Congratulation to our cover stars today, the Gleniti Kereru’s. Our 7 a-side Hockey team won the Championship in the final last night beating the St Joseph’s Warriors 5-0. The bulk of this team have now won two championships in a row! Great job team!

Congratulations also to our Yr 7-8 Aoraki Maths teams who competed last night in the annual competition. Our Yr 7 team (Holly Turner, Nikki Encina, Georgie Butler and McKendra Sparkes) shared third place after they had scored 18/20 points, but lost out in the play off. Great effort!

Footpath Frenzy continues this week! For anyone who would like to walk to school with me, I’ll be waiting up Gleniti Road near Cedar Place at 8:30am on Friday. J

As you will be aware the school is closed because of the Teachers and Principals one day strike next Wednesday 15th August. As a school we are certainly aware and concerned about the disruption that this will cause, however as a profession we feel strongly that a stand now needs to be made. Some Parents have asked if they can show their support by joining our march down Stafford Street on Wednesday. Yes certainly! If you would like to join us you certainly can. The march is starting at the Soundshell from 11:00am sharp and heads down Stafford Street.

As we said last week teachers are leaving the profession in droves; a large percentage of our workforce about to retire (with others postponing retirement), lessening numbers of people entering training and graduates leaving the job in the first 5 years of teaching. We call this the 40% problem!

Significant groups of teachers are leaving in the first 5 years of teaching .

40% of teachers are due to retire in the next 10 years.

40% less teachers are being trained.

So this is certainly not all about pay. We need to be encouraging more people into the profession, and ensuring that those already in the profession feel supported, valued and want to stay.

Congratulations to those who received Principal Awards at the assembly last week.

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

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Dear Parents and Caregivers

The NZEI has advised the Gleniti Board of Trustees that the principal and teachers at our school will be taking strike action on Wednesday 15 August 2018.

The Board has carefully considered the availability of teaching staff, and unfortunately decided that we can’t provide the normal teaching services during the strike.

The school will therefore need to close during this strike.

It’s important that you make alternative arrangements for the care of your child/children on the day of the strike.

I know that this is inconvenient for parents and students alike, but please be assured that student safety is our main concern. Thank you for your understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Sean Goodwin

Chair Board of Trustees

Yesterday was our annual Yr 7-8 Ski-Skate day. We had children either skating and soaking up Tekapo Springs, or ski-ing up at Roundhill. I was lucky enough to be up at Roundhill yesterday with the Yr7-8 skiers. Our cover stars this week therefore are some of intrepid ski-ers! What an awesome experience J

Parent Teacher Interviews are scheduled for Week 3 of the term. These will be held for our Yr 3-8 families on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th August.

Interview times are currently open and can be booked by going to the School Interview site at https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and using the code hexd8. This closes on Monday at 9am.

The school will be closed for ALL pupils early on the Tuesday afternoon from 2:00pm. We will provide supervision for those families who would prefer their children to remain at school until 3:00pm.

Please let the office know if you want to use this facility.

Footpath Frenzy continues this week! For anyone who would like to walk to school with me, I’ll be waiting on the corner of Mountainview Road and Wai-iti Road at 8:30am on Friday. J

Congratulations to four of our students, Layton Koning, Liam James, Rowan Waller and Jaemin An who represented South Canterbury at Basketball during the weekend at an U13 tournament in Gore. Highlights included beating an Otago team 51 -43 – with Liam scoring 26 points and Rowan with 10. Layton and Jaemin both played hard basketball and contributed to a good team effort.

Unfortunately the Primary Teacher contract negotiations with the Government have broken down and Teachers and Principals (via the NZEI union) have announced a one day strike on Wednesday 15th August. As a school we are certainly aware and concerned about the disruption that this will cause, as the school will need to be closed. However as a profession we feel strongly that a stand now needs to be made. Firstly, this is not about pay but about the quality of education that your child receives. There is a serious crisis occurring in Education. We have teachers leaving the profession in droves; a large percentage of our workforce about to retire (with others postponing retirement), lessening numbers of people entering training and graduates leaving the job in the first 5 years of teaching. We call this the 40% problem!

Significant groups of teachers are leaving in the first 5 years of teaching

40% of teachers are due to retire in the next 10 years

40% less teachers are being trained

This is certainly not all about pay however. We need to be encouraging more people into the profession, and ensuring that those already in the profession feel supported valued and want to stay. On Friday, throughout the country, and at Gleniti School, Teachers will be available to answer any questions that you may have about why the teaching profession is taking strike action on the 15th August.

We are really hoping that families and whanau will support teachers in this action.

Congratulations to those who received Principal Awards at the assembly last week.

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

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Welcome back everyone. It’s great to see everyone again all fit and healthy after a restful holiday break.

No doubt Term 3 will be full of many awesome opportunities and challenges!

During the holidays Room 17 finally moved out of the staffroom and into the new building. Our cover stars this week are the students of Room 17 outside the new room. Exciting times! I’d like to make special mention of Inge Dirkzwager, Allan McCambridge and Amanda Everett who all put so much time into getting the room finally ready. Well done all!

Parent Teacher Interviews are scheduled for Week 3 of the term. These will be held for our Yr 3-8 families on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th August. The website for picking your interview times will be available early next week. We’ll put the link up on our Facebook page and remind you again in the newsletter next week.

The school will be closed early on the Tuesday afternoon from 2:00pm. We will provide supervision for those families who would prefer their children to remain at school until 3:00pm. Please let the office know if you want to use this facility.

Footpath Frenzy begins this week! For anyone who would like to walk to school with me, I’ll be waiting on the corner of Pages Road and Hunter Hills Drive at 8:30am on Friday. Fingers crossed that it’s not quite as cold as it was this morning!! J

Our first Board of Trustees meeting of the term will be held on Monday night (30th July) from 7:00pm in the staffroom. As usual you are all welcome to attend.

Congratulations to those who received Principal Awards at the last assembly of Term 2. 

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