WAIKOWHAI PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 17 : 1st NOVEMBER 2016

Ko te Tamaiti te Po te Kaupapa Ole tamaitiiti o le fatu o le faamoemoe The Child – the Heart of the Matter

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Namaste, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, hello everyone. Welcome back to the final and busiest term of the year. A special welcome to our new families and their children: Caleb McLellan.

ASSEMBLY THIS TERM Week 4 No Assembly

Week 5 Room 1

Week 6 Room 11

Week 7 Room 5

Week 8 Room 4

Week 9 Room 6

Week 10 Year 5’s

Week 11 Final Assembly Year 6

Leavers & Prize Giving Assembly  

Pizza & Popcorn Afternoon 26th November 1pm – 4pm

FoTs Fundraiser $10 = popcorn, pizza and water

If you would like to book your child/children in for this event so you can get some Christmas Shopping done or meet up with friends for a coffee, please complete the form attached to this newsletter. There will be a movie for the children to watch as well.  

Alice in Wonderland Actors are well rehearsed, class items are polished, costumes are made, make up artists are waiting in the wings, and cameras, lighting and sound are ready for the biggest event on our school calendar year! Children will be rehearsing at Waikowhai Intermediate throughout this week in preparation for our 3 performances on Wednesday/Thursday night and Friday morning. All tickets for the evening performances are sold out and there are only 70 tickets left for the Matinee on Friday morning (11am start).

Reminder: • All of the senior school cast need to be at Waikowhai

Intermediate School by 6pm on both nights • Children in Rooms 1,3,4,5,6,10 and 11 will need to be at the

Intermediate by 6.30pm. Please take your child to the entrance and a staff member will then take your child to the correct area.

• Doors will not open for ticket holders until 6.45pm.

Hat  Reminder  All  children  must  wear  a  navy  blue  hat  in  Term  4  and  Term  1.  Bucket  hats  and  caps  can  be  purchased  from  the  school  office.  Caps  are  $10  and  bucket  hats  are  $6.  

Athletics Day 10th November

Our school Athletics Day will be held next Thursday 10th November. Please come along to support your children. Further information will go home in a notice later this week. Children will need to wear ‘House’ colours on the day: Pukeko – Green Tui - Yellow Kea – Red Ruru – Blue

Our FoTS team will be running a tea/coffee and cake stall on the day.

Class Photos A reminder that these will take place next Monday 7th November. Every child was given a prepaid photo envelope to take home last week. Orders will only be processed if money is returned by Monday morning. If you would like a sibling photo taken please see Kara in the school office. The sibling pack costs $30 for 12 items.    

Strategic Planning Survey Thank you everyone for the great response to our Strategic Planning Survey. 123 families completed the survey.

• The classes that have won the special lunch are R4 & R10. Congratulations!

• The family that has won the $100 Countdown vouchers is the Pau Family.  

Term 4 Dates

School Production Wed 7pm 2nd November Thus 7pm 3rd November Friday 11am 4th November Class Photos Monday 7th November Strategic Planning Meeting Tues 15th November Year 6 Graduation Dinner Tues 13th December Year 6 Rangitoto Trip Thurs 15th December Reports/Portfolios home Thurs 15th December Leavers/Prize Giving Assembly Tues 11am 20th December

2017 Term Dates Term One - Thursday 2nd February – Thursday 13th April (Good Friday 14th April) Term Two – Monday 1st May – Friday 7th July Term Three – Monday 24th July – Friday 29 September Term Four – Monday 16th October – Tuesday 19th December Cornwallis Beach Trip Fri 17th February 2017

 

   

