Wānaka Primary School Newsletter for Term 2 Week 10

Newsletter Term 2 Week 10

2nd July 2024

IN THIS NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 2
Week 10
Tuesday 2nd July - Parent Teacher Conferences 3.15pm - 5.00pm
Tuesday 2nd July - Mata-au Kapa Haka Festival (UC schools)
Wednesday 3rd July - Mufti Day for Mohua Tribe only
Thursday 4th July - COPSSA Cross Country
Friday 5th July - Red Nose Day
Friday 5th July - Last day of term 2
Term 3
Week 1
Monday 22nd July - First day of term 3
Week 2
Tuesday 30th July - WPS Swim Sports
Friday 2nd August - Pod 7 Assembly 2.15pm - Hall
Week 3
Monday 5th August - UC Swim Sports
Tuesday 6th August - Music Festival Practice - Lake Wānaka Centre 9am-3pm
Wednesday 7th August - Music Festival Practice - Lake Wānaka Centre 9am-3pm
Wednesday 7th August - Music Festival first performance 6.30pm-8pm at LWC
Thursday 8th August - Music Festival second performance 6.30pm-8pm at LWC
Week 4
Pod trials for Wana-Be-A-Star - all week
Monday 12th August - Central Otago Chess Tournament - Queenstown
Monday 12th August - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Thursday 15th August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 1
Friday 16th August - Pod 6 Assembly 2.15pm - Hall
Week 5
Pod trials for Wana-Be-A-Star - all week
Thursday 22nd August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 2
Friday 23rd August - Tribe Afternoon
Week 6
Thursday 29th August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 3
Friday 30th August - PTA Father's Day Breakfast
Friday 30th August - Wana-Be-A-Star Finals
Friday 30th August - Pod 4 Assembly 2.00pm - Hall

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Winning Tribe Mufti Day

Mohua tribe collected the most tokens this term! Congratulations!!
They have a Mufti day tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd July.

Red Nose Day this Friday

Red Nose Day is on Friday 5th July. Come dressed in red and/or a 'creative red nose'. Please send a gold coin donation to make a difference in the lives of children by helping Cure Kids raise funds for child health research.

Second Hand Book Sale

Second hand book sale outside the office - EVERYTHING MUST GO - $1 EACH.

FROM THE BOARD

MoE Review of the UC ENROLMENT SCHEME

As happens annually, with the Board, the MInistry of Education plan to review school rolls, zoning and the enrolment scheme. They will be initiating this review at the beginning of Term 3, so keep an eye open for communication about this, as the Ministry will be seeking community input.

Brendan Hearle
Board Chair

CURRICULUM COMMENT

Mid Year Reporting to Parents

We have had, as usual, an impressive turn out to our Parents' Deep Dive last week and to our parent/teacher conferences as well. Every child has had their report emailed via our Edge portal. If you haven't received yours or cannot access it please let us know. Thanks so much for supporting your children, as they love sharing their learning journey with you, and thanks for connecting with teachers around your child's learning. Please note that communication between school and home is a huge factor in a child's engagement in school and with their progress and achievement. If you have anything you wish to know more about, or have a question about, please email your child's teacher at any time during the year, or arrange to catch up for a face to face meeting. We value our learning partnerships with parents.

Inclusive Practices Survey

We had 25% of our families complete this survey, and the NZCER reports will be printed this week. The leadership team will analyse the results and produce a report summary which we will share with you via the newsletter early next term, and the Board at their first meeting next term.

Matariki

Once again we have had amazing feedback from our parent community about the professional, precise and passionate performance of our Kapa haka group at Matariki. Anne is our teacher who leads Kapa haka and does such a wonderful job of this. Well done again Anne. Today Anne and the Kapa haka group are participating at the Mata-au Kapa Haka festival at the Lake Wānaka Centre and one lucky parent from each member of our group has a ticket to watch their performance this evening. I went to the Mata-au performance today and their performance brought tears to my eyes...They were perfect!

School Holidays...yay!

A reminder that school finishes at 3pm this Friday 5th, being the last day of Term 2. Term 3 starts on Monday 22nd July. It is dance week for the first 2 weeks of Term 3 with a performance of our dances for parents planned for Friday 2nd August. We also have the Music Festival, Swim Sports, CO Chess Tournament, the snow and school based EOTC programme, an author visit, Wana-Be-A-Star, MoE Teacher Only Day (6th September), assemblies, PTA Fathers Day Breakie and the PTA Quiz evening all happening in Term 3, along with all of our business as usual learning in the classroom. I hope our children get lots of R&R in the holidays as they will need all the energy they can muster for a full term ahead.

