From the Principal
It was a huge pleasure to travel to our sister school in China at the end of Term 3 with a fabulous group of Pigeon Mountain ambassadors. We spent our time in China split between our sister school in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, and the city of Shanghai.
The children enjoyed an incredible visit- starting their time in Yuyao Experimental School #2, experiencing Chinese school, and participating in a range of unique cultural activities such as calligraphy, ink painting, weaving and tea-making. Mr Dickinson and Mrs Lowden were also involved- delivering a number of sessions to our host students about the special features of NZ, teaching the children a waiata, and even co-teaching a Maths lesson with the Yuyao Principal Chai Li Bo, which was observed by 20 of the school’s teachers! The hospitality shown by our hosts was (as it has been during the previous 3 visits) staggering and our students were made to feel at home because of the warmth and generosity of the families who took so much care of them. After the cultural and educational highlights of Yuyao, we moved to Shanghai for 4 days in one of the world’s biggest cities. As well as enjoying leisure and relaxation, the students took time to visit temples, markets and skyscrapers, and learning about the city’s history and future.
Our students were a credit to their families and applied every one of our 4 values during their days away from home. They demonstrated resilience by handling the rigours of travel; they showed constant respect to their hosts and other travellers; they showed responsibility by maintaining their own and others’ safety at all times; and they never allowed their conduct to fall below the standards of excellence we set for all our students.
Getting ready for departure!
Meeting our Homestay families.
Being welcomed to Yuyao Experimental School #2
We will be holding an information evening later this term for interested Y5 parents ahead of our 2020 visit.
eLearning Expo this Thursday 24th October 6:30- 8pm in the hall
This special eLearning Expo onThursday 24th October is an informative and practical evening showcasing eLearning at Pigeon Mountain Primary. The eLearning expo is a special evening when you are free to browse the displays and information tables and hear what eLearning looks like at Pigeon Mountain Primary from some of our students. PB Tech will be there with new technologies for you to experience and lots of prizes. Thank you so much PB Tech.
Marathon
This Sunday we will have 38 runners completing their 2019 marathon distance at the Auckland Kids’ Marathon event. This year’s group is by far the biggest bunch of runners to represent our school at this annual festival of running, and the athletes have been training each week to complete a distance of 40km ahead of their final run. In total, the group this year have covered a distance of over 1600km- the length of NZ! We are very proud of everyone for showing resilience, pushing through their limits, and for taking responsibility by completing their training plans.
Speeches
We were very proud of year 6 student Finn Wai-Poi who won the 2019 HPPA Speech Finals at Owairoa School on 26th September. Finn’s speech on ‘Failure’ was highly engaging and original, and we are delighted it brought him success!
Well done Finn!
Dates for your diary
Touch Rugby field Day – Tuesday 22 October
eLearning Expo – Thursday 24 October
Team Photos – Friday 1 November
Athletics Sports – Wednesday 6 November, Saving Day Thursday 7 November
PTA Cans Mufti Day – Friday 15 November
Inter-schools Athletics – Tuesday 19 November
All-Comers’ Choir – Thursday 5 December
Junior Prizegiving – Friday 6 December
Year 4 – 6 Reports go home – Monday 9 December
Parent Helpers Morning Tea- Wednesday 11 December
Senior Prizegiving – Monday 16 December
Last day of term 2019 – Thursday 19 December, school finishes at 3pm
First day of Term One 2020 – Monday 3 February
Welcome to
Yarunthan Nishanthan Rm 8, Cortez Tonkin Rm 25, Ian Chen Rm 25, Mackenzie Trotter Rm 25, Irene Kim Rm 25, Bella Chen Rm 20, Jeremy Liao Rm 11, Jayden Liao Rm 8, Alvin Lee Rm 21, Mingyi Wu Rm 6, Mingyu Wu Rm 6, Anne Hu Rm 25, Kyle Browne Rm 5
BOT News
Next Meeting 24 October
PTA News
Next Meeting – Wednesday 6 November at 7.30pm
PTA Family Photos – 25, 26 and 27 October – please book on www.schoolinterviews.co.nz Booking Code is 4w85u. Please remember to make your payment on line when you book. Family and Friends are welcome to make booking, use your child’s name and class number as a reference. The bookings will close at 10am Wednesday 23 October. confirmaiton letters and Terms & Conditions will be sent this week.
Upcoming Events
eLearning Expo – Thursday 24 October
Athletics Sports – Wednesday 6 November, Saving Day Thursday 7 November
PTA Cans Mufti Day – Friday 15 November
Inter-schools Athletics – Tuesday 19 November
All-Comers’ Choir – Thursday 5 December
Junior Prizegiving – Friday 6 December
Parent Helpers Morning Tea- Wednesday 11 December
Senior Prizegiving – Monday 16 December
Community Notices
Chess
If your child would like to attend chess classes please register and pay online at www.chesspower.co.nz/register.
