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Term 3
Week 5
Thursday 25th August - EOTC/Ski Day 2
Week 6
Monday 29th August - WPS Cross Country (info below)
Thursday 1st September - EOTC/Ski Day 3
Friday 2nd September - Fathers Day Breakfast 8-9am (info below)
Friday 2nd September - Tribe Day (Random Acts of Kindness)
Friday 2nd September - PTA Hot Chocolate at Morning Tea
Week 7
Wednesday 7th September - Board Elections
Thursday 8th September - EOTC/Ski Day 4
Week 8
Monday 12th September - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Tuesday 13th September - UC Cross Country
Wednesday 14th September - Wanna Be a Star Finals
Thursday 15th September - EOTC/Ski Day 5
Week 9
Pod 5 Swimming Lessons
Talk Like a Pirate Week
Friday 23rd September - Dress Like a Pirate Day / Tribe Day
Friday 23rd September - PTA Sausage Sizzle Lunch
Week 10
Pod 4 Swimming Lessons
Thursday 29th September - Strike Drumming Performance IMPORTANT NOTICES
No Coding Club Wednesday
There will be no coding club tomorrow afternoon due to a meeting that is taking place. |
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Apple Crumbles For Sale We still have some apples from last week's delivery that we have decided to make into yummy Apple Crumbles - $8.00 a crumble. Orders need to be made by this FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 3PM. Best you get in quick! |
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Kings Seeds Fundraiser for Garden to Table Kings Seeds are giving Wānaka Primary School the opportunity to fundraise through the sale of seeds - flowers, organics, seeds for sprouting, herbs and vegetables. The order form is attached (it is quite substantial - a hard copy will be sent home with students tomorrow). Your completed orders need to be returned to the School Office by Friday 2nd September. Thanks for supporting this Garden to Table fundraiser. |
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Board Elections Election Day – Wednesday 7th September
At the close of nominations at 12 noon Wednesday 3rd August, the following
nominations were received for parent vacancies on the School Board:
· Brendan Hearle
· Mitch Campbell
· Niamh Shaw
· Stephanie Welch
· Francis Jasper
We will now be proceeding to election. Papers on how to vote electronically will be distributed by email - please check your spam filters - particularly for those who have a gmail address. For those without valid email addresses voting papers will be mailed for a paper vote.
Voting closes at 12 noon on Wednesday 7th September
Please take some time to read through our candidate statements here. We value your participation in this process.
Returning Officer, Wayne Jamieson, 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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Roll on Spring I don't know about you, but I am getting a bit sick of the rain! Yesterday was just so glorious I can't wait for Spring to really settle in. The psyche feels so much better when there is sun and warmth, and hopefully that same sun chases away all the bugs, flus and Omicron as well. We deserve an awesome Spring and Summer, bug free.
Writing Achievement 2022 Currently Kerry, Jason, Jennie and I are going into every class to engage students in a writing activity which we will then analyse against national expectations so we can see how our WPS students are tracking overall, against other students at that year level in New Zealand. We moderate using set criteria in a rubric, benchmarks and, in reference to exemplars or examples of writing, at each level. We then sort all of the data, analyse the year level cohorts, as well as school wide, and also look at attainment according to gender and ethnicity. We report the findings to the Board, usually annually but sometimes more often. We also will provide the summary report to you nearer the end of the term when the process has been completed. Look out for the link.
Calendar Art Students are currently working on their art works to be published into calendars, diaries, sketch pads and cards. This is an annual, and very good fundraiser for our school. The art work is due in at the end of this week and then you will have the opportunity to view your child's artwork online and also to purchase it as well. Check out some of these... Next Week - Friday 2nd Sept is a busy, fun day! READ THIS! First of all there is the annual Fathers Day Breakfast starting at 8am. Then at 10am the PTA and their helpers will be providing a hot chocolate or Milo drink for morning tea as a farewell to winter...we hope! Remember to send along a named cup for this hot drink. And after lunch we are holding a Tribe Day afternoon and it's all about Random Acts of Kindness! Remember to send your children along in their tribe colours.
Teacher Only Day in Term 4 SCHOOL CLOSED for instruction MONDAY 28th November
Please make sure you make alternative arrangements for your children on this day as school will be closed for instruction. Teachers will be working at school but on planning, assessment and reporting activities within their pods. Please note this is the only Teacher Only Day we have closed the school for this year. In 2023 as well, we will take most of the Teacher Only Days before the children return to school for the new year, as we did this year. However we will have at least one day in 2023 where we will have a Teacher Only Day during the school year as that is the only time we can book in the specialist to work with us.
Literacy Lift and Steps Report Tier 1 Literacy Lift and Tier 2 Steps are part of a school-wide review of programmes each year. Our Tier 1 group is for children who need individual or small group work and the Tier 2 group, falling just below this threshold, works in larger groups with the senior management team of Jennie and Kerry. Our goal is to provide overlearning and boost mastery, self-confidence and self-belief.
Children have been selected after analysis of Schonell spelling, Burt word recognition and Steps placement testing carried out in weeks one to three of term 1 by Emma and Marg, our specialist Literacy Lift teachers.
