Term 1 Week 2

Pirongia School Wednesday 13 Feb 2019

Ph 871 9727, Cell: 027 389 7279 (txt) www.pirongia.school.nz, email: office@pirongia.school.nz or finance@pirongia.school.nz, 100 Beechey St, PO Box 34020, Pirongia 3844

Our Year 8’s Term 1 Councillors

Our Year 1’s On Day one of Term 1, 21 new students enrolled to begin their ‘climb to the summit-pikia totou

maunga’.A big warm Pirongia School welcome to; Lucy, Archie, Ava, Jack, Arcadia, Lochlan, Lucas, Thea, Indee, Jakob, Keiran,Holly, Kaylee, Koby and Finn, Jack, Cash, Finn, Rania,

Campbell and Georgia. Many happy school days to all of you.

This is week 1 of 10 in Term 1 2019!

CENTENNIAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP—Ella

CENTENNIAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP—Joseph

LEADERSHIP AWARD—Mason

RUATAHI HIGH ACHIEVER—Asarina

AUNTY KAHU KAUMOANA TROPHY—Most improved student overall—Amelia

TIKANGA MAORI GIRL—Asarina /Aaliyah TIKANGA MAORI BOY—Imanueli

MUSIC EXCELLENCE—Joshua MUSIC CONTRIBUTION—Asarina

SPIRIT OF THE MAUNGA-GIRL—Charlotte SPIRIT OF THE MAUNGA- BOY—Max

EXCELLENCE IN MATH—Josh /Aidan

EXCELLENCE IN LITERACY—Aidan

EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE—Thomas

YR 7 TECH ARTS BOY—Tyla YR 7 TECH ARTS GIRL—Summer

PERFORMING ARTS—Emily, VISUAL ARTS—Mitchell Burr, EOTC—Jack

SPORTING EXCELLENCE—Aylee, FAIR PLAY AWARD—Charli

SOCCER—Corbin, SWIMMING—Ella, RUGBY—Simon

TOUCH RUGBY Yr5/6—Jacob, Yr 7/8 Ben, NETBALL—Ava

MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR BAND—Pippa MOST IMPROVED SENIOR BAND—Keira

ENVIRONMENTAL TICK AWARD—Oliver

CO-HORT ENTRY

Applies to all children turning 5

between 20th March 2019 and 10th

June 2019.

Mountaineers sessions begin on the

6th March 1.30-2.55pm in Room 1.

This will ensure 6 school visits before

children begin school at the start of

Term 2 29th April.

Parents are required to remain on site

either in our staff room or wonderful

school grounds.

More information about co-hort entry

can be found using the link below or

contact Helen Austin 07 8719727 or

email haustin@pirongia.school.nz

https://parents.eduction.govt.nz/

primary-school/your-child-at-school/

cohort-entry/

A very proud Amelia ourInaugural

recipient of the Aunty Kaumoana

Trophy she received at our Prizegiving

last year.

Who will it be this year??

Over the holidays Libby decided to cut her long hair and donate it to Freedom Wigs - they make wigs for people who lose their hair due to illness / long term extensive hair loss. Libby also used the opportunity to raise funds for Bear Cottage, a children’s hospice in Sydney which is a place very close to her family’s heart. Libby managed to raise nearly $1500 and would like to thank all her Pirongia friends who supported her.

Before

After

A very warm welcome back to the new school year!

This is our first newsletter of the year and it contains a lot of information for you! Please

use the newsletter as your main source of information about the day to day what’s what

at school. It will be emailed to you and you can access through the Skool Loop App.

There are also some hardcopies at the office for those who require them.

We are pleased to be back and loving the fact that our new classrooms are finished and

everyone and everything is back in the right place. Our Pōwhiri and formal opening and

blessing of the new classrooms were very positive and affirming ways to start the new

year.

Kawaka team are loving the new spaces to learn and teach in and the Y7/8s are enjoying

having their own space in the school. Sandra-Lee has made a beautiful job of creating our

STEM room for Science, Technology , Engineering and Mathematics. It will spark curiosity

and excitement for our learners. Whaea Kathie has used the temporary classroom (room

16 last year) to create a wonderful whānau room for Te Reo, Kapa Haka, and for our

whānau to meet in.

Please feel welcome to come in and see what has been achieved over the past year, if you

haven’t already. We could not be happier!

Have a great week, nga mihi

Jan

Picking up and dropping off on BELCHER STREET

This year we have a teacher on duty at one of the back gates after school. Wendy has been there last week and this week to make sure children who are walking and biking, cross safely, following many concerns express by you as parents. We are asking that if you pick up and drop off here that you ensure your child crosses safely by meet-ing them on the school side of the road. We have had a parent volunteer to help watch children cross at the other gate and we are asking for more volunteers to help us with this please. We will make a roster. Please phone the office if you can help.

Also if you have concerns and would like a kea crossing there, could you please email/write/send these concerns to me which I will add to mine and pass on to NZ Police and Waipa District Council. Con-stable Brenton Irwin has asked the Council to look into this but we need to follow up if we are to expect any action in the near future.

