SCHOOL INVOICES

Please note an ―Activity Fee‖ will be applied on all upcoming invoices. It is being charged at $15 per pupil

with discounted rates of $10 and $5 for each subsequent sibling. This covers administration costs,

sports uniforms maintenance and any costs associated with educational trips. If you have any queries or

concerns about this please contact Sean.

School invoices will be sent home at the beginning of week 10. If your child is away it will be posted.

Also a reminder to those families using the Flaxmere bus service, school procedure requires users to set up regular Automatic Payments to

cover bus use ($1.30/child per day). Please phone the office if you need account information or have

any queries. If payments are not arranged in a timely manner, you risk losing the use of this

service.

END OF YEAR PRODUCTION

Mrs McRae is on the lookout for any video footage/recordings of past productions going as far back as

2009/2010.

If you can help in any way with this she would be most appreciative!! Please contact the school office asap!

TERM 4, WEEK 7TERM 4, WEEK 7 Rāapa 25th WhiringaRāapa 25th Whiringa--āā--rangi 2015rangi 2015 Wednesday, 25th November 2015Wednesday, 25th November 2015

WHAT’S COMING UP? HE AHA NGA MAHI I TENEI RA?

NOVEMBER

26th Cluster Athletics (Hastings Sports Park)

DECEMBER

2nd Optimist Yachting (Okawa Class)

3rd Matapiro Overnight Camp (at school)

Oreka Overnight Camp (Kaweka Forrest Park)

14th Year 8 Dinner

16th End of Year Prizegiving / Concert

TERM DATES 2015 TERM ONE 2nd Feb—2nd April

TERM TWO 20th April—3rd July

TERM THREE 20th July—25th September

TERM FOUR 12th Oct—17th Dec (approx.)

WORK WANTED A former pupil of Puke is looking for some summer

work during the holiday break!

16 years old, happy to do ’around the house jobs’ or basic farm work.

Contact Ari—874 3060

HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Kid’s love YMCA holiday programmes – book now for summer, free drink bottle!

Fun, laughter, mates, parks, surf, pools, Splash Planet, arts and crafts … good times.

While you’re working your child will have a great time in a safe, professionally managed programme

doing something different every day.

Programmes cater for 5–7, 8–11 and 12–14 year age brackets.

To meet your needs our summer programmes start on December 17th and run right through to Friday 29th January 8am–4pm. We also offer 7.30–8am,

4–5pm and 5–6pm care with every programme. We can assist you with all WINZ paperwork which if you

qualify for full assistance may mean your cost (8am–4pm) could be as little as $4 per day.

Enrol now and every child gets a free drink bottle and you go in the draw for one of 10 $50

grocery vouchers drawn before Christmas.

For full details and to book your child’s place this summer please call 878 3027, email oscar3@ymcahb.org.nz,

www.ymcahb.org.nz click on holiday programmes.

YMCA Hawke’s Bay: 720 Pakowhai Road, Hastings and 129 Latham Street, Napier

CLUSTER ATHLETICS

Our annual cluster school Athletics is to be held

TOMORROW: Thursday 26th November at the

Hastings Sports ground on Percival Road. All children

are expected to participate. Please arrive by 9am.

Remember there will be NO SCHOOL BUS—you are

required to arrange transport for your children to and

from the event.

If you are having problems or need some assistance,

phone the office: 874 3830.

Children need to arrive in their sports t-shirt (which

will come home with them today), and either blue or

black (preferably blue) comfortable running shorts (as

our school sports shorts are limited) we encourage

juniors (year 0-2) to just wear their school shorts if

you don’t have any other blue shorts. They will need

their school jersey if the weather is poor. Please

provide children with food and drink.

In the event of bad weather, there will be NO

Athletics! If it is in fact cancelled (notified via our

school app: Tiqbiz or the class blogs), a normal school

day will resume and bus services will run as usual.

Class Blogs

www.waitio.blogspot.co.nz

www.2015kiwirua.blogspot.co.nz

www.matapiro2015.blogspot.co.nz

www.oreka2015.blogspot.co.nz

www.okawa2015.blogspot.co.nz

SCHOOL APP—TIQBIZ

If you haven’t already done so, we strongly encourage

you to load the school’s app ’Tiqbiz’ onto your phone. It

is a great way to keep informed with all that is going on

in the life of the school, whether it be sports draws,

assembly reminders or just helpful updates from the

staff but especially at this time of year with all the

events, camps and extra assemblies that take place, it’s

helpful to have as many school families using it as

possible. Thanks to all of those parents currently using

the app.

SPORTS ASSEMBLY

We had our sports assembly yesterday and what

amazed me was the amount of children that represent

the Hawkes Bay regions in a wide range of sports—it’s

great to see!

Thanks again to all our coaches who helped with sport

this year, we couldn’t have done it without you!

Sunburnt in Wellington! Last week the seniors and a number of parents took a week to enjoy all that Wellington could offer. From climbing trees in Porirua to watching protestors get arrested outside of the

ASB Arena didn’t disappoint. We all had a blast and have lots to share with the rest of the community during assemblies etc. Thanks to all the parents who came and helped out during the week. For 4 out of the

5 days we got so much sun we needed to buy sunblock!

Oreka & Matapiro Camp Both of these camps are planned to go ahead next Thursday and Friday. Thanks to the many parents who have volunteered to come and enjoy time ―outdoors‖ with the children. Due to

tighter restrictions and the new Children’s Act of 2014 all schools are required to vet any and all parent help in situations like these. Thank you to those who have sent in their details, the information that comes

back is kept confidential and if there are any problems I will talk to you.

2016 Classroom Placements Just to clarify, in previous newsletters we have asked you to talk to your classroom teachers about next year. As yet, as a staff we are still looking at student placements according to different needs etc. It can be like putting a giant puzzle together, but all staff use their professional

judgement’s to make decisions that best suit your children. Thanks—Sean Moore.

Assembly this week—Matapiro

RURAL RECYCLING UPDATE—

PUKEHĀMOAMOA In June 2014 Hastings District Council approved

the Rural Recycling Initiative to be rolled out

across the district. Pukehāmoamoa School is the

trial location for the Taihape Road area. One Green

Recycling Bin will be placed on the Council owned

land on the corner of Taihape and Matapiro Road

the week commencing 24 November 2015.

This bin will collect all household recycling; paper,

cardboard, plastic, cans and colour sorted glass. A

large sign at the site explains what can be

recycled. The Green Bins are converted 20 foot

shipping containers that have been adapted to

collect household recycling in separate

compartments and transport the materials direct

to the recycling facilities. A concrete pad has be

laid at the site for the Green Bin to be placed on

and steps installed for users to access the bin and

safely deposit their materials.

It is envisaged that the green bin will require

emptying every 4 weeks. If you notice any

undesirable activities please notify Hastings

District Council on 06 871 5000 as soon as possible.

SPORTS

TEE BALL RESULTS/DRAW

Last week: LIL LEGENDS 12-15 POD: Jadwyn Fletcher

This week—21st Nov: vs Flaxmere Primary Akina 3d 10.15am

If you have any queries regarding tee ball please phone Paula Ferrick—874 3044