Our annual Book Week helps to promote a love of literacy and if the sales at the Book Fair were anything to go by, then the reading force is strong at PBS! Throughout the week kids enjoyed having mystery readers and other teachers reading to their class and the book character parade was packed full … Read more
This is the final week of a very successful hockey season for our school teams. Mini Funsticks (Years 1 and 2) ran in Term 2, and Hockey for Years 3-8 has run throughout Terms 2 and 3. We have seen lots of improvement in our players, and our Year 7/8s have enjoyed a taster of … Read more
Where’s Wally? Tomorrow Wally will be hiding in 7 locations around the school. Can you figure out where he’s been? Tamariki can check out the daily notices for more details. The Book Character parade will be held on Friday at 9:10am on the basketball court (weather permitting). We’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s costumes! Here’s … Read more
As part of this week’s Book Week celebrations, Student Councillors Sienna, Phoebe and Holly provided a lunchtime activity opportunity for our junior syndicates. They held a story time and then ran a colouring activity in the library. Tu meke! Clifford the BIG RED DOG is also visiting for PBS Book Week! Clifford discovered that PBS … Read more
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s book character costumes next Friday. The Parade will be held at 9:10am (weather permitting) on the basketball court. Dates for our lunchtime movie charity fundraiser will be published in next week’s newsletter and tickets will be available through KINDO next week as well. Last week the Student Council purchased … Read more
Our wonderful Teacher Aide team has created engaging Olympic-themed activities for our students with additional needs. They sourced equipment and resources to make these sessions interactive and fun. Students first made their own Olympic mascots with playdough, measuring ingredients to create the playdough in the colours of the Olympic rings. This activity incorporated colour and … Read more
A few years ago, Griffin Gunawan had an amazing opportunity on working in a Taika Waititi TV series called The Time Bandits. It has finally been released by AppleTV this month. How awesome! PS This show also features Kapiti Island and landscape around our region 🙂
Being a referee or umpire is a skilled and challenging responsibility. It requires confidence, skill, and a level-headed approach. At PBS, learning about citizenship and how groups and individuals can take on additional responsibilities to give back to the school and local community is a key part of our strategic plan. So of course, we … Read more