Principal’s Message

Pleasant Point Primary

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School Phone 6147832 School Fax 6147560 Reminder - Absences Line 6148231 or Text Absences to 0273681661

Dear Parents / Caregivers

Tēnā koutou, kia ora koutou katoa.

Welcome back to Term 2! Hopefully you were able to enjoy some good whānau time together

over the Easter break and school holidays. While the students have been away teachers have

been preparing plans for the new term and we have an exciting ten weeks of learning ahead.

Last term finished with a bang with our annual

Arts Week and the Great Shave Off. Thank you

to all those who supported our school team and

Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ.

It was fantastic to surpass our $1000 target

($1564 total raised!) and have a lot of fun along

the way. Well done to Ollie Nelson and Malachy

Cleland for initiating and leading this effort.

Across the school students and teachers are exploring the important topic of ‘Keeping Ourselves

Safe (KOS)’ during the first three weeks of this term. Constable Maire Proud joined us on Monday

night to answer questions and outline the programme for parents at the information evening.

Remember to talk to your child about what they are learning as we work our way through this

subject.

Coming up...

Following yesterday’s amazing short free performance from the Zirka Circus acrobats, we are

really looking forward to ‘Puss in Boots: Pet Detective’ by the NZ Playhouse actors.

After KOS, student learning will move onto a Science focus including topics such as Magnetism and

the Respiratory System alongside classroom literacy and numeracy programmes.

Please join us if you can on May 15 for the Tackling Technology Parent Evening (see inside) . This

will be a really worthwhile discussion / presentation on an important topic.

Have a great week!

Mark Creba Principal

From the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees had their March / April Meeting on April 6. Key topics discussed were:

Ministry of Education approval of the school’s new Five Year Property Plan. Architectural

expressions of interest are now being sought for this $530,000 refurbishment project.

Update discussions were had on the school’s new Connecting Education and Community

(CEC) project and participation in the Timaru Schools’ Community of Learning (COL).

All week in the Art Room

Parent Helpers needed for before and after

school. Contact Barb Curran, in Waitaki 3

ALL MONEY/ORDERS to be brought

directly to the Book Fair, NOT placed in Blue

Box.

P L E A S A N T P O I N T P R I M A R Y

“A Head and

Heart for

Learning and

Life

A backpack

for the

journey.”

Zirka Circus

Yesterday we were lucky enough to have an amazing free

performance from three of the Zirka Circus acrobats. Aged

11, 12, and 13 the three young Chinese acrobats performed

incredible feats of dexterity, balance and strength.

Coming home with this week’s Newsletter is a flier for the

circus including a discount voucher for tickets. If you are

looking for something special to do with the family this

weekend, check out this fantastic show.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

During the first three weeks of Term 2, all classes in the

school are studying the topic of “Keeping Ourselves Safe”.

This is a Health Curriculum personal safety unit designed

to enable children to learn and apply a range of safety skills

they can use when interacting with others.

The programme, taught by your child’s teacher with help from our local Police Education Officer,

aims to develop and strengthen children’s skills to keep themselves safe

with other people, support and encourage abused children to get help

from caring adults, make teachers and parents more aware of the need to

keep children safe from abuse by adults or other children.

Parents are encouraged to talk with their children about what they have

been learning. This will help reinforce the messages the school is giving,

and support your child to use their new skills with confidence.

Tackling Technology

Parent Information Evening Monday 15th May (7pm in

Hall). Mark this date in your diary. Please join us for a

highly topical, informative, and interesting evening

presentation for parents is about the new skills we need

to help guide our young people as they navigate their

digital world.

Attitude – the youth education division of The Parenting Place – is dedicated to equipping tweens

and teens with the information and skills they need to negotiate adolescence and build meaningful

lives. This presentation will assist parents to get the confidence and skills they need to be

proactive when tackling technology with their children, tweens and teenagers. Topics such as text

bullying, gadget addiction, sexting and online safety will be covered.

Mark the night in your diary and make sure you don’t miss this excellent informative discussion /

presentation. Entry by gold coin / donation.

