Paparoa Street Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
The PTA is a group of parents and caregivers who work closely with the school leadership team to organise community events, offer services and undertake a range of fundraising activities to enhance out children’s time at Paparoa Street School.
Our current strategy is to Connect, Fund and Improve.
Everyone is welcome to join to PTA. It is a great way to meet others in our school community.
Co-Chair: Kathryn Miller & Natasha Vagana
Treasurer: Jemma Macdonald
Secretary: Leanne Maitland
PTA Meetings.
PTA meetings are held once a month in the staffroom at 6.30pm.
One of the Senior Leadership team (Dy, Paula, or Katherine) attends and provides a report on current happenings within the school and any wish list items the school needs/wants at the time. A representative from the Board of Trustees attends each meeting and provides an update from the board.
Everyone is welcome to come along. Meetings are a great insight into the inner workings of the PTA, decision making and ideas regarding fundraising, spending and services.
2024 Meetings Dates
Term 1
Monday 12th February
AGM, Wednesday 13th March
Wednesday 3rd April
Term 2
Monday 13th May
Monday 24th June
Term 3
Monday 12th August
Monday 23rd September
Term 4
Monday 21st November
Monday 25 November (planning for 2025)
Our Services.
The PTA runs several services to help support the day to day running of the school and to promote our inclusive and fun sense of community through social events.
We are always looking for volunteers to help with these services. Email: pta@paparoastreet.school.nz if you would like to help.
School Lunches
You can now order ezlunch via the KINDO shop.
Kindo (new users)
Kindo (registered users)
Tuesday: Sushi Ninja
Thursday: Subway
Friday: Little Lunches
A student from your child's class will collect the ordered lunches from the school coffee shop at lunchtime (1.00pm)
The Uniform Shop
The 2nd hand uniform shop is open every Thursday afternoon from 2:45 - 3:15pm in the school hall.
We sell donated items.
We also stock new house colour t-shirts.
We accept payment by cash, eftpos through the main office or bank transfer at the time of sale.
Look out for our sale days, usually held near the end of each term.
You can drop donations to the school office anytime, or the uniform shop when it is open on a Tuesday morning.
Events
The PTA organise the following events during the year:
1) Cultural Connect events
2) Colour Run
3) Movie Nights
4) School Disco
5) Quiz night
6) Fun Day
Staff and Duty Cover
We provide delicious afternoon tea and dessert catering for our staff when they are undertaking specific events or meetings after normal school hours.
We can also cover morning tea and/or lunch duty to allow for full staff meetings when required.
Connect and fundraising events
Connecting our school community and fundraising are an important part of what the PTA does. Raising money for the extras which the Government funding doesn’t provide. These events create a sense of belonging and enrich the learning environment for our children.
As a PTA we like to run several different events throughout the year.
Keep an eye out in the School Newsletters, School App notifications and Facebook page for upcoming events.
2024 PTA Fundraising Events:
Term 1
Lantern Festival,
Friday 23rd February
Picnic at Paparoa,
Friday 8th March
Term 2
Colour Run, Thursday 16th May
Cyber Safety evening with John Parsons, Tuesday 21st May
Term 3
Movie night
Quiz night
Term 4
Disco
Diwali
FUNday, Wednesday 18th December