Phone:2928205 administration@Paekākāriki.school.nz 2017

Belonging Connecting Exploring Thriving

Paekākāriki School

Home of the Barefoot Learner

Term 2 Week 3

Important Information

• REMINDER: no wheels (bikes, scooters, skateboards) are to be ridden on school grounds between 8 and 9 am or between 3 and 3:30pm.

• Before School Supervision. Please be aware that teachers are not available to supervise children before 8:30am

• BYOD: reminder that student cellphones either come under the BYOD policy and therefore the BYOD form must

be signed and returned, the phone is then handed in to the whanau teacher everyday. Otherwise the phone needs to handed in at the office before school where it stays until 3pm. There is no student cellphone use during school hours.

Important Dates

2 June Assembly

5 June Queen’s Birthday

7 June School Cross Country

22 June Arbor Day

30 June Matariki Celebration

7 July Assembly

Last Day Term 2

24 July First Day Term 3

28 July Teacher Only Day

Kia Ora Tatou,

What an amazing day we had on Sunday the 7th at the School Fair.

Thank you to the PTA for leading this event and to all parents and community members who worked in the days and weeks leading up to the day, on the day and afterwards. Paekākāriki certainly is an amazing village.

A very special thanks needs to go to Alexandra Saunders who took on the role of fair coordinator and worked tirelessly for many weeks to pull everything together. The money raised will provide valuable resources in our school to support our strategic plan.

Ngā mihi

Julia

• FRUIT: Please ensure that children bring fruit with them as part of their lunch.

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Belonging Connecting Exploring Thriving

From the PTA

A huge thank you to all those who organised, helped and came to our inaugural Paekakariki School Fair and Plant Sale! It was a wonderful day with an amazing atmosphere. The Garden Group plant sale raised $4000 for the School Garden and the PTA raised over $13,000! We have a goal to raise over $20,000 next year and need all of our school whanau to get stuck in and help to achieve this. There is a School Fair Hui/Celebration/Prize giving tonight (Thursday) - 6:30pm at the Bowling Club which is your chance to share feedback, brainstorm for next year and find out who can throw a gumboot! Everyone welcome!

Curriculum

Mātāriki Mātāriki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Traditionally for Māori when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year. As we head into winter Mātāriki is a time when the harvest has been completed and the gardens and people rest. Time is spent together playing games. During the term students will be learning about this celebration, the constellation and myths and legends that surround our Māori heritage.

At Paekākāriki School we will hold our annual Mātāriki celebration on Friday June 30th with a potluck tea, a bonfire and students sharing their learning about Mātāriki.

All whanau and community members are invited to join us.

Teacher Only Day On Friday July 28th (Term 3) staff will be attending a noho marae at Kāpiti College. We will be welcomed onto the Kāpiti College marae on the Friday morning and will spend the Friday night there. Rakau We are very fortunate to have Ahorangi Rākau Wānaga visit us this term. All students will have the opportunity to learn Maurākau roa. This is a great activity for co-ordination and assisting in learning te reo. Waka Ama Last week I had the privilege of attending the Waka Ama graduation at Takapuwahia Marae in Poririua. During the course of this programme students learn the skills necessary for paddling a waka, team work and how to look after themselves. Congratulations to our wonderful Tuakana students who successfully completed the programme and proudly shared their pepeha at the graduation.

Nau mai, Haere mai, Invitation to our Thursday Wānanga

You’re invited to be a part of our after-school wānanga. As part of the kura learning from our Māori whānau this wānanga is an opportunity for us all to share our learning and nurture our tamariki.

When: Thursdays after school from Thursday 11th May in Week 2 of Term 2 from 3-4.30pm;

Where: At school - using the hall, the library and outside; Who: Whanau, tamariki, staff, BoT

How: With lots of hands on activities, through kai and korero, sport and play. We’ll have lots of fun ways to support learning and build confidence.

For more information contact Jess, Raima or Julia in person or by email: jess@paekakariki.school.nz, raima@paekakariki.school.nz, principal@paekakariki.school.nz

Students at Waka Ama

From the Board of Trustees

Nau mai, Haere mai.

What an awesome school fair and plant sale! We congratulate the PTA and fair coordinator, Alexandra Saunders, and the Garden Group for organising a stellar event. The fair raised over $14,000 and the plant sale over $4,000. And just as important, it was a great social occasion. Thank you to all who helped make this event such a success.

We have heard from members of our school wh�nau, the PTA and the Ministry of Education over the last couple of meetings. Remember you are welcome to attend and/or speak at our Board meetings. They are meetings held in public. If you wish to speak at a meeting, please talk to the chair in advance.

The Board has had some big strategic discussions lately, including considering M�ori representation on the Board, how our national standards data stacks up compared to other schools and how we can work together with the PTA. We signed off our strategic plan for the next three years, which gives effect to our Charter principles and educational and other priorities.

