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Discovery School Parent Teacher Association
DSPTA

Term 2 - Readathon - Monday 20th April to Friday 1st May 2026

DSPTA Readathon will begin Monday 20th April and finishes Friday 1st May. This is one of our major fundraisers for 2026. We will be celebrating a love of reading and asking our tamariki to get sponsorships for reading lots of books/pages and minutes over the school holidays. The readathon will be happening in the first two weeks of term 2, with a Book Week parade and Book Character Disco happening on Friday 1st May. Booklets have been sent home so please start collecting Sponsorship for the readathon.

Keen to be involved?

If you’d like to be involved in the DSPTA and help decide what fundraisers we run and where our contributions go, please get in touch by emailing dspta@discovery.school.nz for more details, or come along to one of our meetings. Our Chairperson and Treasurer are moving on soon, so we’d love to hear from anyone interested in joining! Check our Facebook page for the date of the next meeting.

Contacts

Chairperson: Alison Heath

Co-chair: Hannah Humphrey

Secretary: Siobhan Allan

Treasurer: Abbey Berry

Email: dspta@discovery.school.nz

Bank account name: Discovery School Parent Teacher Association

Bank account number: 12-3254-0129836-00

Facebook - DSPTA Page

Facebook DSPTA Helpers

DSPTA Newsletters

2026 DSPTA Newsletter Term 1 pdf

Fundraisers

A large portion of the DSPTA's fundraising goes directly back into the school community, reducing the amount parents/ caregivers are asked for throughout the year.

Our main fundraisers are our annual raffle, Read-A-thons (every other year), school events like Discos, sausage sizzles which are as much about getting the community together and holding events kids enjoy as raising funds, as well as Community Events like Discover Christmas.

We also have a few ongoing fundraisers that we get a kickback from products sold.

Current Fundraisers where we receive money back:

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Precious Labels

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Dates and Events

DSPTA Meeting Dates

Term 2 - Tuesday 28th April 2026, 7.00 pm, Discovery School Staffroom
Term 2 - Wednesday 27th May, 6:30pm, 2026 AGM, followed by our monthly meeting, Discovery School Staffroom

Sausage Sizzles

This year we’re trying a slightly different approach to our lunchtime sausage sizzles, with the aim of sharing the workload more evenly across our school community. Each classroom will be assigned to one sausage sizzle during the year, for which we’d love support from the parents and whānau from those classes to run.

Term 2

Tuesday 5th May - Rooms 12, 17
Tuesday 23rd June - Rooms 4, 13, 18

Term 3

Tuesday 28 July - Rooms 5, 14, 23
Tuesday 8 September - Rooms 6, 9, 20

Term 4

Tuesday 20 October - Rooms 10, 21, 22
Tuesday 17 November - Rooms 7, 8, 23

Discos

Term 1 - Friday 27 March (W8) - Dress to Impress
Term 2 - Disco - to be confirmed
Term 3 - Friday 7 August (W3) - Glow
Term 4 - Friday 30 October (W3) - Halloween

School Apparel

Discovery School hoodies, house t-shirts and bucket hats are now available to order via https://www.cus.kiwi.nz/discovery-school/

Cus is open for orders with printing and delivery monthly.

The opportunity to wear your school colours. There is an option to customise with adding your name too! Cus is the local provider and you are welcome to pop into their shop and try on for sizing. We will also have a few samples at school to try on in due time. The DSPTA will not be using this as a fundraising opportunity but a chance to show your school pride. Sports teams are encouraged to get zip options for quick transitions.