| | | | | | IMPORTANT DATES
Week 7
Wednesday 4th September - Schooling Options in 2020 LWC 7pm
(Information under Curriculum Comment)
Thursday 5th September - EOTC/SKI Programme - Day 4
Friday 6th September - Fun Run - info below
Week 8
Keep NZ Beautiful - Clean Up Week
Monday 9th September - BOT Meeting - 5pm - Staffroom
Thursday 12th September - EOTC/SKI Programme - Day 5
Friday 13th September - PTA Friday Night Lights
Week 9
Pod 5 Swimming All Week
Friday 20th September - Pod 6 Assembly
Week 10
Pod 4 Swimming All Week
Friday 27th September - Last day of term 3
CAMP DATES FOR YEARS 4-6
TERM 4
Week 4
Monday 4th - Friday 8th November - Pod 7 - Year 6 - Waiora
Monday 4th - Friday 8th November - Year 5 Students
(2 Camps of 2 nights/3 days at Camp Columba)
Monday 4th - Friday 8th November - Year 4 Camp Week
(Individual class dates yet to be decided - Camp is 1 day/1 night)
Week 5
Monday 11th - Friday 15th November - Pod 8 - Year 6 - Tirohanga
IMPORTANT NOTICES Daffodils for Sale The Enviro Group were hard at work in May planting 500 daffodil bulbs kindly donated by Mitre 10. The bulbs have now sprung and are ready for sale with all proceeds going to the Cancer Society.  $5 will purchase you a bunch of 10 daffodils
Call by the office
No Pokemon and Rugby Swap Cards at School Please Please can children keep their Pokemon and rugby swap cards away from school.
Jar Request If you have spare medium sized jars - between jam jar and agee jar size - can you please drop them into the office. ONE Summit are creating a jar sculpture with the help of some Pod 8 children. |
|
|
Tribe Day Fun Run and Sausage Sizzle Friday 6th September On Friday 6th September, we are holding a Tribe Day Fun Run and Sausage Sizzle at school. We would like the children to gather sponsors for the event and money raised will go towards further development of the field for children to use at break times. We are hoping to landscape the hill behind pod 8 as a quieter space for children to go, as well as building a ball wall and seating outside pod 7. |
|
|
End of Year Reporting As we are moving to more interactive reporting in line with our Deep Learning initiatives, we will not be holding 3 way conferences at the end of term 3 and instead of a written report in term 4, we are working on involving parents in a more indepth look at their children's learning and progress.
We are asking children and teachers how they want to report to parents so that the reporting process is more real, relevant and indepth. Your children may come home over the next couple of weeks and talk to you about this. Some may even seek your opinion. Teachers are very excited about a new way to report as a lot of time is taken in written reports for not much value to parents or students and this is our opportunity to make changes.
Early in term 4, we will be sending out some of the ways we would like to report to you about your children's learning and ask you for feedback about what you see as the best methods. A few lines in a written report does not fit the richness of learning that a Deep Learning 'approach' elicits. We want to come up with something we will all find awesome.
If you would like to meet up with your child's teacher to talk about progress etc. since the last written report, please don't hesitate to make contact with them to arrange a time to talk. Teachers will also contact any parents they need to talk to.
Schooling Options for 2020 Meeting Tomorrow (Wednesday 4th)
Lake Wanaka Centre - 7pm The principals of the Upper Clutha Primary Schools, Wanaka Primary, Hawea Flat, Holy Family and Take Karara, have organised an info session for any Upper Clutha parents interested in the 2020 schooling options. We will be talking about enrolment zones, options for current students at WPS who may be now in another school zone area, school buses, transition programmes and we will try to answer any questions you may have about next year. If we don't have an answer, we will record these questions and make it our job to find answers. This is your chance to come and investigate the best option for your family next year and what you can and can't do.
Following this, on Thursday, we will be emailing a questionnaire to every Wanaka Primary School family to find out what their intentions are for next year. We need this information, so that we, along with Take Karara, can begin to make decisions around staffing, resourcing and student organisation for learning. To do this, we need to know how many students we will be starting the year with.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO RESPOND TO THIS PLEASE.
School Uniform Please make sure you check your child is wearing the appropriate school uniform, especially our year 6 students, as some of them are turning up in non school apparel and unsuitable footwear for school. We encourage children to take pride in their appearance and their uniform as part of our RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY values. Earlier this term as part of our PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) programme we spent a couple of weeks reinforcing this. We will follow up with parents of any children who do not meet the expectations of wearing appropriate uniform items to school. Please support us with this. |
|
|
Year 3, 4 and 5 Camp Surveys Thank you to all who have filled out the CAMP surveys. Please fill out the survey for your child’s camp by Friday 6th September.
