Ncs 17th June Newsletter

TE RM 2 17th June 200 9

Nelson Central School We e kl y N e ws l e tt e r

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa te whanau whanui o te Kura Tuatahi o Whakatu – Greetings to friends and family of Nelson Central School. This week we have a special insert in our newsletter on Swine Flu. Reminder: Parent Meeting - Human Rights in Education

School Library Thurs day 18 June at 7:30 pm

Social Skills How do We React to Conflict? Last week we discussed the Turtle approach to conflict. This week it is the Teddy Bear

Guest speaker: Ced Simpson from HRiE

Te rm Eve nts 17 June – BOT meeting, School Library 18 June – Human Rights in Education – information evening for parents 23 June – ICAS Spelling & ICAS Writing 23 June – Choir Musical Evening 24 June - Matariki 3 July – Te rm 2 close s 3 pm 20 July – T erm 3 starts 22 July – R2 and R7 ski trip 30 July - 1 and R8 ski trip 19–23 October - Room 1 camp at Marahau 20-21 October - Rooms 3 and 6 camp at T eapot Valley 20-21 October - Rooms 5 and 14 camp at Teapot Valley. Dr Paul Potaka PRINCIPAL Student Ambassadors Congratulations to Frankie (Room 6) and Thomas ( Room 5 ) who have been elected by Kahikatea students as the Kahikatea a mbassadors to the NCS Student Council.

M agical M id-Winter Stars Concert Raffle Selling tickets this week - Thursday, Friday before and after school and next Monday and before the concert on Tuesday night. The raffle is being drawn at the end of the concert. Great prizes. Tickets cost $2 each or 3 for $5. Urgent Help Wanted We live up Washington Valley area and need someone to help on those wet days to take my 5 year old daughter to and from school. Petrol money will be included. Please help us.

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July 2009 School Holiday Football Camp Small Whites to All Whites

Cre8 Drama Classes 4 – 18 years;

RETURNS after a very successful 1st term. Congratulations to those studen ts who performed a fabulous show this term. You have worked very hard. Well done. All playe rs will be pre sente d a ce rtificate of participation If you want your child to gain confidence, build on comple ting any numbe r of days on the skill-base d self esteem, concentra tion and have fun. Enroll programme. All ages and abilities we lcome from beginners through them in for next terms drama classes. Call/tex t to 16 year olds, both Girls and Boys. Nikkie on : 0273 46 88 92/5486674 COST $20.00 pe r Day or $80.00 for 5 Days Develop your individual skills and technique under the guidance of Ne lson Bays Regional Coach George Campbell and National Academy Licensed Coach Conal Parkes plus Nelson Bays Football leading players. WHEN th 6 -10th July Monday-Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm WHERE Saxton Field Stoke Enquiries to Conal Parkes ph. 548 8405 mobile 027 444 0612 e mail: [email protected] MORE FM WILL BROADCAST CANCELLATIONS

Nelson Central Peer Mediators Share Their Skills Last w eek several teachers gather ed at N elson Central School for the N elson Cool Schools Netw ork meeti ng. The w orkshop w as run by Chri sti na Barruel, the nati onal coordi nator of the Peer Medi ati on Programme. Four of our peer medi ators attended the meeti ng to answ er questi ons on the challenges of bei ng peer medi ators and to role play some medi ati on scenari os. Chri sti na reported they w ere the “stars” of the netw ork meeti ng.

Don't have the Internet at home?? Keep involved with your child’s learning! The computer suite in the library will be open each Wednesday morning 8:30 - 9:00am for students to bring their parents along to show the m the ir learning on their blog/wiki or in their students file. Even if you don't have the Internet at home, come along with your child and get involved!!

“Magical Mid-Winter S tars Concert” Nelson Central Choir Tuesday 23 June 2009 - YES that is next Tuesday **Balcony Ticke ts still available** Thru some rejiggling we now have some balcony tickets for sale. These will be sold before and after school in front of the main office tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday (Monday too if there are any left). If you have your name on the list at the Front Office please come at these times to pay and collect your tickets. There are no door sales on the night. If you are have missed out on tickets or have any questions you are welcome to call Georgie on 546-8938 or 0274 407-317. If you have bought tickets for nonfamily members and would be happy to give them up for parents please also call me. We also still need some more helpers with ushering on the night. Can you help? Call Georgie as well for this.

