Mercury Bay Area School

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Mercury Bay Area School

School start up dates 2012

We will be operating a staggered start for different areas of our school in 2012. Please check which dates are relevant for for you and your family.

  • Monday 16 January  MBAS Office reopens
  • Tuesday 24 January Staff Induction Day
  • Wednesday 25 - Friday 27 Teacher Only /Planning Days
  • Tuesday 31 January Years 1-9, 8.45am start back to school. Returning students please go to the school hall. New students meet at the flagpole at 8.45am.
  • Wednesday 1 February  Years 10-12, 8.45am start back to school. Returning students please go to the school hall. New students to meet Dean at 8.45am. 
  • Wednesday 1 February Years 1-9 go straight to their classrooms at 8.45am
  • Thursday 2 February Year 13, 8.45am start back to school. Returning students to meet Dean at 8.45am in Room 3. New students to meet Mr Smith at 8.45am. 
  • Thursday 2 February  Years 1-12 go straight to their classrooms at 8.45am

 

Stationery and Uniform

To help ensure all students arrive at school prepared for the new year of learning all relevant stationery lists are available on this website in the General information section or from the main school office.

The school uniform shop will be open from Thursday 19 January until 3 February 8.30am-5.00pm. Normal opening hours (Thursdays & Fridays) will resume after 9th February.

The uniform shop can be found at 3, Owen Street, Whitianga.

 

Careers websites - match qualifications and careers

It is important that our senior students plan for their futures. To help match interests and qualifications to future career requirements we will be interviewing our Y12 and Y13 students at various points throughout the year. To help them in this process please  check out the careers website. It's their future, so please spend time talking this through in your families and with careers advisors.

 

Our new website Art Gallery

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Our new website art gallery will showcase students visual art and photography. Each month samples will be selected from all year groups and the exhibitions can be found on our website Home Page in the Resources section. Our first exhibition showcases a selection of work from 2011.

 

New Year...new challenges...Stage Challenge!


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Every two years we take part in the worldwide Stage Challenge competition and in 2012 this will happen on June 7 & 8 in Hamilton.
The show is devised and choreographed by senior students and will involve performers and technical support from Y7-13.
Watch out for information about how you can become involved.
 

$67,382.92 towards equipment & student activities in 2011

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The Mercury Bay Area School Fundz team would like to formally thank and acknowledge the 3 trust funding charities in Whitianga for the financial support to the school, students and families for the following equipment and student based activities in 2011. We are delighted by the success of our applications to the 3 local trusts. We would like our community to know that we have received $67,382.92 between February and October 2011.

Pub Charity – Smitty’s Sports Bar and Grill

$20,000                 12 seater minivan - Sports and Leadership.

$4,032.92             Canon Digital Camera and Mac Laptop for movie making - Talent Development                   

$2,000.00             Y10 Ski Trip to Mt Ruapehu – Student Bus Transport                                          

$4,800.00             Y8 Camp to Waitomo Caves - Student Accommodation & Activities          

$4,050.00             Y9 Camp to Great Mercury Island – Student Boat Transport and Portaloo hire

New Zealand Community Trust Funding – Blacksmith Bar

$10,000.00           136 new chairs for school hall

$7,500.00             Y10 Ski Trip to Mt Ruapehu– Student Accommodation

$5,000.00             Y7 Camp Adair Hunua – Student Camp Activities

Lion Foundation – Sand Bar

$10,000.00           6 Sea Kayaks - Outdoor Education Department

Trust funding is a vital component of supporting our students and staff to provide quality programmes and opportunities for our students. Applications are prepared in accordance with funding criteria that also show benefit and support of the wider Mercury Bay community.

On behalf of the Fundz team and Mercury Bay Area School we sincerely thank: 

Blacksmith Bar  NZCT
Smitty's Sports Bar & Grill  Pub Charity
The Sand Bar  The Lion Foundation

 

Marie Relph, Funding Applications Officer, Mercury Bay Area School

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