FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Kia ora Koutou,
Haere mai to term three!! I trust you have all had a great break despite the wet and windy weather in New Zealand or if overseas enjoyed the sun and warmth!!
Matariki is being celebrated in Aotearoa and Wainui is enjoying our annual focus on Matariki. It’s a chance to increase our knowledge and understanding through art, waiata, literacy and inquiry. We have a well planned programme for the week put together by Mr Irvine and the teams, this will culminate in a performance on Friday.
9:15am Matariki Assembly, Performances by Teams.
Matariki Music Video Challenge winner announced – We invite you all to participate with us. and join us for a cup of tea and small kai afterwards.
THIS WEEK
We welcome a number of new students to our Wainui School community. Welcome to Andy Liu our first International student since before the pandemic!! Andy and his family have come from China for four weeks to experience New Zealand and ‘Kiwi culture”!! We have returned from Kazakhstan Alisher Mamashayev (yr 8) and Amal Mamashayeva (yr 3), we are all so excited to see them return. Alisher told us we were the “best school in the world”, he has been to school in Kazakhstan and in Greece, they are well travelled. This is very humbling to hear. Four New Entrant children started in Mrs Allen’s room, Georgia & Thea Groves, Nixon Cooper and Bonnie O’Neill-Gooch.
House keeping reminders to start the term:
- Attendance – We have high rates of attendance at Wainui School. Thank you as attendance contributes to connection and achievement levels, we are wholeheartedly committed to raising achievement and ensuring each child’s potential is reached.
If you are planning to take time to holiday during the term please be aware it is recorded as “unjustified” and it is necessary to apply for permission to do so. Please inform Miss Ludwig or myself directly, thank you. Also, if your child/ children are absent please let the office know and the reason for their absence before 9am on the day.
2. Lateness – Did you know that being late can be very stressful for the child, please try and arrive in good time for the day, it can be difficult for both teacher and learner if you are late.
3. School Donations – This is vital to running our school and meeting the budget, if you are new, have been here for awhile and have forgotten to contribute this year please do so!!
4. Clothing, shoes etc – We have no lost property at school to start the term, it was all donated to charity. Please ensure all your clothing is named including shoes. Let’s keep having an empty Lost Property tub.
Mid-Year Reports will come home this Friday – This report contains mid-year progress in reading writing and maths as shown with the PaCT tool.
NEXT WEEK
Positive Puberty Plus – Whanau/Parents Info Evening years 6-8 students (60 min) Tuesday 25 July at 5pm. Friday 11th August will be the day all the students from years 6-8 will participate in the Positive Puberty Plus programme all details will be sent home this week.
Board Meeting – 6:30pm Tuesday 25th July in staffroom.
Sports Coaches and Managers – As a mid-season thank you we invite you to morning tea in the staffroom next Wednesday 26th July at 10:10am. Please feel welcome, we know it is sometimes tricky to take time out of the working day but if you can please join us!!
Better Start Literacy Approach – The teachers in the Pukeko Team are using a newly available, research-based way of teaching reading and spelling. It is called the Better Start Literacy Approach. www.betterstartapproach.com
You are invited to come and hear about this Approach and learn how you can support the reading journey for your child at home. This is the second workshop that is being held this year and the focus is ‘Helping your child to break the code’.
Day and Time: Wednesday 26th July at 3:00pm in the Hall.
COMING UP
FOWS & Fundraising – So much has been organised already, this term brings the annual fun Quiz Night and we will be selling Whittakers Chocolates!! See below for more details.
Learning Conversations – These will follow the mid-year report in week three, Wednesday 2nd August from 3 – 6pm and Thursday 3rd August from 3 – 7:30pm. Your family can book a three-way conversation with the teacher/s to revisit those goals from term one and have a conversation about your child’s progress and engagement in learning and school life this year. To book your Learning Conversation:
Click onwww.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the Event Code: xy9tw
Step 1: Enter your email address, parents’ full name, number of students you are booking for and the student’s name/s. Click the “Go” button.
Step 2: For each student, select your child’s classroom under the first dropdown box and select their teacher under the second dropdown box. Click the “Go” button.
Step 3: Choose the time/s you would like for your Learning Conversation/s by clicking on a time slot that suits you. Missing checkboxes mean that the time has already been booked by someone else. Click the “Go” button.
You have the option to print out a copy of the time/s you have booked, a confirmation will also be emailed to you. You can view, change or cancel your booking by using the link in the email confirmation.
MasterChef Finals – Are just around the corner!! The heats and semi-finals were amazing, the highest standard, most competitive and fun I have ever seen. Harry Browne Hale with his support team of Oscar Price and Jakob Brown did an amazing job. These students made it to the finals!! These will be held on Friday 28th July at 1:50pm.
| LIST OF ALL GRAND FINALISTS |
| GRAND FINALISTS FROM SEMI-FINAL ONE |
| 1. The Lolly Cakes Team – Leané, Murphy and Kyralee |
| 2. Sparkle Pink Team – Harper and Megan |
| 3. Team – Finlay and Arlo |
| GRAND FINALISTS FROM SEMI-FINAL TWO |
| 1. Showjumping Chefs – Scarlett, Sophie and Mia |
| 2. Hollie Fuller |
| 3. Pancake Girls – Elora and Nalia |
| GRAND FINALISTS FROM SEMI-FINAL THREE |
| 1. Peppa Pig – Liam, Ryder and Nina |
| 2. Girl Power – Shylah, Emma and Miki |
| 3. Fern of the Meow Meow Girls – Skylah, Francesca and Grace |
| GRAND FINALISTS FROM SEMI-FINAL FOUR |
| 1. Dooper Troopers – Lochie and Hamish |
| 2. Wild Crew – Isabella, Ella Brea and Melody |
| 3. Avocato – Ayla, Zoe and Amelie |
FINALLY
Term 3 also brings us Wai Factor, Tu Maia Festival, Life Education, the annual Book Fair and Cross Country running. The teachers have all done an amazing job planning engaging programmes and preparing their classrooms and the wider environment for all to work and play together. Come and join us, team newsletters will be out this week for more detail.