Pool help needed!

We are looking for someone to help us out with the

pool in the weekends. At present Leanne gets no let

up from the job and we would like to train someone

as a back up.

If you are interested, please phone the office to speak

to me, come in or email me

jcullen@pirongia.school.nz

Also, please stick to the rules outlined

in your contract to have a pool key.

Children must be accompanied by an

adult if under 12 and please no BOMBING into the

pool.

Staffing

Over the holidays we have

employed 2 new staff for our

Tech Arts programme.

Ali Ruthe will take

over the soft

materials (sewing)

position and Carla

Innis the Food

technology job.

We look forward

to them joining

our staff in their

respective roles.

FAREWELL

Last week we

sadly accepted

the resignation

of Vicki Burbery who has been

a Teacher-aide here at Pirongia

School for the past 5 years.

Vicki has taken on a new

fulltime admin role in Hamilton

and we wish her the very best.

We will all miss you Vicki.

CHILDREN’S FAIR

Raising funds for the Pirongia Junior

Playground Project

The school has been approached to help out with the

running of this event on Sunday March the 3rd.

We have asked our senior students to give some time

to this event by running the fundraiser stalls. A

wonderful day has been planned, so if you can spare

some time to help, it would be appreciated.

Commsafe Ambrose Charity Golf Tournament

If you are a golfer you might like to get a team together to support this very worthwhile charity. Commsafe is the engine room behind Community Patrols and Neighbourhood Support. They have also sponsored our

Junior Neighbourhood Support initiative here at school. All details and entry forms are here at the office.

Fundraiser for the Waikato

Branch of Heart Kids

We have a thoughtful young

student who is raising funds

for this worthy cause by selling

cupcakes tomorrow for $1.

Yum! Good one Aaleeya!

We hope it goes well for you.

PTA Meeting:-Welcome to the start of another school year. The first meeting of the PTA is on tonight, 13 February, at 7.30pm in the staffroom. Everybody is welcome and it's a great chance to find out about the work that the PTA do. We'd love to see you there.

FRIDAY LUNCH THIS WEEK IS.. AMERICAN HOTDOGS $3.00

GF option available Place name, room number, money into an old envelope

and place in Bob the Box (office foyer) by 9am

POOL KEYS—Half season pool keys are now available from the school office for $60

POKURU YOUNG FARMERS COMPETITON;- If your child is part of an entered team can you please pay your $20 team fee to our School Office asap.

CLOTHING:- Please ensure your child/rens clothing is named. We already have a towel and tog collection in the lost property. Please check that your child has their own hat as we often get mix-ups, so if we can make sure they belong to their rightful owners this will help with this.

14th Feb—Tech Arts begin for Yr 7/8

14th Feb—Kahikatea Team Overnight camp at school

15th-27th Feb—Life Education

18th Feb—Kawaka Team Meet the Teacher—Raglan trip

19th Feb—Kawaka Leadership Day

19th Feb—Rātā Team Meet the Teacher

19th Feb—BoT meeting @ 7pm

21st Feb—Tawa team bush walk

22nd Feb—ASSEMBLY—Kawaka presenting

01st March—Junior Swimming Sports

07th March—Tawa Team to Hamilton Gardens

08 March—Senior Swimming Sports

12-13th March—Kawaka Sailing—Lake Ngaroto

12th March—Rātā team bush walk

13th March—Rātā team bush walk

15th March—Lower Waipa Swimming

15th March—ASSEMBLY—Tawa Team presenting

22nd March—ASSEMBLY—Kahikatea Team presenting

26th March—Photolife—School photos

29th March—ASSEMBLY—Rātā Team presenting

03rd –8th April—Financial Literacy ASB programme

05th April—ASSEMBLY—Rātā Team presenting

12th April—Term One Ends

Kia ora e te whānau He mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our Pōwhiri last Monday, it was a beautiful, authentic ceremony and every participant made it so. He mihi aroha. We are loving the new ‘Whānau Room’. Feel free to come by and have a look, or hang out. See photo below. Te Reo Māori and Kapahaka has commenced. We are introducing an additional Reo session this year - Te Whakaoho (The Awakening). This will run on Tuesdays from 2pm - 2:50 and is a class specifically intended to raise Māori cultural identity and extend Te Reo Māori further. The Friday sessions will continue as they were last year. Te Kakano (The Seed) - for students who would like to extend their reo beyond what they might be receiving in the classroom - 9:30-10:10; followed by Te Puawai (The Blossoming) - for students who want further extension from the morning session - 10:15-10:55. These sessions are open to students year 3 and above. All Te Reo sessions are also open to adult whānau members and staff (probably the Te Puawai session - during school singing - may be a possible option for staff). If there is enough interest from staff and the community, I may also look at offering an evening Te Reo Class. Kapahaka will run at the same time as last year, so in the middle block from 11:25 - 12:40. Kapahaka is open to students year 4 and above, however some year 3 students will be considered if they have an aptitude for Kapahaka, and are able to manage the workload and the commitment level that is required. All classes will be run from the Whānau Room, as will our Whānau Hui which will be on the Thursday, 21st at 7pm. Please come and join us for a meeting and supper. This will also be an initial planning meeting for Kapahaka Festival which we are hosting this year—25 October 2019. Ngā mihi, Kathie

Term dates 2019

Term 1 = 4th February—12th April

Term 2 = 29th April—5th July

Term 3 = 22nd July—27th Sept

Term 4 = 14th Oct—19th December

CUP CAKE SALE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON!

