Craft Day - Monday 7th November Craft Day is all set and ready to go.

Thank you to those of you who have volunteered to help on the day. If you are also interested in helping, please come, the more the merry, especially when you mix hot glue guns, scissors and small children. We will begin our craft rotation at 9.30. We will even treat you to a yummy morning tea, and good coffee :-) Pet Day Programme- Tuesday 8th of November 10.00am School Photos 10.00am Preparation of Animals 11.00am Morning Tea 11.30am Pastoral Judging 12.30pm Fancy Dress Parade 12.45pm Pastoral Events Prize Giving 1.00pm BBQ Lunch The school will provide sausages, sauce, bread and drinks. Please bring a salad to share. 1.45pm Indoor Events Prize Giving 2.00pm Students vs Parents Softball Game 2.30pm End of Day NOTE: I need to pick my mum up from the Palmerston North Airport at 5pm on that day, so I will need your help to get everything packed away by 3pm. Thanks for understanding (she can really be quite inconvenient at times ;-) Cannabis and the Rural Community - Monday 21 November An information evening on the problems and pitfalls of having cannabis growing in your community. What is it?; What does it look like?; Where does it grow?; What you can do about it. Presented by Constable Peter Marks & Constable Bruce Francis (Rural Liaison Officer). Where:- Pukeokahu School. Time:- 7pm. Ka kite ano, Marama and Carol

PUKEOKAHU SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Thursday 3rd November

I am learning to learn for life!

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Contact Details: Marama's eMail: principal@pukeokahu.school.nz Office eMail: office@pukeokahu.school.nz School Phone Number: 388 0529 Up and Coming Dates: Term Four: Tuesday 25th October - Friday 16th December Saturday 5th November - School Firewood Working Bee Saturday 5th November - Pukeokahu Guy Fawkes Night- 6pm Thursday 7th November - School Craft Day - 9.30 Friday 8th November - School Pet Day - 10am Friday 11th November - Hunterville Cross Country - 12pm Monday 21st November - Papanui Athletics Day Monday 12th December - School Picnic Friday 16th December - End of Year Celebration From Marama So we have had quite a bit of action on the school website lately. This term our senior students are keeping video journals as they create claymation movies and the junior children are recording their writing as podcasts. The senior students are emulating the way Peter Working on a Storyboard. Jackson (kinda one of my heroes ;-) is publishing video journals while he creates The Hobbit. It is also a great way for them to get used to using iMovie (our movie editing software) before they edit their real claymation movies. The juniors have also been using iMovie to record the stories they write with Carol. They have been creating illustrations in Kidpix then recording over the picture in iMovie. It is a great way for them to work on their expression while reading, no more robot reading unless of course the story is about a robot! :-)

Hunterville Inter-School Cross Country This event is on Friday 11 November please arrive in Hunterville by 12pm. All senior students have qualified for this competition so we will all be attending. Unfortunately I will not be able to provide transport on the day, but let me know if your child needs a ride as I am sure they will be able to go with another family. Let me know if you have any question. School Swimming Lessons We will be starting whole school swimming lessons in at the town pool again on Monday 14th November (the Monday after Pet Day). Our lessons will be in the afternoon, and we will need parent transport to help get the kids to town. Please let me know if you will be available, Thanks. Pukeokahu Community Guy Fawkes Night - Saturday 5th November, 6pm onwards One and all are invited to Cliffords Wool Shed for a fun filled evening of bonfires and fireworks. The big BBQ will be set up, so if everyone could bring some meat and a salad to share. The Hall will provide the fireworks. We look forward to seeing you all there. Phone Clifford if you have any questions. School Firewood Working Bee - Saturday 5th November 10am Our wood shed is getting low, so Andy has offered to provide the wood. We just need you lovely people to turn up with your utes, and a chain saw. Any questions, please contact Andy or the school. Pukeokahu School Camp 2012 Just to let you know so you can sort out time off etc. Our 2012 school camp will be in Whakatane from Sunday 1st April to Thursday 5th April. This is the week before the Easter Holidays.