Papakowhai School Lunch Orders Menu

Just thought I would put the school lunch list online if you loose the list.

Please support the school by ordering lunches by Wednesday morning for Friday.

Many thanks to the Voongs.

End of Year BBQ Get Together

We kicked off the end of year get together next to the new classrooms, in amazing weather, with the school band and food starting at 5. Our school band did a fantastic job. Next band was Spectrum who played a number of their original songs.
A big thank you to our sponsors, Carpet Court (donation of the carpet for raffle), Amalia Maheridis (massage vouchers), Mr Rentals (hamper and free freezer rental), Unilever (iceblocks), Cheryl Ashford (Christmas Cake), Leza Marfell (Christmas Cake) and Annemarie Dunlop (christmas tree mats). A big thank you to Tawa Linden Plunket Toy Library for reducing the bouncy castle fee for us and Papakowhai Kindy for lending us their bouncy castle free. Not to mention all the Home and School helpers who without them the event would not be possible. An especially big thank you to Sue Grazier for all the organising and purchasing for the event.
A decision was made at the Committee meeting to make the bouncy castles and tattoos all free. We also reduced the price of the sausages and had the ham buns as a cheaper option than a hamburger.  The aim of the event was to get the families together with the school.

At 6 Santa gave an appearance and was instantly surrounded. Lots of kids exhibited great values in sharing lollipops with other younger children.




Our third band is pictured above and unfortunately we did not get their band's name but I am sure you know who they are. The fourth band was Shiggaion. All of the bands had a connection to the school and gave their time for free.   Many thanks to them for their great performances.




Thanks to Richard Cory-Wright for taking most of these photos.

School BBQ 5th December

ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! BBQ RAIN OR SHINE!
Come and enjoy a night of fun at the Home & School Committee end-of-year school BBQ tomorrow, outside Rimu block. 5pm to 8pm. If the weather is not great the BBQ is still on and we will communicate whether we are in Rimu or the Hall tomorrow.
Leave the cooking to us; ham on the bone, sausages, hamburgers and ice blocks. Plus a range of drinks from $1 to $4. If you have any dietary requirements we are happy to cook your food on the BBQ.
Lots of fun activities; bouncy castle, tattoos, three live bands, lolly scrambles and games for the children.
The bands start at 5pm and the lolly scrambles will be at 6pm. Plus we have a raffle with lots of great prizes; wine from New World Porirua, gift basket from Mr Rental, large rug from Carpet Court, massage vouchers and more. See you there!
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A Big Thanks for the Ladies Shopping Night Support

    The Ladies Shopping Night was a great success according to the feedback we received from most who attended. We raised $5,000 towards the new playground.

     The drinks on arrival went down well and the tea shop was full of homemade goodies. The three demonstrations run by Leza Marfell, Susan Assadi and Annemarie Dunlop were well supported, and provided lots of discussion. The lucky envelopes and raffles had lots of support. There was a lot of last minute bidding on the silent auction that provided extra entertainment.

    

 Thank you to Gary from Clockwork Gold Bar who without him we could not have got a liquor licence for the event. For Marty Ritchie from Harcourts our great MC and sponsor for our signage. For all the following people and businesses who gave generously,  Carpet Court Porirua, Sharon Bowers,   Zone Dance Academy,  BodyMana,  Room of Beauty, Duo Family Photography,  Gordie Bins, Staglands, SHOTT, Ally Todd Swim School, Mana Pharmacy, Paper Plus Porirua,  Plimmerton School of Dance, Interislander, City Fitness, Kidz Kutz,  Numberworks,  GLO Hairdressing, British Goods,  Facepainting Wellington, House of Chic,  Art by Abby Farrow, Arena Porirua, Whittakers, New World, Pak N Save, Wendys and Body Shop.

Many thanks to those parents, demonstrators and helpers who gave their time to make this event a success.

Thank you again for the 25 stallholders who participated in our shopping night.

Ladies Night Shopping Demonstrations This Friday

Susan Assadi from My Persian Feast will be doing two demonstrations of  dips with an opportunity to try these as well.  She is an experienced Food Technologist.

Annemarie Dunlop is an experienced patchworker and quilter from the Coastal Quilters guild will be demonstrating making an easy patchwork Christmas Tree.  Visit www.coastalquilters.org.nz if you want to join some other quilters.

Ever struggled with the finishing touches to your fruit cake? Leza Marfell will make it easy for you to master your Christmas Cake decoration. She is an experienced Baker who owned her own successful  bakery business in the South Island.  She is also donating a fruit cake she has made to the silent auction.

Ladies Shopping Night - Silent Auction Prizes

We have some great prizes at our silent auction on the Ladies Shopping Night 18/10/13 at the Papakowhai School Hall. Here's a preview of them. If you can not make the night we are accepting bids in the first week of the term via a school notice or you can contact us via email.

Silent Auction List
·       Carpet Court Rhino Carpet Rug, colour pewter grey, 1.9M x 2.7M valued at $580
·        Zone Dance Academy a terms worth of dancing for a class of your choice. Valued at $105
·       Room of Beauty a 30 minute invigorating head and scalp massage.
·       2 x Duo Family Photography vouchers each worth $259. The voucher entitles you to a family photo shoot and 3 5" x 7" photos.  
·       3 x Gordie Bins Hireage namely 120 litre bin for 6 month hire, skip hire for 7 days or a 240 litre bin for 6 months. 
  BodyMana, Pilates and Yoga  10 session pass. 
·       $100 Supermarket voucher
·       Staglands Family Pass
·       2x SHOTT cocktail drink trios
·       2 x Ally Todd Swim School 50% discount vouchers.
·       Mana Pharmacy $50 voucher
·       Paper plus, Porirua donation of a signed copy of Jonah, my story.
·       Plimmerton School of Dance Voucher one free term of dance lessons valued at $90
·       Sharron Bowers, set of three paintings for the silent auction table.
·       $250 Interislander Voucher
·       3 x City Fitness passes 3 month pass valued at $475 each
·       3 x Ramset Easy Lasers. Great for finding the correct measurement. Valued at over $250 each.  
·       2 x Hairdresser cuts from Kidz Kutz 2 x  1 x adult and 1 x child
·       Numberworks One English and Maths Tuition valued at $450
·       2 x GLO Hairdressing Vouchers
·       $50 British Goods Voucher
·       Necklace and bracelet from Candi Brown
·       Facepainting Wellington $80 value,  Party for up to 10 children or discount a longer party of 20 or 30 children (or adults)
·       House of Chic  3 different eye treatments valued at $52
·       Art by Abby Farrow – Canvas with ceramic bunting
·       Framed frock in Paper Art
·       Decorated Christmas Cake

On Track for Ladies Shopping Night and Playground Planning

Just received notice that our liquor licence has been granted for our shopping night on the
18th October at 7-930pm. Hope to see you then. Please feel free to share the event with all.

Some other great news is that we now have an experienced Marketing Person to come on to the committee Jennifer Kinsella. This will help with a plan of how we can get our playground fundraised and built in the shortest time.

We are still looking for an auditor, its a small once a year job. Feel free if you know someone associated at the school who may be just waiting for an approach from us. Having an auditor is essential to applying for large amounts of grants money.