Bohally Newsletter - T3, Week 5
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Principal's Welcome
Kia ora koutou
Welcome to another Bohally newsletter where we can celebrate all the positive things our students are up to. This term has been busy on the sports front with many of our students involved in one of our winter sports teams. I have spent quite a bit of time watching many of our Bohally sports teams and would like to say a huge big thank you to all of our parents that help out with coaching and managing teams. Our students are very lucky and I hope they remember to thank you! It was a pity that our annual Nelson sports exchange was canceled but seeing the results of the storm in Nelson it was probably lucky we didn't go otherwise we might have got stuck there. In this newsletter, we feature some students and teams who have won special awards at the end of season prizegivings, well done to those students.
On a less positive note, we have had to cancel our annual quiz fundraising night due to a lack of tables sold. This is a bit of a pity as it not only raises a lot of money for our school but is also a fun night for our community to come together. We thank those who had bought tables and helped us out with wine, auction prizes and food donations, we hope that you can continue to support us next year. A special thanks to the FABs committee for the time you have put in to organise this event we appreciate your support. Hopefully everyone will get behind our next fundraiser - The Bohally Truffles. This is a major fundraiser and sales will start early next term with a production week in November.
Finally, our curriculum focus is moving into science with a more focused look at chemistry. Some classes have started experiments and are looking at chemical changes, if you have some knowledge of this take time to discuss what they are learning about. In maths, most classes are looking at fractions and or decimals. We are finding that students who do not know their times tables are finding fractions quite tricky. One thing you can help your child with is practicing their times tables at home, if they can rote learn them then a lot of maths becomes quite easy. I have been teaching for a long time and still advocate rote learning of times tables, I might be old-fashioned but they should know them before they come to Intermediate School. It is something that can be done at home, in the car on journeys etc. I always say you can't buy that knowledge at a shop, it takes time and effort.
Enjoy the beginning of spring and hopefully we begin to see some brighter and longer days ahead of us.
Ngā mihi Nicky
Adventure Week Update
All students are excited about the annual Adventure Week for late Term 4. The exciting range of camps will provide our students with a range of challenging experiences, in the likes of Wellington, Hanmer Springs, West Coast, and the Marlborough High Country.
Payment plans can be made through the front office. To make automatic payments please pay into the following account ASB 123167 0106660 00 with your child's name in the reference field and ADWK or AW. You can also make part payments through the school Eftpos or with Cash at the front desk. (Please note we do not carry change.)
Marlborough Cross Country
Year 8 boys
1st - Cullum Rayner
2nd- Liam Harcus
3rd- Josh Harris
Year 8 Girls
1st- Sophie Campbell
2nd- Jaye Wiapo
3rd- Katherine de Zwart
Year 7 Boys
1st- Keegan Middleton
Year 7 girls
3rd- Dara Robertson
Hockey and Netball Round Up
NETBALL
Congratulations to all our Bohally netball teams for an outstanding final day of netball on Saturday. A huge congratulations to the 8A team who won their semi final, booking themselves a spot in the finals this Saturday at Stadium 2000, an incredible achievement playing in the senior competition!
Well done to those that received awards at the year ⅞ prizegiving on Saturday.
Most improved team = Bohally 7A
Most outstanding attack player = merit for Izzy Vickery, winner Jaye Wiapo
Most outstanding defense player = merit for Hannah Harper, winner Jah’bree MacDonald
Most outstanding midcourter = winner Ava Marcroft
Most improved player = merit for Luke Tucker, merit for Charlie Bennett
HOCKEY
A huge congratulations to all Bohally hockey teams for winning their respective 11-aside finals.
Results:
BIS Rima (Combined with Tua Marina) Won the 7th/8th Play-offs.
BIS Rua won the 3rd/4th Play-off
BIS Tahi won the grand final.
In the 6-a side competition
Tier one:
1st: BIS Tahi
3rd BIS Wha
5th BIS Toru
7th BIS Rua
Tier two:
3rd BIS Rima
From each team, a Most Valuable Player and Most Improved were selected
BIS Tahi- MVP: Spencer Gregg, Most Improved: James Taggart
BIS Rua- MVP: Tommy Phipps, Most Improved: Lizzie Gibbons
BIS Toru- MVP: Liam Harcus, Most Improved: Neve Smith
BIS Wha- MVP: Viliami Manoa, Most Improved: Maddison Hampton
BIS Rima- MVP: Michael Field, Most Improved: Lachie Scobie
Spencer Gregg and Hannah Harper won overall Most Valuable Players for the season.
Teachers Doing the Mahi too!
Marlborough Young Leaders Conference/ Esports and Coding Festival
Another 60 students explored the many opportunities at the e-sports, coding, VR festival, also at the ASB Theatre. The students that attended this festival were hopefully inspired to learn more about the world of Coding, Programming, and Virtual Reality - and discover pathways into this ever-increasing field of opportunity.