Just a reminde r how the night will go: Kids & Families arrive and go to the Church Hall. Pre-show refreshments are served. 5.45pm Senior Choir goes to the Arts Centre to warm up & Junior Choir goes to library. Church is open @ 5.45pm. Adults and non-choir kids need to be seated by 6.10. 6.15 – 7pm ** Pe rformance** At the end of the performance please go with your kids from the church and head out to the concrete by the front field. 7pm-7.15pm Surprise on front field. Fro m left: Christina Barruel, Brittany Hemi, Jamie Kattenberg, Please keep encouraging and supporting your child to learn the songs. Brady Machen and Julia Reich- Simko 5pm

Nelson Central School Cross Country Results 2009 5 year old girls

5year old boys

10 year and over girls

1st Ta’a-Marie Hunter, room 12 2n d Lucy Martin, room 11 3rd Sophie Hobbs, room 12 4th Lucy Kenny , room 12 5th Y sabella Ewen-Street, room 11 6th Lucia Stallard, room 11 7th C harlotte Faulkner, renw 2 8th Ly dia Gilbert, renw 2 9th Hay ley Rose, renw 2 10t h Tawa Tidswell renw 2

1st Lennard Mund, renw 2 2n d Dillon Geddes, room 12 3rd Jamie Gellatly , renw 3 4th Will Burton , room 11 5th Jack Dick ie, room 11 6th Luk as Turner, renw 2 7th = Reece Mahuik a, room 16 7th = A bel mcNabb, renw 2 9th Bruno Murray , room 11 10t h Luis Schneider, renw 2

1st Tay la Hampton, room room 1 2n d Hay ley Goldthorpe, room 1 3rd Rochelle Blair, room 7 4th Juliette Perk ins, room 7 5th Ruby Coltman, room 1 6th Rosa Work man, room 15 7th Julia Reich-Simko, room 1 8th Lucy Mitchell, room 1 9th Toni-Leigh Ganley , room 2 10t h Paris Bennett, room 7

6 year old girls

6 year old boys

1st Josephine Ripley , room 6 2n d Holly Russell, 13 3rd Mia C han, room 6 4th Usha Bowler, room 14 5th A marah Thorpe, room 5 6th Jenna Stallard, room 3 7th L ay la Mahuik a, room 6 8th Ella Mead, room 3 9th Ev a Pattullo, room 14 10t h Siobhan Jonders, room 6

10 year and over boys 1st C allum Wilk ie, room 2 st 1 Luc Gellatly , room 9 2n d William Wallace, room 2 2n d Luk e Dixon, room 9 3rd Sebastian Hennings, room 2 rd 3 Peter Middleton, room 9 4th Brady Machen, room 1 th 4 C onnor McDonald, room 9 5TH Hamish Murray , room 2 th 5 Nopera Rangiuia Lindup, room 9 6th C allum Fraser, room 1 6th Taonga Ak uhata, room 16 7th Sam Fu-A llen, room 2 th 7 = Jacob Patel, room 9 8th Thomas Morrisey , room 1 th 7 = Ethan Sk inner, room 9 9th K eegan Phipps, room 7 th 9 Jagreet Malhi, room 13 10t h Toby Brown, room 7 th 10 Joshua C han, room 13 Boys and girls open 2 laps 7 year old boys 1st Dav id Zohrab, room 6 2n d C allum Wilk ie, room 2 st 1 Luk e Meehan, room 3 3rd Sam Mead, room 5 nd 2 Logan C lark e, room 3 4th Thomas Zohrab, room 5 rd 3 Johnny Lewis, room 14 5th Dev on Blackbourn, room 8 th 4 Oscar Nott, room 14 6th Tay la Hampton, room 1 th 5 Dy lan Ross, room 3 7th Joey Vining, room 2 th 6 C had de Beer, roo 9 7th Harry Coltman, room 14 Nelson Netball 8th B axter C hisnall, room 6 9th A iden Stephenson, room 14 Give a gold coin at the 10t h Hay den Waller, room 5 gate on Saturday 20 th

8 year old girls

8 year old boys

1st A imee Hobbs, room 3 2n d Emily Mund, room 6 3rd Tay la Pugh, room 6 4th Jessie Work man, room 6 5th B aimon Wisalsawad, room 3 6th I sabella Dixon, room 17 7th B ianca Gillanders, room 3 8th Molly MacDonald, room 6 9th I sobel Murray , room 6 10t h Hazel Rae, room 5

1st Dav id Zohrab, room 6 2n d Thomas Zohrab, room 5 3rd Ronan Owen, room 6 4th L eo Dick son, room 3 5th Sam Halsey , room 6 6th K ahu Lindup, room 17 7th Joseph Robertson, room 5 8th Jonty Webber , room 5 9th Omar Drummond, room 6 10t h Kerry Goldthorpe, room 6

9 year old girls

9 year old boys

1st Joey Vining, room 2 2n d Ella Middleton, room 2 3rd Lucy Dav ies, room 15 4th Grace Lewis, room 2 5th V ictoria McLaren, room 7 6th Oonagh Graham, room 1 7th Natay la Paris-Ferguson, room 8 8th K ezia Hughes, room 2 9th I sabelle English, room 2 10t h Hannah Pattullo, room 2

