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Term 2
Week 8
Monday 1st June - Queen's Birthday - School Closed
Week 10
Monday 15th June - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm School Staffroom
Week 12
Friday 3rd July - Last day of Term 2 - School Holidays
Term 3
Week 1
Monday 20th July - First day of Term 3
Pod Assemblies Pod assemblies will be online - classroom teachers will notify you of the dates, times and how to access. |
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Level 2 continues for the next couple of weeks Thank you all for your continued support and patience upon our full return to school. We have had a high percentage of students return in the last week, with absences being due to illness rather than self-isolating. We have easily adapted the protocols of level 2 to a relatively normal school day. We have loved greeting and farewelling our students as they enter and leave the school grounds, and connecting with you the parents.
As we continue with level 2 we will still be asking children, parents and staff to comply with physical distancing as much as possible, staying away from school if even slightly unwell, and having parents pick up and drop off children at the school gates. The leadership team will continue meeting and greeting next week. We are still required to have less than 100 adults in the school grounds and to track and trace all adults coming into school, therefore if you need to come into school for any reason please ring the school office first.
The leadership team have been impressed with the calm and positive behaviour of children as they enter and leave school without parents. We would suggest that once we do open our gates, parents consider drop off and pick up, especially in the morning, instead of parking and coming into school. Children can then get themselves ready for class by 9am. An increase in self-organisation and responsibility by children is a definite plus for us.
Well done to all of the parents who have been dropping off on Totara Terrace and Kings Drive and enabling their children to walk into school by themselves - this has kept down the congestion of cars. The Ironside Drive drop off and pick up has been awesome as parents have followed the rules and kept traffic moving. Yesterday there were some issues at the dental clinic car park, with careless driving and cars backing out suddenly. This was a bit disappointing after a very successful pick up drop off the week before. PLEASE KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. Consider using a safe meeting place out of the school grounds to meet your child so they can walk to you and you do not have to navigate the stresses of the car park.
We are continuing to promote hygiene practices of washing and sanitising hands and coughing or sneezing into our elbows with an arm across the face. We are maintaining distance within the class whilst working and regularly cleaning classroom surface 'touch' points.
Achievement Reports At the Board Meeting last week Jason presented the report findings on our Oral Language programmes and children's progress around the Peli screening, carried out on all of our new entrant children. Kerry presented our PAT findings and our writing moderation undertaken from Year 2 up. Included in this week's newsletter is the mathematics PAT results - click here to view. The data from such normed assessments enable us to track our school and year level performance against national norms. We monitor cohorts as they progress through the school, and identify students who may need extra support in one of our literacy or maths accelerated programmes. |
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Wānaka Primary School Ski Information A reminder that the 2020 five day Wānaka Primary School Ski Programme will be running at Cardrona, Treble Cone, and the Snow Farm.
Registration for the WPS Ski Programme will close on the last day of term - Friday 3rd July 2020.
Please look at the sports page on the school website for details about the programmes. If you have any queries please contact Cardrona /Treble Cone, Snow Farm or Jason at WPS. Non-skiing options will be organised at school - you will be advised of these soon.
Dates for the programmes: - Thursday 6th August
- Thursday 13th August
- Thursday 20th August
- Thursday 27th August
- Thursday 3rd September
- Postponement Day Thursday 10th September
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New Library Webapp The library now has a new webapp. This is a fantastic new platform for students and teachers to have full access to our library including e-Books and a safe place to do research.
To access the library webapp - click here. This can also be located on our school website through the student portal. This webapp will be continually updated so remember to check-in regularly.
Please feel free to email Melissa if you have any questions or concerns - email melissaa@wanaka.school.nz. |
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Erik's Fish & Chips Reading Challenge Children have been asking how to enter the Reading Challenge sponsored by Erik's. This year it is even easier as they can enter online - to access this click here. There are amazing prizes for students, teachers and classes as well as free fish & chips for reading 5 books.
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Albion Volts team wins backing from ANZ this cricket season The Albion Volts team are ready to take their cricket training to the next level, after
receiving new gear through an ANZ cricket grant.
The players from the Albion Volts team attend schools from the Upper Clutha region
including Wānaka Primary School, Hawea Flat and Mount Aspiring College.
The new gear will help the Albion Volts cricketers to train to the very best of their
abilities and step on to the pitch with confidence next season.
ANZ has so far given more than $900,000 to help teams and players all over New
Zealand achieve their cricket dreams. All cricket players, clubs, and teams across New Zealand can apply for an ANZ cricket grant at anzcricketworld.co.nz. |
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Ski Gear Sale on this Saturday Head down to Cardrona Corner (20 Helwick St) this Saturday from 9am to score ex-rental gear for super cheap! - Skis: $40 / Boots: $20
- Limited snowboard gear available
Numbers will be limited inside the store, so please be patient and exercise social distancing both outside and inside the shop. Once it’s gone, it’s gone…so get in quick! |
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Mount Aspiring College 40 Hour Famine CAN WE HELP YOU? Mount Aspiring College Year 13 students are participating in the World Vision 40 Hour Famine from the 5th-7th June. Our world has changed, and so this year MAC has changed the way they are running the 40 Hour Famine. Year 13 students will be completing community service hours to make the largest impact they can through the Famine. This year we are here to help you!
Whether you have an elderly relative or a friend who hasn’t managed to mow their lawns or stack their wood during Lockdown, or if there is something we can do to help you get your business back on its feet, we want to help! Let us know what we can do for you on the weekend of the 5th-7th June at 40hourfamine@mtaspiring.school.nz. If you wish to make a donation to our fundraising page, please do so at https://my.worldvision.org.nz/ss/7gHjGO/mt-aspiring-college. |
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| Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Please order online at subwayexpress.co.nz by 9am. |
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