School community news and upcoming PTA events and initiatives
Upcoming PTA Events
| PTA Meeting | Mon, 3 Aug, 7:00pm |
| Working Bee | Sun, 23 Aug, 10:00am |
| Blokes Breakfast | Fri, 28 Aug, 7:30am |
| Trivia Night | Sat, 5 Sep, 7:00pm |
| Quizathon | Mon, 7 Sep - Fri, 11 Sep |
| PTA Meeting | Mon, 7 Sep, 7:00pm |
| Quizathon - final day for payments today | Fri, 18 Sep |
If you have a Google calendar you can add events directly to it via the Calendar page. For more events go to the Full School Calendar List.
Welcome back to term 3!
URGENTLY Needing A New Walking School Bus Co-ordinator
Huge thanks to Kirsten for her dedication over the last two years, but due to a change in circumstances, Kirsten now urgently needs to hand the co-ordination of the walking school bus to someone new. Kirsten has implemented some great new systems and her hard work has made it super easy for her successor to take over!
This job doesn’t take much time but gives so much back to the school. If you have a few spare hours that you could give then this role is easy to fit in whatever hours suit. You will be required to:
- Send an email once a fortnight to ask for certificate nominations
- Plan and run one celebration event once a term for the students
- Be the school’s contact for Auckland Transport
- Forward WSB registrations onto the co-ordinator of each bus
If you’re interested in becoming our new walking school bus co-ordinator, please contact Lynda kohiptachair@gmail.com
Community Events
REGISTER NOW FOR OUR ANNUAL WORKING BEE – SUN 23 AUG
The garden plan is created, the plants ordered and all we need now is lots of parents to participate in our working bee to make our garden areas look amazing, in preparation for our 2021 centennial celebrations.
Sunday 23 August – morning 10-12, afternoon 12-2pm or all day!
You don’t have to be a gardening guru to help – there are jobs big and small – lots of pruning and ‘clearing out’ of unruly plants as well as planting of new plants and trees.
Kids are welcome and there will be a BBQ lunch provided at 12 noon
PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE to Lizzie: elizabeth.p.massey@gmail.com with the following info:
- Who will be attending
- What time – morning/afternoon or all day
- What tools you can bring (eg pruning shears, spade, wheelbarrow…)
- If you have any special gardening skills or you are good at digging holes!
Blokes Breakfast – Friday 28 August 7.30-8.30am
It’s that time of the year again where the kids get to bring along their special big bloke for a light breakfast in the school hall, with a few other surprises.
More details to follow.
Get involved and have your say in 2020
We are always looking for more parents to get involved – if you have some ideas we’d love to see you at our PTA meetings held the first Monday of each month in the school staff room, or happy to hear from you anytime – email Lynda kohiptachair@gmail.com
You can also:
- Join the PTA mailing list to be in the loop with PTA meeting agendas, minutes and help requests.
- Like our Kohimarama School PTA Facebook page
Regular Activities
If you buy ‘Yummy’ branded fruit collect the stickers or bag labels and we can exchange them for new sport equipment. Go to the Yummy Stickers page for more info.
We have a range of items. Prices depend on condition; roughly $25 fleeces, $15 polo t-shirts, $20 skorts and shorts, $15 sports t-shirts. Go to the Second-hand Uniforms page for more info.
Have you thought about joining a school walking bus? A short drive can be an amazing walk! If you’re interested in joining, go to the Walking School Bus page.
For an ice-block or slice of pizza (cheese or ham & pineapple) on Fridays, send along $2. They will be sold 1.15-1.30pm out of the Hall Kitchen window.
Look out for this term’s Scholastic Book Club flyers in the book bags. Please place any orders online (or view the online flyer) at the Scholastic Book Club. No paper orders will be accepted.
Pre-order by the end of the day Tuesday and fresh sushi will be delivered to school for your child’s Wednesday lunch. Go to the Sushi Wednesdays page for instructions.
For great discounts for local restaurants and attractions, order the hard-copy or digital versions – $70 with 20% going to the school. Go to the Entertainment Books page for more info.