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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

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TERM 4 DATES 2017: TERM 4 : 16/10/17 - 15/12/17 2018 TERM 1: 05/02/18 - 13/04/18 TERM 2: 30/04/18 - 06/07/18 TERM 3: 23/07/18 - 28/09/18 TERM 4: 15/10/18 - 19/12/18

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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 6 Term 4

20th November 2017

Website www.pongakawa.school.nz

RETURN OF CUPS - URGENT Please return all 2016 End of Year cups and any

End of Term Cups to the school office now Thank you.

Pongakawa Christmas Carol Service

All are welcome to a family evening of carols and candle lighting on Sunday 10th Dec 2017 at the Pongakawa Hall 7-9 pm. Hosted by the Pongakawa School, Followed by a Community Supper

Lost Property We have a mammoth amount of lost property across all ages this term in the rear of the old library. Please have a look for your child/ren’s clothing and shoes if you are at school over the remaining weeks for any reason. The office is also holding two necklaces, (a tree of life, and a pounamu) as well as a blue door key, and a fold up Kathmandu chair if anyone has lost these items.

Please ensure that all children have the appropriate clothing for their daily class sports activities. Shorts and T Shirts are currently required for class athletics & closed shoes for Senior Tech

Chromebook Raffle Tickets are $10.00 per ticket in the school raffle for a brand new ‘chromebook’. Some tickets are still available from the school

Office if any one would like one.

Dear Parents and Caregivers I read recently that our region has had wet weekends for the last seven weeks but I think it might be more, it certainly feels that way. I am just hoping the prickle weed spray I put on had done its thing before the rain came on Saturday evening. I had hoped the Jiddles Block would be ready to go, but things are taking time to work through and I am determined our students will move back into a block ready to go and fit for purpose. As I have mentioned we are locking into place our staffing and classes for next year and this process should be complete in the next week or two. Students as we normally do will have their next year’s class included with their end of year report. If you know of new people arriving in our area or should your family be moving on please do let me know as this will assist the planning process. One change which will occur is that long serving staff member and team leader Aneta Smith will be leaving us. Arnie has won promotion and will take up the deputy principal’s role at Otamarakau in 2018. With us for around 13 years Arnie has made a huge contribution in a number of areas and really is a huge contributor to our school life and culture. Arnie has been undertaking leadership study this year and I know her new school will gain a high quality professional and also be able to help and assist her to grow in the future. I know you will join with me in congratulating her and wishing her all the best for the future. Additionally, Emma Fletcher has won a permanent position at Arataki School. Although with us only a short time, Emma who was in a fixed term role, fitted in perfectly and understood the Pongakawa second home philosophy. We also wish her all the best. We hope to have our new Facebook page up and running very shortly and this will give us another vehicle to stay connected with you. Naturally, we will have a moderator etc and alongside some of our other apps it will let you see and be able to enjoy the daily activities at Pongakawa. Our usual internet protocols will be retained to ensure online safety for everyone. Once the final set up is complete the Board will give it the big tick and it will go live. We have begun to send out chromebooks to those of you who indicated you would like one and we have some of the first order left and available. Some parents are choosing the four payment option and when this occurs we place a name on the box and keep it ready for you. Also, we have a few tickets left in our chromebook raffle and these can be purchased for ten dollars at the office. It is limited to 100 tickets so those are pretty good odds. Have an outstanding week. Yours in teaching Craig Haggo Principal

SUNHATS

Sunhats are compulsory in line with our School Policy for Summer.

Please make sure your child has one everyday.

Enviro Tip. This weeks tip is: Car Pooling Have you considered car pooling it saves petrol, less

cars on the road.. .which means less carbon emissions.

Pongakawa school Board of Trustees Election

Declaration of Parent Election Results 2017

At the close of nominations, as the number of valid

nominations were equal to the number of vacancies

required to be filled, I hereby declare the following

duly elected:

Craig Garrett

Te Awa Anderson

Signed

Christine Boyd Returning Officer

Ra Whakangahau Notices went home today to our Senior Kapahaka Group. Ra whakangahau is being held this Thursday 23rd November at Waipuna Park in Welcome Bay, Tauranga.

Jiddles Camp Thank you so much to all our parents for your assistance on camp. We certainly appreciated every bit of help enabling camp to run smoothly. From helping out on the backfield on Thursday, sleeping over, cooking and assisting on Friday

down at the Pukehina Beach. A big thank you again.

EVENTS COMING UP

21/11/17 Junior Athletics 22/11/17 BOP Athletics Championships Yr 7/8 23/11/17 Ra Whakahue at Waipuna Park Welcome Bay 27/11/17 Kids for Kids at Baypark Arena 7.30pm 29/11/17 to 01/12/17 Year 5/6 Camp 2017 Tui Ridge 29/11/17 BOP Athletics Championships Year 5/6 30/11/17 Go Girls Cricket 07/12/17 Senior Play Matinee in the Action Centre 08/12/17 Senior Play Evening in the Action Centre 10/12/17 Christmas Carols Sunday at 7pm at the hall 11/12/17 End of Term 4 Assembly 13/12/17 Senior Social Dance 14/12/17 End of Year Assembly - Graduation 15/12/17 Last day of school for 2017 05/02/18 First day of school for 2018

