2025:

Welcome to term 4. The first week has flown by and the children are well and truly back into good learning routines with their respective teachers. We hope that you were able to enjoy some quality time with your children over the recent holiday period.

Term 4 is a short term and after this week there is only 8 full weeks left until the last day of the school year. We have planned a full programme and we look forward to our children making the most of every day at school this term. To help us with the busy term ahead we would love it if you could do the following:

Check that they are wearing their sunhat every day (term 1 and term 4 are the terms to bring hats to school)
That they are getting to school and into their classroom before the 8.55 am bell each day
They are getting adequate sleep and that bedtimes are adhered to
Their lunches are healthy and energy giving
You have a discussion about our 3 R's and what they look like for your child at home and at school
That you ensure that any homework tasks are followed up and completed
You talk through any people problems that arise and that you empower and model to your child to own situations as they apply to them and how they might take the responsibility to solve a problem.
You encourage age appropropriate self management skills

New Families:

We welcome our new families to QPS. We hope your child has settled in well and is starting to make some new friends. A special welcome to our new Mums and Dads also. We look forward to getting to know you over this term.

Internet and digital Safety:

Digital safety is a daily teaching priority for us and we would like our parents to also make this a priority with your child. So often problems can spill over to school that have originated in the digital world while child has been accessing the internet at home unsupervised.

Netsafe has put together 7 steps to help parents and whānau talk to their young people about online safety. Click on the link below. There is some good information here.

https://netsafe.org.nz/online-safety-for-parents/

Back Gate:

This term the back gate by the car park will be left unlocked after school to enable parents and children to have that all important down time after school in the playground for a short time. We do expect the school grounds to be cleared by 3.30 as the work day continues for teachers who are in teaching planning and preparation mode for the next day. Thank you for anticipated support here.

What's coming up this term:

Saturday 14th October - Election Day - voting is available in the school hall from 9am - 7pm. The PTA are running a sausage sizzle, bake sale & coffee available from 10am-2pm - Come and place your vote and purchase something yummy while you're here!

Monday 16th October - BOT Mtg

Thursday 19th October - Senior Athletics Day (YR 4-8) pp day 20 October. Coffee van will be on site.

Monday 23rd October - Labour Day - school closed for instruction

Monday 30th October - Wednesday 1st November - 1st Year 7/8 Camp to Wainui

Friday 3rd November - Junior (Yr1,2,3) Athletics Day 11.15 - 12.30pm - Coffee Van will be on site

Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th November - 2nd Year 7/8 Camp to Wainui

Tuesday 7th November - Zone Athletics Day @ Rawhiti Domain (pp 14th Nov)

Monday 13th November - QPS Showcase - 6pm school hall (time TBC)

Thursday 16th November - Teacher Only Day - school closed for instruction (Mash is available)

Friday 17th November - Canterbury Show Day - school closed for instruction

Thursday 23rd November - YR6 Final Assembly 9.30am

Friday 24th November - School Disco

Tuesday 28th November - YR2/3 Final Assembly 9am

Tuesday 28th November - YR4/5 Final Assembly 10.30am

Wednesday 29th November - Canterbury Athletics @ Ngā Puna Wai

Thursday 30th November - Year 7/8 End of Year Prizegiving 6-9pm school hall

Friday 1st December - Xmas Raffle Mufti Day

Monday 4-Wednesday 6 December - Year 6 Camp at Woodend

Thursday 7th December - YR8 Leavers Camp to Hanmer

Thursday 8th December - Nest+1 Final Assembly 11.30am

Friday 8th December - Meet your 2024 class 2 - 2.45pm

Wednesday 13th December - Last day of Term 4 - School finishes at 12.30pm

2024:

The first day of school for 2024: Tuesday 30th January.

Remember to check the school website for further dates and/or any changes. There are also a list of community events that children can get involved in on the Community page.