We passed a number of new policies: Dyslexia, Documentation and Self Review, and Curriculum. We are continuing our consideration of proposed Behaviour management policies and procedures.

The Board heard about the new Naked Lunches (lunches without rubbish) proposal from Ng� K�kano and agree this is a great initiative.

The Board considered a report from Julia against the Annual Plan. We noted that many of our Strategic Plan initiatives are already well underway. We acknowledge the huge effort put in by staff to give our tamariki an event-filled term 1 and to transition into our new school structure. Thanks to Julia and our staff and all wh�nau who have helped to support the teachers and students.

The next scheduled Board meeting is on 28 June. You can see our minutes in the folder in the foyer.

If you have any comments or questions, please email chair@paekakariki.school.nz.

Garden Group

Thanks to the Garden Group for funding the purchase of our new drinking fountain outside the hall, it's great to have their support. The Garden Group is funding for the second year in a row, free soup and bread each Thursday lunchtime as well as gardening across the school. Tuesday's lunchtime gardening with Diane is open this term to all students keen to explore the living world from 1-1.50pm. Parents are welcome to join in this fun session.

Getting to Know Us – Donna Barr

The first ten years of my life were spent on our family farm, on a high hill a few miles out of Exeter, Devonshire, UK offering a near 360* view with the city and sea beyond on a clear day. Three adjoining, old, cob cottages were home for my parents and younger sister, paternal grandparents, Great Grandmother, Uncle, Aunt and younger cousins. The dairy farm was a huge adventure playground, a happy time spent with four generations, I particularly enjoyed listening to Great Gran's stories of life when she was young, helping Grandad with the calves or riding on the top of a trailer stacked high with fresh hay bales. My own family then moved to Dartmoor National Park, which I've considered home ever since. Living closer to my Mother's family, I had cousins my age to share wanderings over the Moors between Houndtor and Widecombe-in-the-Moor or to climb the rocks watching the mist rise with the early morning sun, revealing Haytor in the distance. Inspired by tales from my Grandfather, I knew from a young age that I would travel overseas - this included four very interesting and happy years in Sweden and Norway... ...later arriving in Paekakariki. My association with Paekakariki School began as a parent helper when the eldest of three daughters started school, twenty-five years ago As the School Librarian and a Teacher Aide, working with your children and my love of books, is the most rewarding work.

Word of the Week

As you read, listen to others you may see or hear unusual or interesting words. The best word each week shared with me will win 5 house points.

The winning word this we ek is;

Defenistration- the act of throwing someone out of a window

Thanks to Lily who has won 5 points for Miriona House!

School House Groups

Behaviour Points Term 2

Week Wainui

(Cullen) Pouawha (Trimmer)

Haumia (Te Kanawa)

Miriona (Tua)

1 3 7 5 8

2 2 2 0 6

What is happening at Paekākāriki School?

Calendar To find out what is happening at Paekākāriki School please go to our Community Calendar - events will also be linked to the App and Facebook page. School Newsletter Our school newsletter is published fortnightly, with all other urgent messages sent out via email, Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PaekākārikiSchool/) and/or the SchoolApp.

School Website

https://Paekākāriki.school.nz/ is our temporary website which has more information about our school including a parent handbook, policies and procedures, BYOD information.

Roxy5 Film Competition 2017 – from Rachel

I would like to offer the biggest, LOUDEST congratulations to our Year 7/8 Roxy5 team. In case you haven't yet heard......we made it through to the finals!!!!

Haven't heard about the Roxy? Here's what it's all about:

The competition is open for Year 7-13 students who have demonstrated their talent/ interest in performing arts and who would benefit from the opportunity to extend their skills into the film making process.

The short films can be of any genre and style: documentary, animation, 3D, silent, stop motion, movie trailer, commercial, comedy, music video etc. Each short film must incorporate three key elements in some way - 2 physical

items and 1 line of dialogue. The duration of each film needs to be a minimum of 45 seconds and up to a maximum length of 5 minutes. The emphasis of the competition is on creative story telling potential rather than technical production. The short films can be made by groups of students in their own time or as part of a school

project.

Our amazing team of 17 students came together through a shared interest in film and produced an awesome work of art. Thanks very much to Alouis Woodhouse from Kapiti College who gave up his time and energy to host us for the day, divulging his film expertise and sharing some tricks of the trade. He also lent us a camera and allowed us access

to the editing suite up at the College. Thanks Mr Woodhouse!!

The finals are to be held next Wednesday night. A red carpet event held at the Roxy Cinema in Miramar, where the overall finalists will be announced.

Great job gang, and good luck!

