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Term 1
Week 3
Wednesday 19th February – Waste Free Wānaka Show in the Hall – 1.30pm
Thursday 20th February – Welcome Back to School Picnic – 5-7pm
Week 4
Pod 8 Swim Week - Rooms 30, 31, 32 and 33
Monday 24th February – BOT Meeting – 5pm School Staffroom
Friday 28th February – El Gregoe Performance 9.15am and 11.15am
Friday 28th February – Pod 5 Assembly – 2.15pm – School Hall
Week 5
Pod 3 Swim Week
Tuesday 3rd March - WPS Athletics - Years 4-6
Thursday 5th March - Postponement date for WPS Athletics Years 4-6
Friday 6th March - Fancy Feet and Whacky Wheels Day
Week 6
Pod 7 and Room 29 Swim Week - Rooms 25, 26 and 29
Ice Skating Rink set up in Hall all week (see info below)
Tuesday 10th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 4.15-7pm
Wednesday 11th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-7pm
Wednesday 11th March - Parent Voice Meetings - 3.30-5.30pm
Thursday 12th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-7pm
Thursday 12th March - Parent Voice Meetings - 3.30-5.30pm
Friday 13th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-6pm
Friday 13th March - Disco Skating - 6-8pm
Saturday 14th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 10am-5pm
Sunday 15th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 10am - 5pm
Week 7
Friday 20th March - Royal Jelly Show
Friday 20th March - Pod 6 & 7 Assembly - 2.15pm. School Hall
Don't Forget Sunhats are Compulsory
for Outside Activities in Term 1 IMPORTANT NOTICES Lost Trainers A pair of size 3 Salomon trainers (black/blue) were lost down at Challenge last Friday. If you picked them up can you please drop them into the office so they can be returned to their owner. Many thanks.
School Band Practice A reminder for all children interested in being in the Band (Year 5 & 6 and possibly year 4s) to bring their instruments tomorrow. Band practice is every Wednesday afternoon. |
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Puzzling World Junior Challenge Congratulations to all students who raced their hearts out at the Wānaka Primary School Triathlon which was held in conjunction with the Puzzling World Junior Challenge last Friday. To see the smiles, participation and competition made us all proud. Thank you to all parents for handling the logistics of bike drop off and pick up, but the effort was worth it to see the smiles at the finish line. A wonderful event capped off on Saturday with Braden Currie winning the elite men's race. Well done to everyone and thank you to all volunteers and Challenge Wānaka. |
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Welcome Back to School Picnic Thursday 20th February 5-7pm Our welcome back to school picnic is great way to start off the year. We invite all parents and students to come along dressed in tribe colours to enjoy some activities and a picnic. Activities will be planned as follows: - 5.00pm: The staff and Kapahaka group will welcome everyone with a powhiri. Families are asked to gather by the hall where you will be met and led into the school.
- 5.15pm: Families will be invited to set up an area for a BYO picnic tea, or take-aways, whichever suits best.
- 5.30pm: JUMP OFF - we will have students in year levels show off the Jump Jam routines they have been working on. Families can eat their picnics whilst these are being performed.
- 6.00pm: Families will then be invited to join us for some games and activities such as t-ball, softball, parachute activities, fitness trail, playgrounds, etc. It will be fun.
- Parents can also visit pods and meet the teachers and have a look around the rooms.
As the weather forecast is not looking great for Thursday 5-7pm - at 1pm we will make the call whether to postpone - we will let you know via our app, website and email.
Next Week is Pod 8 Swim Week Rooms 30, 31, 32 and 33 - Room 29 will swim in week 6 with Pod 7
Our minibuses are currently being sign written but will be ready for us to use to get classes to swimming next week. Whilst we are working out a system for drivers of the minibuses, I thank the leadership team, office team and John who have all volunteered to go on a driver roster.
Student Leadership Groups Student Leadership groups are currently being organised and 'trained'. The library leaders are starting their training with librarian Melissa and today the PALS (Physical Activity Leaders) are having a training session with Sport Central. Anna from Pod 8 and Hannah from Pod 6 are the lead teachers responsible for the student leadership initiatives and they will keep you informed with what our student leaders are undertaking within the school and community.
NPDL Training Jennie Croxford, Anne Jenkins, Leeanne Fairbairn and Anna Speak are in Christchurch training to be NPDL (New Pedagogies for Deep Learning) facilitators Monday to Wednesday this week. This is a very unique opportunity and they are working with teachers from across the country, Australia and Vancouver.
