Te Pānui o te Kura o Puketapu
Week 5, Term 4 2021 - 15-19 November 2021
Empower All People to be Healthy, Lifelong Learners
Kia kaha - do your best * Kia māia - be courageous * Kia manawanui - have a heart
A Message from our Principal
Community Survey 2021
The feedback was incredibly positive, with some beautiful, heartwarming comments and some great ideas of things to do in the future,. All the feedback will support the ongoing development of our Charter & Strategic Aims.
We would like to thank all those who participated and gave their opinions and suggestions.
Congratulations to... Sarndra Kereama who was the winner of our lucky draw.
pb4l - Positive behaviour for learning
Sunhats, Smiles and School Values shown around the whole school this week.
"If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours." - Dolly Parton
design technology
In Design Technology, Mrs O's Year 7 class designed and made fruit and vegetable based ice creams. Yum!
Special thanks to the rest of Mrs O's class for coming and taste testing.
Sport
Well done Lockie Urbahn, keep up the good work.
U10 and U12 touch at Hickford Park has been a huge hit.
Thank you everyone for helping make this possible under the COVID level 2 restrictions.
home and school
CROSS COUNTRY
Please continue to bring in your sponsorship forms into the Home & School mailbox in the office. We are collecting these up until 26 November and then the spot prizes will be drawn. You have to be in to win!
POOL FUNDRAISER
Pool fundraiser - Help us heat the pool. Check out the poster below.Get Your Tickets!
Book Club Issue #8
Issue 8 is the last one for 2021 - so a great chance to get books for the summer holidays or Christmas presents...
Get your order in to the office by Thursday 2 December or order at The Loop
(Spare booklets are at the office.)
From around the school
Jumps on the pump track
Whaea Lois and her students enjoying some outside learning.
Fun activities set up outside Rimu - Water play, obstacle courses and jumping mats
Four sweet students disguised a little witches
Jada Moore and Cara Edwards having fun in the sand
Tree climbing, self risk management and building confidence
Lunchtime ball sports
Matayce Martin, Manaaki Taipari, Khalise Clement and Xavier Leaf showing Kia Manawanui outside Rimu
Last week Kowhai 4 and 5 took things to new heights with their High Jump Competition.
Audraea O'Brien, Yasiin Falaniko and Kyzahn Brill were the highest jumpers out of the two classes.
Lesley Paora using "Art for Kids Hub" to learn how to draw.
Ākonga in Rimu 4 have been making dogs from old newspaper. What a wonderful job they have done!
Here are Cooper Murray, Aaliyah Gunn and Liliana Hodson
From home
Kemp Hancock, Billy MacRae and Carlos Macioce
Last weekend, Mrs Perry went to check out these boys compete in their BMX races. They were all showing Kia Kaha and doing their best.
Superstars
Nabeel Sahrun from Kowhai 3 using his kind heart to show Kia Manawanui.
Waipuia Lomano, Jurnee Rei and Kayden Lucinsky from Kowhai 4 & 5 showing Kia Kaha in their school work.
Jakaila Hori from Kowhai 4 doing her best by practicing her Pepeha
Khalise Clement from Rimu 3 showing kindness are caring and Kia Manawanui.
Savannah Tunnicliff-Jury and Lucas Speedy from Totara 2 showing Kia Manawanui by offering to clean up someone else's mess.
Carter Silich and Liam Gorrie from Totara 2 also showing Kia Manawanui by offering to clean up someone else's mess.
Birthdays
- Skylah-Rose Pratt
- Matua Ngatai
- Rihari Hotene
- Keaton Fether-Smith
- Iniyah Zandbergen
- Georgia-Lee Scrimgeour
- Keisha Lowry
- Sapphire Kuchler
- Lockie Urban
END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES
In case you missed it last week, we want to communicate with you about how our End of Year activities will look during Alert Level 2 COVID restrictions for our school.
We have taken advice and guidance from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health when making these decisions:
If COVID levels change and we have to modify the organisation of these events, we will be in communication with you.
MEET YOUR 2022 TEACHER - Thursday 2nd December @ 2.00 - 2.50 pm
(At Level 2 = Staff & Students Only)
This week in our Staff Hui, our teachers have been working collaboratively on creating the first draft of our 2022 class lists.
From listening to their conversations I have been hugely impressed by how well they know their learners (academically, socially and emotionally).