Netball

Welcome to the winter season which means netball season is upon us. Saturday netball is played at Te Atiawa Courts in Paraparaumu Beach. Our season this year begins on the Saturday 6th May and runs through till the 26th

August. We are still welcoming any boys or girls in Years 5 - 8 who would like to play to come along to a practice Wednesdays after school and one or two lunch times. Whaea Naomi runs the school netball programme and is always

keen for team managers and helpers on a Saturday.

Year 7 and 8 Girl’s Self Defence

This term our Year 7/8 girls have been offered the opportunity to take part in a free Self Defence Course. The course is being offered and run by the Women's Self Defense Network- Wahine Toa, jointly funded by the Ministry of social

Development and ACC.

The self defence teacher is a qualified and experienced teacher of self defence to women and girls. She will help the girls learn ways of dealing with unsafe people and situations and threats to their safety, such as being followed, and issues relating to cyber safety. This includes learning how to give clear boundaries and messages to those known and

unknown to her when feeling unsafe, trusting her feelings and listening to her instincts. The course will also cover naming body parts, distinguishing between good and bad touching and strategies to deal with inappropriate

touching. These skills will be reinforced through discussion, the development of verbal and physical skills, and developing instincts to help the girls keep themselves and others (e.g. friends / siblings) safe. This course offers each

girl the opportunity to take a positive step to reinforce her ability to think confidently, speak strongly, and use her physical skills when necessary.

The course will run over 1.5 days. Wednesday May 31st and Friday June 2nd.

Thanks to Wahine Toa, the Ministry of Social Development and ACC

Friday, pie day

Jill would like to remind families that they can send their child to school with money for lunches on Friday in a sealed envelope, which can be placed in the school lunches box at the office. The children’s orders can be written on the

outside. There are also now vegetarian options!

Potty Potters

9am to 11amish every Wednesday. Come and make plants with us when you can and have all your gardening questions answered while you do it. Sign in at the office.

Soup in School

Soup in Our School is back this term. Thanks to the Garden Group we have free soup in school every Thursday lunchtime.

Lucky Bookclub

Please have your Scholastic Lucky Book Club orders into the office by tomorrow, Friday May 19th.

Office Staff

A reminder about changes in the office this term. Raima Kingi and Linda McLaughlan now share the Office Manager role. Raima will be in the office Monday – Wednesday and Linda on Thursday and Friday. Linda will be responsible for finances so if you have any specific questions about your school account (ie how much you owe for something),

Linda will be able to help you out. Either call into the office on Thursday or Friday to talk to Linda or email her linda@paekakariki.school.nz. If you require receipts for payments, Linda will organise these on Thursday and Friday. For all other general enquiries, absences etc. please use the administration@paekakariki.school.nz email, both Linda

and Raima will be using this.

Thank You to our fair sponsors

Congrats to all the winners from our School Fair silent auction and raffle. Thanks again to all our sponsors! The class that sold the most raffle tickets was Room 6 - well done! You will be in for a special treat (details TBC). Lesley paekakarikischoolpta@gmail.com.

JBs Environmental Ltd, Kapiti Learn to Swim, Coastlands Aquatic Centre, The Tuatara Brewery, Green Gardener Hannah Zwartz, Paek�k�riki School Garden Club, Harrisons Garden World, Leacroft Nurseries, Tui Garden Products, Palmers Garden Centre, Paek�k�riki Acupuncture Clinic, Keepfit with Wineke Van t'Hof, Anja Foley Yoga, The Perching Parrot, Finns Paek�k�riki, Whittakers Chocolate, Kapiti Tenpin, Paper frame, Acme Plumbing, Fishermans Table, Julia Truscott, Happy Go Lucky Hair House, Waikanae Butchery, RGs Organics & More, Baked by Beth, Staglands Wildlife Reserve, Lighthouse Cinemas, Laughalots, Pirates Cove Adventure Golf, Kapiti Kitchen, My Food Bag, Southward Car Museum, Trade Me, McDonalds Paraparaumu, Burger Fuel Paraparaumu, City Fitness Paraparaumu, Nga Manu Nature Reserve, Steam Incorporated, Pete’s Emporium, The Thorndon Hotel by Rydges, Beach Road Deli, Bruce Pryor Tree Surgeon, Commonsense Organics, Circa Theatre, Hell Pizza, Boundary Tap & Kitchen, Ecostore, Chocolate Brown, Solid Art, Big Mac Slabs, Karaka Tree Cottage Signs.

And finally, please remember that…

on school grounds. Thank you!

Community Notices

Before and After School Care My name is Rochelle Smith. My children, Josh and Chloe attend Paekākāriki School. I am keen to re-enter the workforce providing before and after school care for local families. I have been police checked and am flexible with times. I’d be very happy to have a chat with you about your needs – 04 9055150 or 0220931800.

