Principal’s Message

Pleasant Point Primary

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School Phone 6147832 School Fax 6147560 Reminder - Absences Line 6148231 or Text Absences to 0273681661

Dear Parents / Caregivers,

Tēnā koutou, kia ora koutou katoa.

The half-way point of the second term is here, and with a lovely long weekend to look forward to,

it’s a great opportunity to catch a quick breath and look ahead to the next five weeks of learning.

Last Friday’s Cross-Country and Junior Huff n Puff was a great afternoon of competition,

challenge, and adventure for the students. From running through the creek, to leaping fences,

circumnavigating the forest and finishing under the flags at the end, it was a great opportunity for

the students to test themselves, experience struggle and the satisfaction of a job well done. A big

thank you to Mr Pullar and Mr Carlaw for all their work in putting together this exciting annual

school event, to all those who helped on the day, and to the many parents who were able to join

us to support the children. Great work.

Our Home & School continue to plan a number of exciting events and initiatives to support our

tamariki. This term there is work underway selling the Entertainment Book and Beanies, and

preparation has started for next term’s School Fair, and an end-of-year Disco. Please continue to

support, this group in the good work they are doing to connect ‘home’ and ‘school’ and raise

important funds for our school.

On Tuesday , it was great to be part of the Year 8 group—along with Mrs Gibb and Mr Carlaw, in

Christchurch at the National Young Leaders Day. The students heard from a series of inspirational

speakers about the potential that all of us have to make a difference in our world. The theme for

the day was a whakatuaki (proverb): E kore au e ngaro he kakano i ruia mai i rangiatea – I will never

be lost, for I am a seed born of greatness. From this saying, each speaker told parts of their life

stories and encouraged the students to believe in themselves, and be the best that they can be. A

really great day of learning, with a healthy dose of laughter along the way.

There is lots to look forward to in the next five weeks—Science studies, inter-school events, Jump

Jam, Book Week and mid-year Parent Teacher meetings to name a few. Enjoy the long weekend!

Mark Creba Principal

A big Pleasant Point Primary

School welcome to :

L-R: Digby Popata, Luc Van Wayenburg,

Madeleine Hawkins, Claudia Hawkins,

Ruby Mahuika who have started at our school

recently.

Happy School Days to you all!

All week in the Art Room

Parent Helpers needed for before and after

school. Contact Barb Curran, in Waitaki 3

ALL MONEY/ORDERS to be brought

directly to the Book Fair, NOT placed in Blue

Box.

P L E A S A N T P O I N T P R I M A R Y

N E W S L E T T E R

“A Head and

Heart for

Learning and

Life

A backpack

for the

journey.”

Sports News

The 2017 Cross Country was another successful event this year. The weather was fantastic and

it was great to see the kids competing and supporting each other. A big thank you to all the

parents for coming along to support this event. Look out for more news about the SC Cross

Country on June 14 in the coming weeks. Certificates for the winners and place-getters for the

Cross Country will be presented at Assembly next week. Join us if you can!

The Pleasant Point Rippa Rugby team is heading off to Ashburton on the 15th of

June to try and get their hands on the Hanan Cup. They will also play at half

time in the game between the Highlanders and Crusaders on the 6th of July in

Timaru. We wish them all the best and thank the coaches Mick Geary and

Brendon Cairns for the hard work they have put into preparing the team.

We have been lucky enough to have Hayden from Tyre General, Temuka

come and drop off 50 balls (25 soccer and 25 rugby) for us to use at the

school, they were kindly sponsored by BKT. Thanks!

Kiwisport & Fundamentals

The first term of Friday Sport saw both

schools Year 5—8’s playing winter sports

such as Netball, Hockey and Rugby. It is great to see children try different sports and gain a wide

range of skills, especially great to see the boys giving Netball a go, they were actually enjoying

themselves. These skills will encourage them to give Indoor Netball a go which is a super-fast and

fun game. Thanks to Fergus Ibister on starting the trend!

The 2nd term gave the schools a second rotation of these sports but instead of Hockey they now

have Football. The weather hasn’t been very kind seeing a couple of sessions cancelled—its

winter!!

The Year 2—4’s have been learning Hockey skills and invasion games for fundamentals on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at both Point Schools. Invasion games teaches these

children the basic fundamentals of the winter games the seniors are learning.

It’s great to see awesome sport skills coming through these sessions, both girls and boys give the

games and sports their best.

Looking forward to the next part of the term, hopefully the weather is kinder.

Kathy Wilkins—Kiwi Sports Coordinator

Did you know: What do these boxes mean?

The Blue Box is our Lunch Orders and Notices box. Students (and parents) will

find this outside the Office every morning. Any notices that get sent home can be

left in here—on the Notices side, when returned. On the other side is the Lunch

Orders slot, where students are able to put lunch orders Tuesday - Friday.

