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rise to the challenge we cleaned the school carpets now we d like to clean yours carpet pro cleaning restoration 10 off parkland school special carpet cleaning protection repairs leather fabric upholstery cleaning 06 353 0406 sales@carpetpro.co.nz delivering solutions to cleaning problems www.carpetpro.co.nz residential work only and can t be used in conjunction with any other offer.

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what s in the newsletter this week principal report school raffle cross-country event parkland learning hub teacher only day school production book club sausage sizzle school uniform room 13 photography super sport thursday braddock art parkland pride puzzler pta report community notices dear parents within the next week we hope to launch our new interactive website known as the hub this will completely replace the old website and will provide parents and students with interactive access to many activities out of school hours latest notices sports news and draws class activities and related learning tasks class homework activities that are linked to their learning websites that are closely associated with class learning general school information such as enrolments in time parents and students will have access to their own e-portfolios that will contain work samples and some assessment information in time the hub will have a secure social networking area that will be used to enhance learning and to interact with other parkland students this area would be monitored by staff and does not allow access by the general public look for further details in this newsletter once we get the address changed from the old website to the new website we will advise all parents.

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school raffle we currently have two fantastic prizes for our school raffle that have been donated by crank it cycles one bigger bike and one smaller bmx bike both come with helmets and locks proceeds will be used to buy school equipment for the junior and middle teams tickets will cost $2 and buyers can choose which bike raffle they choose to enter these bikes were won at the end of 2010 by room 9 mrs ousey and room 7 mrs higson following writing stories as part of the i-move programme to purchase tickets simply take your money to the office decide which bike you would like to have a chance of winning and then pick a number from the notebook the bikes are on display each morning and the prefects are selling tickets at the front of the school good luck school cross country our training programme is going well despite the variable weather the school`s cross country will be held on wednesday june 1st starting at 9.00am.

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this is the front page to our new website we are calling this our hub as it is the entrance to lots of exciting new ways of learning we have placed the most important area at the top of the menu at the left of this new front page our classrooms will be the most visited and used area as this is where children and parents will go to look at what exciting things classes are doing to see work samples and to interact with others room 13 have been our guinea pigs and have already been provided with individual logons and have been interacting and exploring the content we will hold a special parents meeting on monday evening for room 13 parents so that students can demonstrate some of the possibilities this website holds remember that this website will replace the old one it will develop and grow over the next few months as we bring more classes online our staff have done an amazing job to date and need to be congratulated for their efforts.

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your involvement and feedback is crucial tell us what you like and tell us what we could add to develop it further all parents and students will in time receive an individual logon to provide you with access next week there will be a school assembly where room 13 students will share some of the content with the school all classes will be involved in a treasure hunt and all classes will be involved in a homework task buddy classes will be busy exploring and sharing the content of their own class pages each class has its own area and the front page of each class will have a choice of six similar sub pages these might include what s happening find out all the latest information about your child`s classroom photo gallery check out some of the recent activities in a pictorial form homework tasks and activities that are directly related to class learning literacy activities and websites that are at your child`s class level and relate to the work being focussed on in class concerning literacy numeracy activities and websites that are at your child`s class level and relate to the work being focussed on in class concerning numeracy inquiry activities and websites that are at your child`s class level and relate to the work being focussed on in class concerning the latest inquiry

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teacher only day parents are asked to note that the school will be closed on friday june 3rd so that we can hold a professional development day for teachers this coincides with queens birthday weekend the school will be closed on monday june 6 also school production awesome aotearoa just as a little test to see who read the newsletter i got carried away with the dates for our production my apologies i think the staff were more concerned than the parents our school production awesome aotearoa will be held this term on the 23rd of june at the regent theatre as the name suggests the production is new zealand themed and each class will be performing an item based around new zealand places icons culture and history over the next 6 weeks there will be a lot of work going on behind the scenes to get each classes item ready for the big night if you could help out in any way such as sewing costumes building and painting props or have expertise in kapahaka please see tasha cravino in room 10 book club remember that book club orders close tomorrow friday at 3pm there are spare order forms at the office if needed sausage sizzle sausage sizzle lunch tomorrow orders are taken before school outside the office 1 thanks to the parents who help cook and serve the sausages each fortnight there is space on the cooking/serving roster if you are able to help for an hour each fortnight.

