DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
The wet Term 3 holidays are behind us but we can all be very thankful for the first Saturday with the weather enabling us to have a fantastic Club Club day. We had an amazing set of animal projects for viewing, excellent scarecrows and bean projects and superb indoor class displays. Thank you for supporting this important event in the school year. Our school can be identified by the parent and community contribution and involvement on the day. Each pupil produced work of an excellent standard. Thank you to our energetic and dynamic PTA and Calf Club organisers, your efforts are valued by parents and staff. A great day was had by all.
CALF CLUB GROUP DAY (for calves, lambs & goats)
If you would like to enter Group Day you just need to have competed at Patumahoe School Calf Club. Please send $5 entry fee in an envelope to school with the childs name, animal entering, childs DOB, (calves breed and DOB). These need to be in at school by Friday 16 October.
ASSEMBLY
Assembly this Friday will be hosted by Rm 1 from 1.40pm
BUILDING SITE
As you will be aware the Admin upgrade has started and is on track with the floor to be poured this week and framing up next week. All parents and swim school parents are asked NOT to use the staff car park as the subcontractors and builders need uninterrupted access. We also have painters on site providing a whole school paint upgrade. The electricity upgrade has now been completed to our fence and distribution board awaiting connection. Exciting times!
SUNHATS
It is compulsory in Terms 4 & 1 for pupils to wear a school sunhat. Unfortunately our hat provider is no longer producing our hats and we are sourcing an alternative provider. If your child does not have a school hat, we have a set of loan hats from Room 9 or for our new entrants from their class teacher. We do still have some new large size (59cm) hats available.
COMING EVENTS
We have a full terms coming events in this newsletter. Year 6 parents need to mark in their end of year commitments. The school will have a Teachers Only Day on Monday 2 November. There will be no school for the children that day. We can arrange for Kids After School to come in for the day if there is a need expressed. The school term and year ends 15 December at noon and the 2010 start date is Tuesday 2 February.
GARAGE SALE-Campbell Tyson Cooper White Ltd
Sat 31 Oct, 8am-1pm, 17 Hall St, raising funds for UV Machine for Puke Maternity hospital.
TOUR DE FRANKLIN/NATIONAL BANDANNA DAY
The Canteen Bike Bash fundraiser is on Friday 30 October. 12 riders, 4 Canteen kids and their support team will tour the Franklin schools with our school as part of the circuit. The Canteen kids will spend a short time talking with our pupils. We will have a mufti day/ bandanna day with a gold coin donation to support this great event.
COMPETITION
There is a Design a Bandanna competition (50cmx50cm) to be done in any media as a project at home. Further info to come home shortly.
BOOK FAIR
From Wednesday 4 November to Tuesday 10 November we will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair. Great for Christmas presents! Kerri would love some volunteers to help her set up and run this through the 5 school days we have the books. If you can help, please call or see her at the school office. More info home soon.
EWASTE COLLECTION
Saturday 31 Oct, 8am 3pm at the Hall St Car park, Pukekohe. Just drive in, staff at the car park will unload for you. Safely and responsibly dispose of old computers, cell phones, servers, car batteries, monitors, printers/ scanners.
HARVEST KIDS PARTY & PUMPKIN PARTY
Sat 31 Oct, Valley Primary School, East St, Pukekohe. Theme Carnival, dress up in carnival theme i.e clown, ringmaster, acrobat etc. No Halloween costumes please. Yr 1-8, 6.30-8pm. Gold coin entry. The Franklin Baptist Church are also having a Pumpkin Party, Sat 31 Oct, 5.30pm, ages 5-11 yrs, dress theme Royalty. $2.
COMING EVENTS
23 October Zone Tennis
29 October Minstrel
30 October Canteen/Bandana/ Mufti Day
2 November Teachers Only Day
4-10 November Book Fair
9/10 November Franklin Schools Choir Festival
10 November Touch
13 November Athletics Day
19 November Group Athletics Day
25 November Skoolstar Recording Day
26 November Bible Concert
1 December Zone Athletics
3/4 December Yr6 City Camp
8 December Yr6 Dinner
10 December Skoolstar Concert
11 December School Triathlon
14 December Prizegiving
15 December Term/School ends
2 February 2010 Start Term 1
(Calf Club day in lieu, 16 December)
Regards, Ron Gordon and Staff