Organisation logo

Te Kura O Paeraki - Mt Pleasant School

April ~ Term 1 Week 10

Mt Pleasant House Tour this Saturday - see you there!

Monday 9th April

Tuesday 10th April

Wednesday 11th April

Thursday 12th April

Friday 13th April

_______________________________________________________

Dates to remember ...

_______________________________________________________

2018 TERM DATES

TERM ONE - 31 January - 13 April

TERM TWO - 30 April - 6 July

TERM THREE - 23 July - 28 September

TERM FOUR - 15 October - 19 December

_______________________________________________________

Click here to view all upcoming events in our school calendar

Contents

NORDY WORDS....

by Chris Nord

In this article we share how the school year is structured and why ... feedback a little about how the Teacher Only Day went, and discuss how we are proceeding with our designs for our new hall and classrooms...and we can't forget the House Tour this weekend!

Visit this article

Time to Return your pool keys!

by Ground Control

The school pool is now CLOSED, and all keys are required to be returned by Friday 13th April - the end of Term One.

Visit this article

What do you think about Homework?

by Vanessa Baakman, BoT

It's Homework Policy Review time! What do you think about Mt Pleasant School's Home Learning policy? How well do you think it is implemented? If you have an opinion, we want to hear it!

Visit this article
Warming up for a Big Day!

TTO Athletics Day!

by Jane Scotland

What a cracker of a day for the TTO Athletics Day today, check out the results below...

Visit this article

The Great Kiwi Hall Trip

by Room 1 & 2

Last Wednesday, Rooms 1 and 2 traveled to 3 different schools (Thorrington, Cashmere and Lyttleton) to explore their school halls on “The Great Kiwi Hall Trip”.

Visit this article
Video: Room 4

🐯🐯 Two Tigers

by Room 4

The topic for Mandarin class is "animal" recently. And we are learning a Chinese song called "两只老虎(Liǎngzhī lǎohǔ)" this week, it's a children song about "two tigers". Here is Room 4 doing it.

Visit this article

Huxster Mountain Bike School Relay – McLeans Forest – 4th April 2018

by Julia Metcalfe

On a warm, windy Wednesday this week a group of Yr5-8 students competed in the annual Huxster mountain bike relay at Macleans Island. The year 5/6 students rode in teams of two non-stop for 1.5hrs and the yr7/8 students rode for 3hrs non-stop, also in teams of two. It was a fun day and all students competed with enthusiasm and commitment.

Visit this article

Tickets Still Available!

by PTA

Read on to find out where! We are also seeking volunteers for 90 minutes on the day, in exchange you will receive a FREE ticket to view the houses on show....

Visit this article

Aupaki Top Team

by Matthew B & Aleksandra B

There were multiple weeks of preparation by the Aupaki Student Council and many, many wristbands ordered. The Top Team event finally fell onto March 27-28 at the Van Asch school grounds, two sessions per day to stretch out over 600 children.

Visit this article

Safety First!

by Team Magma

Our first inquiry was We are responsible for our safety. Our key concept was Responsibility and we spent a lot of time focusing on this concept - recognising what Responsibility looks like, sounds like and feels like. To reinforce the concept, every student had to “adopt” an egg for a week, and take responsibility for keeping it safe.

Visit this article

Welcome to MPS!

by Ground Control

We have 1 new Basecamper! Welcome to Rueben!!

Visit this article

Tuesday 10 April - Sausage Sizzle!

by Jane Scotland

During Term 1 Team Take Off has organised fortnightly sausage sizzles to raise funds to reduce gymnastics and swimming costs....$2 per sausage & lunch is sorted!! 🌭🌭

Visit this article

School Holiday Activities

by Ground Control

Visit this article

Housekeeping

by Ground Control

Lunches, After School Care, Absentees, Enrolment Information, Uniforms, School Hours.... it's all right here!!

Visit this article

by Ground Control

Visit this article