Dargaville Primary Cross Country Organisation 2016

The Cross Country will be held on Friday 2nd September. Cancellation date will

be advised. All races will be held at Memorial Park with the first race

starting at 10am. Years 3-6 will depart school at 9.15am, the junior syndicate will

leave school at 10.30. The races will run in this order. When the races

conclude we will all assemble and we will have the prize giving, weather

permitting. Food is available for sale on the day.

Event 2: 10 year old girls 2000m Event 3: 10 year old boys 2000m Event 4: 9 year old girls 1500m Event 5: 9 year old boys 1500m Event 6: 8 year old girls 1200m Event 7: 8 year old boys 1200m Event 8: 7 year old girls 1000m Event 9: 7 year old boys 1000m Event 10: 6 year old girls Event 11: 6 year old boys Event 12: 5 year old girls Event 13: 5 year old boys Staff jobs STARTER -Wayne / Leanne RECORDER -Kiri / Becky/Cathie CROWD CONTROL -Everyone who are not supervising games MONITORS 1= Toilet Block on the rise 2= Jackie 3= Wendy Chitty 4= Graeme Ewenson 5= Stephanie Calder Children will be seated in a set area, in their houses. All children will be expected to stay until the end of the cross country. Children are encouraged to wear their house colours. All children should have drink bottles, warm clothes and a plastic bag to sit on just in-

case the ground is damp.

School Phone

439 7255

School Fax 439 0246

Dental Clinic 0800 698 3384

Web Site www.dargavilleprimary.school.nz

SCHOOL NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL

My following comments are on two aspects one of a school matter and another an education issue, that my staff, myself and parents need to be aware of. Firstly; the Government ’talk’ on changes to education in NZ. Theses changes to the Education Act that impact on funding, staffing, resourcing and school programme context and delivery, this covers early childhood through to secondary school, you as parents/caregivers need to be aware of and seek more information about what comes out in the news. For the first time in approximately 20 years the Primary and Secondary School Teachers Union will be holding a stop work meeting to hear about the proposals being discussed by the Government. The Northland Schools meeting is on 16 September in Whangarei, for our staff to attend our BOT is asking that students be picked up and taken home at 12:30 as we will not have enough teachers to safely staff the school. Secondly; it’s about communication with school. If you have a problem, come in to school and talk with the teachers and find out what’s really happening, or happened and the reasons why? Facebook discussions, very often are ill informed, leading towards personal defamation, putdowns and disrespect towards teachers. DPS teachers and staff promote values of Respect, Responsibility and co-operation. I would like to think, my staff should be given opportunities to explain their actions and reasons in a one to one personal approach. Public forums are not the right place, it only serves to damage the reputation of our school.

JUMP JAM 4 STAR JAM

Last week the whole school was involved in this fundraiser, by skipping to music for 30 minutes. The event raised $340 for Star Jam Charitable Trust, which supports young people with disabilities.

WEEKLY FOCUS The value of co-operation will be our focus for the next few weeks. We will be looking at how we relate and work with one another, how we talk to, use our manners and offer encouragement towards others.

DPS GOLD AWARDS Gold awards are awarded to students who have received 3 certificates at assemblies throughout the year. Certificates are awarded to students for effort and achievement or putting into practices our school values. To get a gold award is a great achievement, the first one for the year will be given out at our next assembly.

BODY JAM The Northern Wairoa event was held recently. We had a large group of senior and middle syndicate students taking part. The students put a lot of effort in to preparing and performing their 2 minute dance routine to music. Results: Makayla McKenzie-1st Year 5/6 Individuals Dani Lowe-3rd Year 3/4 Individuals. Alyssa Kemp & Kalisi Fisiiahi-3rd Year 5/6 Two/Threes. Ayla Steed, Ella Pyke, Haylee Mitchell, Te Wai Matthews, Mikayla McKenzie & Andi Paxton- 1st Year 5/6 Teams. Camille Fowlie, Hayley Lugtigheid, Danielle Low, Willow Smith & Luji Awad-3rd Year 5/6 Teams. Stella Johnston, Lilly Ewenson, Mischa Blaxland & Hannah Ewenson-1st Year 3/4 Teams.

Newsletter

Wednesday 31 August 2016

DPS CROSS COUNTRY To be held this Friday 2 September, at Memori-al Park. The whole school will be involved in this event. Hopefully the weather will play its part, and we get a fine day. The track will be wet and muddy. Our PTA will be catering on the day selling sau-sages, cookies, potato chips, drinks etc. The students will be running in age group races based on their age as at 1st January. The first event will be the 10 year old girls starting at 10:00am. The programme for the day is printed on the back of this newsletter.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Northern Wairoa Speech Contest-Wednesday 14 September at the Lighthouse Northern Wairoa Cross Country-Wednesday 8 September at the Race Course Northland Cross Country-Thursday 15 Septem-ber at the Race Course DPS Fit Kids Whangarei Run/Walk- Sunday 18 September

DENTAL CLINIC SERVICE The mobile dental clinic has left DPS and is now at Ruawai School. If you have a child that needs dental treatment you will need to call 0800MYTEETH (0800 698 3384) this is run by the Northland District Health Board.

LIBRARY NEWS There is a large number of overdue library book that need returning to school. Please have a search around your home to find any overdue books, otherwise they will be marked as lost and will need to be paid for.

LUCKY BOOK ORDERS Lucky book orders close next Tuesday 6 Septem-ber.

GARDEN CLUB NEWS The school gardens are flourishing and look amazing, thanks to the efforts of a small group of keen gardeners. The children in the gardening club are learn-ing to grow and maintain gardens, and now it is harvesting time, they are also learning about good nutrition. We would love to have some more adults to help with this worthwhile project. Do you (or someone you know) have an hour or two to spare each week? There is lots of guidance and support from the other adults involved.

CERTIFICATES AWARDED Students from the senior syndicate with their certificates, awarded at a recent assembly

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