It has been nice to have it a bit warmer this week and the field is slowly starting to dry out. Everyone has been managing the reduced playground space with lots of patience and resilience.

Last week we had representatives from Embracing Hearts Charitable Trust, Heart Kids NZ and St John come out to take a photo with our special PPS Heart Kids to present the AED they (along with Buddle Findlay) have all helped to donate to the school.

We will be hosting another parent session on Structured Literacy at PPS for all interested parents next Friday at 2pm in Pīwakawaka . This session will help explain to you how we teach reading and spelling in the junior school and also The Code (spelling) in the senior school. This is great for all new parents to our school and also for those wanting some tips on how you can best support your child at home with their literacy learning.

The Pūkeko crew have been busy harvesting from our school garden and today they made some delicious beetroot cupcakes. Have a look at the process...

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Friday 25 August

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We would like to say a huge thank you to Bridget Walker-Grant for the coaching of our team. We would also like to thank her teacher for allowing her to come down during class time on Thursday lunchtimes, to help our team become better players. Without her help we would not have been able to have a team playing in the YMCA competition. We really appreciate all her time, her coaching and her support during our games. Thank you to our parents who also continue to support our players!

Last Thursday the Junior school had a visit from the local Fire Service to complete all the learning we have been doing with our Get Firewise Unit. The firefighter visit summarised and reinforced the key learnings from the programme.

Our amazing team of PALs have been running some lunchtime ‘Landing Safely’ sessions for our tamariki.