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NEWSLETTER

PRINCIPAL: Craig Haggo

B.O.T. CHAIRPERSON: Brigid Crawford Phone: 533 3811

Old Coach Road R D 6 Te Puke 3186 Phone (07) 533 3731 Fax (07) 533 3521 Email office@pongakawa.school.nz

Website: www.pongakawa.school.nz www.facebook.com/PongakawaSchoolOfficial

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34 Young Road, RD9

Te Puke, 3189, New Zealand

Phone 07 573 6127 / 573 6247

Fax 07 573 9831

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TERM DATES 2020 TERM 1: 03/02/20 - 08/04/20 TERM 2: 28/04/20 - 01/07/20 TERM 3: 20/07/20 - 25/09/20 TERM 4: 12/10/20 - 15/12/20

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Our bank account details for any payments are: ASB 123407 0007320 00

School Office: Phone 533 3731

Email address: office@pongakawa.school.nz

Week 8 Term 4

2nd December 2019

Website www.pongakawa.school.nz

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Pongakawa Christmas Carol Service

Everyone is welcome to a family evening of carols and candle lighting on Sunday 15th

December 2019 at the Pongakawa Hall 7 - 9 pm. Hosted by the Pongakawa School.

A plate to share as part of a community supper following the service is always

appreciated if possible.

Dear Parents and Caregivers Only two and half more weeks of school left and while many might think it’s time to slow down and get ready for the break in fact it is one of the busiest times of the year for us. As we close of 2019 we are also deep into the planning for 2020 in a whole variety of areas. For those people who have children moving into the middle or senior blocks next year we have now secured pricing on chromebooks for those who may wish to purchase one. This is an optional resource for parents to buy and the school has no expectation that this must happen. If you decide to buy one for your child then they will be able to bring this home on a daily basis and use as you see fit outside of school hours. All children in year 5 to 8 are supplied with a chrome book regardless so do not feel any pressure to get one unless you want to. Once again we are supplying HP 11inch G7 touch screen chrome books. The cost to parents is $465.00 including GST. Our supplier is Grant Gilbert from GIlcom Ltd who has a long association with Pongakawa School. We have now locked in our teaching teams for 2020. We have some staff who have been on maternity leave returning, one from overseas coming back as well as one new staff member. Below I have listed the teams as they are looking. I think you will agree we have a very strong and professional teaching staff ready for your children next year as we have had each and every year.

Principal - Craig Haggo Deputy Principal - Michael Judd

Deputy Principal in charge of Learning Support - Kim Jensen

Senior Team - Team Leader Michael Judd Guardian Teachers:

Jazmin Reid, Kirsten Pooley, Joseph Thomas

Middle Team - Team Leader Bronwyn Clarke Class Teachers:

Bronwyn Clarke, Nicole Mills, Gail Wood-Keating, Hamish Avery

Jiddles Team - Team Leader Corrina Dibley Kaitiaki Teachers:

Corrina Dibley, Theo Evans, Steph Jenkins Junior Team - Team Leader - Julie Dobbe

Class Teachers: Julie Dobbe, Emily Fitzgerald, Raewyn Casey, Hayley Paterson

Reading Recovery/Special Needs - Jo Delaere

The Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced $400 million of new spending for schools over the weekend. This is to enable schools to continue to modernise and upgrade their campus. We are currently working with the Ministry on a fairly in depth survey of Pongakawa as I have been discussing with them for some time my concerns in regard to the allocation of property funding for our school. We are making good progress in this area and this funding we are anticipating is in addition to the work being proposed. Our share of the latest announcement is approximately $220,000.00. Have a great week Yours in teaching Craig Haggo Principal

Broad Brimmed Hats - Important Feed Back Sort from Whanau

From February 2019 broad brimmed and bucket hats have been compulsory at school in terms 1 and 4 in line with the school policy.

We are seeking expressions of interest with a view to providing hats for sale from the school office.

Broad brimmed hats Would be available to purchase unnamed for $12.00

or for an extra $6.00 we can have their name printed on them. Bucket hats

Available for $10.00 unnamed or $16.00 named. Either style of hat would be available in a range of our house colours i.e. green, red, yellow and blue as well as Navy blue and our school colour of black.

