4 February 2010
From the Principal

Dear Parents

A warm welcome back to the 2010 school year.  We hope that you had a great time with your family over the summer break.  We have noticed how refreshed and ready for school the children are.  It is a pleasure to have them all back with us, ready for another year of hard work and high quality learning.  It was lovely to speak to many of you yesterday as you accompanied your children back to school.  Please keep in touch with your child’s teacher regularly and our senior team is available to meet with you, also.  We have an “open door” policy and you are always welcome at our school.

Today’s newsletter is a brief welcome back greeting and we will include all the important events and learning topics in next week’s edition.

A very important date for your diary however, is our “Meet the Teacher” evening on Wednesday 3 March, 7.00 – 8.30pm.  We hope that all parents and caregivers will be able to come along.

Hats and drink bottles

Please make sure that your child has a school hat as it is compulsory for hats to be worn during break times this term.  As it is very warm,  we want the children to drink water regularly throughout the day, so a drink bottle that they can fill here at school is ideal.  

Break One Activities Programme

From next Monday the following optional activities will begin during our first break:
school council, library club, Indian dance group,  Cook Island dance group, environment team, Mathletics,  kapa haka group, chess, orchestra, research club, technology project and visual arts.

During the second break our sports programme will take place which will include small ball games for the junior children, playball for the seniors, plus cricket and swimming.

The children can choose any of these activities and we are looking forward to providing these extra opportunities so that the children can learn new skills and pursue their talents and interests.  Our talented staff enjoy sharing their skills and talents with your children.

There is a supervised 10 minute eating time at both breaks before any activity begins.

PTA Annual General Meeting – Monday, 8 February 2010

We look forward to the PTA meeting next Monday at 7.00 pm in the oval room.  Please join us to “toast” the new year and to plan for another great year.  You will be most welcome.  Our PTA is a superb group.

All the best for the best of weekends.  Enjoy the outdoors as the very warm weather continues.  Let’s make the most of the wonderful long evenings.  
 

Kind regards,

Marilyn Gwilliam
Principal




General Notices

Welcome to our New Students:
Papatoetoe Central School welcomes the following new students to our school –  Muskan Arora, Prangtip Ashe, Sam Davies, Kush Desai, Mahi Desai, Rayna Dixit, Zoe Finau, Nikayla Gelling-Carlson, Vili Harrison, Heather I’aulualo, Kiranvir Kaur, Azhar Khan, Marcel Ley, Alex Liu, Chris Lo Tam, Matt Lomax, Sioeli Longani, Roy Luo, Sapna Naidu, Donavan Nguyen, Amil Patel, Pratik Patel, Ashley Porter, Darshik Prasad, Kristina Prasad, Niketa Prasad, Ashwin Raju, Dylan Ram, Gurbir Rayat, Jaskeerat Rayat-Singh, Vansika Reddy, Trinity Rolleston, Aayush Sami, Siddhart Sharma, Gursewak Singh, Gurshan Singh, Mitika Singh, Shivee Singh, Xavier Singh, Justyce Taliau, Harsheen Taunk, Baljot Toor, Kathleen Vaka, Gabriel Vamarasi, Bin Xie, Emeline Lotaki and Daniel Lotaki.

Keyboard and Piano lessons
These are available at Papatoetoe Central School on Thursdays.  For more information contact Music in Schools Ph 268 1257.

School Lunchroom:  
Please find attached a copy of term 1 lunchroom menu.  The lunchroom will now be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays ONLY
    
Community Notices

Papatoetoe United Soccer:  Registration dates are as follows: 6th,7th Feb and 13th and 14th Feb, 10am till 4pm ( all players need ID ) including seniors.  We are using the Papatoetoe rangers Netball courts hall.  At Wallace road car park entrance.  Ring Margaret on 2794177 or 0211201720

YOU 'N MUSIC - BRING OUT THAT HIDDEN TALENT! Book now for new term with experienced successful piano and theory MOBILE teacher. Latest Preschool thru Adult. Courses available.  Achieve skills to read, understand
and appreciate music from history to present day. For your convenience and if you have your own piano in good working order I can teach in your home.  $25 per 30 mins plus a petrol allowance per family.  More advanced or older pupils may require a longer lesson.  Phone or txt 021 0232 7713.

Become Part of St John Youth:  St John Youth programmes focus on teaching young people aged 6-18 first aid, health care, leadership and life skills – with fantastic opportunities to experience new things and have fun. Our Youth programmes near you are re-opening in February and we’d love you to join us.  
·         Papatoetoe Central – Tuesdays at 6:30pm meeting at Papatoetoe Central School, Great South Rd, Papatoetoe (entrance between Pact & Prodigy day care)
·         Papatoetoe – Mondays at 6:30pm meeting at Manukau Ambulance Station Training Centre, Cnr Wiri Station Rd & Plunket Ave, Manukau
For more info, check out www.stjohnyouth.org.nz or call us on 0800 STJOHN (785 646).