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Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa te whanau whanui o te End of term Kura Tuatahi o Whakatu – greetings to friends and The last day of the school year will be Wednesday 16 family of Nelson Central School. December. Final assembly will start at about 11:15 am and we expect that to finish just after mid day. Following on from last week’s brief note about World Diabetes Day, the following information may be of interest Biggest ICT Expo in the Top of The South to families. More than 2,000 children from Auckland Point, Clifton Terrace, Hampden Street, Maitai, Nelson Central, Nelson Type 1 Diabetes Intermediate, St Josephs and Victory schools will be *We don't fully understand what causes type 1 diabetes, participating in a Children’s ICT Expo on 18-19 November but genes and things in the environment are probably to be held in the Victory School hall. This will be the important. biggest ICT Expo ever held in the top of the South Island. *In childhood diabetes the pancreas can't make enough insulin, causing the blood sugar to be too high. Diabetes in Teachers are busy preparing displays of the work their children almost always needs treatment with insulin children have been involved in. Displays on how children injections. use Inquiry Learning; digital story telling and blogging in *Frequent passing of urine, increased thirst and drinking, the classroom have been prepared. A display on Kidzpix is weight loss, tiredness and mood changes are common also being prepared. Teachers from other schools will symptoms. prepare displays showing what their children have been *There is nothing you can do to prevent getting type 1 working on. diabetes. During the Expo children from different schools will be *Type 1 diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or present to demonstrate other aspects of their learning. We any other foods. will be able to let you know next week exactly what our *Diabetes is not contagious. children will be offering. Type 2 Diabetes Several children from Year 2 and upwards in our school will *Type 2 diabetes usually affects older people, but is visit the Expo. Visiting times for our school will be advised becoming more common in younger people. next week. *Important risk factors are being overweight with an Term Events unhealthy diet and not enough exercise. Some less 12 Nov – NIS Powhiri for 2010 enrolments common forms of type 2 diabetes can affect non-obese 13 Nov – Year 6 Disco people, they usually have a strong family genetic risk 16-20 Nov - Cycle Safety Week factor. 17-19 Nov Room 7 Camp *Type 2 diabetes can often be treated with an improved 18 Nov – NIS testing for extension class healthy food plan, exercise and tablets, but insulin may 22 Nov – SCG Push Play Family Walk also be needed. 26 Nov – BOT meeting *Information taken from NZ Edition of Caring For Dec - End of Year activities TBA Diabetes In Young Children And Adolescents, A Parents 4 Dec - Mt Arthur Summit Club Walk Manual, 2nd Edition Editors G Ambler,V Barron, C May, 7 Dec – SCG Summer Picnic Evening E Ambler, F Cameron. 9 Dec – BOT meeting Thanks to Jane Murray for helping out with this 10 Dec – Totara Big Day Out information. 14 Dec – Year 5/6 End of Year Assembly 14 Dec – Kowhai Big Day Out Bi lingual Education 16 Dec – School closes th On Thursday the 12 of November we are holding an information session on bi lingual education in Te Pouahi. Nelson Central Achievers Te Pouahi caters for students from Year 0 to Year 6, and Choir Achievers – Frankie M (R6), Tayla P (R6), Holly R delivers the curriculum in English and Maori. If you would (R13), Ella M (R17), Usha M (R14), Yasmina C (R14), Jordan P (R14) like to know more about what we do and how, you are most welcome to come along to Te Pouahi R17 at 3:15 pm WORK required by ex NCS pupil returning to Nelson to learn more. from Universi ty, ready to start Monday 16th November. Experienced in Hospi tality, Retailing, Nannying, Domestic work etc . Grea t CV, very reliable, highly recommended. Please contac t Tagan Paul via Lesley Kotua Room 13, or leave a message on ph 5489192 thanks.

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Joseph R (R5) For a great story using “sp” words Maya S (R5) for a stunning piece of writing Maya S (R5) a super poem about the Brook Stream Rohan T (R5) a great cinquain poem William F (R14), Oscar N (R14), Lucy P (R14) For writing fantastic speeches about children's rights for Save the Children. ICAS Mathematics High Distinction Lachlan M (R7) Jacob S (R1) Distinction Ben R (R7) Ben W (R7) Credit Devon B (R8) Max H (R7) Isabella L (R1) Georgia M (R2) Joe P (R8) Maxwell S (R1) Isaac S. ICAS English High Distinction Ben R (R7) Distinction Lachlan M (R7) Nic P (R1) Jacob S (R1) Credit Max H (R7) Dr Paul Potaka PRINCIPAL

Social Skills - Helping Rights/ Responsibilities “I have the right to ask for help” “I have the responsibility to help others”

Waimara Community gardens Free Entry Children’s Competition If you are aged 14 and under why not have fun creating a 1 metre x 1 metre garden at home. It can be for flowers, veggies or a mix of plants and in 2 months time from mid October your garden plot will be visited and prizes awarded. More information and entry forms can be found on the notice board in the Room 1 – 4 corridor.

