Kia ora Koutou,

How fantastic is it to have sun and clear blue skies!! Yes, it is brisk in the mornings and then just gorgeous! A welcome relief from the rain over the last few weeks.

Newsletter Focus:

• MasterChef
• Mathex
• Japanese Students
• Assembly
• Football Zone Day Year 5&6
• FOWS
• Donations
• Ag Day
• Garden to Table 

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

Mitchell, Emerson and William making pikelets.

Jett, Frank, Hunter and Noah cooking up pikelets.

Jace and Jacob making their sandwiches.

• MasterChef Heats – Have been awesome!!  Congratulations to Student Councillor and chief organiser Harry Browne Hale and his fellow student councillors  Oscar Price and Jakob Brown for their outstanding organisation, judging and clean up!! Congratulations to all of the contestants, so far we have had 4 heats, and all of the children involved have been so organised, passionate and keen to give their best. It has been so much fun!! Heats will be completed by the end of this week, and then we move into semi finals!! Keep an eye out, as I endeavour to post live on our facebook page each day.

SEMI-FINALS –  Monday 19th June to Wednesday 21st June

Semi-Final 1 – Monday 19th June – Top 6 from Heats 1, 2 and 4

Semi-Final 2 – Tuesday 20th June – Top 6 from Heats 5 and 6

Semi-Final 3 – Wednesday 21st June – Top 6 from Heats 7 and 8

The top 3 dishes from each Semi-Final will go through to the Grand Final.

GRAND FINAL – Friday 28th July and Prizegiving

In true MasterChef style, in the Grand Final, the finalists will be allowed to cook anything either sweet or savoury, whatever they believe is their “signature dish”. They will have up to 45 minutes to prepare and cook their dish, and then they will present their dish to the judges.

We hope this gives you an overview of the MasterChef event and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email me harrybrownehale@wainui.school.nz. Also, we’re looking to have a “celebrity” judge for our Grand Final so if anyone has any contacts can you please let us know. Thank you!

Harry and Jakob

Mathex – Last Thursday, an elite team of eight trained mathematicians channelled their inner Archimedes, Descartes, and Pythagoras and travelled to Northcross Intermediate to compete in the annual Year 7 and 8 North Shore Mathex Competition. Mathex is a challenging and fast-paced problem-solving competition where schools from across Auckland compete to answer 20 questions as quickly as possible. Our Year 8 team answered 9 questions correctly, and our Year 7 team answered 8 questions correctly, both in 30 minutes. I was extremely proud of them, and they were even more proud of each other! 

In an auditorium of 400 Year 7 and 8 students, there was one Year 6 in the room! That Year 6 student was chosen as the ‘runner’ who exemplified respect, kindness, and resilience towards their marker and their own teammates. It was an emotional and gratifying experience when our very own William Hewitt was the recipient of this award!!

I would like to commend Ryan McCann, Harry Browne Hale, Jakob Brown, Travis Dunning, William Hewitt, Oscar Price, Reece McDermid-Venter, and Amelie Graves on their commitment and hard work! They all did an amazing job!! I can’t wait for next year!  Mr. Nicholas Wotton.

• Japanese Students from Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan Junior High –  Thank you to all the families that have offered to host one or two students! We still need more hosts. This is a great way of supporting the school, as each group of International students that comes and and visits our school contributes to our fundraising. It is also an amazing cultural experience for your family and for the student you host. Prior to the pandemic we hosted groups from this Junior High school for many years and have built up a very strong partnership. The teachers that come every year just love it here as well. The students are all 12-14 years old from Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan Junior High School. This age group works with all ages at our school, as they just love being with your family. If you want to know more about what this means, and would like to host a student, please come and chat to Mel Ludwig, myself or come to the meeting ” Hosting a Japanese student Q&A” on Wednesday 28th June at 3:00pm in the staffroom.  We are all looking forward to renewing friendships!

• Assembly – Last Friday we celebrated the Kiwi Team’s learning around their “New Histories” curriculum with an interactive performance of New Zealand History. Fantastic introduction Kiwi Team!!

THIS WEEK 

• InterSchool Sport – Football Zone Day Year 5&6 – Teams are competing in the Hibiscus Coast InterSchool competition on Thursday 15th June.  Lots of practice and team work has been happening. We wish you a great day.

