Mercury Bay Area School

A flying visit

What a start to Week 2 - a visit from the Westpac Helicopter Team who have been based in Mercury Bay for the summer!
Mr Morgan had the inspiration to bring the crew to school first thing Tuesday morning and give us all a chance to show just
how much we appreciate what they have been doing for our community.
Students from all ages laid on the ground and spelt out THANKS! and then many got the chance to hear from
the crew members themselves.

Special mention must also go to the group of touring motorcylists who turned up on their gleaming machines to add
weight to the 'exclamation mark'. One of their group had received treatment from the Wetpac crew during their stay
in the Bay and they wanted to contribute to the occasion.

New website link - Team Up

allages As part of the ongoing development of the MBAS website we have added a new section called Team Up.

The new section under the Resources menu provides a link to the Ministry of Education Team Up pages.
Here you can find a range of materials which can help parents, carers and whanau get involved in their
children's education. Go here to find out suggestions for easy fun activities for all ages, information
about the NZ Curriculum, the NCEA system and pre schoolers. Something for us all.

Ricoh Schools Challenge 2k Fun Run

Get in training and sign up for the Ricoh Fun Run on March 18 in Cambridge and
get in some useful practise for those cross country events in the autumn!

school challenge poster

Our new website Art Gallery

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.

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.

$67,382.92 towards equipment & student activities in 2011

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

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Y9 take on the challenges

img_3008w The new year has begun and our new Y9 students have successfully faced the
challenge of new home rooms, new routines and a day of problem solving activities.

The challenges are designed to get students working together developing their
cooperation and teamwork skills. They included activities that required thinking skills as
well as those which were largely physical.

All link back to the New Zealand Curriculum and the key competencies;
thinking, managing self, relating to others, partcipating and contributing.
Well done Y9 - a great start!

img_2992w