Pyes Pa School Newsletter

1 June 2017

Tēnā Koutou, Parents, Families and Whanau

Today marks the first day of winter although for many of us the drop in temperature, darker nights

and advent of winter signalled this four weeks ago.

The last fortnight was preceded by our ‘School Working Bee’ on Saturday 20 May. Despite a less

than favourable weather forecast and the inevitable four seasons in one day, we had a great turn

out of people. On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Pyes Pa School I would like to offer a very

sincere and heart felt thank you to those of you who were able to come along. It was a very daunting

prospect that lay ahead but the old adage of many hands make light work made for a very successful

day.

The success of our ‘Working Bee’ laid the platform for an action packed week, which saw students

celebrate the book fair. Students and teachers donned the attire of their favourite book

characters. Students then changed their book character attire for the colour of their house group

as they represented their individual house with pride in the school cross-country. Finally the end

of the working week was celebrated by wearing pink to raise awareness of bullying.

Congratulations to all students on the enthusiasm with which each endeavour was embraced. It is

timely to acknowledge the support of both Ant Pedersen and his team from the Lakes Four Square

who provided finish line support at our cross country and also our ever industrious PTA who

supported with a sausage sizzle and bake sale. To those parents who were able to come and support

on the day, we hope you enjoyed yourselves. We look forward to celebrating our winners’ efforts

when we present certificates at this week’s assembly.

Students can now look forward to the KRSA and Tall Poppies inter-school cross country events.

These events are a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves against a greater pool

of students and also to not only compete but interact with the students of the other participating

schools.

In closing, thank you to those people who continue to support the efforts and endeavours of our

School’s PTA group. To those attending tonight’s movie I look forward to seeing you there. Finally

best wishes for a safe and rewarding long weekend.

Nga mihi nui

Blake Carlin

PRINCIPAL

Email: administration@pyespa.school.nz www.pyespa.school.nz

Ph: 07 543 0064 Fax: 07 543 0938

Dates and Information to Remember

Monday 5 June – Queens Birthday holiday

Wednesday 7 June - Boostrix information session Y7

Wednesday 7 June – Positive Puberty Parent Meeting at 3.15 in R8

(please note change of venue)

Wednesday 7 June - KRSA Cross Country at Kaimai School Y1-6

Thursday 8 June – Dental Caravan arrives

Thursday 8 June – Tall Poppies Cross Country at Whakamarama

School Y7 & 8 (please note change of date)

Tuesday 13 June – PTA Meeting 7.00pm at Greers

Wednesday 14 June – West Cluster Cross Country

Monday 19 June – Talent Quest Senior Heats at 1.30pm

Tuesday 20 June – Talent Quest Junior Heats at 1.30pm

Wednesday 21 June - WBOP Cross Country

Monday 26 June – Talent Quest Finals 1.30pm

Friday 30 June – Tall Poppies Disco at Kaimai School

Friday 7 July – Term 2 ends

This week’s notices sent out: Positive Puberty – R 6-9

Tall Poppies Cross County R8

KRSA Cross Country Y1-6

Working Bee Thanks A big thank you to the following people who helped us on the working bee day;

Jared Laban, Tracey Anderson, Lynda Olson, Sue Davies, Rhodes family, McNamee

family, Lisa Cousins, Richard Grant, David Anderson-Smith, Robyn Gate, Grant Edwards,

Daniel Augustine, Craig Symmons, Matt Jackson, Ann Bakker, Dennis Ware, Ellen

Fanelli, Georgie and Simon Hepburn, Janet Bilbe, Simon Leaity, Craig Symons, Kruiger

Builders

DENTAL CARAVAN The dental caravan will be onsite from Thursday, 8 June.

OFFICE HOURS – 8:30am to 3:30pm

Catherine Fitzpatrick Mon-Wed – Deirdre Sadd Thurs & Fri

View this newsletter on our website: www.pyespa.school.nz

Term 2

Monday 1 May – Friday 7 July 2017

Want to pay by Automatic Payment? Our Account is with Westpac and the details are:

Acc Name: Pyes Pa Road School Account No: 03 1549 0008987 00

Maths Buddy Room 8 uses an online maths programme called Maths Buddy and some parents/children from other

classes have expressed interest in using this at home. Check out www.mathsbuddy.co.nz and sign up

for the free trial to see if this is something you would like to pay for. If you are interested, I can

register you for the rest of the year if you send $19 to the office with your child's name and Room

number by Friday 16 June.