COMMUNITY - SCHOOL NOTICES

Yoga classes Friday’s 9.30am Pukehina Fishing Club 302 Pukehina Pde Next to Midway park. Bring a mat. $14. Amanda Crisp Zumba with Rebecca Classes 6pm for 1 hour. Tues 14th Nov for 6 weeks. Will then resume on 9th January 2018. Venue: St Andrews Church Hall, Oxford St Te Puke. $5.00 each. Bring a friend & try it out. Ph Rebecca Scott 0278237583 or on facebook page Zumba with Rebecca Wanted bee swarms. Reward $20-$40 per swarm, I will collect ph or text Nathan 0278405072 In January, the Tauranga Musical Theatre is staging a Young Performers' Edition of The Wizard of Oz, an hour-long version of the popular 1930s musical from 19th - 27th Jan. It's performed entirely by our youth team (performers aged between 10 to 18 years old) - including Toto! It's sure to be all singing, all dancing, all amazing! Tickets from www.iticket.co.nz Kiwifruit Plants for sale. Bruno root stock available for 2018. For orders and enquiries Ph Natalie Marsh 0276685544.

Extra Curricular Activities for Term 4 2017 Musical Theatre at Pongakawa School - Wednesdays 3.45 to 4.45pm Tutor - Hannah Spedding .Cost $70 per term. Depending on numbers and ages, other classes may be needed. Lesson content – drama games for confidence, movement / dancing, singing, Any queries please contact Hannah direct either by email: hannahspedd@gmail.com or Ph 0273073824. Private piano lessons with Fi's Keys Held on Mondays at School. Contact Fi at 021 051 1891 or fi@quist.ca for more information. Squash Thursdays 2-3pm with professional coach Graeme Randolph Ph 0274493424. Available for year 5,6,7,and 8’s Pay direct to GR Squash Ltd $70.00. Bank acc 030626-0619905-00. Guitar/Ukulele Parent paid classes. Jo Tamihana Ph 022 3729241 or email :joseph.tamihana@musiqhub.co.nz

Term 4 Activities

SPORTS NOTICES / RESULTS Touch Papamoa:

Yr 3/4 Mixed - Pongakawa Hi5: No game last week due to camp.

Game this week 3.45 on Field 2b.

Yr 3/4 Boys - Pongakawa Panthers: No game last week due to

camp. Two games this week. 3.45 on Field 2a and 4.20 on Field 2c.

Yr 5/6 Mixed - Pongakawa Bulls: had a win 7-1 against Tahatai.

An outstanding game from the whole team, POD Jackson Anderson

for his straight hard running game. This week Omanu Bullets on

Field 4 at 4.20 pm

Rippa Rugby: Another awesome night of rippa. Really developing

our understanding of the game. Some great ripping on defence.

POD: Ariki Jones for awesome stepping and boosting through the

holes. A huge thanks to Brendan Hogan for refereeing and coaching

on the field.

Cricket :

Pongakawa Pirates: A loss to the Mount, however a much better

effort in the field though. Great effort by Kane who top scored with

16 and bowled 3 overs for 9 runs with a wicket. POD to Kanon Orton

for a big improvement with his fielding

Pongakawa Strikers: Unfortunately had a loss against the Mount, a

really gutsy effort from the team as they stayed competitive right to

the end against a really good team POD bowler Angus Walker POD

Batter Kodi Grant ,Thanks to Paul for umpiring.

Volleyball:

Draws for this week have now been posted up.

Prize Giving at the end of Round one for the Seniors – 1st place

medals

Prize Giving For Middles and Jiddles after Round two – 1st place

medals

Congratulations to all students for taking part. Thanks go out to

parents and caregivers for supporting your children to participate in

this volley competition. We will aim to offer this again in term 1 of

2018. Thanks also to Deb for running the canteen for this season, to

the Teachers who give up their time to make it happen, to Meg and

Shakhaylia for helping to referee the games and to the helpers who

help set up for the games

Pongakawa Water Polo:

Both water polo teams had very pleasing results this week.

On Tuesday the Year 7/8 Team drew 7 all with Papamoa College B.

After falling behind early they managed to fight back and take the

lead going into the 4th quarter. Unfortunately they couldn't quite

hold on for the win.

On Friday night the Year 5/6 team played St Mary's. They went down

8 to 5 but the team has improved so much and are getting close to

getting their first win.This week the Year 7/8 team play at 7:30pm on

Tuesday and the Year 5/6 team play at pm on Friday.

Pool Keys Swimming season has now begun.

Please get your pool key contracts and keys now from the office.

There are still a number of keys from previous seasons still to be returned. Congratulations to the following Year 7/8 students

who will be representing Pongakawa at the Year 7/8 BOP Regional Athletics Championships

Wednesday 22nd November 2017 at Gordon Spratt Reserve

Congratulations to the following Year 5/6 students Who will be representing Pongakawa at the

Year 5/6 BOP Regional Athletics Championships Wednesday 29th November 2017 at Gordon Spratt Reserve

Anika Aubertin April Sharpe Alyssa McDowell Jasan Kaur Julie Hart Kate Menefy Kiyah Marshall Lila Neverman Marika Russell Meg Crawford

Dale Horton Dylan Kerr Holden Heywood Marek Tomaszyk Nikau Le Lievre Noah Robinson Shane Tapsell Stirling Orton Te Au Butler

Monica Drabble Mya Taft Natalia Milsom Zoe Rive Aidan Mc Gettigan Alex Garrett Arani Black Ben Robertson Caleb Farrington Cory Murray

Cacee Rundle Jules Delaere Juliet Boyd

Lilly Samson Nikaia Coles Ripene Smith

Jackson Anderson Josh Garrett Kodi Grant Noah Botha

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