Newsletter
Week 9 NEWSLETTER
from the principal
We Want Your Input!
The Board of Trustees are starting their work on the next Strategic Plan for Douglas Park School...the plan that will guide us for the next 3 years. This is your chance to have your say...what are the big picture ideas you have for the school, for learning and for your child? A short survey will come out today, this is the start of the process. Early next term the Board will collate this data, and also look to hold some face-to-face hui as well. We want your voice, we want your ideas and we want your input into how we can make our awesome school even greater.
Survey due back by Thursday Week 10 (next week), a paper copy will come home today and we will also have a digital version that can be completed online, click here to complete. The teaching team with the largest % return will get a prize reward...can you help your child help their team? 5mins max is all it will take, and the school will gain some very valuable, rich information about where to next for DPS.
Online survey link - click here to complete
Keeping Ourselves Safe - Walking to & From School
We have been made aware of an incident involving a child from another school being approached by a stranger and being asked to get into a vehicle. While this hasn’t directly happened to a DPS student, it is a timely chance to remind us all about keeping ourselves safe. Teachers have spoken to classes about keeping themselves safe walking to & from school. Last term Constable Julie ran several weeks of lessons for the school, so the kids are well prepared with strategies. As staff we are making our presence felt in our Hi-Vis on the streets. If children are walking to and from school, please try to have them walk with a buddy, and know their safe route home. Further details have been in the media - please keep safe out there.
Enrolment Scheme (Our Zone)
The Board met this week and have decided to open up 20 places for Out of Zone students in Terms 1 & 2 next year. Information and applications will go out to those on our database, but feel free to let other interested parents know of this opportunity.
EduCamp Wairarapa
The third annual educamp was held in the weekend, and our DPS community should be proud of the great staff we have here at school. An educamp is a kind of conference...but the workshops are run by those who turn up, the timetable is made on the day, and the cost of entry is just a koha. Douglas Park has staff on the organising committee for the event, and once again they put together something special for local educators. Held at Makoura College we had attendees from ECE, Primary, Secondary and also local organisations like Aratoi and the Library. I organised Claire Amos (Principal of Albany Senior High in Auckland) to present a mini-keynote which you can view below...she had some great messages and is worth a watch. DPS staff ran 4 sessions, with Kiri, Sophie, Hannah and Shaun doing a great job sahring knowledge and facilitating conversations. DPS also attended in high numbers...remembering this is in the weekend, in their own time...we had 11 of the teaching team there. This shows the commitment of staff to develop themselves, to being learners and for wanting to do better things for the awesome kids we have here at DPS.
EnviroSchools Trip
Our Enviro team headed to the Waipoua River on Tuesday as part of Conservation Week. DPS has a long history of being ‘green’...the first Enviro award school in the region, first to become a Green Gold Sustainable School and the only school with a SchoolGen Solar power array on the roof (providing around 1/3 of our energy needs). The kids had a blast, and learnt a heap. Photo below of them with Ash...the same water scientist who came to DPS to work alongside our ‘Eel Crew’ in their stream cleanup efforts.
Absences
A gentle reminder about the processes for absences. We are currently 361 students large at DPS and naturally we will have kids away daily for a variety of reasons...holidays, appointments, illness...you name it. It helps us enormously if we are informed about children being away, and why. Once the roll is completed in class at 8.45am, the office work their way through the unexplained absence list...and this list can be quite long. If we know your child is away we don’t need to chase you up. It is easy to let us know...you could:
- Call us: (06) 370 0189 and push 1 for absences
- Txt the school cellphone: 021 128 3607
- Or email us at: office@douglaspark.school.nz
We appreciate you making this small effort to help us be more efficient and safe with absences at school.
whakatauki
Kids Korero
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DPS?
2019 Kapa Haka Festival
REAP Wairarapa Whakaoriori Kapa Haka Festival 2019 will be hosted by Makoura College on Friday 27th September at Makoura College Hall, Makora Road, Masterton, starting with a Powhiri at 9.00am.
All parents and whanau are welcome to come along and support their tamariki. DPS will be performing at 9.45am.
Out of courtesy to the performers there will be no admission during individual school performances. Please ensure you are there at least fifteen minutes before your school’s performance time.
Please note that there will be no parking inside Makoura College grounds. Makoura College will have food for sale for adults/whanau.
A detailed notice has been sent home for all pupils taking part in this.
Lucky Book Clubs
DPS will no longer take payment through the school but you can still order through the LOOP platform and pay with your credit card. Your items will be delivered to school and given to your child as previously.
Click on the link below to register
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
Information for term 4 sport will be out asap - we are just waiting on confirmation from a couple of the organisers. A detailed notice will come out as soon as we have all the information required (start and end dates as well as if any payment is required).
Any pupil who plays sport for DPS must wear the DPS sports uniform. This is available from the uniform shop by McDonalds or at our DPS second-hand uniform shop which is open on Wednesday before and after school.
DPS kids will be able to sign up for the following sports...
