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Week 3
Thursday 11th May - Clued Up Kids - Year 6
Friday 12th May - Tribe Afternoon
Week 4
Monday 15th May - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Friday 19th May - Pod 1 Assembly - 2:15pm - Hall
Week 5
Tuesday 23rd May - Upper Clutha Rippa Rugby
Week 6
Tuesday 30th May - COPSSA Rippa Rugby
Friday 2nd June - Pod 2 Assembly - 2:15pm - Hall
Week 7
Monday 5th June - King's Birthday - SCHOOL CLOSED
Wednesday 7th June - PTA Meeting
Friday 9th June - Tribe Afternoon
Week 8
Monday 12th June - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Tuesday 13th June - WPS Swimming Competition Years 4-6
Saturday 17th June - PTA Quiz Evening now postponed until 4th August
Week 9
Tuesday 20th June - UC Swimming Competition
Thursday 22nd June - Reporting to Parents Deep Dive
Friday 23rd June - UC Kapahaka Festival Haka Tu Haka Ora
Friday 23rd June - Pod 7 Assembly - 2:15pm - Hall
Friday 23rd June - Reports sent home
Week 10
Tuesday 27th June - COPSSA Swimming Competition
Wednesday 28th June - Parent Conferences
Thursday 29th June - Parent Conferences
Friday 30th June - Last Day of Term 2
Term 3
Monday 17th July - First Day of Term 3 IMPORTANT NOTICES
Snow Day Procedure
If snow occurs overnight, a decision regarding school closure, or a delayed start, will be made in the morning – we will notify you by the following methods: -
Radio Wanaka – 92.2FM -
Our school website – home page -
Our School App -
Bulk email
If the school closes during the day due to snow, we will notify you via the methods above – please refrain from phoning the office. Buses will not run. Children can be collected and signed out from their classrooms where they will remain under the supervision of a teacher. If you are personally unable to collect your child, then other arrangements should be made for collection.
If a parent wishes to have someone that is recorded as an emergency contact collect their child, the pick up person should go to the classroom, provide identification (if not known to the teacher) and sign the child out.
Now is a good time to consider your emergency contacts – and ensure that the office has recorded the details of at least two people, living locally, who you trust to collect your child if the school closes due to snow. Scholastic Book Club Issue 3 Scholastic Loop Book Club catalogues are available from classrooms. If you wish to place an order, please follow the instructions on the inside back cover using Option 1 – Credit Card / LOOP. No cash / orders are accepted at school. If your order is a gift, please tick the ‘GIFT’ option, otherwise all orders are handed out to the children. Orders will close at 3pm on Wednesday 17th May.
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Term 3 Enrolments This year Wānaka Primary School is not taking enrolments for children who intend to engage in any snowsport programmes during the school week. Families will need to make their own arrangements for their children's schooling.
The correspondence school, Te Kura, is able to provide online learning whilst students are residing in Wānaka. You can also approach your current school and seek online learning from them for term 3.
Enrolling at Wānaka Primary School is not an option for children who are in snowsports programmes during the school week, as this does not constitute regular attendance. |
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Staff and Student Well-Being (off to a good start this week again) We started the day off well this morning with the wonderful team from Cooks providing us with a breakfast cooked from their own mobile kitchen. It is an absolute pleasure to work with the Cooks team (not only because they provide breakie!!), they are friendly and easy to have in the school, they have also helped over the last 2 terms shifting furniture, helping with a few odd jobs and getting on with the job of recladding our school with such vim and vigour. Thanks to Eddie, Hamish and the team for being such great people to have working in our school.
Five teachers headed off to their first session of the Incredible Years Teacher Training in Cromwell this morning, keen to refresh the skills they already know and learn new ones as well. We have some senior students taking part in the Growing Taller programme, starting today, and on Friday we have 22 students taking part in the Seasons for Growth programme, our largest number ever. This shows the need we have to keep providing extra support for our tamariki. Along with the Anxiety Webinars all staff are involved with, these initiatives are to keep building our strategies to empower students to be confident, resilient students who can self manage, emotionally regulate and confidently take on the challenges learning and life can throw at them. The world is a bit tough out there at the moment for us all.
As part of this we are also organising a parent information session, either online or here in the school hall (or maybe even both), so you can also hear what the experts from the Life Education Trust programme offer, about what you as a parent can do, to support your own children in managing anxiety. The info that came from our first teacher webinar was excellent and very practical. So watch out for this evening session on Anxiety in upcoming newsletters.
