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Week 2
Monday 25th October - Labour Day - School Closed
Tuesday 26th October - School Photos
Thursday 28th October - Shake Out (National Earthquake Drill)
Friday 29th October - Cookbook Launch 5:00 - 7:00pm - Pod 6
Week 3
Monday 1st November - Year 4 Camp Bannockburn Rm 18
Tuesday 2nd November - Year 4 Camp Bannockburn Rm 19
Wednesday 3rd November - Year 4 Camp Bannockburn Rm 17
Wednesday 3rd November - Year 3 Camp Rms 13 and 14
Thursday 4th November - Year 4 Camp Bannockburn Rm 20
Thursday 4th November - Year 3 Camp Rms 15 and 16
Week 4
Swimming - Rms 2, 3 and 4
Monday 8th November Board Meeting 5:00pm - Staffroom
Week 5
Swimming - Rms 1 and 5
Week 6
Scholastic Book Fair - proceeds provide funding for new library books
Wednesday 24th November - CO Triathlon (if at Level 1)
Week 7
Wednesday 1st December - CO Orienteering
Week 8
Monday 6th December Board Meeting 5:00pm - Staffroom
Monday 6th December - Students Reporting to Parents
Tuesday 7th December - Pantomime - Dress Rehearsal 1:00pm
Tuesday 7th December - Students Reporting to Parents
Wednesday 8th December - Pantomime Performance 1:00pm
Wednesday 8th December - Students Reporting to Parents
Thursday 9th December - Pantomime Performance 6:00pm
Friday 10th December - Reports sent home via Portal
Week 9
Tuesday 14th December - Year 6 Graduation 1:00pm
Wednesday 15th December - Last Day of School for 2021
Term 1 2022
Week 1
Wednesday 2nd February - First Day of Term 1 2021
IMPORTANT NOTICES School Photos - Tuesday 26th October School Photos are next Tuesday 26th October - please ensure children are in their correct school uniform and look tidy and gorgeous for school photos. For sibling photos children will be called over to the hall - remind your children to listen out for the bing bong.
Reading Book Amnesty Time to search the house and bedrooms folks!
We would like all outstanding reading books returned this week please. |
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Welcome to Term 4 Welcome back to term 4 everyone. I hope you managed to get a break and spend some of the holidays with your children and some time for yourselves as well.
This term is only eight and a half weeks long, we finish on Wednesday 15th December which gives us the required number of days. Term 4 is packed with lots of exciting activities, as well as continuing with the basics in literacy and maths. So buckle up as it will be all go!
Camps
The Year 5s headed off to Camp Columba today and they will be in their camp bubble for 4 days, returning on Friday. Sadly as we are not in level 1, and many of the camp venues/activities do not operate unless at level 1, we have had to cancel our Year 6 camps to Dunedin. Instead the teachers are planning local activities so the Year 6 students will be exploring local places and activities.
Writing Assessments This week we have started our schoolwide writing assessments which we will moderate using a rubric and this will enable us to see how we are tracking as a school, as a year level and as individual learners. As per process the results will be analysed and a report prepared for the Board as well as shared in our newsletter.
Pantomime The Year 5/6 drama club panto is now in official practice mode as students have their parts and have started memorising their lines. We are looking at performing the panto (lockdowns and levels hopefully will play the game) in the week beginning 6th December, most likely the 8th and 9th December with dress rehearsals the previous 2 days of that week. We have a large cast and there are a number of staff involved. Jennie, Belinda and I have been working on getting the actors in place and now getting them up to standard with their acting. Hannah is our choreographer, Jason and Kerry are our sound and light production team and Kath will sort the makeup and backdrop needs as she has done previous years. We are performing Rock Bottom which is like the Flintstones but on steroids. The cast will be asked to come to school some weekends so we have time to get this production ready for staging.
What's Going On The junior classes are having some cricket instruction this week, with the middle school next week, followed by the seniors. On Friday we have a group of musicians coming to entertain us in the morning. Remember Monday 25th is the Labour Day holiday so school is closed for instruction that day.
Cookbook It's published and ready for purchase - Bite 'from mountain munches, lakeside lunches and everything in between'...the new WPS Cookbook is here!
