Wk 7 Term 4 2024

Tauranga Primary School

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Term 4

3rd December, Tuesday - School Production Robin in Da Hood, 6:30pm (year 2 -6 students only)
4th December, Wednesday - School Production Robin in Da Hood, 6:30pm (year 2 -6 students only)
6th December, Friday - Pizza Friday, order on School Shop (Kindo), orders close 4th December
10th December, Tuesday - Year 5, Junior and Middle Assemby, 9.30am
10th December, Tuesday BOT meeting 6:30pm
11th - 13th December - Year 6 Camp Totara Springs
12th December, Thursday - Year 1 Christmas show, 11:00am, school hall
16th December, Monday - Year 6 Leavers Assembly, Holy Trinity Church, 9:30am followed by shared morning tea with Year 6 whānau at Tauranga Primary School
17th December, Tuesday - School closes 12:00pm

2025

27th January - Auckland Anniversary
30th & 31st January - School Office open
3rd February - Whānau connect day
4th February - First day of term for students
5th February - Pohiri to welcome new families to Tauranga Primary
6th February - Waitangi Day, school closed
11th February - Friends of the School meeting, 5:30pm staffroom, all welcome
18th February - Board of Trustees meeting, 6:30pm staffroom
20th February - School Family Picnic, 5:00pm

Click here for 2024 & 2025 TERM DATES

Principal's Update

Tēnā koutou katoa

Ngā mihi nui, kia koutou katoa - Warm greetings to you all.

What an awesome turn out last week for Fancy Dress Friday. It was such a great day creating fun school memories. Thank you to our amazing school parents - we know that those costumes don't happen without your support.

We are very excited to share our production - Robin in da Hood - next week with our school families. The children and staff have worked very hard with Patrice from Gobsmacked to produce an amazing show. The production is part our Arts Curriculum and provides an opportunity for our learners to experience all aspects of putting on a full stage performance. For some it will be the absolute highlight of their schooling this year and for others it will be a real challenge and the experience could be well outside of their comfort zone, just as mathematics, literacy and sports can be for other students. We are very proud of all students and their efforts, this will be a memory that will last a lifetime. Tickets can still be purchased on School Shop (Kindo) or directly from the school office. When purchasing through School Shop, kept the response email as that will be your ticket on the night. There are no allocated seats.

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MH4 welcomed Bela and Hemvati to TPS in Week 5 to learn about the Diwali Festival. The students watched the captivating Ramayan pastime and enjoyed learning more about the message of Diwali and what lighting a diya (light) could mean to their lives. Rangoli art was created with coloured powders on the classroom floor. Each student received a free coloured diya, thanks to our local Indian grocery store DH at Fraser Cove.

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End of Year assemblies. Fortunately for us (unlucky for basketball fans) the Memorial Hall (QEII) is now available for our School Awards Assembly. Earlier in the year we were unable to book this venue as it was meant to be decommissioned by Term 4.

10th December - School Awards Assembly - certificates for Year 1-5 students, 9:30am at Memorial Hall.
16th December - Year 6 Leavers Assembly - awards for Year 6 students only, 9:30am at Holy Trinity Church, followed by a shared morning tea and Year 6 item back at TPS.

Full details will be provided closer to the time. All parents will be notified by the class teacher if your child is receiving an award.

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I have been contacted by Cedar Manor, our school neighbour on 6th Avenue. They are very concerned by the number of parents parking across their service driveway as this is impacting staff entering for shifts, food deliveries etc. This is an ongoing issue; please be respectful of the road rules and our school neighbours' rights when dropping and picking up your children. The traffic wardens have been asked to monitor this situation and ticket drivers as necessary.

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Lately we have noticed a number of junior school parents entering the school site from as early as 2:20pm each day. Junior children are busy learning until 2:50pm. Parents outside classes, preschoolers playing on the playground and at times entering classrooms can be disruptive and distracting. It is very challenging to keep children focused on the task at hand when this is happening. We respectfully request that parents don't enter the junior school site until 2:45pm for school pick ups. If you do find yourself at school early, the playground by the school pool on the senior site is a good location for preschoolers to have a supervised play until 2:45pm, and you will not distract children in classes.

