Art Project

If you get a chance to visit the New Btighton Mall there is a brilliant display of Freeville pupils on the wall. Well worth a visit.

Quail Island

What a great day Room 7 had at Quail Island. If you haven't been it is a special place.

Spruce Up

On Wednesday we had a great crew from the BNZ and a brilliant group of parents who came to help spruce up the school. What a great day. Thank you to all who helped or contributed in any way.

This is Tu Kahikitea performing for them as a thank you.

The amazing place

A group of our amazing year 7/8 students are finalists in the amazing place competition. Well done!

Base 34 gymnastics

Gymnastics fun!!!

Breakfast Club

Dear Freeville Families

 

Freeville School is eligible to participate in the Fonterra & Sanitarium Kickstart Breakfast Club programme, that the government is supporting.

 

This programme can provide free Weetbix and fresh milk to schools for breakfast, up to 5 days per week.  (This is separate from the Milk in Schools programme that the school currently runs.)

 

The School would like the ability to provide breakfast to students as & when the need arises. 

 

If your family would benefit from The Breakfast Club, could you please let the office know approximately how many children & days per week, so we can work out the need for our school.

 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

 

We need some friendly volunteers to help run the breakfast club.  The more volunteers we have, the better.  If you or someone in your family or neighbourhood can help (even just 1 morning per year,) that would be fantastic.  If you would like to do more mornings, or team up with a friend, then go for it!  We will organise a roster. You are welcome to bring your own children along with you, and they can enjoy breakfast too.

 

WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? 

You will need to be at school from 8:30 - 9am. 

Get bowls, spoons, weetbix & milk out, ready for the students.  

Fill the sink with hot soapy water. 

The students will wash & dry their own bowls & spoons when they have finished.

Wipe down the tables and put things away at 9am.

Let the office know if we are running low on any stock.  Thats it!

 

WE ALSO NEED HELP GETTING STARTED!

 

If anyone has spare breakfast bowls or spoons at home that they no longer need, we would greatly appreciate any donations.

 

If anyone has good contacts or great ideas that could benefit The Breakfast Club, please let us know too.  Maybe you know someone who could get a deal on bowls/plates/utensils? tinned fruit & bananas? or bread, bacon & eggs?   Whatever cool ideas you have, we would really love to hear them.

 

Thank you for your support.  We really appreciate it.

Team Freeville  :)

 

An easy way to help us rasie $$$

Here is an easy way that you can help our school raise some money.  Its an online Trivia Quiz.

 

No need to give out your details or register.

 

 

Just type in http://www.ourschoolproject.org/ 

And save it to your favourites, so you can do it daily  :)

 

Click on the green button 1 ... and nominate Freeville School.

 

Then click to start the quiz - There are 20 Trivia questions each day that only take a few minutes to complete.  Even if you get the answers wrong, our school still earns money (2c per question).  And you even get to learn some cool stuff too, as it gives you the answers & some interesting facts with each Q.

 

Please feel free to pass this on to anyone else who you think might enjoy the quiz and like to support Freeville School.

Road Closure

The intersection of Sandy Ave and Bower Ave is now closed. Thank you for your patience and care as you pick up and drop off children. 

Award Winning Animation

Congratulations to Isaac from LT4. Isaac entered the 48 hour film competition and his entry won first place in his section.

Click on this link to see the movie

Making soup and bread

LT1learning celebration

X-country zones

Well done to all the Freeville Flyers who competed in the eastern zones x country

Amazing Place Winners!!!!

Well done to the Freeville teams who entered the Amazing Place competition. We had two winning teams. Brilliant people

Great day for x-country

Easter Bunny - thank you Belfast School

A big thank you to all the children, staff and families at Belfast School who helped make Easter special at Freeville. You guys rock!

Waipara Camp Fun

Lt1 at Thompson Park

Thank you to all the brilliant helpers. What a great day!

Merger Proposal Community Meetings

Dear Freeville Families

The Minister of Education has given our Board of Trustees until March the 28th to respond to her interim decision to merge Freeville School with North New Brighton.

We will be holding two meetings this week to give you an opportunity to ask any questions about the proposal and to share your views so that the school community can be accurately represented in the Board's submission.

