Star Swimmer
Congratulations to Ryan Oliver, who won the NZ junior swimming championships for his age group. The national competition was held in Wellington from 14 to 16 February. Ryan, who is one of our year 6 students, competed in 11 events and achieved... [ read more ]
Term Calendar - What's On This Week
Educational Websites for Children
General
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/
www.funkandwagnalls.com - Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
http://home.netscape.com/escapes/search/ntsrchbkm-A.html - Many search engines on one page
www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm - Merriam Webster Thesaurus
www.alfy.com - Web Portal for Kids
Science
www.suzy.co.nz/suzysworld/default.asp
Mathematics
www.nzmaths.co.nz/equipment-animations
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/
www.visualfractions.com/Games.html
www.mathcats.com/explore/multiplicationtable.html - Multiplcation Table
Language
www.pantheon.org/mythica - Myths and Legends
www.magickeys.com/books/#books - Children's Storybooks
From The Principal's Desk
Dear Parents
The year has started very well for everyone. The students are involved in a variety of interesting activities, the pool is being well used and the PTA family picnic had a great attendance. All of the students have been fortunate to attend a show called "You've Got the Power". This is a
presentation about bullying. Each year staff have a focus on bullying in an effort to remove incidents from the school community.
There are a number of education outside the classroom (EOTC) activities this term. The Year 6 students, teachers and a group of parents are at a camp in Raglan this week. Next week the Year 5 students have their camp at Sonshine Ranch and at school. The Year 4 students will have their turn with an overnight adventure at the Auckland Zoo. These activities require a great deal of parent support and often those left at home are inconvenienced. A big thank you needs to go to everyone who has or is supporting the school. Also thanks needs to go to the teachers who attend the camps and their families for supporting them.
Our subscription level for receiving newsletters via email continues to increase. The school has decided to move to a paperless newsletter. The format of the newsletter will remain the same, however we will not be printing and distributing hard copies.
This will start from the next issue in March.
If you have not yet subscribed to our newsletter, please do so, the form is to the right of this message. If you do not have computer access, please call the office to advise us.
Some printed copies will be available from the school office.
Judy Brown
News Bites
Book bag update - we have a small supply of green (dolphin), blue (marlin) and yellow (triton) bags that arrived today, Monday 3 March. They can be purchased from the office.
Important message re Kea Crossing - there will be no students on crossing duty from 3 - 7 March due to year 6 camp. There will be an adult at the crossing every day to ensure students are crossed safely.
For details about maths buddy click here
View the 2014 curriculum map here
For information on religious instruction at Mellons Bay School click here
Walking School Bus - There are now 5 buses operating. To join email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For details of loyalty programmes that benefit Mellons Bay School click here
