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Week 7
Tuesday 15th June - Recapitation Meeting for WPS Parents 7-8pm - Staffroom
Wednesday 16th June - PTA Meeting 7:00pm - Staffroom
Week 8
Monday 21st June - Board Meeting 5:00pm - Staffroom
Friday 25th June - Pod 7 Assembly 2:15pm - Hall
Week 9
Tuesday 29th June - Upper Clutha Swimming
Thursday 1st July - School Closing at 12:30pm
Week 10
Tuesday 6th July - Parent Teacher Interviews 3:20 - 5:00pm
Wednesday 7th July - Parent Teacher Interviews 3:20 - 5:00pm (except Rms 14,15)
Wednesday 7th July - PTA Meeting 7:00pm - Staffroom
Thursday 8th July - Parent Teacher Interviews 3:20 - 5:00pm (Rms 14,15 only)
Thursday 8th July - Central Otago Swimming
Friday 9th July - Pod 5 Assembly 2:15pm - Hall
Friday 9th July - Last Day of Term 2
Term 3
Week 1
Monday 26th July - First Day of Term 3
IMPORTANT NOTICES School Donations 2021 Since 2010, the Ministry of Education has frozen core funding to schools. This has increased the reliance on receiving a donation from parents to adequately staff and resource the school.
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. Our 2021 class sizes are smaller in comparison with Ministry staffing levels because the Board employ extra teachers. This is not sustainable without your school donation.
Tax deductible receipts are issued for all donations.
Parent Interviews - Tuesday 6th July 3:20pm - 5:00pm
- Wednesday 7th July 3:20pm - 5:00pm (excluding Rooms 14 and 15)
- Thursday 8th July 3:20pm - 5:00pm (Rooms 14 and 15 only)
Room 5 will organise their own interviews.
Bookings will open next Tuesday 22nd June and details regarding this will be advertised in next week's newsletter.
Found: Glasses
These are in the office ready to be collected. |
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School Closing at 12:30pm on Thursday 1st July On Thursday 1st July, the NZEI are holding a Paid Union Meeting (PUM) for teachers starting at 1pm. This PUM is an opportunity for teachers to discuss upcoming contract negotiations. As all but one of our teachers is an NZEI member, and this is a paid union meeting during the school day, we will be closing the school for instruction. We are asking parents to pick their children up early - 12:30pm. Buses will be cancelled. We will be able to provide minimal supervision for children who cannot be collected early - and it would be first in first served. I know this is inconvenient but this meeting is very important to continuing to improve the working conditions of teachers, which also means an improvement in the learning conditions for our students (e.g. class size and staffing provision for extra programmes) in our primary schools. |
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Special Thoughts We are thinking of Wendy today as she spends precious time by her father's bedside. Family members are with her and our school community, as always, will rally around and offer support during this time. |
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Scholastic NZ Brochure The latest brochure has been delivered but I am aware of the short time frame between the delivery of the previous order and the arrival of this brochure.
Therefore the brochures will not be given out in classrooms, but if you wish to see one, they will be available from the school office. Closing date for orders will be 3pm, Tuesday 22nd June. Any enquiries to Katrina. |
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2021 Snow Sports and EOTC Programme All information regarding the winter sports programme (skiing and boarding) is on our school website. Please read ALL information carefully. Enrolments for Cardrona and TC are online. Snow Farm forms are available from the school office. Please ensure you keep copies of your receipts etc...for evidence of paying for the school programme.
LINK to Information and Registration |
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Great Value Kindling Fundraiser We are selling banana boxes full of hand-picked kindling for $10 each to raise money for our girls' and boys' clubs to allow them to do their planned activities this year. Come into the office to purchase a box. Thank you for your support. |
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School Swim Sports On the 10th of June some kids from Wānaka Primary School chose to go to the Recreation Centre for a school swim sports competition. You could choose how many and what type of races you entered. Everyone competed very well and the people that persevered and won the most races, you will go to Upper Clutha to compete against other schools. A very big thank you to all the parents who came and helped with timing and to Ben Bagley for helping with the judging.
By Holly Radford, Izzy Ashford and Sophie Bull. |
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PTA Meeting - Wednesday 16th June - 7pm Our next PTA meeting is Wednesday 16th June at 7pm in the Staffroom. Everyone is welcome to attend. |
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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: 
 Click here to view our Library Webapp. Feel free to email Melissa at any time if you have any questions. |
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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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Administration Position Available at Central Otago REAP 4.5 hours per day Monday to Friday 8:30am to 1:00pm
Click here for a job description. |
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Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service |
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Calm Minds Parent Programme |
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Pyjama Party and Bedtime Stories |
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Our Kids Online Presentation |
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Sustainable Funding Online Workshop |
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Hikuwai Bike Race  Saturday 3rd July 10am - 2pm. For ages 10 - 17 years. |
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Wānaka Kids Club Holiday Programme |
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Ice Activity Programme - Learn Ice Skating Skills IceInLine Central has organised an Ice Activity Programme teaching ice skating skills with a professional coach to school age children. - Tuesday 13th July
- Thursday 15th July
- Tuesday 20th July
- Friday 23rd July
Ice Skating - 10:30 - 11:30 am. It is recommended that cycle helmets be worn as well as warm clothing.
Cost is inclusive - Rink Admission, skate hire and coaching, $20.00 per one hour session, prepaid.
Registration forms at IceInLine Sports Complex, Alexandra. Ph 448 8599. Registrations close Friday 9th July. |
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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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