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439 7255

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DPS CROSS COUNTRY 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL NEWS

Well I didn’t get the weather right for our cross country on Friday, sorry about that. It is a bit tricky planning events around this unpredictable spring weather, however we did manage to get all the races completed. The PTA sold plenty of food and the students had the opportunity to participate and do their best. Thanks to everyone who supported and helped on the day and also to those parents who helped transport the children back to school. In the last few weeks remaining of this term we have the following events happening, speech finals, Northern Wairoa and Northland Cross Country and BOOK WEEK it would be great to see your support at these events.

DPS CROSS COUNTRY Due to the weather, we held the prize giving at assembly on Monday. Cross Country results; 5 year Boys 1st Jarmane Hawkings 2nd Delayne Fowlie 3rd Kaden Hutchinson-Walters 5 year Girls 1st Rosa Boakes 2nd Marlee Phillips 3rd Holly Pulman 6 year Boys 1st Hunter Schick 2nd Caleb Tittleton 3rd Ryan Williamson 6 year Girls 1st Charli Nash 2nd Haydn van der Putte 3rd Leah Macdonald 7 year Boys 1st Ryan Paxton 2nd Denham Kira 3rd Israell Gotty

7 year Girls 1st Linita Uele 2nd Lilly Ewenson 3rd Greta Simpkin 8 year Boys 1st Jake Hutchings 2nd Joshua Tatton 3rd Matty Douglas 8 year Girls 1st Hope Davis-Pulham 2nd Danielle Low 3rd Ruby Comber 9 year Boys 1st Luke Crichton 2nd Sam Jenkins 3rd Chase Stott 9 year Girls 1st Ayla Steed 2nd Lydia Carey 3rd Te Wai Matthews 10 year Boys 1st Ollie Comber 2nd Cody Preston 3rd Kahn Clark 10 year Girls 1st Portia Suckling 2nd Anya Sinclair 3rd Memory Simona 11 year Boys 1st Kane Howells 2nd Cameron Randall 3rd Jonathan Katipa 11 year Girls 1st Lucy Fitness 2nd Shae Melville 3rd Navana Russell

GOLD AWARDS Congratulations to the following students on receiving their gold award Lilly Ewenson and Jake Hutchings, well done!

LIBRARY Cheques for Lucky book orders are to be made out to Scholastic NZ Ltd thanks.

Newsletter

Wednesday 9 September 2015

NORTHERN WAIROA & NORTHLAND CROSS COUNTRY

NW –Thursday 10 September at Dargaville Race Course. Northland– Thursday 17 September at Dar-gaville Race Course. These events are for students who excel at cross country running. Students who are selected to run at these events will be given a notice and permission slip to take home.

BOOK WEEK Te wiki o nga pukapuka

September 21-25 Last week Term 3 The programme for Book week is

MONDAY: Book Display opens in the Library

TUESDAY: Author Donna Blaber visit.

WEDNESDAY: Parents/Whanau to visit

school. Children to share favourite book/stories with parents/whanau. Join us for a whole school family lunch.

THURSDAY: Grandparents day (if a child

does not have a grandparent they may bring an older friend) This is also our “Guest readers day from 11.30-12.30.

FRIDAY: Dress-up day (all children and staff

come to school dressed up as a book character). There will be a whole school parade from 11.30am onwards.

DPS SPEECH FINALS This year speech presentations will be held on Tuesday 15 September at 11.30am in the school hall. Students will be selected from the best in their classroom to compete in the finals. Visual aids will be used in their speech and they will be judged on content, delivery, use of visual aids and audience interaction. .

BOT MEETING To be held on Thursday 17 September 5.15pm at school.

AGRICULTURE DAY/SHOW DAY These days are in planning for late October and NW, the first week in November. It is time to complete selecting your calf, lamb or goat if you have intentions of bringing one to show day, the animals must be born between 1 July and 15 September 2015. Entry notices will be coming home shortly which will need to be returned to our office.

(Back) Makayla Randall, (M) Anya Sinclair & Jordan Chitty) (F) Ellie Weight, Adelaide Ihaka & Brooke Clarkin

NW SPEECH COMPETITION Year 4 to year 6 students who wished to enter the NW Speech competition presented their speeches yesterday. Their speeches absolutely wowed the judges, they were well written and de-livered with flair. Only 3 points separated all the contestants. Jordan and Ellie were chosen to rep-resent DPS at the NW speech competition to be held at the Lighthouse on Wednesday 16 Sep-tember.

PTA FUNDRAISER CALENDARS, CARDS & DIARIES

Your children’s artwork for calendars is currently being created in their classrooms. Students artwork will be on display in their class-room on show day. Order forms will come home and will be needed to be completed and returned to school.

DRUM LESSONS

Kieran Nelson will be available to tutor drums from Thursday 17 September. The cost is $10 for a half hour lesson, ‘pay as you go.’

PIANO LESSONS Bernadette Keoghan is available for piano les-sons. Her contact number is 439 6357.

9-09-2015 NEWSLETTER RETURN Students Name: Room:

I have read the DPS Newsletter. Parents signature: House:

Children’s Holiday Programme

VBS is for children 5 to 12yrs Stories, songs, games and hob-

bies.

WHERE: Dargaville Primary

School Hall

WHEN: 28th Sept to 2nd Oct

TIME: 9am to 12 Noon

Cost: $10 per child or $25 per

family

Further Info: Ph 439 1330

Or Ph 439 7946

FRIDAY FRIEND-ZY Dargaville Methodist Church

3 X Friday nights 16, 23 & 30th October 2015

5:00pm –7:00pm Food, Fun, Singing, Crafts, Stories

& games Methodist Church– Corner Awakino &

Normanby Street

Children aged 6-12 years Cost $7 per child per night or $10

Family per night REGISTER EARLY LIMITED NUMBERS Registrations closes at Noon Mon 12 Oct

Contact Margaret Bishop 439 5065 wk

JUMP JAM 4 STAR JAM Thanks to everyone that contributed to this day DPS students raised $318.50 for the Star Jam Charitable Trust

FOR SALE

We currently have several teachers

desks that we don’t require. See

the office at DPS.