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what s in the nw melody s fundraising teacher only day lost property pta scooter rack pta marquee purchase parkland stars of the week school cross-country non-uniform items road safety newsletter this week parkland art exhibition i move senior team wearable art parkland keyboard music room 12 assembly library books/home readers meeting children after school parkland pride puzzler dear parents congratulations to all our `parkland artists the displays in the hall and throughout the classrooms have been absolutely fantastic many thanks to miss forrest who has coordinated the art exhibition it was also terrific to have so many parkland parents take the opportunity to see the displays as well the exhibition was coordinated in such a way that both the braddock art workshops and the `senior team wearable arts contributed to the overall display this has meant a huge a mount of work for staff but the outcomes were certainly worth the effort we are delighted to be able to let parents know that we have made an appointment to the scale a vacancy advertised recently we will be able to provide more details in the next newsletter a reminder to all parents that the school will be closed on friday june 1st this is to enable us to hold a teacher only day where we will look at how we are assessing writing throughout the school peter barnett principal

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new world melody s fundraising promotion as a little incentive this week on sunday 27th of may all this weeks cards will be put into a draw and the school who is drawn out will have their gold coins for the week doubled thanks to the luck of the hildred family our staff won a free lunch on monday this week this was part of the lucky draw run by new world teacher only day june 1st school closed parents should note that in week 6 we will be holding a teacher only day on friday june 1st queens birthday weekend the school will be closed on this day lost property we continue to be amazed by the quantity of near new property that is left around the school un-named and never claimed particularly shoes any item of clothing found that is named gets returned to the owner the same day so please do not forget to name those new shoes and polar fleeces pta sponsored scooter rack the new rack has now been installed and is in use our thanks to the parkland pta for sponsoring this project.

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www.parkland.school.nz have you checked out the term calendar on the hub pta purchase the new parkland marquee has now arrived and will be used for the first time at our cross country next wednesday may 30th many thanks to the pta for sponsoring this project.

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parkland stars of the week the parkland b team and their coach matt watts is very happy with their start to the season with three wins from three so far mason rm 11 lisa rm 2 nicola rm 10 liana ethan rm 8 designers kate juliet katarina liana katja linnea skating

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cross country our school cross country will take place next wednesday may 30th weather permitting we will begin with the junior team at 9am and simply run the middle and senior races as the other runners return we encourage everyone to change into sports clothing for this event and then change back into their school uniform at the conclusion we recommend everyone wears running/soft shoes as parts of the course are quite rough we invite all families/whanau to come along and support the runners following our own event a team will be selected to attend the interschool cross country on tuesday june 5th all those involved will receive a letter advising of this and asking for parent support with transport non-uniform items we are noticing that children are beginning to wear non-uniform items especially pants and shoes that do not conform to the uniform guidelines by now everyone will be familiar with the uniform items that are to be worn notes will be sent home with children who do not comply we simply ask parents to support this requirement road safety we are concerned that we have a number of kindy and parkland school parents who walk their children across parkland cres instead of using the patrolled crossing pedestrian crossings if you are within 20 metres of a pedestrian crossing or traffic signals you must use the crossing footbridge underpass or pedestrian traffic signals to cross the road we would encourage everyone to model safe road usage use the pedestrian crossing please

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parkland art exhibition we will let the art speak for itself a fantastic exhibition of children s art my thanks to all our staff for their efforts well done to miss forrest who pulled it all together thanks to all who were able to visit the exhibition congratulations to all our children and parents/teachers who displayed their considerable talents.

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i-move we will be participating in the i-move programme again this year this is taking place each friday in may bring your cards each friday i-move encourages parents to get their children to walk cycle scooter to school instead of being driven wearable art senior team a great opportunity for senior students to show off their creativity through their planning and design of wearable art.

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parkland keyboard music children who participate in keyboard tuition on mondays at school with terrie smith will hold a concert on saturday 26 may at 2pm at church on vogel vogel street all children have received notices with information room 12 assembly this friday at 1.40pm families of room 12 children are invited to attend assemblies last approximately half an hour library books home readers we have noticed there are a number of library books overdue could you please ask children to check at home and return could you also return any reading books that have been left at home during the term meeting children after school if you are coming to collect children after the 2.55pm bell please ensure they know to meet you at the front of the school at either the pick-up zone or wait outside the office on the seats accidents can happen to unsupervised children playing on the adventure playground while waiting for parents parkland pride puzzler what is the date of our teacher only day the school will be closed answer name room prize this week is a pack of ten push up pencils place all entries in the box in the foyer.

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swimmagic swim school offer the swimmagic swim school at freyberg community pool is 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 community notices fully furnished house available to rent for term three from early july-early october 2012 brightwater terrace sunny family-friendly fully furnished 3 bdrm character 1920s villa fully renovated with modern kitchen and bathrooms rent $350pw includes supply charge for phone power and gas not usage costs deposit/bond 2 weeks rent upfront as a deposit transfers into a refundable bond contact tracey or glenn ph 3535577 g.a.banks@massey.ac.nz or glennandtrace@hotmail.com riverside redsox football under 6 as at 1/1/12 are looking for players for this soccer season games are saturdays at 11am and training is at parkland school on wednesdays at 4.15pm though this is not compulsory for more information contact steven dassler 358 7603.

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i bike 4 kids manawatu mountain bike club and sport manawatu have teamed up to run an exciting event ibike for kids a fun bike event for kids who just love being out on their bikes this is an off road bike event suitable for total beginners to more experienced riders at the victoria esplanade in palmerston north this event is supported by kids bike jams get your kids ready and join us at the inaugural ibike 4 kids · sunday may 27 victoria esplanade palmerston north · it s for kids up to 15 years old if you love riding your bike this is the event for you there is an easy medium and hard course you pick the course you think you can handle there is also a skills competition so you can test your bikes skills out · it is only $12.00 to enter and all participants get a medal and a goody bag too for $30 you can get a t-shirt as well as the entry for more information and to enter head to www.ibike4kids.co.nz the fonterra schools prizes are for the school which has the largest number of entries and a second prize for the largest proportion of their roll entered so that smaller schools are not disadvantaged the prizes are for $500 of sports equipment of your choice ignite concert will be held on saturday 26th may at queen elizabeth college palmerston north the purpose of this event is to fundraise monies to assist our youth groups excursion to the nationally renowned get smart youth conference in auckland our youth will have the opportunity to gain words of wisdom and lifelong personal tools for their lives from the speakers at get smart we have a line up of current entertainment that will be promoting positive messages for youth throughout the evening hot tips event growing great families saturday 9 june with bruce and amanda pilbrow 7-8.30pm $14 single $25 double crosscroads bible entre 220 church street enquiries lyn wilson 357 6677 bookings www.theparentingplace.com

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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 may 25 fri 29 tue 30 wed 31 thu june 1 fri 4 mon 6 wed 7 thu 8 fri 15 fri room 12 assembly 1.40pm sausage sizzle lunch 1 orders before school young leaders day prefects school cross-country­ from 9.00 cross-country postponement day teacher only day school closed queens birthday school closed pn schools cross-country icas science pre-paid pta discos newsletter sausage sizzle 1 room 3 assembly 1.40pm pizza lunch 2.50 `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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