40 Hour Famine Payments

Thank you to all those very keen students who partook in the 40 Hour Famine.  Could you please return your sponsorship money to the office.

Term 2 School Assembly

Thursday 28th May

9.30 - 11.00am

Wentworth Sports Complex

Everyone Welcome

Fruitworld Whangaparaoa Fundraising Opportunity

Our school has been offered a fantastic fundraising opportunity with Fruitworld Whangaparaoa.  3% of the total sales from your docket will go to our school plus you get the chance to win one of five $25 vouchers to spend at their store. Friends and family are welcome to support this fundraiser. Just write your child's name and room number on the docket and pop it into the box provided at Fruitworld.  Promotion dates are: 8th - 14th June and 20th - 26th July. Thank you for supporting our local business and school.

Mini market in Room 12

LOCK DOWN EXERCISE IS NOW COMPLETED

All students are accounted for and safe.

John Petrie

LOCK DOWN EXERCISE ONLY

Gulf Harbour School is currently holding a Lock Down exercise.  Please monitor the Website and we will advise you when it has been completed.

Thank you
John Petrie

Cultural Diversity Festival - Thursday 21st May

Come Celebrate Our Cultural Diversity at GHS  

Thursday 21st May 5pm - 7.30pm

Powhiri to start at 5.15pm at back gate/courts 

Shared dinner at 5.45pm Rms 8/9

Classes to share learning from 6.15pm in their classrooms  

Dress in your colours - bring or wear something from the culture you identify with.

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Bring a plate of food from your culture to share with others.  If possible please make this savoury finger food. 

Bring your own drinks, plates and cutlery. PTA will sell hot drinks and dessert so bring along some money.

Anzac Day Observance

School is Closed Monday 27th April 2015

$339.00 Raised for Melanoma Awareness

Everyone looks great dressed in spots & dots - thank you for donating to Melanoma New Zealand.

Dates to Diarise

School Closes for Term 1 - Thursday 2nd April
School Reopens for Term 2 - Monday 20th April
School Closed Anzac Day - Monday 27th April
Wacky Wednesday Mufti Day - Wed 29th April
Year 7 Camp Kauaeranga Camp - Monday 4th May - Friday 8th May
School Closed Queens Birthday - Monday 1st June

Friday 27th March - Spotty Mufti Day for Melanoma Awareness.

This is to raise awareness of this disease that is affecting over 4000 kiwis every year.  Wear something spotty or dotty and bring a gold coin donation.  All proceeds go to the Melanoma Foundation of NZ.

3 Way Interviews for all students - Make your booking now.

Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th March - 3 Way Interviews, booking are now open, please visit the following link:

http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the Event Code: F72FQ.

Mufti Day Money Raised

Our Rainbow Mufti Day raised $336.30 for Child Cancer.  Thank you for your support.

3 Way Interviews

Please diarise the following dates for our 3 Way Interviews:

Wednesday 4th March 3.30 - 5.30pm, 6.10 - 8.00pm
Thursday 5th March 3.30 - 6.00pm

Bookings will be open from Thursday 19th February.

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Important dates for February 2015

6th Feb - Waitangi Day, School closed.

11th Feb - Year 3, 4 & 5 Parent Camp Meetings, 7.00 - 8.00pm in Rooms 8 & 9.

12th Feb - School in the Park - Shakepear Park,5.30 - 8.00pm.  Everyone welcome, bring along a picnic dinner and enjoy the evening with other families from our school.

19th Feb - Board of Trustees meeting, 6.00 - 9.00pm in the Staffroom.

23rd - 27th Feb - Year 3 & 4 Shakespear (2 camps), Year 5 Whatipu (2 camps).

School starts back Monday 2nd February 2015

Welcome back to all our students and families and especially to the new families joining our school this year.  Weather permitting we will have an assembly on the courts at 9.10 am, everyone welcome. Enjoy the last few days of your holiday.

