FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Kia ora Koutou,
Have you recovered from that amazing win on Saturday night?? The Black Ferns were just stunning, motivating, bringing a smile to everyone!! Sport lifts us, sport brings us together, sport brings us joy!! Those dreams and goals are attainable with resilience, perseverance and a great attitude!! As we move into our summer sports and anticipate the annual Athletic Days it is just wonderful to see children everywhere enjoying the outdoors, developing skills of jumping, throwing, running, the skills of touch rugby we have 7 teams, summer basketball and netball and of course cricket. At camp we had children excel in sports such as Archery and air rifles, there is something for everyone!!
Summer is here!! The shorts and jandals are back!! (Don’t forget the sunscreen and the hat!!)
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
Cricket – 
Congratulations to the two teams that competed in the Hibiscus Coast InterSchool competition last week at Metro Park!! Lots of fun, lots of runs, a third place for team 1, everyone had a great day. Thank you to Mr Cochrane and Mr Wotton for your positive, enthusiastic coaching skills enabling this to happen.
THIS WEEK
Athletics – Senior School Athletics was on today, Tuesday 15th November at school. The Year 7&8 InterSchool is on Friday 18th November. Everyone has been practicing, it is about having a go, improving your own skills and of course some healthy competition!!
Thank you to Mr Wotton for all your hard work organising our sports day and Mr Bray for ensuring the field is all marked out for the competitions.
FOWS – Thank you Leslie Ann for organising the sausage sizzle and juicies that were for sale today. Thanks also to Ryan Hewitt for being the main BBQ cook.
Principal for the Day – Abigail and Genevieve Watt are prepared and ready for “Phenomenal Friday!! They are wanting everyone to dress up and be wacky!!! Let your imagination go wild, there could be a treat I hear for the winners!! There are special games and activities organised, the day will finish with with Pukeko Assembly. I will so enjoy my day off!! Principal for the Day in case you are wondering was a Quiz Night auction prize!!
Lost Property – We have two trestle tables full of lost property outside the office area – PLEASE PLEASE come and claim your clothes!!!
Group Day –
I want to personally thank teacher Kylie Allen and FOWS member Nikki Browne for the amazing organisation, support, enthusiasm and the time they put into ensuring Wainui School was represented at Group Day in such a positive way. Even though we had a smaller group of children than usual as it clashed with the last day of camp, all the children that competed were amazing!! Well done to all those who competed!
FINALLY
Religious Education Consultation – Every few years the Board needs to reconsult the community on whether families wish religious education to be offered. In the past this was offered at Wainui School. This ceased after consultation and the current programme running out. Please click on to our simple survey here to enable us to gather your views, thank you.
Ka kite ano,
Gillian Bray
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
- Friday 18th November – Pukeko Assembly – 2pm
- Friday 18th November – Athletics Zone Day Yr 7/8
- Friday 25th November – Athletics Day Yr 1-4
- Tuesday 29th November – Board Meeting – 6.30pm – Staffroom
- Wednesday 30th November – Yr 8 Graduation Dinner – Wainui Golf Club
- Thursday 8th December – Christmas in the Country – 5.30pm
- Friday 9th December – Tui/ Takahe Assembly – 2pm
- Thursday 15th December – Senior Prizegiving – 1pm
- Friday 16th December – Farewell Assembly
- Friday 16th December – Last day of the term – Finish at 1pm
OTHER
Junior Athletics Year 0-4 – Next Friday, the 25th of November, all of our Year 0 to 4 students will spend the day throwing things, jumping things, and sprinting down the field on our annual Athletics Day. Parents are welcome to come along and cheer on the students as they compete for glory! There will be a Sausage Sizzle and Juicies available to purchase on the day. Click the link for further information and the timetable for the day. Junior Athletics 2022- Parents Information
SPORTS RESULTS
– email your sports results to Miss Ludwig in the office, exo@wainui.school.nz
Netball
Wainui Sapphires Yr 1 vs Pinehurst Blue. Won: 7 – 4. POD: Leané Conradie. Coaches Award: Genevieve Watt.
Basketball
8/11/22: Wainui Hawks Yr 5/6 vs GHS Storm. Won 8 – 2.
Touch Rugby
Wainui Warriors Yr 3/4. Lost: 4 – 6. POD: Lars Gill.
Wainui Worms Yr 6/7 – Every week our Senior Touch Team the Wainui Worms face off against other local schools on a Wednesday night at Victor Eaves in a game of touch rugby. So far this year that elusive win has been avoiding us, but we know that a win is just around the corner. These boys show huge determination, a never give up attitude and they always display their Wainui 5Rs. This photo was taken last Wednesday night when it was absolutely hammering down and as you can see the boys are drenched. Unfortunately we had a lot of sickness that week, so the whole team is not in this photo, however we will update you in a few weeks with the team’s progress and hopefully have a photo of the whole team celebrating their first win! We would also like to give a huge thank you to Mr Cochrane for giving up his time to coach our team!
COMMUNITY
The Star of Christmas: WIN TRANSPORT, ACCOMMODATION & STUDIO TIME WITH NATHAN KING
This Christmas morning on Newstalk ZB – it’s The Star of Christmas singing competition… on The Crazy Kiwi Christmas Kids Show! The grand prize? The opportunity to professionally record any Christmas song with Nathan King, lead singer of Zed. You’ll be treated like a star – with return flights for two to Auckland (if you’re out of Auckland), hotel accommodation, and a music studio tour. If you can sing, and are under 13, email your audition singing a Christmas song to [email protected] or call 0800 843 864 before 12th December. Then tune into Newstalk ZB on Christmas morning from 6am to see if you’ve won!
