Sunshine on the Leith - Movie Night 29th May

Join us at Pauatahanui Theatre, for our fundraising movie Sunshine on the Leith.

Thursday 29th May at 730pm

Two Scottish soldiers return from Afghanistan, home to Leith (Edinburgh, Scotland) to the warm embrace of their families.

 Tickets available now email us at homeandschool@papakowhai.school.nz.

Speaker Night Kathryn Berkett Brainwave Trust

Kathryn Berkett was an inspiring and passionate speaker who educated us all about how the brain works. There were a number of parents and teachers attending the presentation.

One parent was heard to comment that she would like to go back to the 1-3 years with her children knowing what she does now. By the age of 3 years a child's brain will be an average of 1180g of the 1400g it will be as an adult.

An adolescent brain will not be "mature" until 23-25 years old. Even though our adolescent's may look emotionally mature the risk taking part of their brain does not develop sufficiently until their twenties.

One of the best tips for parenting was that we need to make "pictures of what we do want" for our adolescents. By saying to a child "don't spill the water in the glass" they are more likely to do so as we are creating the wrong picture in their head of the water spilling.

Kathryn also talked about the need for our children to take "managed risks" and learn the consequences of their actions. Peer influence is huge for adolescents.

She also stressed the increasing importance that we limit the time on electronic devices before sleep.


Many thanks to Kathryn for her great presentation and to our sponsors, Caffe L'Affare, RNZB, Harcourts and Strike Entertainment. If you missed out on this presentation and you want to hear her presentation please go to the Brainwave Trust website for her other presentations
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Unravelling the Adolescent Brain - Speaker - Kathryn Berkett

Kathryn Berkett is the mother of two young children. Kathryn has her Masters in Educational Psychology. She has an incredible passion for the Brainwave message and enjoys her work immensely as it combines her two greatest passions – Neuropsychology and Talking. Join us as she talks about unravelling the adolescent brain - said to be a must for parents and all people working with adolescents.

Wednesday 26th March 7-915 pm Papakowhai School Hall (Next Week)

Tickets only $20 includes a hot drink from Caffe L'affare and a sweetie.

We will also be selling raffle tickets to the New Zealand Ballet Coppelia - Many thanks Royal New Zealand Ballet for these.

Many thanks to Harcourts for sponsoring our advertising and Caffe L'affare for their great coffee sponsorship.

Tickets from School Office Or email homeandschool@Papakowhai.school.nz

for electronic payment.

Everything you need to know about Teenagers and the adolescent brain

The Papakowhai Home and School Committee are proud to present...

Kathryn Berkett Speaking on the Adolescent Brain

Wednesday 26th March 2014

Papakowhai School Hall 7-915pm

Tickets $20 per person from school office

Kathryn Berkett Brainwave Presenter
Kathryn is a presenter in the Wellington region. She is the mother of two young children. Kathryn has her Masters in Educational Psychology. She has an incredible passion for the Brainwave message and enjoys her work immensely as it combines her two greatest passions – Neuropsychology and Talking.

WHAT IS COVERED?
✔ Understand the impulsive emotional decision making of the teenage years
✔ Understand risk-taking behaviour from a different perspective
✔ Understand how decisions are made differently when peers are involved
✔ Why teenagers’ sleep patterns change
✔ Impact of technology on teenagers
✔ Understand how alcohol and drugs affect the adolescent brain


Proceeds go towards the new school playground.

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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