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Week 9
Monday 28th March - Board of Trustees Meeting 5pm - Staffroom
Week 10
Wednesday 6th April - Hot Cross Bun Morning Tea 10:30am - 11:00am
Week 11
Thursday 14th April - Last Day of Term 1
Term 2
Week 1
Monday 2nd May - First Day of Term 2
IMPORTANT NOTICES
School Buses The school buses are arriving, manoeuvring, and leaving school between 2.30pm and 3.20pm. Please give way to the buses in the carpark and do not drive on the private bus road which is closed to all other vehicles.
Scholastic NZ Brochure The latest Scholastic NZ brochure is available from classrooms. If you wish to place an order, please follow the instructions on the inside back cover using Option 1 - Credit Card / LOOP. No cash/ orders are accepted at school. If your order is a gift, please tick the 'GIFT' option, otherwise all orders are handed out to the children.
Orders will close at 3pm on Tuesday 29th March. |
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Wanted - Materials for a School Project Pod 5 are looking for 2 fence posts, to attach 2 signs to. The posts would need to be about 200mm x 200mm by 1400-1600mm tall (to allow at least 200mm to dig into ground). If you have anything suitable that you would be happy to donate we would love to hear from you. Please email danielleb@wanaka.school.nz. |
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Kindling for Sale We are selling banana boxes of dry pine kindling to fundraise for our girls and boys clubs. Support our students and keep your home warm this Winter. Available to collect from the School Office.
$10 per box or 2 for $15 |
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Anniversary Weekend Wasn't it fabulous weather over the long weekend - I walked by the lake, gardened, read books, drank a glass or 2 of vino and thought as I always do, what a peaceful, calm place it is in which we live. I hope you all managed to enjoy the beautiful days, family times and stored some of that sunshine and warmth for the winter ahead.
Covid Update
Today we have had more children return from isolation, or having had a positive case, than there are away. We have 10 new student cases today. Rooms 1, 4, 9, 13, 15 and 16 have each had one positive case, and Rooms 3 and 18 have had two positive cases.
However teachers are now finding themselves having positive tests - Markus and Robyn will be away for the rest of the week. Dave is isolating for the week as a household contact.
Remember, keep following those rules of keeping hygiene practices at the fore, mask wearing and keeping children at home if they show any signs of being unwell. The Ministry of Education is sending us some RAT tests this week...better late than never and we now have a stock of children's masks in case your child leaves theirs at home.
I will keep updating you all as the MoE believe that these next 2 weeks will be the peak for schools in the South Island...and 2 or so weeks after that it is Easter and the holidays so hopefully you can all enjoy the holidays without Omicron threats everywhere.
PAT Catch Up
As we had a number of children absent whilst we were implementing the PAT normed testing to Year 4 - 6 students we are having a catch up of students who missed out, over this week.
PTA ZOOM presentation tomorrow night (Wednesday 23rd) We will send out another invitation to you all via email to join in this parenting ideas presentation from Parenting Place. This is a must view/listen for all parents. Let's see if we can get over half of our families taking part. This is PTA funded so at no cost to parents. |
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Bulb Fundraiser for Enviro and Garden to Table |
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Year 5 and 6 Athletics 2022 is the year of trying new things and finding solutions for our tamariki. This year because of the restrictions we ran a partial Athletics day for Pod 7 and Pod 8. The children competed in 5 events: Discus, Shotput, Long Jump, High Jump and Sprints. Results across the two pods were collated to find our champions. The results will be on the school website once the children have had their certificates presented later this week, along with the trophies for the best overall for each year group.
We were spoilt with the weather and the relaxed nature of the event, as we had less than 100 children competing, making this day special. To see our school values shining as the children celebrated and supported each other was a major highlight across the two days.
We are going to combine our results with the 'other' Upper Clutha Schools to find our Upper Clutha Champions, as unfortunately this event had to be cancelled last week because of the effect that COVID is having on our schools. We will announce these results ASAP.
Term 2 is our swimming competition, hopefully with no restrictions! |
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Hot Cross Buns for Morning Tea Wednesday 6th April - 10.30-11.00am
Our wonderful PTA are organising freshly baked Hot X Buns for students for morning tea on Wednesday 6th April. It would be appreciated if children can bring a gold coin as a donation for their Hot X Bun which will go towards fundraising for the schools Makerspaces' project.
The children's classroom teachers will take orders (normal buns and gluten free) and the PTA will distribute the buns to the pods between 10.30-11.00am on the Wednesday.
Parent Help with Distribution
A call-out to parents to help with distribution of the Hot X Buns to the pods. Twelve parents (2 per pod) are required to help - if you and a friend can help from 10-11am on the Wednesday please fill out the attached form. Please note, at this stage you will need to be vaccinated.
Shout Out
A shout out goes to Dean and Natasha Bartley at Three Parks New World who generously supply the Hot X Buns. |
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PTA Gift Packs What a great way to spoil mum this Mothers Day, or that perfect gift for that special someone's birthday celebration! Whatever the occasion these fantastic Gift Packs consist of the beautiful Wānaka Primary PTA Bite Cookbook, a voucher for two to tour the Cardrona Distillery and a yummy box of chocolates. Proceeds from the sale of these packs will go towards assisting with the fantastic property projects that we are focusing on this year. Our fundraising efforts last year were severely impacted due to Covid so we would love to have your support in 2022.
The PTA committee looks forward to having a bigger presence this year and being involved with some fantastic events and fundraising opportunities. If you would like to be involved on any level, from sausage sizzle to coordination, or you would even just like to sit in on a meeting - Please contact Adele on pta@wanaka.school.nz for further information and dates.
Get in quick - 70 gift packs available! Email pta@wanaka.school.nz to order.
Gift Packs $50.00 |
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Library News 
Ebooks and Audio Books The Wānaka Public Library has 2 fantastic Ebook Platforms which are highly recommended. All you need is a library membership which is free. Click on the image below to find out more and browse to see what is available: 
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Contact for our local Public Health Nurse Pip McLean is our local Public Health Nurse - should you wish to get in contact with Pip her contact details are: 03 440 4309 or 0272 839 395 or email Pip.McLean@southerndhb.govt.nz |
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Weet-Bix Kids TRY CHALLENGE
The red light setting of the Covid-19 Protection Framework (CPF) may have forced the cancellation of the 2022 Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon event series, but kiwi ingenuity is shining brightly thanks to a ground-breaking new event format for the world’s largest junior (under 16) triathlon series.
The new Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRY CHALLENGE is an innovative three week programme for Kiwi kids aged 5 – 15 years of age. The programme is designed to encourage Kiwi kids to get active, have fun and work towards achieving a physical activity goal either individually or with their school.
The TRY CHALLENGE is free to register with individuals being able to purchase a medal and t-shirt pack up until three weeks before their nominated event date and is open to all schools and individuals across New Zealand. The TRY CHALLENGE programme runs through until 30 June 2022.
 Families are invited to find out more information and to register to participate in the TRY CHALLENGE by visiting www.trychallenge.co.nz |
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My Book Bag at Wānaka Library
Wānaka Library are offering the MY BOOK BAG service to all library members who are not able to make it into the library. Wānaka Library will make up a bag, with a selection of chosen books which can then be collected from the library. Click the link below for more information and to order:
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Upper Clutha Rugby
25th March – Open Day
30th April – First Game of the Season |
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| Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Order online at subwayexpress.co.nz by 9am. |
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