Please contact the school office if this is something that parents/caregivers would like us to make available to purchase from our school office.

Sickness Reminder An important reminder that the Ministry of Health requests a 48 hour stand down period after the last episode of vomiting or diarrhoea before a student can return to school. If your child is sick please do not send them to school. We are currently seeing cases of strep throat, cold sores and tummy bugs at school and each of these are easily spread amongst students. The Ministry of Education still requires a medical certificate if a child is absent for three or more days sick. All absences, including a reason must be phoned through to the school office on Ph 5333731 before the school day begins.

Thank you We would like to say a huge thank you to Julie and David Smith for their very generous donation towards purchasing a starting gun for our school athletics. Thank you for supporting Pongakawa School.

School Canteen Notice Please note that the canteen will remain open for business up to and including 17th December 2019. Loretta will reopen on the first day back next year 3rd February 2020. Thank you for

your support for the canteen throughout the year.

Junior Christmas Party 12th December 2019 from 1.00pm to 2.45pm

A notice has gone home today around this event. Helpers are needed for this to go ahead. Please contact Catherine Rollerson If you are able to assist in any way Ph 021 419892.

School Readers and Library Books ALL School Readers, Journal Books and Library books need to be returned to school by 6th December 2019 at the latest for our final end of year audit. Any library books not returned will be charged to students school account for the replacement cost of the book. Your assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Events Coming Up

02/12/19 Last after school gym session for term 4 today 10/12/19 Middle School Disco 6pm to 8pm Pongakawa Hall 10/12/19 Senior Students Red Cross Show 1.30pm Action Centre 11/12/19 Believe Celebration 11/12/19 Senior Social 7pm Pongakawa Hall 12/12/19 Junior Christmas Party 1.00-2.45pm 13/11/19 End of Term Assembly 1.30pm Action Centre 15/12/19 Christmas Carols 7pm to 9pm Pongakawa Hall 16/12/19 Battle of the Houses 17/12/19 Final end of year assembly 1pm sharp Action Centre 18/12/19 It is not necessary for students to attend on this day as it is a half day and buses will run from 12 noon. 31/01/20 Stationery packs will be on sale from 10am to 2pm in the school library on Friday 31st January 2020 as the first day of school is always a particularly busy one for our office ladies so please pre purchase your stationery packs. Cash and Eftpos available 03/02/20 First day back at school for 2020

Sports Notices / Results

Touch Rugby Draw Pongakawa Black Yr 3/4 Beat Golden Sands 8-2 POD Sam Edkins Draws for week 6 from Touch Papamoa Website: Year 3/4 Boys 4:10pm TAKP Wingers v Pongakawa Black Field 2a Year 3/4 Mixed 4.10pm TAKP Steppers v Pongakawa White Field 1c Year 5/6 Boys 4:50pm Pongakawa v GSS Pumas Field 4 Year 5/6 Mixed 4.10pm Pongakawa White v GSS Panthers Field 5 Year 5/6 Mixed 4.10pm Pongakawa Black v GSS Cougars Field 7 Year 5/6 Mixed 3.30pm Pongakawa Black v Papamoa Turquoise Fld7 Year 7/8 Boys 5.30pm Pongakawa Boys v Mt Inter Boys Black Field 8 Year 7/8 Mixed 4:50pm Pap College v Pongakawa Mixed Fld 8 This Thursday's Semi Finals games. Please note Year 5/6 Mixed Pongakawa Black have two games this week.

Touch Finals Day Finals day is Saturday 7th December (earlier in the day), all teams will have a game. There are prizes for all players, and it will be a fun day. If for some reason your team are unable to make it, please let us know as soon as possible. The draw for Finals day will be made available by 10 am on Friday 6th December. Referees will be provided for Grand Finals on Saturday. Player of the Day Certificates The new player of the day certificates have finally arrived. If your team did not collect them last week please do so on Thursday. Players who received the old certificates earlier in the season are welcome to bring them in and swap them for the new ones, which include a voucher for a free gift at Bunnings. Parents and spectators of teams are reminded to keep things positive and make this a fun experience for our young players. Also, all players must be wearing footwear. This is a part of our Touch Papamoa local rules, and is for your own safety.

