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what s in the newsletter this week health survey i move lost property activity accounts r7 giant mania rep touch rugby secondhand uniforms talent quest parkland hub pta discos swimming 2012 school library stars of the week dear parents firstly thankyou to everyone who returned their `health survey forms your responses will be used by the school to modify our health curriculum so that it best meets the needs of our students and parents at this time there was also overwhelming support for the school to consider further the changes at puberty topic at the senior level we will start work on this next year 85 said `yes to this question at present there seem to be a growing number of children wearing coloured footwear we have tried not to be too strict with this area of the uniform but if parents do not support this approach it will mean that we will need to toughen up a reminder that footwear must be plain black flat soled shoes sneakers slipons with enclosed heels boots or sandals socks are plain black jandals are not permitted we have at least a dozen pairs of black shoes sneakers sandals in lost property none of which are named several of the pairs are brand new check it out they could belong to you

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the combination of hands reaching upwards in our school logo is a clear link to the vision statement `rise to the challenge children at parkland school put their hands up they participate in a partnership of learning and they rise to the challenge just some of the footwear in lost property giant mania comes to room 7 room 7 spent a whole day in the hall recently constructing a fabulous `giant spaceship capable of delivering santa s presents in december even comes with the `parkland hands around the side pta second-hand uniforms size 3 2 x half zip polar fleeces $20 each size 4 skort $15 size 7 polar fleece half zip polar fleece full zip $20 each size 8 short sleeved polo $12 size 10 short sleeve polo $12 2 x half zip polar fleeces $20 each black lace-up shoes size 1 size 10 new $5 black t-strap/buckle girls shoes size 1 $10 boys black leather shoes size 3 $20 brand new still in box brand is classmates style stomp see kath at the office.

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www.parkland.school.nz to find 1 school newsletter from the `home page go down the menu on the left hand side to `what s happening go across and down the sub menu to `newsletter 2 lost found from the `home page go down the menu on the left hand side to `parent information go across and down the sub menu to `lost found swimming 2012 swimmagic offer swim school the swimmagic swim school at freyberg community pool are offering a 10 discount to parkland pupils if they enrol in term lessons or holiday lessons during 2012 you need to be a current parkland pupil and bring in this ad to qualify for the discount call in or phone veronica to make your booking this is a great way to support your child s school lessons phone the swimmagic team on 3567317.

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parkland stars of the week jessica c taylor s brittany t shania b james a katja f hannah n erin f i-move is coming next week time to get back to walking to school i-move will operate for the next two weeks sports ambassadors will be at the school gates to stamp cards mrs young tells me she has lots of spot prizes to give away as well lets hope the weather is kind for those two weeks payment of activity accounts thanks to those who have settled their accounts final payment is due on friday 2 december swimming was able to be charged at $30 this year thanks to the pta subsidising the transport this worked out at $3 per lesson which is value for money in addition parents are able to take advantage of the 10 discount swim magic offer in this newsletter for reduced costs of private swimming lessons next year activities include visiting performers class visits outside the school and other activities such as the life education classroom.

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manawatu rep touch rugby congratulations to braxton r 11 and james r 5 who have been selected for the manawatu touch rugby team talent quest well done to everyone who entered the `talent quest recently these were our five finalists parkland pta last disco for the year tonight juniors 6-6.45pm seniors 7-8pm $2 at the door children must be collected by an adult from inside the hall at the end of their disco the discos are supervised by teachers and pta parents please leave your child at the door sausage sizzle and fizzy drinks $1 each these will be ready for sale from 5.30pm come down early or straight from hockey and grab an easy tea and catch up with other parkland families you can join other parents in room 14 during the disco for a cuppa while you wait exciting new glo products choose from star hand and guitar glo necklaces $2 each glo glasses $2 glo bracelets two for $1

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school library request all library books need to be returned to the library by friday 2 december in order for us to do our library stocktake community notices learning and vision clinic square edge building is your child having problems learning with co-ordination or balance lindsey dickson ­ vision therapist/neuro development therapist is offering half price assessments from the beginning of december until the end of january 2012 for $75 normally $150 the assessment will take approximately an hour to an hour and a half results and recommendations will be discussed some children have parkland school have benefitted from this therapy and we highly recommend it if unsure if this is helpful to your child or not please see lyn white in room 2 or anna ousey in room 9 you can call lindsey on 06 355 3680 or email 4eyes@wave.co.nz if more information about this offer after school adventures after school program 3 6pm weekdays fully oscar approved located railway building on matthews ave from $15 a day free tutoring services included for more info ww.afterschooladventures.co.nz or call us on 357 5323 the ymca after school care programme is available for all children aged 5-13 years the ymca provides a programme dedicated to the well being of children by offering a variety of stimulating and age appropriate activities including arts crafts cooking sport outings and much much more registration of children into this programme is available for full time part time or on casual basis and winz subsidies may be available to some families enrolment packs available please contact us on 358 8921 or 027 5044 196 all enquiries are welcome guides brownies pippins are for girls aged 5 to 13 years sessions run during the school terms on tuesday and wednesday evenings in the hokowhitu area come along and have some fun enquiries to kaye satherley district coordinator ph 3583159 free seminar in feilding keys to successful new home building the building process financing for building and tips on selling your home 5-6pm tue 29 nov bnz partners centre 1st floor bnz centre manchester square feilding great way to hear about building homebuild homes finance bnz and selling your home property brokers in a neutral environment drinks nibbles provided it s free rsvp to victoria@homebuildhomes.co.nz or phone 357 1666

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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 term term term term 1 2 3 4 term dates 2012 wed 1 feb thu 5 april mon 23 april fri 29 june mon 16 july fri 28 sep mon 15 oct tue 18 dec november 24 thu school discos junior 6pm senior 7pm newsletter 25 fri sausage sizzle 1 cookies $1 28 mon 29 tue 30 wed december 2 fri senior athletics from 9.00 cosmodome senior team postponement day snr athletics middle team athletics from 9.00 activity accounts payment due assembly 1.40pm room 11 presenting pizza lunch 2.50 cookies $1 return all school library books yr 6 graduation senior team picnic­ memorial park sausage sizzle not seniors junior team picnic memorial park 8 thu 9 fri 12 mon `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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