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Term 1
Week 6
Pod 7 and Room 29 Swim Week - Rooms 25, 26 and 29
Tuesday 10th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 4.15-7pm
Wednesday 11th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-7pm
Wednesday 11th March - Parent Voice Meetings - 3.30-5.30pm
Thursday 12th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-7pm
Thursday 12th March - Parent Voice Meetings - 3.30-5.30pm
Friday 13th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 3-6pm
Friday 13th March - Disco Skating - 6-8pm
Saturday 14th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 10am-5pm
Sunday 15th March - Ice Skating Rink open to the public - 10am - 5pm
Week 7
Monday 16th March - TEACHER ONLY DAY - School Closed for Instruction
Friday 20th March - Royal Jelly Show
Friday 20th March - Pod 6 & 7 Assembly - 2.15pm. School Hall
Week 8
Monday 23rd March - Otago Anniversary Day - School Closed
Tuesday 24th March - Upper Clutha Athletics - Years 4-6
Wednesday 25th March - Scholastic Book Orders Close 3pm
Thursday 26th March - Postponement Date for UC Athletics
Friday 27th March - Pod 8 Assembly - 2.15pm - School Hall
Saturday 28th March - Wanaka Trail Ride
Week 9
Monday 30th March - BOT Meeting - 5pm - School Staffroom
Wednesday 1st April - Central Otago Athletics - Years 5 and 6
Friday 3rd April - Postponement Date for CO Athletics
Week 10
Tuesday 7th April - WPS Junior Athletic - Years 0-3
Thursday 9th April - Pod 4 Assembly - 2.15pm - School Hall
Thursday 9th April - Last Day of Term 1
Friday 10th April - Easter Friday
Don't Forget - Sunhats are Compulsory
for Outside Activities in Term 1 IMPORTANT NOTICES Teacher Only Day - next Monday 16th March A reminder that SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR INSTRUCTION on MONDAY 16TH MARCH as it is a Teacher Only Day.
Parent Voice Meeting Bookings The 'Parent Voice Meetings' will be held on this Wednesday 11th March and Thursday 12th March from 3.30-5.30pm.
The booking system is now open. Please go to the School Interviews website - www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter our school code as follows: Rooms 3 and 4 have their own code - wuf83 All other rooms please use this code - p4ndy If you do not have access to a computer, or you would like a booking made for you, please contact Katrina.
These meetings are called Parent Voice Meetings in the hope that parents will share their knowledge of their child with the teachers. The teachers will use what you say as good background for developing the learning relationship with your child. The parents do the talking and the teachers will listen and take in key information. To help with this, here are some prompt questions, if required - click here.
Scholastic Book Orders The latest Scholastic brochure is now available from classrooms.
If you wish to place an order, please follow the directions on the inside back page using 'Option 1 Credit Card'. If your order is a GIFT, please select GIFT Option, otherwise all orders are handed out to students.
Orders will close at 3pm on Wednesday 25th March.
NO CASH ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED.
Ice Skating This Week The rink is here and classes have started with the children having fun whilst learning basic skills. The cost for these lessons is being taken from the activity fee - please ensure that you have made payment.
Thanks goes out to the parents who helped set up last night and a further call goes out to parents to help on Sunday 15th March at 5pm to dismantle it (will take roughly 50 mins).
Don't forget, the rink is open to the public for after school sessions, there's a disco on Friday evening and open 10am-5pm on both Saturday and Sunday as well.
What Children Need to Wear for Ice Skating Children will be provided with skates, helmets and gloves - children under 16 are required to wear helmets and gloves at all times. Children can bring their own helmets to wear if they would prefer. It is also recommended that children wear long socks and long pants. Please keep in mind that the ice rink is a state of the art artificial rink which looks like ice, skates like ice, BUT ISN'T COLD! Please click here for the 'Ice Skating Roster for the Classes'. |
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Room 17 Having Fun on the Ice |
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Ice Skate Tour - After School Hours |
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Public Ice Skating Session Times - this week Ice Skate Tour are here with the ice rink set up in the school hall. The rink will be open to the public each afternoon - schedule and costs below.
