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Term 4
Week 7
Thursday 2nd December - CO Orienteering
Week 8
Monday 6th December - Y6 Transition Visit to MAC
Monday 6th December - Board Meeting 5:00pm - Staffroom
Tuesday 7th December - Pantomime - Dress Rehearsal 1:00pm
Wednesday 8th December - Pantomime Performance 1:00pm
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 - School finishes at 3pm for 2021
Term 1 2022
Week 1
Wednesday 2nd February - First Day of Term 1 2021
IMPORTANT NOTICES
End of Term School finishes at 3pm on Wednesday 15th December for the last day of school, 2021. Buses will run as usual.
Reading Books Would all families please do a big search and return all outstanding reading and library books. Thank you. Sun Hat Please look out for a tie dyed purple and pink sunhat similar to the picture below, brand Ghat. It is named Jess Black. Originally left in Medical Room but no longer there. If found, please return to Office. Thanks. |
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School Donations Over the past 3 years our school roll has been reducing as a result of the new school zones being implemented. Due to this fact, and being deciled a 10 school (10 = affluent, 1 = not as affluent) we get very little assistance from the Ministry of Education ('MOE') to assist in operating the school. Decile 10 schools rely heavily on donations from parents to assist the school fund extra-curricular opportunities for your children.
The Board of Trustees are incredibly grateful to the 48% of parents ($43,605 of a potential $89,700 as at the 23rd of November) who have paid a donation to date – Thank you.
Unfortunately though, based on the level of donations received this year, we need to consider removing extra-curricular activities like the ones listed below: - Specialist music (e.g. band, instrumental)
- Arts extension programmes
- All second languages (e.g. Spanish, Mandarin)
- Specialist Maori tutor and Kapa Haka programmes
- Extra assistance for children in specific programmes (Extension programmes, Boys and Girls Clubs etc)
- Excursions outside of the classroom to learn about our history and the environment
- Specialised equipment for the classrooms (computer equipment e.g. headphones)
- School shows (e.g. Pantomimes)
The Board of Trustees is working tirelessly to ensure these services continue to be available to our children. However, we will be unable to offer all of them without your assistance. We are acutely aware that not all parents can afford to donate $150 per child per year – but if you are in a position to do so, and can’t recall whether you have paid, we would be grateful if you could check.
Please help our kids have a future they deserve!
Brendan Hearle
Trustee – Wānaka Primary School Board of Trustees |
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Congratulations Jennie Croxford Jennie learnt last week that she has been granted a $20,000 scholarship to pursue some study next year with her topic linking our school Ariki Quality Learning Circles with the work we have been engaging in around New Pedagogies for Deep Learning. Well done as these external scholarships are a real achievement to get. Go Jennie!
Senior Pantomime and Year 6 Graduation The Board are currently considering Ministry advice about having parents come into school for the pantomime and the Year 6 graduation. I will keep you informed as to whether these events can be made open to parents or live-streamed/videoed instead.
CO Orienteering
The CO Orienteering event is being held in Queenstown on Thursday 2nd December. Jo, Dave and Jase are transporting 20 students over to this event.
Year 6 - Transition Visit to MAC All of our Year 6s will be heading over for their full transition visit to MAC on Monday 6th December in the morning.
EOY Reporting on Student Progress and Achievement In accordance with Level 2 restrictions we will not hold our student reporting to parents sessions as planned in Week 8. Instead we will send the student reports home via our Edge portal on Friday 10th December, and invite you to book a parent/teacher interview from now, right up to the end of the school year (15th December) by emailing your child's teacher directly. |
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Bite - Cookbook for Sale We still have copies of our new cookbook - Bite - available to purchase at the office. They make great Christmas presents! If you have ordered and paid for a cookbook you can collect from the office.  |
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Wānaka Trail Ride Calling All Caterers! (and catery-types) "Helloo… this is your Captain speaking…" Actually, I’m not the Captain. I’m just one of the cabin crew. We in fact have a new Captain, Alix Wilson, who has stepped up to the controls to keep this Wānaka Trail Ride show flying along. Alix takes over from the amazing and talented all-rounder Robyn Miller, who not only was one of the founding members who got the Trail Ride airborne, but has continued to chair it AND run the catering side for the past seven years. A massive thank you goes to Robyn for the innumerable hours she has put in over the years to make it the polished event it is. Alix on the other hand, had NO IDEA about Trail Rides. But she’s one of those muck-in, give-it-a-go kind of people. And organised! Unfortunately for me, she is no caterer. And so here I am, on the lookout for someone to take on the Catering Manager role that Robyn has also vacated. Fortunately for you Catery-types, Robyn has got the key tasks in place, and is available up until the day to answer any queries. And fortunately again, Alix has a GSOH and don’t arf love a good larf, innit. (Not that she’s from the East End, but she is British. British = GSOH. Better than mine at any rate. I’m from Feilding).
