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Week 6 NEWSLETTER
Week 6 NEWSLETTER
from the principal
from the principal
DPS Kid: Language
DPS Kid: Language
Your child may have already mentioned this, but DPS is having a PRIDE focus at the moment on the language we use towards each other. We are talking to the children about saying ‘kind things’ to each other and to adults. I’ve spoken over the last little while at celebration time about this and it is great to hear so many of our DPS Kids saying ‘Hello, how are you’ to each other and to adults (we’ve had a few visitors to school comment about how polite our DPS Kids are). However, there has been some use of language that isn’t ideal...and I don’t just mean swearing. I spoke to the school on Friday about how some (and it isn’t many) children are using words to hurt each other, using their mouth as a weapon. This isn’t showing PRIDE and needs to stop.
Over the next few weeks if your child uses ‘words that hurt’ towards others (swearing, name calling, teasing) they will have a written thinking task to complete at school, and we will give you a call to inform you of the choice of words they are using. The language is being dealt with using our normal school systems (loss of golden time, apologies, missing out on time in the playground) so the big difference is us informing you. Our intention is that you can have a discussion at home as well about what words we choose to use, and that going forward better choices are made.
While the above is about the negative stuff...our discussions and focus with the children is about saying kind things...acknowledging each other, giving compliments, making each other feel good with words. As always the amazing Kid President has a great take on it all:
Board of Trustees Election
Board of Trustees Election
Last chance to get your votes in for the new DPS Board of Trustees. Voting closes at 12 noon tomorrow, votes need to either be handed into school or posted by this time. Voting papers were mailed to you last week. This week a reminder notice came home, alongside the bio’s of the 4 awesome parents standing for election. Have your say in the future direction of our school.
Student Success - Brooke
Student Success - Brooke
Love a hard work/good news story. Brooke and Mum came to see me Tuesday AM with some amazing news...Brooke is North Island champ for her age in Boxing! Pretty awesome achievement. This comes on the back of a years training, a year of effort and hard work, and year (no doubt) of failures and setbacks...to come away with this great result. Brooke is stoked with what she has achieved
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Over the next few weeks Police Constable Julie will be teaching the personal safety programme Keeping Ourselves Safe. The programme is designed by both Police and educators, has been a part of NZ classrooms for over 30 years, and is part of our Health Curriculum. Keeping Ourselves Safe enables children and young people to learn and apply a range of safety skills that they can use when interacting with others. Students will be able to recognise the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships and deals with child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, online).
Constable Julie will deliver lessons alongside classroom teachers in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 with each class getting around 8 lessons.
Further information (including all the lesson plans) can be found on the Police website
Pride
Pride
whakatauki
whakatauki
Kids Korero
Kids Korero
what's happening at DPS?
what's happening at DPS?
Radio Show - Term 2
Radio Show - Term 2
Listen to our awesome show on Arrow FM 92.7 every Thursday at 10am and repeated on Saturdays at 4pm. Or you can listen to the podcast here - just click on the 'Live Wires' page and there we will be!
The Councillors proudly present - Term 2 DISCO!
The Councillors proudly present - Term 2 DISCO!
Disco Time
Disco Time
The Term 2 disco is on Thursday the 13th June. That is next week!
The Theme
The Theme
The theme for this terms disco is Future Me. Your child can come dressed as what they want to be when they are older or they might look like in the future. If dressing up is not for them, they come dressed in mufti.
Disco Times
Disco Times
Year 1-3 is from 5.30pm to 6.15pm.
Year 3-6 is from 6.30pm-7.30pm.
(Year 3’s can choose which disco they would like to go to)
What to Bring
What to Bring
Each child needs to bring a gold coin donation for entry.
Your child can bring some money for treats if they want to. There will be lollies, popcorn, and other treats for sale. All of these will be for under $2.
Drop off and Pick Up
Drop off and Pick Up
Make sure you go to the DPS hall to drop off and collect your child. They won’t be able to leave the hall until you come in to collect them.