• FOWS – Friends of Wainui School meet this week Wednesday 14th June at 7:00pm in the staffroom –  Come and meet this valuable group, who are now in the process of organising a number of events we have planned for 2023. We need more parents to really put their hands up and join! It’s a great way to meet new people or connect with those you already know. We do make time for a socialising as well!! Here are the events and activities currently being organised:

1. Quiz Night – Date TBC will be in the month of July. The theme is ready to go, just start planning your table and team.
2. Ag Day and Country Fair – date is set for Friday the 20th of October.
3. Christmas in the Country.
4. Chocolates sales for fundraising.
5. Calendars.

We would love more people to help organise these activities and events! If you can’t make the meeting please let us know.

COMING UP

• Donations – Thank you to everyone who has contributed their school donation. Your donations enable us to run our school, and keep the pool going. It also contributes to upgrading iPads and Chrome Books, new library books – the list is endless.  If you haven’t made your donation yet, please use Kindo or Internet banking ASB account number: 12 3046 0155685 00.  Please reference the students surname and what you are paying for.

FINALLY  

• Ag Day Chicks: We are once again going to be selling one day old chicks for Ag Day for $10 per chick. Following is a list of items you can also purchase for your new chicks. Please either email the office on exo@wainui.school.nz or go to Kindo to order. Orders are due by the last day of the term, Friday 30th of June.

– Pop-up Brooder $45
– 16-hole Chick Feeder $9.90
– Brooder Heat Plate 25cm x 25cm $119
– 10kg Chick Starter Feed $23
– 1L Chick Nipple Drinker $12.90
– 1.5Ltr Chick Drinker w/ legs – $13.90
– 6Ltr Drinker w/ Legs – $25.90
– 6kg Feeder w/ Handle and Cover – $25.90
– 5kg Automatic Treadle Feeder – $129.00
– 8kg Automatic Treadle Feeder – $139.00
– 18Ltr Bucket Drinker w/ Legs – $69.90

• Garden to Table: The garden has had a real makeover this term! Scoria paths, winter planting and a beautiful new sign created by our very own Garden Specialist, Sue Johnson. All parents are welcome to get involved! If you would like to come and see what we have been up to, Wednesday is “Garden to Table Day”. We’d love for you to come and have a look!

Lost Property  

Tables of clothing please rescue!!!

We have a huge table of lost property – please come and find your jackets, jumpers sweatshirts shoes etc. At the end of term we will distribute these to a charity group. Here is a photo – you might spot something that is yours!!

Ka kite ano,

Gillian Bray

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

• Wednesday 14th June – FOWS Meeting – 7pm
• Thursday 15th June – Football Zone Day Year 5&6
• Tuesday 27th June – Whanau Ropu Hui
• Wednesday 28th June – Hosting a Japanese student Q&A – 3pm – Staffroom
• Friday 30th June – Tui/ Takahe Team Assembly – 2pm
• Friday 30th June – Last day to order Ag Day chicks and products.
• Friday 30th June – End of Term 2

SPORTS RESULTS

– email your sports results to Miss Ludwig in the office, exo@wainui.school.nz 

Netball

Hockey

Basketball

CERTIFICATES

At the last assembly, the following students received certificates for “Resilience”.

•  Puriri: Dua Ahmed, Walter Frost, Toby Huszak.
•  Pukatea: Harley Allan, Albert Graystone, Jet Cameron (Respect).
•  Kohekohe: Tigerlily Allison, Mary Gaitau, Jacob Vermeer.
•  Rimu: Penelope Campbell, Jack Grogan, Marlow Oswald (Respect).
•  Matai: Bowie Robertson, Cooper Semenoff, Harper Reid (Respect).
•  Koromiko: Jasmine Flavell, Ellie Gordon, Aimee Van Dyk (Relational).
•  Kawakawa: Darcy Mash, Mikaela Scott, Lucas Walker.
•  Pohutukawa: Charlotte Andrell, Grayson Hewitt, Frank Javie.
•  Rata: Zain Ouzoun, Ella Vermeer, Ewen Scott (Resilience).
•  Kowhai: Mihai Maties, Anouk Patel, Nikau Laurie (Respect).
•  Nikau: Sophie Elliott, Elora Sothern, Charlie Graystone (All Values).
•  Totara: Maci Campbell, James Pallatt.
•  Kahikatea: Reece McDermid-Venter, Kaylie Van Dyk, Lorenzo Dadello (Relational).
•  Kauri: Tamati Bayer, Ryan McCann, Cade Mumby.
•  SENCO: Jaydon Gaitau, Kaes Kadlec.
• Our amazing Hellyer Cup Winners were Brody Kerr (Koromiko), Nina Bell (Kawakawa), Lily Fincham (Pohutukawa) and Donald Lin (Rata).

COMMUNITY