Thursday 28th February 7.00 p.m.

Friday 1st March 9.00 a.m.

Thank you for the many messages of support we have received as we navigate this tricky time. I encourage you to keep talking this through with your friends, work colleagues and families. 

One of our Freeville characteristics is "Critical Thinking". 

The word "critical" has two meanings. 

1. Expressing adverse or disapproving judgments

2. Expressing or involving an analysis of ...

It is the second meaning that is represented in our Freeville characteristic. We have no desire to be adverserial or unthinkingly disapproving. By thinking critically we are analysing the information presented to us and challenging it when there is a lack of logic, truth or fairness.

Keep thinking critically. 

Keep being caring, as you have so very well.

Keep being adaptable in spite of tremendous pressure to say, "too much change!".

Keep being motivated in the face of continuing knock backs.

Keep communicating your thoughts and feelings about all that is placed in front of us.

Try to consider a globalist perspective on these issues. Put yourself in the Minister's shoes.

Keep thinking creatively. Look for creative ways that we can support each other. Look for creative ways of communicating your views. Look for creative ways to present who we are to the Ministry of Education.

Memory rainbows

Bike to school day

What a brilliant turn out. Well done.

Road works coming up.

This is advance notice from the City Council that they will be starting road works on Bower Ave at the end of Sandy Ave some time in mid March. This will close access to Sandy Ave. There will still be pedestrian access but not access for vehicles.

Welcome to 2013

Hello all and welcome to 2013. I trust that everyone has had a relaxing and refreshing holiday. A big welcome to all the families and children who are new to Freeville this year. We are excited about the great year ahead of us. We have a number of new staff to welcome to Freeville in 2013. Welcome to Tracey who is team teaching with Nicole in Room2. Welcome Naomi and Kym who are teaching our bilingual classes in Rooms 12 and 13. Welcome to Kylie who is teaching in Room 10. We hope that you all feel at home at Freeville. The year has started really well. The PLP conferences were excellent. It is great to be able to take that time right at the beginning of the year to focus on learning and setting goals so that we can see great progress. I encourage you to talk with your children throughout the term about how they are getting on with achieving their goals. Thursday and Friday were great. It was exciting to see the children back in to learning so quickly. This is what we are here for and I know that our staff are all really motivated to see learning happening. Week 2 Wednesday 6th February – Waitangi Day – School closed. Sunhats A reminder that sunhats are compulsory for all of Term 1. Please ensure that your child has a named blue bucket or wide brimmed sunhat ready for the first day. We have currently sold out of hats but have more on order. Scooters Children are welcome to bring scooters and skateboards to school. We ask that they walk them inside the school gates in the morning and at 3.00 p.m. The children are allowed to use their scooters during the breaks in the designated area but we don’t want them scooting or skateboarding before or after school because adults don’t like getting run in to. Thank you for helping to remind your children about this. Car park Please could children and parents not walk through the staff carpark to get in and out of school. The carpark is for staff cars. If you have a mobility card you are welcome to use the disability park but this is not a general drop off area. Please respect this. We do understand that parking can be difficult outside school but this is a safety issue that we need your help with. Board of Trustees elections 2013 is the year that we elect a new Board of Trustees. Now is the time to consider whether you would be interested in putting your name forward for this important role. We will hold an information evening for anyone interested in finding out more about being a BoT member (date to follow) Merger Our response to the Ministry of Education was submitted on December 7th last year. We are now waiting for the Minister to make a decision. Once the Minister decides we have 28 days to respond and then a final decision will be announced. This process is supposed to be completed by early April. As soon as we have more information we will communicate it to you. Get in SYNK (Stuff You Need to Know) We have information meetings scheduled for Wednesday 13 Feb (Week 3). Rooms, 2, 10, 11 3.15 - 4pm Rooms 3, 4, 12, 13 4 - 4.30pm Rooms 6, 7, 8 4.30 - 5pm Room 1 5 - 5.30pm These are a chance for you to hear from the teachers important information for the year, a description of the class programme and ways that you can help your child make the most of school. Paul Freeville School