Week 2 NEWSLETTER

from the principal

Tararua Challenge - Sports Exchange with Russell Street School

Another chapter written yesterday for this great sporting story, with Douglas Park going back-to-back winning the Tararua Challenge flag. This is the 5th year of the exchange and each year it has been the visiting school claiming victory...until yesterday. Our Kahikatea kids represented us with PRIDE in 5 codes, Hockey, Netball, Basketball, Football and Rugby, and we managed to win 3 of those 5 codes...which gives us the overall win! The weather seemed against us, but held off enough to make for a great day (and to be honest, what kid wouldn’t enjoy sliding on muddy grass in the name of sport!).

One conversation I had with a Russell Street parent I’ll share...she sought me out at lunch just to say how awesome, how polite, how competitive and how humble our DPS Kids were. She was blown away by their manners, and mentioned the things we have been working on (in particular saying hello to people and asking how they are). Proud of the kids for representing themselves so well.

Massive thanks to the parents who helped and contributed...coaching/managing teams, providing + serving food & helping on the day with the event. It means a lot to us to have your support, and makes for a great day for the kids. Thanks also to the staff, particularly the Kahikatea teachers, for all the work, planning, setting up and running of the event...these things don’t just happen, they get made to happen by great people. I’ll single out Amy Williams for leading the event and Mr Blue from doing everything from marking fields, coning off the street, supplying mouthguards and working with the netballers. Cheers team!

Teacher Only Day - Monday Next Week

A reminder about this, no school Monday 5th August (next week). As a school we don’t take many of these days, but this is an amazing opportunity for our staff to hear from a real expert. Fernridge and Douglas Park have worked to bring Nathan Wallis back to the region, and he is working with our schools (and a few others) for the day. He is also running a parent session at Douglas Park that night which has proven to be very popular, selling out quick...even with extra tickets being released. It is exciting to have such an expert (and great speaker) come to work alongside out staff (Support Staff as well as Teachers will be attending) to help us see the relationship between brain development, and primary school education.

Teacher Only Day - Monday 5th August Teacher Only Day - Monday 5th August

whakatauki

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DPS?

Tararua Challenge

On Wednesday Kahikatea had the pleasure of hosting Russell Street School for our annual sports exchange. We had a lot on the line this year, being that no hosting school has ever won the flag - and of course we wanted to keep it! While the weather wasn't perfect, we didn't let it ruin our day. We all played hard, cheered for all the teams, and made some wonderful friends.

Thank you to all the whanau that helped coach, prepare food, or support our teams. You guys are amazing and we wouldn't have been able to have the day that we did without you all!

Below are the scores and photos of our Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award recipients from both Russell Street and Douglas Park.

Netball

DPS A vs. RSS A 7 - 0

DPS B vs. RSS B 8 - 0

DPS C vs. RSS C 10 - 0

Basketball

DPS A vs. RSS A 6 - 16

DPS B vs. RSS B 0 - 24

Football

DPS A vs. RSS A 0 - 9

DPS B vs. RSS B 0 - 5

DPS C vs. RSS C 1 - 5

Rugby

DPS A vs. RSS A 7 - 1

DPS B vs. RSS B 7 - 4

Hockey

DPS A vs. RSS A 2 - 1

DPS B vs. RSS B 1 - 0

DPS C vs. RSS C 3 - 1

It’s that time of year again! The photography competition is back and we need your photos!

This year there are 4 categories that you can enter:

Non-Living
Living
Photo Essay
(And a new one this year) Graphic Design – Theme: Promote Your Region

Get your photos in to Miss West at awest@douglaspark.school.nz

For more information - check out http://www.reapwairarapa.nz/wairarapa-photography-competition/

A message from the Dental Clinic ladies...

The Mobile Dental Clinic will be returning to DPS in week 4, Term 3.

There are still children to see for their annual check and children to have their treatment completed.

If there are any urgent concerns before we return, please phone 027 264 4319 or 377 9071.

Please could parents check that the current consent forms have been returned to us.

Thank you

To purchase tickets: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2019/the-developing-brain-masterton/wairarapa

Please have orders back by Thursday 8th August

FRIDAY LUNCH

Order your subway lunch at the office or online.

Please ensure/remind your child to write their name on the envelope

DPS Sport 2019

Yr 3-6 Miniball in Term 3

Miniball games and practises start in Wk 2. Teams/Practise days are displayed in the sports board outside Rm 4

All games are at the YMCA in Masterton and the link to the draw is on their website.

DPS Bulls play in the Monday night league and all other teams play on Wednesday night.

Players need to wear correct DPS sports uniform and sneakers to games , and check in with their coach 15 minutes before their game.

A big thanks to our parents: Nicole, Rachelle, Lena & Rachel for offering to coach Miniball teams this term...we appreciate this!

Yr 3-6 Netball 2019

NETBALL FINALS are only a few weeks away...

Monday 26th August is the Yr 3/4 Festival Day
Tuesday 27th August is finals day for all Yr 5-8 teams.

If games are cancelled it will be on the Netball Wairarapa FB page and the DPS FB page.

Please do not assume if it is raining that it will be cancelled.

Please check the Netball Wairarapa website or the Netball Wairarapa FB page for the draw. All games are at the Colombo Rd courts.

Players need to arrive at games 30 minutes beforehand to warm up. They need to be netball ready...

*In correct DPS uniform and sneakers/white socks

*Nails cut

*Long hair tied up

*No jewellery - this includes earrings

Winter Hockey

Practice Day:

Tuesday 7.30am: 11 aside

Tuesday: Renegades and White

Wednesday: Macs and Red

Thursday: 11 aside and Black

6 aside games for Tuesday 6th August

DPS White vs Dalefield at 5.45pm JNL2

DPS Red vs Fernridge at 5.05pm JNLQ4

DPS Black vs Hadlow at 3.45pm JNLQ3

6 aside games for Friday 9th August

DPS Macs vs Solway at 6.10 JNLH2

DPS Renegades vs Hadlow at 4.10pm JNLH1

Keep an eye on the Hockey Wai website for the draws each week.

Please see the image below for parking expectations. We appreciate your help with this.

writing - Miss Mac's Home class

6 Sentence Narratives

Miss Mac’s home class have been learning to use a range of sentence types. We had a go at writing a narrative in 6 sentences.

Community Events

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 0272233100 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.

Report abuse