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school uniform latest developments postie plus loyalty programme following discussions with postie plus it is clear that we are unable to pass the rebate directly on to parents this is mainly due to the fact that the school does not actually receive a 10 flat rate on each article purchased the payment made by postie plus once each year depends on the total spend by the school community and could vary between 5 and 10 it is expected that the amount paid to the school would vary from year to year as well the board is now considering how we could work out a method of using this money to directly benefit school families we would love to hear from anyone with suggestions that could be considered these can be emailed to principal@parkland.school.nz or a note dropped into the principal or chat clare lees-galloway on the bot skirt/skort hems if anyone finds the hem comes down on the skirts or skorts they should be returned to the shop for replacement footwear now that the footwear requirements have been relaxed it will be important for parents to ensure that footwear being worn to school actually meets the new guidelines from june 1st we will be emphasising this more in classrooms if you receive a uniform notice we simply ask that you consider the item that is of concern and ensure that it does meet the guidelines the simple rule of thumb is that footwear needs to be plain black if the footwear has white or any other colour on it then it shouldn`t be worn to school the only exception is that on wet days gumboots can be any colour at all nb although we have not had it confirmed we believe postie plus is holding a 25 discount one day sale today!

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photography from room 13 we have been studying photography we learnt that a good photo has line pattern texture and colour that stands out the background shouldn`t be crowded and the subject shouldn`t be smack bang in the middle the topic for the photo was at play and the title is explorer the subject in the photo is maddie the photographer was victoria room 13 super sport thursdays these are now underway last week saw three children from each middle and senior class participate in the table tennis session thanks to melissa young for organising these days in conjunction with sport manawatu.

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braddock art the whole school participated in an art workshop with graham braddock where they explored colour we certainly have some extremely talented artists in our midst parkland pride puzzler question what is the name of our new website answer name room cut out complete and place in the parkland pride puzzler box outside the principal`s office.

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from the pta thank you to peter who presented the school s ict vision at our meeting last monday this is a major undertaking and we appreciate understanding more about its benefits chocolates these have nearly all been sold a special thanks to all families/staff who have been able to sell those remaining boxes the chocolate fundraiser has made approx $6000 this year if you still have chocolates and/or money outstanding we need these back to the office now disco get your dancing shoes out our next disco is friday 10th june keep an eye on the newsletter for more details closer to the time uniforms the pta is looking into managing the sale of second hand uniforms as they become available how this will be run is still being finalised but if you are interested in supporting our school community by overseeing this initiative or helping please contact suzanne at jas.smith@xtra.co.nz or 355 1024 whakarongo school quiz night our pta has been challenged to a battle of the brains world cup theme by whakarongo school do you have the inside knowledge we need can you lead our team to victory if so we want to hear from you this event is not limited to pta groups only so if you are interested in forming your own team please let suzanne know parkland pta if you want to know more about what the pta does are able to help in anyway big or small contact suzanne or check us out at a meeting second monday of every term 7.30pm in the staffroom

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community notices girl guiding we have vacancies for 5 6 year old girls in our pippin group and 7 to 9 year old girls in our brownie packs pippins brownies meet on tuesday afternoons at the hokowhitu scout den ayr place adjacent waterloo park a second brownie pack meets wednesday evenings at hokowhitu school hall for more information please phone kaye on 3583159 or email cathy at bendig@inspire.net.nz this year parentline is bringing pio terei to palmerston north he s here to speak from 7.30-9pm on tuesday 28th june pio is an entertaining speaker and encourages parents/caregivers to engage positively with children and young people this will be a fun night out for parents caregivers and leave parents feeling encouraged and enthusiastic about parenting tickets are now available at d zine furniture $15 each they will also shortly be available in feilding kids visual communication classes ­ mondays 4-5pm during school terms kaimanawa community hall learn nz sign language through songs and fun games e mail info@voice thruyourhands.org.nz or www.voicethruyourhands.org.nz production a high energy show to delight and entertain you you will leave with toes tapping and a smile on your face psalty and the take-your-time machine brought to you by family friendly productions at the globe theatre thurs 26th may 7pm fri 27th may 7pm sat 28th may 2pm sat 28th may 7pm tickets only $10 from manawatu costume hire on princess st after school adventures after school program 3 6pm weekdays fully oscar approved located action indoor sports tremaine ave p.nth full oscar subsidy for more info www.afterschooladventures.co.nz or call sarah on 357 5323 movie premiere diary of a wimpy kid 2 ­ sunday 29 may downtown cinema 7 1pm ­ 3pm tickets $17 includes drinks chippies sweets safe child minding provided nz masters hockey fundraiser contact rachel percy 0277 263

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term term term term 1 2 3 4 term dates 2011 wed 2 feb fri 15 april mon 2 may fri 15 july mon 1 aug fri 7 oct tue 25 oct fri 16 dec may 19 thu board of trustees meeting 7pm newsletter sausage sizzle 1 pizza lunch 2.50 orders before school 20 fri 27 fri june 1 wed 2 thu 3 6 fri mon school cross-country from 9.00 newsletter teacher only day school closed queens birthday holiday pta disco 10 fri rise to the challenge absences events answerphone 354 8537 school office 358 1469 school website www.parkland.school.nz text absences 027 755 7753 roslyn dental clinic 357 9868 mobile dental clinic 027 244 4159

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