16 August 2019 Kia ora koutou I am sure most of you will have seen the stunning work of Alex Whitaker this week. We have our values raukura (feathers) as you come down the driveway and we have signage with classroom names. They are all absolutely stunning! Ka tū ahau ki te mihi ki a koe, Alex,i tō mahi, i tō manaaki, i tō aroha hoki i ēnei marama kua pahure. Cross Country We had our East Otago Cross Country on Tuesday. Thankfully the weather held out for us and the day was a huge success. Congratulations to all tamariki who competed! School Strategic Plan 2020 I emailed last week requesting input into our 2020 strategic plan. Our mission and vision is: Mission - Light the Mind, Fire the Heart, Engage the Whānau Vision - Our tamariki will be engaged participants who enjoy learning and want to come to school There are two parts to the strategic plan. One area is tamariki progress and the curriculum and the other is about Éngaging the Whānau’. Please email me if you have any thoughts or ideas around these two areas. There will also be an opportunity to share ideas over afternoon tea at 3.30pm on Wednesday 25 September in Kai Rakau. Kā mihi Stacey
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16 August 2019 Kia ora koutou
I am sure most of you will have seen the stunning work of Alex Whitaker this week. We have our values raukura (feathers) as you come down the driveway and we have signage with classroom names. They are all absolutely stunning! Ka tū ahau ki te mihi ki a koe, Alex,i tō mahi, i tō manaaki, i tō aroha hoki i ēnei marama kua pahure. Cross Country We had our East Otago Cross Country on Tuesday. Thankfully the weather held out for us and the day was a huge success. Congratulations to all tamariki who competed!
School Strategic Plan 2020 I emailed last week requesting input into our 2020 strategic plan. Our mission and vision is:
Mission - Light the Mind, Fire the Heart, Engage the Whānau Vision - Our tamariki will be engaged participants who enjoy learning and want to come to school
There are two parts to the strategic plan. One area is tamariki progress and the curriculum and the other is about Éngaging the Whānau’. Please email me if you have any thoughts or ideas around these two areas. There will also be an opportunity to share ideas over afternoon tea at 3.30pm on Wednesday 25 September in Kai Rakau. Kā mihi Stacey
East Otago Cross Country Results Year 1 Girls McKyla Cowien - 3rd Year 1 Boys Charlie Milburn - 3rd Year 3 Boys Fergus Lloyd - 1st Year 4 Boys Eli Des Fountain - 3rd Year 6 Girls Eva Howe - 2nd Year 6 Boys Will Laws - 1st Year 7 Girls Freya Des Fountain - 1st Year 7 Boys Luis Wilson-Deaker - 1st Year 7 Boys Ethan Des Fountain - 1st Year 8 Girls Shelby Joyce - 3rd
Netball Results
Year 7/8 Netball Champions!!! What a nerve wracking game. Went into extra time for Waitati to win by 2. Tino pai team and a big mihi to Bec for all of your hard mahi.
Term Three Calendar Our web calendar also has updates www.waitati.wordpress.com SCHOOL SWIMMING EVERY MONDAY Friday 6 September School Quiz Night Monday 16 September Senior Ski Camp Friday 20 September Junior Assembly Monday 23 September BOT meeting 5.45pm Friday 27 September Senior Assembly Friday 27 September Last day of Term Monday 14 October Term 4 starts
MAPOUNUI Here is some of our writing for you to read:
I have a number on my arm. I went to cross country. I ran fast. Gabriel
The bus driver was different. Robbie I saw Zachely drinking at cross country. Felix
Gabriel and I played at cross country. Zachely I like running with bigger girls. Angus
The mud is sticky brown. I like getting muddy. My shoes got muddy. I like the swamp. Lumi The swamp was sticky and muddy. Emily
Powerful play in Mapounui I am making a star with things that connect. Brooklyn We are making a marble track together. Charlie Go Magic Mapounui! Best class in the world, it is awesome. (Written by Gabriel and Mckyla)
HUATEA
Check out some great writing about the East Otago Cross Country Event written by Fletcher, Macey, Olivia, and Courtney!
MIHIWAKA
For our learning in geometry, we made 3D shapes out of playdough and toothpicks, We buddied up to make them. Here
are some pictures of what we made. We had great fun! We made cubes, cones, pyramids, cylinders, prisms and lots
more. Keita and Josh
In the last few weeks, Mihiwaka have been writing about the Moon Landing. How Buzz and Neil were the first people to walk on the moon. Lots of people were really interested in the topic! We are publishing in docs, finishing up the details and adding photos. Naomi is very impressed by how hard we've worked. In Mihiwaka people are very focused on work and love doing it. Beth and Evie
KAPUKA
As part of Kapuka’s inquiry topic about ‘Change,’ students completed a ‘Home Project’ that got them thinking and planning about how we might change the design and layout of the classroom. Below are a few screenshots of the work of Lachie and Alex who used different online design software to digitally present and communicate their ideas.
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Alex
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Manaaki Papatuanuku
This term we are focusing our learning around Zero Waste, lunch box waste and waste around the community. We are going to go out into the community and complete some cleanups, go for a walk around the estuary track, and take a trip to the beach to clean up there. We will need some help with these trips, so if you can volunteer please email me and I will pencil you in. These are the following dates and what is happening:
Week 5 (21st August) Estuary walk - leaving school at 1:30 and returning before 3 pm.
Week 7 (4th September) Beach trip - We will need cars for this, please! Let me know if you can help.
Week 8 (11th September) Community Clean up
Week 10 (25th September) Children’s clothes swap! Bring along all of your preloved clothes and pick up something new!
If you have any questions please email or have a chat.
Bex
PTA is calling for volunteers to help set up for the quiz night on Sept 6th and also for help with serving food or bar duties. If you are interested you can email [email protected] or let Holly know at school.