Reporting to Parents - Book in these dates now We will be sending out our written mid year reports near the end of the term again this year. These are due to be emailed out to you via our Edge Student Portal the week ending Friday 23rd June. On Thursday 22nd June we invite you to our pods so your children can share their learning, their achievements and their challenges with you as you look through workbooks, at artefacts of their learning, and look at exhibits on the walls and in the pods. This is our Parents' Deep Dive as your child takes you through their half year of learning. Pods will be open from 11am - 12.45pm and then again from 1.30 - 3pm and 4 - 5pm for you to choose a time to pop in and have learning conversations with your children. Teachers will provide prompts for parents so they know what to look for and where to look, the children will also ensure they are prepared, organised and able to respond to your questions.
The following week we will hold parent teacher conferences so that you can talk to teachers about any queries or concerns you have after the Parent Deep Dive and reading the written report. We will set up our booking system for these conferences later in the term. Our Parent Conference days are 28th and 29th June 3.15 - 5pm. If you can't make it these days or want to catch up earlier, remember you can email your child's teacher and seek a meeting with them to talk about your child's learning, progress and well-being at any time in the term.
Seasons for Growth Sessions Starts This Week Children who have opted into the S4G programme this term will have received an email from Mandy at REAP.
The sessions will be held here at school over the next 6 Fridays between 1.30-3pm, however this Friday the sessions will be between 11am - 12.30pm due to Tribe afternoon activities.
Tribe Day this Friday Tribe Day is this Friday 12th May - remember to come dressed in your Tribe colours.
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Chess Power Competition
On Monday, 9th May, Wanaka Primary School hosted the annual Chess Power Central Otago Regional Chess Tournament in the school hall. We welcomed students from various schools in the Upper Clutha region who competed in three different divisions against each other playing seven games of chess throughout the day.
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School Camps 2023 - Terms 3 & 4 Payment is not required until closer to the camps.
The costs are yet to be finalised.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Further information will be sent out during term 2. Payment is not yet required. |
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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 ignore distractions'. |
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Mother's Day Social We only have a couple of tickets left for the Mother's Day Social this Thursday, they are only on sale until tomorrow 10am (Wednesday 10th May), so get in to the school office to purchase one ASAP.
There is a Facial worth $179 from The Cosmetic Clinic in Queenstown which will be drawn as a spot prize on the night! Now that is a happy Mother's Day indeed!
A big thank you to Nadia & Troy Davidson at Pembroke Wines & Spirits for hosting the event. |
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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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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. 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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Snow Gear Sale 
A great way to both sell and buy your gear for our upcoming Winter, catch up with your fellow snowsports enthusiasts and enjoy a sausage sizzle.
Drop items off for sale between 8:30-9:30am on the day
Cost for selling: $10 for 1 item - $20 for multiples
For more information or to volunteer for this event please email Claire
Follow this event on Facebook
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Ethel & Bethel Bingo Babes 
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Drive in Family Movie |  |
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82,000 Kiwi kids have already seen these innovative, glow-in-the-dark giant puppet shows, which are an absolute favourite for kids, families and educators. The Glow Show’s latest storytelling bonanza is at a venue near you, this June and July.
This year it is the Wonderland Glow Show - a fabulously Kiwified version of Alice in Wonderland.
The show’s masterfully crafted characters and intriguing scenery will transport its audiences into a weird and wonderful world of dancing flamingos, an eight-metre caterpillar and giant flowers.
Through its bilingual storytelling, it shows reading as a true superpower, a power every kid has inside!
The Glow Show educates and entertains, by promoting literacy and Te Reo Māori, and celebrating the exquisite art of ultraviolet puppetry.
It offers a truly memorable experience with positive and uplifting messages for tamariki.
Click here for tickets |
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Wao Film Festival 2023 - Regeneration for Generations |  |
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| Learning from the world's past to connect with the world's future. The Wao Film Festival is a fun and interactive way to get a better understanding of sustainability. With films for the whole family! -
Films your family will love -
Pack a Picnic -
Gather your friends -
Full Festival Pass $150 -
Day pass $50 adults / $10 kids -
3 for 30 - three films for $30 -
Single entry $15 -
Online tickets available from May 10
Local beverages and treats from Good Roots available at each session. BYO food. Top picks for families are: |
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Get Your Zen ON  |
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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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