Newsletter Term 3 Week 2
Patumahoe School 4th August 2021
Principal's Desk
Some stunning language is emerging in senior classroom writing. I have been spending time in the morning wandering through rooms. The children are quick to nab me and showcase their writing. Room 12's Oliver Smith, Koen Birchall, and Ben Hunter even dragged me into a discussion about siege warfare and viking raids. Taren, Ceana, and Tom from Room 11 came to my office and shared their beautifully crafted adaptations of an Aboriginal legend. Their writing was littered with clever vocabulalry and the word that stuck out was the term 'purloined'. Google it. Liam Moore from Room 5 has completed two full reading wheels and he will get Hells Pizza for his efforts.
Some of our little little ones are making strong starts too. Joshua Wilson in Room 14 was so focussed on his work on his first real day of school he hardly noticed me in the room, whilst one of his bemused classmates asked "What are you doing in here Mr?". Room 1 children did some fantastic story writing after Monday nights big storm. Eden Chen wrote "the wind wobbled my bed". There was also some damage reported in the stories, Emma wrote "the barbeque cover blew off" and Taki wrote "my house fell over" (see the picture below).
We have a number of other reasons to celebrate too. Our Year 5/6 Jumpjam team won the Auckland Championships on Saturday at Oranga Primary in Ellerslie. Congratulations to them and Mrs Crisp for her efforts coaching the team (pic below). With the Olympics taking place it seems very appropriate that a bunch of our leading gymnasts also had success at the recent Franklin Schools Gymnastics Competition.
- Joshua Wilcox was second overall in the Open Juniors
- Bellavie Nortje 1st on vault, 2nd on beam, and 1st overall!!
- Matthew Thompson 1st overall in trampoline and 1st in the double mini trampoline
Our Gems netball team also won the Franklin Year 5/6 netball compeition on Monday. Thanks to the volunteer parents who helped out on the day.
How about those Olympics though? It was great to see our Blackferns win the sevens gold, but for me, Emma Twiggs triumph in the single sculls rowing will be the moment of these games. Her story is one of perserverence and resilience. Having missed out on medals in 3 previous olympic games, she decided to throw the towel in. Conceding to the fact that maybe she was never destined to get a medal. But, something stirred her wairua, and she decided to pick the towel up again and try one last time. I have never tried rowing myself but having known a few rowers, be assured that to get to that level requires a tremendous amount of mahi and early mornings. That was her personal everest and it is a great story.
A final big thank you to Gary Capper from LJ Hooker Pukekohe for generously supporting last week's Lion Award Lunch with the principal. The kids really loved the pizza.
Meitaki (thank you)
Mr Tawhiti
Auckland Jump Jam Champions!
Room 1 tamariki sharing their stories about the stormy night
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CALF CLUB ENTRY FORM
It is COMPULSORY that every child enters at least one category, children are also expected to attend school on Calf Club Day as it is classed as a school day.
Entries close Monday 09th August.
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CALF CLUB DAY
-To be held Saturday 25th September at School
-Calf Club's ‘Support Local Market’; If you have a craft or hobby and would like a stall, spaces are available
-Sponsorship Opportunity, Help get behind our school to achieve our goal of raising money for a new senior playground.
To find out more please email pta@patumahoe.school.nz
Upcoming Events
- 09th August - Calf Club entries close
- 10th August - Netball sausage sizzle
- 20th August - School Cross Country
- 24th August - Central Group Cross Country
- 24th August - BOT Meeting
- 27th August - Daffodil Day (wear yellow) gold coin donation
- 01st September - Zone Cross Country
- 10th September - PTA Grocery Mufti Day
- 20th September - Year 5/6 Girls Basketball
- 21st September - BOT Meeting
- 22nd September - Year 5/6 Boys Basketball
- 22nd October - TEACHER ONLY DAY - NO SCHOOL
COMMUNITY NOTICES
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Email: admin@patumahoe.school.nz
Website: https://www.patumahoe.school.nz/
Location: 38 Patumahoe Rd, RD4 Pukekohe 2679 New Zealand
Phone: +64 09 236 3802 - 027 336 3802