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Week 6
Thursday 1st June - COPSSA Rippa Rugby
Friday 2nd June - Pod 2 Assembly - 2:15pm - Hall
Week 7
Monday 5th June - King's Birthday - SCHOOL CLOSED
Wednesday 7th June - Working Bee School Orchard - 1pm
Wednesday 7th June - PTA Meeting - 7pm - Staffroom
Friday 9th June - Tribe Afternoon
Week 8
Monday 12th June - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Tuesday 13th June - WPS Swimming Competition Years 4-6
Saturday 17th June - PTA Quiz Evening now postponed until 4th August
Week 9
Monday 19th June - Mata-Au Festival - Senior Kapa Haka
Tuesday 20th June - UC Swimming Competition
Friday 23rd June - Pod 7 Assembly - 2:15pm - Hall
Friday 23rd June - Reports sent home
Week 10
Tuesday 27th June - COPSSA Swimming Competition
Wednesday 28th June - Parent Conferences
Thursday 29th June - Parent Conferences
Friday 30th June - Last Day of Term 2
Term 3
Monday 17th July - First Day of Term 3 IMPORTANT NOTICES
Spare Clothes
Please send along any spare shorts, t-shirts, underpants, skorts that you may have, in fact anything navy that we can keep here at school for changes when children need it. Any size 5 years to 11 years. If you have any from our medical room at home please send them along.
Senior Swimming Competition MAC students are not available this year, so in order to run the competition we need 18 parent volunteers to help with timing. If you are able to help to support this event please email kathn@wanaka.school.nz. Thank you.
If Possible Avoid Using Totara Terrace - this Wednesday and Thursday We have been notified that there will be traffic management on Totara Terrace between Matai Road and Beech Street on Wednesday and Thursday this week between 8.30am - 4.00pm. Please try to avoid driving down Totara Terrace on these days.
Working Bee in the School Orchard We are having a working bee in the School Orchard on the 7th June 1pm - 3pm. All help appreciated. Parent Conferences Parent Conferences are Wednesday 28th June and Thursday 29th June 3:15 - 5.00pm for most classes. Bookings are live on the School Interviews website now. The code for booking is - p4sqp
Room 2 (Kylie), Room 7 (Jen and Andrena) and Room 21 (Kelly) will have their interviews on Tuesday 18th July and Wednesday 19th July between 3:15 - 5.00pm. Please book on the School Interviews website with the code - kgk6n
Scholastic Book Club Orders from issue number 3 are on their way and will be distributed soon. Issue 4 Scholastic Loop Book Club catalogues are 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 9.00am Monday 12th June 
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Dr. Julie's Kitchen Fundraiser We have the opportunity to fundraise through Dr. Julie's Kitchen. Dr Julie is a New Zealand author with eight published books which target the niche market of parenting, pregnancy, baby and toddler feeding and feeding your family tribe. She is on a mission to change the way we eat for the next generation. Dr Julie’s Kitchen provides food options like what you would make at home, preserving as many nutrients as possible and in packaging that leaves only a little footprint on the planet.
Products available for you to purchase are: - Slow Cooker Mix Packs - Devilled Sausages, Creamy Chicken and Tikka Masala
- Cookie Mix - Ginger and White Chocolate
- Cookie Mix Chocolate
All Slow Cooker Mixes are free from all added sugars, preservatives, additives and artificial colours and flavours. The Cookie Mixes are gluten free and have packed in extra protein, fibre and healthy fats. Only coconut sugar and white chocolate is used for sweetness.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER HERE BY FRIDAY 9TH JUNE 2023 (Products will be available for pick up the last week of term) Click here for more information on the products available.  |
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Paid Union Meeting for Primary Teachers (PUM) this Wednesday 1-3pm This is to confirm that there will be a Paid Union meeting for teachers 1-3 pm TOMORROW (Wednesday 31st) for teachers to consider their latest offer, which they will not get to read, until later this afternoon.
School remains open for the afternoon and along with me, there will be some teachers and TAs, who will supervise children. If you are intending to pick up your children instead of leaving them at school to be supervised on Wednesday afternoon, please do this before our lunch break between 12.30 and 1.00pm and you will need to sign them out. It may be difficult to find them after 1.00pm, as they may be out and about in the playground enjoying their lunchtime play, or conversely in a pod they are not usually in, if it is a wet day.
There will be no band or music with Pete and Helen on Wednesday afternoon and also no Te Ara Hono.
Buses will run as usual. The office staff are here too, so just contact the office for any queries.
Central Otago Rippa Rugby COPSSA Finals on Thursday We have one team participating in the finals of the COPSSA Rippa Rugby tournament on Thursday in Queenstown. Good luck to you all. Play with the same heart and fun you did whilst competing last week. We were so proud of all our teams who have got right into their Rippa this year. This is our rep team competing and we look forward to hearing what great games they played and how wonderfully they represented us all at Wānaka Primary.
