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Week 3
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 Leaving Wānaka Primary School If your family is leaving Wānaka Primary School at the end of the year and you have not advised the office, can you please do so as soon as possible as we will begin the process of 2022 class placements soon.
If your 6 child is not attending Mount Aspiring College next year please advise us of their new school.
2022 Mount Aspiring College Enrolments If your child will be attending Mount Aspiring College next year and you have not yet completed an enrolment form, please do so as soon as possible. Please click here to access the online form.
All online enrolments will be checked and they will get back to you if they have any questions. An acknowledgement will be sent to you in due course and further information regarding term dates etc will be emailed to you. For all queries please email enrol@mtaspiring.school.nz.
Lost Property Please check your school merinos as we have a family looking for their missing named merino.
Found - Glasses  Please pick up from the office if they are yours. |
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Tulip Fundraiser Bunches of tulips will be available to purchase from the school office from Tuesday afternoon for the great price of $15 a bunch. |
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Strategic Planning Survey The Board of Trustees is gathering data to inform the direction of our next 3 year strategic plan. We need input from all stakeholders. Please go to this link to find a survey about what you, as a parent, would like to see happen for your child. We appreciate it is a busy time of year and hope you can take 10 minutes to complete this survey. The survey closes at the end of next week.
The Board will then hold drop in meetings to gather people's views. From there, we will develop our big goals and strategies for the next 2 to 3 years.
Book Launch
Well done to the cookbook team and the PTA for a very enjoyable book launch on Friday evening. The mood was set with some jazz background music and scrumptious treats made from our cookbook recipes to thank the sponsors and parents who helped put this book together. It is a fabulous book. Well done to everyone involved.
The cookbook is available for purchase for $45 from our school office, Mediterranean Market or Wanaka Paper Plus.
Year 6 Camp Day 1 Our year 6 students headed over to Queenstown last Thursday and Friday and visited the Goldfields Mining Centre in the Kawarau Gorge and the Kiwi Birdlife Park.
Year 4 Camps
The year 4 classes are on camp at Bannockburn this week. I visited Coral's class last night and they had a great day and were all in their PJs playing a game that elicited lots of laughter and cheers. I look forward to visiting the next class tonight.
Classes for 2022
We will soon be looking at class organisation for 2022. If you have any requests, such as separating your child from certain children or keeping your child with a friend next year, please let your child's classroom teacher know, preferably by email so we have a written record. Also if your child is in year 4 this year and you would like him/her in Pod 8 next year, please email Kerry who is overseeing senior class placements. If you have any other things you would like to discuss, please get in touch with of the leadership team.
Student Surveys
I am currently analysing the results from the student surveys that children have completed as part of the 3-way surveys about learning and life at school. These results will be shared with the Board of Trustees and will also be included in next week's newsletter. These surveys also provide data for our strategic planning process.
Blue Skies Thinking
An internal school review is underway as we had a significant drop in our staffing entitlement and our operation grant for next year. Our staff are getting together next week to do some 'possibility' thinking and sharing, as this is the perfect time to reflect on how we organise for learning and also for leadership to further improve what we are doing. |
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Riverside Planting Day DOC and Te Kakano hosted a fun and successful planting day at the Riverside Reserve Climbers and Picnic area last Tuesday. The plants were provided by money raised by Wānaka Primary School's 2020 Pod 5 students. This is the start of a bigger weed control and reforestation project that will in time, attract Tui, Bellbirds and hopefully Kereru to the popular swimming and climbing spot. |
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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 admit our mistakes and tell the truth'. |
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Cookbook Launch A big thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the official launch of our brand-new school cookbook Bite: Mountain munches, lakeside lunches and everything in between.
We had an excellent turnout of school families and sponsors. Congratulations to our spot prize winners Mark Taylor (a copy of Bite), Karen Squires ($50 voucher for Shoes Unlimited) and Vaughan Stanley (Wanaka Golf Club voucher).
A special thanks to our cookbook team (pictured): Emma Davidson, Kirsty Taylor, Jeannine Tuffin, Wendy Bamford, Rebecca Williamson and Abbie Barnes, and to Alice Mason for organising the event.
If you have already ordered your copy of Bite, please feel free to pick this up from the school office. If not, get in quick and place your order at cookbook@wanaka.school.nz. All proceeds go towards purchasing equipment for our brand-new Maker Spaces at WPS. |
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Congratulations to Coco
Congratulations to Coco Hocking for the following excellent results in her first ever ballet competition:
Novice Ballet 8 & Under 12
 Coco Hocking
Coco also received the Highest Mark Novice Ballet Trophy and the Novice Encouragement Ballet Trophy. |
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Library News 
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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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Meaningful Conversations - Mental Wellbeing |
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Supporting Young Athletes |
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Fern Fever 'Have a Go' Day |
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Sprout Tonic - MAC Student Enterprise |
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Tri Wanaka 2022 Swim / Run Series |
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Wanaka Pippins Wanaka Pippins meet every Monday during term time from 4-5pm at the Scout Den at Eely Point. This is Girl Guides for girls aged 5&6. $95 per term, come along and check us out, or contact Sharon for more information.
Wanakagirlguides@gmail.com |
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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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