The Catering Tent is where it all happens at the Base Paddock – it’s the place where great WTR burgers and butties can be found, and where the wonderful sense of community happens. Come join us. For more info on the Catering Manager role, please get in contact ASAP. Can’t wait to hear from you.
Cheers and thanks, Rachel Allibone and the WTR Team 😊
Photo: Clair Winslade enjoying her Catering 2IC role. Jodie Rainsford Photography. |
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Library News A huge thank-you to all of our school community for supporting our annual Scholastic Book Fair. This is a huge fundraiser for our library and literacy so once again thank you very much.
I am busy doing stock take over the next few weeks so would appreciate all the books back.
As we are closed for "Issuing" now until 2022 I highly recommend you support our wonderful Wānaka Library in town. 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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Christmas Hams by Raspberry Creek  If you mention that you have a child at WPS when your order any ham from Raspberry Creek Food Co, they will kindly donate $5 to Wānaka Primary School. |
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Part Time School Bus Driver Wanted |
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Hawea Christmas Wonderland |
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Christmas Show: A Rockin' Christmas  Lockdown, traffic lights and vaccinations are the key words of late 2021 and after careful considerations we can announce that this years Christmas Show will come to you! T HE 2021 CHRISTMAS SHOW- A ROCKING CHRISTMAS will premiere at
3pm, Sunday 12th December
available digitally for everyone in the world to view! To watch, simply register for the link via the Christmas Show website. You will be able to access the show until 26th December 2021 and watch as many times as you like! At any time of the day! REGISTER TO WATCH This year’s Christmas Show is supporting the new arts and culture facility in Remarkables Park, Queenstown - Te Atamira. Te Atamira features 21 fit for purpose spaces including dance, performance, visual art, music studios, a pottery workshop, recording studio, a curated art gallery, classroom workshop, youth space and café. https://www.teatamira.nz/ Donations towards the fit-out of the cultural hub will be accepted at registration. |
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Girls Smash and Boys Blast Cricket Competitions 2022   We are really happy to open our registrations for our 2022 girls smash and boys blast cricket programs! Please know that these are for any boys and girls that are in year 2-6! These are fast paced, fun cricket games that are played weekly at Wanaka Rec Centre - Wednesday nights at 4pm! Start date - 16th February! Every participant that registers online receives a free girls smash or boys blast t-shirt! These are social, fun and fast cricket matches for children where experience is not necessary, it's all about meeting friends and having fun! We will also be doing some fun social events for the kids including BBQ's, Lollie scrambles, water balloon fights and lots more!!The interest in these competitions are high so please register ASAP to make sure you do not miss out on this fun event! Registration links - Girls Smash - https://registrations.crichq.com/register/277915 Boys Blast- https://registrations.crichq.com/register/277914 All covid 19 protocols will be followed - we will have to limit the number of participants to stay within the framework, so to guarantee your place please register ASAP. Any questions please email - sam@otagocountrycricket.co.nz |
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Girls Only Football in 2022 Girls Only Football sessions will be running in Term 2, 2022 for 6 weeks on a week day (to be determined) from 4-5pm. Each session is FREE of charge and all participants will receive a free ball and t-shirt.
Each session will consist of football skills and games for girls aged 5-18 years. For anyone above the age of of 18 (as well as under) there will be the opportunity to train in and develop their coaching and refereeing skills.
Please follow the following link to see more specific information and to register your interest! |
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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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