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Newsletter 10Wednesday 12 August 2020
Blue Light BangersThanks to the local police officers for coming at lunchtime last Wednesday with sausages for our tamariki. They visit schools to interact and build positive relationships
with our young people.
Kia ora whānau
Well this isn't the way we thought our week was going to go! I feel for all those in Auckland, many of who woke up this morning not realising that their schools were closed. We are so fortunate that we are only in Level 2, and that we had everything already in place to be able to deal with the situation swiftly, efficiently, and with minimum disruption to our children's day. Thank you all for your ongoing support as we once again do everything we can to keep our whanau safe. A special bulletin was emailed home earlier this afternoon to explain the strategies we have in place to ensure everyone's ongoing safety.Last week we farewelled one of our Board of Trustee members, Victoria Denyer. At the end of last year, Victoria’s youngest child left Pahoia so, although she stood down as chairperson at that point, Victoria has very kindly stayed on as a trustee until we had a new member. I am delighted to welcome Ray Gatfield as our newest Trustee. Ray brings with him a wealth of knowledge and business acumen. We will be acknowledging Victoria’s contribution to our school at the End of Year Assembly. To encourage our reluctant readers, we are introducing Reading Logs school wide this term. The children will all have a reading journal, or page in their homework book, to record each day they read for more than 10 minutes at home (this includes any reading done during the weekend). For every five days that they read they will be given a house token. We know how much they like getting tokens, so we are hoping that this will make the pressure off parents trying to “make” their children read. We have recently received our Ministry Attendance report. This is based on the weekly attendance data we are required to send to them every Friday. Ministry guidelines state that 95% attendance is acceptable, 90% is of concern, 85% is of critical concern, and 80% is very serious. The majority of our students have excellent attendance, however we do have a group of children that fall into the 65% - 85% attendance bracket. This has a major impact on their schooling. If a student misses five school days each term, or one day a fortnight, they will miss the equivalent of one year of school over 10 years! The Apata Hall Society are recruiting new committee members. The Society works closely with the school to ensure the smooth running, maintenance and use of the community hall and Apata room. You do not have to be a member of our school community to join, so if you know someone in this area that may be interested, please let them know. Contact [email protected].
Nga Mihi,
Sheena SaundersPrincipal
UpcomingEvents
Community Assembly Friday 21 AugustWaipapa sharing
(Pie Day Friday)
Term 3Parent Teacher InterviewsReports HomeThursday 13 August
EPro8 ChallengeFriday 14 August
Katikati College visit to SchoolTuesday 25 August 11:15am
Teacher Only DayMonday 31 August
BOT MeetingMonday 7 September 6pm
Katikati College Open EveningThursday 17 September 6:00pm
Around the SchoolYou can text your child’s absence message to
027 941 2639 BEFORE 9.00am
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Principal’s Awards Term 3 - Week 3Kaimai: Eli McCarthy, Chase Paul
Zoe Jones, Charlee KneeschWaipapa: Seb Ward, Edith Ordish-Benner
Finn Nicholson, Hannah MurphyAongatete: Mackenzie Pattillo, Isabella Prier
Elsie Fisher, Sloan McGregorTūhua: Jacob Bostock, Sam Gatfield
Brooke Phillips, Amber Cooney
Pie Days & Hot Dog Day
Week 4 14 AugustWeek 5 21 AugustWeek 7 4 September - Hot Dog DayWeek 9 18 September
ALL ORDERS must be made using School Shop. Please make sure you are registered on School Shop to order school lunches.
Any questions please email [email protected] contact Michele on 021 985 950
Mince pie $3.20Large sausage roll $4.50Mini mince pie $2.00Large chocolate chip cookie $2.50Juicie $1.50Mini lemonade ice block $1.00
School Shop (Kindo)Most school expenses, including donations, trip fees and sports subs, as well as fundraising lunches and raffle tickets can be paid for online via School Shop. This can be accessed via the school website using the green tab in the top right hand corner.
New users must register using the email address the school has on file for you, then click ‘continue’. A confirmation email with a link will be sent to you. Click on the link and enter a password to complete your registration.
Home communications, newsletters and notices from individual teachers let you know what is happening in your child’s pod and which activities have a permission and/or payment requirement on School Shop.
All transactions you have made can be seen in your transaction history. You can avoid paying twice for the one event by checking your transaction history.
Donation receipts can also be downloaded and printed so you can claim a tax rebate using the Tax Credit Claim form on the IRD website.
If you have any difficulties using School Shop, please phone the Kindo Help Desk on 0508 454 636.
Eco Cloth FundraiserEco Cloth Fundraiser forms have now been sent out to families.
All ordering information was on the attached flyer.
PLEASE HAVE YOUR ORDERS IN BY MONDAY 24 AUGUST FOR DELIVERY ON FRIDAY 28 AUGUST.
Ag DayChicken order forms are due back by this Friday 14th August. Please drop them into the fundraising box in the school office.Get those gardens and hanging baskets planted now so they have plenty of time to grow before judging.Animals must be born on or after the 15th of August to be entered at Ag Day. If you are having trouble sourcing a lamb or a kid, please get in touch with Sarah White on 027 4057 227.Detailed animal rearing guides can be downloaded from the Newsletter section of the school website.If you have an Ag Day cup at home please return it to the school office by the end of August.
A glimpse into the learning space of our fabulous Kaimai learners
Last week was the start of Matariki, the Maori New Year. We read a legend called “The Star Fishes” which is just one of the many legends about the nine stars of Matariki. We retold the story, we acted the story out and created some awesome artwork using pastel and dye.
