Talofa lava,

With Alan and my Senior Leadership colleagues away attending the annual Normal Schools Conference, I’d like to warmly welcome to our families and New Entrant students who have started at MENPS this week. Starting school is an exciting milestone and it has been great to see students coming in with such enthusiasm.

We also extend our welcome to Summer Barker who has worked hard to hit the ground running with our new learners this week. We're excited to have you join the team!

Next week we have our annual Book Week. During the week, there will be plenty of opportunities for students to celebrate the books we are so lucky to have access to in class as well as activities around school during the week. This will all culminate in our Book Character Parade on Thursday 5th September where if they would like to, students can dress up as their favourite book character for the day. This is always a highlight for both students and staff.

We look forward to seeing some creative costumes to celebrate Book Week!

A reminder that there is also still a chance to get your tickets for the PTA ‘Beats By Bingo’ night, which is going to be a fun community evening in support of our school - see the PTA section below for further information.

Fa’afetai lava - Manuia le vaiaso

Aone Laufili

Acting Principal

Monday 2nd - 6th September: BOOK WEEK

Thursday 5th September:

• Book Character Dress Up Day and Parade

Friday 6th September:

• Second Hand Uniform Shop - 8:15am - 9:15am
• Junior Assembly - 10:00am - 10:30am

Saturday 7th September:

• PTA Beats by Bingo & Auction - 7:00pm - Rocky Nook Bowls Club, Fowlds Park

If you are required to pick your child up during the school day, please come directly to the school office. Please do not collect or drop your child to the classroom.

They need to meet you at the office to sign out/in on the ipad as we need to ensure we have a complete record of all children arriving and leaving the school for our emergency roll procedures.

https://app.galabid.com/menps24

Incredible prizes up for grabs & all proceeds go directly to MENPS. This auction is open to everyone to bid on (you don't need to attend the bingo night to take part in the auction!).

With great thanks to these local businesses for their generous support:

https://www.menpspta.co.nz/bingo

You can organise a group or grab an individual ticket and we will find you a seat with other friendly MENPS parents - just email: menpspta@gmail.com for any help!

Saturday 7th September, 7pm at Rocky Nook Bowling Club

A fun night to catch up with other MENPS parents and support our school. Beats by Bingo entertainment, Great Spot Prizes, Live Auction, Raffle, Toto's Pizza, full service bar, DJ.

Orders will close on Monday 2nd September - so get your orders in now to avoid disappointment!

For all information about this fundraiser and instructions on how to order - please see: https://www.menpspta.co.nz/calendar-art

For any questions please email menpspta@gmail.com.

The 2024 Yummy Apple Promotion ends on Friday, 20th September. This is the date that all Sticker Collection Sheets must be given to your child's teacher. Any collection sheets that are currently full can be brought to school for early counting. Otherwise, keep collecting and return your collection sheet closer to the due date.

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Refer to the PTA website for information on the various fundraising and community activities

Co-Chairs Pam Clifford & Svantje Reiber

Secretary Chelsea Chen

Treasurer Linda Waddington-Miller & Paula Tran

PTA Advisor Chantal Brunner

Sponsorships Rayni Chung

School Representative Hilary Edwards

Full team of amazing parents/caregivers listed here