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Week 9
Monday 19th June - Mata-Au Festival - Senior Kapa Haka
Tuesday 20th June - UC Swimming Competition
Thursday 22nd June - Reporting to Parents Deep Dive
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
Tuesday 18th July - Parent Conferences for Rooms 2, 7 and 19
Wednesday 19th July - Parent Conferences for Rooms 2, 7 and 19
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 Leaving Wānaka Primary School If you and your family are leaving Wānaka Primary School at the end of this term and you have not yet notified our office, can you please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.
Lost Property We have a large amount of lost property in our pods and school office. Please come and claim your lost property as we will be dropping off what is left at school to charity shops at the end of term as the office block is being painted over the holidays.
Scholastic Book Orders Apologies that the Scholastic Book Orders were closed early - it has been reopened until this Friday 16th June at midday.
Could You Help? Across the school, our students have been completing some amazing artworks as part of the Creatives in Schools project.
After the end of term, we will be installing these in different locations around the school and would really appreciate parent help to do this. If you have some building skills and are willing to volunteer a few hours to help, please could you email kathn@wanaka.school.nz
There will be tasks such as attaching the art to walls or fences or creating concrete foundations.
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 |
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Snow Day Procedure If snow occurs overnight, a decision regarding school closure, or a delayed start, will be made in the morning – we will notify you by the following methods: - Our school website – home page
- Bulk email
- Our School App
If the school closes during the day due to snow, we will notify you via the methods above – please refrain from phoning the office. Buses will not run. Children can be collected and signed out from their classrooms where they will remain under the supervision of a teacher. If you are personally unable to collect your child, then other arrangements should be made for collection.
If a parent wishes to have someone that is recorded as an emergency contact collect their child, the pick up person should go to the classroom, provide identification (if not known to the teacher) and sign the child out.
Now is a good time to consider your emergency contacts – and ensure that the office has recorded the details of at least two people, living locally, who you trust to collect your child if the school closes due to snow. |
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Honey For Sale $7.00 - available from the school office now |
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Winter Bugs are about I have been at home with a bug for the last week and according to my medical centre there are a myriad of bugs circulating so remember to: - Keep children at home if they show any signs of feeling unwell
- Do not send them back to school too early
- Remind them to cough into their arm or a tissue - we did this so well during Covid but people seem to be forgetting this
- If you are sending children to school with a cough or they are returning after an illness, a mask for a few days may be advisable
- There seem to be children getting one thing after another (my own grandies included, who I attribute my current virus to!) so seek medical advice when concerned
- Please notify the school office first thing in the morning if your child is unwell and will be absent for the day
Kapa Haka events coming up Tomorrow some of the students in our senior Kapa Haka group are travelling to Hāwea Flat School to join groups from Take Kārara and Hāwea Flat to practice as an Upper Clutha Kapa Haka group to perform at the NZ Principals conference in Queenstown in term 3.
Next Monday 19th June, our entire senior Kapa Haka group are spending the day involved in workshops at our UC Mata-Au Festival. There will be a performance by schools later in the day for parents of children involved. Anne Jenkins has sent an email home to parents of our Kapa Haka Group. Any questions please email Anne at annej@wanaka.school.nz.
Mid Year Reporting to Parents - Thursday 22nd June: Reporting to Parents Deep Dive. Parents invited into classrooms between 11.00-12.30pm or 1.30-3.00pm or 4.00-5.00pm.
- Friday 23rd June: Written Reports sent home (both via email and EDGE with hard copies available from Jason by email request to jasonc@wanaka.school.nz.
- Wednesday 28th June/Thursday 29th June: Parent/Teacher Conferences - Please see Important Notices for how to book.
- Don't forget you can book a meeting with your literacy lift support teachers (Marg and Kerry)
- (NB: Dates for Room 2 (Kylie), Room 7 (Andrena/Jen) and Room 21 (Kelly) are Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th July.)
Parent Information Presentation Next Term After our successful Life Education Trust presentation via two webinars for teachers this term, about children and anxiety, I approached them to see if we could have a live online presentation for parents. The Trust (who provide Harold and the mobile classroom programmes for students' health education) have agreed to produce one for us which is to be live and interactive. We will share this live presentation with parents and interested members of the community in our school hall on Wednesday 9th August at 7pm. We will be selling tickets from our school office at $5 per ticket as we are funding this opportunity for our community and hope to cover the majority of costs associated with this.
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Eliana's Art Work for Luma Congratulations to Eliana Leary from Pod 8, who won the Luma Festival competition. The children were tasked with making a sculpture that would cast a shadow to represent well-being and resilience. Eliana's winning design was sent off to be manufactured by a local engineering firm in steel and displayed at the Luma festival in Queenstown. |
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Tribe Day The tribe leaders led another successful tribe afternoon last week - this time with music-based activities. From songwriting and musical art to raku rhythm sessions and musical chairs to digital music composition. Fun was had by all :) |
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Orchard Working Bee It was a cool winter afternoon last Wednesday but the volunteers and students got busy in the orchard, weeding, and mulching around the fruit trees.
Thanks to all that came along to help and to Gini for collecting the mulch. |
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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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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.
The 1-day ski experience is ready to go - parents can book via this link.
Please read all information on the school website 
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This week is Coeliac Awareness Week We have children and staff with coeliac disease or gluten intolerances within our school. Coeliac disease is a permanent intestinal reaction to dietary gluten and can only be managed by maintaining a gluten-free diet.
Research indicates there could be up to 100,000 people in NZ with coeliac disease and 30,000 are likely to be children under the age of 18. However, many of those are unaware they have the condition. For a list of symptoms or to take an online assessment visit the Coeliac NZ website at https://coeliac.org.nz/
We are very lucky to have Wānaka Coeliac Kids Club in our community. Zoe Huggart, club co-ordinator, organises events, workshops and more. Feel free to contact Zoe via email on wanakakids@coeliac.org.nz for more information. |
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PTA Kiwiana Quiz 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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WPS Swimming Sports These sports were held today for those children keen to participate in the UC swim competition on Tuesday 20th June and the COPSSA Swimming Champs on Tuesday 27th June.
Well done to all our student swimmers. It was great to see all our school values on display and such excellent sportsmanship. Click here for results - which are on our website.
Many thanks to all our amazing parent helpers.
Lost property from the event will be in the office, please come and check it out. |
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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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Supporting Children With Anxiety |
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Wānaka Kids Club Holiday Programme |
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Fit Collective Athlete Development |
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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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