Sausage sizzle and juicies – Tuesday, WET OR FINE!

The PFA will be selling sausages and juicies on Tuesday, WET OR FINE!

We'll be at the School Cross Country if it's on, or selling them at school if it's postponed.

Remember to make sure the kids have some cash! All funds raised go towards school projects.

Sausage, sauce and bread – $2
Juicies                             – $1

School lunches are back!

School lunches are back! - first day is tomorrow, Monday 30 May.

Lunches are available on Mondays and Thursdays, and ordered through www.lunchonline.co.nz. The latest you can make an order is 9am on the day you'd like it delivered. 
 
Three percent from every order goes to the PFA for school projects.
 
Register online at www.lunchonline.co.nz to see the full menu available and make your order.

PFA meeting dates

Dates for the next three PFA meetings are:

• Friday, 10 June – 2pm
• Friday, 1 July – 2pm
• Friday, 5 August – 2pm

Meetings are held in the school staffroom. All parents and friends of the school are welcome to come along to meetings – we'd love to see you there!

Sausage sizzle at the cross country

Remember that the PFA will be selling sausages and juicies at the School Cross Country next Tuesday,
31 May, so send the kids along with some spare change!

Sausage, sauce and bread – $2
Juicies                             – $1

This week's PFA update in the school newsletter...

PFA Update

The PFA's blog is being updated regularly, and there's a number of new posts on it – check it out at kapanuifundraising.blogspot.co.nz/, or using the link on the front page of the school website.

The PFA recently helped to send some of our senior pupils to the Young Leaders Seminar in Porirua, and also helped buy new netball uniforms. 

Finally for this week – ADVANCE WARNING! For the PFA's Get Your Groove On! evening at the Waikanae Memorial Hall – more information to come (parents/neighbours/friends welcome, 18+, ID may be required). Start preparing your babysitters and dance moves now! 


See the school website under Newsletters for the full newsletter.

"Follow by Email"

We've added a "Follow by Email" feature on the right-hand side of the page, above the Blog Archive >>

Type your email address into the box, confirm you want to subscribe, and you'll receive an email at the end of the day if a new post has been added to the PFA blog - a great way to keep on top of what we're up to!

School lunches are coming back!

As announced in this week's school newsletter, school lunches will be returning on Mondays and Thursdays, from 30 May.

Orders can be made through www.lunchonline.co.nz, 3 percent of the cost of each order will be paid to the PFA as fundraising for school projects. 


PartyPerfect Catering (who also operate the golf club cafe) will be making and delivering the lunches, which will include many health menu options, such as sandwiches, muffins, scones, cakes, fruit and salads.

Register online at www.lunchonline.co.nz to see the full menu available!

Recent projects update

The PFA has recently supported our Kapanui students attending the Young Leaders' Seminar in Porirua, by paying for their travel to this event.

New netball uniforms were also desperately needed, and these are being purchased out of PFA-raised funds.

We still need more helpers for the sausage sizzle at the Cross Country! Sign up for a particular time on the sheet held at the school office.

Thanks!

Christmas at Kapanui

In 2016 Christmas at Kapanui will be on Friday 25 November, 4.30–7.30pm. The PFA is starting planning now for this event – please get in touch with us if you'd like to help! 

What is Christmas at Kapanui?
Christmas at Kapanui is our school gala/fair, and is a major fundraiser for the school. It's held every two years, on a Friday evening in late November/early December. The PFA organises and advertises Christmas at Kapanui, and coordinates the stalls.

The fair is a way for children to fundraise for their camp fees for the following year, and the PFA to fundraise for other projects. During the year children submit their idea for a stall to the PFA, who will ensure that we don't have too much overlap. Other stalls are run by parents on the PFA, to fundraise for other school projects – we always need ideas for these stalls, and more helpers to bring it all together. 

Christmas at Kapanui is a real school community event, with performances by the choir, kapa haka groups, bands, and many others, as well as stalls, rides, food. It is held in the school grounds, to allow us both good- and bad-weather options. 

 

Fundraising for school camp

Camp is held every two years. For years 7–8 this is a week-long trip to Curious Cove (in the Marlborough Sounds), and for years 5–6, El Rancho. Camp is held in February/March, when the weather is most stable, so fundraising begins the year before, when those who will be going to camp are in years 4–7. 

This year (2016) is a fundraising year, and children will be off to camp in early 2017.

The PFA does everything we can to support our families with children going to camp, and it becomes one of our main fundraising focusses in the year before (we still fund-raise for other projects, as well). For those children who aren't going to camp this time, it's a great opportunity for them to see how our community works together to support one another, and for them to help out their whanau buddies. In a few years' time they will be going, and others will be helping to support them, so they learn about paying it forward. 

Do let us know if you can join the PFA to help out with fundraising – many hands make light work.