Cricket Pongakawa Strikers A win for the Strikers this week. Great all round effort from the team. Well done everyone. Pongakawa Ninjas beat Papamoa Vikings 101/14 - 79/9 Thank you to Kaylin for stepping up and playing for us. POD’s Asher Hungerford for continual improvement each game and Kane Jones for a top all round performance this week.

Water Polo The Senior water polo team played Otumoetai on Friday night and won 9-1. They will be playing off for 5th and 6th this Friday. The Middles team played Papamoa Waterballers and lost 4-2 it was a great game with all of the players showing huge improvement. There are no times for the games this week but I will let the team managers know as soon as we hear.

Community Notices Child minding available in your home during the school holidays. Mature, Reliable Year 13 on a restricted licence. Contact Patricia Phone 027 3940606. Fairhaven School Holiday Programme & 2020 Before and after school care. Term 1 bookings are now open. www.play-time.co.nz or call Thurla 021 1919222 or email thurla@play-time.co.nz if you have any questions. Long day 7.30am—6pm $48.00 School Day 7.30am—3pm $38.00 Half day Morning 7.30am—12.30pm $28.00 Full Week 7.30am—6pm $230 ($46 per day) Suitable for children 5-13 yrs of age Celeste Dance is offering Dance Holiday Workshops in January, dates TBA, yet times 9.30 am - 4.30 pm approx, 2 days; plus after school dance classes, for girls and boys in Term 1, 2020; Performance Level (Jazz, with fun Musical Theatre and Lyrical), Contemporary, Hip Hop. Using DanceNZmade syllabi, that celebrates classwork with interac-tive presentations & Stage Star Awards. Adult classes avail. Classes local, depending on numbers. Ph 021 0841 0697, danc-er.amanda11@gmail.com https://celestemusicdance.wixsite.com/celeste/celeste-dance-1 Amanda Sloan Celeste Dance

Pool Keys Pool keys are still available to purchase for the summer season at

$100.00 per key. Available from the school office. The 2019 / 2020 pool season opened Labour weekend; but we still need ALL of previous years keys returned for re cutting or

there will be a shortage of keys this season. Please return them to the office asap.

If anyone sees any inappropriate behaviour please contact the school on 07 5333731.

Lost Property With two and a half weeks to go, we still have a lot of lost property to get returned to homes. If you are at school for any reason during this time please check it out at the back of the Library. A cell phone was found in the junior sandpit if anyone has lost one recently.

RETURN OF CUPS - Please return all end of year and End of Term cups and trophies to the school office now as they need to be reissued soon. Thank you.

Western Bay Recycling Trial Comes to Pongakawa Western Bay of Plenty District Council is launching a six-month trial of a manned trailer to take domestic recycling, 9am-1pm every second Saturday at BP Pongakawa. Starting 30 November, users will be able to recycle; glass (bottles and jars), plastic (#1 and #2), tin and aluminium cans, paper and cardboard (flattened). No white ware, oil or green waste will be taken. The intention is to make it easier for rural communities to be able to recycle. Luke Balvert Senior Communications Specialist Ph 07 571 8008 Rural Recycling Trial Fortnightly Dates below 14 December 2019 28 December 2019 11 January 2020 25 January 2020 8 February 2020 22 February 2020 7 March 2020 21 March 2020 4 April 2020 18 April 2020 2 May 2020 16 May 2020 30 May 2020

Our Community needs your support

for this trial

Senior School Show Tuesday 10th December 2019

1.30pm in the Action Centre Items will be performed by Year 7/8 Senior students in

celebration of their ‘Love and Aroha’ enquiry for Term 4. Everyone including parents and caregivers are welcome to

attend with a gold coin donation for entry which will be gifted to the Red Cross.

Well done to Blake, Chloe, Lucy and Maia who did Pongakawa school proud at the Weetbix kids tryathlon

in Rotorua yesterday. Such a great day, they never gave up and loved every minute of it.