11 June

Dear Parents

Today is Sacred Heart Feast Day and we have celebrated with a school mass.
Thank you to those parents who were able to join us.
And also to the PTA for the sausage sizzle.

Congratulations to Xanthe Belesky’s grandfather, Ian Beker who was awarded a QSM in the Queen’s Birthdays honour list. Ian is manager of Southland Enterprises and a representative of the Vietnam Veteran groups.

We wish our Aerobic’s teams all the best at the festival on Sunday. Good luck to Jessica Hawkes, Zyntarah MacDonald, Meg O’Connell, Georgia Mackie, Molly Stevens, Brenna Smith, MacKenzie Wild, Bree Chilton, Renee Cooper, Patrice Brookland and Keegan Fiebig.

It was with a degree of sadness that we heard of Fr. Brian O’Neill’s death this week. I was fortunate to work at St. Theresa’s when Fr ‘Baldy’ O’Neill was parish priest and I will always remember when he would accompany us on our Form 2 Camp to Deep Cove. Every child would always catch a fish, even if it was the same one. He will be greatly missed.

The result of the tie survey was an overwhelming vote for ties becoming an option part of our school uniform. Thank you to all those who participated in the survey.

Bus / OSCAR
Please let Christine in the office know between 8.30am – 2.00pm if your child will not be going home by bus/OSCAR if they normally do. Christine amends our bus list so it saves the after school duty teacher chasing children who have often already left. Thank you for this consideration.

Southland Reading Association
This organisation is running a morning for parents of pre-schoolers “How to give your child the best start for school” at Club Southland, 115 Leet Street, In’gill on Saturday 19th June 10am – 12pm. See flyer on notice board.

Altar Servers
12th June = Patrick & Rory Horn
13th June = Erica Forde & Clark Le Breton

PTA meeting this Monday 7.30pm in the staffroom at School all welcome.

Congratulations to Hannah Dawson who competed in the Southern Dance Competitions recently. She was the winner of the 8 yr old aggregate after being placed 1st – Ballet, 1st – Barefoot and 1st Dem – character.

Basketball Holiday Camp (9 – 14 yrs) $45 each
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th July 9.15 am – 3.30 pm. Bring your own lunch.
Registration forms are available in the school office.

Tap Dance Competitions
19th June (8.30am – 6pm) & 20th June (9am – 1pm) at Centrestage $5 entry.

Scholastic Bookclub Sale - closes Friday 18th June.

ILT Holiday Sports Programme
The ILT, Stadium Southland, Sport Southland and 18 regional sporting organisations have worked collectively to provide sport specific, fun filled days during the school holidays for groupings of children aged 5-6, 7-9 & 10-12. The sports available are: Badminton, Basketball, Cycling, Football, Fun Skills, Gymnastics, Hip Hop, Karate, Netball, Rock Climbing, Rugby, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Touch, Volleyball, Wheelchair Basketball. Sessions cost $5 and run for 75 minutes between 9-3.15pm daily. For more info call us on 2112150, enquiries should be directed to Peter or Tracy. Enrolment forms are available at Sport Southland and Stadium Southland.

Splash Out for Hospice Southland - $2 Registration Donation
Mid Winter Swim Sunday 20th June 11.00am.

Heart Health Awareness - This disease is still NZ’s biggest killer accounting for 40% of all deaths each year. Heart Warrant of Fitness is free of charge at your doctors in Southland in 2010, if you fit any of the following criteria: Male 45 yrs or older, female 55 yrs or older or if you have a family history, are Maori, Pacific Islander or from the Indian sub-continent or Fiji. Check out the notice board for more details.

Room 9 Class Happenings

WHERE DID OUR ANCESTORS COME FROM?

