PUKETE PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Achieving such great success in your first year at school. Your
knowledge and information astounds us each day and you are a
delight to have in Room 2. Thank you for showing all your Pukete
Virtues and being a great role model to others.
26 August 2016
Room 3 – Dylan – Confidence
Showing a lot of confidence, determination and strength during our
cross country re-run of 1000m. You gave it your all and have
made a wonderful improvement. Great job!
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Congratulations Speech Festival Achievers
On Wednesday we held our annual Senior Speech Competition –
congratulations to the following place getters, their speeches were
fantastic and they displayed the virtue of Courage very well.
Year 4 1st Tayla Millen
2nd Emily Taylor
3rd Lyla Paki
Year 5
1st Zoe Simonson
3rd Beth Whittaker
2nd Petra Hayes
Year 6
1st Emma McNab 2nd Breanna Smith
3rd Sophie Clark
Many thanks to our judges Judi Billcliff and Jeremy Tomkin who
had the difficult job of judging the speeches. Big thanks to Liz
Amoore who organised the Senior Speech Competition.
Paid Union Meeting
Please note the attached notice regarding the teachers and
support staff paid union meeting being held in school time on
Monday 12 September.
Mathathon Money Please
Please return the Mathathon sponsorship money by 5 September
to be in the running for a Samsung tablet. (Many thanks to those
who have already returned the money! )
Coming Up – A very busy week.
Monday 28 August - Star Lab visiting Rooms 8,9,10,11,12,13,
and 14 and 1(Please pay $5.00 to the office.)
Tuesday 30 August – School Cross Country –please see
attached notice
Wednesday 31 August – 3 Way Conferences – Senior School
Thursday 1 September - 3 Way Conferences – Senior School
Friday 2 September – Assembly Sharing Rm 5 and 13.
VIRTUES AWARDS
Congratulations to the following children for their fantastic effort
this week.
Room 1 – Tyloh – Respect
Always being ready to learn. You sit up nicely on the mat and
listen to people when they are talking. Well done!
Room 2 –Grace – Diligence
Room 4 – Fabian – Patience
Displaying patience throughout this week. You have shown our
classroom how to treat others with love and patience. It has been
great seeing you work effectively in groups and one on one
situations. Well done!
Room 5 – Quinn – Integrity
Showing a lot of integrity when playing sport. You always play
hard but fair. These qualities will set you in good stead for the
future.
Room 6 – Paige – Purposefulness
Constructing your persuasive speech in a way which made it fit for
purpose. An ability to structure purposefully is an important quality.
Room 7 – Braden –Purposefulness
Creating a well-researched and presented speech on ‘Why the
Tyrannosaurus Rex was better than the Megalosaurus Dinosaur’
You had a creative, yet factual topic that kept the audience
entertained. Ka Pai!
Room 8 – Emily – Confidence
Confidently presenting your speech at the finals.
amazing and we are really proud of you. Ka pai!
You were
Room 9 – Alexis – Confidence
Having the confidence to share with her knowledge of the planet
Saturn and Eclipses.
Room 10 – Olivia – Excellence
Being a determined Pukete learner and giving your very best in all
you do. You are demonstrating excellent work habits in the
classroom and have a positive attitude towards your learning. Well
done on a wonderful year so far in Room 10.
Room 11 – Cruize – Diligence
The hard work and effort you put in to your school work. You are
making great progress especially in writing. You can now write two
good sentences with spaces between the words. Ka Pai.
Room 12 – Brooklyn – Responsibility
You are always doing the right thing at the right time! We can rely
on you, well done.
Room 13 – Angel – Confidence
Being willing to try everything in Room 13. You are confident with
your friends and adults. When you believe in yourself, you can do
it!
Room 14 – Bellah – Responsibility
Being a respectful and responsible class member. You always try
your best in all class work. You are also making great progress in
reading. Well done!
a special award for playing for Endeavour as they were short of
players, well done for showing sportspersonship and putting the
needs of all above yourself!
Room 15 – Kaleb – Peacefulness
Being so calm and peaceful every day. You are fantastic at our
quiet games and used your wits often this week. Room 15 is
becoming more and more peaceful and you are helping so much.
Keep it up.
