PATUMAHOE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER  Term 1 Week 6 &#...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS As a school, we join with our many families and friends who have connections with Christchurch and reflect on the...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We are all enjoying the wonderful weather at school as we are able to enjoy a lot of constructive outdoor activit...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The school’s responsibility of effectively communicating with parents is sometimes challenging. After review...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS It is so encouraging to watch, listen to and experience our teachers and children researching what will make thei...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS It really is hard to believe that this is our last newsletter for 2010. The staff and BoT wish you all a won...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The year’s end is in sight but the list of things to achieve in the next 14 days is daunting. Our Junior pro...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Tomorrow, Thursday, we have our Bible In Schools concert followed by our traditional ‘thank you to school helpers...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The Junior school are deep into their rehersals for the production of ‘Tattybogle”. It is a challenge to hav...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS It is an increasingly busy time for all at school and in the community, and we need to support each other to make each of...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The coming events are building up very quickly and all parents will need to have a diary calendar to merge school milesto...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Last week I wrote informing you of Mrs Tui Cox’s NEiTA Award and the week held some more surprises. On Wedne...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our school and community can be justly proud of achievements being attained and recognised this year. We cel...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Term 4 is underway with the wind chill factor challenging us! However, swimming for our juniors has started so we ar...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Term 3 will finish with our 73rd Calf Club Day, this Saturday 25 September, from 9.30am. We will take a day in lieu ...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Calf Club is foremost in all our minds and we trust your families are putting the finishing touches to animal tra...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We have 2½ weeks to the end of term and our Calf Club Day. The pressure is on. Each class is very busy ...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS This year our school is taking part in the Franklin Arts Festival. It is on from 4-12 September in the Pukekohe Town...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our Parent Information Evening is tonight at 7pm in the school hall. We will be informing you about our school chart...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The Ministry of Education under the direction of the Minister Anne Tolley, are focusing on ‘Improving Attendance’...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The senior school netball teams have successfully competed in the Franklin Interschool Netball Competition. 6 teamsw...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Patumahoe School staff and the BOT are committed to your children and both their resourced learning environments and lear...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Tena Koutou, Tena Koutou, Tena Koutou Katoa. This week is National Maori language Week and we continue to in...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS I trust you all enjoyed the beautiful sunny Franklin Distrist holiday weather. I certainly did. The teachers ha...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS What an amazing Term 2 we have had for our 2010 year! Our ERO report, sports achievements, (orienteering, soccer, ru...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Last night, Tuesday 22 June, our school took part in the Auckland Schools J Rock Stage Challenge of dance and drama. ...

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    DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Great news at the Football World Cup with the All Whites gaining points in the closing minutes of their f...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The Board of Trustees and the school have received the confirmed Education Review Report. ERO wrote “we cong...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Recently we have had most of our senior (Yrs 4-6) pupils take part in the Franklin Zone soccer tournament. A...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The rain is showering down causing possible disruption to our soccer tournament and our Trees for Survival plant out of 5...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS You, your children and your family belong to a great school and as Principal I am truly honoured to be part of the learni...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Thank you to those parents who attended our Parent/Teacher interviews, they were very positive. We have a very busy end t...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our calendar of activities is already very full and school life is in full swing. We had a most successful o...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS You will all have been aware of the public debate with the Ministry of Education introducing an un-trialled Natio...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Welcome to Term 2 and all it will hold for you and your families at Patumahoe School. We had a short term 1 ...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS This is the final newsletter of the term and the staff and I wish to thank all our parents and caregivers for their amazi...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our school continues to be a busy place with the senior school camp at Chosen Valley and the end of term jobs to be achie...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS On behalf of the Board of Trustees we wish to thank our staff, our students and our parents for the support, generosity, ...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS On behalf of the Board of Trustees we wish to thank our staff, our students and our parents for the support, gene...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS What a wonderful celebration we had to commemorate the long journey to establish our beautiful new Admin and Libr...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Have you all booked Friday 5 March? We will be celebrating the completion of the Admin area / Library and ha...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS As we move through towards March and half way through the shortest term we need to prepare ourselves for a busy s...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS What an exciting week we are having at Patumahoe School! We received Building Compliance and hand over on Fr...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS You will have received a householder’s letter this week, explaining National Standards. This has become a Na...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We have made a positive start to school and 2010 promises some great educational challenges and experiences as ou...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS 2009 is almost over and in a few days our school year will end. As I reflect over the year an amazing picture of ach...

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  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS All teachers enter their career with a provisional status with each school employer ensuring that these teachers ...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The new administration/library block is taking shape and you can see the spaces giving us a good concept of what it will ...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS As we reach the middle of the term we can see how busy school life and events are. The staff are entering final data...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our Teachers Only Day was most successful and the staff were able to achieve the putting together of the new school curri...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The implementation of National Standards is at present the key focus in Education and the impact on your child is what mo...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Thank you to all the parents who took the time to send in the consultation questionnaire and travel survey. The scho...

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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...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS This is the final newsletter for Term 3. On reflection we have covered a great deal during this term and will conclu...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Calf Club is at the forefront of all our thoughts here at school. How are you managing at home with calf, lamb and g...

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 DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The spring weather certainly gives each one of us an extra bounce in our steps and the feel good look! This te...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS At our school we try to have a great selection of activities supporting the learning for our pupils each term. Durin...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS What a busy time we have been having informing and interacting with our school community. The pupil to parent discus...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We are in an era of data gathering, statistics interpretation and awareness campaigns with schools being included in dire...

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 DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We have entered a busy week with the Zone Mathex Challenge last night, the book character dress up day today, the M...

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5 August 2009 DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Calf Club planning and organising is well underway and after our successful “demo day” all children should...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Last week we had a most successful fruit tree planting with 23 trees planted by class representatives. Each class wi...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Last week we had a most successful fruit tree planting with 23 trees planted by class representatives. Each class wi...

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 22 July 2009 DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Welcome back to Term 3 and a special welcome to our new families and 5 yr olds. This term we hav...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We have had a number of children absent with colds and flu’s and we would like to say thank you to those of you who have ...

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 24 June 2009  DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS   SUBWAY LUNCH Yesterday , forms came home for Subway Lunch orders were due back today f...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The swine flu pandemic continues to be the focus both nationally and globally. Each school continues to be informed ...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS One of the current global issues affecting us is the threat of Swine Flu. Nationally we have been put on ‘alert’.
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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS In the next two weeks, Waiau Pa School is holding two fantastic seminars, Growing Boys on Thursday 11 June and Raising Gi...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Last Thursday was the PTA AGM. Sharon McGinity, the President of 3 years, stepped down as did a number of long servi...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Our pupils look very smart in the school uniform and we thank parents for ensuring the uniform is worn correctly. Ho...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS The winter weather has hit the country and has caused us all to move quickly into wet weather mode. Safety in all we...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS It’s week 2 and it is most satisfying to see the smooth transition back to school and the programmes for Term 2 quickly u...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Welcome back to Term 2 and we trust you all had a great break with your children. We have all settled quickly into t...

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DEAR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS We have a wonderful set of children who have all settled quickly into school routines. The relocated sheds have now bee...

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