Ka kite ano,
Gillian Bray
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
- Friday 21st July – Matariki Assembly – 9:15am.
- Friday 21st July – Whittaker’s Chocolate boxes going home.
- Tuesday 25th July – Positive Puberty Plus Parents Info Evening – 5pm.
- Tuesday 25th July – Board Meeting – 6:30pm.
- Wednesday 26th July – Coaches & Managers Morning Tea – 10:10am – Staffroom.
- Wednesday 26th July – BSLA Info Workshop – 3pm – Hall.
- Friday 28th July – MasterChef Grand Final & Prizegiving – 1:50pm.
- Monday 31st July – Friday 4th August – Book Fair.
- Wednesday 2nd August – Learning Conversations – 3 – 6pm.
- Wednesday 2nd August – FOWs Meeting – 7pm – Staffroom.
- Thursday 3rd August – Learning Conversations – 3 – 7:30pm.
- Friday 4th August – Collect Ag Day Chicks – from 2:30pm – Staffroom.
- Saturday 19th August – Quiz Night – Hall.
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There is a minimum of 8 players per team.
Whittaker’s Chocolate Fundraiser – Wooohooo! Our chocolates have arrived and the fundraiser starts this Friday 21sth July! The eldest/only child at Wainui School will receive their fundraiser box by the end of Friday from their teachers to bring home and sell. With 5 awesomely delicious flavours there are 36 slabs in a box and are $2.00 each. All instructions are included in the box and more boxes to sell if you run out.
Our prizes this year include top seller and runner up prizes, random draws for any box sold, spot prizes over the 3 weeks and the house that raises the most gets extra play time and ice blocks! This is all made possible by our wonderful sponsor ABA Chartered Accounting!!
Any questions please email FOWs – fows@wainui.school.nz
Quiz Night – Is on Saturday 19th August in the school hall doors open from 6pm with a start time of 6:30pm. Click here for the flyer A4_Quiz Night Poster.SPORTS RESULTS
– email your sports results to Miss Ludwig in the office, exo@wainui.school.nz
Hockey
Wainui Yr 1/2 Hurricanes vs Silverdale Shooters. Won: 2 – 0. POD: Stanley Bosher-Milne.
Wainui Yr 1/2 Dribblers vs Stella Scorers. Lost: 0 – 5.
Wainui Yr 3/4 Boys Wasps vs Wainui Speedcats. Won: 4 – 0. POD: Thomas Pengelly.
Wainui Yr 5/6 Warriors vs Stella Stars. Won: 7 – 1.
Basketball
WOW what a term of basketball! All our teams did amazing in term 2!
Our Year 3/4 Teams – Stingers and Jets, most had not played before, worked hard in training and games and with that dedication both teams got to the finals and then had to play against each other, a nail bitter of a game with 2 lots of overtime and with seconds to spare we can say – WELL DONE to Stingers who took out first place and Jets who came in second. Amazing game!
Our Year 5/6 Teams – Hawks, Warriors and Thunder, were seen training hard and after a tough term with some great competition in their grades – Thunder took out 1st place in their grade! WELL DONE Thunder, they did not lose 1 game all term!
We are starting the term off already with grading games this week, good luck to all our Basketballers!
Thank you to all our coaches and managers for making this all possible (Hope you can all make the Coaches/Managers Morning Tea Wednesday 26th July at 10.10am in the staffroom!)
20/6/23: Wainui Hawkes vs GHS Magic. Won: 17 – 3.
27/6/23: Wainui Hawks vs RBS Raiders. Lost: 21 – 17.
CERTIFICATES
At the last assembly, the following students received certificates for “Reflective”.
- Puriri: Finn Durling, Maia Totua-Herbert, Olivia Lehmann (Resilience).
- Pukatea: Aston Bigland, Lily Lyth, Sailor Sandwell.
- Kohekohe: Stanley Bosher-Milne, Lucien Camps, Jetroy Sankey-Tritt.
- Rimu: Makenna Campbell, Tushay Huata, Fushsia Harris Vail (Respect).
- Matai: Leané Conradie, Lucy Penman, Max Durling (Resilience).
- Koromiko: Aaron Ferreira, Hayden Uhe, Alfie Keane (Relational).
- Kawakawa: Bastian Brown, Harvey O’Neill, Joshua Leonardo (Resilience).
- Pohutukawa: O’Rylee Greening, Noah Hill, Kylie Thomas.
- Rata: Harry Hill, Noah Penman, Kyla Erasmus (Resilience).
- Kowhai: Jakob Raikes, Eve McLennan (Resourceful).
- Nikau: Amani Linton, Hunter Olliff, Summer Starr (All Values).
- Totara: Liam Ingleton, Logan Marshall, Kian McMillan Mayes.
- Kahikatea: Flynn Dixon, Travis Dunning, Isabella Lehmann.
- Kauri: Xavier Davies, Noah Mash, Mia Pretorius.
- SENCO: Danté Broederlow, Nyana Santos.
Our amazing Hellyer Cup Winners were Anthony Doherty (Kowhai), Jett Robertson (Nikau), Isaac Davies (Totara) and Hamish Fincham (Kahikatea).
COMMUNITY
