KA PAI to the follow ing students who have shared their fantastic learning w ith us this week— Lawrence Rm 18, Dayton T, Rm 22 Ka pai everyone!

CONGRATULATIONS to the follow ing children who all received certificates from their class teachers this week: Rm 1, Rm 2, Sean Z & Max B Rm 3, Sian L & Ryan C Rm 4, Ashton P & Micah Rm 5, Sophia & Matthew Rm 6, Chantelle M & Rei S Rm 7, Rm 8, Nathan G & Makaia S Rm 9, Ammar E, & Tom H Rm 10, Rowan W & Caitlyn F Rm 11, Rm 12, Zoe P & Talen J Rm 13, Toma B & William M Rm 14, Rm 15, Madison D, Nathan B & Apple G Rm 16, Barry E & Spen-cer J Rm 17, Rm 18, Oliver S & Alesha H-J Rm 19, Tayla A & Malika T Rm 20, Rm 21, Rm 22, Amy M & Kay Z, Rm 23. Well done!

MEETINGS Next BOT meeting is Monday 13th August @ 7pm in the staffroom Next PTA meeting is Monday, 20th August, email ptatorbay@gmail.com if interested in coming along.

SCHOOL FEES A reminder that if you are paying off your annual activity fees and donations - instalment 3 was due on the first day of term. Activity fees $23 per instalment Donation (1 child) $45 per instalment Donation (2 children) $80 per instalment Donation (3 children) $107.50 per instalment Electronic statements are being sent out today showing any unpaid amounts on your account (the system automatically sends these with the email subject line of Request For Payment). This is a chance to check that our records agree with yours. Please contact mboyd@torbay.school.nz if you have any queries. PAYMENT OPTIONS Payments can be made by cash/cheque, EFTPOS, credit card (add $1) at the school office, or electronically through our new online shop. This can be reached through the SHOP button on the school website's homepage www.torbay.school.nz. RECEIPTS Also a reminder that the school's receipt policy is to only issue receipts for donations, school fees paid by cash or on request. LEARNING CONVERSATIONS Thanks to everyone who attended Learning Conversations. I t is always a very special time sharing learning with our whānau . We hope you enjoyed sharing learning with your children.

SPORTS UNIFORMS - NEW SPORTS HOODIE Torbay School Sports hoodies are available to purchase. These hoodies can be worn at any Torbay School sports event but not as a replacement for our school uniform. If your child plays sports for the school and you would like to purchase one from our online shop, they are under the sports tab.

HEALTH ROOM REMINDERS: We ask that you do not send your child/children to school who are unwell especially if they have a temperature/fever or have experienced vomiting/diarrhoea in the last 24 hours. There have been a few cases of Strep throat at school recently. Strep Throat is contagious, therefore, if you are concerned that your child has Strep Throat please see your doctor. For more information visit https://www.healthline.com/health/strep-throat PHOTOLIFE SPORTS/ TEAMS PHOTOS—WEDNESDAY 22nd AUGUST

PhotoLife will be taking Sport/group photos on Wednesday 22nd August. If your child is

involved in a Torbay School Sports team or your child has been requested to be part of the

group shot. We ask that your child brings their Sports uniforms to school on this day.

SCHOOL LUNCHROOM: The school lunchroom is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR THANK YOU to all that purchased books during our annual Scholastic Book fair. We have some lovely new books that will be added to our school library very soon.

DROP OFF ZONE

We have had a large number of complaints about parking around the school area. Please note:

The Drop-off Zone is a two minute stop only - NO PARKING. Please DO NOT park and take your child into school. I f your child requires assistance to get into school, then please park on the road.

School Neighbours driveways must be clear and not parked across

No parking on yellow lines or grass verges

The Police have been informed and will issue tickets

Please be courteous to other drivers when using the drop off zone.