2019 Netball Break-Up
We had a great break-up last week to celebrate our season...we started with a shared afternoon tea and it was great to have so many whanau there too.
Each coach presented two awards for their team. A big thanks to our coaches for giving up their time over the last 2 terms.
Yr 3-6 Miniball in Term 3
Miniball games and practises are underway. Teams/Practise days are on the daily notices
All games are at the YMCA in Masterton and the link to the draw is on their website.
http://ymcawellington.org.nz/index.php/sports-leagues/
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.
LAST GAME NEXT WEEK...GOOD LUCK!
Writing - Rimu kids
I went to Jurassic Park and a dinosaur was looking for me. I hid up a tree.
Brooklyn Todd
I am an astronaut. I am flying to the moon and I used a handgun and I shot another astronaut.
Isaac Singh
I saw Hayley at the pools. I went with Kristian because I had a sleepover.
Logan Haskell
My favourite animal is a cheetah because I like how it runs fast and it’s big teeth. It’s teeth are really great at eating.
Freddie Carrig
I have a new bey blade and it crashed and my bey blade burst.
Mason Johnson
I am going to Wellington.
Dayton Simon
I am on my scooter at the park. My scooter is pink,
Caylee Graham-Clark
I am in the car and I am driving to school with Mum.
Lacey Collin
It is my first playdate with Caylee. We might make or draw or play with my toys.
Alessandra Brienza
I am going to school. I am playing with my friends.
Marley Addis Fricker
I am flying in a helicopter to the army. We got shot down and we crashed but I survived.
Otis Wanoa
Swish! I went on a pirate ship. I got off it and my cat did too. I walked and walked until I got to lava. I jumped because there were rocks rumbling down the hill.
Jasmine Lal
I saw a volcano! It erupted. Oozing hot red lava came out of it. Woosh, it exploded, splash! Then another volcano came out of the water. I shrieked!
Piper Sutherland
One day there was a chicken. “Bwark”, the chicken was chasing me. Bang! A frying pan hit the chicken and the chicken fell down.
Lincos Howard
I am on my broomstick. A witch is after me and I’m scared! She put a spell on my broomstick. It went crazy and I fell off. Crash!
Mayson Fletcher
community notices
Kia ora
Aratoi is running a 3-Day Workshop for this October holidays.
50 / FIFTY - 50 YEARS AT ARATOI
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
Tues – Thurs, 8th - 10th October
Explore different techniques and media -- printmaking, drawing, collage.
Be inspired by the 50/50 exhibition -- in articular, we will explore the several works by New Zealand artist Robin White.
Design and create several Robin White-inspired artworks to take home.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL: info@aratoi.co.nz
Tel 06 370 0001 (open daily 10am - 4pm)
Cost: $90 (all materials included)
ARTS MONTH – SEPTEMBER 2019
A month to give arts and creativity some serious oxygen.
This September the Arts Foundation, with the help of Creative NZ, Chartwell Trust, NZ Post, BJ Ball, Spectrum Print, NZME, Phantom Billstickers and Go Media, are going live and wide throughout New Zealand to create open and safe spaces to share what art is to Aotearoa. It's time to give the arts some much needed oxygen to help grow their understanding and support.
Arts Month aims to bring arts up on the agenda and map out Aotearoa’s own definition of art, while also acknowledging the arts and creativity as a valuable medium for a greater sense of wellbeing and connectedness in our communities.
We’re asking all New Zealanders to express what ‘art is’ to them. A simple question with so many answers – the public are invited to participate in a digital and street-level campaign.
Head to www.artsmonth.co.nz and get creative with the pencil, paintbrush, text, image, or spray-paint icons, then hit "post" to share your definition with the nation. #ArtsMonthNZ
The school holidays are FAST APPROACHING! Are our B-Legends team at Trust House Recreation are super excited!
Are you still a little unsure where to put your children?
LOOK NO FURTHER! Our safe, fun environment is the perfect place for any child! Whether they are shy and like quiet, or the most outgoing bubbly child, we have it all!!!
These holidays are filled with adventures, excitement and loads more that will make your children want to come back EVERY HOLIDAYS!
For more information, pop into our facility 2 Dixon Street, Call us 06 370 0060 or send us an email thouseblegends@gmail.com!!
We can't wait to hear from you!
Trust House Reception
Trust House Recreation centre
Belgravia Health & Leisure Group Pty Ltd
2 Dixon Street, Masterton
E-mail thousereception@belgravialeisure.co.nz Web http://trusthouserecreationcentre.co.nz
Join Rugby legend Stu Wilson and the Save Poto House group for an awesome evening raising funds for the Wairarapa College hostel.
28th September from 6pm til late.
Great food provided, cash bar on-site and a Talk with Q+A from Stu.
There will be a charity auction on the night with fishing charters, deer hunts, glamping, a signed All Blacks jersey and more.
$800 for a table of 10 - email help@savepotohouse.co.nz to reserve your table.
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.
