Newsletter

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A big thank you to everyone who supported the school disco. I would like to take the time to thank Nick, Jemma and their team from Four Square Pāpāmoa Beach. They donated all the food that was for sale and also spent the whole evening selling it for us. Please support this amazing local business as they have been so wonderfully supportive of us!

The disco was a huge success with a great turnout and we raised $4267.50. Everyone had a great time!

Prefabs are gone!

The prefabs have finally been removed! I can’t express how pleased I am! We are now waiting for the Ministry of Education to clear up the site so that we can prefer to get our turf put done. I am very excited to see this area finally become what we have planned for it!

Playground

Weather permitting both playgrounds will be up and running by next week. This has been a really long wait so it is exciting to see the soft fall completed. If the weather is fine this week, we should be able to let tamariki play on it next week. Another great win!

Fun Run update

Congratulations on everyone’s hard work with sponsorship for the fun run. So far we have around 300 tamariki signed up and we have had $30,240 pledged. What an incredible effort!

Last week we reached our first target of $15,000 and yesterday we had a lunchtime disco for everyone. Today we have reached our second target of $30,000! Each team is going to have a sports afternoon as their reward. Congratulations! We are halfway there!

Keep it coming! It is not too late to sign up. Simply go to schoolfunrun.co.nz and create a student profile page. We can’t wait to get enough money to install our new mindfulness area!

Teacher Only Day - 18 September

This is Monday of the last week of school. Staff will be focussing on their First Aid training.

Major Event for Term 3

This term we have planned a major community event. Last year we had a school production, this year we are excited to be working on a film festival! It is likely to be in the last week of the term. Watch this space for more details as they come to hand.

Talent Quest

Our school finals are on 13 September. We are excited to share the talent we have at GSS!

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)

This week’s focus is about appropriate Brain Break Behaviour and BIKE WEEK. These are the ideas that we are discussing in class with tamariki.

• I know to play in the right place at the right time during BB

• I can return to class promptly

• I will seek help from adults, when needed

• I can patiently take turns on the playground equipment and slide, giving everyone a chance to use it

• I will wear a helmet when I use my ‘wheels’ at school

• I will act in a way that is safe and respectful to myself, others and the environment

We would love you to talk to your child about these ideas. Thanks for your support.

Have a great week everyone

Nga mihi

Melanie Taylor

Principal

Reserve path alongside school is closed for surveys for three weeks from Monday 31 July

As part of a council project, some geotech surveying will be done from 31 July to 21 August. This survey assesses what’s underground by drilling small holes. As this is a narrow section, to do this work safely the path will be closed for the duration of the survey.

Access to school is unchanged at the front.

If you have not joined our Facebook group, please search for it and request to join. This is a closed group so you will be asked who the children you are connected to are. We share lots of real-time information here with photos and updates included.

School App

You can also download our school app. Download SchoolAppsNZ and search for Golden Sands School or click on the QR code below. When there is anything new to know about you will get notifications if you have enabled them.

It's that time of year again! Please start collecting your yummy apple stickers and bring them to school so we can get some cool new sports gear for our school.

You can download a collection chart below, or just bring them in on some greaseproof paper.

https://www.yummyfruit.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sticker_Collection_Sheet.pdf

2023

Term 3

Friday 11 August - Mahy Assembly 9am

Friday 18 August - Hillary Assembly 9am

Friday 25 August - Cooper Assembly 9am

Tuesday 29 August - GSS Fun Run

Friday 1 September - Blake Assembly 9am

Friday 8 September - GSS Got Talent Finals

Thursday 14 September - School Photos

Friday 15 September - School Photos

Monday 18 September - Teacher Only Day (First Aid Course)

Friday 22 September - last day of Term 3 (normal finish at 2.30pm)

Term 4

Monday 9 October - Friday 15 December

Monday 23 October - Labour Day (Public Holiday)

Friday 15 December - last day for 2023 (school finishes at 12.15pm)

WBOP Primary Mountain Biking Champs

If your child is a competitive Mountain Biker who meets the entry criteria below and would like to enter in this event, please email Jane White sport@goldensands.school.nz

Date: Wednesday 13th September (postponement Wednesday 20th September)

Time: 9.00am - 1.15pm

Venue: Summerhill MTB Park (Jumps Park)

Cost: $25 for individual event

Divisions: Year 4, 5 & 6

Entry Criteria

• Parents must be able to transport their own children to and from the event and be responsible for them at the event.

• Mountain Bike Check - Knobbly tires, safe working order, bar ends in, inflated tires, brakes are functioning properly and chain is secure (and shifting if multi geared), bar plugs installed.

• All entering riders need to be able to ride mellow grade 3 trails to participate (I.e Challenge Roadside or Te Poaka).

• Riders must have an open face helmet to compete in the Cross Country event, which meets the NZ Safety Standard, with no signs of previous impact or go-pro mounts.

Individual event consist of multiple laps of the circuit within the time frame. Riders will not be able to commence a new lap once the course is shut, however, they will be able to finish their current lap. (Year 4 - 20 minutes, Year 5 - 25 minutes, Year 6 - 30 minutes)

The above promotion will run from 1 August to 30 September. Families are encouraged to shop at Papamoa Plaza, spend $20 or more in any of our stores, then take their receipt to Customer Service for it to be validated and receive a token to vote for their school. The voting box will be next to Customer Service. Throughout the promotion customers will be able to see how their school is progressing by the number of tokens in the voting box.

The prize up for grabs is $10,000 worth of sporting goods – an excellent incentive for parents/grand parents and neighbours to support their local school.

The latest brochures have been sent to classrooms.

Please place your order by Wednesday 2nd August

Our preferred way for you to order is through mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz. Please do not return your paper order form to school if you choose this ordering option.
If you prefer to order with the paper form, these need to be returned to the school office. Payments for these orders can be made by cash or EFTPOS.

Orders are sent to your child's classroom when they arrive. However, if you wish to purchase as a gift, please select the "gift" option if ordering online or write office in the class if you are completing a form. We will then phone/ email you to collect from the school office.

• A fresh, new look with better navigation and clear student selection
• Clearer cart layout showing what has been purchased for each person
• Faster and easier checkout flow for a better shopping experience
• Better visibility of which items are available and which aren't
• New item search & sort function e.g. sort lunch by dietary requirement
• Easier process for ordering lunches for 'multiple days'

Email: office@goldensands.school.nz
Website: http://www.goldensands.school.nz/Home/
Location: 26 Golden Sands Drive Papamoa Beach Papamoa 3118
Phone: +643 7542 4550