This newsletter summarizes events at Pukekohe Hill Family School. It discusses the successful Kids for Kids choir concert, invites parents to the upcoming PTA meeting and coffee club social events. It also provides information on half day schooling for teacher meetings, sausage sizzle fundraisers and upcoming book week dress up day. The classroom highlights section describes culture learning rotations and upcoming concert preparations in Room 8. The newsletter closes with community event announcements.

1. PUKEKOHE HILL FAMILY NEWSLETTER
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No 34/12 14 November 2012
KIDS FOR KIDS HIT HIGH PTA MEETING NEXT COFFEE CLUB – YOU’RE
NOTE AT CONCERT MONDAY INVITED
Congratulations to Mrs Wendy The next meeting of our PTA is All families are warmly invited
Bates and our Kids for Kids on Monday, 19 November at to come and have a chat and a
Choir. Last week, the choir 7.30 pm in the school cuppa in our new Hauora
joined with other schools to staffroom. Room (old staffroom).
perform at the Town Hall with
well known singer Suzanne This group of parents and staff We are open on Tuesdays from
Prentice. This concert is give excellent support to Hill’s 2-3 pm and Fridays from 8.30
organised by World Vision and students, resources and to 9.30 am. Come and meet
is an excellent opportunity for learning programmes. Why others from Hill School
students to experience the not come along and be part of community. A suggestion box
disciplines of learning lyrics this great team of people? is available as well as resources
and stage performance, and to for families.
show our schools vision SIGNING OUT STUDENTS
statement of being “committed CUPS, TROPHIES
to achieving our best and Just a reminder! Parents who RETURNED PLEASE
making a difference”. need to pick up children during
the day also need to fill in a Calling all families whose
Well done choir! “sign out” book at the school children were awarded cups or
office. This helps to keep trophies at last year’s prize
NO LESSONS NEXT students safe and let us know giving events. As preparation
WEDNESDAY where they are. begins for prize giving 2012,
AFTERNOON families are asked to return
WORMS ARE US cups and trophies awarded to
An important notice! NZEI – students at the 2011 events.
the union for teachers – has Thank you to Pak n’ Save for
arranged a meeting next donating two wheelie bin worm PTA SAUSAGE SIZZLE
Wednesday 21 November from farms from Worms R Us. TOMORROW
1.30 pm so teachers can discuss Worms R Us have been in to
their collective agreement. school to help set the worm The popular PTA lunchtime
This means that, on farms up. Carolyn Loveday sausage sizzle is tomorrow on
Wednesday next week: has volunteered to be a parent Thursday, 15 November.
 Children may go home helper and a group of Year 5 Children are encouraged to
at 12.30. students are also involved in bring their money in a named
this environmental project. envelope with the order written
 Kids After School will on the outside. Sausages and
operate from 1.30 pm. We look forward to using drinks are $1.00 each. Thanks
these bins to assist with to parent chefs from Rooms 10
 Any children left at reducing the amount of waste and 18.
school will be our school produces. Pip
supervised. Williams for the Enviro
School Group.

2. MAKE IT A DATE! to experience making and to hang up in our classroom till
CYBER SAFETY NIGHT tasting Potato and Pea Sak, the end of the year. We
Cyber Safety is a real concern Indian Art and Indian Dance. discovered that Repeka’s uncle
for many families. The world The following week the is actually the chief in her
is an ever changing place and children spent time on a Maori village.
technology plays a bigger part Culture rotation. The activities
in our lives than ever before. they experienced were making I think that the culture concept
Maori Bread, scraping flax gives the children a sense of
Pukekohe schools have with mussel shells and also belonging and being proud of
combined to invite well known eating mussels. They created whom they are as a person,
expert Brett Lee to speak to some traditional Maori art and because in Room 8 we are a
students at schools. got to learn about how to use whanau, and we care about
the Poi and Rakau sticks. The each other.
There are also two parent children thoroughly enjoyed
information evenings on the experiences they had in This term our concept is More
Monday, 3 December, 5.30 to celebrating these two different than Words. In Room 8 I have
6.30 pm at Pukekohe High cultures. decided that we are going to
School hall or Tuesday, 4 spend time learning about
December, 6.30 to 7.00pm at traditional fairy tales and we
Valley School hall. Make it a will discuss the language
date! around them. We also have
our Junior School concert this
BOOK WEEK term and the children in Room
8 are beginning to get very
Next week, Bruce Potter the
excited with the prospect of
illustrator will be here to share
singing and dancing in front of
his new book “Kaha the Kea”
their friends and families. It
During the term we prepared will be a fun and busy term!
Dress up day is on Friday- the simple Mihi’s and a poster that
theme is Wacky Wednesday on explored everyone’s cultures. I am so pleased to have the
Freaky Friday, based on the The posters told of each child’s opportunity to teach such a
book Wacky Wednesday. A traditions, the language they wonderful group of children.
flier will come out next week. speak, the food they eat and the They have made so much
clothes that they wore. During progress in their learning so far
CLASSROOM this time the children were this year. Amy Ash
HIGHLIGHTS amazed to find that some of
Room 8 is a busy Year 1 their peers actually speak more COMMUNITY NEWS
classroom full of very energetic than one language! We placed
Pukekohe Metro Cricket:
boys and girls who love to flags up in our classroom to
Have team places for Year 5-6
come to school to learn. represent the different cultures
students. Ring Amanda Davies
in Room 8. We spent a lot of
at 021 879 737.
The children really enjoy the time discussing how each and
Franklin Mountain Bike
PMP programme. They enjoy every one of us is unique in
Club: On Tuesdays from 5.30
having the opportunity to try different ways and that this
to 7.30 pm at the Puni
new things on the apparatus uniqueness is what makes our
Memorial Reserve on Attewell
provided for them. PMP gives country so special.
Road. See our website
them the opportunity to use
www.franklinmtb.org.nz or
their large and fine motor During the term we had
contact Clinton on 021 751 871
skills. Repeka’s Gran come in and
or 239 0567.
Term three’s concept was talk to us about the Fijian
Pukekohe Swimming Club
Culture. During the term we Culture. She showed us a
Monster Garage Sale: This
spent one week on Indian whale’s tooth that had been
Saturday 17 November, at
culture rotation. During this passed down the generations
Valley School Hall, from 7 am
rotation the children were able and it was 100 years old.
to 12 midday.
Sirana gave us a traditional mat
NEWS NOVEMBER 14 2012 / NEWSL

3. Graeme Rix
Principal
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