Wānaka Primary School Newsletter for Term 2 Week 7

Newsletter Term 2 Week 7

6th June 2023

IN THIS NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT DATES

Week 7
Wednesday 7th June - Working Bee School Orchard - 1pm - volunteers welcome
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
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
Week 1
Monday 17th July - First Day of Term 3

Week 2
Friday 28th July - NZ Playhouse Theatre Performance - Treasure Island
Week 3

Wednesday 2nd August - Author visit Deano - 1.45pm
Friday 4th August - PTA Quiz Evening
Week 4
Monday 7th August - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Thursday 10th August - Day 1 EOTC / Snow Sports Programme
Friday 11th August - Tribe Afternoon

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Senior Swimming Sports - Tuesday 13th June

If your child has entered the swimming sports, they will bring home a letter tomorrow detailing information about the event. The letter will also be emailed.

We are very short of parent helpers to time the races; please indicate on the returning form if you can please help, or email kathn@wanaka.school.nz.

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

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

Working Bee - School Orchard 1-3pm Wednesday

On Monday the 5th of June, it was World Environment day, which celebrated 50 years. The theme this year was to raise awareness and encourage efforts to protect the environment. To celebrate the Enviro team are having a working bee in the school orchard and the bank behind Pod 8.

If you would like to join us, you are most welcome to come along this Wednesday between 1 and 3 pm. If you would like your child to take part, please email their classroom teacher giving permission for them to help. Send them along with a change of old clothing and footwear (children love getting messy).

CURRICULUM COMMENT

Week 7

I trust you all had a relaxing King's Birthday weekend. I can't believe we are in week 7 already. Flying back from visiting my granddaughters in Palmerston North provided a picturesque panoramic view of the snow capped ranges. The ski season is not far away by the looks of it.

Mid Year Reporting to Parents

Remember the Parent Deep Dive, where you come in and spend an hour or so with your child as they show you and tell you all about their learning, their successes, their challenges and show you the results of their work, in effect reporting to you on their learning. This is this Thursday 22nd June 11-12.30, 1.30-3pm and 4-5pm. We have 3 parts to our reporting system - students reporting to parents, written reports and parent teacher interviews. Of these 3 the students reporting to parents is the most important part of the process.

As a result of feedback from previous years we are not only sending written reports home through the portal, but we will also email a copy to every parent (as some have difficulty with the portal), and on request we will also provide a printed hard copy (as some families do not have a printer at home). After the 23rd June (the date the reports are sent home) Jason is the person to get in touch with if you have any issues or to request a printed copy.

Bookings are now open (see under Important Notices) for Parent Conference (being held on 28th and 29th June) with teachers. We have set up this process again this year at the request of parents who preferred a structured format, rather than contacting teachers themselves. Please note that all 3 of these reporting options are available, but you may not feel you need to participate in all 3, especially if you are a parent who pops into class often.

Our Teaching Staff are busy this Week

Our teaching of writing expert extraordinaire, Murray Gadd, is in school this week working with our teachers and our kids. He will lead a staff workshop today digging deeper into getting the most out of children's writing through finely tuned teaching practice focusing on quality learning conversations with our young writers.

On Wednesday we are working with a group of experts, mainly from the Ministry of Education, to explore more deeply, the learning and teaching of children with diverse needs. We have nearly 40 educationalists from other schools and our expert team coming together to talk and plan to maximise the opportunities for these students in our Upper Clutha primary schools.

SCHOOL NOTICES

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

School Camps 2023

Confirmed Costs for Year 5 & 6 Camps

Payment details:

Online to Wānaka Primary School Account No: 02-0673-0023784-001

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 (wendyb@wanaka.school.nz) or Lucy (office@wanaka.school.nz) as soon as possible.

Payment can be made in instalments.

More information will follow about each individual camp.
Please regularly check your emails.

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 leave and enter areas in a respectful way'.

PTA NOTICES

PTA Meeting - Wednesday 7th June - 7pm

Our next PTA meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday 7th June at 7pm in the school staffroom. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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

Thank you.

SPORT NOTICES

COPSSA Rippa Rugby Tournament

The UnRippables had an awesome COPSSA Tournament last Thursday in Queenstown. The weather held and the team stepped out and played some awesome Rippa Rugby. They faced narrow losses, but did not let that phase them. The UnRippables came out for the last game with as much passion as the first game and took a win by 2 tries - which they were ecstatic about. One of the best things to see was The UnRippables team working together and encouraging each other when they were on and off the field. You guys were amazing!

Thank you to all the parents who came and supported us; it's always great to have you on the sideline.
Charlotte and Moira

LIBRARY NEWS

Library Books

Hi there,
I am passionate about getting children addicted to reading.
As you will know your child comes into the library with their class each week and I ask you to get familiar with the day they come in so that they bring their library books, either to return or renew if they haven't finished reading them.

I encourage the children to come in any day (except Friday) at morning tea or lunch to change their books if they do not want to wait until the next class visit. Some children are quick readers and therefore like to stock up before the weekend.
I welcome any parents to come in and see our library at any time. I take pride in a very well resourced library and a school board that values the funding of it.
I am happy to discuss your children's reading needs at anytime.

Aroha ana ahau ki te pānui pukapuka - I love to read books.

Ngā mihi
Melissa

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.

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:

HEALTH SNIPPETS

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

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Local School Children Season Pass Purchases

Click here to purchase a local school child season pass

Growing Stars Workshop

Dance Off 2023 - Dance Wanaka

Wastebusters Resourceful Communities Survey 2023

Wastebusters is carrying out research into the barriers that people in our area face when it comes to cutting down on waste.

All responses are anonymous and the results will be used to help plan community engagement projects.

Plus, everyone who completes the survey can go into the draw to win some amazing prizes including a Cardrona day pass, a Revology goodie bag, Wastebusters vouchers and more!

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete. It will be open until the end of June 2023.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGXFDY8

The Resourceful Communities survey is funded by the QLDC Zero Waste District Programme and Wastebusters.

HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES

Wanaka Netfit Clinic

Wānaka Kids Club Holiday Programme

Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Order online at subwayexpress.co.nz by 9am.

Wānaka Primary School

7 Ironside Drive

Wānaka, Otago 9350

New Zealand

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