1st Sam Mead, room 5 2n d Jo Park er, room 8 3rd Dev on Blackbourn, room 7 4th A lbie Murray , room 5 5th Nic C lark , room 7 6th Max Shallcrass, room 1 7th Rohan Trill, room 5 8th Neihana Broughton, room 15 9th B en Ripley , room 7 10t h Kapil A ry al, room 8

1st Karli Whitfield, room 13 2n d Ev a Lloy d, room 9 3rd Lucia Rawson, room 13 4th Ella Robertson, room 13 5th Sophie McNabb, rrom 13 6th Eden Burr, room 9 7th Torfun Wisalsawad, room 13 8th Ebony Doy le, room 2 9th EllaMarriott, room 9 10t h Ky iah Duncan, room 13 7 year old girls

June and be in to

WIN Three Great Cash Prizes 1 st

$50.00 $30.00 3 rd $20.00 Proceeds to Nelson Representative Team Travel Expenses 2 nd

A RE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPORTS HOLIDA Y PROGRA MME FOR YOUR C HILDREN??? C heck out the SA XTON SPORTS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME 13th to 17th July 2009. 8.30am--3.30pm Saxton Field For ages 812y rs phone 0800 Saxton/0800 729866 to order a registration form or for more information. Information also av ailable on www.nelsonsuburbs.co.nz.

Nelson Athletics Schools Cross Country League Race 3 Results

Nelson Schools Cross Country League Final League Standings Primary Boys 1 st Henley 2 nd Hampden St 3rd Nelson Central 4 th Nayland 5 th Clifton Terrace 6 th Ranzau 7 th Wakefield 8th St Josephs 9 th Mahana 10 th Mapua

Primary Boys 9 th David Zohrab 10 th Sam Mead 17 th Tom Zohrab 19 th Devon Blackbourn 26 th Nic Clark 46 th Alex Scott Primary Girls 19 th Hayley Goldthorpe 32 nd Bianca Gillanders 33rd Lucy Mitchell

Primary Girls 1 st Hampden St 2 nd Clifton Terrace 3 rd Wakefield 4 th Nayland 5 th Hira 6 th Henley 7 th Nelson Central 8 th Enner Glynn 9 th St Josephs 10 th Mapua/Stoke

Weekly Sports Results Week ended 14 th June Netball Central Sting v Henley Flames. Henley won by default as Sting were 3 players short. Player of the day: Ruby Coltman.

Team Points Primary Boys 3 rd Nelson Central 200 Primary Girls 5 th Nelson Central 66

Central Magics v Player of the day Central Stars v Player of the day:

Race 4 Results Primary Boys 12 th David Zohrab 17 th Thomas Zohrab 19 th Devon Blackbourn 31 st Nic Clark 45 th Joe Robinson

Cancelled due to weather conditions. Cancelled due to weather conditions.

Miniball No miniball as Giants home game. Hockey 4 th grade. Waimai v Rewa. Waimai won 5-0. Soccer and Rugby cancelled due to weather conditions.

Primary Girls 18 th Hayley Goldthorpe

Nelson Ne tball Ye ar 4/5 draw Section One DRAW FOR 24/06/09

Venue/T ime Ct2 3:45pm.

T eam 1 St Joseph's Monkies

T eam 2 v Enner Glynn All Stars

Ct6 3:45pm. Ct8 3:45pm. Ct10 3:45pm.

Nayland Mini Ferns Hampden Street Flyers Mapua & Districts Minie Mighties

v Richmond Ferns v Nayland T actix v Nelson Central School Magics

Section Three DRAW FOR 24/06/09

Venue/T ime Ct12 3:45pm. Ct7 4:25pm. Ct8 4:25pm. Ct10 4:25pm.

T eam 1 Enner Glynn T actics Stoke Comets Richmond Shooting Stars Wakefield Primary Force

T eam 2 v Henley Diamonds v Hope Hurricanes v Birchwood Stars v Nelson Central School Stars