On Thursday the 2nd of December all of our students get to meet their 2022 class and teacher (via Zoom or Video for any of our new teachers that are currently out of Taranaki).
We do this so that our students and staff start to get to know each other early and we can see if we’ve got it 100% right or if we need to make some changes.
SOMADD COMMUNITY CONCERT - Friday 3rd December @ 1000 am
(At Level 2 = Staff & Students Only)
We have happy and sad news for our 2021 SOMADD Community Concert. Our happy news is that we are still able to have SOMADD here at school. Our sad news is that we will not be able to have parents & whanau watching live. Due to COVID Alert Level 2 restrictions, we will be performing just to our own students and staff during the day. We are working on having this event live-streamed and recorded for parents and whanau so they can see their tamariki performing from the comfort of their own homes or workplaces.
YEAR 8 EOTC CAMP - Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th December
We are really excited to be offering our Year 8’s an End of Year Camp experience here in Taranaki. While we couldn’t go to Finlay Park in Waikato due to COVID, our Year 8 teachers have been working hard to organise another camp for our Year 8’s. Mrs O and her team will be getting in contact via HERO with all the Year 8 parents soon to communicate the key information and dates for this cool EOTC experience.
YEAR 8 GRADUATION - Friday 10th December @ 6.00 pm
Yesterday I was reading about how our local Taranaki High Schools have had to change their End of Year prize-giving and graduation events - https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/300448664/covid19-taranaki-principals-get-creative-to-farewell-seniors.
We are currently looking at having a Year 8 Graduation Whanau Picnic on our school grounds, where we will be following COVID Alert 2 protocols (social distancing, if you have cold or flu symptoms then please stay home, and contact tracing). After our Whanau Picnic, our Year 8’s have asked to have a Graduation Party where they can dance and have fun with their friends, which we will be holding in Kauri 2 from 7.15pm - 8.30pm. The Year 8’s would like to have this party just for them as a special end to their time at Puketapu School, which we think is a really cool idea.
FINAL ASSEMBLY - Tuesday 14th December @ 1000am
(At Level 2 = Staff & Students Only)
We will be hosting our 2022 Final Assembly on our outdoor stage and quad. This is a great chance to celebrate the year with all of our akonga and staff. Unfortunately, we will not be able to have parents and whanau watching live due to COVID Alert Level 2 restrictions, and like our SOMADD Concert, we will be working to live-stream and record this event for parents and whanau.
Dates for your Diary
Did you know you can see What's On any time with the Hero App? Check out Term Dates or the Events Calendar whenever you like.
Our School Calendar has been updated, however there may be events postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19 new protocol.
Tuesday 2 December
- Meet your 2022 Teacher (Students and Staff only)
Friday 3 December
- SOMADD Community Concert (Students and staff only, being streamed for parents)
Tuesday 14 December
- Final Assembly (Students and staff only, being streamed for parents)
Wednesday 15 December
- Last day of school 2021 - School finishes at 12pm
Please check the Calendar on the Hero App for team and class calendar events.
Community notices
youth group for year 8s
Summer Holiday programme
Edventure Holiday Programmes Dec21' & Jan22'
These holidays we have a range of holiday programmes to cater for every child. Spaces limited, OSCAR available. Based at Fitzroy School.
Book now at www.edventure.co.nz
- Edventure Everyday - Arts, crafts, fun and games, 5-13 yr olds. $45/day Dec 16-24. Jan 10-28
- Edventure Outdoors - Head offsite, activities including archery, snorkelling, tramping, surfing etc 8-13 yr olds, $75/day Dec 20-22, Jan 24-28
- Edventure Surf School - Surfing lessons, water safety, SUP. 8-13 yr olds, $75/day. Jan 24-28
- Edventure Sports - Drills, skills, modified games and different sports. 5-13 yr olds. $45/day Jan 17-21
- Edventure Dance Academy - Dance, yoga mindfulness. 5-13 yr olds $55/day Jan 17-21
Community patrols of NZ
Community Patrols are made up of everyday people who want to make a difference in their community.
For more information visit www.cpnz.org.nz or contact your local patrol 021 505 618
Christmas gift boxes
the lemon club
They also now have WINZ subsidies available!
Find out more or book online at:
https://enrolmy.com/the-lemon-club/book-now/3-Before-and-After-school-care-at-Puketapu-School-
Puketapu School
Email: office@puketapu.school.nz
Website: www.puketapu.school.nz
Location: Dillon Drive, Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: 06 755 0973