Pinehill School News - 4 August
4 August 2021 - Week 2, Term 3
Message from our Principal
Kia ora tatou,
It is wonderful to have all the students back and settled into their learning. I always enjoy my time in class seeing all the children so engaged and switched onto learning. In Week 6 we will have our three-way conferences, this will give you a chance to learn more about your child/children as they share their learning and next steps. Details about how to book will be in next week’s newsletter.
Our production practices for Gillian: Dog in the Big City started last week. This involves all students from Year 4 to 6. It was great to see children learning lines, practising dances and learning new songs. We are all looking forward to the production in Week 9.
Entrance Gate - Student Safety
As you may have noticed our electronic safety gates are operational again. Access to main carpark is only for staff and authorised vehicles. This is to ensure that our students are kept safe especially at the start and end of the school day by minimizing moving vehicles.
Please do not stop in front of either gate to do drop off or pickup, there is a dropoff zone in Spencer Road.
If you enter the carpark, please ensure that you use the exit gate when leaving and do not leave through the open entrance gate.
Swimming
The Year 1 to 6 students started their swimming lessons at the Millennium pools last week.
Here are some recount stories and photos from Room 1 (Year 1).
Swimming is fun. I like to go to the swimming pool. I like to go under the water. I am in the water, the water is cold.
Edison
Today I'm going to swimming lessons and I had fun and I am cold.
Ian
We went swimming. The swimming teacher said splash her and lie on the water. We were learning to float and it was so much fun, and I love swimming in my team. There were 4 kids.
Dahamlee
I went to the swimming on Wednesday. I am swimming in the pool. There is a board. The water is cold. There are lines. The teacher is kind. I put my head in the water.
Jayden
Ngā mihi nui,
Carla Veldman, Principal
New Students
Pinehill School would like to welcome the following new students:
Nathaniel Xia and Nicholas Xu
Maths Week 9-13 August
Next week is Maths Week across New Zealand. Pinehill will be celebrating maths in many different ways. Our Maths Fairy will visit classes asking questions, there will be daily maths questions on our Pinehill TV station as well as maths questions for different year levels in next week's newsletter.
The Y5/6 classes will be participating in a school run Mathex team competition, and there will be many other exciting maths activities happening in classrooms.
This will be an ideal opportunity to talk with your children at home about the maths that they do, as well as talking about what maths you do everyday in your lives. Maths is woven into so much of what we do.
Here is a link to the Families and Whanau page on the NZMaths site. This includes ideas for supporting your child at home with their maths in practical ways.
Class Awards
- Room 1: Jayden Jin
- Room 2: Marcus Lu
- Room 3: Michael Zhu
- Room 4: Paz Cardale
- Room 5: David Su
- Room 6: Jisoo Kim
- Room 7: Jackson Long
- Room 8: Oscar Zhao
- Room 9: Indy Hendricks
- Room 10: Hannah Su
- Room 11: Juseong Im
- Room 12: Chase Zhao
- Room 13: Hannah Zhang
- Room 14: Nathan Jin
- Room 15: Arthur Zhai
- Room 16: Bogyeom Kim
- Room 17: Aariz Awan
- Room 18: Christina Quezon
- Room 19: Marky Romano
- Room 20: Gordon Huang
Walker of the week: Jugurtha Machouche
Upcoming Events
2 - 6 August
- Walking to School week
Friday 6 August
- Fun Food Friday
9 - 13 August
- Maths Week
Monday 9 August
- FOPS Meeting @ 8.30am
- Cantonese Speeches
Tuesday 10 August
- Mandarin Speeches
Wednesday 11 August
- Yr 6 Northcross Intermediate visit
- Board of Trustees Meeting @ 6pm
Thursday 12 August
- Yr 6 Murrays Bay Intermediate visit
- Yr 1 Botanic Gardens
Friday 13 August
- Snack Food Friday
Swimming
Tuesdays - Yr 3 & 4 Swimming - every Tuesday until 7 September (excluding 17 August)
Wednesdays - Yr 1, 2, 5 & 6 Swimming - every Wednesday until 8 September (excluding 11 August)
Check calendar for Jester Pie Wednesdays
Board News
Board of Trustees Policies
All school policies are available through School Docs - click here
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password - pinehillway
board@pinehill.school.nz
Travelwise
WSB name
Pinehill Penguins
Morning: Mon-Fri
Leaves from 1 Kilear Cl at 8:10 am. Another pickup point at 8.30 am from 2 Ballymore DrAfternoon: Thurs and Friday
Meeting outside Room 5. Leaves school at 3.10 pm (arrives at 2 Ballymore Dr)
Contact: Calla Cheng - calla@live.com
Bridge
Everyday
Contact: Lamia Bouaifel - bouaifel_lamia@hotmail.com
Spencer Rd
Morning ONLY Mon - Thursday
Leaves from 12 Spencer Rd at 8:30 am
Contact: Kelly Liang - lucas110125@hotmail.com
Friends of Pinehill School (FOPS) News - PTA
Fun Food Friday This Friday 6th August
It’s Fun Food Friday again this week! We have added 4 new hot food options. Please check them out in Kindo. All pizza and food orders are to be placed online using the Kindo Online Shop by the end of tonight (Wednesday, 4th August). Children love their yummy food, don’t miss outYummy Stickers
It’s almost time to return your Yummy stickers/sticker collection sheets from apples, pears and nectarines to school (at the drop off box opposite the health room in the administration block), so whether you are already in full swing or just starting, there is still time to earn some sports gear for our school. We will collate the stickers and sheets then send them in to receive our share of sports equipment by the end of this term. Forms are available from the drop box or can be downloaded from www.yummyfruit.co.nz. Happy munching!
About Us - Friends of Pinehill School
FOPS is a fundraising and support network of parents and teachers assisting Pinehill School to connect our community. It is a great way to get involved and meet other fun enthusiastic parents. Each member brings something unique and special to our group. Kia ora rawa atu thank you! The next FOPS committee meeting will be held at 8.30am on Monday 9th August at the staff room allocated in the administration block. All welcome! If you have any questions or would like to join this amazing force, please email pinehillfops@gmail.com. We look forward to meeting you!
Pinehill School PTA - Friends of Pinehill School
Contact Us
Email: info@pinehill.school.nz
Website: https://www.pinehill.school.nz
Location: 2 Hugh Green Drive, Pinehill, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
Phone: 09 4780301