The new Cookbook is now ready for pre-launch sales and for the rest of this week it is available at the prelaunch price of $40 (see poster below). The launch for the Cookbook is happening at school now, because of our level 2 status, on Friday 29th October from 5pm - 7pm in Pod 6. This is for sponsors as well as any parents who are keen to have a look at the cookbook, place an order and enjoy a glass of bubbles and a nibble of the gastronomic delights cooked up from recipes in the cookbook.
Child Anxiety and Sleep workshop for parents Worried about your child's anxiety and sleep or your own? Check out the flyer later in this newsletter about workshops for parents coming up next week.
Assemblies There will be no audience invited to any school assemblies until we return to level 1. The rule about 100 adults gathering still applies to schools.
Thank you all for being so polite, respectful and for adhering to the use of the app and only coming into school, masked, when it is essential. Let's hope we can avoid this Delta virus and lockdown leaves us to finish off our term in peace! |
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Pod 7 Rainbow Market This event was more successful than we could have imagined and we sold out of stock much quicker than we expected.
A huge thanks to those who supported our stalls as we raised a massive $2435!
This money will be used to help purchase items for our Maker Spaces.
A massive thank you to Wanacare Pharmacy in the Medical Centre and Rainbow Confectionery Ltd for donating all the goods. |
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Cook Book Presales Now Open |
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Cross Country Results
Congratulations to all students who took part and completed the cross country course in the last week of term 3. We had a great day in the sunshine.
Placings were...
Year 0-1
Boys
1st Ruben Watkins
2nd Mason Molloy
3rd Hudson Mclaughlin
Girls
1st Cleo Burford
2nd Emmy Langridge
3rd Nell Fahey
Year 2
Boys
1st Callan Basson
2nd James Sheppard
3rd Jake Horkings
Girls
1st Zara Ellison
2nd Ruby Coombs
3rd Emerson Wyatt
Year 4
Boys
1st Oliver Simpson
2nd Kelly Swan
3rd Willis McCarroll
Girls
1st Emily Boswell
2nd Isabella Dye
3rd Charlise Wyatt
Year 5
Boys
1st Charlie Whipp
2nd Harrison Fair
3rd Sam Taylor
Girls
1st Jordi Bright
2nd Janey Mavor
3rd Frankie Kisling
Year 6
Boys
1st Lockie Roy
2nd Shannon Tisch-Wickes
3rd George Murray
Girls
1st Ila Duncan
2nd Sammy Watkins
3rd Jaime Taylor |
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Congratulations Bella Congratulations to Bella who came 2nd out of 18 competitors at One Day Event (Dressage/Showjumping/Cross Country) in Cromwell just before the holidays, competing on her pony Annabelle. |
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Library News
Scholastic Book Fair  Save the date: Monday 22 November - Friday 26th November This is a great opportunity to buy Christmas presents and all the proceeds go into our school literacy. Our school is in the top 5 schools for the highest sales in NZ. The fair will be in the school library before school and after school for the entire 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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Michael Hempseed Workshops 2021 |
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Macpac Motatapu Medal Design competition
This is one for all you who have budding little artists out there!! The Macpac Motatapu Off-Road Event want your child's help to design the Macpac Motatapu Jennian Homes Junior Trail Run 4km medal.
If they are between 7 - 15 years old and want a chance to win themselves and their friend a FREE entry to the race and the awesomeness of having their design on every child's medal!! Then get their creative skills going these school holidays.
If you go to the Motatapu website you can download the PDF of the medal design, print off and let their imagine carry you away https://motatapu.com/event-summary/junior-trail-run/.
Take a picture of the final creation and send it through to us at info@motatapu.com with the designers name and age. We will be posting some of the medals on our social accounts, as we are sure we will have plenty of epic ones, so keep your eyes out.
Entries close midnight 31st October, so you have plenty of time and we will announce the winner early November. Good luck everyone! T&Cs are on our website here- https://motatapu.com/event-summary/junior-trail-run. |
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Upcoming Online Workshops |
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Fern Fever "Have-A-Go" Day |
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Bike Squad is back Your local shredders are back for another season of 2-wheeled action! Join the gang for Beginner Tuesdays, Intermediate Wednesdays and Inter+ Thursdays.
Shuttles from all local schools, afternoon snacks, bike checks and plenty of new skills guaranteed. Drop in for just $25 per session. |
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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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