Our Inquiry this term has been about Culture. We decided to find out where our ancestors came from to understand our New Zealand culture. We were surprised that in our class alone our ancestors came from so many different cultures.
We had ancestors who were: Maori, Dutch, Welsh, English, German, Scottish, American, French, Polish, Italian, Irish and Australian. We decided to find out more about each of these cultures. So we split into groups to find out about the art, food, language, important places and celebrations in these countries. Below is some of what we have discovered and have displayed as Travel pamphlets in our room.
The United States of America
You've got to be there!
Foods you might like to try when you come to the USA are: doughnuts, hotdogs, pumpkin pie and burgers. Come visit: The White House and The Statue of Liberty. Celebrations you might like to celebrate while you are in the USA are Thanksgiving Day and Independence Day!
When you are in the USA you might be lucky enough to see Barack H. Obama who is the 44th President of the United States.
WALES
You have got to be there!!!!!!!! The Capital City of Wales is Cardiff. Wales is the best place to go if you want to learn about the history. The red dragon became the symbol of the Welsh when adopted by the Tudor ancestors of King Henry VII. Cymru is how you say Wales in Welsh. Helo is how you say hello in Wales. St David’s Day is a Welsh holiday. On the first of March they remember the death of St David who died in 589. It was made a public holiday in 2000. Eisteddfod is the Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. It is a tradition of Welsh artists that began back at the 12th century.
Poland
YOU SHOULD BE HERE RIGHT NOW!
☻cześć/hello Poland is the place to be to see all of these amazing images! If you come to Poland you can try these.... Cuisine, Bigos Hunter's stew, Savoury sausage and Sauerkraut, Potatao and Cheese Pierogi. You can visit the Royal Castle, Ulica Florianska and the Lazienki Park in Poland.
Do not go anywhere else! Hurry, your time is running out...⌛↓
You should come to my country because you can see all of the amazing museums. Poland rox! Visit us NOW!!!!Have fun! Hope you like Poland.. France is a great place to come and visit and take
photos of some famous buildings.

BONJOUR COME TO FRANCE
The Château is a famous building that lots of people visit and take photos of.
Food. The foods that we like to use in our cooking in France are chillies, peppers, garlic, sea food like anchovies, capers, chorizo, cheese, goat, lamb, bread sticks and croissants. Paris is the capital of France. Dance - The Can Can is a famous dance in France. You should try to learn it. It would be a fun thing to do in France. You should come to France because it would be a great experience and also you might be surprised by the fantastic food there.
SOUTH AFRICA
Come visit us in South Africa and see the beauty of this country! The capital of South Africa is Pretoria. Where is Pretoria? Pretoria is found in the northern part of the province, called Gauteng.
Food - Bobotie – Taken from Malay influence, this is a meatloaf with raisins and baked egg served
with yellow rice and chutney.
Chutney – A fruit sauce with a sweet taste added to meat dishes.
Koeksisters – Very very sweet deep fried pastries.
Milk tart – Milk based tart.
Potjiekos – African stew made in a cast-iron pot over hot coals.
Mashonzha – Mompane worms, for the more adventurous.
Ostrich – Ostrich meat stewed, filleted or grilled.
Places to Visit
Why Don't you go to Table Mountain? It’s so cool!
Why not the Garden Route it’s so pretty?
What about Roben Island it is so amazing.?
Scotland
It's all there but you! Come see our eye boggling castles!
Come on one of our mind blowing holidays!
You must try some of our foods like haggis or oatcakes!
You must hear our ear wowing bagpipes!
Don't forget the greatest
National Anthem in the world!
Don't forget to go to a Burns night party!
You must try some Scottish Whiskey!
This is Edinburgh Castle.
This is only one castle out of some of the amazing ones!
Scotland has a very amazing history behind it.
Also you have to see our Highland Fling and our Sword Dance, they are all very amazing dances!
England
The home of the Queen. You’ve got to be here. If you want to greet someone in England say hello.
These are some cool places to go when you are in England: Windsor Castle, Beaches, London Eye, Big Ben, London bridge, Lego land, Ice houses
If you go to England you might see the Queen or her Guards. English people like to eat: cheese, cottage or pork pies, bangers ( sausages) and mash (potato), dumplings,
and don't forget bacon butties
The Capital of England is London.
Germany.
As part of our Going further Research this is what we discovered. Come to Germany, you will like it! The capital of Germany is Berlin. You have to come here and pick up a flag!!
FOOD
SAUSAGES are a very big favourite of the German people.
In fact they are famous for their sausages.
Fun Facts
There are more than 150 castles in Germany. Wow can you believe that? I bet you want to come and see that. There are over 82 million people living in Germany! If you like bread you would come to Germany because there are over 300 different kinds of breads in Germany!
If you go to Germany you need to know how to speak German. Here are the easy words in German. hello gutan-tag, right away-sogleick, splendid-prachtig.

The Netherlands.
Why you have to go to the Netherlands.
In the Winter they have ice skating races on the canal and everybody can compete in them.
The capital city of Netherlands is!!! Amsterdam.
A famous Dutch artist is Vincent Van Gogh.
Some of the foods you will enjoy in the Netherlands are cheese like Komijne Kaas and chocolate or aniseed sprinkles on bread.
The best destination by far is the art museum!
Soccer is a familiar sport and is a favourite in Holland. Others: Dutch people like basketball, cycling or ice skating.