Newsletter No 26
1st September 2016
Tena Koutou Katoa, Talofa Lava, Greetings to you all,
Our apologies for putting the wrong date on this last week, it is on Friday September 16th that staff will be attending the
paid union meeting at Manukau. This is around future funding of schools and is to be attended by secondary teachers,
primary teachers and principals. It starts at 1.00pm so we will need to finish school at 12.00 noon in order for teachers to
have lunch and get to the meeting. I do apologise, I realise that this is inconvenient for parents but it is an important issue
for schools. Bizzy Bodz will run a programme on this afternoon but you will need to book for this.
Reading Together
We had our last Reading
Together Programme yesterday. Thank you to the
great turn out for this terms
sessions. It was great to see
parents using the techniques
shown and giving positive
feedback on how they were
now achieving rewards with
their child’s learning in
general.
Kiwi Kwiz
Our winner for last weeks
Kiwi Kwiz was Maryam
from Room 9. How many
sides does a hexagon have?
The answer was C. 6. Well
done Maryam!
PB4L Noodles
Tuesday 6th September will
be Year 3 and 4 students
turn for noodles, just a reminder that students are not
able to order for their siblings.
Friends of the School
The FOS meeting is next
Tuesday at 6pm by Mrs
Davis office. We are happy
for any ideas or input from
our school community.
Student of the Week
This week Karlos from
Room 6 is our Student of
the Week. Karlos is a well
mannered member of Room
6. He shows respect to his
fellow classmates, follows
directions well, always
works to the best of his ability and has outstanding
presentation. He is awesome! Well done Karlos!
Papakura Normal School—Board of Trustee
Casual Vacancy for an elected trustee.
A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for
an elected parent representative. The board has resolved
under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the
vacancy by selection. If ten percent or more of eligible
voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of
this notice being published, to hold a by-election instead
to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held. Any
eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a byelection should write to: Chairperson, Board of Trustees,
Papakura Normal School, 143 Porchester Road, Papakura.
By: 3.00 pm on 29th September 2016.
Net Safe Evening
When misuse of the internet is so widespread it was very sad that
not one person attended the Net Safe evening last night. Unfor tunately the school can only provide parents with the opportunity.
APPA Choir
This year our APPA Choir is performing at the Auckland Town
Hall on Tuesday 8th November. Tickets can be ordered and paid
for through the school office before September 2nd. Adults
$15.00, Senior Citizen $10 and children (pre-school to under 16)
$10.00.
National Kidz Can Mufti Day
Tomorrow, Friday 2nd September it is the National Kidz Can
Mufti Day. Students wear Mufti, pay a gold coin and the money
goes to Kidz Can so they can continue the great work they do for
Kids across New Zealand. If everyone in our school wore mufti
and paid $1.00 we would make $658.00!! Wouldn’t that be great!
For Sale—School Desks
We have school desks for
sale at $20.00 each. As is,
where is! Please enquire at
the school office.
Zone Badminton
Last Friday 26th August we
had three students participating in the Zone Badminton
Competition.
Congratulations to Aaliyah
Brown and Anita
Vongkhamdy who were 1st
in the double badminton
competition at Counties last
Friday. A great achievement,
well done girls! Abby
Weeks was 5th in the singles
a very credible performance
as the competition is fierce.
Year 8 Mini Basketball
Competition
Tomorrow Friday some of
our year 8 students will take
part in the Mini basketball
competition at Conifer
Grove school with Miss
Thomas. We wish them
well.
Gymsport National
Championships
Congratulations to Emma
Lendrum who has been selected to represent Counties
Manukau Region at the
Math Whizz Awards
Gymsport National ChampiAt assembly this week the Maths Whizz Awards went to:
onships in Invercargill in the
Year 1 was Jaijodh Singh from Room 15, Year 2 Jashdeep Deo
September school holidays.
from Room 18, Year 3 & 4 Maryam Noori from Room 9, Year 5 & Emma will be competing at
6 Laith Alawneh Room 8 and Year 7 & 8 was Liz Onwonga from
Step 5 for the Women’s
Room 1.
Artistic Gymnastics.
We wish you well
Year 5 and 6 North Counties Cross Country
Emma!
Below are the results from our students who competed in the
North Counties Results for our Year 5 and 6 students:
Year 5 Boys
3rd Robert Fitzpatrick
8th Caleb Morgan
10th Jairus Botor
Year 5 Girls
5th Rebecca Cribb
6th Emma Lendrum
9th Jaimee Cotterill
.
Year 6 Boys
Year 6 Girls
4th Tyler Cotterill
10th Kiyah McMillan
9th Daniel Blundell
Congratulations and well done to all of our runners!
Kiwi Kwiz
In Netball what does WA stand for?
A. Wide Arms B. Wide Action C. Wing Attack
Name: ……………………………....…… Room: ………….
Important Dates
2nd September
6th September
23rd September
- Kidz Can Mufti Day
- Friends of the School Meeting 6 pm
- End of Term 3