WAIKOWHAI PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14 – 2nd September 2014

Ko te Tamaiti te Po te Kaupapa Ole tamaitiiti o le fatu o le faamoemoe The Child – the Heart of the Matter

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Namaste, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Hello everyone. We would like to welcome the following students and their families to the school: Gamado Shanko and Bruno Anderson-Lally.

Friends of the School

The next Friends of the School meeting will be held

at Vanessa Bowden-Johnson’s house tomorrow night at

7.30pm. Please contact Julie in the office if you would

like to attend and need the address.

 

2014 SCHOOL PRODUCTION As you are aware, this year’s school production is ‘The

Wizard of Oz’. For Dates and Venue see below:

Venue: Waikowhai Intermediate School Hall

Dress Rehearsal:

Wednesday 22nd October (during the day)

Show Times Wednesday 22nd October (evening)

Thursday 23rd October (evening)

Newsletter Don’t forget that you can sign up on the school’s website to have the school newsletter emailed to you. The number of families continues to grow!  

Breakfast Club There will be no Breakfast Club next week because of the art displays in the hall. Breakfast Club will resume the following week, Tuesday 16th September.

…Art  Festival…  Our school Art Festival will commence next Tuesday night at 6.30pm in the school hall.

Please come along and view your children’s work on the night. Our ‘Friends of the School’ committee will provide you with refreshments.

Scholastic Children’s Books will also be displayed for you to purchase if you wish. If you are unable to come along next Tuesday night the art will continue to be displayed all

day Wednesday and Thursday and until 11am on Friday morning. A flyer will go home later this week with more information.  

 

 

 

 

 

Campbell Live Lunchbox Day Campbell Live will again run a Lunchbox Day fundraising event this Friday 5th September and its purpose is to raise money for Kidscan to provide orchards and hot lunches in low decile schools. We are asking families to drop off cans of spaghetti or baked beans to the school office over the next few days. The donated goods will then be taken to the nearest collection point this Friday.

 

School  Cross  Country    

Thank  you  to  the  many  families  that  supported  their  children  at  the  Cross  Country  last  week.  We  raised  $459  from  the  sale  of  cakes  and  sausage  sizzle  and  this  money  will  go  towards  the  latest  Jump  Jam  CD.  

 

 

Saturday Netball Congratulations to our Saturday Netball Team who have won the A Grade competition this season. This is an incredible achievement girls – Well Done! A very big thank you goes to the following people- Nicola Siulepa Coach and Trainer Jo Price Trainer Nicola Siulepa, Dianne Mackenzie & Judy Hayter Referees Rachel Ireland Committee Member

MERIT CERTIFICATES Classroom teachers award merit certificates to students who have made an exceptional effort or have improved in a particular curriculum area. We would like to congratulate the following students who have received merit certificates in the last two weeks: Week 5 Term 3: Jorjah Abraham-Maaka, Chimay Johnson, Angelina Craig, Ari McBeath, Malissa Fafita, Peter Yeh, Christian Nairn, Salote Faleafa, Fadlan Sazli, Caitlin Niva, Kayci Levao, Tuscan Cummings, Joyce Wang, Ofa Tupou, Amy Pearson, Jaydin Jackson, Ben Elliott, Renee Hayter

Week 6 Term 3: Tyson de Boer, Raiden Message, Donovan Thomas, Terii Nooana, Brooklyn Lemoe, Roman Raftstrand-Subritzky, Ben Hansen, Bruno Anderson-Lally, Sophia Vissesio, Conroy Craig, Kayci Levao, Ryleigh Burns Ah-Kuoi, Max Munro, Bailey Brown, J.P. Pau, An-Elizabeth Uaisele, Miyuki Ferry, Finau Latu.

Duffy certificates are values based and are awarded by classroom teachers to students who have demonstrated a key value such as kindness, respect, responsibility, empathy or honesty towards others. We would like to congratulate the following students who received Duffy certificates during the last couple of weeks: Torian Rawiri, Tijuana Pooley, Paula Latu, Reegan Hall, Celine Mejo, Faidhi Sazli, Hilary Ge, Franchesca Raza, Sylvia Brunt, Metuisela Tutu’ila, Rebecca Hansen, Grace Halaufia, Christian Nairn, Meleane Tupou, Ashana Doolan, Lily Mao, Sadie Caffery, Ana Mafi.

 

SATURDAY NETBALL RESULT 23rd August: Played St Josephs Onehunga - won 10 - 1 Played St Josephs Grey Lynn - won 11 - 3 Player of the Day - Sylvia Brunt 30 August: Played Wesley and won 9 - 2 Played Dominion Rd and won 10 - 2 Player of the Day - Renee Hayter

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK Congratulations also go to Bradley Abraham-Maaka from Room 8 and

Mercedes Tunai Room 3 for being selected students of the week. Well done!  