$1.00 only. Come to the back of the school office

from 2.55pm

All proceeds will be donated to Little Hearts—International

Congenital Heart Defect Day which appropriately falls on

Valentines Day.

Well done to Aaleeya who has been very industrious in the

kitchen and supplying the delicious cupcakes and donating all

proceeds to this very worth cause.

A very kind gesture Aaleeya!

TERM ONE SPORTS

These sports are on offer this term. We will advertise when the forms are available at the school of-fice. With all the sports available we need parents to help coach and manage teams. If you can help us out please email the contact person listed. Please note if we do not get parent help we cannot enter any teams. Miniball: Ages: Year 1 to Year 8 Year 1 & 2 Info: Wednesday nights at the TA College Gym Year 3 & 4 Info: Wednesday nights at the TA Events Centre Year 5 to 8 Info: Monday nights at the TA Events Centre Contact: Ella Muckle (emuckle@pirongia. school. nz) Forms are available at the office and need to be in ASAP THIS WEEK!! Games start next week!!

Hockey: Ages: Year 1 to Year 8 Year 1 to 6 Info: Season starts Sunday 1 2th May. Finishes Sunday 1st September. Year 7 & 8 Info: Season starts Saturday 1 1 May. Finishes Saturday 11th May. Contact: Dona Hobbs (dhobbs@pirongia. school. nz) Forms are available at the office and need to be in ASAP!!

Touch: Ages: Year 1 to Year 8 Playing Days: Thursday afternoons (see form for times) First Game: 28th Feb Location: TA Sports, Albert Park Contact: Ella Muckle (emuckle@pirongia. school. nz) Forms are available at the office and need to be in ASAP!!

Pirongia Netball Club: Ages: Year 3 to Year 8 Playing Days: Saturdays Location: Te Awamutu Netball Courts Registration and Payment of Fees: Thursday 1 4th Feb Trials: Monday 1 8th Feb and Wednesday 20th Feb (times TBC) Fees: $85 Contact: Amanda Wright (0274 809 038)

Future Fern Netball: Ages: 5 & 6 year olds Playing Days: TBC (last year’s day was Tuesday afternoons) Location: Te Awamutu Netball Courts Contact: Ella Muckle (emuckle@pirongia. school. nz)

Mixed Indoor Netball: Ages: Year 5 & 6 and Year 7 & 8 Playing Days: Sunday afternoons Starting Date: 3rd March Location: Albert Park Indoor Centre, Te Awamutu Contact: Ella Muckle (emuckle@pirongia. school. nz) Info: The competition will run for 6 weeks - only if there is enough interest

Cheerleading: Ages: Year 2 to Year 8 Practise Day: Varied (in school time) Location: Pirongia School Hall Contact: Dona Hobbs (dhobbs@pirongia. school. nz

Cricket: Cost: $20 Info: Cricket teams have rolled over from Term 4 last year. However we have space for 4 children (Year 5-6) to join our 2 Friday night softball teams this term. For those interested please see me for a permission slip. First in first served. We will have a muster again in Term 3. Info: Brett Christopher from Te Awamutu Cricket also offers skills sessions and games for anyone who is interested or if you just want to go along and have a hit. Phone 027 369 3739. Competition Dates/Times: Primary Softball Yr 1 to Yr 6 starts Friday 15th Feb and goes to Friday 29th March time - 5:30pm. Primary Hardball Yr 5 & 6 starts Saturday 16th Feb and goes to Saturday 30th March time - 9am Contact: Sally McLuskie (smcluskie@pirongia. school. nz)

Pirongia Junior Golf: Days: Wednesday evenings from 5pm Location: Pirongia Golf Club Info: All welcome, equipment provided, and it’s FREE Contact: Andrew (027 31 6 9857)

CLASSIFIEDS

PIANO LESSONS - I have two timeslots available for Piano Lessons. I have studios in Pirongia School and Te Awamutu College. My experience is 30 years of teaching. I am a Associate member of the Institute of Registered of Music Teachers of New Zealand (AIRMTNZ). Contact Jody Oberlin-Brown Ph 0274 770057 or email; mrsovmusicstudio@gmail.com CUPCAKE BAKE SALE—TOMORROW AFTERSCHOOL $1.00 To raise money for ‘Little Hearts’ Please support Aaleeya who has been very busy baking her little heart out.

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