Wānaka Primary School Newsletter for Term 3 Week 2

Newsletter Term 3 Week 2

30th July 2024

IN THIS NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 3
Week 2
Friday 2nd August - Dance Performances
9.15-10.15am Pods 1, 3, and 7
2.00-3.00pm Pods 2, 4 and 6
Week 3
Monday 5th August - UC Swim Sports
Tuesday 6th August - Music Festival Practice - Lake Wānaka Centre 9am-3pm
Wednesday 7th August - Music Festival Practice - Lake Wānaka Centre 9am-3pm
Wednesday 7th August - Music Festival First performance 6.30pm-8pm at LWC
Thursday 8th August - Music Festival Second performance 6.30pm-8pm at LWC
Friday 9th August - Pod 7 Assembly 2.15pm
Week 4
Pod trials for Wana-Be-A-Star - all week
Monday 12th August - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Wednesday 14th August - ESOL Assembly - 12pm - 1.30pm
Thursday 15th August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 1
Friday 16th August - Pod 6 Assembly 2.15pm - Hall
Week 5
Pod trials for Wana-Be-A-Star - all week
Monday 19th August - Maths Open Classroom
Wednesday 21st August - Maths Parent Information Evening - 5-6pm
Thursday 22nd August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 2
Friday 23rd August - Tribe Afternoon
Week 6
Thursday 29th August - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 3
Friday 30th August - PTA Father's Day Breakfast
Friday 30th August - Wana-Be-A-Star Finals
Friday 30th August - Pod 4 Assembly 2.00pm - Hall
Week 7
Thursday 5th September - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 4
Friday 6th September - Teacher Only Day - School Closed
Week 8
Monday 9th September - Board of Trustees Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Thursday 12th September - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Day 5
Week 9
POD 3 Swim Week - all week
Thursday 19th September - EOTC/SNOW Programme - Postponement day
Week 10
POD 4 Swim Week - all week

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Scholastic NZ Brochure

The latest Scholastic NZ Brochure is 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 9.00am on Wednesday 7 August 2024.

CURRICULUM COMMENT

I hope you are all managing to keep warm as winter shows her stormy side, however good news for the ski fields and our school programmes with all of that snow that I hope is falling up there.

Dance Programme

Ezra has our students already well rehearsed and they are loving throwing themselves into their dance moves. Every year I am delighted with what the Dance Curriculum team does. There is always great enthusiasm on the part of our children and they love watching Ezra, our instructor (and partner in the Dance Curriculum company) dancing and modelling the moves for them.

This Friday 2nd August are the two performances for parents:

Pods 1, 3, 7 at 9.15 - 10.15am
Pods 2, 4, 6 at 2 - 3pm

Please enter through the main hall door and take a seat ready to start the dances at 9.15am or 2pm, as we will start as soon as all the pods arrive after roll call.

Upper Clutha Primary School's Music Festival

The count down in on for our two performances at the Lake Wānaka Centre next Wednesday 7th August and Thursday 8th August at 6.30pm. The schools involved in this with us are Hawea Flat, Holy Family and Take Kārara. The best night for Wānaka Primary parents to attend is Thursday, as we have singers in the massed choir, members of our band, our Junior Choir (Year 2 and 3) and now also a dance group performing. But you are welcome to book either night, so get in quickly as numbers are restricted due to the extra staging in front of the main stage.

This year Take Kārara School are selling tickets online for the Music Festival - there are no sales from school offices.

Please purchase your tickets HERE

We are taking our band and choir to the Take Kārara School Hall tomorrow (Wednesday 31st) for a practice. We will be transporting the children by minivans to Take Kārara leaving school as close to 9.00am as possible. If you are dropping your child off there tomorrow morning, please ensure you let the school office know by 8.30am. We will transport all choir and band members back to WPS by minivan and staff cars if needed. We will arrive back by 12.30pm.

Ministry of Education Allocated Teachers Only Day

We have brought this day forward and it is now taking place on FRIDAY 6th SEPTEMBER. This allows us to train with a Ministry of Education Māori advisor and put in place programmes. School is closed for instruction for this day. Please make alternative arrangements for your children.

SCHOOL NOTICES

Wana-Be-A-Star

Wana-Be-A-Star is back! This is a fabulous opportunity for students to share their performing talents through magic acts, singing, instrument playing, dancing, mime, puppet shows... or you could surprise us! Items can be performed individually or in pairs, or groups.

Pod auditions will be held during Week 4 of Term 3, with finalists chosen to perform their item in the grand final on Friday 30th August.

Students are asked to prepare their item at home and may need some support with costumes, props and selecting age-appropriate music etc.

Students can collect entry forms from school reception.