PLAYER OF THE DAY

Hockey Torbay Typhoons Y5/6 - David, Josh & Darcy

Netball Y5 Torbay Thunder - Millie M & Nikita J

Netball Y4 Torbay Tornadoes - Emme K, Ella- Mae J, Anya K & Holly M Netball Y4 Torbay Tigers -Teagan C Netball Y3 Torbay Tulips - Agnes K, Remy S, Natalie K & Kaylene L Netball Y2 Torbay Stars - Olivia L & Jaime R

STUDENT VOICE

PTA NOTICES

Term Three 2018: 23rd July - 28th Sept 2018 Week 3 6- 10 Aug 10/8 Whole School Assembly @ 2pm

Week 4 13-17 Aug 13-17/8 Maths Week 13/8 BOT Meeting @ 7pm 15/8 NZEI Union Teachers Strike School Closed 16/8 Rippa Rugby Day 3 17/8 Interschool Winter Sports Day

Week 5 20-24 Aug 21/8 Rippa Rugby Day 3—Rain Save Day 22/8 Photolife Sports/Team Photos 23/8 Interschool Winter Sports - Rain Save Day

Week 6 27-31 Aug 27/8 New Parent Meeting @ 9.30am 27/8 Interschool Football Tournament 31/8 Interschool Football Tournament Rain Save Day

Week 7 3– 7 Sep 5/9 Rippa Rugby Day 2 catch up day

Here is some parent feedback from our recent learning conversations :

We loved seeing your prototypes and playing the spelling game. Thank you for sharing your learning with us!! Proud, really growing up - big improvement in self confidence and believing in herself. Very proud of how excited he gets about learning new things. Great to know areas we can help him with at home. She is doing very well in class and working hard in all her subjects. Great work, thanks for sharing with me. So proud of you!! It has been wonderful to see her love of learning blossom in your room. She is obviously engaged and progressing really well. He is enjoying his learning and is engaged in the activities. He enjoys school and his school work is going well. Thank you so much for providing this engag-ing and supportive learning environment. He is doing a great job with his learning and bringing home lots of news to share with his family about his day. It’s great to see him so happy and settled. I’m so proud of you! You’re my star. Keep it up! Lovely environment. I like the multiple ways we are teaching maths and giving kids different tools, so if they get stuck they have a fallback. We thought it was great how our child led the session. She is growing in confi-dence which is great to see.

This term Rangitoto team are focusing on dragons for our writing and inquiry. On Thursday, Room 18 got together with their buddy class - Rakino 3 - to complete a collaborative piece of art. Working together they carefully coloured in the 48 pieces of paper that when combined would make up a dragons face. The next day we met up again to show all the children the finished artwork and challenged them to think up some awesome similes to describe the dragon.

Here are a few of their great ideas: My dragon is as beautiful as a flower. Johanna My dragon is a big as the school. Cooper My dragon's eyes are as a sharp as an eagle's. Denham The dragon's teeth are as sharp as a pin. Stella

INNOVATIVE

Auaha

I am a risk taker and able to

see a need and create a

solution

Kahui Ako Logo Design Competition

Our Oneroa Kahui Ako held a competition to design a logo for our group of schools. We received a wonderful 47 entries from our students here at Torbay. Our Kahui Ako student leaders selected the top 10 entries to forward to Mr O’Brien to choose the 3 finalists. These designs will join the finalists from all the schools in our Oneroa Kahui Ako and the principals will choose the top 3. The winning designer will get to work with a graphic designer to refine their design and it will then become the logo of the Kahui Ako. Our top entries are below. Congratulations to Max G (Rangitoto) and Micah S (hands) for the winning entries.

We would like to thank all those students who submitted an entry. There was a wonder-ful diversity and originality in the design ideas and thought and care was put into the completion of all the logos entered.

NORTHCOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL TURNS 100—1918—2018—Be part of the celebrations on Friday 28 September 2018. Register your interest at www.northcoteprimary100.co.nz

PILATES MAT CLASSES - Wed 7:30pm and Tues 1:00pm. Enquire katiequirkepilates@gmail.com

THE MUD MONSTER MUD RUSH—8th & 9th Sept for more info and to register visit www.mudmonstermudrush.co.nz

NORTH HARBOUR GYMNASTICS - Now open in Albany, Term 3 starts 23rd July 2018. Thursday 3.45pm onwards book today at www.nhgym.co.nz or Albany@nhgym.co.nz or call 09 600 1253

FUSE DRUMMING— Lessons at school, develop and excel at music for life. If your child is interested or wants to sign up visit www.Fusedrumming.nz

HARBOUR HOCKEY - FUN STICKS I t is aimed at pre-primary grade players and new entrants. Year 1, 2 & 3 (ages 5 –

7) The programme runs during Term 2 & 3 Sticks are available onsite for new players For more information visit:

https://eventdesq.sportstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=27126&OrgID=20725

ART4KIDZ Fun art lessons for children age 5 to 8 and 8 to 12 as an after school activity. Contact Carma

0220190360 or visit www.art4kidz.co.nz

North Shore Sport Stacking Club The North Shore Sport Stacking Club (cup stacking) held at Bayswater School Hall, 181 Bayswater Avenue FREE for anyone, any age (3-60+), The dates are as follows: Sundays on , 12 August, 9 September, and 14 October, from 2.00pm-4.00pm

KELLY SPORTS: Kelly Sports in Term 3 (after school) at Torbay School has been cancelled due to low enrol-ments

Enviro news

Torbay School’s Enviro students have been busy bottling up our worm

leachate. It’s an amazing fertiliser (dilute 1:10) and is available in 2 litre

bottles for a gold coin donation from Mrs Buchanan in Room 8. All funds

raised go into other Enviro Club projects.

SCHOOL NEWS

Flying High, Learning for Success

Torbay Newsletter

FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER 9 AUGUST 2018

IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS Team

Torbay

Values

Commitment

Aroha

Respect

and

Responsibility

Excellence

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More Check out our School Website for the latest updates

DEAR PARENTS

Deep Creek Road, Torbay, Auckland • Tel: 09 473 8603 • admin@torbay.school.nz • www.torbay.school.nz

For the latest news and photos of events, sports & achievements go to www.torbay.school.nz

ADVERTORIALS Disclaimer: These advertisements are placed as a community service

- publication does not imply Torbay School endorsement.

LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS

COMMUNITY NOTICES

ENROLMENT AT NORTHCROSS INTERMEDIATE

FOR YEAR 6 CHILDREN

A Parent Information Evening will take place on Tuesday 28th August, 2018 at 6pm at North-

cross Intermediate where you will be welcomed at the front office by their Kapa Haka .

Torbay School has been allocated Thursday 9th August, between 9.00am and 1pm as their

enrolment day. A notice has been sent home with the Year 6 children, giving full details of

the enrolment events.

Mini Ball

Congratulations to the Torbay Giants on coming 3rd in this term's

Mini ball competition. After being down 4-8 in their final game,

Torbay made a gutsy comeback to finish 10-8 and secure third

place.

Flippa Ball

Congratulations to the Torbay Dolphins on winning their division.

They won in the final 6-2 against Mairangi Bay. The team were

well coached by Paul Lear. Torbay Dolphins competed with their

hearts and were unstoppable showcasing their skills. Well done.

WHAT NOW SAUSAGE SIZZLE

A big thank you to all the friends and family who came along and worked on or supported our sausage

sizzle during the filming of What Now at school on the 29th July. Special thanks to New World in Browns

Bay, who donated all the sausages, sauces and bread as well as Milo that kept everyone warm.

We couldn’t have done it without their support. Over $630 was raised for the Dixon family trust fund.