Pae Online Kia ora koutou. I’m coordinating the Things To Do section of the still-being-developed Paekakariki Online website. I’m looking for walkers and cyclists to do a local walk or cycle and fill in our information template. This includes such things as where it starts and finishes, what sort of terrain, how long it takes, who is it suitable for, parking, amenities and so on. That way locals and visitors can get the details on the site. There are a number of tracks still to do so if you’re interested in helping us compile this information then please contact me. PS if you’ve agreed to do one already then soon is good ;-) Contact Tina Pope 027 232 9998 or email tina@tinapope.co.nz

Yoga with Anja Term 2 yoga classes will run through to Monday 3 July with no class on Queen’s Birthday weekend. 7pm- 8.30pm @ Memorial Hall, The Parade. $15 casual visit or $75 for a six class pass ($12.50 per class) Yoga mats, blocks and blankets are provided. I look forward to seeing you. Anja 021 02350601

Marine Trust Celebrations - The Kapiti United States Marines Trust invites you to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the arrival of United States Forces in New Zealand in 1942 – at a Service for Memorial Day 2017. Venue: Memorial Site Mackay’s Crossing, Queen Elizabeth Park (formerly Camp Russell), Paekakariki, New Zealand Date: Monday 29 May 2017 Time: 10am sharp to 11am Dress warmly. Seating will be available for those requiring it. The service and Hut opening will be followed by a community morning tea. All welcome. For further information see website or call: further information see website or call: Allie Webber: 04 9058594, 021 465678 OTHER WEEKEND ACTIVITIES Sunday 28 May 2017 In the Footsteps of the Marines Walk / Run 13.2km through the old “route march” in the hills. Starting and finishing in Whareroa Farm, Camp Mackay (off SH1). TIMES: 9.00 am – social walkers and slow joggers 9.30 am – race walkers 10.00 am – runners INFORMATION: www.enteronline.co.nz Entry $25 or $30 after May 26

Wellington Zoo and Zealandia - Next Saturday and Sunday, you can visit the Zoo and Zealandia for just a $2

donation per entry!

Wellington Zoo will be open from 9am until 5pm giving you a great opportunity to explore the Zoo and check out

our new walk-through Kea experience in Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha.

All Zoo entry donations will go towards the Wellington Zoo Conservation Fund which helps to save animals in

the wild.

Raumati South School PTA is bringing Hipnotist Andrew Newton to Kapiti 8pm Friday 19th May, 2017, Kapiti College Hall, Margaret Road, Raumati Beach. Tickets only $20 from: Raumati South School office or Email: PeteMallalieu@yahoo.co.uk Phone: 0211858210

Parenting Resource – exploring giving boundaries to your children https://www.learningfocus.blog/

Indoor Football, Netball and Cricket Want to keep playing your favorite sports all year round? Now you can at Action Indoor Sports Kapiti. We have Indoor Football, Netball and Cricket available all year round to be played after school from 4pm so you no longer have to worry about the weather or getting cold in the rain. For more information Contact Chris on 022 438 3735, Kapiti@actionindoorsports.com or come visit us at 4 Manchester Street, Paraparaumu 2017 NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships The 2017 NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships are being held at Northland Memorial Community Centre, 5 Woburn Rd, Northland, Wellington, on Sunday 04 June 2017 (Queen's Birthday Weekend). This competition is open to everyone, with our Novice section enabling those new to the sport to compete alongside seasoned stackers, facing the same thrill of a competition whilst striving for goals and records amongst those of equal experience.

The NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships double as trials for the NZ Black Stacks. Any stacker wishing to be considered for selection for the 2018 NZ Black Stacks team, representing New Zealand overseas, will need to attend this tournament. Registrations can be done online. All details are on the Speed Stacks (NZ) website Tournaments page: www.speedstacks.co.nz/pages/nationals

Registrations close on Friday 26 May.

Hoop Club Kapiti – Junior Basketball Coaching Programme – Term 2 2017

Restarts for Term 2 2017 Sunday 7 May and runs through to Sunday 2 July KCDC Sportshall, Paraparaumu College, Mazengarb Road, Paraparaumu PLEASE NOTE THE NEW AGE GROUPS & SESSION TIMES 9.30 to 10.30am 5 to 7 year olds 10.30 to 11.30am 8 to 10 year olds 11.30 to 12.30pm 11 to 13 year olds ALL NEW PLAYERS MOST WELCOME Contact – Angelo Robinson 04 9040142 Hoop Club in Otaki restarts for Term 2 on Sunday 7 May and runs through to Sunday 2 July Otaki College Gym, Mill Road, Otaki 5 to 10 year olds 1.00 to 2.00pm 11 to 17 year olds 2.00 to 3.00pm ALL NEW PLAYERS MOST WELCOME Contact – Corey Woodroofe 0274439141