Well done once again to all of our cross-country participants, who have had a chance to work towards the various challenges with a sense of accomplishment on crossing the finish line!

Thanks to all our teachers and our Sports Coordinator, Karen, for organising and preparing the children for these events, with congratulations to all the exceptional runners who have qualified for the Zones competition next week.

As is often the case with these kind of projects, repairs to the hall floor are progressing slower than planned following the removal of asbestos, checks on the sub-floor structural elements and complications sourcing matching boards of the correct quality and dimensions. Progress is being made, however, and we expect the work to be completed in the next few weeks at this stage.

Once the hall is fully functional again, hopefully you may have a chance to hear a brand new song the children will be learning at some point in the near future. The original tune has been written specially for our school by celebrated Ngati Whatua artist (and NZ Music Award winner) Majic Pāora, who has woven a sense of our special place, gifting us our very own Mt Eden Normal Primary waiata.

We're lucky to have such celebrated local talent lend her time and talent to this project, so - by way of showing our appreciation - please see below for a link to her upcoming family-friendly Matariki performance on June 27!

Ka kite anõ i a koutou

Alan Jackson

Principal

Saturday 8th June:

• PTA Dragon Boat Festival - 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Wednesday 12th June:

• School Board Meeting (6:00pm - 9:00pm) Staffroom

Friday 14th June:

• PTA Second Hand Uniform Shop (8:15am - 9:15am)

Bring your family and friends along to enjoy Lion Dancing, martial arts performances, children's performances, bouncy castle, delicious food, demonstrations of sugar art 糖画, Dragons Beard Candy 龙须糖 and Zongzi dumplings 粽子 among other fun activities!!

All are welcome, we can't wait to see you there!!

Orders close tomorrow!!

https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/app/shop/kindo/dragon_boat_festival

To make this a success, we rely on volunteers on the day - just a couple of hours of your time is all it takes! Please sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/83AB4 and show your tamariki how you are part of their community.

We need help with:

1. face painting or kick shuttlecock

2. festival set up or pack down

3. stage manager

Roles that require cultural knowledge or Mandarin language skills:

1. Noodles extraordinaire to coordinator the noodle stall

2. zongzi demo

3. translate for calligraphy or dragon beard candy experts

4. assist the paper cutting expert

5. help prepare the dumplings & noodles on the morning of the event

6. Handicrafts - this stall will be cancelled if we can’t find some enthusiastic crafters

Sign up here to help: https://volunteersignup.org/83AB4.

A huge thank you to our generous sponsors - Team Ian Yu, Harcourts Mt Eden with ESL Legal Limited & Wise Mortgage who are sponsoring the entertainment and food stall costs and will be there on the day, please stop by their stall to say hello!!

For more information see: https://www.menpspta.co.nz/dragon-boat

Did you know the MENPS students use Sports Gear from the Yummy Apples collection everyday? The Yummy Apple Sports gear is used in PE lessons and can be picked up by students from the PE Shed during lunch times! Collect stickers from Yummy Apples and stick them to the Yummy Apple collection sheets or cut out labels (or bar codes) from Yummy Apple bags and glue them on a blank sheet of paper. Completed sheets can be dropped back to your class teacher or the office at any time. Thank you for collecting MENPS!

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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