Regards

Ann Bakker

Year 7 Boostrix Vaccination Info Session The Year 7 students will take part in an information session about the Boostrix vaccination that will

be offered to them. Parents are welcome to attend this too. It will be held in Room 8 this coming

Wednesday at 9.00am.

TALL POPPIES DISCO Tall Poppies Dance/Disco is on Friday the 30th of June at the Kaimai Community

Hall (at Kaimai School) 6:30pm until 8:00pm

PYES PA SCHOOL TALENT QUEST It’s that time again! Get your act together for the 2017 Talent Quest.

Prepare a song, dance, magic act, or skit to share with the

school and show off your hidden talents!

Conditions for entry:

You may enter as an individual or as a group.

Only one act per child please. Unfortunately time does not allow

for more acts.

$2 per entry.

Please hand your money with your entry form to the office. Only

one entry form is needed for group items, but the names of all group members

must be on the form and each child must pay separately.

If you are performing a skit or magic act please keep the length of your item

to that of a song (approximately 3 minutes).

Heats will be held in week 8 and the final in week 9. Please see below.

Senior Heats (Rooms 6, 7, 8, 9) Monday 19th June (week 8), 1.30 p.m. in the Hall.

Junior Heats (Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Tuesday 20th June (week 8), 1.30 p.m. in the Hall.

Talent Quest Final Monday 26th June (week 9), 1.30 p.m. in the Hall.

(Top 4 Junior acts and top 4 Senior acts)

TALENT QUEST 2017 ENTRY FORM

Name __________________ Room ___________

Junior/Senior (please circle)

Please fill in the information below. Complete only what applies to you.

Individual act

Name of act: ____________________

Group act

Name of act: ____________________

Please list members:________________________________________________

Entry Fee of ……………….. is attached.

PINK SHIRT DAY

We raised $276.90 on Pink Shirt Day for the Mental Health

Foundation. What a great effort. Many thanks everyone!

BOOK FAIR We sold $1370.20 worth of books during our Book Fair week. That means we have $411.06 for our school to spend on new books for the library. Anne Bates has selected books with this money.

Assembly Awards – Week 4

RM1 – Kate & Pearce

RM2 - Mack Mikalya

RM3 - Niamh & Noah

RM4 - Jordan

RM5 – Izack & Emily

RM6 - Connor, Natalia & Greer RM7 - Jonty, Amelie RM8 - Chevaughn & Brianna

RM9 - Indy, Oscar & Liam

Enviro Award - Room 6

COOL BANANAS PROGRAMME

Next Week Beginning 5th Jun

Value COURAGE

WALT We are learning have the courage to stand firm in what we know to be

good and right instead of giving into negative peer pressure.

Verse: Be careful. Stand firm in the faith. Have courage and be strong.

1 Corinthians 16 v 13

Life Story: Gladys Aylward 3

Week 7 Beginning 12th Jun

Value WISDOM

WALT We are learning to wisely learn from our mistakes and make changes

rather than repeat them.

Verse: A foolish person repeats their foolishness - C’mon learn from the

past.

Prov 26 v11

Life Story: Samson

NZ Curriculum Key Competency Thinking

NZ Curriculum Value Excellence

Week 8 Beginning 19th Jun

Value, WALT, Verse: The same as last week

Life Story: Gladys Aylward 4

Week 9 Beginning 26th Jun

Value: Be Teachable

WALT We are learning to be life long learners, never having the attitude that

we already know all we need to know.

Verse: Listen to advice and accept instruction then you will be wise. Prov 19

v 20

Life Story: Samuel the Star Student

NZ Curriculum Key Competency Thinking

NZ Curriculum Value Innovation, Inquiry and Curiosity

Week 10 Beginning 3rd Jul

Value, WALT, Verse The same as last week

Life Story Gladys Aylward 5

TICKETS NOW ON SALE

AQUINAS PTA RETRO BINGO NIGHT

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

The Motorhome Association parked up

and used our School Hall in the holidays.

