MENPS News

Kia ora koutou

It's been a busy week this week, with Swimming Sports, Zones, a Y4 trip and Football workshops courtesy of Auckland United FC.

I'd like to congratulate all of our Swimming participants, including the outstanding swimmers who spent today competing - a very high bar and an excellent performance, achieving 2nd Place overall. Thanks to Karen, Dom and all the parent helpers who volunteered their time for this event.

This week has been 'Litterless Lunch' week, promoting our Touchstones and Enviro goals to reduce landfill and take positive collective action to look after our environment.

Thank you to all those who have put in such a great effort to support this at home - it can be a challenge, but we have been blown away by the response and how much better the school grounds are looking already - please keep up the great work as it is very much appreciated!

Sincere thanks to the PTA for organising an opportunity for families to spend time together earlier this week at the PTA Picnic.

It's a great opportunity to take advantage of the summer days to connect with others and spend time on the field while the children play, and always great to see families turn out on the day.

Please also see below for information on this year's Colour Run. This is a major fundraiser that will contribute to a playground redevelopment later this year as part of the Board's Strategic Plan.

The more we are able to raise as a community, the more we will be able to invest in this fun project for the children, so sign up today if you haven't already. If that wasn't exciting enough, this time you get a chance to join in and get messy with your child on the day!

Ka kite anõ i a koutou

Alan Jackson

Principal

Monday 3rd March:

• Year 4 Boat Trip - Rm 33

Tuesday 4th March:

• Year 4 Boat Trip - Rm 36
• Zone Touch Rugby - all day at Fearon Park (save day Thurs)

Wednesday 5th March:

• Year 4 Boat Trip - Rm 35
• Mid Term New Entrant Cohort Visit 2 - 9:00 - 10:30am
• PTA second hand uniform shop open - 8:15am - 9:15am

Thursday 6th March:

• Year 4 Boat Trip - Rm 34
• Zone Touch Rugby save day

Friday 7th March:

• PTA second hand uniform shop open - 8:15am - 9:15am
• PTA Ice Block Sale - $2 - 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Calling all young food explorers!

Book Now!

Join us for Flavour Detectives and discover the secrets of your favorite cuisines!

Feb 19 – Italian
Feb 26 – Indian
March 5 – Mexican

Your little chef will chop, mix, and taste their way through delicious recipes while learning essential cooking skills.

Limited spots available - Book Now!

Here’s how it works:

• Every parent who orders an ezlunch goes into a weekly draw to win $100 Kindo Credit for themselves AND $100 for your school. Starts Monday 10 February 2025 and runs through to Friday 11 April 2025.
• Plus, all orders automatically enter the Grand Prize Draw for a $1,000 JB Hi-Fi Voucher + $500 for their school!

Thank you to JB Hi-Fi for making our Grand Prize rewards possible!

JB Hi-Fi has partnered with Kindo in 2025 to streamline BYOD for schools, and we appreciate their generous support.

https://menpsptacolourrun.raiseit.co.nz/

1. Sign up by this Friday for a chance to WIN a wireless speaker! Every dollar you raise directly supports our school—let’s make it count!
2. Exciting news! This year, we’re introducing a brand-new ‘Whānau Run’! Head over to Hero to check out all the details and get involved!
3. Calling all volunteers! We need your help to make this event a success! Once the sign-up sheet is passed around, please add your name and be part of the fun!
4. Great news for families with multiple kids! You can sign up all your children under just one email address—so easy!

Let’s make this Color Run a huge success together!

Start to collect stickers from individual fruit or labels (or bar codes) from Yummy Apple bags. A copy of the collection sheet was sent home on Monday to the eldest or only child in each family (please check your child’s bag), or it can be downloaded from the Yummy Fruit website at www.yummyfruit.co.nz. Collection sheets are also available in the office.

Completed sheets can be dropped back to your class teacher or the office any time until the 5th Sept 2025. Stickers will be redeemed for new sports equipment for MENPS - last year we received $1345 worth of sports equipment for our kids to enjoy! Thank you for collecting!

We need a Communications Officer to support the PTA in 2025! This role includes working with the event planning teams to assist with comms for upcoming PTA events/initiatives, and includes writing the PTA section of the weekly school newsletter. No experience required, it is a fun and easy role to support MENPS and the PTA! Any questions - email menpspta@gmail.com

Are your kids keen to enter the Central East Auckland Weet-Bix TRYathlon on Sunday 30 March?

MENPS has set up a dedicated group and will have a MENPS Tent at the event on the day that you are welcome to come and hang out at. Please come and join the fun at the MENPS tent even if you have already registered!

For further details, and if you would like to join the MENPS team - you can do so here:

https://raceroster.com/registration/004a8eec-851a-4b44-9dcc-2bdf7658e433/entry?team=778008

Follow this link to the registration page. You'll need to set up an account if you don't already have one with Race Roster to register your kids for the event (email + password). Once you've entered your details you will be automatically allocated to the MENPs school group.

Note that no supervision is offered on the day, parents will need to be onsite and supervising their kids for the duration. This is NOT a fundraiser for MENPS - donations are entirely optional and note that it is fundraising for the Weet-Bix charities and not for 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 April Alsari

Treasurers Paula Tran & Minaxi Chandra

PTA Advisor Chantal Brunner

Communications Get in touch if you are interested!

School Representative Hilary Edwards

Full team of amazing parents/caregivers listed here

Poipoia te kākano puāwai | Nurture the seed and it will bloom

Tēnā koutou,

Preparations for La bohème are now underway! As part of our casting, we will be assembling a small, children’s chorus of unbroken voices. Children between the ages of 8-14 years are invited to apply to audition.

We are hosting auditions in

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland

Saturday 15th March | 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Venue: NZ Opera Studio

5/69 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell

For more information please email

karen@nzopera.co.nz

Please apply using this link

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