Kia ora Koutou,

Welcome back to the usual weekly communication!! One week since Cyclone Gabrielle, hard to believe!! I know everyone has a story but for most of us we are feeling so thankful as we watch the horrendous disaster of the Hawkes Bay, Gisborne and even the Far North. Thank you for your patience as we change dates, times and even when we could open or not. We now know the generator enables us to operate our school, have water, all toilets and some communication and internet. Now we just need a radio station and we could communicate with you all and let you know in the future when we can open!! So yes, we are all still smiling and very happy to be back at school!!

This week’s focus:

• “MEET US ALL”
•  FOWS Meeting
• Whole School Assembly 
• Year 8 Leaders 2023
• EOTC Trips Tui and Takahe Teams
• School Donations
• Board Meeting 

THIS WEEK

“MEET US ALL” Thursday 23rd February 5:30pm – This is our first invite to all parents and caregivers to come and meet everyone, staff, Board, FOWs which helps make our school be the best place it can be!! Click here for information – Meet us All

You will meet us all in the hall at 5:30pm, each representative will talk briefly about their role and the major goals/ focus for the year approx 45 minutes. You can then go with your child to the classroom and meet the teacher, see the class and have an informal chat.

You can register your child for sports teams, Netball, Hockey, Basketball, Flippa ball etc. The call will start for team managers and coaches each team will need these.

The School Donation will be able to be contributed via eftpos, or cash on this night. It would be wonderful if we could meet our targets for our budget early in the year. The school donation is necessary to meet our budget as we do not get any extra funding because of our EQI (Equity Index number) that has replaced the decile rating.

Donation is $200 per child,  if you have have more than one child it is $175 for the next child, we cap it at two children!! This amount has not risen for a number of years, a decision made by the Wainui School Board.

Better Start Literacy (BSLA) information will be shared by the junior school team at 4:30pm prior to the meeting. Click here the invitation – Whanau invitation

FOWS Meeting – Friends of Wainui School (like the original PTA) is lots of fun with a focus on helping raise our much needed funds!! Come to the first meeting on Wednesday 22nd February at 7:00 pm in the staffroom. This group is literally the back bone of our community, without the support and hard work of this wonderful group of parents we could not do what we do!! BUT we need more members!! Don’t be shy if you are new to the school, come and meet new people and make new friends. This is where your ideas for fundraising and needs can be voiced!! Or if you have been around for awhile come and help out and be part of making the school a better place for our children!! The meeting starts at 7:00 pm and will involve a social time with a glass of wine or a cup of tea/ coffee and nibbles.

Whole School Assembly led by Tui and Takahe Team – Our first assembly for the year is this Friday at 2:00 pm!! Everyone is welcome! We will be introducing our year 8 leaders. Tui and Takahe team will share their exciting start to the year and what they have been up to. The Hellyer cups will be awarded at this assembly to one person from each of this teams classes. These are our most coveted awards and each teacher thinks very carefully about who they award these to. Each class has three certificates to award, two for the recently focussed value of Respect and one for a value of their choice. Everyone is welcome at these assemblies, if you are free do join us!!

Year 8 Leaders 2023 – Mr Irvine, Mrs Annaliese Hewitt (a Wainui School Board Member) and myself had a wonderful morning last Friday listening to the speeches of this years year 8 class as they applied for the various leadership positions we have at Wainui School. Sometimes we create new ones or change these as the need arises. I can honestly say every year I am so inspired at the creativity, enthusiasm, confidence and the innovation our young people show!! Congratulations to every single year 8 that made a speech, we are so excited for this year! You were all awesome!!  I always work with our student councillors on various projects. Friday’s we will share our ideas with you as sometimes other adults in our community can help us!!

Here are our leaders for the year and their positions. We will share more with you over the term.

Student Councillors – Jakob Brown, Oscar Price (Activities, Bikes, Chess, Lego), Harry Browne Hale (Comms & Sport), Ryan McCann (Enviro), Eva Pengelly (Creative, Arts), Lyla-Rose Muaiava (Community), Maddie Gooding (Wellbeing Events, Daffodil Day etc).

House Captains – Lloyd – Harlem Kockott. Lamont – Tamati Bayer. Jacob – Xavier Davies. Hutson – Mia Pretorius.

Bike Team – Harlem Kockott (Leader).

Communication Team – Harry Browne Hale, Cade Mumby.

EOTC Trips Tui and Takahe Team – This week these teams have begun their “Education Outside The Classroom” experiences with learning to surf at Orewa Beach for the year 7&8’s.

Snorkelling at Goat Island Marine Reserve for the year 5&6’s!! Amazing weather, the roads are open, and a chance to experience something very new for many of the students, develop relationships, skills outdoors.

Some of the photos of the day will be added to the website gallery very soon!

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

• Wednesday 22nd February – FOWS Meeting – Staffroom – 7pm
• Thursday 23rd February – Yr 5/6 Trip to Goat Island, Kowhai & half of Totara class
• Thursday 23rd February – Meet us All Evening – Hall – 5:30pm
• Friday 24th February – Kelly Sports Promo Day – Yr 1-4 – Note new date
• Friday 24th February – Tui & Takahe Team Assembly – 2pm
• Tuesday 28th February – Board Meeting – 6:30pm
• Thursday 6th April – Last Day of Term 1

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