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Week 6
Swim week - Pod 4
Wednesday 18th November - Science Road Show - to be confirmed
Wednesday 18th November - Central Otago Triathlon in Cromwell
Thursday 19th November - Tribe Fun Run 11:00am
Week 7
Scholastic Book Fair Week
Pod 8 Year 6 Camp - Tirohanga
Week 8
Monday 30th November - BOT Meeting 5:00pm - Staffroom
Monday 30th November - Year 6 MAC visit
Friday 4th December - Choir performing at Christmas Tree Lighting
Week 9
Tuesday 8th December - Students Reporting to Parents
Friday 11th December - Pod 1 and 2 Christmas Assembly 2:00pm - Hall
Week 10
Monday 14th December - Year 6 Graduation 1:00pm
Tuesday 15th December - LAST DAY OF TERM - 3pm finish
Term 1 2021
Wednesday 3rd February - First Day of Term 1
IMPORTANT NOTICES School Day A reminder that our school day starts at 8:30am. For health and safety reasons children should not be on the school grounds before 8:30am.
Help Required with Sausages for Tribe Day On Thursday, as part of our tribe fun run day, the PTA are hosting a sausage sizzle for the children. We are in desperate need for some parents to help with cooking and serving.
You don't have to be there for the whole time but if you could spare half an hour or so any time between 9am and 12pm, we would be really grateful!
Many thanks
Wānaka Primary School PTA
School Photos
School photo proofs have been sent home with the children this week. If you wish to place an order, please follow the instructions on the order envelope.
Orders need to be handed into the school office by Monday 23rd November.
No late orders will be accepted.
Leaving Wānaka Primary School? If your child / children are leaving WPS at the end of this term and you have not advised the office, can you please do so as soon as possible as we have started to plan classes for 2021.
If your child is in Year 6 and leaving to attend MAC there is no need to contact us. However, if your Year 6 child will be attending a different school, please advise us of this. |
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Recapitation Survey The Board would like to survey our community about the idea of Year 7 and 8 students staying at Wānaka Primary School. The process of returning Year 7 and 8 to primary schools is called recapitation. There are many things to consider in this process and we would like to see if there is widespread interest in exploring this course of action. Issues such as resourcing, well being, equity etc will all need to be a part of any conversation. There will be a survey coming out shortly to see if this is a direction our community wants to take. |
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School Organisation for 2021 A reminder that this week is your last opportunity to talk to your child's teacher if there is anything you want us to know about your child's placement for 2021 as next week we will start looking at options for teachers and students to bring about the best combinations for our students' learning. |
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Year 6 Transition to Mount Aspiring College Time is sure flying by and before we know it the school year will be over. However we still have a lot to do before then, so it’s business as usual. Over the last two weeks a small group of our Year 6 children have had the opportunity to visit MAC in preparation for 2021 with all our Year 6 group having their transition meeting on Monday 30th November from 9:45am - 12:30pm, where they will meet with Deans, Year 7 teachers and will join in some activities planned for them. A reminder that the Mount Aspiring College meeting for parents of Year 6 children is next Wednesday 25th November. |
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Tribe Fun Run, Sausage Sizzle and Mixed Berry Ice Creams The Tribe Fun Run is being held this Thursday at school. Children are to come to school dressed in tribe colours and also ensure they bring a sunhat, water bottle and a change of clothes as we are hoping to have a water slide at the end where they may get wet.
If you have pre-ordered sausages for your child please ensure they bring their $2 and give to their classroom teacher - tomorrow would be great. Ice creams are paid for, on the day, when they are collected from the Men-Love Berries caravan.
Parents are welcome to come and support this fun event - coffees will be available to purchase from the Men-Love Berries caravan.
Format for the Day: - School Starts as normal 9am
- 11.00am - after morning tea break children will be taken to the field
- 11.30am (ISH) - Year 0, 1, 2 and 3 Junior Fun Run will start
- 12.00noon (ISH) - Year 4, 5 and 6 Senior Fun Run will start
- After the finish of the senior's fun run children will return to their pods to get their lunches and their pre-ordered sausages and then head back out under the shade sails for lunch all together as a whole school. Parents are welcome to stay for lunch.
- School as usual in the afternoon finishing at 3pm.
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Pod 5 Bake Sale at Morning Tea this Friday Bring a gold coin. Limited sale of sweets as part of our conservation fundraising. |
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Looking for Beeswax Donations Pod 5 are making beeswax wraps this week. If you have any beeswax lying around at home that you no longer need, donations would be very gratefully received.
Please drop any beeswax donations into Room 18! |
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Wānaka Trail Ride – Saturday 27th March 2021
Greetings school folk! We are aiming to have the volunteer registration website up and running next week for WTR 2021. In the meantime, for those who signed up for WTR 2020, we are able to TRANSFER your role and time slot to WTR 2021. Please note, if you do NOT wish to keep the same role, please remove or amend your info from the volunteer registration database. We will email all the pre-registered volunteers this week, so keep an eye on your inbox, or if you’re unsure just let me know. (This ability to transfer volunteers is a post-covid initiative and is supposed to make our lives easier…let us hope so). Any queries please contact Rachel Allibone 021 1029 130 or email rachel@wanakatrailride.org. |
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Scholastic Book Fair - Next Week in the Library Monday 23rd - Friday 27th November 8:30am - 9:30am and 2:30pm - 4:30pm The Scholastic Book Fair is back for the whole week starting next Monday 23rd November in our school library.
Last year our school had the second highest sales in NZ!!! That means that we got a huge rebate from Scholastic to put back into books for our school.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME PRE-CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Mark it on your calendars now!
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Christmas Pop Up Photo Shoot |
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The Wānaka Watersports Facility 1st Birthday party |
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MAC Year 8 ECO-Friendly Sustainable Market Mount Aspiring College Year 8’s will be holding an ECO-friendly sustainable market day on the 1st of December from 4:30-6:30 pm (with a soft close) in the Science Block. The entire year group has worked hard to be able to provide innovative products! Half of our proceeds will be going to a local charity.
Our market day will be full of fun activities, quirky products, and more! So, come one come all, parents, caregivers, siblings, grandparents... |
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Job Opportunity - Music and Drama Teacher M!NT Charitable Trust and Aspiring Young Musicians are on the hunt for a new music and drama teacher for 2021. If you are energetic, passionate, down to earth, driven, an experienced music and drama teacher and have an interest in musical therapy or working with kids with intellectual disabilities, please apply. There is also the opportunity to teach group music lessons on keyboard and lessons for younger students exploring and being exposed to music, rhythm, rhyme and a range of instruments for a local organisation. This is a wonderful opportunity to be introduced to an exceptional community of young people. Professional development is available for the right candidate. Please email activities@minttrust.nz to express your interest or for further information. |
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YAMI Registrations for this ground-breaking summit are now available, for ages 10 years to 110 years. For any student with an unbridled passion for music, this summit introduces them to their tribe, under the tutelage of music professionals. www.yami.nz |
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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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