SCHOOL NOTICES

Wana-Be-A-Star

Wana-Be-A-Star is back! This is a fabulous opportunity for students to share their performing talents through magic acts, singing, instrument playing, dancing, mime, puppet shows... or you could surprise us! Items can be performed individually or in pairs, or groups.

Pod auditions will be held during Week 4 of Term 3, with finalists chosen to perform their item in the grand final on August 30th.

Students are asked to prepare their item at home and may need some support with costumes, props and selecting age-appropriate music, etc.

Entry forms will be available from school reception from Week 1 of next term.

We can't wait to see their amazing talents on stage!

Pod 4 Plant Presentations

This term Pod 4 children have been learning about plants. Towards the end of the topic they chose an area to research and present. The presentations were amazing and the children enjoyed sharing their learning with other pods and parents.

School Camps 2024 - Terms 4

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Further information will be sent out during term 3.

Payment details:

Online to Wānaka Primary School Account No: 02-0673-0023784-001
OR
Eftpos / cash at the office

If there are challenges that would make payment for camps difficult,
please come in and see, ring or email Wendy or Lucy as soon as possible.

Payment can be made in instalments.

Photos from Haka Tu Haka Ora Competition last week

The Great Kiwi Circus

The Great Kiwi Circus is bringing the magic of a live circus show to regional towns
and cities across New Zealand.

The Great Kiwi Circus is a fun packed 90-minute circus show to suit children with
additional needs and their families, as well as children and families in the community
who have experienced a tough time.  The show will be grounded by a fantastically
funny Ringmaster.  The team endeavour to present the children and caregivers with
different types of circus acts that change each year to keep it fresh and current.

This show will be held at The Lake Wānaka Centre on Wednesday 21st August at
6pm.  We have an allocation of tickets. If you you would like a ticket for your
child/ren and a caregiver, please email our SENCO, Leah at senco@wanaka.school.nz

Wānaka Primary School Tech Sale

SPORT NOTICES

WPS Senior Swimming Sports

These are being held in Week 2 of next term (30th July) and are optional for Year 5 and 6 students.

Please help your child decide whether they would like to participate. They need to be able to swim a length of the pool with the correct stroke technique and without touching the bottom of the pool.

Students will be asked in Week 1, if they would like to take part and in what races (25m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and medley).

Upper Clutha Cross Country

Last week 40 of our students from Year 5-6 competed against the rest of the Upper Clutha Schools at the Hāwea Domain. It was a cold but clear day with lots of mud and a fire to keep the kids warm! The course was a 1.5km run through the Equestrian Centre with many obstacles to test their running and jumping skills. Congratulations to all competitors. The top 10 qualified for the Central Otago Championships in Cromwell on Thursday this week. Good luck! Some of our stand out successes were:

Year 5 Girls:

Maia Milburn - 2nd place
Zara Ellison - 3rd place

Year 5 Boys

Sam Morris - 2nd place

Year 6 Girls

Ally Moir - 1st place
Caley Clifford - 2nd place
Sophie Lucas - 3rd place
all 8 of our girls ran in the top 10!

Year 6 Boys

Jacob Heathorn - 1st place

2024 Wānaka Primary Snow Sports - Term 3

The snow sports programme for 2024 went live last week via the newsletter. All information about this programme, including links to enrol, is on our school website at the link below. Please look carefully at the dates for booking, and information about the programme. Any queries to Jasonc@wanaka.school.nz

2024 Snow Sports LINK

PB4L SCHOOL-WIDE GOAL

Positive Behaviour For Learning - PB4L

PB4L School-Wide looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. The framework is based on international evidence and is helping New Zealand schools build a culture where positive behaviour and learning is a way of life.

Each fortnight we focus on a school wide goal to encourage positive behaviours. The current goal is: 'We take care of our school and use spaces and equipment for their purpose'.

ENVIRO SCHOOLS

WPS Honey

LIBRARY NEWS

Library News

Click the image below to view our wonderful Library Webapp.

Feel free to email Melissa at any time if you have any questions.

Digital and Audio Resources

Borrow box is an amazing resource which you can have free access to for digital reading and audio resources for your children. Click on the image below to look at the amazing range. You need a QLDC library membership (which is free) to borrow.

BookHub

BookHub is an relatively new NZ based website where you can search for books you want to buy online from NZ based booksellers rather than from overseas sites.

Obviously I support local booksellers as well but if you are an online shopper I fully support supporting NZ businesses before the likes of Amazon who charge exorbitant shipping fees. Click on the icon or this link : https://bookhub.co.nz/

Quote of the Week

OUT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Aspiring Young Musicians - Drama and Music Lessons

After School Art

After School Watercolour Fun

After School Watercolour Fun (starting Monday 22 July) for ages 8 and up. Come and join the fun on a Monday after school in the warmth at the Wānaka Arts Centre.