Schedule: Tuesday 10th March - open to public 4.15-7pm Wednesday 11th March - open to public 3-7pm Thursday 12th March - open to public 3-7pm Friday 13th March - open to public 3-6pm Friday 13th March - Disco Skating 6-8pm Saturday 14th March - open to public 10am-5pm Sunday 15th March - open to public 10am-5pm Cost to the public:
Prices include skates, helmets and gloves: Children (under 16) $8.00 Adults $12.00 Family $35.00 Doorsales only - pay cash or eftpos
Disco Tickets - buy online https://www.trybooking.co.nz/DSW - prices as above. |
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Last Friday's Fun with Wacky Wheels and Fancy Feet What an amazing effort everyone made with their wacky wheels and fancy feet last Friday! As you can see, fun was had by all and it was a great opportunity for teachers to promote active transport to school! Thanks so much for your support!
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School Wide Assessments We have completed our screening assessments and small targeted groups are now underway with either our learning support specialists or teacher aides. Our school wide assessments have been undertaken and now we are sorting and analysing the data. The Progress and Achievement standardised tests are for year 4, 5 and 6, with year 3 students doing the listening assessment. If you would like to know more, please feel free to ask teachers about your child's assessment data. |
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Senior Athletics What a beautiful day we had for the senior school athletics last Thursday! We were proud of our year 4-6 students as all our school values were on display as they participated in their running, jumping and throwing events. Thank you to the PTA, our staff and parent volunteers who helped provide a great event for the children to participate.
Please join us for a prize-giving assembly next Tuesday 17th March at 10.15am, where place-getters and special awards will be presented.
All parents of children who have qualified to represent the school at the Upper Clutha event will be contacted by email, by the end of the week.
Here is a lovely pic of our year 5 girls limbering up with a 'shoulder massage chain' whilst waiting for their turn in the long jump!
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School Activity Fee 2020 Annual School Activity Fee The annual activity fee is $40.00 per child for 2020. This is a compulsory fee which covers extra-curricular costs, such as those incurred by bringing visiting performers/specialists to Wānaka, for example, sports coaching, dance/music/drama performances and special events. Collecting this annual fee avoids the time-consuming exercise of collecting 600 plus entry fees each time there is a performance or activity. Please make your payment as soon as possible, as we have already enjoyed performances and we have ice skating this week and the Royal Jelly Show next week.
Payments can be made by: Direct credit to Wānaka Primary School - account 02-0673-0023784-001 Eftpos - available at the school office Cheque - please make payable to Wānaka Primary School Cash - please ensure you provide your child's name and room number with payment. |
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Head Lice Head Lice are an (unwelcome) part of life and are easily spread between people, particularly children. The key to managing head lice is early detection - look through your child's hair on a regular basis - nominate a certain night of the week so it becomes routine.
Use your fingers or a head lice comb, and look for little brown insects on the scalp. The eggs are almost invisible before they hatch, so by the time you spot the little white eggs on the hair shaft they have already hatched. Do not treat your child unless you see live lice.
The best treatment is thorough combing with a head lice comb and lots of conditioner in the hair. This should be done every 2nd day for 10 days. If you choose to use a head lice shampoo, you should still do the wet combing as described above. Shampoos do not kill eggs, and do not always kill all the live lice.
For more information: www.healthed.govt.nz/resources/headlice-facts.
Pip McLean our local Public Health Nurse has kindly passed this information on to us - should you wish to contact Pip her contact details are: 0272 839 395. |
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WTR Volunteers Required – You say Bacon, I say Baking…
Actually we say both! These pre-event roles still need to be filled and only take about one hour of your time at home. Please if you can help, sign up today via the website.
Role: Cooker of Bacon Date: Friday 27th March
Task: Lightly cook 5 kg of bacon (containers and bacon provided)
How this helps: This takes the pressure off the chief chefs in the catering tent and satisfies hungry riders who pay for a scrumptious lunch as part of their pre-registration.