Links are below if you have missed the email.
Y4 Camp to Bannockburn https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3TY5YHJ
Room 15/16 - Y3 Camp to Bannockburn https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TKGJ2Q5
Room 17/18 - Y3 Camp to Bannockburn https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T2FJ5B8
Y5 Camp https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BNZVVV7
 |
|
|
Father's Day Breakfast - Another Success Thanks go out to Shona and her wonderful helpers for organising another successful Father's Day Breakfast. Thanks also to the sponsors - New World, Mitre 10 and Hirepool. Congratulations to our spot prize winners - Adam Hawkins, Justin Kendrick, Ian Jurczyluk, Gary Read, Nathan Monk and Lee Taylor. Prizes were generously donated by Caltex, Southern Wild and Double Black.   Fun photos taken by Andrew Miller |
|
|
Friday Night Lights School Gala Friday 13th September - 5.30-8.00pm Friday Night Lights is a hugely popular and fun event for our school community showcasing our school talent, with stalls, activities and a food court, the evening ends with a grand finale.
We are still looking for some helpers and we truly appreciate any time you can give, as we all know ‘many hands make light work’ and the small amount of volunteer time you can offer is all that we need to ensure this event stays on the calendar.
Click here to view where help is needed. |
|
|
FNL - Entertainment & Light Up the Catwalk Fashion Parade Entries have now closed. An email to confirm details will be sent home by the end of this week. This will include a time for the performance as well as where to go etc.
The Kapahaka group will be performing at 5.30 to open the gala night, with the junior choir performing shortly after that, and the band later - time yet to be confirmed. Other performances and the catwalk show will be scheduled between 5.30-7pm. Please contact Wendy B if you have any queries. |
|
|
Friday Night Lights - Thanks goes out to our sponsors |
|
|
Well Done Gymnasts Gymnasts from Aspiring Gymsports Gymnastic Club travelled to Dunedin at the weekend, to compete in the College Street Gymnastic Club Competition. Molly Brown, Lucy Wellington, Amelia Knight, Ivy Campbell and Honor Jones all achieved personal bests and placing. Congratulations to you all.
  |
|
|
Touch Coaching Course There is a Touch New Zealand Level One coaching course run by Grant Milne in Wanaka on Sunday 15th September at 2pm at the WRC (this is at the conclusion of the Festival Of Sport and Recreation). This free course should take about 90 minutes. If interested please register with Tiny Carruthers (Sport Central) - tiny@sportotago.co.nz or 0272124290 . |
|
|
What is Flippa ball? Flippa Ball is Mini Water Polo! Flippa Ball is a great sport for building water confidence (in a shallow pool) and team skills while having fun. Sessions begin: - Friday 6th September - 5-6pm
- For kids aged between 7-16
- Participants must be able to swim 25m nonstop
- 7 year olds – must have an adult or supervisor over the age of 16
- Pool entry cost is $4
- Pre-registration is helpful - please ph 4439334 or email wrc@qldc.govt.nz
|
|
|
Year 5 and 6 Touch Year 5 and 6 touch will be played on Mondays from 4-5pm at the Wanaka Show Grounds. The first 15-30 minutes will be a warm up and skills followed by one game of 14 minutes each way.
Start date is: Monday 14th October 2019 (week 1 of term 4)
Finals will be held on: Monday 9th December with one cancellation day the 16th December.
Teams will be allocated from registrations - click here to register - registrations close at the end of term 3.
Any questions please email wanakatouch@gmail.com. |
|
|
NZ Schools Cross Country Skiing Championship |
|
|
Upper Clutha Schools - Ski and Snowboard Race |
|
|
| OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES |
|
|
Wanaka Kids Club - October School Holidays |
|
|
Mega Mates Social Skills Programme |
|
|
Holiday Illustration Camp |
|
|
Upper Clutha Decides 2019 Thursday 12th September - 7.30pm - Lake Wanaka Centre
Upper Clutha Candidates Question Time
Bring your friends and neighbours to a pre-election panel discussion based on your questions, led by a respected local MC.
What do our Upper Clutha Council Candidates have to say about Wanaka Airport and other important local issues? Do you have some key questions for them about their plans for our community?
Pre-registrations @ www.protectwanaka.nz/events
There will be door tickets but there is a limit on numbers so pre-registrations encouraged.
Facilitated by Wanaka Stakeholders Group |
|
|
Counselling & Mental Health Services in UC |
|
|
Building Children's Resilience  |
|
|
Teens, Alcohol and Devices - Get the Heads Up |
|
|
Mitre 10 Festival of Sport and Recreation |
|
|
Wanaka Library - Children's Art Classes |
|
|
| Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Order online at subwayexpress.co.nz by 9am. |
|
|
|
|
| | |
|