This week 21st August, we had a more even spread of wins and
losses, our first game against Hillcrest White saw us with another
win of 9:0 largely down to the player of the day Briar, who kept her
head cool and played to our advantage well done Briar! Our
second game against Rototuna saw us with an exceptional loss,
13:3. Well done to KT who stopped many more goals than the
score reflects, Azalea also played assertively and against one of
the oppositions best players. Haegan was awarded player of the
day for putting lots of effort into his defensive position. Great work
team!!
Room 16 – Carter – Creativity
Showing creativity in your art work. You work carefully and pay
attention to detail. You have an eye for colour and produce high
quality art work you can be proud of. Well done Carter.
Room 17 – Ashden – Excellence
Always giving your best to everything that you do. You take
responsibility for your own learning and behaviour and always treat
others with kindness and respect. You are an asset to have in the
class and are an absolute pleasure to teach.
If anyone else wants to come along and have a look, our next
game is on the 4th of September AT 2:00PM against Te Rapa!!
come cheer for your school and see what flippa ball is all about!
Hockey
Room 18 – Mea – Purposefulness
Working hard to write details in her sentences so that she is writing
longer stories and telling the reader more ideas. Keep up the great
work. You are a Room 18 Superstar!
Room 19 – Kahlia – Excellence
Your superb spelling skills. You learn new words so quickly and
have an amazing spelling memory. You already know all the
words up to List 7 and beyond! Fantastic work Kahlia.
Room 19 – Koby – Courage
An awesome effort at the Mathathon. You showed courage by
facing the challenge with a can-do attitude, showed diligence by
practising hard at home, and you made amazing progress in
learning your basic facts. We are all proud of you, well done!
Room 20 – Aaralee – Diligence
Showing us that you are a very self-motivated learner who is
always keen to do her best at all tasks. You are a wonderful role
model in the class and a pleasure to teach. Keep up the amazing
job!
Room 21 – Kelsey – Determination
Training really hard for the cross country next week. You have set
goals for yourself; and improved heaps by being so determined
and not giving up!
Change to Junior School Reporting Schedule
As of Term 3 2016 we are changing the schedule of reporting in
the Junior School. All children will continue to receive two written
reports each year; and there will still be one Progress Report and
one Achievement Report. However all children will now receive
their reports and parent teacher conferences in Term 2 and 4.
SPORTS RESULTS
Flippaball
The flippaball team is off to an amazing 3rd term. with many
players really stretching themselves and trying super hard.
On 7th of August we won both games played, the first against Te
Rapa Torpedoes and with a convincing 9:4 win, Kaiden got player
of the day for amazing defensive work. Our second game was
against newcomers Rototuna and we won 12:1 and Chelsea also
got player of the day for her wonderful defensive work. Nicole got
Last weekend the Pukete Squirrels
played the Te Rapa Tigers and fought
their way to a 1-0 win! Mea scored our
goal and Samuel put in another great
effort. They are all playing so well, that
all the grown ups chose a different
child for player of the day! This is
reflective of Trisha's wonderful
coaching. This week though, Kelsey
was our awesome player of the day
for her fierce tackling and attacking
skills. Keep up the good work Squirrels!
On Saturday Pukete Seals played Te Totara Lightening and won
9-0. Emily scored 5 goals, George 2 goals, Gurkirat scored 1 goal
and Nicole scored 1 goal. Flynn did some good running and
helped Emily score some wonderful goals. Hannah did some good
attacking against the other team too. Brianna almost scored a goal
just missing by a hair, then someone decided to make a
tackle. The player of the day went to Gurkirat for his great running
and some fabulous attacking. He was in the right place at the right
time. Well done Gurkirat! This week we play Tamahere Green at
9.30am.
COMMUNITY NEWS
PUKETE KINDERGARTEN – ENROLMENTS WELCOME We are
currently seeking enrolments at our wonderful kindergarten. Are
you or someone you know looking for quality care and education
for your child? At Pukete kindergarten we offer a fantastic learning
environment with a wide range of stimulating educational
experiences for your child. We offer sessional hours (am and pm)
as well as extended day options and have 20 ECE hours available.
Our fully trained team is warm and caring and would welcome your
enrolment. Please phone us on 8493 718 to find out more, email
us at [email protected] or drop in for a visit at 13
Cullimore Street, pick up an enrolment pack, meet the team and
see our large environment in person. We look forward to hearing
from you,
The Pukete Team