FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Kia ora Koutou,
The teachers and partners team looking sharp: GREAT GATSBY!!!
Quiz Night – It sold out, was loads of fun and a great success!!! Congratulations to our organisers this year PTA members Melissa Mexted and Cairin Long with Board member Chad Mexted!! Thank you for an awesome night that not only made much needed funds for the school but was fun for all the community!! There were awesome costumes, a great band, Velvet Tones and amazing sponsorship from Simone du Bernard Harcourts Cooper & Co and PitStop Silverdale our main sponsors. The support with all the live auction and silent auction items was tremendous!! The event made approx $12,000!!! If you missed out this year pop it in your calendar for next year!!
THIS WEEK
- Book Week & Book Fair – This week we celebrate books, literacy, reading with the annual Book Fair, teachers reading to different classes and a book parade on Friday!!
- InterSchool Cross Country Year 7&8’s – Monday began with our year 7&8 runners participating in the InterSchool Cross Country run at Muriwai with schools from around the Kaipara. Special congratulations to William Hewitt, 4th Anthony Doherty, Harlem Kockott and Ella Wells-Lakeland placed 6th . Well done to all the runners; Isabella Lehmann, Arielle Oswald, Scarlett Thew, Emily Thompson, Hunter Stevenson, Ella Wells-Lakeland, Hamish Fincham and Aleeyah Ngawaka, all participated, ran their best and gained good places in their respective age groups.
- Maths Week – This week is also National Maths Week. Alongside our own Book Week we are participating and competing in the various online maths challenges and activities that are being promoted across New Zealand. Your children’s teacher will be sharing these with you.
- PTA – Meeting on Friday morning 8:00-9:00am in the staff room (Coffee provided !!) – Ag Day and Country Fair organisation. Come and be a prt of the organisation or let us know how you would like to help!!!
- Farewell to our Chinese Students –
We have so enjoyed getting to know all the Chinese students we have had join our school. We have had two groups; but the actual groups are from three places in China, Shenzen near Hong Kong, Hothot, Inner Mongolia and Hobei near Beijing. There are three teachers and a group of parents accompanying these groups. We also farewell one student who has been home staying with the Sweetman-Jones family.
We have loved having you join our classes, in the playground and all our activities.
Did you know in China they do not have playgrounds, the students are at school usually for 10 hours. They then go home and do some more homework!! At the school in Shenzen they also do Sharp Reading the structured literacy programme we have been trained to use and have done for a number of years now in our years 3-8 classrooms. Their teachers Zoomed with Hilton Ayrey in New Zealand!!! We have had Hilton train us in person!!
Cooking in the kitchen!!
COMING UP
- Learning Conversations – Please make a time to meet with your child’s teacher, some of the time is with your child and some without. Wainui School is very aware of the importance of the partnership between home and school, we strive for 100% attendance at these conversations. Support and partnership make so much difference. If the time is unsuitable for you we can make a different time, it is that important to us.
To book a time: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/g2kd8.
Step 1: Enter your email address, parents’ full name, number of students you are booking for and the students name/s. Click the ‘go’ button.
Step 2: For each student, select your child’s classroom under the first drop down box, select their teacher under the second drop down box. Click the ‘go’ button.
Step 3: Choose the time/s you would like for your learning conversation/s by clicking the time slot that is available. Missing check boxes mean the time has already been booked. Click ‘go’ button.
Step 4: You have the option to print out a copy of the times you have booked, a confirmation email will also be emailed to you. You can view, or change or cancel your booking, by using the link in the email confirmation.
- MasterChef – Isabella Lehmann one of the student leaders this year, has all the information for you in a flyer. We are aware how big this competition has become and how much time it can take so are completing the juniors and years 3 &4 this term and the seniors year 5-8 in term 4.
- School Cross Country – Is on Friday 23rd August, we will all be wearing our school colours and competing as a House for the Straka Shield.
- The Wainui Intermediate Information Evening – Will be on the 27th August in Koromiko Classroom. Mr Wotton will send home more information to Year 6 and Year 7 parents later this week.
- Daffodil Day, Friday 30th August – Dress is yellow, bring a gold coin as this is all about supporting the Cancer Society as a school. Our Year 8 student Councillors will organise a fun parade for us all.
FINALLY
The 2024 Paris Olympics are over, 16 days of amazing resilience, reflection, resourcefulness and stories of achievement, PB’s, medals and proud moments for all!! How amazing that our small country can achieve such amazing results – 10 Gold medals, 7 Silver and 3 Bronze, 11th in the world!!! How amazing is this!! The Olympics brings the world together, dreams are alive – sheer hard work/ slog is rewarded!!
Ka kite ano,
Gillian Bray
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
- Monday 12th – Thursday 15th August – Book Fair Week.
- Monday 12th – Friday 16th August – Maths Week.
- Friday 16th August – Book Character Parade. 9:15am.
- Friday 16th August – Kiwi Assembly. 2pm.
