Week 3 NEWSLETTER

Staffing Update for 2021

Over the last couple of newsletters I’ve let our community know about some of our DPS staff who won’t be with us for 2021, and across the last month we have been busy advertising, interviewing and appointing for the upcoming school year.

We have made our appointments for 2021 and have a full complement of amazing staff for next year. The new additions to the school bring a lot of strength, passion and experience:

• Josh Vergunst: Josh comes to us from Lakeview School where he currently leads their digital work and teaches in the seniors. He will be one of our Year 4-6 team leaders.

• Sarah Broughton: Sarah comes to us from Masterton Primary School where she is a team leader, and has led and organised their sports.

• Joshua Fielding: Joshua comes to us from Te Horo School, and will be teaching Year 2/3 in Kōwhai

• Josephine Pinfold: Josephine will be a beginning teacher with us, completing her study this year

We look forward to welcoming them all onto staff, and to seeing them bring their talents and passions to our Douglas Park classrooms.

Our next step will be working on team structures and then later in the term, constructing the home class and team lists for 2021.

Connect, Inspire, Learn - The Student Led Conference

Today we host the 2nd Connect, Inspire, Learn event...a conference for children, run by children. The 2019 event was a massive success and already the 2020 version is exceeding what was achieved 12 months ago. The event is pretty amazing...a real chance for kids across the town to live up to our Core Belief of Learner Agency...taking control of their learning, crafting a presentation and delivering this to their peers.

Out of Zone Enrolments - Applications close Friday 30 October at 3.00pm

The Board has opened up places for 25 five year old students for the first half of 2021, Terms 1 & 2. If you live out of zone (even if you have children currently attending) and have a child you’d like to start with us in the first half of next year, please contact the Office, applications are now open.

Also...if you know of parents outside of the zone who would like their 5 year old to attend Douglas Park, please get them to contact the office as well. It happens every time...we complete the ballot process, then the following week people ask if they can attend (and they can’t).

Email the Office on office@douglaspark.school.nz for more information.

Once upon a time I was going to a carnival. Arrgghhh! An evil magician. It will do evil spells on me! A UFO! It will kill me. Arrgghhh! An evil me, it's going to eat me! Evil clown Evil gas! It will turn me into gas! Bomb man it's throwing bombs at me! They all came in my face at the same time.

By Isaac

I have found an evil abandoned shop. It's scary and it gives everyone nightmares. It is dangerous. I'm very scared.

By Nikoli

My Friend Daniella

She is nice. And she has brown eyes and she is funny. She has pretty hair and she is good at skipping too. She has short hair. She has long nails. She does good writing. I am glad she is my friend.

By Fern

In the weekend me and Jordan are going to have a play date. l am so so excited and we are also going to have a sleepover. For dinner we are going to get McDonald's and when we get it we are also going to get a McFlurry. I am excited for it .

By Ruby

I saw a cat scratching my window. I brang it inside. It sat on my lap. It purrs at me and then it slept on me.

By Kate

Once upon a time I robbed a bank. There was a lot of money and cash. I got away. And there was gold too. Last but not least I was rich. Yay! The End

By Kaiden

Once there was a village, a very very happy village. And the village was a village of lots of mice. But one day a…gigantic and humongous… cat came destroying all the houses. The cat was as big as a very very very tall mountain! Super mouse came to the rescue. But…he did not know what to do! Then one little idea popped into his smart head. He punched the cat but it didn’t work! He thought to be kind. He tried that and it worked! The End

By Jana

Douglas Park School Board of Trustees Election

Nominations are open for the election of 2 parent representatives to the board of trustees.

All eligible voters will receive a nomination form and a notice calling for nominations within the next week to 10 days. You can use this form to nominate yourself or someone in your community. If you do not receive a nomination notice via the post, please contact the school office.

If you need more nomination forms, contact the school office.

Nominations close at noon on Sunday, 1^st November 2020. You may provide a signed candidate statement and photograph with your nomination.

The electoral roll is held at the school and can be viewed during normal school hours.

As nominations are received, there will be a list of candidates’ names kept at the school up until election day, which you can view.

Voting closes at 4pm on Friday, 4^th December 2020. More information about voting will follow. Please make sure the school office has the correct address for you as this will be a postal vote.

Signed Hayley Sinton

Returning Officer

DENTAL BUS

As you will all be aware, we have the Dental Bus with us for the next couple of weeks. All children have been given a form to return so if haven't seen it, please check your child's bag and return the completed form. Thanks.