These are our PB4L House boxes and are found outside the Office door

(Student Entrance) on the wall. The boxes are in our four House colours and are

used by the children to post their Green Cards (positive behaviour recognition)

when spotted by the teachers doing fantastic things out in the playground. These

PB4L cards go towards House points and the annual inter-House competition.

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Nest: Brae O’Keeffe BLH1: Riley Murray

BLH2: Sophie Toomey BLH3: Kiara Petzer

W1: Riley Mackway-Jones W3: Elizabeth Dew

O1: Lily Beck O2: Jethro Cook

O3: Sam Rabbidge O4: Eva Reid

R1: Lucas O’Connell R2: Creedance Richards

Aaron Otley Fairplay Award: Lottie Jack-Hydes

Home and School

We still have Entertainment books for sale!

Home and School still have the amazing Entertainment Book

available for purchase!

These are some of the over 2,000 vouchers inside the book (or app for mobile use). Use the below

link to or contact Natala Colhoun directly on 021 08829802 and she will get a book to you.

Thanks for your support! https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/9g41637

School Uniforms

With the frosty starts to the days, students need to be wearing more clothes. Please ensure that it is school uni-

form such as the school jersey, polar fleece or sweatshirt. Navy blue thermals can be worn underneath the polo

shirts. Non-uniform jackets may be worn to and from school.

Lost Property

In the office we have lots of lunch boxes and clothing that have lost their rightful owners. All named items have been returned

to classes, however we would love for the remaining un-named clothing and lunch boxes to find their way back to their proper

homes. Please come and have a look. First in, best dressed!

Student Council

The Student Council have been busy planning some fun activities for this term including a Hot Chocolate morning, a ’bring it on’

Staff v Student Baseball game and a fun dress up day to name just a few things. Our Year 8’s travelled to Christchurch on

Tuesday for the National Young Leaders Day. It was a great learning experience and there were some amazing speakers. Aaron

Jackson, Matt Brown and Daniel Flynn talked to us about what inspired them in their lives to do the great things that they did. A

big thank you to Mrs Gibb for organising this trip. It was awesome to have the day out with you, Mr Carlaw and Mr Creba.

Hot Lunches

In Term 2 & 3, students in Years 5–8 are given the privilege if parents wish, of bringing food to be heated

(microwave or sandwich press). No instant noodles are to be brought to school to be cooked here, how-

ever you can put hot noodles (minus the boiling water) in a flask for your children to bring to school. Year

5-8 students are not allowed to be heat up food for younger siblings. A Teacher Aide supervises and helps

aid the heating of the food.

Thanks for your help with this.

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We would like to have our newsletter and flier emailed to us each week.

Family name: …………………………………………….. Email address:……………………………………………………

Community Notices - Pleasant Point Primary School takes no responsibility for information in these notices.

'Guitar Tuition: available at Pleasant Point Primary beginning on Tuesday the 7th of February. Taking enrolments now. Please contact Kathy Macdonald on 6844658 or

02102399795.'

Pleasant Point Preschool, Nursery & Kindergarten: for children from birth to school age. Open Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, on Halstead road, next to the Primary school. Feel

free to call in for a look around the centre, or phone us on 6148338.

Pleasant Point Primary School proudly supported by:

THIS WEEK’S BRAINTEASER?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Looking forward to your answers!

Last Newsletter’s Winner: Izzy Sharp

Please come to the office to collect your prize. Please put your answer in a named envelope in

the blue box by Wednesday 14 June

Choco Energy Balls—Yum!

If you're looking for a fun way to connect with your child why not try doing some baking together. We can highly recommend

this nourishing recipe, which also makes for an easy clean up! Baking together provides a wonderful way of incorporating maths,

oral and written language with your child. Plus it tastes great!

1 cup desiccated coconut

4 tablespoons nut butter e.g. hazelnut, almond, cashew (we used Nutella!)

2 tablespoons cacao powder or good quality dark cocoa powder

4 pitted medjool dates or 6-7 normal dried dates soaked in boiling water for 5

minutes

½ cup of rolled oats

Pinch of salt

2 teaspoons tahini – sesame paste

1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup

Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz until well combined and the mixture holds together well when pressed

between your fingers. If the mixture is too dry add a bit more nut butter, if it is too wet add more rolled oats. Roll a tablespoon

sized ball in coconut. Store in cupboard for 1 week or 2 weeks in the fridge.

If you have older children then let them make these by themselves. You may be surprised by what they can produce. Who

knows you might have the next Master Chef in the making! Have fun and let your child be creative and see what they want to

roll the balls in! Enjoy a yummy treat and pop one in their lunch boxes. Bon Appetite!

Bronwyn Stocker and Sonia Lindsay – Connecting Education and Community

Community Notices - Pleasant Point Primary School takes no responsibility for information in these notices.

School Canteen

Just a reminder that the School Canteen (Shirley’s Pantri) is no longer be selling lunches on a Monday.

Lunch orders are available Tuesday to Friday only.