NELSON MINIBALL – T ERM 2 2009 19 JUNE 2009 Time COURT 1 - TOWN END

Time

COURT 2 – RICHMOND END

3.45

BIRCHWOOD GIANTS – STOKE SHOOTERS

3.45

VICTORY – TAHUNANUI GIANTS

4.15

EG MINI GIANTS – CLIFTON TERRACE

4.15

ST JOSEPH’S WILDCATS – CENTRAL SPURS

FULL COURT 4.45

BIRCHWOOD JUMPERS – NAYLAND DEVILS

5.15

NAYLAND GIRL POWER – EG ALL STARS

5.45

HAMPDEN ST HOTSHOTS – TAHUNANUI DUNKERS

6.15 6.45

NAYLAND BLUE SAINTS – HAMPDEN ST COUGARS CENTRAL SLAM – EG SHORT BLACKS

7.15

STOKE TUMEKE – HAMPDEN ST DAREDEVILS

HAMPDEN ST MINI GIANTS – BYE

TE RM 2 17th June 200 9

Nelson Central School We e kl y N e ws l e tt e r

Pandemic preparation - Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu M ost of you will be aware that a swine flu virus (H1N1) is affecting people in New Zealand and overseas. The WHO (World Health Organisation) has declared a pandemic. The government is working on minimising the effects of the influenza pandemic in New Zealand. Schools have been asked to update their own pandemic plans. We have been advised that there is no reason for alarm. Our school will stay open until further notice. Our own pandemic plans mean that we have systems in place to help us cope if anything changes. If you wish to view our pandemic plan you can do that on our website: www.nelsoncentral.school.nz GOTO Around the school GOTO Administration GOTO Health procedures What you can do The most important thing you can do as parents and caregivers is reinforce these messages to your children: • Ensure your children wash and dry their hands thoroughly and regularly – especially before meals and after toileting. •

Always use a disposable tissue when coughing or sneezing and discard it in a closed rubbish bin.

If your child has flu-like symptoms, please keep them home until a doctor or nurse has checked them and advised them to return to school. Swine flu symptoms are similar to seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have also reported diarrhoea and vomiting. We are working closely with staff to ensure that all students at our school are kept as safe as possible. We’re updating our emergency contact details for all students and staff. If you r contact details have changed recently please advise the office immediately. What is influenza? Influenza (the flu) is a highly infectious illness caused by a virus. It is much more serious than a common cold and will leave you ill for up to 10 days. It may take up to three days to feel symptoms after you catch influenza (the incubation period). Symptoms include: • a high fever • headache • muscle aches and pains • fatigue • cough • sore throat. Influenza can be a mild or severe illness depending on the type of influenza virus causing it, and the age and general health of the person affected. Anyone can get influenza — being fit, active and healthy does not protect you from getting this virus.

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Signs and symptoms of influenza include fever, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, body aches, headaches, chills and fatigue. Some people also experience diarrhoea and vomiting. Try to avoid contact with sick people and reduce time spent in crowded settings.

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Sick people should stay home until they are well, rather than going to school or work.

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If you become sick, stay home for seven days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptomfree for 24 hours, whichever is longer. This is to keep you from infecting others. M ost people will be able to safely recover at home.

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You should seek medical advice if necessary (by phone first), for example if you have a serious underlying health condition or your condition worsens. This is particularly important for people with underlying medical conditions who are at greater risk of developing complications from influenza. If you need medical advice, please phone Healthline 0800 611 116 in the first instance, or your GP. Do not turn up at a hospital or medical centre before doing this as you can spread germs to other people.

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If you are caring for someone with the flu, watch for signs that they may need further medical attention, including: difficulty breathing, chest pain, blueness around the lips, inability to keep fluids down, becoming less alert or developing confusion. M ore information can be found on the Victorian Health website (http://humanswineflu.health.vic.gov.au/public/what_to_expect.htm) and Centre for Disease Control website (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm)

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Be prepared - This is the time for people to make sure they’re prepared to be self-sufficient for an extended period of time, should they need to. This means you should have enough food water and basic medical supplies including paracetamol or ibuprofen, as well as regular medications, nappies for babies, cleaning products, tissues and bathroom supplies for at least a week.

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Hand hygiene is still the single most effective measure in protecting yourself. Wash your hands with soap and water and dry them thoroughly. Alcohol-based cleaners are also effective. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth as germs spread this way.

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Practise good cough and sneeze etiquette. This means covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and disposing of the tissue in a lined rubbish bin with a lid or plastic bag Checklists and advice on how individuals and families can prepare for a pandemic are available on the M inistry of Health's website: http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/pandemicinfluenza-resourcesfactsheets

Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – travel warning With term holidays approaching and a number of families planning to travel, both overseas and around N Z. We aware of the threat posed by the swine flu epidemic, particularly the risk posed by travellers returning as potential carriers. At this stage, the M inistry of Health’s advice is that if staff and students are well and symptom free after returning from an affected area overseas they can return to school and do not need to remain at home for any period after arriving back in the country, or back to the home town/city. However, this may change in the coming weeks and families need to plan for this possibility. The risk is that if an infected student returns to school and is in contact with other students and staff for even a day, the whole school could be closed for a week. The school board asks you to carefully monitor your family’s health closely as you return from overseas, or your trip within New Zealand, and if there are even the slightest flu symptoms, do not send your son or daughter back to school until you have first telephoned to check with your doctor, or alternatively check through the M OH Healthline 0800 611-116.