To also celebrate the Maori New Year we shared in a meal together, that we all worked together to prepare: Vegetable soup and Rewena Bread.
Book week saw all our learners being ‘INVOLVED’, taking part in the Book Character Dress up. We were so proud of our costumes and loved writing about them.
I love my bumblebee and my snowboard. Blair This is my costume and it has a bow and arrow. AudreyI am in Elsas dress. It is blue. Indy WOn book week I was a bee. HailieThe costume is the schools. I am wearing a yellow crown. HarveyIt is book day and I have a bee costume. ConradI am Batman. I have a cape. KingsleyI like the costume because it has pink on it. Courtney DI am a pirate. HugoI like the costume that I am in. I am Belle. MoniqueThis is book week and I am Cinderella from the prince. IzzyI am dressed as a witch that turns into a bat. Eva-GraceI am dressed as the Fairy Godmother . My costume is white. Courtney DI am Batman My costume is black and yellow. FinnI am wearing a Elsa dress. I wanted to wear it because I saw a photo of it. StevieI like my costume. It was Spiderman. CaelanI am Arial and I have a purple and green dress. CharleeI like my costume because it is so cool. I am a Ninja Turtle. ChaseI like my Harry Potter dress up because it is my favourite book. It is my favourite costume. EliIt is book day and I am dressed in a cat costume. I have cat ears and they are sparkly. YvesI like my butterfly because it has all my favourite colours. I had antennas and a daisy. I am the hungry caterpillar. Indy PI had a cat hat and a black cape. RylieI am dressed up as Thing . Felix.My costume is from Frozen. It is green and it is Elsa’s sister. PaigeI dressed up as a shark. My costume is blue and white. WilliamI dressed up as Spiderman. I wore a mask. GeorgeI had a bumble bee mask and a bumble bee on my shirt. GraysonI dressed up as a Fairy from when Dora met the fairies. My skirt is pink. ZoeI am a Dalmatian. I brought Rover to school. MaddyMy costume is green and my hair is light brown. I was dressed up as a green fairy. BreezeI am dressed up as Spiderman. Max
Garden to Table was a learning opportunity that we all enjoyed, both working in the garden and preparing masterpieces in the kitchen. We also loved wearing our aprons and badges. A huge thanks to Suzy and her wonderful band of volunteers, for making this happen.
We are looking for a helpful parent who could sew washable masks for our students to use in the potting shed and greenhouse.
Given the huge price increase of our disposable masks, we would like to sew a set that we can wash and re-use, to keep our children safe while working with potting and seed mix. If you have a sewing machine and you can help please let us know. Material and elastic will be provided.
[email protected] or [email protected]
Matariki Kites
Garden to Table Market Day
Science Roadshow
Book Character Day and Book Fair
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tauranga
katikatite puna
papamoa village
• Four locations• Small and large animals• Open 7 days• On call for emergencies
0800 838 7267
www.bopvets.co.nzBleed 250mm
Please be aware that anything below the dotted line will beinside the banner mechanism, and will not be viewable
THIS IS BLEED AREA ONLY
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865mm x 2280mm
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Community
Sports NewsAfter the Prime Minister’s message late last night we will be working with the sports codes to make plans to keep our children moving in Level 2.Maree Morton is working with Sport BOP, so as soon as we have a plan will be contacting each coach. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch on [email protected].
Basketball World Cup Our team did us proud. They played seven games. They drew the last game to place 15th equal. Well done team. Thank you to the parents and caregivers that supported Al Ussher. You made it all happen.
OLYMPIC PRIDE EVENT Saturday 15 August, 10am – 12noonMasonic Park, The Strand, Downtown Tauranga
▪ Come walk the Olympic Pride Path & have fun in the Mini Olympics▪ Meet Olympians▪ Win Spot Prizes▪ Celebrate 100 years of silver fern Olympic Pride
Brought to you by Mainstreet Tauranga, Tauranga City Council, University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance, Sport Bay of Plenty, MoreFM and Weekend Sun.
Facebook event link: https://business.facebook.com/events/1730927583722456/Website event link: https://www.downtowntauranga.co.nz/olympic-pride-event
FREE PET LAMB AND CALF VACCINATIONS
Bring your Ag day pet lamb or calf into Tauranga, Te Puna or Katikati Vets and we will vaccinate them for
FREE Offer includes…
x First Ultravac® 5 in 1 Vaccination * x Free clinic health check * x Tail and castrate ringing for lambs * x A dispensed 2nd vaccination of Ultravac® 5in 1 also free of charge
* Appointments must be made
Please contact
Tauranga Vets 578 4044 Te Puna Vets 552 4015 Katikati Vets 549 0215
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Valid till: Sep 30 2020
Katikati Brownies 7 – 9 1/2yrs
GirlGuiding NZ has a 110 year history of making sure girls in NZ are strong, resilient and connected. This Term 3 2020, our joining fees are half price!Here are just 3 of the reasons girls choose GirlGuides:They get to do fun things with their friends every week.They get involved in the community.They learn new skills in a safe environment. All this in 1 ½ - 2 hours, one night a week each term, in a safe environment. Go to https://girlguidingnz.org.nz/join-us/#joinform to register.
Kids that Run Programme Starting on Wednesday 12th August Western Avenue, Omokoroa
8 Week programme from 4.45 - 5.45pm for 10 - 14 year olds.
A fun programme aimed at improving running fitness & technique. Organised and run by Caroline Heathorn who is an Athletics New Zealand Accredited Coach and her new business Love2Run. You can find her on facebook. To book a place please email her at [email protected] or call 0274818003
