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IMPORTANT DATES Term 3
Week 10
Pod 1 Swimming Week
Wednesday 20th September - Creatives Project Showcase - 1.30-3.00pm
Thursday 21st September - Pod 7 Assembly - 2.15pm - Hall
Friday 22nd September - Last Day of Term
Term 4
Week 1
Monday 9th October - First day of Term 4
Week 2
Wednesday 18th October - Polyfest in Queenstown
Thursday 19th October - AWE Festival Orchestra Performance
Week 3
Monday 23rd October - Labour Day - School Closed
Tuesday 24th October - School Photos
Tues 24 Oct - Fri 27 Oct - Year 4 Camp - Bannockburn
Week 4
Pod 2 Swimming Week
Monday 30th October - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Tues 31 Oct - Fri 3 Nov - Year 5 Camp - Camp Columba
Wed 1 Nov - Tues 2 Nov - Year 3 Camp
Week 5
Wednesday 8th November - School Disco
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 heaps of lost property in the office including a number of unnamed puffa jackets. All unnamed lost property will be taken to Wastebusters in the holidays so please come and check in the office if you are missing anything.
Sun Hats Required for Term 4 A reminder that from the start of Term 4, everyone is required to have a sun hat with a full brim (no caps please).
Construction of Roundabout on Aubrey-Anderson Road Temporary traffic lights will be in place from 18th September for 7 weeks.
Stage 2 of the Roundabout Construction Works will start in early November. There will be no road closures in Stage 2. |
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Creatives Art Project Showcase |
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School Board Parent Mid Term Election 2023
Nomination Round
Our school will be undertaking a mid term parent election for 2 School Board vacancies. This process will start with the issuing of nomination papers to our caregiver community by Friday 22nd September 2023.
We have employed CES to undertake the election process on our behalf. This year with legislative change, our nomination form and full instruction on how to place your nomination into our own School’s Election website will be emailed to you if we have your email address in our database or you will receive it by post if we don’t have your email in our database.
Nomination papers will also be available at the school office. The school will send those on to CES for processing upon receipt from candidates.
Nominations close on Wednesday 11th October at 12 noon. Election day is Wednesday 15th November.
We look forward to your participation in this process.
Wayne Jamieson
Returning Officer
CES
89 Nazareth Avenue | Middleton | Christchurch | PO Box 414 | Christchurch 8140
P (03) 338 4444 | Cell 021 399 744 Web www.cessl.org.nz |
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Calendars, Sketch Pads, Greeting Cards and Diaries Fundraiser
An email has been sent home this week with an order form and picture of your child's artwork. If you would like to place an order, please do so and submit it by Friday 29th September. If you would like to place an order manually, please ring Lucy (03 443 7687).
Products Available:
A4 Calendars: High quality A4 print of your child’s artwork or photo. Saddle stitched 12-month tear off calendar, includes public holidays and school terms.
Sketch Pads: Front cover features child’s artwork or photo, wire bound with 50 x A5 sized pages of blank art paper inside.
Greeting Cards: Display your child’s artwork or photo on a pack of 8 x A6 greeting cards with matching envelopes.
Diaries: Hard cover print of your child’s artwork or photo. A5 size, wire bound into a professional looking diary, includes week view and year planner (months will be printed on each page).
There is also the opportunity to use your own photos if you wish. Photos will need to be emailed to lucyj@wanaka.school.nz with your order.
Cost of the products: THE DEADLINE FOR ORDERS AND PAYMENT IS – FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER.
Early November – finished products will be distributed to parents.
Parents are more than welcome to come into the office to view their child’s artwork, see the products available for purchase and place orders. |
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Upper Clutha Kapahaka Performance at the Principals Conference last week Well done to our 23 students who took part in the UC Kapahaka group last Tuesday. Thanks also to those Year 6 students who missed out on a day at camp to take part in this and to the parents who then transported these students to camp in Dunedin.
Sharing of our Creatives sculptures, installations & art works
Wednesday 20th September 1.30pm Come along to see the work our children have been doing with artist Chrissy Wickes and our Visual Art lead teacher Kath Nicholson. We start off in the hall at 1.30pm with performances by the junior (Year 3 &4) and senior (Year 5 & 6) Kapahaka groups, the school band, Sing Squad and some dances from our Year 5 & 6 students.