E-Sports Showcase and Presenters
HADO VR Experience
Learning about HADO
Mr Science
Curriculum Focus
For the remainder of Term 3 we are covering the following curriculum areas and topics:
Maths - Fractions,Transformations
Science - Chemistry
Reading - Skimming, Scanning, Information Gathering, Summarising
Writing - Explanation Texts
PE - Netball and Rugby, Athletics
Arts - Dance
Health - Keeping Ourselves Safe
Thank you - 40 Hour Famine
Shining a light on ........Extension Learning Opportunities
FPS
By Katherine, Room 19 and Andrew, Room 3
Maths - stocks and shares
By Max Pickering, Room 19
Upcoming Events
Term 3
Tuesday 6th September - Tennis Grading
Friday 16th September - Regional Kapa Haka Competition
Friday 23rd and 30th September - Academy days
Saturday 24th September - Bohally Quiz Night
Saturday 24th September - Pasifika Festival
Friday 30th September - Last day of Term 3
Term 4
Monday 17th October - Term 4 begins
Thursday 24th November - MGC/MBC Taster Day
Tuesday 29th November - Friday 2nd December - Adventure Week
Tuesday 13th December - School Prizegiving
Wednesday 14th December - Last day of term - Year 8
Thursday 15th December - Last day of term - Year 7
Community Notices
Technology Centre Cleaner Required
Marlborough Technology Centre
Cleaner required
The Marlborough Technology Centre requires a part-time cleaner. 2 hours per day, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm. Term time Monday - Friday. Holidays by arrangement. Must be reliable.
Applications or enquiries to: Paul Sainsbury, Associate Principal, Marlborough Technology Centre, 45 McLauchlan St, Blenheim.
Ph: (03) 5772434, 0212374582. Email: paul@mtc.school.nz.
Active Dads
Active Dads Nelson & Active Dads Marlborough are delighted to let you know about 3 online parenting presentations with Dr Bradley Hannigan.
These online presentations are held over 3 consecutive Wednesday evenings, and are FREE!
If you would like to attend or have parents that you think would benefit from these presentations, please share the posters above (one for Nelson, one for Marlborough) which has registration details on it.
In fact, these events can be shared far and wide within our community and beyond, it would be great to reach as many parents as we can.
You can check out our Facebook pages here which has separate events you can share also
https://www.facebook.com/activedadsnelson
https://www.facebook.com/ActiveDadsMarlborough
If you would like to attend, please flick me an email back, and I’ll place you on my registration list
Any questions or requests, please ask
Danie
Cancer Society Support Services
The Cancer Society Marlborough in collaboration with Omaka Marae are holding and education and support day for those experiencing cancer or whānau supporting those on their cancer journey on the 9th of September between 9am and 4pm that is open to anyone wanting to come along, we would love to have whānau supported so knowing we are here that would be amazing.
Chinese Association
Marlborough Chinese Association would like to invite all school families to join our event as Chinese Language Week.
There is no any fee for the interesting activates as Chinese calligraphy workshop, tea art, the cultural handcrafts and displays, also we have Chinese snack tasting and more.
Casual Vacancy - Giesen Wines
Call 021 403 326 for more information or send your CV to awesomejobs@giesengroup.co.nz
Harcourts Community Donations.
Roller Disco Fundraiser
Auditions
Communication
At Bohally we strive to keep our community up to date with what is happening at school. We have three main ways we communicate - our school app, website, and Facebook page. We recommend downloading our school app. The app will allow you to set up alerts for your child's class and activities. This causes a push notification on your phone if any notices are uploaded. If you have any questions about how to access any of these three systems please talk to your child's teacher. Below are the links for you to follow.
Website:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bohallyintermediate/
School App:
Search 'School Apps NZ' on Google Play or the Apple App Store.
Contact Us
Email: office@bohally.school.nz
Website: https://bohally.school.nz/
Location: 41 Mclauchlan Street, Springlands, Blenheim 7201, New Zealand
Phone: +64 3-578 5219
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bohallyintermediate/
Design an App Competition
The Student Wellbeing Digital Tool Design Competition is open to all students enrolled, or eligible for enrolment, in Yrs 7-13+. The competition is based on design thinking. Student teams - from any subject area – are invited to think through the information in our brief and develop a conceptual design of a digital tool that will meet the attributes and features outlined. Teams can be made up of students across year levels (Yr 7 –13+), schools or kāhui ako. Minimum team number is 5 students.
The grand prize-winning team can win up to $5,000 worth of prizes for their school! There are also finalist team prizes.
We encourage teams to register before they begin to work on their submission so we can monitor competition numbers and keep teams updated. We are offering a small bonus gift to the first 500 student participants who register. Registrations close on 16 September 2022.
This competition closes on 30 September 2022. Finalist teams will be notified in November 2022 and will be invited to attend a prizegiving in Wellington, which will be held after senior examinations.
Please see attached information. Full competition information and registration link is here: www.education.govt.nz/wellbeing-tool-competition
We welcome your engagement in this competition.
Ngā mihi
The Student Wellbeing Measures Project Team