We can't wait to see their amazing talents on stage!

Maths Event

Come along and see how the updated New Zealand Curriculum has changed how we teach Maths.

Monday 19th August open classroom:
This is a great opportunity for you to see first-hand how your child's maths class runs on a normal school day.

Pod 1: 9:45 - 10:30 am
Pod 2: 11:00 - 11:45 am
Pod 3: 11:00 - 11:45 am
Pod 4: 9:45 - 10:30 am
Pod 6: 9.15 - 10.00 am
Pod 7: 9:45 - 10:30 am

Wednesday 21st August:
Parent Information Evening, 5.00 - 6.00 pm - come along to the school hall to hear about the changes, followed by some hands-on activities run by the children.

School Camps 2024 - Terms 4

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Further information will be sent out this term
Year 4 Camp Permission and Parent Help Form
Year 5 Camp Permission and Parent Help Form
Year 6 Camp Permission and Parent Help Form

Payment details:

Online to Wānaka Primary School Account No: 02-0673-0023784-001
OR
Eftpos / cash at the office

If there are challenges that would make payment for camps difficult,
please come in and see, ring or email Wendy or Lucy as soon as possible.

Payment can be made in instalments.

Father's Day Breakfast

Come along to a delicious breakfast and while you are there buy Dad the chance to win the Ultimate Fathers Day present from our raffle!

The Great Kiwi Circus

We still have some tickets for The Great Kiwi Circus, which we advertised last term.

The Great Kiwi Circus is bringing the magic of a live circus show to regional towns and cities across New Zealand.

The Great Kiwi Circus is a fun packed 90-minute circus show to suit children with additional needs and their families, as well as children and families in the community who have experienced a tough time. The show will be grounded by a fantastically funny Ringmaster. The team endeavour to present the children and caregivers with different types of circus acts that change each year to keep it fresh and current.

This show will be held at The Lake Wanaka Centre on Wednesday 21st August at 6pm. If you you would like a ticket for yourchild/ren and a caregiver, please email our SENCO, Leah at senco@wanaka.school.nz

If you have already secured tickets, these can be collected from the school reception next week.

SPORT NOTICES

WPS Swimming Competition

Today 75 children from Year 4 to 6 competed at the Wānaka Primary School Swimming Competition at the Wānaka Recreation Centre. Results from this competition will be out in the coming day as we sort the top 6 for each event who will qualify for the Upper Clutha Competition on Monday 5th August. An email will be coming out to those that have qualified tomorrow (Wednesday).

Our swimmers were all very competitive and we had many comments from the public and the pool on the values, attitude and behaviour of our kids, despite the pool being 7 degrees colder than normal!

Many thanks to the pool for the set-up, all the parent help, and the Swim Club for assisting in running a very smooth event.

We look forward to competing against Hawea Flat, Holy Family, and Take Kārara on Monday.

PB4L SCHOOL-WIDE GOAL

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 listen to each other and follow instructions'.

ENVIRO SCHOOLS

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LIBRARY NEWS

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.

Digital and Audio Resources

Borrow box is an amazing resource which you can have free access to for digital reading and audio resources for your children. Click on the image below to look at the amazing range. You need a QLDC library membership (which is free) to borrow.

BookHub

BookHub is an relatively new NZ based website where you can search for books you want to buy online from NZ based booksellers rather than from overseas sites.

Obviously I support local booksellers as well but if you are an online shopper I fully support supporting NZ businesses before the likes of Amazon who charge exorbitant shipping fees. Click on the icon or this link : https://bookhub.co.nz/

Quote of the Week

HEALTH SNIPPETS

Community Oral Health Service

OUT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Wānaka Cricket Club - Junior Cricket

For further information than what is outlined below, please visit our website, and our Facebook page for updates. www.wanakacricketclub.co.nz
WANAKA JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB
junior@wanakacricketclub.co.nz

School Year 1-2
This will be a non-hard ball skills and game based sessions appropriate to the age group, Further information and registration details will be communicated via our FB page, on our Website, and by email during Term 3.

School Year 3-4 not wanting to play hard ball
This will be a non-hard ball skills and game based sessions appropriate to the age group, held during the week by Otago Country Cricket facilitators. Further information and registration details will be communicated via our FB page, school newsletters, on our Website, and by email during Term 3.

School Year 4-8 Hard Ball Saturday Competition
The pre-registration form (visit our website) is for players who are in school Years 4 - 8, who want to play within the Saturday Divisional Grades (Div 1, 2, & 3) hard ball competition, with training during the week. This form is for the club to attain probable numbers in the Divisional Grades for the upcoming season, so that we can move forward early in our planning of teams, coaches, and pre-season trainings.