A Message from our Magic Netball Team
"AIMS games was cancelled so instead we got to go to Masterton and Palmerston North for a mini netball tournament against Masterton Intermediate and Roslyn School. We left school on Wednesday and had a fun & long car ride to Masterton. There was lots of singing and practicing our waiata. We stopped at Kowhai park in Wanganui on the way for a play in the water. We were so excited when we arrived at our Hotel, we discovered an indoor pool and an outdoor pool so got into our togs straight away. After a swim we had dinner and went to check out the netball courts we were going to play at the next day to get prepared."
Tarli Wilson, Kauri 3
"When we arrived at Masterton Intermediate on Thursday morning, three girls came and introduced themselves to us and made us feel very welcome. Then they started their karanga and welcomed us onto the School grounds. Then we went into the hall and the kapa haka preformed for us. Their kapa haka was fantastic and we were blown away. We were paired up with a buddy from their school and they showed us around. We got to do a hip hop / team building class which was so fun. We had some healthy kai before leaving on the bus with them to the netball courts. The bus ride was fun but loud with lots of singing."
Harper, Kauri 3
"We arrived at the netball courts and Mr Walker took us for a warm up. We had some vibey music during the warm up to get us pumped. The first game was up against MIS Tahi and they were a good challenge for us and took the win. Our second game was against MIS Rua it was a very tight game but again MIS took the win after a competitive game. There was yummy kai and tiktok dancing together after the games. We all did a big group dance on the steps. We had a player of the game presentation and MIS presented two of our players with a netball. I was lucky enough to receive one of the netballs and Areiana received the other one. Thank you to everyone that helped us with our fundraising and made this trip happen. Today we are heading to Palmerston North for our final game."
Celestial Roberts, Kauri 1
Mitre 10 is EPIC!
Our Home & School sent in a submission for the Mitre 10 Helping Hands Project Playground programme. There were over 500 schools that put in a submission – almost half the primary schools in Aotearoa. And we have awesome news for our community.
While we did not get in the top three schools, who gain a brand new playground, they were so impressed by the application written by Eleanor Connole from the Home & School, they have gifted our school a $10,000 Mitre 10 Gift Card to help us make improvements to our existing playgrounds.
Thank you so much to our awesome Home & School and we are looking forward to putting this to good use for our playgrounds.
Read the full article at
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/helpinghands
Time to download hero?
Student progress, communication, signing up for Sports and permission for EOTC is now all done via Hero.
Hero is our primary means of communication so all permission slips and sign up sheets go out in Hero first.
How do I access Hero?
Hero can be accessed using a web browser, but we highly recommend downloading the Hero app to your mobile phone.
Your access is linked to the email address you have registered in your child’s record at the school (so if you change your email address, please let us know.)
Full instructions can be found here: https://hero.linc-ed.com/parents/.
If you have any problems accessing Hero, please let us know by emailing office@puketapu.school.nz. We can add multiple email addresses for each child and we encourage all caregivers to create log-ins.
Puketapu School
Email: office@puketapu.school.nz
Website: www.puketapu.school.nz
Location: Dillon Drive, Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: 06 755 0973