Pleasant Point Primary

29/05/2026

OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS FOR TERM 3
A ballot for out of zone enrolments for term 3 closes on 24th June and will be drawn on 26th June. Please fill in the form if you would like to apply for an out of zone place at our awesome rural primary school. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFEgZ_wLYTiAOXBIgcR9j-22uPLXQmDonuMOjoydlCg60rVQ/viewform?usp=header

29/05/2026

Weekly Round-Up- Week 6
Although the weather is definitely cooling down we were incredibly lucky with most days being bright and sunny!

Next week we are diving head first into book week. This is always a highlight in the calendar and this year we have some new activities happening such as the Fox in Socks day on Tueday and a Chicken Divas Disco on Wednesday. Get ready to Catch the Reading Bug!

21/05/2026

Week 5 Round-Up
Short week this week as today is a teacher only day!

Cross country was a brilliant day. Well done to all the tamariki for giving it their all. We have some exceptional runners in our school!
A big shout out to Mr Shaw for organizing another great day!

18/05/2026

Week 4 Round-Up
This week was support staff week! A huge thank you to our teacher aides, caretaker and office staff for all you do. We hope you enjoyed your morning tea celebration!

The school took part in Pink Shirt Day on Friday. It was awesome to see the amount of students who turned up in pink to support the cause. Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying.

In week 5 we have cross country on Thursday and a teacher only day Friday.

08/05/2026

Weekly Round-Up Up Week 3
This week the Yr 7/8 students took part in the Weston Sports Interchange. The day ran smoothly and the kids had a great time. This year Point Primary came out victorious! We look forward to next year and doing it all over again. A big thanks to Miss Gaskin for all your organisation making this happen.

Our savouries from the fundraiser got delivered this week. We were able to raise $1,606 for the school through this. A massive thank you to the parents who at the last minute came in to help organise all the orders and get them to the right place. A special shout out to Rochelle Hastie who not only helped out with this but also cooked the sausage sizzle prior. What an amazing community we have.

Next Friday we will be participating in Pink Shirt Day. Kids can come to school wearing pink and raise awareness for this great cause. - Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying

24/04/2026

Term 2 Week 1 Round Up!
We have had a great start back to school and it has been full on straight away with our Yr 5 & 6's going away on camp to Mt Hutt! The tamariki participated in a wide range of activities and have all come back happy (and a bit tired!). Luckily we have a long weekend for them to recover and recharge ready for week 2.

We started our weekly sausage sizzle up again this week. A big thank you to Phillipa McLeod for taking charge and cooking this week!

Waitaki 1 lead the way in our welcome back assembly on Monday and taught the school some sign language that they have been learning. What an amazing job they are doing!

The school has received new speakers, sports equipment and a PA system this week which we were able to get through the "Fuel for Schools" programme. This lead to an impromptu dance break in the office lead by our student council! If you order bulk fuel from Fern Energy you can nominate our school and we get 50c from every 100L purchased. It all adds up and means we can buy much needed resources for our kura. Thank you to everyone who participates in this programme already.

03/04/2026

And thats a wrap for Term 1!!

This week we had students participate in the PCT challenge which was a lot of fun, said goodbye to Harold and the Life Education Van and finished the week off with our Celebration Assembly acknowledging some students who have had some outstanding results lately not only in the classroom but in the wider community including the South Canterbury Triathlon and Swimming Sports.

This week we also said goodbye to our incredible caretaker Jason Bolitho. Jason has done such an amazing job over the last couple of years and whipped the school grounds into shape. We wish you the best for your home renovation journey and hope you come back to visit often!

We also farewelled (hopefully not forever) our teacher aide Ben and Mr Sharp as they set off to the UK for their next adventure. We wish you both well and hope to see you back at school soon!

Happy and safe holidays everyone!

29/03/2026

Week 8 Round-up!
With only one week left until school holidays the tamariki have been doing a wide range of different and exciting things.

Harold and the Life Education van have joined us this week with each class getting a couple of visits in to learn all about how our bodies work.

Our rippa rugby team that headed off to Ashburton had an amazing day landing them in the top 5 teams!

The week ended with our super swimmers representing Point Primary at the South Canterbury Swimming Sports that were held at Cbay. Well done to everyone involved, you have really made us proud.

We will be drawing our Easter Raffle this Wednesday, make sure you get your tickets in and you could be in to win one of two baskets full of Easter goodies!!!

25/03/2026

A reminder that our out of zone enrolment process for term 2 closes today. Please fill out the form if you are intersted in an out of zone place.

Pleasant Point Board of Trustees is offering 50 out of zone enrolment opportunities in 2026 across the whole school. There are 20 places offered for term 1 to be decided by ballot with an application deadline of 8th October and the ballot taking place on 10th October. There will be 10 offered in eac...

14/03/2026

Week 6 Round-Up
This week our road patrol students got to do some training to help keep everyone safe crossing the road. Great job everyone!

Our Yr 5/6 & 7/8 rippa rugby teams played their hearts out ending with the yr 7/8s moving onto the next stage and will be playing the next round in Ashburton this month.

Friday was our m***i day where students bought along an item for breakfast club. A massive thank you to everyone, our breakfast club pantry is now looking well stocked and will allow us to continue breakfast club every Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Remember Monday is a teacher only day, we look forward to seeing you all back Tuesday morning 😀