Macleans Primary School Newsletter

Sport X @ Macleans T4 2024.pdf

Does your child need some sport after-school on Monday and/or Tuesday? Sport X in T4 is offering Basketball & Football coaching after school.

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Life Education Fundraisers - Can You Help?

Life Ed. Fundraiser #1

One of our Life Ed. educators, Carleen, is 1 of 3 finalists for Westfield Local Heroes for Manukau Mall. The winner will win $20,000 for their organisation, and it is all down to public voting. This is where we need YOUR help! Head along to Westfield Manukau’s website and cast your vote for Carleen. If Carleen wins, this will help us continue to deliver lessons to the amazing tamariki of Counties-Manukau with our Healthy Harold programme. Voting closes 9 September, 8pm. We all thank you in advance!: #westfieldlocalheroes

Life Ed. Fundraiser #2

By voting for us at Z Harris Road, you can help us get a share of the $1 million Z is giving to community groups across Aotearoa New Zealand through Good in the Hood. Voting is from the 26 August to 22 September. So if you need to fuel up, and you're in the area, remember to pop into Z Harris Road, and put your little orange token into the Life Education Counties Manukau slot! It doesn't cost you any extra to vote, but it means the world to us!

Enviro Team In The Veggie Garden Planting Strawberries

Chess Power Coming to Macleans Primary: Y4-Y6 Hands-On Demo. Downlod Info. Below

Chess @ Macleans Primary Term 4 2024.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/events/1203597714211710

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Y4-Y6 Interschool Gymnastics Competition

Congratulations to all the gymnasts who competed in the Inter-School Competition on Friday 23 August. All of the boys girls showed the Macleans Values in every tumble, all of their somersaults, all splits, each cast and each and every spring! We had a fourth place with Harry Hawkins placing fourth in the biys. Well done Harry and all the gymnasts!

Year 4 to Year 6 Speech Contest Results

Congratulations to Ruby-Rose Leith (R23) who will be represented Macleans Primary at the Inter-School Competition Yesterday

Year 4

Ruan Nieuwoudt - 1st

Harper Ybanez - 2nd

Avah Potgieter - 3rd

Morgan Sit - Participation

Year 5

Tessy Zhao - 1st

Leander Diederiks - 2nd

Millen Main - 3rd

Lucy Modricker - Participation

Year 6

Ruby-Rose Leith - 1st

Parneet Kaur - 2nd

Kenzie Fourie - 3rd

Anusara Samarakoon - Participation

Year 1 to Year 3 Speech Contest Results

Year 1

Layla Van Der Merwe 1st

Divija Sharma - 2nd

Rebekah Thanam- Katheesvaran - Highly Commendable

Manahil Fatima - Highly Commendable

Year 2

Amber Boparai - 1st

Kiara Godfrey- 2nd

Kaiden Russell - Highly Commendable

Ansh Patel - Highly Commendble

Year 3

Annie Zuo - 1st

Amelia Flores Solis - 2nd

Eyas Abou Hassan - Highly Commenable

Raymon Li - Highly Commendable

Child Turning Five?

If your child is turning five in the next six (6) months please ensure you enrol them as soon as possible. Our roll is steadily growing and we need to plan for classes and teachers during the year. Please collect your enrolment pack from the office, or go to www.macleansprimary.school.nz for more information. You can also email the Office Team (Sally or Sharon) on office@macleansprimary.school.nz. Deputy Principal Angelique Wendzich will also be able to assist with any questions. Angelique an be emailed on a.wendzich@macleansprimary.school.nz

Social Media & Macleans Primary: Facebook, X and Instagram

Macleans Primary School and the Macleans Primary PTA has had a long-standing Facebook. We ncourage all fam,ily and friends to view our facebook page regularly. Macleans Primary is now expanding or Social Media presence to Instagram and Twitter!

PTA Link to the 19 September Disco is Now on Facebook

Father's Day @ Macleans Primary: 2MORO (Thurs. 29/8 10am-10.45 in the staffroom)

HPPA Speech Finals on Tuesday 27 August: Well done Ruby-Rose Leith (R23)

Ruby-Rose gave an outstanding presentation and was complimented by the judges on her confidence and stage presence. Her speech is titled: The Importance of Gender Equality. See photos below and als0 and attached a copy of her speech. Well done, Ruby-Rose!

Ruby-Rose's Speech.pdf

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Amazing Art from Room 9: How Do You Feel On Rainy Days?

Looking For A Good Book To Read? A Recommendation from the Library

Need More Power? What about Chess Power For Your Child!

Chess @ Macleans Primary Term 4 2024.pdf

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Macleans Primary Parking

A reminder to everyone about parking in our school parking lot. DO NOT use the teacher parking lot for drop off and pick-up during school hours. If you are picking up children from SKIDS and come into the parking lot, please go slow as there are still children around!

Inter-School Cross Country: 13 August 2024

On August 13th Macleans Primary School took our top 30 runners from Years 4, 5 and 6 combined to Lloyd Elsmore to compete against 13 other local schools in the HPPA Cross-country event. Macleans Primary showed great sportsmanship and resilience cheering on our amazing runners while also congratulating athletes from the other schools as well. The results were amazing:

2nd Overall, 1st Year 5 Boys, 2nd Year 4 Girls, 2nd Year 5 Girls, 2nd Year 6 Girls

Parent Session from the Parenting Place: Tues. 17 Sept. @ 6pm in the Staffroom

Parent Talk - anxiety in children.pdf

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Share Your Child's Achievements Outside of School With Us

Please let me know of any achievements by your child. Whether it be in sport, the arts, cultural or other! Perhaps you have seen a great example of the Macleans values at home. We know our Macleans students achieve great things, and we want to share them! Please email on m.cooke@macleansprimary.school.nz. I'd love to hear from you!

Parking/Stopping Wycherley Drive: Let's All Follow Road Rules & Park Properly

Please follow the road rules and DO NOT park on yellow lines. Be patient driving along Wycherley at drop-off and pick-up time.

Please Do Not Park Over Yellow Lines on The Grass!

Two Minute Parking Only In Front of The School!

Follow The Road Rules!

PTA Updates

PTA Pyjama Day & Gold Coin Daffodil Day Fundraiser - Friday 30th August
PTA Disco (Movie Characters theme) - Thursday 19th September; Session #1: 6–7pm (Years 1–3) and Session #2: 7:30-8:30pm (Years 4–6) (pre-sales Thursday 22nd August – Thursday 12th September)
Tuesday 15 October: PTA Meeting in the staffroom, 6.30pm
Sunday 3 November: PTA Colour Run, 1–4pm

Learning Conferences: Macleans Learning Pathways Progress Shared

The online bookings will be open soon. The conference times will be set at 12 minute intervals, allowing for a good 10 minutes of the sharing of your child's progress against the Macleans Learning Pathways. The Macleans Learning Pathways are aligned with the Y1-Y6 National Curriculum.

11 September - Learning Conference #1 - 3.30 - 6pm (see sep. org.)

12 September - Learning Conference #2 - 1.30 - 5pm. School closes at 1 pm.

Book Week is Coming Soon!

Yummy Apple Stickers: 1Sticker = 1 House Counter

Please collect and send in your yummy apple stickers. Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers and Macleans Primary School can get free Sport sports gear. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more we collect, the more sports gear we can get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now. With each yummy apple sticker brought in, children get a House Counter! The sticker sheets are available for pick up from the office. They can also be downloaded below.

Sticker Collection Sheet.pdf

New Variety Collection Sheet.pdf

Cut-Out Label Sheet.pdf