Please have orders back by Wednesday 19th June
Please have orders back by Wednesday 19th June
Here is the link to purchase tickets:
Here is the link to purchase tickets:
Cross Country 2019
Cross Country 2019
Inter school Cross Country at Solway Showgrounds
Students who placed in the top ten of their race at our DPS cross country from Year 4 - 6.
Wednesday 12th June (Postponement Day - Friday 14th June)
Wgtn Regionals at MacKay's Crossing
Tuesday 2nd July (Postponement Day - Thursday 4th July)
FRIDAY LUNCH
FRIDAY LUNCH
Order your subway lunch at the office or online.
Order your subway lunch at the office or online.
Please ensure/remind your child to write their name on the envelope
DPS Sport 2019
DPS Sport 2019
Yr 3-6 Netball 2019
Yr 3-6 Netball 2019
Please check the Netball Wairarapa website or the Netball Wairarapa FB page for the draw.
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
- Yr 3 & 4 - Monday
- Yr 5 & 6 - Tuesday
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR GAMES!
Yr 1 & 2 netball runs in Term 1 and Term 4.
ENTER on the Netball Wairarapa Facebook Page!
Winter Hockey
Winter Hockey
Hockey games are underway! It has been great to hear the positive chat from the kids and coaches alike.
Please check the noticeboard for your child’s team and help them to be organised each week on their practise day. The draw will be posted in the sports notice board each week.
Practice Day:
Tuesday 7.30am: 11 aside
Tuesday: Renegades and White
Wednesday: Macs and Red
Thursday: 11 aside and Black
The 11 aside draw is up for the next 4 weeks.
8th June vs MIS Whios @ 10am THT
15th June vs Feathy @ 12pm THT
22nd June vs Chanel @ 10.45am JNLT
29th June vs Solway Blacksticks @ 12pm THT
Friday 7th June 2019
3.30pm: DPS Macs vs St Marys Kōwhai JNL1
6.10pm: DPS Renegades vs Lakeview Rimutaka JNL1
Please see the image below for parking expectations. We appreciate your help with this.
Writing
Writing
Room 13 has been working on some "moment in time" writing about our outdoor day
Room 13 has been working on some "moment in time" writing about our outdoor day
Last week on Thursday it was outside day. I am talking about web making. We made the webs after lunch. We had milk before the web making. I started with a diamond. Lucia said she would help me but I nearly ended up helping her. After I made a diamond I started to make stuff inside the diamond. Most people wanted photos but I didn't. I could taste the fresh air. The sun was shining. It was so hot. I could smell the dirt. I could see people, trees and the fence. I could hear people saying “I can't tie knots.” The core beliefs I showed on Thursday were creativity and collaboration.
By Charlotte Thornburrow
Last Thursday it was Outdoor day. It was very cold in the morning but hot in the afternoon. When the teacher called us in we had to make a habitat. After we made our habitat room 13 had to make a spider web out of string. When making my web I smelled something stinky I thought it was the compost . It was very very hard. I made two or three. Outdoor day was awesome.
By Camren Wilson
Last Thursday we did out door day and I could also hear laughing and I could hear Daisy and Charlotte laughing. On outdoor day we had buddies. I could smell the compost because me and Pipiana were buddies and we stole some worms and cockroaches. Me and Pipiana could taste air. Do you know why we have air? We have air to breathe and I could hear people say "help me I'm stuck!"
The best part was me and Pipiana showed Respect and it felt exciting and Pipiana was happy.
By Kalani Robison
Community Events
Community Events
Wairarapa riding for the disabled are always looking for volunteers to help run their programme giving therapeutic riding for people with a disability be it physical, physiological or emotional.
Volunteers do not need to be horsey people!
We operate from our grounds on Johnston Street behind the soccer fields during the school terms, riding 10 a.m. to 3 p.m on a Thursday.
Come and see what we do or phone on 06 378 6503 for more information.
Volunteer today!
Kids, are you looking for fun on a Friday night?
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.
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