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Last week we farewelled Mr Tom, our caretaker. Tom is now enjoying a well deserved break from working, spending time with his family and working on his classic cars. We are very grateful for all the hard work and care Tom has put into our school site, we are often complimented on the condition of our school site and this is due to his efforts. Thank you for everything you have contributed to TPS Mr Tom.

A very warm welcome to students who have recently started at TPS Vihasna and Devmin Perera, Zoya Narayan, Uthman Khan, Perrie Helem, Lottie Krysmanski, Harry Cleaver, Enzo Barsanti and Buwani Nishshankage. It is great to have you and your whānau joining our TPS team.

Hei kōnei rā

Fiona Hawes

Principal

principal@tauranga.school.nz

Welcome to our new caretaker

Welcome to Jake Veza (Mr Jake) our new caretaker at TPS.

Jake was born and bred in Tauranga and lives here with his son. In his spare time Jake enjoys health and fitness; he has run several marathons, enjoys boxing and weightlifting. Jake has enjoyed his first few weeks at TPS and looks forward to continuing to keep our school site looking great.

TPS School Production 2024 Year 2- 6 students

Evening performances on the 3rd & 4th of December

@Bethlehem Performing Arts Centre

School Production (years 2-6 Term 4) - Robin in da Hood!

Things to keep in mind:

Website login - Gobsmacked have provided a one stop place for your child to access the all the backing tracks and lyrics for your child to learn. Please follow this link or scan the QR code above to create an account for your child. https://gobsmacked.nz/sr-L5SVW67Y Once your sign-up has been approved, you can then explore the tabs under Robin in da Hood to see the lyrics, music and dance choreography for your child to practice.

Main characters will be practising one morning a week at 8:00am on Wednesday morning until week 5, when the practices will then commence in earnest with morning practices everyday.

Whole school practises for our choir will happen each Friday this term leading up to week 5, when there will be an increased focus on the production with cast, class dance and acting, dance crew and also choirs all having scheduled practises throughout the week.

Tickets are on sale - get your tickets now

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FOTS meeting Tuesday 11th February, 5:30pm in the staffroom - everyone welcome

2024/25 Ballot Dates

Out of Zone Enrolments

2024

Enrolment for Term 1 2025 - ballot to be held on Friday 25th October 2024

(Additional ballot for Term 1 Friday 17th January 2025 if necessary)

2025

Enrolment for Term 2 2025 - ballot to be held on Friday 14th February 2025

Enrolment for Term 3 2025 - ballot to be held on Friday 9th May 2025

Enrolment for Term 4 2025 - ballot to be held on Friday 25th July 2025

Enrolment for Term 1 2026 - ballot to be held on Friday 17th October 2025

Enrolment packs can be collected from the office, or use our online enrolment form at www.tauranga.school.nz / enrol (code 1991)

Any queries or to check your child's name is on our pre-enrolment list please contact our

Enrolment Officer: Barbara Turley at office@tauranga.school.nz

TPS Enrolment Information

School Bank Account

There is an updated Confirmation of Payee system coming into NZ to check if the account owner name and number match payments being made. It will either show as a Match, Partial Match or Not a Match.

To ensure our families with gain a Match for payments, please ensure that the school's bank account is noted as: Tauranga Primary School Board not just Tauranga Primary School.

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Community Notices

THE CAT IN THE HAT - LIVE ON STAGE 2025

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Tauranga Moana Manu Champs becomes official world qualifying event

Dust off your togs and perfect your Manu… this year’s Tauranga Moana Manu Champs is set to make a bigger splash than ever before!

For the first time, our annual competition has been named an official qualifying event for the 2025 Z Manu World Champs. Along with local bragging rights, the winners in both the Manu and Freestyle divisions will be fast-tracked into the Z Manu World Champs grand final in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, on 1 March 2025.

The free family event organised by Tauranga City Council in partnership with Z Manu World Champs will be one you won’t want to miss! Along with an action-packed day of epic bombs and big splashes there’ll be free fades, a free sausage sizzle, music, giveaways and lots more for the whānau to enjoy.

The competition is open to people aged 8 and older and is free to enter. There are limited numbers in each age category, so people are encouraged to sing up early to secure a spot on the wharf.

When: Saturday, 7 December 2024, 10am - 2.30pm

Where: Public wharf, Tauranga Waterfront

Find out more and register online at whatsontauranga.co.nz/manuchamps