Friday

24th June 2016

Issue 16:08

Dear Parents and Caregivers.

Welcome new pupils to our school;

Frankie Xu, Mohammed Ubayd,

Valarie Theavy, Dylan Nguyen, Ryan

Nguyen, Faiauga Ah Kee, Olivia

Kumar.

Pupil sickness. If your

child is unwell and then

being sent to school is

inappropriate. We have

had to send home a

number of pupils who

have come to school

feeling sick or unwell and then have got

worse during the day. Children with a

temperature, sneezing constantly, are

nauseous or sleepy should be kept at

home. As well if pupils require

medication then a conversation with the

school office is needed. No medication is

able to be given to pupils unless we are

aware of this and written notification is

accepted by the school office. This is all

explained in our school medication policy

and required under health and safety

guidelines.

School Learning Conferences. Just a

reminder about our upcoming ‘Learning

Conferences’. These are being held in

the afternoon / evenings of Wednesday

6th and Thursday 7th July. Details on

how families book the times on line are

explained on the attached information

sheet. We as a school look forward to

sharing your child's learning with you all

over these two days.

Reminder that

school finishes for

all pupils at

1.05pm on both

days.

Inter school sports field day was held

last Tuesday at Bruce Pulman Park

Papakura. Our results were pleasing

with all teams having wins through out

the day.

Rugby

Under 40kg

1st Holy Cross

2nd

Puhinui

3rd

Kingsford

4th North

5th East

6th West

7th Central

Under 50kg

1st Holy Cross

2nd

North

3rd

East

4th West

5th Kingsford

6th South

Soccer (Football)

Boys A grade

1. Puhinui

2. Central

3. North

4. West

5. Holy Cross

and South

6. SDA

7. Kingsford

8. East

9. Barbarians

Boys B grade:

1. Puhinui

2. Central

3. West and North

4. SDA

5. South

6. East

7. Holy Cross

Girls

1. SDA

2. Holy Cross A

3. Kingsford

4. South

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www.pep.school.nz

School Dates for Term 2

2016

JUNE

24th Heavy Rugby Sports

Exchange

JULY

6th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at 1pm

7th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at 1pm

8th Last day of Term 2

School finishes 3pm

Term 3 Dates

25th

July

First day of Term 3

Playgroup at Papatoetoe

East School

This is held every Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday

from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.

All preschoolers welcome.

P.A.C.T.

PRESENTS

Kiwi Games

Papatoetoe East

Primary School

9.30am - 11.00am

For children 5 yrs—11 yrs

Entry: Gold coin donation

Dates for Term 2 2016

Saturdays

25 June and 2nd July

For school security, gates

are closed between

9.45am –10.55am

Mobile phone contact

during programme:

Mr Glenn 0274 381646

Netball

A grade

1st Holy Cross

2nd

North

3rd

East

4th South

5th Kingsford

6th West

7th Central

8th= Puhinui/SDA

C Grade

1st Holy Cross

2nd

North

3rd

West

4th East

5th Puhinui

6th Central

7th Kingsford

8th

- South

E Grade

1st- Holy Cross

2nd

- North

3rd

- Puhinui

4th

- West

5th

- East

6th Central

A big thank you to all of the

coaches and supporters of

these teams. Well done to

you all.

Arriving at School.

I must ask all families

to please not let their

children arrive at

school before

8.00am. Recently

children have turned up at school just

after 7.00am when it was raining, was

still dark and no classrooms were

opened. In fact staff were not even at

school! I am very concerned that while it

may suit families and work

commitments to drop children off early it

is not safe or appropriate. 8.00am

onwards please.

School Driveway and pupil safety.

Under new Health and Safety guidelines

our Board of Trustees are reviewing

how our school driveway operates both

in the morning and afternoon times.

A new procedure will be established

and all parents will be

made aware of changes

over the coming fortnight.

Controlling car access

into and out of the

driveway and the safe movement of

pupils is our priority.

Winter school uniform. Our uniform

policy states that black or red skivvies

can be worn under the school polo

shirt and polar fleece. Woollen hats

and other jackets can be worn to and

from school but not at school please.

Please ensure all uniform items are

named as it is impossible to find your

son or daughters misplaced uniform if it

is unnamed. Angels Fashion in old

Papatoetoe has all of our winter uniform

requirements, including school rain

jackets, long sleeve polo shirts and

school beanies. Angels Fashion are a

very good supporter of our school!

Kindest regards

Graeme Gilbert -

Principal

B grade

1st North

2nd

Holy Cross

3rd

West

4th Puhinui

5th Kingsford

6th South

7th East

D Grade

1st- West

2nd

Holy Cross

3rd

- North

4th- East

5th Puhinui

6th- Central

7th- Kingsford

F Grade

1st- East

2nd

= North/

Holy Cross

3rd

- Puhinui

4th- West

As our major school fundraiser this year, we are going to hold

a math-a-thon. We ask that for the remainder of Term 2 you

support your child to collect sponsors and learn their basic facts.

A newsletter, sponsorship sheet and a basic facts sheet will be sent

home early next week. Your child’s teacher has selected a basic

facts sheet appropriate for their current learning. We ask that

students collect sponsorship from family members, friends and other

“well known” adults, you help us ensure that all pupils are safe and

discourage them from getting sponsorship from “unknown” people

away from their home or close neighborhood.

All sponsor sheets must be accounted for and signed off by

the classroom teacher. If you do not want your child collecting

sponsors, the sponsor sheet must still be signed by a parent /

caregiver and returned to the classroom teacher as soon as

possible. Pupils not given permission by parents to collect sponsors

will still be expected to complete the basic facts test at school. Any

questions please feel free to contact Mrs Eley through the school

office.

Learning Conferences

Online Booking

The dates are set for Wednesday 6th July and Thursday 7th July.

PLEASE NOTE: School will close at 1.05pm ON BOTH DAYS.

Meetings to begin at 1.45pm.

It is time again for you to meet with your child and their teacher to discuss their learning at

our second ‘Learning Conference’ for 2016.

The purpose of these meetings is for your child to share their learning journey with their parents, family

and whanau. You will receive a written report prior to the Learning Conference which will give you an

indication of your child’s progress against the National Standards and provides the basis for the

discussion. Please bring your child and this report to the Learning Conference.

Please login at your earliest convenience to book a time or if required, visit the school office.

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www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Enter your details

First enter your name, your student's

name(s), and your email address.

Choose teachers

On the next page, pick the teacher you

want to meet.

Choose times

Then you'll see a timetable showing when

your chosen teacher is available. Simply

click on the times that suit you.

When you have finished, your

interview time will be emailed to

you.

If something comes up, you can

return to the site and change your

interviews whenever you want.

You can start right now - just enter

the school event code and click Go.

PLEASE NOTE:

The cut off date for making these

interviews is MONDAY 4th July at

4pm.

After this time you will need to

contact the school to make an

appointment.