Coming home with this newsletter

Term 2 Events calendar

Term 2 Blue bus form

P A G E 2

Nest: Ollie Morrow BLH1: Emily Wilkins

BLH2: Toby Taylor BLH3: Zechariah Christie

W1: Matthew Cairns W3: Jade Reed

O1: Nathan Marriott-Macdonald O2: Archie Nelson

O3: Liam Harding O4: Lilly Stowell

R1: Lydia Giles R2: Mason Williams

Home and School

Entertainment Book Fundraiser! This year we are selling the Entertainment

Book to raise money for our school.

Over 2,000 deals, Offers are 2 for 1 or up to 50% off! Pays for itself in just two uses. See attached flier for more information.

These can be purchased online using our code on the attached flier (or contact Natala Colhoun - 021 088 29802.) There are

heaps of Timaru region vouchers now! If you want to check it out we have a 2016 copy in the office (located by the home and

school box).

Sports News

Cross Country: The school Cross Country is coming up in Week 4 on Friday the

26th. The students are starting to do some training and practise as part of classroom programmes.

Rippa Rugby: With the Aoraki tournament just around the corner both teams are training hard. Thanks to Mr Pullar and the

coaches who have been instrumental in getting them ready.

Basketball: The Year 7/8 teams are coming to the end of their season. The teams are currently working hard to get a place

in the quarter finals.

Jump Jam: Planning is underway for Jump Jam. Coaches are working on teams and routines, and lots of hard work and

practice will happen between now and the Week 9 competition. Watch this space for developments on this exciting event.

Blue Bus Forms

Please ensure any regular bus changes for Term 2 (on the blue bus form) are returned to school as soon as

possible so we can action these. Thanks!

Lucky Book Club

The third issue of our Lucky Book Club has come home this week. Please have any orders back to the Office

by Monday 15th May.

Dealing with concerns

From time to time you may have a concern or questions that you would like answers to about your child’s learning or

wellbeing. Please don't hesitate to make contact at the earliest point of concern. For classroom concerns or questions, please

speak to your child’s teacher in the first instance. If it is something that they are unable to answer, the teacher will tell you

who is best to ask. If it is something of a more general or serious nature, the Team Leader, Deputy Principal or Principal may

be able to provide the answers.

N E W S L E T T E R 6 P A G E 3

We would like to have our newsletter and flier emailed to us each week.

Family name: …………………………………………….. Email address:……………………………………………………

Community Notices - Pleasant Point Primary School takes no responsibility for information in these notices.

Music lessons at school: An opportunity for music lessons at school - teacher comes to PPPS for individual music lessons - piano, guitar, ukulele lessons with an opportunity for

exams, theory of music, concerts and competitions during the year. Some other instruments can be considered. Own instrument for practicing at home is required. Enquiries to

Dale Davey (684-6250 or quaver@snap.net.nz).

'Guitar Tuition available at Pleasant Point Primary beginning on Tuesday the 7th of February. Taking enrolments now. Please contact Kathy Macdonald on 6844658 or

02102399795.'

Pleasant Point Preschool, Nursery & Kindergarten, for children from birth to school age. Open Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, on Halstead road, next to the Primary school. Feel free to call in for a look around the centre, or phone us on 6148338.

A big welcome to our new students:

A big welcome to Pleasant Point Primary School to our lovely 13 new students and their families.

Back Row (L to R): Hunter Rossiter, Healey Morrow, Daisy Morrow, Eva Reid, Paddy Joines, Ollie Kopua,

Ryan Taylor

Front Row (L to R): Olivia Rossiter, Matthew Harrex, Logan Phimister,

Rhys Phimister, Bentley Hessell, Jack Joines

Pleasant Point Primary School proudly supported by:

THIS WEEK’S BRAINTEASER?

What runs but can’t walk?

Looking forward to your answers!

Last Newsletter’s Winner: Mac Kelliher

Please come to the office to collect your prize. Please put your answer in a named envelope

in the blue box by Wednesday 10th May.