 End of Term2
29/7 Beginning of Term 3
August
2 Moffett Cup
5 Moffett Cup Postpone-
ment
19 Teacher Only Day
Enrolments
If you have current stu-
dents at Tisbury School it
would be appreciated if you
make the school aware of
any siblings that will be
attending in the future.
This is important for us to
manage our roll numbers.
Thank you
Key Competency:
Relating to Others
Value:s:
Showing Respect
and
Being Responsible
Ki Ora and welcome to Week 9 – Term 2, one week until the end of the term – my hasn’t
it flown bye.
DATES TO DIARY: CHECK OUT THE LEFT HAND COLUMN OF THE NEWSLETTER – details of
the ―Top Events‖
5 July - School Speech / Story Retelling – tomorrow. Assembly will start at 11:30 so that
all the story telling and speeches can be heard. Please join us in the Library.
9 July: First practice for the 20 strong school choir will be held at Waverly Park, 9am – 12.
Miss Butson and myself, will be taking the students to this practice – the bus will leave
school at 9:00 and return by 12:00. Students in the choir only need to take some morning
tea. Information on the actual performance night and details of how to purchase tickets
will come next term.
10 July – Room 3 are going to be part of the Invercargill Library making a movie to cele-
brate the anniversary of Hairy Maclary in the school holidays.
29 July Term 3 commences at 8:45am.
2 August – Moffat Cup will be held at Woodlands – for more information watch the web/
facebook page - there will also be a notice out to the students directly involved.
Web / Facebook pages– I remind everyone that our blog page is now up and running –
please check it out. This newsletter will be posted on it and student work will be posted.
Mrs Watt is working with our ICT Experts each Friday afternoon so they can train others in
their class to create work for the blog – it is a work in progress and over time the school’s
information will be posted.
Hockey draw and netball draws will be posted on these sites – with a link to the official
Hockey and Netball sties for cancellations and confirmations of draws.
The Invercargill District Attendance Services – helping the youth of today succeed has pro-
duced a brochure of their services (this is the old Truancy Service). At interviews you will
have received a copy of this brochure – it is very clear in defining how this service can help
you help your child/ren attend school and explains the importance of why attendance and
lateness needs to be addressed. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact
either myself or the service directly.
Interviews:
Many thanks to all the parents who attended interviews. It is a great opportunity for you to
discuss your child’s progress and next learning. Please remember you can contact the
classroom teacher at any time to discuss your child’s progress.
It was also great to get feedback on the good things Tisbury School is doing. Please re-
member I am also available to discuss any concerns at any time.
Staffing
At the end of this term, Mrs Manson is going on leave for terms 3 and 4 – she is going to
open a New Entrant Room at Waihopai School. We wish her all the best and hope to see
her return in 2014. We welcome Mrs Burnett and Mr Ripley who will be taking over the
Senior Management Release in Rooms 1 and 5 respectfully.
During the first two weeks of Term 3, I will be away attending a family wedding in the UK. If
you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to see either Mrs Ferris (R1) or
Mrs Maheno (R5) in my absence – they are only to willing to help you.
Have a great last week of school and a restful two week holiday.
Kia Kaha Andrea and Staff
TISBURY
Text Messages: If you are
not receiving text messages
from the school office it
could be because of a tech-
nical fault through eTap
(Student Management Sys-
tem). If you have a telecom
number (027) but are with
another provider (Vodafone)
then there lies the problem.
Currently being worked on.

2. HANDY HINTS : LEARNING TO WRITING:
During interviews all families were given the official handwriting
letter formation sheet, showing how to form letters, moving into
linking. To help your child/ren form the best handwriting habits,
check and correct letter formation and grip when you see them
writing incorrectly. It is so much easier to learn the correct way
the first time around, than having to unlearn and then relearn.
Put the formation sheet on the fridge door – get the children to
go over the top following the arrows to practice.
Is learning to write a dying art – I don’t think so … not for a while
yet. Even in using some computer programmes, or applications,
you have for form letters. Many places still ask for handwritten
letters when applying for a position – and you still are required to
sign your name to make any documents official. Therefore learn-
ing to write is still important in todays world.
TISBURY SCHOOL’S AWESOME WRITING: Separate sheet insert.
Page 2
Public Health Nurse
Visits
Fish & Chips
Next Date:
Thursday
1 August
Tisbury School’s
Assemblies
FRIDAYS : 11:45 am
All Welcome
To simplify Fish
and Chip day all
orders will be $3
only.
Sausage
Sizzle
Next Date
15 August
Health Alerts:
Ongoing:
Headlice
Please continue to
check—Treatment to
eliminate. Smart Sci-
ence Headlice Hero
Treatment Spray availa-
ble from Ballie & Lewis
Pharmacy, South City
Tisbury Kids
Can Do Any-
thing – Watch
Us Try!
Certificate Winners
Our friendly postie lady Julia Adams very kindly came
into school to present the NZ Post Book Awards. Here
are our winners.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
South Zone Junior Netball Academy Term 3 5 August—23 September
SIBSHOP Southland 2013 28 July 10.00 am—3.00pm Parent to Parent Southland Phone
214 3179
Friday Club at Lindisfarne Methodist Community Centre 5 July 4.30pm—6.30pm ages 7 to
11. Gold Coin donation.
Sport Southland Holiday Sports Programme 22July—26 July
Spare Clothes: Because of
the time of year students
are getting dirty wet clothes
when they play outside so it
might be a good idea to pop
an extra set of clothes in
their school bags so they
have something dry to
change into.
HANDY HINTS: LEARNING TO WRITE
Room 1: Finn Stopforth for making a fantastic effort
with his basic facts.
Room 2: Zailah-Jayne Evans for showing determination
& focus with her basic facts this term.
Room 3: Jordan Newell for contributing interesting ideas
to class discussions about flight.
Room 4: Ashley Dunnage for amazing maths work. Well
done Ashley. Keep it up!
Room 5: Sarahlynn Costigan-Noble for amazing expres-
sion you use when you are reading. Ka Pai Sarahlynn!