New Climbing Net in Adventure Playground

Here are school council members enjoying the new climbing net. The Student Council would like to thank the School Community group for the net. It is fantastic and enjoyed by children of all ages.

Below are photos from the Westpac Red Square student stage performance recently. NCS had four groups performing; the Ukelele Orchestra, Choir, Jump Jam & Kapa Haka.

This week the NCS Blog of the Week Award goes to TE POUAHI 17! Te Pouahi Syndicate have been busy performing Kapa Haka at both Red Square and at the competitions in the holidays. Te Pouahi 17 students have shared some great recounts of their performances, their favourite songs and how they felt when on stage. Take a look at their blog and read all about it; you may even like to leave them a comment too. Well done! You can view Te Pouahi 17's blog by going to the school website and clicking on "Te Pouahi" and then on "Room 17" on the sidebar to the left. http://www.nelsoncentral.school.nz

Inter – Primary Schools Tennis Tournament Last Wednesday a tea m of 5 boys represented Central School in the Inter-Pri mary Sc hool Tennis Tourna ment held a t Tasman Tennis Centre, Richmond. Tea ms were from pri mary school s in the Nelson region and ranged from year 4 – 6. All played in the sa me grade so our year 4’s played against year 5 and 6 players.

WEEKLY SPORTS RESULTS Week ended 8th November

Mini Soccer Central Strikers v Nayland Stars. Central won 4-0. Central Rovers v St Josephs Yellow. Rovers won 3-2. Goals scored by Jacob room 9, Ethan room 9. Volleyball Central Spikers v Central Smashers. Spikers won. Our boys all played ex tremely well with 1 playing in his Smashers player of the day: Rowan room 8. first tourna ment. Central Servers v CTS Sharp Ferns. Central won 3 sets to 0. Most players played 3-4 ga mes throughout the day Touch Central Sharks v Nayland Bulls. Sharks won 4-3. which culmina ted in a final and plate final. Central Stormers v EG Rocketeers. Stormers lost. Congra tulations to Sa m C (R1) who was runner up in the Softball final to Ben H from Henley Sc hool and also to David Z Central v Victory. Central won 13-5. (R6) who was runner up in the consola tion plate. Player of the day: Max S room 1. Our tea m (lef t to right) were Sa m H (R6), Thomas Z Incrediball Cricket (R5), Sam C (R1), Nic C (R1) and David Z (R6). Central/St Josephs Stars v Mapua. Central/St Joes won 48Well done boys. 15. Player of the day: Max H, room 7 for great all-round performance. Hardball Cricket Nelson Central v Hampden Street, Central made 99 runs to Hampden Sts 87 runs. Top batsman Felix room 1 19 runs. Top wicket taker Nic C room 7. Nelson Central/St Josephs v Nayland. Nayland won by 1 run.

Kiwi Cricket Schools Draw Third Round Date: 14 Nov 09 Ground Team Team INCREDIBALL GRADE 1 Birchwood Eagles v Auckland Point Avengers 2 Appleby v Nayland All Stars 3 Wakefield Yellow v Henley Black Caps 4 Ranzau v Central / St Joes Stars 5 Enner Glynn Green Caps v HSS Red 6 Tahuna Blackcaps v Richmond Mapua 1 v Bye HSS Black v Bye SENIOR GRADE 7 Birchwood Black Caps v Stoke Hitters 8 Appleby Aces v Henley Stumpers 9 Wakefield Blue v Tahuna Tigers 10 Central Sixers v Auckland Point Aces 11 Birchwood Young Guns v Ranzau / Mahana 14 Mapua 2 v Bye JUNIOR GRADE 13 Henley Magics v Stoke Rockets 12 Wakefield Red v Nayland Kiwi/St Joes Kiwi Caps 15 Mapua 3 v Bye Please note that all Mapua teams have a bye this weekend.

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World Action Day for the environment On Sa turday 24th Oc tober i t was a day to celebra te the bottle tops we had been collecting. New Zealand started a day of environmental action which was supported by over 180 countries around the world. Room 9 had collected most bottle tops and we made a huge Ca rbon footprint to decora te the ca thedral steps. Lots of other schools had also collected bottl e tops and made things for the di splay. There were bottl e top banners and bottle top men all over the place. The day was to tell people tha t we want to reduce levels of carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million which should help reduce global warming. The environment minister ca me to the event to see our work and said he was meeting with other leaders in Copenhagen in December to discuss pollution. We had lots of fun collec ting our bottle tops and telling people about cli ma te c hange. Jacob P Room 9 (If you go to www.350.org.nz you can see photos and videos from the day - Ed).