Monday

23rd May 2016

Issue 16:06

Dear Parents and Caregivers.

Welcome to the following new pupils

to our school;

Unique Young, Zaki Khan, Aila

Cheema, Vedam Kumar and Kritik

Bal.

School Website and Facebook

This is the first school newsletter that

is being sent home via our new and

updated school website. NO

newsletters will now be printed and

sent home with pupils from now on.

Families will be able to read a copy

of the newsletter by linking through

to the website or sending an email

address to the school office as the

newsletter can then be sent home

via email. I hope that you have had

an opportunity to go online and view

this new website and look at how our

school operates through this new

media. A great deal of work has

gone on over the past six months led

by Rachael Clark and her team and I

would like to acknowledge them

here. Congratulations to you all!

Included here is the establishment of

an official school Facebook page

fb.com/papeast

where school information can be

posted and shared daily. I am aware

that there are other facebook pages

using our school name so please

ensure that you are following our

‘official’ site. To support parents and

families with these changes we have

offered Parent Information Meetings

of which the final one will be held at

6.30pm tonight in our School library.

If you have been unable to attend

one of these meetings and wish to

speak to someone about our new

Digital Citizenship Agreements

please contact the school office.

Sports Exchange against Holy

Cross. Last Thursday we held our

first school sports exchange against

Holy Cross School. These

exchanges are an opportunity for

our winter sports teams to apply

their developing skills and strategies

into games. Our teams played very

well and will continue to work with

their coaches leading up to the

Interschool Sports Day on Tuesday

21st June.

New Friendship Garden. This very

special area of our school is almost

completed with the lawn being laid

over the past two days. To finish this

project we hope to have a school

opening ceremony and naming of

the garden. Our School Council

talked about the importance of

‘community’ and ‘friendship’ and it

was suggested by the students that

our garden name should reflect this.

Therefore we have named it ;

‘Wāhi Hoki Hoa’

(a special place for friends)

Friends of Yesterday

Friends Today

Friends for Tomorrow

I would like to thank our pupils for

their patience and support over the

past four weeks while this garden

was being built. The many

contractors coming into the school

were really impressed with our

pupils behaviour and attitude

towards them as they worked. They

all stated how polite the children

were and how much interest was

shown by the pupils.

Kindest regards

Graeme Gilbert - Principal

pepXpress

www.pep.school.nz

School Dates for Term 2

2016

MAY

26th SDA Sports Exchange

- 1.15pm

JUNE

2nd Papatoetoe Central

Sports Exchange

1.15pm

16th Puhinui Sports

Exchange - 1.15pm

21st Winter Sports

Exchange TBA

23rd Heavy Rugby Sports

Exchange

JULY

6th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at 1pm

7th Learning

Conferences

School finishes at 1pm

8th Last day of Term 2

School finishes 3pm

Term 3 Dates

25th First day of Term 3

P.A.C.T. PRESENTS

Kiwi Games

Papatoetoe East

Primary School

9.30am - 11.00am

For children 5 yrs—11 yrs

Entry: Gold coin donation

Dates for Term 2 2016

Saturdays

21st May

11th, 18th and 25 June

2nd July

For school security, gates are closed

between 9.45am –10.55am

Mobile phone contact during programme:

Mr Glenn 0274 381646

This is held wet or fine.

Playgroup at Papatoetoe

East School

This is held every Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday and

Thursday from 1.30pm to

3.00pm.

All preschoolers welcome.

www.pep.school.nz

Have you checked out our new website yet? This also has a link to our

Facebook page.