Role: Cooker of Baking Date: Week commencing Monday 16th March
Task: Bake a batch of biscuits, savoury snacks, or a cake. Deliver to Montessori by noon on Friday 27th March.
How this helps: The baking helps to keep the volunteers in a good mood. Especially the marshals who will have been on site since 5.30am.
For more info on this and all other roles check out the Wanaka Trail Ride website. Alternatively speak to parents Gillian White and Rachel Allibone or have a chat with Lucy in the office. We’d love to have you join us for the ride! |
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Cardrona / Treble Cone Local School Child Season Pass There will be a dual mountain, unlimited pass available for the 2020 winter season with no black out days. Local Primary School - $125 Local Secondary School - $175 Forms will be available through the school next week.
Any questions please email [email protected] |
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Wānaka Primary Netball Registrations are now open for all girls and boys keen to play netball. The competition runs for all of term 2 on Saturday mornings at the Wānaka Recreation Centre. Players play in either a year 3/4 or year 5/6 team. Please register your keen netballer via this link: https://www.sporty.co.nz/wanakaprimaryschool/.
Registrations close on Thursday 19th March 2020 and there will be absolutely no late registrations accepted this year.
Early registration players will receive a cool Southern Steel drink bottle to use for the season. Limited numbers so get in quick!
Wānaka Primary Netball Committee We are in need of new committee members! In particular year 3/4 mums or dads to join the committee to steer the club forward into the future as most of us are parents of senior students and will be leaving the committee at the end of this year. Please email Barb Macandrew on [email protected] for more information. |
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Get Ready for Netball 2020 |
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Upper Clutha Hockey Club Registration Open Now |
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Wānaka A&P Show The Wānaka A&P Show is on this weekend and promises two full days of family fun! The 'Kids Play Zone', classic carnival rides, live cooking demonstrations in the Life & Style marquee and the world-famous Jack Russell race all make a return for 2020. Children’s entertainer Suzy Cato, Magic Guy Wayne McEwan, and the New Zealand Army Band will also take the stage.
Make life easy by using the free Park 'n Ride and enjoy free sunblock, water and a Plunket tent with baby facilities on site at the Show. Tickets can be purchased online at www.wanakashow.co.nz or at the gate for $17.50 per adult and $5 per youth (13-17 years) per day. Children aged 12 and under are free.
The cheapest way to enjoy the Show is with a Family Membership to the Upper Clutha A&P Society - a $60 Family Membership includes 4 tickets to the Show - instead of paying $90 for two adults and two children (aged 13-17). You can purchase your Family Membership here: https://www.wanakashow.co.nz/membership.
Gates open 8am-5.30pm on Friday 13th March and Saturday 14th March. |
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Olive Webb Challenging Behaviours - Wanaka Workshop |
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Cromwell Bike Park - Urban Treasure Hunt |
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Cellists of Otago Concert featuring Soprano Rebecca Ryan Sunday 29th March - 3pm - Lake Wanaka Centre
The popular Cellists of Otago, featuring internationally acclaimed Soprano Rebecca Ryan will perform songs such as Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and one of the most popular works for cello ensemble and soprano, Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5.
Based in Dunedin, the cello ensemble, directed by Heleen du Plessis, comprises University of Otago students, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra cellists, high school pupils and community cellists. Soprano Rebecca Ryan first came to international prominence when she gave the UK première of the newly rediscovered Gloria by Handel at London’s Royal Academy of Music and can be listened to on https://soundcloud.com/user-775266370/sets/rebecca-ryan-web. We are sure these musicians will once again attract a large audience. The sound of an ensemble of cellos is amazing, and even more so when joined by a wonderful soprano!
Bookings from Gifted Design, (cash sales only) eventfinda.com and cash door sales. $35 adults: school students and children are free. |
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What's Happening at Wanaka Library |
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| Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Pick up a new order envelope from Reception. |
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