1. JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS
Please put an extra set of clothes in your child’s
bag if possible. Some children are needing an
extra set with the wet weather.
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Talofa lava
Last Wednesday saw our first entry into the
Southland Polyfest. I felt very proud sitting
watching the amazing performance of our
Pasifika Group. A huge thank you to all the
wonderful adults that made this performance
come to life. The uniforms were fantastic
and the performance was great. Well done.
The choir have been busy preparing with Miss
Jones for the annual Sing Out which will be
held this year on Tuesday 17 September. It
will again be a great night of talent so if you
have the chance, try and get along to enjoy
the night.
The winter sports season is nearing an end.
Many thanks to the coaches of the Netball
and Hockey teams who have given up their
time to take these teams. It is very much
appreciated. Congratulations to those
students who have made Representative
Teams.
Tofa loa
Wendy Ryan
Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
TERM DATES
30 Aug: Mufti Day for Daffodil Day
30 Aug: Dream Weaver Visit
17 Sept: ILT Sing Out
19 Sept: School Disco
20 Sept: Loud Shirt Day
26 Sept: Last day for swimming
27 Sept: Last day of Term 3
Term 4: Monday 14 October – Friday 13
December (depends on Teacher Only
Day/s)
POLYFEST 2013
On Wednesday the 21st
August, Ascot Community
School’s Pasifika Group went to perform at the
Murihiku Polyfest. It was a great experience for the
younger children and the older children as well
because we all had fun. We all worked hard at
rehearsals and we looked fantastic in our
costumes, thanks to the help of Mrs Kerr, Mrs
Frost, Mrs Maher, Mr Ripley and Toetu (Palolo’s
mum). The Polyfest was held at the Civic Theatre
from Tuesday to Friday. This was the first time for
Ascot Community School to perform on the
Polyfest Stage and I think that we performed at our
best. We could tell that our items were good
because the crowd cheered us on.
By Angel Templeton and Velda Lisala
SWIMMING
Term 3 swimming is from 10 – 11am at Splash Palace.
On Tuesdays, children from Rooms 2 & 5 attend with those from Rooms 1, 4 & 7 on Thursdays.
Please ensure that your child has their swimming gear at school on those days. If they are to be excused from swimming,
for any reason, please send a note to school, or contact the School Office.
SPORTS UNIFORMS
All sports uniforms are to be returned to the
School Office before the end of the Term. We
need these items for the summer season.

2. Meadow Fresh Madness!
Room 5 is collecting Meadow Fresh stickers that
you can find on a variety of Meadow Fresh
Products. If we get enough stickers we will be in to
win a share of $500,000 worth of cool stuff for
our school. We hope that we can collect enough
stickers to win the big prize. So EVERYBODY get
collecting the NOW!
Give stickers to Alice or Isobel in Room 5 please.
SOUTHLAND SCIENCE FAIR
Congratulations to all the following students who
participated in the Southland Science Fair this year; Mae
Sears & Tane Tamati, Lewis Thomson & Caleb Driver,
Nathan Scott & Trent Hogg, Alex Thomson & Jack Smith
and Robbie Gill & Nick Gibson-Taylor. You all worked hard
on your projects and had excellent ideas.
A special congratulations to Mae & Tane and Alex & Jack
for winning prizes at the Science Fair.
Thank you to all the parents for their help and support at
home.
Keep up all the good work and we look forward to the
Science Fair again next year.
CLUSTER SPEECH FINALS
The Cluster Speech Finals were held at Ascot School
on Tuesday 20 August. Emily Hansen, Palolo Helu,
Jessie Paul & Lewis Thomson represented our school.
* * * * *
At the Speech Cluster finals Emily, Palolo, Jessie and
I had to do a two minute speech.
Rimu, Halfmoon Bay and Ascot Schools were there.
I was nervous when I went up. There were lots of
good speeches. My favourite was Marley’s and it was
on ‘Why you should eat your tea.’
By Lewis Thomson
SERVICE AWARDS
To acknowledge all those students who go the extra mile and show great responsibility around the school:
Teilah-Rose Templeton and Amy Mariu Room 5 – For being helpful and reliable students
MERIT CERTIFICATES
The following children have been acknowledged for working well in their classroom.
They were presented their Merit Certificate in Assembly:
Room 1: Jojo Collins Room 5: Natalia Pedtchenko Room 9: Sintaya Briggs
Zack Webb Dominic Fagerlund Destiny Collins
Room 2: Hadeed Humayun Room 7: Matthew Hilston Room 10: Blake Sutherland
Jahdei Tengu Nelana Auld Jakab Ballie
Room 4: Cody Aitken Room 8: Cole Doyle-McPhee
Lewis Thomson Sanya Jayasinghe
We want to celebrate your fantastic children. Thanks. Rae Maher
Mufti Day for
Daffodil Day this
Friday 30 August.
Please bring a gold
coin donation.