MENPS News
Te Whare Akoranga o Maungawhau, Aug 29, 2024
From The Principal
Talofa lava,
Nau mai, Haere Mai
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!
Book Week
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!
PTA Beats By Bingo - 7 September
Fa’afetai lava - Manuia le vaiaso
Aone Laufili
Acting Principal
Events & Reminders
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
Important Sign-in/Sign-out Reminder
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.
Notices
Amazing prizes in our Fundraising Auction - now LIVE!
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:
Final Tickets available for Beats by Bingo
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.
Kids Artwork Orders Closing Monday!
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.
Keep collecting those Yummy Apple Stickers!!
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.
PTA - Supporting our school through fundraising & fun events
Email menpspta@gmail.com I Follow us on Facebook
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