Pāpāmoa Primary

Kia ora Whānau

Welcome back to school after what was a rather long first term holiday. We very much appreciated your support with the couple of teacher only days that happened at each end of the holidays. This enabled us to complete some of the important professional development that we need for our staff to continue to achieve our strategic aims in 2023.

Working Bee

Most of you will have seen from our Facebook posts over the weekend the amazing amount of work that was undertaken on Saturday to complete the confidence course, clear out the gardens and also some extra work around our new sandpit area.

What a transformational day!

I would again like to thank all of the volunteers involved in the day from the Builder Dad's through to all the other community members and parents who supported this mahi. A special thanks also to the Kiwi Can team for feeding the workers with a great BBQ.

A big thanks also to ITM Mount for the donation of all of the timber for the confidence course stations, Anzor for all of the fixings, Chaytor fences for the powder coated monkey bar and Rope Workx for all of the ropes on the structures.

A special mention to Ross Nicholas from Sol Landscaping for his mahi around our sand pit area that is also now completed with a little extra support on the weekend.

It was a great day to be a member of Pāpāmoa Primary.

Cross Country

The school cross country is scheduled for Friday 19th May. The tentative times are listed below as a guide for planning your time to see your children race. We will confirm these times next week via Facebook and Seesaw.

10:55am Race Briefing

11:10am Year 0/1 girls/boys (Karewa + Te Manawanui)

11:20am Year 2 girls/boys (Matakana + Te Manawanui)

11:30am Year 3 girls/boys (Tuhua + Te Manawanui )

11:40am Year 4 girls/boys (Tuhua + Te Manawanui)

11:50am Year 5 girls/boys (Motiti + Te Manawanui)

12:00pm Year 6 girls/boys (Motiti + Te Manawanui)

School Uniform Review

Due to the schools current uniform contract expiring in July 2023, the board is looking to review the current school and sports uniforms at Pāpāmoa Primary. The board would like community feedback to use as part of this process.

Some of the considerations the board are looking into include;

*Cost effectiveness

*Longevity of garment

*Purchase location / Accessibility

PLEASE NOTE

Any change in school uniform will not take place until 2024 at the earliest and will have an approx. 2 year phasing process.

To give your feedback please click on this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezu5ZLoW1u5WLaX_nizhwyRhGy6IQRvDfTEBbkLEA-QotQjw/viewform?usp=sf_link

We were fortunate to have an article written in the education gazette about our school pou. A copy of the article is below for you to enjoy.

One of the big things that was shared with me when I got to Pāpāmoa Primary was the want to have pride in our school, from the people through to the physical spaces. These two photos show some of the transition around the school in the last 12 months.

https://www.papamoa.school.nz/news_and_events

On the front page of our school website is the link to our school events calendar. Click here to see all of the term events that parents need to know about.

The calendar has been updated with our Term 2 Events.

We are taking interest from students who are interested in taking part in the BOP Amazing Race as part of a school team this year.

Participants are sent on a hunt to figure out the clues, while having fun they will use problem solving skills and team work to complete the challenges.

Parent and caregiver help will be essential for this event to go ahead as every team must have an Adult stay with the team and to ensure safety so please indicate if you are able to help.

Date: Friday 12th May 23
Venue: Te Puna Quarry
Time: 9:00am - 11:045am
Cost: $10 per student

Express interest here - https://forms.gle/95amYzkMu5FvwPky7

SAVE THE DATE
Tauranga Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
I have pre booked 60 entries for Papamoa Primary students. More details on how to sign up through school will come in the following weeks. Please do not book directly.

Friday 21st July
$35 per child

https://eventpromotions.co.nz/junior-tough-guy-and-gal-challenge/

Seesaw will be out main form of communication this year to you as parents. All parents should have received a seesaw message from the classroom teacher by now. Please check the following...

1. Are you connected with your child's seesaw?

2. Is your App still logged in? (it may have automatically logged out if you have not used since last year)

3. Have you updated the app to the latest version.

Having issues? Please make contact directly with your classroom teacher.

This year we will welcome Coast Kids who will provide before and after school care onsite at school. Up until this year our tamariki have had to be picked up and taken to before and after school care.

Coast kids will be set up in Rooms 1 & 2 and provide the full care onsite, using our school facilities for your children to enjoy.

Please contact them directly if you have any questions.

We are very excited to let you know that along with ordering lunches, purchasing stationery, and supporting fundraisers and events, you will now be able to view your personalised family account on Kindo.

First time users can easily create an account using the same email address that the school has on file for you.

Existing users can log in as usual and click on the Fees and Donations icon. You may need to link to your student first to see your personalised account.

If you need any assistance, contact the Kindo helpdesk!

They are available Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.

Freephone: 0508 454 636 Email: hello@mykindo.co.nz

Term 1 01 Feb – 05 Apr

• Thursday April 6 Teacher Only Day
• Monday 24th April Teacher Only Day

Term 2 25 Apr – 30 Jun

Term 3 17 Jul – 22 Sep

Term 4 9 Oct – 14 Dec

School Starts 8:40am

Morning Interval 10:30am - 11:00am

Lunch 12:40pm - 1.30pm

School Finishes 2:35pm Karewa and Matakana 2:40pm Tuhua and Motiti

Phone: 542 3261 (absentee message service)

or

Email: papamoaprimary@papamoa.school.nz

or

Website: http://www.papamoa.school.nz/report_an_absentee

Please include your child’s name, room and reason for absence.

If your child arrives at school after 8.40am they are late. Please ensure they sign in at the office before going to class. Thank you.

As part of our School-Links communication system, an automated text message will go out to all unexplained absences. This number is a reply once only.

You can order (or cancel) any time before 8.30am (Yum Yum Lunch) or 9am (Pita Pit) on the day or schedule in advance.

Lunch will be delivered to the school in time for lunch.

Get started now… Click here or go to www.mykindo.co.nz and click ‘create account’.

Help? Visit support.mykindo.co.nz or tel. 0800 EZLUNCH (0800 395 8624) week days 8am-4pm.

BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD MOBILE DENTAL TEAM HAS MOVED TO:

Te Manawa O Papamoa School, 72 Te Okuroa Drive, Papamoa

The mobile dental unit will be situated at the school for Terms 1 & Terms 2 2023

FOR EMERGENCIES PLEASE TEXT OR CALL US ON

027 303 5416 or 0800 TALK TEETH (0800 825 583)

In the event of an emergency, sickness or injury we need to be able to contact someone who can collect your child.

Office staff will only administer medicines to students once a form has been completed and signed by a parent or caregiver.

Would you like to know more about our School Policies and Procedures?

We invite you to visit the site at https://papamoa.schooldocs.co.nz
(note that there's no "www.").

Our username is "papamoa" and password "3118".

07 542 3261

Email: admin@papamoa.school.nz
Website: www.papamoa.school.nz
Location: 312 Dickson Road Pāpāmoa
Phone: 07 542 0865
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PapamoaPrimarySchool/