Updated Timetable For Gulf Harbour School Athletics Day

2014 ‘Kids in Print’ Illustration Competition Hibiscus Coast Writers

Congratulations to two of our students who received 'Dinstinction' in this year's 'Kids in Print' competition for Year 5 & 6 students.

Naho Tozawa with "Fiji Holiday"

Rory Gouws with "Artic Fox"

This Saturday, 1st November is the Big Day Gala Update No:8

This Saturday, 1st November is the Big Day - the one that we have been working so hard to make a success of! We hope to see all of you here and please invite all your friends and family who aren't at GHS. The more the merrier and the better our fundraising will be!

Please can you bring in any clean plastic shopping bags and empty ice cream containers with lids to be used at the gala. Please drop them at the front office. Thanks

At the Gala, all of the games will be run using tickets rather than cash. Tickets can be bought at the ticket booths which will be in the centre of the field. Please make sure you bring lots of cash with you! There will also be lots of yummy food available so make a day of it and have plan to have lunch here whilst watching and listening to some live entertainment. You will also be able to pick up a bargain at the clothing stall, White Elephant stall, book stall, toy stall and the plant stall.

We will have a Cash Out Eftpos stand available, minimum $20.00 but to avoid long queues please try and bring cash.

Raffle tickets for the Grand Prize Draw are still being sold before and after school every day this week outside the front office. The prizes are fabulous and include 16 chances to win:

These are the 16 prizes:

•         Wheelbarrow
•         Sweet Sensations gift basket
•         360 Discovery family ferry pass to Tiri
•         Bosch package - hand mixer, oven gloves, apron, cookbook
•         Food processor
•         3 x Northern Arena (1 month) fitness memberships
•         Peaches and Pickles 1 term membership
•         Fairway Bay ferry tickets - Auckland to Gulf Harbour
•         Fairway Bay ferry tickets - Tiri
•         Top Catch - 4 x Ridgeline clothing packs
•         Sport Gulf Harbour family membership for 1 year

Tickets are $2 each or $5 for 3 tickets. You can also buy raffle tickets at the gala from the ticket booth. The draw will take place on the main stage at 2:30pm. 

The Ray White Manly Charity Auction will be taking place at 1.00pm on the main stage.
Below is a list of items that are going to be auctioned. Please note these are all being auctioned off individually so there are some great items to bid on. Come along and have some fun!

• 1 x 1hr Intro session plus 5 Classes($200value) - Peak Pilates & Physiotherapy Red Beach
• Food Hamper - Manly Pricecutter
• WOF - Dave Brock Motor & Tyres
• Cut & Polish ($300 value)- Mike Butt Collision
• $50 Voucher - Ripples Cafe
• Voucher - Local Cafe
• Hair package - Navarjo Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• Foodie Voucher Pack - Manly Village Butchery, Manly Fruit & Vege & Bottle 'O Manly
• Gift Pack - Manly Chemist
• 'Ice Age' Ice Cream Maker - Eddie Law Whangaparaoa
• Hair Package - The Avenue Hair Studio Manly
• Round of Golf for 4 people plus 2 carts - Whangaparaoa Golf Club ($230 value)
• 12 month Gym membership ( $600 value ) - Fitter, Faster, Stronger Gym - Stanmore Bay
• $50 Voucher - Washing Well Laundromat
• Voucher - Bach 54
• Voucher - Maison Thai Manly
• One week mobile Scaffolding hire ( $250 value ) - Snapper Scaffold
• 4 x movie passes - Hoyts Whangaparaoa
• Hair package - Bronz Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• 1 Hr massage - Portofino Massage Manly
• Voucher - Indian Village Manly
• 3 month membership ( $280 value ) - Stanmore Bay Pool & Leisure Centre

Today (Tuesday), your oldest/only child will come home with an empty flat packed cake box. Please send it back to school on Friday with a homemade cake in it. We would really appreciate your home baking to be sold at the cake stall. Please make sure you complete your name and what type of cake it is on the slip of paper included and stick it on top of the box. Your name will go into a draw to win a prize worth more than $100.

Thanks again for your amazing support!

The GHS PTA