School PTA Movie Fundraiser

TONIGHT! Thursday, 1 June 8.00pm at Rialto. Nibbles from

7.15pm. Tickets still available at the office or tonight at the Rialto - $20 each

SPORTS Hi Everyone

With a bit of wet weather, it has been hard to get out for practices and Saturday morning was washed

out for hockey, netball and some football. Otherwise grading is coming to an end and competition

games are starting up.

The following students competed in the Amazing Race over at the Mount on Friday 19 May:

-Britten, Liam, Tony, Brooklyn, Lily, Brianna (yr 7/8 team)

-Ciaran, Otto, Jonty, Indy, Melanie and Riley (yr 5/6 team)

Congratulations to the year 5/6 team who got 1st in the knowledge basket and came 4th overall in the

competition!

We also entered a year 3/4 team and a year 5/6 team in the World Cup Rippa Rugby competition at

Blake Park on Wednesday 24 May. We were Argentina and the teams looked great dressed in blue

with faces painted. An awesome day for everyone!!!!

Please, if you have anything to do with sport and would like it added to the newsletter, feel free to

email me.

Thanks!

Lynda Olson

l.olson@pyespa.school.nz

SPORTS NOTICE BOARD

Basketball

Pyes Pa Minions yr 3/4 team played Pongakawa School losing 2-10.

Player of the day was Charlie.

Pyes Pa Minions yr 3/4 team played Waldorf School losing 20-12.

Player of the day was Izack.

Pyes Pa Warriors yr 5/6 team played Pillans Point Steamers winning 32-12.

Player of the day was James.

Hockey

We had our first two sessions of Funsticks at school for our year 1 and 2 students. It is great fun and

the kids are picking it up really fast.

Pyes Pa Thunder yr 3/4 team played Te Puna Minis losing 6-1.

Player of the day was Indy.

Pyes Pa Quick Sticks yr 5/6 team played Tauranga Primary and lost 4-0 then played Green Park

Tigers with a close game but just losing 3-2.

Player of the day was Anthony (Oropi).

Pyes Pa Killer Whales yr 5/6 team played Matua Mighties and lost 2-3 then played Bethlehem

College Top sticks and lost 6-2.

Player of the day was Lucy (Oropi).

Netball

Kaipai GC yr 5/6 team played Golden Sands School and lost 27-5.

Kapai Ferns yr 7/8 team played Bethlehem College Blue winning 24-0.

Cross Country

Girls - Year 1 - 1st Oona, 2nd Liv, 3rd Shiloh

Girls Year 2 - 1st Grace, 2nd Mariette, 3rd Maree

Girls Year 3 - 1st Emily, 2nd Harriet, 3rd Zahra

Girls Year 4 - 1st Bonnie, 2nd Annie, 3rd equal Hannah & Ella

Girls Year 5 - 1st Natalia, 2nd Rihanna, 3rd Lucia

Girls Year 6 - 1st Monica, 2nd Isabella, 3rd Indy

Girls Year 7 - 1st Abbie, 2nd Jazzlyn, 3rd Lily

Boys Year 1 - 1st equal Leo & Oliver, 3rd Mark

Boys Year 2 - 1st Mason, 2nd Ashton, 3rd Flynn

Boys Year 3 - 1st Zac, 2nd Charlie, 3rd Tyde

Boys Year 4 - 1st Marnus, 2nd Oscar, 3rd Oliver

Boys Year 5 – 1st James, 2nd Alex, 3rd Nate

Boys Year 6 – 1st Otto, 2nd Aaven, 3rd Sam

Boys Year 7 – 1st Darcy, 2nd Vincent, 3rd Zeke

Boys Year 8 – 1st Britten, 2nd Gian, 3rd Kyle

Tui House 1st place, Kaka House 2nd place, Weka House 3rd place, Kea House 4th place

SPIRIT TROPHY - KEA

AIMS GAMES