Tēnā koutou katoa
Ngā mihi nui, kia koutou katoa - Warm greetings to you all
We have really have enjoyed the sunny weather over the last few weeks. It certainly makes for a happy school environment when children can get out on the fields to play. We are really enjoying the addition of the obstacle course on the senior site, thank you to TECT and our own FOTS group for your support with this project.
A big congratulations to Mr Morgan (Team Leader of the year 3 & 4 team) and his family on the birth their second child, Ollie this week. Mr Morgan is on paternity leave and will return to work next Friday.
The weathertightness project in the junior school is moving forward, and we appreciate how supportive everyone has been to accommodate classroom changes and the temporary toilet facilities. We don't have an estimated finish date for this work, but hope to have the spaces back in use some time in Term 4.
The school uses the School Docs website to host all our policies. Policies are reviewed over a three year cycle and parents of the school are welcome to be part of the review process. The current Term 3 review is Curriculum and Student Achievement. You can view and contribute feedback via the school website.
We have had a report of a near miss at the TPS gate on Sixth Avenue. The bottom half of the TPS driveway/student access point on 6th Ave is a no parking area all day and also a no driving area from 8:20am-9:00am and again at 2:40pm-3:10pm. These rules are safety measures because children are walking in this area and they do not have the skills to recognise potential danger; as 5 and 6 year olds they are generally only focused on where they want to go. Last week a parent had to pull back their child from the pathway to avoid a reversing driver who had not seen their child. Please under no circumstances should a parent drive into this access point to drop off or pick up a child. In the morning there are plenty of car parks on 5th Avenue for drop offs.
The Term 4 enrolment ballot for out of zone students has been completed. The next ballot for out of school zone enrolments is on Friday 13th October 2023, where places will be balloted and offered for Term 1 2024. If your child turns five in term 1 2024, please contact our office and get the enrolment process underway, alternatively you can enrol online via our school website.
Nau mai haere mai to Jiarun Zhang, Mila-Rose Hunapo and Neil Patel who started schooling at TPS recently. Great to have you and your whānau join our school community.
Ngā mihi maioha
Fiona Hawes
principal@tauranga.school.nz
