PFA meeting tomorrow!

Remember that the PFA meeting for July is tomorrow, Friday 1 July, at 2pm in the staffroom. All parents and friends welcome!!

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

PFA meeting this Friday, 1 July, 2pm in the staffroom. All welcome.   

Sausage sizzle at school, lunchtime, Friday 8 July. We need helpers, please! Talk to Sarah Topliff if you can help, or text her on 021 023 60657.   

Get Your Groove On! – It’s for the blokes too! Friday 12 August, 7pm (R18). Tickets on sale NOW from the office, or Sarah on 021 023 60657!

See the school website under Newsletters for the full newsletter.

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

Morning tea with Sue and Des, 9am this Friday 24 June, in the staffroom. Come along for a chat, a bit of news about what’s happening around the school, a cuppa and some delicious baking. All parents and friends of the school welcome.

Do you run a local business? Would you like to generously donate a raffle prize for Get Your Groove On!? Contact Sarah on 021 023 60657 - we’d love to hear from you.

Get Your Groove On! Friday 12 August, 7pm (R18). Tickets on sale NOW from the office, or Sarah on 021 023 60657!

Reminder that the July PFA meeting will be Friday next week, 1 July, 2pm in the staffroom. All welcome!

See the school website under Newsletters for the full newsletter.

Catchup with Des and Sue — next Friday, 24 June

 

Come and catch up with Des and Sue in the staffroom at 9am Friday for our once-a-term morning tea.

Have a cuppa and some baking, and hear about some of the things happening around school. It's a great informal way to keep in touch, and meet some other parents!

All parents and friends of the school welcome. Hope to see you there!

Food and coffee at the Interschool Cross Country

We'll be at the Interschool Cross Country on Tuesday (21June), selling sausages, water, juicies and Whittaker's chocolate.

We've also arranged for Coffee+ to be there, to keep the parents well caffeinated! They'll be donating 10% of all their sales to the Kapanui School PFA. You can check them out on their website or Facebook.

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

It was great to see new faces at our meeting on Friday. Minutes are up on the PFA blog, kapanuifundraising.blogspot.co.nz/
Remember that any parents and friends of the school are welcome to come to PFA meetings. Dates for our next meetings are Friday 1 July, and Friday 5 August, both 2pm in the staffroom.

Interschool Cross Country sausage sizzle
On 21 June the PFA is running a sausage sizzle at the Interschool Cross Country. This will be a big
fundraiser for us, and we welcome many more hands to help. Please email Kirsty on richgreen@clear.net.nz if you can help for an hour or so.

Get Your Groove On! – Friday 12 August, 7pm (R18) – let's go dancing! Tickets on sale from
Wednesday 15 June from the office, or Sarah on 021 023 60657.
Are you able to help us with any of the following?

• Disco lighting
• Wine glasses hire
• Chiller trailer
• Bar leaners and stools
• Printing of banners and posters
• EFTPOS machine we can use on the night

Also looking for keen volunteers to help us scout out raffle prizes. Contact Sarah on 021 0236 0657

See the school website under Newsletters for the full newsletter.

Minutes from PFA meeting 10 June 2016

Minutes of Meeting

Parents & Friends Association

Meeting Held Friday 10^th June 2016, 2.00pm

 @ Kapanui School Staffroom

Present:   Kirsty, Lisanne, Sarah, Janet, Emma, Eli

Apologies:  Motu, Kate

Cross country

A huge thank you to all those that helped out.  We made a profit of $850.

Interschool cross country

We will be doing a sausage sizzle, Whitakers chocolate, juicies and water. A Roster has been sent out for helpers.  Kirsty will contact Emma at the coffee cart to see if she is available with a percentage coming to us.

Kirsty and Lisanne to organize and set up.

We will set up straight after drop off.  First lot of sausages need to be ready by 11.30am.

Kirsty will order 900 sausages as there is approx 100 in the freezer.  Kirsty to make a flyer and get to John Brunton to send to all the outside schools to let them know we will be there.

School lunches:

Kirsty will approach Jeanine and see if there is a possibility of something hot like a pie as a treat.  Also to have available (gluten free) next to the menu items that are applicable.  There are quite a lot of vegetarian options on the menu.

Kapa Haka:

Suzanne Lemon has asked for new uniforms.  She is wanting 30 @approx $35 each.  I suggested she write a letter and I will get it to the Baptist Church as it will need to be on a letterhead. Sarah to follow up with Suzanne.

“Get your Groove on” major fundraiser 12^th August

Sarah is doing a fab job behind the scene at starting to organize this.  A letter will go home in the newsletter over the next few weeks asking if families have contacts with certain suppliers we need to make this event possible.  Keeping our costs down will help with profit on the night.

 Tickets and posters are nearly ready to print.  We are able to do this at the school to help with costs.

Looking for a contact that prints the community billboards on the coast for larger advertising.

Janet to ask Warren if he would be happy to be on the door to check ID and tickets.

Janet to ask Warren about Chiller, glasses from a contact he may have.

Kirsty has applied to pak n save for $250 to go towards nibbles.

Kirsty has applied to Café Lafferee for sponsor free coffee

Kirsty will contact Kapiti Water to ask if they can supply a water filter on the night.

Kirsty to look into Waikanae Community board grant to cover

Hall hire $64.50

Liquor Licence $270

Amourguard to collect money ??

Dancers $400 plus GST

Janet will also look at other funding options to help with costs plus the glasses, chiller etc.

Meeting closed 3pm.

Was great seeing new faces at the meeting today.

Next meeting 1^st July.

Get Your Groove On!

Let's go dancing!!

Tickets on sale Wednesday 15 June — check out the Get Your Groove On! facebook page, too.

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PFA meeting tomorrow!

Remember that the PFA meeting for June is tomorrow, Friday 10 June, at 2pm in the staffroom. All parents and friends welcome!!

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

The PFA meeting for June is this Friday, 10 June, 2pm, in the staffroom. All parents and friends welcome.

SAVE THE DATE! Friday 12 August – "Get Your Groove On!" at the Waikanae Memorial Hall. An evening out for parents/neighbours/friends – start organising your friends and babysitters now! (18+, ID may be required). Get practicing your dance moves! 

School lunches are going well, one comment was that it was "Yummy, I had a cheese scone and lemon muffin, going to try the rice salad next week." Remember to get your orders in by 9am on the day you want lunch delivered.

See the school website under Newsletters for the full newsletter.