Dear Parents / Caregivers
Congratulations to two of our staff members Mr Jeff Gibson and Miss Jane
Ritchie. They have both won positions in Hamilton and Blenheim
respectively. We take this opportunity to thank them for their work
for Tokoroa Intermediate and wish them well in their new positions.
Next week is a very busy week for our students with class trips and socials
early in the week. Please remember to ensure your child / children
meet all the deadlines for these events.
Today our Year 8’s visited Forest View High School and Tokoroa High School.
This was part of their orientation for 2006. Year 6 children visited
us today also as part of their orientation into Tokoroa Intermediate School
next year.
Reading Tutors have finished for 2005. These volunteers work with
individual children to assist them to gain reading mileage and
understanding. On behalf of the community and children I would like to
thank them for their efforts and support.
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McDonalds Sponsorship
Each week McDonalds donate vouchers to sixteen students from Tokoroa
Intermediate School. These awards are presented to recognise the
students who are achieving to high standards in each class. This is a
substantial sponsorship. I would like to thank Tony & Angela Rowland
for this opportunity to acknowledge students who have worked well each week.
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Midlands Junior Cricket
Morgan Pourau and Chelsea Alley both played in the Midlands Under 14 Cricket
team and played in the Northern District Tournament on the 2nd & 3rd
December. Both played really well with Chelsea Alley making it into
the Northern District team. Congratulations to both girls.
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Board of Trustees Meeting
With the end of the school year closing in, there will be two Board of
Trustees Meetings in December to finalise end of year requirements and
organise for the 2006 school year. There will be a meeting at school
in the Board Room (Administration Area) tonight at 7:00 p.m. and another one
next Wednesday, 14 December 2005.
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End of Year Socials
As for all school socials, attendance is by invitation. Students whose
behaviour has been unacceptable or owe money (this does not include school
fees) will not be given an invitation. Parents have been advised if
money is owing. This includes payment of lost or defaced library
books, dictionaries or atlases, as well as property damage. We are
pleased that there are only a small percentage of students who do not
receive social invitations. As we are concerned about student safety,
your child must be collected from the hall after the Social. We would
appreciate it if you could be there as close to the end of the Social as
possible (9:30p.m. for Year 7 and 10:00p.m. for Year 8). Only students
with correctly filled in Invitation Forms will be allowed to enter the
Social. Students whose forms are not correctly filled in will have
their parent / guardian contacted to collect them.
Ron Creigh-Smith
Teacher in Charge
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Life Education
The Life Education programme has been completed with all students Year 7 and
Year 8 participating. Year 7’s had two sessions in the Life Education
caravan with tutor Shelly Marshall. The Year 8’s had an introductory session
as a syndicate, followed by a classroom lesson again followed by two Life
Education caravan sessions. The feedback from teachers / students and from
Shelly herself has been positive. Each student received a booklet with
follow up activities and a summary of the programme that was presented to
them. Any parent wanting to know more about the programme can ask their
child for their booklet which will provide an excellent overview of Life
Education as presented to their child.
Rodger Edwards
Teacher in Charge
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Inter-Class Cricket
Year 8 Interclass Cricket is currently taking place during the lunch period.
A straight knock out competition for the trophy continues despite the recent
inclement weather. Results so far – Room 2 beat Room 6, Room 3 beat
Room 5 and Room 4 have a total of 123 runs against Room 7 in a game yet to
be finished. A big thanks to Charlie Tiare for his assistance with
this activity.
Crispin Hopkinson
Teacher in Charge
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