Tier 1 Groups - Literacy Lift Support
Monday - Wednesday 9am - 12.45pm
Group 1 has 15 children, 9 Year 3s and 6 Year 4s. These are children identified as needing individual or small group work and use the Steps workbooks, StepsWeb and games and activities to meet their needs. This group runs 4 sessions, 9:00am - 9:45am, 9:45am - 10:30am, 11:00am - 11:45am and 11:45am - 12:45pm each of the three days.
Tier 2 Groups - Steps
These are the children who fall just below the threshold for Tier 1 support.
3 x 30-minute sessions per week
Tier 2 Group 1 works with 24 children from Years 3 and 4 and Tier 2 Group 2 works with 27 children from Years 5 and 6.
The following review is based on levels of achievement from the beginning of the 2022 school year until mid-April. It would usually be a half-year review, however, due to StepsWeb upgrading course work, new levels did not line up with the scope and sequence of the previous version. All children moved back to an area in the course where they could build on their knowledge of phonics, patterns and other grammar concepts to ensure ongoing success. With another 2 terms impacted by Covid and other ailments, it was important to look at absences as part of the overall achievement of children in the Tier 1 Literacy Lift and Tier 2 Steps Programmes.
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ChessPower Central Otago Regional Chess Tournament Last Tuesday a team from our WPS Chess Club participated in the ChessPower Central Otago Regional Chess Tournament at Remarkables Primary School in Frankton, Queenstown. Ten very keen and able chess players (4 girls, 6 boys) from our school played 7 games of chess against 33 senior and intermediate students from Remarkables Primary School. Beside the unprecedented success they had in regards to the placings and qualifications for the Nationals, everyone had a fantastic time and learned a lot about playing chess in a tournament setting according to international standards. Our students have shown amazing character and citizenship skills by helping and explaining to defeated opponents what they could have done differently and how they can improve next time. They also found words of praise and encouragement for their opponents and each other and therefore made this tournament a great learning experience for everyone. Well done team and a big thank you to Pedro Pimentel from Katalyst Media who joined us as a parent helper and took wonderful photos of our students.   Photos by Pedro Pimmental, Katalyst Media |
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School Camps 2022 - Term 4 Approximate costs - these costs are yet to be finalised. Payment is not required until costs have been finalised. Further information will be sent out during term 3. If there are challenges that would make payment of camps difficult please come in and see, ring or email Wendy or Lucy as soon as possible. Once costs have been finalised payment can be made by instalments. |
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Spring Seed Fundraiser for Garden To Table |
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Garden to Table  Gumboots kindly donated by
Mitch Campbell from Ray White Real Estate |
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Cross Country Monday 29th August
PP: Wed. 31st August with races starting later at 11am
Below are the approximate start times for the races.
Parents are welcome to attend and support the children, but will need to watch the runners from designated areas. This is because the race courses cross the field in different directions. The start/finish line is on the school field. 9.45am Year 6 Boys 9.50am Year 6 Girls 10.10am Year 5 Boys 10.15am Year 5 Girls 11.05am Year 4 Boys 11.10am Year 4 Girls 11.35am Year 3 Boys 11.40am Year 3 Girls 12.00pm Year 2 Boys 12.05pm Year 2 Girls 12.25pm Year 0-1 Boys 12.30pm Year 0-1 Girls Children will need: Students are encouraged to wear running clothes in their tribe colours. The top ten finishers from the year four, five and six races will qualify for the Upper Clutha event being held on Tuesday 13th September. |
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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: 'Levels of Responsibility'. |
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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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When to Keep Your Child at Home When your child: - Has signs of being unwell i.e. grizzly, unsettled, listless or tired
- Has a high temperature or appears very hot
- Is complaining of, or appears to have a sore tummy, throat or ears
- Has a continuous cough
- Should be at home if has had diarrhoea and vomiting within the last 48 hours
- Has weeping, red eyes and/or a yellow discharge around the eyes
- Has broken skin sores
- Has become ill with a communicable disease e.g. Measles, Chickenpox, Covid
If you are unsure, call your Doctor or Healthline for free health advice: 0800 611 116. Please inform school if your child is going to be kept home due to illness.
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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Seasons for Growth Parent Programme |
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UPPER CLUTHA SCHOOLS – SKI & SNOWBOARD RACE Tuesday 20th SEPTEMBER (postponement day Wednesday 21st) Registrations for this event are open NOW! Close STRICTLY Friday 16th Sep 4pm (NO late registrations can be accepted) IMPORTANT INFO – PLEASE READ Open to all Year 3 to Year 8 students of intermediate skiing/boarding ability, no racing experience required. Come and have FUN racing down a Giant Slalom course. Get a team of 3 or 4 together from your school. PRIMARY OR INTERMEDIATE - they will have to race in the category according to the corresponding school year of the eldest team member. Teams are either - all boys, all girls or mixed where the best 3 combined times count towards placings. NO MIXED DISCIPINES – EITHER SKI OR SNOWBOARD TEAMS ONLY. SEE LINK BELOW TO REGISTER & PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. CLICK HERE TO ENTER AT SNOW SPORTS NZ |
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Creative Conservation Chat |
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Luggate Albion Junior Cricket Club |
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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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