DUFFY CERTIFICATES

 

 

School Production Costumes Each class will perform an item as part of this year’s school production. Children will need the following

clothes for their performance: Room 1 – black t-shirts and shorts, tights or pants. It doesn’t matter if there is print on the t shirt as children will wear a tunic over the t shirt. Room 2 – t shirts and matching coloured shorts, tights or pants in any of the rainbow colours (red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange, blue) Room 3 – t shirts and matching coloured shorts, tights or pants in any colour except black Room 4 – Black tops and black shorts, tights or pants Room 5 – Old t shirts and shorts, tights or pants that can painted on Room 6 – Black tops and black shorts, tights or pants Room 7 – White t shirts and black shorts, tights or pants Room 8 – Black tops and black shorts, tights or pants  

 

Published Authors: Room 6 Oh! P lease Fai ry Godmother , i f you grant me th is wish I would be de l ighted . I want to become an archaeologis t and I ' l l te l l you why. My s is te r th inks I 'm dumb and I want to prove her wrong! Isn ' t th is one of the saddes t th ings you have every heard . So p lease grant my wish . To go wi th th is wish could I p lease have a golden re t r iever named Digger wi th a brown bandana . I f I d rop an expens ive t reasure , Digger can ge t i t f rom the tomb. I wi l l take the t reasures to a museum of ra re anc ien t t reasures . The t reasures wi l l be guarded by the Government . So , p lease could you grant me th is wish . I t would be grea t because I am pass ionate and archaeologis ts have to be pass ionate . This wi l l s tay a dream i f you don ' t g ran t i t . So p lease gran t i t ! By Oscar Parker  Please Fairy Godmother grant my wish. Can I have a magic cupboard so that my toys can come alive. I have three good reasons why. The first reason is so I won't be so lonely. I will always have something to do. It would be so fun because I can make a new friend everyday. Secondly, when I get bored I won't play on the I-Pad because everyone knows it's bad for your eyes. If I had the cupboard my imagination will grow wild. Also I won't need to do homework because Mum only insists I do homework when I'm bored. Thirdly, I will have something to look forward to when I come home. When I ask my mum if my friends can come and play she always says...No! If I have a magic cupboard I won't moan. Also, when I am inside I won't stay in bed being bored all day. So please, please, please grant my wish. It really means that I could be happy. Thank you! By Dora Sun  Please Fairy Godmother can I have a dragon. It would be so, so, so wonderful. I’ll give you anything. Please! This dragon would be the best-behaved dragon ever. I would train the dragon and it would be nice, not just nice but an extremely nice dragon! I would teach it to do anything you or I would say. I could train it to light fires so when we go camping we can cook our marshmallows. If I just had one little dragon everybody could ride it, even you. We could ride it up on top of the clouds and explore them. I would go so, so, so fast. Please Fairy Godmother! He would be our best friend. We could play anything with my dragon. Please Fairy Godmother! He would help me with my homework so mum would not have to worry. Please! Fairy Godmother, please can I have a dragon. By Izzy Reeve  The Screaming Human I nervously sit in the chair while my legs are getting attached to the long ropes. As I wait the music plays loudly through my head. Then I get ready to jump. I start to shake. Waddling like a penguin on ice I go to the platform. I peek down and see a little island that look like small ants. I get ready to jump. The man counts 3..2..1.. But I don’t jump. I look around. It’s like I was in the clouds. Wow! That’s high. The man counts again. As he counts I stretch my arms out wide and bend my knees. My knees begin to shake. I am scared! When the man finishes counting I take a big jump. As I am in the thin air I can feel a little bit of wind against my face. When I hit the bottom, it is like a yoyo going up and down. By Sione Bremmer Germaine Peterson Principal

 

Important Dates for your Diary Art Festival Launch Tuesday 9th September BOT meeting Tuesday 16th September Maori Community Hui Thursday 18th September 7.00pm Last day of Term 3 Friday 26th September First day of Term 4 Monday 13th October School Production 22nd / 23rd October

 

Don’t forget to check out

the school’s website at  www.waikowhai.school.nz to see

what else your children have

been doing at school. Class pages

can now be accessed.  

HELP RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL! Bring your used paper from home (including newspapers, junk mail, magazines, books and

flattened cardboard boxes and place in them in the specially “PAPER FROM HOMES” recycling bin. Fullcircle Recycling will collect the paper and

recycle it here in New Zealand. OUR SCHOOL WILL THEN RECEIVE MONEY FOR EVERY

Community notices

Dear local resident The Puketapapa Local Board is encouraging local residents to plant native trees at home by providing 180 native tree kits for free! The available trees include Karaka, Hoheria (lacebark), Whau (cork tree), Tataire and Kowhai. To receive a tree kit you simply need to register with us and then pick your tree up from Walmsley Park on Sandringham Rd Extension at 2pm-4pm on Saturday 6 September. At the pickup there will be a brief tree planting demonstration to show you what to do to give your tree a good start. Once you have planted your tree at home, simply share a photo of your tree with the Board. Please note that numbers are strictly limited to 180 native tree kits (including a tree, compost, and stake). To register please email puketapapalocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz as soon as possible. Native trees at home encourage native birdlife and other creatures. They benefit our local environment and are a great addition to your garden. Register today for your tree!  

Notice to parents: Some children have had their teeth checked in the Dental Van that came to school two weeks ago. Many of

these children were given appointments for their treatment at May Road Children’s Community Dental Clinic. If

you cannot come to the appointment given please call the clinic on 620 0134 to reschedule.    

 

INTERMEDIATE  ENROLMENTS  Mt  Roskill  Intermediate  school  are  presently  accepting  enrolments  for  2015.    Could  you  please  remind  Year  6    parents  that  they  will  need  to  enrol  as  soon  as  possible.    Out  of  Zone  enrolments  should  be  returned  by  3rd  September.  They  will  need  to  complete  the  enrolment  form  and  bring  in  their  child’s  NZ  birth  certificate  or  passport  with  visa,  as  well  as  evidence  of  their  address.        Enrolment    forms  can  be  collected  from  the  office  at  Mt  Roskill  Intermediate  school  or    downloaded  from  our  website  www.mri.school.nz.      Enrolment  packs  have  also  been  sent  to  your  school  office.  Should  you  require  more  enrolment  packs  please  contact  our  office  on  620  8508  or  by  email:    admin@mri.school.nz