MRI Update, Friday 28 April

Whakapuāwai – To Thrive

MRI Update, 28 April 2023

Key Dates for Term 2:
Kings Birthday (Public Holiday), Monday 5 June
Community of Learning; Teacher Professional Development, School Closing 12pm, Friday 26 May
Art Week 19th to 22nd June, Art Week Exhibition, Friday 23rd June
End of Term 2, 3pm Friday 30th June

Message from the Principal 

Kia ora koutou and welcome back to Term 2!

Together we have achieved a lot over the last few months and have more great things on the horizon this term.

We have many exciting events coming up this term, including our Matariki Celebrations and Art Week where we live, breathe and create art. (If you would like to be involved in taking a small group as part of our Art Week, we would love to hear from you!).

Next week Electives start up for all our students.  This is where our students have been given the option to choose an Elective subject.  Options they can choose from are wide and varied.  Some of the options available are Dance, Debating, Robotics, Sign Language, Māori Art, Rock Climbing and many more.
The two years while at Intermediate School are the years where we encourange our students to try as many new activities and experiences as possible and our Elective programme is one way that we can provide these opportunities for them.

From next week, Bike Skills training sessions will be starting up for our Year 8 students.  This is a fantastic intiative from Auckland Council who fund free lessons for our students to enhance their cycling skills and teaches them how to ride bikes safely. It was a great success last year so we look forward to see this year’s Year 8 students participate in this programme.  

Special congratulations to our chess Team who competed on the last day of Term 1 in the Chess Power online ‘Check Mate’ competition where the winning team each month, in each division, qualifies for the Chess Power National Finals and the top three individual players in each division, each month qualify for the Chess Power Champions Trophy!
Our team won the Intermediate and Senior division of the competition and placed first overall and have now qualified for the National Finals of this Online National competition. Congratulations to our players Daksh, Haider, Sanay, Shubhm and Terry.  Daksh was the overall competition winner, beating competition from several Intermediate and Secondary schools.  This is an amazing achievement!

Unfortunately our upcoming Whānau Forum with our local Kāhui Ako schools, has been postponed until early Term Three. This is due to the ongoing Industrial action by Secondary PPTA members and NZEI Primary Principals who, as part of their action, are not undertaking any after-school activities or events.  We will let you know when this event is able to be rescheduled.  Thank you for your understanding as we stand together to support the working conditions for your children in NZ Schools. 

He taonga rongonui te aroha ki te tangata
Goodwill towards others is a precious treasure

Ngā mihi nui
Kristen Walsham
Principal – Tumuaki

Optional After-school Music Lessons
We have an exciting opportunity! We can now offer after-school music lessons on a Thursday. 

Sistema Aotearoa is a charitable trust that has been teaching violin to students at Mt Roskill Primary for the last 2 years.  They are now opening up their offer to students of MRI. By working with Sistema, lessons can be offered at a much reduced rate.  The cost of the lessons for this year will be $200 which includes instrument hire.  These will be group lessons with 6-8 students in each class.  

• The tuition that can be provided are for the following instruments:
  Violin
  Cello
  Bass
  Trombone
  Flute
  Trumpet
  Clarinet

If we have sufficient interest from the community, the lessons will begin in Week 5 of Term 2.  All lessons will be held at Mt Roskill Primary School.

Please fill in the shared form (link below) if you are interested in this opportunity. No payment is required at this stage.  

Please register your Interest using this LINK

May Road Children’s Dental Clinic van
The May Road Dental Clinic van is currently visiting Mt Roskill Intermediate School through to Friday the 19th May. The clinic has a specific list of students that are due for a check up.  The clinic will make their way through this list of students while they are here. 
If you have any questions in regards to the dental care for your child, please call
 May Road Children’s Dental Clinic on ph: 09 620 0134

Term Dates 2023
Term 2 : Wednesday 26 April – Friday 30 June
Term 3 : Monday 17 July – Friday 22 September
Term 4 : Monday 9 October – Friday 15 December