9 August - Paraparaumu Beach School

Newsletter 2016/24
9 August 2016
Upcoming Events
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
TERM 3
Hi Everyone
WEEK 3
It was wonderful to see lots of parents here last Tuesday for parentteacher interviews. I’m certainly glad the cold snap arrived after we held
them. We managed to get through 470+ interviews on the night, so
thanks again for attending. If you missed out on an interview for
whatever reason, feel free to contact your child’s teacher for a phone
interview, email conversation or to make an appointment to meet.
Tues, 9 August

Alex Pledger from
Breakers’ Basketball
Team visiting
Wed, 10 August

Junior Winter Tournament
Yr 5-6 (pp day Mon 15/8)
Fri, 12 August

Emily Gaddum, Olympic
Ambassador visiting
WEEK 4
Wed, 17 August

PBS Mini Olympics—full
school activity organised
by the Student Council (pp
day Fri, 19/8)
Thurs, 18 August

Senior Winter Tournament
(pp day Mon, 25/8)
WEEK 5
Fri, 25 August

Cultural dress-up day and
parade (part of our
Olympics unit)
The parents of Room 12 students got quite a surprise when they turned
up for the interviews last Tuesday,
because the classroom was full of
Kiwi Olympians! The students had
had a lot of fun stuffing clothing to
make mannequins of their favourite
sportsperson. Each student had also
‘helped’ their mannequin write a
report about themselves; these
reports were open on the desks for
parents to read. What fun!
Warm regards
Jess Ward – Principal/Tumuaki
WORD OF THE
WEEK
RECENT NEW STUDENTS
Welcome to our new students who started this week: Kyra, Mia, Axel and
Antonia—all in Rm 29.
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ENROLMENT SCHEME REVIEW
As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, our Board has been consulting with the Ministry of Education about the
size of our school. At Paraparaumu Beach School our desired roll size would ideally be a student population of
620. This roll size would work well with the number of buildings and the amount of playground space we have.
Last year we reached 730 and we are likely to do so again this year! Due to these very high student numbers, we
are looking to decrease the size of our current school zone and have submitted a proposal to the Ministry. This
will not affect any student currently attending PBS; they will still retain their place here.
For many years our Trustees have shown a commitment to keeping families together, by balloting in siblings
(turning 5 years old), who for whatever reason find themselves ‘out of zone’. We wish to retain this commitment
going forward.
Before a new zone is accepted by the Ministry, we still have some consultation to go through with our community
and other schools in the district. We hope to hold a meeting before the end of August, so we will keep you
informed once we have a set date.
KIDS’ WORK
Have you seen the wonderful Fish Artworks in our Office area? These stunning pastel and transfer artworks were
created by Room 18.
Here are just a few of amazing examples by Brooke, Connor, Jake and Jodeci.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ORDERS
Orders are due back by 9am on Friday, 19 August.
You can now place your order and pay online yourself using the Scholastic LOOP
website for parents mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz. Please make sure you choose
Paraparaumu Beach School (don’t enter the postal code) and your child's teacher’s
name and room when you place your order. If you order online DO NOT return any
paperwork to school, thanks. Alternatively you can still order by filling out the order
form and returning it to the money box outside the staffroom along with your payment. Please do not ask the office for change for the order, as this is not possible.
If you have any questions you can email Paula, our Book Club Co-ordinator at
[email protected]
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ART SPLASH
Singing and Wearable Arts
Only a few weeks until school Arts Groups participate in Art Splash. Students are working hard to
complete costumes, and to learn some quite challenging songs.
The Singing and Wearable Arts Groups will be performing from 5.15pm on Tuesday, 30 August. If
you ordered tickets last term, these will be distributed in the coming week, as they finally arrived on
Friday. If we run out of tickets to distribute at school, they are also available on the day (cash
payments only), at the Michael Fowler Centre.
An update letter will come out to parents in the next two weeks to confirm arrangements (including
helper information).
Thanks
Carrie Reid and Kaye Gilman
Dance
The Dance Group will be performing from 5pm on Friday, 2 September. Tickets will be available for
purchase as soon as they are sent to us from Artsplash. If we run out of tickets to distribute at
school, they are also available on the day (cash payments only), at the Michael Fowler Centre. We
will send you an update letter in the following two weeks with more information, (including parent
help, transport, costumes, etc.)
Thanks
Brenda Staples, Kathryn Siversen, Liz Griffin, and Jeanine Wilson
PARAPARAUMU
COLLEGE 2017
ENROLMENTS
Enrolment forms for year 9 students may be
returned to PBS school office on or before
this Friday, 12 August. The forms will then
be collected by the college. After this date,
enrolment applications should be delivered
or posted to the college directly.
RECENT STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENTS
(If you have any student achievements for our newsletter,
please send them to the office or email [email protected])
Rock n Roll: Congratulations to Emma Huxford and her partner for
coming 1st in the Capital City Regional Rock n Roll competition at
the weekend!
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SENIOR WINTER TOURNAMENT
The Yr 7/8 Winter Tournament is to be held on Thursday, 18 August with a postponement date of 5
September ( please note change of date). We still URGENTLY require an adult to supervise the B
Rippa team and the B Football team. If you are able to help for the day could you please email
[email protected]
A huge thank you to Lynz and Jason Tofts, Jenni Prentice and Regan Young for running trials for our
students. Your help is greatly appreciated!
All permission slips need to be returned by this Friday.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Mini Olympics
The Student Council have been busy planning for a school mini Olympics. The main purpose is
to have fun, participate, get active and also for the whole school to do something together. It is
called a mini Olympics but actually with nearly 700 children, it isn’t that mini!
It will be held on Wednesday, 17 August from 11am with the postponement date
being Friday, 19 August.
The children will be put into colour groups relating to the Olympic rings. The
groups will have children from all parts of the school, so 5 year olds right up to
13 year olds. They will move around five different activities with their teachers
and student helpers.
It would be awesome if the children could come along wearing their assigned colour – adding to
the fun.
We will be putting them into groups shortly, so watch out for more information shortly.
Rubbish
As a part of our project designed to reduce rubbish at PBS, the Student Council arranged a
competition which started in Te Motu last week. Congratulations to all of Te Motu
syndicate for reducing their rubbish. All the classes did really well and brought
much less rubbish than the first time we counted. In 3rd place was Room 8. Room
13 not only came 2nd with only 10 pieces of rubbish, but reduced their amount by
66 - amazing job!
In 1st place was Rm 15 with only one piece of rubbish in total. That is
absolutely brilliant and just shows what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
Keep it up, everyone.
This week it is Ngaru syndicate who will be in the competition. We have talked with all the
classes. So remember to keep that lunchbox rubbish free. Not only because the student council
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ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Help Paraparaumu Beach School’s fundraising effort by purchasing the NEW 2016/2017
Entertainment™ Book. Hurry! FREE delivery for a limited time.
For a limited time, postage is FREE to any address in
New Zealand when you buy the NEW 2016/2017
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orderbooks/1051t05) or purchase a copy directly from
the school office.
The NEW 2016/2017 Entertainment™ Membership is
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20% of the purchase of every Membership sold contributes towards our fundraising.
Purchase the NEW 2016 | 2017 Wellington
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automatically entered into the draw to WIN a $1,000
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Spring Gala
Saturday, 15th October. 11pm to 3pm. Come and support our school!
Gala Raffle
Each family will shortly be issued with a book of raffle tickets to sell
which is part of our school gala fundraising this year. A book contains
10 tickets, $2 each or $20 for the whole book. Your efforts selling
these will contribute towards the upgrading of the school playground
areas. Please return the completed ticket butts to the box in the
school office. If your family is able to sell more than one book of
tickets, these can be requested at the school office.
Gala Stalls
Are you interested in having a stall at this year’s gala? A number of
stalls will be available; if you are interested in hiring a space please
register your interest with Marie at
[email protected] or
phone 021 237 9730. Terms and conditions apply, as set by the Gala
Committee.
Are you skilled in the art of making toffee apples?
We are looking for someone to make toffee apples for
the school gala. The PTA will provide the
ingredients. If you can help, please
contact Marie at [email protected]
Needed! Books & Toys
We want your quality pre-loved books and toys to sell at
the Spring Gala.
Please send them to school any day next week. There will
be boxes outside the staffroom for collection. Thank you
Thank you to all our
sponsors:
Big Save Furniture
Ballentynes
Tommy’s Real Estate
Oilpro Paraparaumu
Repco Paraparaumu
BNT Porirua
Thai Sabai
Butlers Chocolate Cafe
Stirling Sports
Four x 4 Adventure
Tyre First Ltd Waikanae
Mr Chips
Mister Minit
Hardy’s Health Store
OPSM
Charlie & Me
Wendy’s Supa Sundaes
Kapiti Explorer and Marine
Kapiti Heliworx
Nutrimetics- Vanessa Kellogg
Dejunk
Bedlam Hair Design
Ensoul
Wurth NZ
North Highway Automotive
Coastlands Shopping Centre
Office Products
Diana’s Lotto
Vaughano’s Diesel Services
Ltd
AvantiPlus
Paraparaumu Beach
Pharmacy
McDonalds Restaurant
Paula’s Furniture
Supercheap Auto
Warehouse Stationery
Highway Vehicle Recovery
Envirowaste
SWT Building Ltd
FM Plumbing
TW1 (Traffic Management)
ANZ
X-Race
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