MERIT CERTIFICATES…… Classroom teachers award merit certificates to students who have made an exceptional effort or have improved in a particular curriculum area. We would like to congratulate the following students who have received merit certificates in the last week: Josie Noa, Benjamin Schumacher, Santanna Alfred-Ngata, Daniel Fairey. Jonathon McLellan, Bronson Hall, Freddy Sevele, Frank Bremmer, Manea Waru-Moe, Jamie Nagle, Brayden Choi, Faith Mausia, Vili Vakauta, Brittany Puletaha, Amara Mahmood, Melody Reopoamo, Jack Reeve, Kalana Rongopoa, Charlotte Nagle, Isabelle Reeve, Paula Latu, Tipiloma Aloua, Lily Mao, Jeremiah Uaisele, Mercedes Tunai, Ama Mahaliyana, Bailey Brown, Serene Chaamma, Caleb McLellan and Sual Yu. DUFFY CERTIFICATES…… Duffy certificates are values based and are awarded by classroom teachers to students who have demonstrated a key value such as kindness, respect, responsibility, empathy or honesty towards others. We would like to congratulate the following students who received Duffy certificates in the last week: Tui Pamaka, Paityn Watson, Hepi Pamaka, Kenny Zhen, Rua Taraia, Farhad Sazli, Atreyu McSheffrey, Disaree Taufa, Steven Uluave, Lopeti Vakauta, Amie Mao, Toby Stevens-Brown, Hope Malae, Conrad Brunt and Temana Nepia.

STUDENT  OF  THE  WEEK  Congratulations to

Jaimie Harris from Room 4 and Nora Thant from Room 5 for being selected as Students of the Week in the last two weeks……..Well done!    

POSTCARDS… Teachers send postcards to children’s homes when they notice something extra special that a child has done, either in the classroom or in the playground. Congratulations to the following children who were sent postcards in the last couple of weeks: Madeleine Drummond, Anna Baird, Daiki Phillip, Josef Kupu, Aidan Morrison, Mekilini Tupou, Tipiloma Aloua, Amie Mao and Sadie Caffrey.

Production DVDs

A professional recording company, Adroit Multi Media, has agreed to film our production at a heavily reduced cost. DVDs of Alice in Wonderland will be available to purchase for $20 each, which will cover our expenses. If you would like to order a DVD, please complete the attached notice. DVDs must be paid for by Monday 14th November. Orders will only be processed if money is returned.

Staff News A number of key staff will be leaving us at the end of this term. All of these people have done a fantastic job and will be greatly missed! Mrs Joanne Price – Mrs Price’s family is returning to Australia to live Mrs Kara Nagle – Kara and her family are moving out of Auckland and closer to the beach. Mr Alistair Williamson – Alistair is retiring and moving out of Auckland. Ms Lynair Bergman, our school social worker – Lynair and her family are moving out of Auckland. Miss Abby Moimoi, our school health nurse – Abby is getting married in January and moving to Tauranga.  We wish all of these wonderful people the best in their new ventures. We would also like to welcome Ms Treena Brand who will be joining our teaching staff in 2017.

 

 

COMMUNITY NOTICES

 

Active Families Active Families is a free physical activity programme run afterschool on Thursdays from 4.30pm-5.30pm at Roskill Youth Zone. The time is spent with children playing supervised sport while parents are learning more about meal planning, healthy breakfasts and lifestyle changes that can be made for the whole family. There are also joint cooking sessions which are interactive and fun! Anyone between the ages of 5 – 12 can join the programme. Please contact Alannah on (09) 623 7986 to register. Location: 740 Sandringham Road Extension.  

   Bollywood  and  Bhangra  Dance  Classes

 

Our  intention  is  to  teach  our  dance  students  Bollywood  and  Bhangra  style  dance  in  a  safe  and  structured  environment.    We  are  passionate  dancers  and  would  like  to  take  our  students  to  platforms  across  NZ  to  perform  on  various  stages.      

Bollywood  and  Bhangra  Dance  Classes  are  each  Sunday  at  Cityside  Dance  Studio,  111a  May  Road,  Mt  Roskill.  Ages  5-­‐8:  Class  2-­‐3pm  Ages  9-­‐12:  Class  3-­‐4pm  Open  to  both  boys  and  girls  -­‐  No  previous  experience  required      

If  you  have  any  questions  please  feel  free  to  contact  our  team  any  time.  Mahima    021  125  9792  Rahul    021  214  9243  Email  -­‐  desibeatdance@gmail.com  Website  -­‐  http://www.5050dancecrew.com