Te Reo and Tikanga PLD On Friday, Anne Jenkins and Beth Hamilton are undertaking a day's PLD in Te Reo and Tikanga in Alexandra and will then update the rest of the staff. This professional development is planned for one day each term.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) As we have a number of children who are English language learners, we have employed Clair Winslade as our ESOL teacher. Clair will support the teachers and teacher aides as they personalise learning for these children and will also work with these children one day a week. |
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Ice Skating at Wānaka Primary Week 6 - Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th March
Ice Skate Tour will be setting up an ice rink in the school hall in week 6 - 10th to 15th March. School lessons will take place during the week and the rink will also be open to the public each afternoon.
Schedule: - Tuesday 10th March - open to public 4.15-7pm
- Wednesday 11th March - open to public 3-7pm
- Thursday 12th March - open to public 3-7pm
- Friday 13th March - open to public 3-6pm
- Friday 13th March - Disco Skating 6-8pm
- Saturday 14th March - open to public 10am-5pm
- Sunday 15th March - open to public 10am-5pm
Cost: - Children (under 16) $8.00
- Adults $12.00
- Family $35.00
- Doorsales only - pay cash or eftpos
- Disco Tickets - buy online https://www.trybooking.co.nz/DSW - prices as above.
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Community Herb Garden - Come and help yourself Help yourselves to yummy spicy nasturtiums and plenty of mint from the community herb garden between Pod 5 and 6. Thanks to everyone who supplied the seedlings. Room for more herbs too if you have a favourite herb you want to share, please leave it at the garden. |
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School Activity Fee 2020 Annual School Activity Fee The annual activity fee is $40.00 per child for 2020. This is a compulsory fee which covers extra-curricular costs, such as those incurred by bringing visiting performers/specialists to Wānaka, for example, sports coaching, dance/music/drama performances and special events. Collecting this annual fee avoids the time-consuming exercise of collecting 600 plus entry fees each time there is a performance or activity. The $40.00 payment is required by Wednesday 26th February 2020. Please make your payment as soon as possible, as our first performance is on Friday 28th February, with El Gregoe performing a comical performance getting the message across about our values using laughter and magic. We would appreciate school fees being paid BEFORE this date so all children can benefit from this performance.
Payments can be made by:
Direct credit to Wānaka Primary School - account 02-0673-0023784-001
Eftpos - available at the school office
Cheque - please make payable to Wānaka Primary School
Cash - please ensure you provide your child's name and room number with payment.
School Donations for 2020 This year, the government has introduced a new donations scheme – the initiative will see decile 1 – 7 schools receive their additional funding in January 2020, alongside their regular operational funding, if the Boards agree not to ask parents and caregivers to pay donations. Unfortunately, as a decile 10 school, Wānaka Primary School does not qualify for this funding and this has increased the reliance on receiving a donation from parents to adequately staff and resource the school, so please consider donating this year.
The suggested school donation is $150.00. The BOT requests the donation annually to assist with costs (not covered by the MOE operations grant), these include providing specialist teaching tutors (eg. Maori and Music), extra resources and teaching / learning enrichment and extension programmes, as well as employing extra staff to address teacher / student ratios.
Tax deductible receipts are issued for all donations. |
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Hyundai - Futures Festival of Golf |
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NZSKI Season Passes NZSKI have not only kept the price the same as 2019 for 2020 season passes, but are now offering an instalment option as well. This means the pass can be paid off over 3 payments. Please click here for pass information and payment. |
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What's Happening at Wānaka Library |
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Wanaka Library - Foodie Book Group |
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Wānaka A&P Show The 83rd Wānaka A&P Show will be held on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of March this year at the Wānaka Show Grounds. All children 12 years old and under have free entry to the show, children aged 13 – 17 years inclusive are $5 per ticket.
Like other years there is always plenty to see and do at the Wānaka A&P Show: - Animals, shearing display, blade shearing and wood chopping
- New for 2020 - 'Real Country Farm Experience' operating 10am-4pm.
- Fun for kids with Kahu Youth
- Kids Stage - excellent line up of children's entertainment - 10am-4pm
- Stalls galore
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Brendan Dooley in Mayhem - Magician |
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Winton Primary & District High School 150th Jubilee For any ex students and staff of Winton Primary and District High School, who may now live in the area, our 150th Jubilee celebrations are to be held Labour Weekend 2020. Events, at present, will include Friday evening registration with social mix and mingle including drinks and nibbles. Saturday - decade photos, tour of the school, dinner and dance. Sunday morning - informal assembly/service. Pre-registrations can now be made via the link on the school website - click here. |
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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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