“INSPIRING LEARNING FOR LIFE”

Newsletter No: 7 23rd March 2017

School phone: 878 7727 Mob: 022 087 4424

Email: office@pukenui.school.nz Principal: Mrs. Raewyn Jackson

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Principal Raewyn Jackson

Greetings, Talofa Lava, Tena Koutou

The World Sleep Society has developed recommenda-

tions on how to obtain a healthy restorative sleep. The

Ten Commandments for Children's Sleep (ages birth

to 12 years):

1. Go to bed at the same time every night,

preferably before 9.00pm.

2. Have an age appropriate nap schedule.

3. Establish a consistent bedtime routine.

4. Make your child’s bedroom sleep conductive –

cool, dark and quiet.

5. Encourage your child to fall asleep independently.

6. Avoid bright light at bedtime and during the

night, and increase light exposure in the morning.

7. Avoid heavy meals and vigorous exercise close to

bedtime.

8. Keep all electronics, including televisions,

computers, and cell phones out of the bedroom

and limit use of electronics before bedtime.

9. Avoid caffeine, including many sodas, coffee, and

teas (as well as iced tea).

10. Keep a regular daily schedule, including

consistent mealtimes.

TALBE OF RECOMMENDED SLEEP

AGE SLEEP NEEDED

3-12months - 14 to 15 hours

1-3 years - 12 to 14 hours

3-5 years - 11 to 13 hours

6-12 years - 10 to 11 hours

12-18 years - 8.5 to 9.5 hours

Good sleep is one of the 3 pillars of good health along

with a balanced diet and regular exercise.

Welcome to our new student, Maxwell in Room 6. We hope you

are settling in well to life at Pukenui School.

Tatsuno Visitors

We welcomed our visitors from Tatsuno with a Powhiri yesterday

afternoon. They will be spending time with the students in classes

and participating in school activities. They will experience

Tubing at Caveworld along with other exciting activities. Thank

you to our host families. Enjoy your time together learning about

each others cultures. We will farewell our Tatsuno visitors on

Tuesday morning as they depart Pukenui School and Te Kuiti,

head off to the Kiwi House and then onto Auckland for their flight

back to Japan.

PSG Cake Stall

Thank you to those who have already contributed to the Easter Egg

Raffle and baking for the Cake Stall. Please have your baked

goods to the office by tomorrow afternoon.

See you at the Balloons!

Car Keys Found

A set of car keys were found in the ally way on Tuesday. If you

have misplaced yours come to the school office.

Mondays,

Wednesdays

and Fridays

from 8:15.

ROAD PATROL

MON

27th

TUES

28th

WED

29th

THUR

30th

FRI

31st

Nicole

Sheree

Elizabeth

Pauline

Jahdione

Cylus

Stevie

Adrian

Ocean

Rico

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 20 21

22 POWHIRI 2pm Waitete Rugby Muster 3.30pm

23 Triathlon American Hot Dogs

24 Balloons over Te Kuiti Cake Stall

25 26

27After school Rugby Session 3.15pm Pukenui Field

28 29 BOT Meeting

30 31 1 2

3 4 5 Duffy Role Model Assembly Waitete Rugby Muster

6 7 7’s Tournament

8 9

10 11 12 13

END OF TERM ONE

14 15 16

Class/Assembly Awards

Healthy Lunch Draw

MARCH/APRIL

Room 2 Naomi Walker Cooper-Pickering For being a star and always making the right choices in all that she does. Room 4 Mika Leauanae For excellent concentration and effort during writing. Thank you Mika. Room 5 Cindy Dilley For using her reading strategies correctly to decode words she is unsure of. Ka rawe. Room 6 Vaimoli Tiuli Matini For always trying his best in class. Room 8 Charlotte Harris For her contribution towards Room 8 a positive learning environment.

Tatsuno Students Visit

Junior: Charlotte Harris Senior: Nicole Chikunda

Notices

We have an opportunity to raise funds this year at the Balloons over Waikato on the 24th of March. The Pukenui PSG will run the stall like last year. We had an amazing stall and it was very successful selling out of nearly everything we had! We are asking if our Pukenui whanau can contribute towards the stall by bringing in baked goods to sell and an Easter egg to put towards an Easter egg raffle. The raffle will be drawn on the night. Children who bring any goods will go into a classroom draw to win a voucher to spend at our stall. Each class will be given a voucher to draw. We appreciate any support and contributions given.

Nga Mihi

Note Change of venue

KING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT HOCKEY

Any Interested players Year 6 and above please meet

at the Te Kuiti High School turf on the 6th April at

3:40pm with your gear for a friendly run around and

meeting.

Waikato Bay of Plenty Football (soccer)

This term Pukenui School has had the opportunity to have Scott Parsonage from WaiBop Football and Vicki Coll from Project Energise in our school, teaching all the students football skills and playing fun football games. We have an opportunity for all children in the Year 3 and 4, Year 5 and 6, Year 7 and 8 age groups to play in a one off 5 a side football tournament on Sunday 2nd April at Centennial Park. The first games go from 10am-2pm. There is no cost to the tournament. This is a once off Football tournament and isn’t a replacement for our school Saturday football or winter sports teams. We would need parents to support and supervise each team on the day. A permission slip for this tournament has been sent home with the students today. Thank you for your support.

Dorothy Carr, Teacher in Charge of Sport and Physical Education

WAITETE JUNIOR RUGBY

2nd MUSTER - Under 11’s & 13’s

Wednesday 5th April 2017

@ Rugby Park (by clubrooms) - 3:30pm Thanks to all who attended our 1st Muster

A great turnout!

ALSO

Rugby Skills with Nano Te Whare @ Rugby Park

3:30pm the following Wednesdays: 29th March / 5th April / 3rd May / 10th May / 17th May

ALL PLAYERS WELCOME!

Come along to register your name. Bring your boots

and join in some rugby skills

* Rugby Competition start date: 6th May 2017 Any queries contact:

Bernadette Murphy 021 262 4960