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KIDS AFTER SCHOOL

Patumahoe School will be closing early on Thursday 11th August at 12:30pm and will be closed on Friday 12th August for a Teachers Only Day.

Kids After School are offering care for your child/ren at our programme based at Patumahoe School on both of these dates.

We have something for everyone!!!

Sports, Games, Arts & Crafts

If you require care, then please contact the office on 09 236 4078 or go online to our website, click book now and select “Early Finish Sessions” or the “special day”

www.kidsafterschool.co.nz

WINZ Subsidies accepted for eligible families

Parent Interviews this Thursday

Kia ora everybody

A few pieces of important information ahead of Parent Interviews this Thursday.

– School finishes at 12.30pm on this day

– Children can be collected from the ‘Cloud’ at 12.30pm

– Teachers will be emailing parents today to get an indication of end of day arrangements for your child (i.e. being collected, walking, bus, K.A.S)

– K.A.S is starting at the earlier time of 12.30pm

– Parent interviews start at 1pm in the hall. They run to a very tight timeframe. Please ensure you are on time for your interview slot

– We strongly encourage the wearing of face masks whilst inside the school hall. We will have face masks available upon entry

-Mid year reports will be issued and discussed at the interview

Thank you in advance for your attendance. Once again we will have 100% parent attendance which is very pleasing.

Kia pai to ra

Have a nice day

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Masks for students Years 4 and above for first 4 weeks of term 3

Kia ora everybody

I have received guidance from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education strongly recommending that all schools and kura reinstate indoor mask wearing for the first four weeks of Term 3 for students Year 4 and above. 

According to the MOH “In previous years we have found there is an increase in winter illnesses in schools at the start of Term 3 as students bring back infections after travelling and socialising during the holidays. This year cases of COVID-19 are increasing in most parts of the country, and we are also seeing high numbers of other winter illnesses”

So can we please kindly ask that students year 4 and above bring a named mask to school. We do have additional stocks at school in case any go missing. For those families who had previous mask wearing exemptions, those are still valid and you do not need to request another exemption.

Thank you for your understanding. 

Mr Tawhiti

CALF CLUB

Hi everyone sorry the email address on last alert was incorrect. The correct email is calfclub@patumahoe.school.nz 

Thanks

CALF CLUB

1. Entries for Calf Club Close today!

2. Diaries examples and section information booklets are available on our website. We encourage you to create your own as long as all the information from the example dairy is on your own.

3. Oete Goat farm aren’t doing goats this year so if goat entrants are wanting goats please email pvanballegooy@gmail.com  (Priscilla) as she has some available.

4. Please ensure that any pets/dogs etc are your own animal, you cannot bring a neighbours/nana’s, aunties animal to calf club. 

5. Any changes to your child’s calf club entry please contact Shelley at the below email address.

Any information regarding animals please contact Shelley at calfclub@patumahoe.co.nz 

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DEMO DAY INFORMATION

Please find below information for demo day tomorrow. Separate notice is coming home today.

DEMO DAY

CALF CLUB REMINDERS

Please read reminders for next week.

CALF CLUB IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Speech Final Results

Firstly we would like to congratulate all of the students who presented their speeches at the Year 3&4 and Year 5&6 syndicate and school finals.  The judges were very impressed with the diversity of speech topics and the overall presentation.

Congratualations to our Year 3&4 speech winners.

1st: Kyla Martin, 2nd: Sophie Smith & 3rd: Eddie Wynne.

Congratualations to our Year 5&6 speech winners.

1st: Abbey Shaw, 2nd: Sam Johnston & 3rd: Lanie Holmes.

The Franklin Speech Finals are on Wednesday 6th July, 7pm, at HIll School.  We wish Abbey Shaw all the best when she represents Patumahoe at this event.  Go Abbey!!

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JAMMIES IN JUNE

We are holding a Jammies in June mufti day this Friday 01st July.

Come dressed up in your jammies and we ask for a jammie donation (or gold coin donation to purchase jammies).

CALF CLUB ONLINE ENTRY

Please go into below link to enter your child/ren for calf club.

ONLINE ENTRY

Matariki shared kai

Good morning to you all.  I hope you have all had a wonderful Matariki weekend.  Just a reminder that on Friday we will be having a shared kai to conclude our Matariki celebration.  We ask that every child/family bring a shared plate of food from their culture.  The hall will be set up so that kai can be dropped off in the morning.  

