Our cover stars this week are Ella and Parker who both won brand new scooters as part of the PTA ColourWalk fundraiser. Ella and Parker were among another 20 students who also won Movie Max tickets as part of the fundraiser. And what an amazing fundraiser it was! The PTA raised $8,800 for the school. What a fabulous effort by everyone, including all those who sponsored children during the walk. WOW!

Congratulations to Libby Simpson who represented Gleniti at the National Chess Championship in Auckland over the weekend. Libby played nine games throughout the day competing against students from all around the country. What a great effort.

It’s this time of year that we find out our staffing entitlement from the Ministry of Education and then appoint teachers as a result of this information. Last week we interviewed for two positions, one in Yr 3-4 and one in Yr 0-2. We are delighted to announce that Angela Fitzgerald will be joining Learning Team 2 as the fifth teacher in Yr 3-4. We are also delighted to announce that Mel Heath will continue in Learning Team 1, sharing the role with Helen Zonnevylle.

It is with sadness however that we will have to say farewell to Inge Dirkzwager at the end of the year. Inge has taught at Gleniti for the last two years and we are all very appreciative of the great job that she has done and we all wish her all the best.

Just a reminder that the Board of Trustees are currently looking to co-opt a new Board member as Sara Carter has resigned. If you are interested in becoming a Board member and would like more information please email me at stevez@gleniti.school.nz

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

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

Gleniti School

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Our cover stars this week are students from Learning Team One enjoying playing the musical instruments as part of Discovery! They looked like they were having a great time.

We’re very excited about the property developments in Room 9 and 10 at the moment. The insides of the two rooms are currently being gutted out, and the old cloak room is being changed into an excellent learning space. The builders, Aoraki Homes, tell us that we can plan to move back in during the week of November 7th, which is not too far away at all!

Congratulations to Hunter Leggett, Matthew Tocker, Bronte Lewis, Corban Sprague, Sam Hogan, Ashton Dawbin, Hunter Tarrant and Oliver Grant who all represented South Canterbury in Football during the school holidays. Ashton played football in Queenstown for the 13th Grade team and the other boys all headed to Blenheim to play in the 12th Grade competition.

The Board of Trustees are currently looking to co-opt a new Board member as Sara Carter has resigned. If you are interested in becoming a Board member and would like more information please email me at stevez@gleniti.school.nz

It was with sadness that the Board accepted the resignation of Denise Hutchison last night. Mrs Hutchison has decided that after 25 years of teaching at Gleniti School that it’s time to retire. This is definitely very sad for the school, but we’re all very happy for Denise and Colin who wish to travel the world and get the most out of their retirement. The good news is that Mrs Hutchison will continue teaching until the end of the term! The school is now advertising for a great teacher to replace Denise … and unenviable task for us!

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

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

Gleniti School

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Welcome back everyone. I trust that you have all had a great break away from school and that you’re all set for the busy world of Term 4.

Our cover stars this week are students from Learning Team 2 showing off their playground toys that they made using recycled materials. Very clever!

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Congratulations to all those students who participated in representative events during the holidays.

For the record we hear that Jaemin An, Rowan Waller, Layton Koning, and Liam James represented South Canterbury at the Under 13 Southern Regional Basketball Championship last week in Nelson. The boys played really well getting second in the B Grade. The major highlight was beating West Coast in the semi-final after losing to them in pool play.

Molly Fitzgerald played in the Under 13 A grade that came fourth at the Southern Regional Basketball Championship also in Nelson.

Daniel Poulter and Jacob Borkowski played in the South Canterbury Hatch Development side in the Festival of Hockey tournament in Cromwell. The team won the tournament and Daniel Poulter was awarded the MVP for his team.

A huge thankyou to our wonderful PTA who organised such a fun Colour Walkathon during the last week of term. The afternoon was certainly a colourful one! Please bring your sponsorship monies to the office as soon as possible.

Term Four is always full of great school wide events. Some of the highlights include the school disco on Friday 9th November, and the Athletic sports on Monday 19th November. Our end of year celebration will be held on Monday the 17th December at the South Canterbury Events Centre on Morgans Road. The school will close for the year on Tuesday 18th December at 12pm. The school will re-open for the students on Tuesday 29th January 2019.

On Saturday we will be advertising in the Timaru Herald for Out of Zone places as part of our Enrolment Zone for Terms 1 and 2, 2019. There will be six positions available. An application form can be picked up from the school office as of Tuesday 23rd October.

Out of Zone places for Terms 3 and 4, 2019 will be advertised in the Herald at the end of Term 2, 2019.

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

Gleniti School

Welcome

A warm Gleniti welcome to the following new students River Lithgow R1, Timothy Welsh R1 and Hamish Griffen R3.

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