Kath and Chrissy will talk about the Creatives Project they have worked on with our students over the last 3 terms, and then we will invite you to take a look at each pod's works of art, based on our theme Ko Wai Tatou - who we are. You are all welcome to come along and join us.
Year 6 Camp So many of our Year 6 students and camp parents have been telling me how much they enjoyed their camp. Highlights have been the bird sanctuary, Otago Museum, dissecting a squid and playing spotlight at night before bed. Thanks to Charlotte, Jennie, Coral, Moira and Dave, our teachers on camp and thanks to the parents who went as camp helpers - what a great bunch you were! Photos below.
Farewell to Katie Anderson
Teacher Katie Anderson who, just on 3 years ago, taught in Pod 5 with our Year 3 and 4s (she has been on maternity leave, and did some part time work in between babies) was farewelled at a morning tea last week. Katie taught fulltime for 4 years before starting her family and was a valued member of our staff, a fabulous teacher and much respected by us all. Katie and her family are relocating and we sadly accepted her resignation. Best wishes for the future Katie, from us all.
Polyfest in Queenstown Our senior Kapahaka group are taking part in the Polyfest in Queenstown on Wednesday 18th October, which is week 2 of next term. Please watch out for an email from Anne this week telling you all about this and our travel arrangements etc.
Orchestra Visit We have a performance by an orchestra as part of the AWE Festival planned for Thursday 19th October. We have had this orchestra play for us a few times and they are fabulous. They tour around performing mainly in schools and we are so lucky to be on their itinerary again. |
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School Camps 2023
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 (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. |
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New Zealand Clean Up Week This week is Clean Up Week 2023. To celebrate, on Friday last week, our senior students had a clean up around school and at Kelly's Flat. They found a large shovel and wheelbarrow in the bushes if anyone is missing them. |
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Walking School Bus Wānaka walking school bus is run by a team of dedicated volunteers who ensure primary school children can walk to school safely from dedicated pick up points, getting them to school in the fresh air, keeping cars off the roads and getting them exercised and ready for school each day.
Click here for Volunteer Voices - the walking school bus |
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Garden to Table Produce Stand Look out for our produce stand with fresh produce. Our grateful thanks go to the Wānaka Community Workshop for building the stand.
If you have surplus produce you would like to share, we would love you to add it to the stand.
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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 eat in the right area, keep all areas tidy and pick up rubbish'. |
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Cross Country Our school had fantastic success at both the Upper Clutha and Central Otago cross country events held over the last week. Runners were challenged with tricky terrain, steep hill climbs, water and mud obstacles, and fences to clear. Congratulations to all who took part, and in particular to Ally and Jacob who became Year 5 Central Otago champions.
Top 10 places went to...
Upper Clutha Year 5 Girls
1st Ally Moir
2nd Caley Clifford
3rd Sophie Lucas
4th Poppy Gray
8th Mila Guy
10th Charlotte Howard
Year 6 Girls
4th Emily Boswell
Year 5 Boys
1st Jacob Heathorn
3rd Edward Hollows
10th Riley Garrett
Year 6 Boys
2nd Willis McCarroll
4th Oliver Simpson
5th Holden O'Brien
7th Dan Heiler
8th Rhys Brugman
10th Arthur Searle
Central Otago Championships Year 5 Girls
1st Ally Moir
6th Caley Clifford
9th Sophie Lucas
Year 5 Boys
1st Jacob Heathorn
Year 6 Boys
8th Holden O'Brien |
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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.
Quote of the Week
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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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Dunedin Brick Show 2023
The Dunedin Brick Show is a very popular event for children of all ages. We would love to see children of all ages enjoying themselves creating with LEGO, admiring the fantastic LEGO displays and entering the competitions linked below. The show is a charity event and proceeds from the show this year will be donated to The Otago Youth Wellness Trust.
lego building competition colouring competition |
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School Holidays Story Time |
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Junior Golf Have-A-Go Day |
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Otago County Cricket School Holiday Programmes Register here |
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Youth Basketball Skills Camp |
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Wānaka Kids Club - Spring Holiday Programme |
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Kahu Youth Spring Holiday Programme
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Artrageous After School Art Classes |
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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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