Te Kura Tuarua o Piopio

Piopio College

Newsletter COMING EVENTS

Panui 1– 5 February 2020

Thursday 6 February

* Waitangi Day NO SCHOOL

Friday 7 February

* TOD NO SCHOOL

Thursday 27 February

* Piopio College Swimming

Sports

Thursday 5 March

* School Photos

Friday 6 March

* Junior Interschool Swimming

Sports in Te Kuiti

Tuesday 10 March

* KC Athletics Te Awamutu

Tuesday 17 March

* Piopio College Athletics

Friday 20 March

*KC Swimming Sports

Taumarunui

PRINCIPAL/TUMUAKI

Johan van Deventer

18 Aria Road, Piopio 3912

07 877 8173 or

0800 240 173

www.piopio.school.nz

FINANCE OFFICE HOURS

8.45am - 1.45pm

LIBRARY HOURS

Tuesday to Friday (Term only)

10.00am to 2.00pm

library@piopio.school.nz

https://facebook.com/

Nau Mai, Haere mai akonga ma!! Welcome to school in 2020! We are delighted to welcome all our students back to school for 2020. We kicked the start of Term One off with a Powhiri for new staff and students on Monday and they are already in full timetabled programs for the year. A big mihi to Whaea Tarns and Whaea Ripeka, Matua Abe, and Matua Simon for their participation and leadership during the Powhiri. A special shout out to Mr Ian Small who set up the Powhiri and who has been keeping all our tradies in line! Thank you Ian, for your dedication during the holidays. A huge welcome to staff and older students. Although staff have been at work for at least a week before school started getting ready for the students to return. We currently have 154 students enrolled and are still receiving inquiries I want to also especially welcome Miss Thompson, Ms McKee and Mrs Thomas to our staff and while we wait for Mr Kishore to arrive, Mrs Sue Draper is helping us out in Technology as a relief teacher. Thank you very much, Sue. I also want to congratulate students and staff on the great results we had in 2019 as we achieved and exceeded the academic targets we set for 2019! Great work. The next challenge would be to improve on them and it appears that our specific focus needs to be to get our boys reading and writing, especially in junior school up to Y10. We look forward to a great year where we can build on our successes and further improve the outcomes for students. Kia ora Johan van Deventer Principal/Tumuaki

NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Piopio College newsletter is published each Friday. You can choose to receive it by email. Please email

library@piopio.school.nz if you’d like to be added to the email list.

It is also available on our website www.piopio.school.nz, Facebook page, Skool Loop app and a limited

amount of copies are also available at The Cloverleaf Café and Superette in Piopio.

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD/REN HAVE APPROPRIATE PE AND SWIMMING GEAR EVERY DAY.

HEALTH CLINIC

Dr Amy Kempthorne will continue Health Clinic for students as from Tuesday 11 February 10.30am– 11.30am.

Appointments can be made at the office.

Sports Corner Kia ora whanau, We are looking forward to an action packed sporting year in 2020. Term One is full of lots of exciting events, which are listed below. We would love and welcome whanau help to ensure we can run our days smoothly. Whether that be timing, measuring, helping set up, driving students to our regional events to name but a few. If you are available on these dates and would like to be a part of these awesome days, please send me an email at lthomas@piopio.school.nz or ring the school on 8778173. As Athletics and Swimming Sports are our focus in Term One students are to bring both their PE gear as well as their swimwear and a towel to PE classes. Sport Waikato now has a very useful website with all of the King Country and Waikato events for 2020 on their page https://wsss.org.nz/. Please check it out and use this site to access all of the important info and dates this year. Up and coming sporting events School Thursday 27

th February - Swimming Sports, Piopio Pool

Tuesday 17th March- Athletics Day, Piopio College

Regional Friday 6

th March - Inter-schools Waitomo Primary Swimming Sports (Year 7-8), Te Kuiti Aquatic Centre

Tuesday 10th March – King Country Athletics, Te Awamutu Stadium

Friday 20th March – King Country Swimming Sports, Taumarunui High School

A little bit about myself, I am the acting Sports Coordinator and teacher of PE and Health covering Mrs Gina Draper while she is away on maternity leave until the start of Term Three. I am a local, living up the Waitanguru on a sheep and beef farm with my husband Jim and our two little children, Maisy and Dallas. I went to school at Piopio Primary and College and actively participated in a range of sports. I am excited to be able to come back and teach in my hometown, which is where my heart is. I love sports and am really looking forward to working with students, whanau and the community. Please feel free to contact me with any sports queries. Lucy Thomas Teacher of PE and Health Sport Coordinator

Piopio College is currently doing capital works and rationalisation of various rooms. We are following a number of WorkSafe requirements: 1. Fencing off and restricting access by placing notices and exclusions to the work sites 2. Air and soil sample testing for asbestos (completed) 3. Ensuring all potential risks are managed to ensure all workers and students are safe from the construction/rationalisation zones. From last week, in response to positive asbestos test results, we are following our asbestos management plan and have actioned specific steps to contain associated risks All and any queries are to go through the principal@ piopio.school.nz or 07-8778173

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

100% attendance is very important. One characteristic of successful students is that they attend school

regularly and punctually.

If a student is going to be away, we ask that you contact the College 0800 240 173 / 07 877 8173 and leave a

message on our answering service. We will need to know:

*Who is going to be away

*The reason why they are away (for MOE coding requirements).

Piopio Community Recreation Centre Lunchtime gym memberships available for students $30 per term. Students must be 16 and over and have signed parental / college consent form plus a membership form before using the gym. Full time student memberships are also available. For more enquiries Phone Kimberley Cody 0272101860

WANTED: Games, puzzles and beanbags for the SENCO room. Please drop off any donations to the main

office.

We would like thank the following businesses and families for their generosity in supplying gifts or money for recognition of our students’ achievements at our 2019 Senior and Junior prize giving’s

Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Corey Barnsdall Builders Ltd

Davis Automotive

The Fat Pigeon Café

Helloworld Travel Te Kuiti King Country Self Storage

MFM Te Reo o te iwi The Night Owl

Office Max

The Oily Rag

PhotoLife Studios

Piopio College PTA

Piopio College Trust Fund

Piopio Lions Club

Smart Plants

Te Kuiti Altrusa Club

Te Kuiti Rotary Club

Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Waitomo News