We thank you for your continued support.

CALF CLUB

It’s that time of year when you need to decide what your child/ren will be doing for Calf Club. Please read the attached. We will be holding our Demonstration Day on Thursday 07th July at 1.45pm – more info to follow.

Registrations will open for entries on Tuesday 28th June. An app alert will come out with the online entry form.

CALF CLUB 2022

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ENVIRO WORKING BEE

Enviro Working Bee Monday 4th July 9:30am 

Calling out to anyone who is available for a school working bee on Monday the 4th of July starting 9:30am (last week of term)
The Enviro group would like to invite parents and grandparents who would like to give some time, even if it’s just an hour to get some environmental jobs done around our school.
If you have these items please bring them along.
-Gardening gloves
-Fork/ spade
-Wheelbarrow
If you can help please contact mrsharris@patumahoe.school.nz or leave a message at the office.

Kind regards
The Environmental Group
Kirstin Harris

BOOK FAIR

A huge thank you to everyone who has been to the book fair already. With sales so far I am able to get 35% of sales back in books and rewards.

Please note tomorrow is the last day for sales.

SCHOOL PHOTOS!!!!!

Wake up everybody!

It’s Monday and it’s School Photos today!!

– Immaculate uniform

– Brush or comb hair 

– No breakfast on faces please (boys)

– Brush your teeth extra hard for a bright smile

Thank you 

Mr Tawhiti

YEAR 5/6 SPEECH FINALIST

Congratulations to our Year 5 & 6 speech finalist – Abbey Shaw, Henry White, Lanie Holmes, Sophie Wynne, Sam Johnston & Maddy Abbot.

Our school finals for these students will be on Monday 27th June at 6pm in the school hall.

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School photos next Monday

Morena whanau

Just a quick heads up. Class and sports photos are next Monday. More info will be in this week’s newsletter. But if your childs hair needs a tidy up, be sure to book them into the hairdresser this week.

Have a nice day

Mr Tawhiti

Footpath upgrades

Morena whanau

Auckland Transport has notified our school of some upcoming footpath upgrades in and around the Patumahoe village. Please see attached PDF for more information.

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PTA FUN DAY!!!

Good afternoon whanau

I have just emerged from the hall aka ‘Boiler Room’ where our juniors are having a great time dancing to the music. They are partying so hard that they are having self-imposed fresh air breaks. The seniors will get their time very soon. 

A big thank you to the PTA for organising this day. The lunch was devoured and the disco is a full-on party. Thank you also to our parents for supporting the fundraiser and making the effort with some very wacky hair styles today.

Have a great long weekend everybody

See you all back on Tuesday

PTA FUN DAY

Reminder we have our Wacky Hair Day tomorrow, gold coin donation, followed by pizza lunch and Move and Grove afternoon.

BOOK CHARACTER DRESS UP & PARADE

In line with our book fair this year we will be holding a book character dress up day on Wednesday 15th June. The children can come dressed up as their favourite book character. We will be holding a parade at 8.45am under the cloud. Parents get your thinking caps on!!

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Lockdown drill is over. Parents may come into school grounds as usual for end of day pickup at 2.25pm.

LOCKDOWN DRILL

DRILL ONLY

Patumahoe School is currently undertaking a lockdown drill. Please do not come onto the school grounds until you have received clearance from the senior leadership team.

Thank you

PTA FUN DAY

All orders need to be in by Monday 30th May

PTA FUN DAY

LAST DAY FOR CHICKEN ORDERS – ONLINE FORM ATTACHED

CHICKEN ORDER FORM

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Pink shirt day tomorrow. Wear anything pink to stand against bullying. No pink = school uniform

Pink shirt day tomorrow. Wear anything pink to stand against bullying. No pink = school uniform

Thanks again for the responses to the ERO question we sent on Tuesday. They are really good. Keep them coming.

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Excellent feedback (positive & constructive) already being received from our ERO question we sent earlier. Please keep it coming. Thank you

ERO TE ARA HUARAU QUESTION

ERO QUESTION

ERO TE ARA HUARAU QUESTION

ERO QUESTION

School Bus Bay

Please note, we have had a lot of families parking in the bus bay and leaving their vehicles unattended.

This area is to be left clear at all times between the hours of 7:30am – 4:30pm, due to the fact that buses arrive throughout the day between these times.

We appreciate your cooperation.