The Dargaville Primary School Newsletter is sent home most Wednesdays. The online version is usually posted on the same day. If you would like a paper copy please call in at the Dargaville Primary School Office, Portland St, Dargaville.

26 March

COMING EVENTS
29th March – Multicultural and Performing Arts Festival
1st April- PTA, AGM Meeting
10th April—Triathlon—All forms back by Friday 28th.

DPS NEWS
KAPA HAKA
Our Kapa Haka children are performing at the Multi-Cultural and Performing Arts Festival at Te Kopuru School on 29th March. Starting time is 9.30am and our children are performing at approximately 11am. The day promises to be a day of non-stop entertainment . All the fun of a fair plus entertainment of cultural groups, choirs, martial arts dance groups and more. There will be quick fire raffles, drinks, iceblocks, café, cake stalls, face painting and displays. A hangi will be available at $6 which must be pre-booked , tickets to be purchased from Vanessa at Waldens Shoes. For all enquiries phone Te Kopuru School 439 1802.

BUS TRAVEL
Dargaville High School will be closed this Friday 28th March. The Kaihu and Tangowahine buses will not be running this day and the bus drivers will let the children know if it affects them. Parents will need to arrange transport for their children on this day and all buses will run as normal on Monday.

DENTAL CLINIC
Healthy gums don’t bleed. They should be a light pink colour and sit firmly around your teeth.
WANTED
Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles or Parents with some spare time (ideally ½ to 1 hour per week) with willingness to provide voluntary assistance and become involved in a Perceptual Motor Programme we have introduced in to the Junior classes this year. If this sounds like you we really would like to hear from you. Please contact the school and leave your contact details and we will get back to you with more information.

OTHER NEWS & EVENTS

ATHLETICS DARGAVILLE
Club nights on Wednesdays have now finished. We will notify all concerned when club champs and prize-giving will be held, a date is yet to be set.

JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP
Video night on the big screen, Friday 28th March for all 10-12yr olds, at the Baptist Church 7.15pm. Cost $2.00

HEAD LICE
Many head lice infections cause no symptoms, probably less than half cause itch. So it’s important for you to examine your child’s hair. The easiest way to do this is to apply conditioner to wet hair and comb with a fine tooth lice comb then wipe the conditioner from the comb onto a tissue and look for lice or eggs, they stand out quite clearly this way. Should you find lice or eggs, your child should be treated. This is also an ideal way to check your own hair as you can do it yourself. If you find head lice DON”T PANIC, most families get head lice at some stage of their children’s school life. It’s no big deal. The school and pharmacy stock products recommended for the treatment of head lice.
What about bedding? Much confusion surrounds this issue! As lice cannot live off scalp for more than 24 hours, carers should not go to great lengths to treat bedding or the environment. So drastic is the dehydration of a louse that after 12 hours away from the scalp it cannot resume feeding. Simply denying lice the food they require (human blood) is sufficient to kill lice.

PTA MEETING
URGENT URGENT
The Dargaville Primary PTA is in urgent need of new members. The committee is a group of parents and teachers who get together to co-ordinate fundraising activities to raise money for the school. Meetings are held once a month in the school staffroom. The workload is not huge. It is a great way to meet people and get involved with the school. The AGM is being held on Tuesday 1st April 7.30pm in the staffroom. So come and join us for coffee and dessert.

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