Carpark by Dental Clinic There have been a number of parents report issues at the carpark off Totara Tce (Koru Way entrance) near the dental clinic. It appears that when there is not a staff member there supervising traffic, pandemonium results. We withdrew our parking warden as it was costing the school $10,000 a year out of our precious and limited operations grant. Jason Cowan is now our main man down there, however, when he is not there - 'when the cat's away the mice will play'.
The rules to keep everyone safe are quite simple: - Do not walk behind parked cars, especially when your children are with you. Use the pathways and crossings as marked in the photo below. Too many people are walking on the road way, walking behind cars and then going through traffic to get across, instead of crossing at the marked crossing area and using the path between the 2 sets of angle parking sections.
 Please only use the crossings and walkways- PLEASE STOP for buses. The sign says give way to buses, not race them to see who can get round first. They work to a schedule and have the right of way. There is a blooming big sign telling you to Give Way. So please slow down and actually stop when you see a bus coming around.
- DO NOT USE YOUR MOBILE PHONES whilst driving or walking in this area. Too many parents are seen using their phones and this makes you a danger whether behind a wheel or walking.
- Slow down, have patience and treat every pedestrian or car as if they have 'your child' on board.
- Wet and inclement days usually mean lots of pickups happen by car and we know from experience drivers become less patient and careful. So be extra, extra wary and watchful for our wee school, and preschool age cherubs who all want to get home safe.
Drivers are the main hazard in all of our Pick Up Drop off areas. PLEASE KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE! PARENTS ENSURE YOUR CHILDREN ARE STRAPPED SECURELY INTO SAFE, AGE APPROPRIATE CAR SEATING.
Assembly on Friday is Pod 2 Our 5 year olds are gearing up this week to share what they have been doing in their learning and life at school. Please be seated by 2.15pm and remember NOT to park in any of our Pick up or Drop off areas, (especially the one on Ironside Drive), only in the car parks or off campus.
PTA Quiz 4th August Come on everyone. Get a team of 6 together and come along and enjoy our PTA Quiz night. Not only will this be fun, but this is our biggest fundraiser for term 2.
We will have a bar, ongoing nibbles and kiwiana type food, great quiz masters and questions, spot prizes and raffles.
Get your tickets asap - they will be on sale up until the holidays so get in quick for a great night out and you will be supporting the school, and our landscaping and Garden to Table projects.
Our target is at least 16 tables or 100 quizzers, so help us to get there. See the flyer included in this newsletter.
King's Birthday - School Closed MONDAY 5TH JUNE SCHOOL IS CLOSED AS IT IS KING'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND HOLIDAY. |
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Wānaka Primary Snow Sports Programme
Children enrolled at Wānaka Primary School have the opportunity to be involved with a winter Programme for 2023. - 5-day programme at Cardrona or Treble Cone
- 1-day Ski Experience at Cardrona only
All children enrolled in the 5-day programme MUST be transported by a caregiver up and down the ski field and get them to their lessons on time. It is also the caregiver's responsibility to monitor their children at lunchtime. Registration for the 5-day programme is OPEN now until 21st July. The 1-day programme will have transport and supervision organised by the school. Registration for the 1-day programme OPENING SOON Please read all information on the school website 
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School Camps 2023 Confirmed Costs for Year 5 & 6 Camps Payment details: Online to Wānaka Primary School Account No: 02-0673-0023784-001 OR Eftpos / cash at the office Payment can be made in instalments. More information will follow about each individual camp.
Please regularly check your emails. |
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Naming Competition for New Sport and Community Centre Some of our classes are taking part in this initiative to help name the new sport and community facility currently under construction (at the old Mitre10 building).
The centre currently only has a working title - ‘Wānaka Youth and Community Centre’ but is wanting to bring in a more personal and community approach by accepting naming suggestions from kids that will be the main users of the centre.
Classes will be holding a brainstorming session to workshop some names and then submit their name for the centre to a committee at the QLDC who will select a winner.
The winning class will receive the following: - A special activity at the opening of the centre (TBD)
- Each class member will receive a free swim pass to Wānaka Recreation Centre
- The chance to do a special, exclusive PE class at the centre (dodgeball, basketball, netball etc).
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PTA Kiwiana Quiz The WPS PTA committee is happy to announce we have a new date for the Kiwiana Quiz Night.
Get in quick to book your table of six. This could be a corporate table, a group of friends, or get a couple of tables together and compete against workmates!
Please pop into the office or call and reserve your table now. Also please feel free to contact Adele on pta@wanaka.school.nz or through the facebook page.
Please have a team name ready when booking and use this as your reference when paying to the Wānaka Primary PTA account: 02-0673-0024330-00
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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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Local School Children Season Pass Purchases |
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Wānaka Kids Club Holiday Programme |
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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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