Week 7 NEWSLETTER

from the principal

DPS Kid: Service & Kindness to Others

A growing thread of our learning here at DPS is around service, giving back to others and to our community. Our Service Day a few weeks ago highlighted the power of this. We have also had a huge focus on kindness, being kind to all.

Two quick stories to illustrate this;

Ginny (one of our wonderful Teacher Aides) and Mark (Year 5) have been collecting books and games across the year to donate to Pack the Bus...the project to give gifts etc to families in need this Christmas. This week Mark dropped in his collection, his act of service and as he was leaving got the call from newly elected Councillor Brent Gare to come and co-host on the radio! Mark loved the experience, and we are proud of you and your whānau for being so giving. Awesome stuff!

Speaking of awesome...I received an email yesterday afternoon from one of our New Entrant parents.

Her daughter “had somehow gotten her knee stuck in the fence and Maddison D applied some quick thinking to help her get free. It was really nice to see a bigger kid go out of her way to help”.

Great kindness and critical thinking shown by one of our awesome DPS Kids!

Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC)

Two weeks running now we have had children out to Mt Holdsworth for the day. The Rata and Rimu teams both enjoyed lovely weather, great company and the children got to take part in a range of experiences.

These events are possible due to our tireless FODPS team. Each year they donate $1000 to each teaching team to help get kids out on EOTC experiences, to give children opportunities to do things they otherwise might not. The learning that comes from these is rich...as the photos of the Mt Holdsworth trips show...children challenging themselves, working together, learning in and for our environment. I attended the latest FODPS meeting to think ahead to 2020. It was great to hear their successes this year, their challenges and the positivity going forward. The team are always after more parental involvement...and it is a great way to give service, to give back to the school and our great DPS Kids.

Staffing Update

Pleased to announce a couple of things here;

Firstly, Rosie Puddy will be the new Kōwhai Team Leader for 2020. Rosie has been a member of the DPS whānau for 8 years now and has held various leadership positions in that time (like her current PRIDE leadership role). She is up for the challenge, and I look forward to working in a leadership capacity with Rosie across 2020.

Secondly, we have appointed two new teachers for 2020

Juliet Bridges will start with us as a beginning teacher. Juliet completed part of her training here in the Kōwhai team and even as a student teacher she was going above and beyond for our kids.
Renee Oakly joins us from Eketahuna School. Renee has visited our school several times over the last few years, interested in our approaches to teaching and learning. At an NZEI function last night her current principal praised her for her hard work, her thinking and her deep care for the learners in her charge.

Work on Homeclass lists is currently underway and, as always, you will know your child's Homeclass teacher for 2020 at the end of this school year.

WHAKATAUKI

KIDS KORERO

Farewell from the 2019 Councillors

Haere Ra DPS!

DPS has been like our second home and many of us started school right here in the Rimu syndicate. We will miss so much about this awesome school

What will we miss...

Our amazing teachers and all our Yr 5 friends
All the sports
Playing on the go-carts
All the opportunities I have been involved in
Netball and kapa haka
11 a-side hockey and road patrol
Some teachers very bad jokes (Miss West and Miss Fraser)
Mrs Puddy and all the sports and opportunities

Our best memories are…

Winning the Fair Go ad awards
Playing shops in the Rimu team
The road patrol party
Going on PRIDE day out
Going on Camp
Going to Mount Holdsworth
Creating the shocks video
Hadlow exchange
Russell Street exchange
Rippa Nationals
Being in the Radio team
Doing Road patrol on cold days and getting Milo
Going to Cobblestone Museum
Colour run
SLAM

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DPS?

Learning Conversations

It's that time of year again!

Most children have a learning conversation this term - but if you are not sure check with their home class teacher.

To book a Learning Conversation:

Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Enter our school code: 2qwtn

If you cannot book online you can also get a paper copy of the booking sheet from the office or talk to your child's home class teacher.

Friday Subway lunch orders

At the office (please ensure your child's name is on the envelope!)

Or order online.

DPS Sport 2019

Term 4 Sport

Draws for term 4 sport - check out this folder!

A reminder that if Teeball or Mod are cancelled due to weather, it will be on More FM by 8am Saturday morning and our DPS FB page as soon as we are notified. If Touch, Hockey, Intermediate Softball or Badminton are cancelled we will communicate this through our DPS FB page. You can also check this out on their FB pages!

Wairarapa Touch Rugby

Hockey Wairarapa (official)

Wairarapa Badminton

Masterton Cluster Sports Group

All teams are displayed in the sports board outside Rm 4 and practises are during lunchtime at DPS.

community notices

Masterton Library Newsletter

Talofa

REAP supports a Masterton based playgroup for all Pasifika whānau. It is called Moana Playgroup and was established in 2016 to enable Pacific Island families, with their pre-schoolers, to come together and celebrate their unique languages and cultures.

It takes place on Mondays and Tuesdays 10.00am-12.00pm at The Spot, 365 Queen Street, Masterton and is supported by Fale Lio.

The playgroup promotes: Early Childhood Education and participation, Pacific Languages and cultures, healthy eating and living for whānau.

Kids, are you looking for fun on a Friday night?

Then come along to Kids' Club, 5.30 till 7.30pm on Fridays at the Baptist Church. We provide a safe, family atmosphere with table tennis, computer games, craft, a kid-friendly light tea, Bible stories and organised games. The cost is just $2.50 per child. Phone Liz on 027 2233100 for more details or just come along and have a look. We're on the corner of Renall and Chapel Streets; entrance off Renall St.

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