- Friday 16th August – Farewell our Chinese Students.
- Friday 23rd August – Cross Country.
- Tuesday 27th August – Learning Conversations. 3 – 5:30pm.
- Tuesday 27th August – Intermediate Information Evening.
- Wednesday 28th August – Learning Conversations. 3 – 7:15pm.
- Friday 30th August – Daffodil Day.
OTHER
Book Fair 12th – 15th August – Thank you all who have visited our pop up ‘Book Fair’ in our school library. Every purchase helps to raise funds for our school library and resources for the school and promote our love of reading.
The library will be open for sales from Monday 12th August – Thursday 15th August
- 8:30am – 9.00am for the morning sessions (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs)
- 2:45pm – 3.30pm for the afternoon sessions (Mon, Tues, Wed)
Important Information:
- EFTPOS and cash sales.
- Book display is in our school library
- Entry is through the library door
Dress up Book Character Parade on 9.15am Friday 16th August. School Competitions: Guess who? and Doorway into another world. Winners to be announced at our dress up parade. We look forward to seeing you there.
Ag Day – Friday 25 October 2024 – Update #6
SAVE THIS DATE: We will have Laura from Lifestyle vets coming to school on Friday 23rd August at 3pm. They will be on hand to provide the services in their van. She can give guidance and tips to help you in your journey of hand rearing a farm animal if you have any questions. It will focus mainly on lambs and kid goats.
They will be providing the following packages of choice:
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Bronze package which will include a first dose 5 in 1 vaccine and ringing of tails/testicles for free (NO PAIN RELIEF IN THIS PACKAGE)
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Silver Package $30 (Price subject to change) include tail and testicle ringing using the numnuts device, anaesthetic and anti inflammatory medication, Single dose 5 in 1 vaccine
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Gold Package $55 (Price subject to change) includes a full check over, tail and testicle ringing using the numnuts device, local anaesthetic, anti inflammatory medication, lambvax vaccine and upgraded 7 in 1 vaccine (first dose).
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There are also extras for sale such as covers, thermometers, drench, bottles etc.
I am going to put all the links here of the various bits and pieces of information I have put over the last 5 updates. These will be uploaded onto our website under Ag Day by next week, so all the information will be in one place.
Wainui School Ag day rules. In here it explains what to expect in the animal ring, what the animals need to do and what they will be judged for.
Caring for Orphan lambs and Considering an Orphan lamb or goat Kid for Ag day and Lamb feeding guidelines and basic husbandry Information from Lifestyle Vets.
How to care for your Ag day animal (Goat, lamb, Calf) It has some tips on how to prepare your animals and what judges will be watching out for in the ring on Ag Day.
How to care for your chicken/s and what judges will be looking for on Ag Day.
2024 Ag Day Animal registration form All animals must be registered and this will remain open until the end of term 3.
Lamb/goat daycare: IMPORTANT NOTICE
Storing of milk and bottles – this is now CHANGED. All bottles and formula must now be kept in the Koromiko break out room. There is hot water, a microwave and a fridge. NO animals to be inside this area and only the owners are allowed to be in there.
SPORTS RESULTS
– email your sports results to Miss Ludwig in the office, exo@wainui.school.nz
Netball
Wainui Yr 3/4 Rockets vs Target Road Champions. Won: 6 – 0. POD: Aimee Clough. Coach’s Award: Ella McMurray. Sportsmanship: Whole Team.
Wainui Yr 6 Asteroids vs UHPS Tui’s. Lost: 15 – 9. POD: Isla Brothers. Sportsmanship: Kara Pretorius.
2/8/24: Wainui Yr 7/8 Galaxy vs The Waimauku Lions. Lost: 3 – 11. POD: Emily Thompson.
Wainui Yr 7/8 Galaxy vs The Waitoki Diamonds. Lost: 10 – 29. POD: Isla Mexted.
Hockey
Wainui Yr 5/6 Warriors vs Stella Keas. Draw: 2 – 2.
23/7/24: Wainui Yr 7/8 Tomahawks vs Takapuna Intermediate. Lost: 9 – 4. POD: Arielle Oswald and Ryan Scott.
30/7/24: Wainui Yr 7/8 Tomahawks vs Northcote Intermediate. Won: 5 – 2. POD: Travis Dunning & Liam Miners.
6/8/24: Wainui Yr 7/8 Tomahawks vs Pinehusrst Mixed Keas. Lost: 1 – 0. POD: The whole team played phenomenally well in a tough
game!
Basketball
Wainui Yr 5/6 Thunder won v KWS. Won: 24 – 14. POD: Tiana Sweeney.
Wainui Yr 5/6 Hawkes vs Red Beach Hoops. Won: 5 – 3.
Wainui Yr 7/8 Wizards vs OC Grizzly Bears. Won: 32 – 0.
COMMUNITY
Elf The Musical is a great fun show coming to Centrestage Theatre, Orewa in the October school holidays!
