Tuesday

5th July 2016

Issue 16:09

Dear Parents and Caregivers.

Welcome to our new

pupils……

Josiah Croft, Lachlan Ale,

Sam Togiatama, Fale Leuila,

Te Taahu Norman, Parneet

Kaur, Blessing Auvaa,

Lovejot Virdi.

I am writing this last newsletter

for term two listing the latest

information as well some

Health and Safety changes.

School Driveway and pupil

safety. New changes have

been established for the school

driveway.

8.00am to 9.00am: No parent

or visitors access into the

school driveway.

2.50pm to 3.30pm: No vehicle

access into or out of the

school.

New signage will be displayed

at the front entrance

of the school

reminding you all of

these changes.

Controlling car access in our

driveway and the safe

movement of pupils into and

out of our school is our priority!

School Learning

Conferences. Just a reminder

about our upcoming ‘Learning

Conferences’ this week on

Wednesday 6th and

Thursday 7th July. Any

questions regarding

these conferences

please feel free to

contact your child’s

teacher or the

school office.

Reminder that school

finishes for all pupils at

1.05pm on both days.

Your child’s mid year report

was sent home last Friday,

please look out for it in your

child’s bag. These reports are

a Ministry of Education

requirement as we must report

on your child’s progress as

against the National

Standards. Please bring this

report with you and your child

when you are attending your

child’s learning conference this

week.

Winter school uniform. Our

uniform policy states that

black or red skivvies can be

worn under the school polo

shirt and polar fleece.

Woollen hats and other jackets

can be worn to and from

school but not at school

please. Please ensure all

uniform items are named as it

is impossible to find your son

or daughters misplaced

uniform if it is unnamed.

pepXpress

www.pep.school.nz

School Dates for Term 2/3

2016

JULY

6th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at

1.05pm

7th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at

1.05pm

8th Last day of Term 2

School finishes

3.00pm

Term 3 Dates

25th

July

First day of Term 3

Playgroup at Papatoetoe

East School

This is held every Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday

from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.

All preschoolers welcome.

Angels Fashion in old

Papatoetoe has all of our winter

uniform requirements, including

school rain jackets, long sleeve

polo shirts and school beanies.

Angels Fashion are a very good

supporter of our school!

Kindest regards

Graeme Gilbert

Principal

As our major school fundraiser this year, we are holding a math-a-thon. We ask that for the

remainder of Term 2 you support your child to collect sponsors and learn their basic facts.

Your child’s teacher has selected a basic facts sheet appropriate for their current learning. We

ask that students collect sponsorship from family members, friends and other “well known”

adults, you help us ensure that all pupils are safe and discourage them from getting

sponsorship from “unknown” people away from their home or close neighborhood.

This is how it all works:

Wednesday 6th

July (last week of term) - all sponsor sheets (completed or not) must be

returned to school. All pupils will have these stamped and checked off against class

lists. Please do not send money till after testing.

Wednesday 27th

July (week 1 of Term 3) - your child will be tested.

Friday 29th

July - your child will bring home their marked test attached to their sponsor

sheet ready for them to start collecting money from the family and friends who have

sponsored them as soon as possible.

All sponsor sheets must be accounted for and signed off by the classroom teacher.

If you do not want your child collecting sponsors, the sponsor sheet must still be signed by a

parent / caregiver and returned to the classroom teacher as soon as possible. Pupils not given

permission by parents to collect sponsors will still be expected to complete the basic facts test

at

Learning Conferences

Online Booking

The dates are set for Wednesday 6th July and Thursday 7th July.

PLEASE NOTE: School will close at 1.05pm ON BOTH DAYS.

Meetings to begin at 1.45pm.

It is time again for you to meet with your child and their teacher to discuss their learning at

our second ‘Learning Conference’ for 2016.

The purpose of these meetings is for your child to share their learning journey with their parents, family

and whanau. You will receive a written report prior to the Learning Conference which will give you an

indication of your child’s progress against the National Standards and provides the basis for the

discussion. Please bring your child and this report to the Learning Conference.

Please login at your earliest convenience to book a time or if required, visit the school office.

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www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

First enter your name, your student's

name(s), and your email address.

On the next page, pick the teacher you

want to meet.

Then you'll see a timetable showing when

your chosen teacher is available. Simply

click on the times that suit you.

When you have finished, your

interview time will be emailed to

you.

If something comes up, you can

return to the site and change your

interviews whenever you want.

You can start right now - just enter

the school event code and click Go.

PLEASE NOTE:

The cut off date for making these

interviews is MONDAY 4th July at

4pm.

After this time you will need to

contact the school to make an

appointment.