Competition success

In the first week of term Room 8 entered a competition run by Kakapo Re-

covery to design a t-shirt showcasing the amazing Kakapo. We had lots of

fun learning about these precious birds and were very excited to learn that

one of our students Elsie B had won a special commendation. “When Mrs

Buchanan put it up on the projector and we scrolled down I saw my name I

felt really excited and proud because nothing like that has ever happened to

me before” Elsie Rm 8.

Follow the link to see Elsie’s winning work. Competition winners

Thank you to all those from our school and the wider Torbay com-munity that came together and joined in the fun while What Now was filming live from Torbay! There was a lot of gunge, foam and amazing games played and some awesome experiences that we are sure will be remembered for years to come! If you missed coming out on the day or want to relive it, you can watch the episode on TVNZ on demand—here is the link to our episode https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/what-now/episodes/s2018-e25

Here are some photos of the day!

Tēnā koutou

What a fantastic weekend we had when What Now visited our school. Thank you to all those people who

contributed to what was a happy occasion that brought wonderful smiles to all those that attended. What

Now is about unadulterated fun for children and the team brought that to our school in bucket loads.

It was fascinating to watch the live television team from TV2 set up and produce the programme. I had a

number of children and parents comment about the way they worked and the career opportunities that

were on display.

On the same weekend a number of us attended the funeral of Judy Baird, wife of Torbay’s past Principal

Bob Baird. Judy was a School Principal herself and mother of our immediate past Principal Wendy Sandifer.

While I am still only new at Torbay School it is very evident the influence the Baird family has had on our

wonderful school.

Judy and Bob have played an active role at our school organising people from the Mayfair Retirement

Home to come and read with some of our children on a Friday morning. This is a tribute to their commit-

ment to education and the wellbeing of young people, a commitment that was very obvious at Judy’s fu-

neral. Our condolences go out to Wendy, Bob and their families.

The Torbay community spirit was also very evident at the Zumba fundraiser for our PTA Chair Megan Sad-

ler, the hall was full of sweaty bodies pumping out the moves for an entire hour. I got very tired watching.

Congratulations to all those that took part.

Our role growth building programme is in its early planning stages and architects have been appointed. We

have been meeting regularly with them over the last several weeks and they will be presenting a concept

design for our new 12 classroom block to the Board at our meeting next week. We are hopeful that this

design will then be approved by the ministry and we can then share it with our community.

I attended a PTA, Fun and Food Fair meeting last night, Vanessa White one of our parents is leading this

committee and is doing a fabulous job. The event on Nov 2nd is going to be very special. The team will be

looking for lots of support as the Fair gets closer. One of the things we will need help with is the collection

of tables from various venues on the 1st of November. We will need a couple of strong people and a trailer

or small truck. If you can assist please contact Vanessa on 021 641 004. We also require the use of a power

generator to power some of the events on the field. If you can help us out once again, please contact

Vanessa.

Thank you to all those parents who took the time out to come to our learning conversations. This was my

first experience of this event at Torbay and I was very impressed with the quality of the interactions be-

tween children and parents. There was a lovely atmosphere around the school and I hope you agree with

me that it was a valuable exercise.

If you were unable to attend please take the time to make an appointment with your child’s teacher to

share their learning. I would also like to thank our staff for whom learning conversation week is a long one

at work. Thank you to our staff for not only being present on the night but also for all the work that lead up

to our children being able to talk and share their work in such a creative way.

Lastly I would like to thank you all for the messages of support we have received with respect to our strug-

gle to improve pay and conditions and ultimately the educational system.

School will be closed on Wednesday next week as we join a march up Queen St to emphasise to the gov-

ernment how much of a crisis we face if steps are not taken immediately. I apologise for any inconvenience

this may cause and thank you for your support!

My email address is gobrien@torbay.school.nz

Ngā mihi nui

Gary O’Brien

Principal

ZUMBA for Megan.

Thank you to all that helped raise funds

towards Megan getting her

much needed Segway. It was a

great turn out and here are

some photos of the day.