We are a team of parents/caregivers who work alongside our staff and BOT to further enrich the learning experience of our Ladbrooks tamariki. We are keen to support the fantastic Ladbrooks School community by fundraising for the essential, the added extras, and the fun-to-have resources. We also love to get the community together socially and welcome our new Ladbrooks whanau.

Keep in Touch – PALS events and activities are communicated through both the Ladbrooks Parent Hub page on Facebook, via HERO and at the school gate. Meeting minutes get posted via facebook.

The PALS team is always keen to chat and help out where we can. Text or call, or email the team at Ladbrooksevents@gmail.com. These are some of our key roles:

Treasurer: Louise Egerton, officially treasurer extraordinaire and parent of Jimmy and Hamish, and a friendly knowledge source. Ph. 021 280 0279
Secretary: Michaela McLeod, our secretary and mum to Joe and Harriet. She’s so well organised and excellent at keeping everyone informed. Ph. 027 486 2002
Chairperson (Interim): Sarah Barnsley is the interim Chairperson, she’s mum to Archie and has been at Ladbrooks a while, so will happily pass her duties if someone wants to put up their hand! Always happy to answer questions Ph. 021 567 360
Lunches: Tayla Wright, mum of Miller and Hudson, and Friday Lunch guru who organises our weekly lunches and supports the lunch-making team. Ph. 027 8111 881 if you’d like to help out.
Second-Hand uniforms, Merinos and Jackets: Kelly Hitchins is mum to Issac and Austin. Please contact Kelly to check out uniform supplies or to order Merinos or Jackets. Ph 021 244 7079
Catering: Mel Fagg who is parent of Skyla and Zack, sorting any catering opportunities that crop up. Ph. 021 495 509
Social: Sarah Pont is the social butterfly getting community events up and running contact her at pals@ladbrooks.school.nz.
Gardens and Working Bees: Sue Knowles is mum to Mackenzie and our green thumbed legend and she’s always keen to have help! Ph. 021 221 3452

The rest of the PALS team pitch in to support the mahi whenever we can.

Help is always appreciated - Contributions of time, effort and input are always appreciated and any and all caregivers, parents and grandparents are invited to join us at meetings (once a term), or help out at events or give suggestions for fundraising and allocating funds. PALs is yours as much as ours so please feel welcome. Please contact any of the team if you’d like to be involved.

Friday Lunches – Our tamariki love their weekly lunches that are ordered via the Kindo App by 9am each Friday. We appreciate our Friday Lunch volunteers who bring it all together each week. Menu management, buying supplies, collating orders and preparing kai each week is our biggest ongoing activity.

We’d really appreciate your help!! If you have some time you can spare to help for a few hours on a couple of Fridays each term, then please contact Tayla.

Merino Jerseys and School Jackets – Locally manufactured Merino jerseys and soft-shell jackets are regularly batch ordered through Kindo. Merino jerseys are fairly true to size while the jackets are quite small through the body and quite long in the arm. Most children tend to order 2 sizes larger than usual. ie. Size 8/9 – look for a size 11/12 which will give a wee bit of grow space. Details and ordering on Kindo App.

Second Hand Uniforms – We usually have a generous supply of second hand clothing kindly donated back by the community. We sell these for $5 a piece (or a donation). Second hand uniform sales are available all year round by contacting Kelly and she’ll show you what’s in stock.

Catering/Fundraising opportunities – These are a regular part of the PALS fundraising efforts. We can’t take on everything that comes our way but will schedule several large catering opportunities each year. Help is always appreciated prior to and at these functions, and we will ask for donations of food items if required. Look out for requests for assistance.

You can contact the PALS team above or through: ladbrooksevents@gmail.com