Confident, Respectful, Curious Kids

Wednesday 7th February 2018

Issue: Term 1—Week 2

23 Princes Street Principal: Yvonne Blair Waikari 7420 Ph: 03 3144250 Ph: 03 3144250 Email: principal@waikari.school.nz Fax: 03 3144350 Board Chair: Cath Petrie Email: office@waikari.school.nz Webpage: waikari.school.nz

Tena Koutou Katoa Welcome back to Skyla (Year 3) and her family. It is great to see you back and look forward to Skyla being a leader in our Weka Room. Waitangi Day School is CLOSED tomorrow to observe Waitangi Day.

National Standards We are no longer required to report against national standards so we will be reverting back to all children receiving written reports at the end of Term 2 and Term 4. As some junior children were due to receive a report before then, Claire will be in contact with these parents shortly to arrange a transition report interview.

T.V. One Last week we did make TV ONE news with regards to the heat around the country. I thought that the chil-dren who spoke did so well, and there were some great shots of our children swimming. Well done Waikari School!

Parent Help We operate an open door policy and if you would like to help in the classroom then reading to or being read to is a great place to start. Please remember though that we all learn at a different pace and confidential-ity of other children's learning is a requirement for any classroom support. New Library Books There are other ways parents can also help and I cur-rently have approximately 30 new library books that need covering. It would be great if a couple of parents could get together and do this in the library or they could be taken away and covered at home. All materi-als supplied.

Music—Ukulele Lessons Sally is keen to take ukulele and drum lessons again this year. Year 7 and 8’s can attend lessons on a Friday as Technology in Hawarden is being changed to an-other day starting next term. Please return the form if your children would like to

do either of these. Lessons are $20 per term per in-strument and will be invoiced at the start of each term. These are very reasonably priced and Sally does re-quire students to commit to practising at home.

Choir Noortje will be taking choir again this year. Please dis-cuss this with your child and return the form if your child would like to participate in the choir this year.

Waikari / Greta Valley Swimming Sports Weka: Tuesday 13th February Where: Greta Valley School Leave School at 12 pm. Please let the office know if you can provide transport

Kea: Tuesday 20th February Where: Amberley Pool Leave school at 9:30 Please let the office know if you can provide transport William Pike Years 6-8 Years 6-8 children will also travel to Greta Valley on Tuesday 13th Feb so they can begin to plan their camp with the Greta Valley children. Please let the office know if you can provide transport Life Saving Skills Years 6-8 (William Pike) When: Wednesday 7th February Wednesday 21st February Where: Amberley Pool Leaving school at 12:30 pm Year 4/5 Camp This is at Cracroft Guiding Centre—Cashmere. We are still confirming activities, Ferrymead is on the agenda. The camp is well equipped with lots of fun activities on site including kayaking. Year 6-8 Camp (William Pike Challenge) This is a challenge camp organised by Greta Valley. The children will be staying outdoors on a farm in the Medbury area. More information to come.

Both camps are from Monday 5th March to Wednes-day 7th March. If you would like to be considered as a parent help we need to know by this Friday so that police vets can be secured, as these can take a while to process.

Scholastic Orders Scholastic Order forms will be coming home with the newsletter today. The easiest way to order is to do it online by visiting: scholastic.co.nz/LOOP It’s quick, easy and comes directly to your house—usually faster than what it does to the school. If sending order via school remember to make cheques out to: Scholastic NZ School Website Please remember to keep a check on our website as I do try to keep this updated.

waikari.school.nz To follow my Principal’s blog click up the top right on the speaker. There are also copies of the news-letter and notices on the right of the news page. The calendar is located on the yellow bar. I also place photos in the gallery quite regularly. I have made a William Pike page under About on the yellow bar and will be updating this. Consent Forms Please return your forms asap so that we are up to date. Yvonne Blair Principal (Tumuaki )

TERM ONE TE REO This Term’s Whakatauki : Iti rearea Although the bellbird is small in stature Kahikatea ka taea It can fly to the top of the lofty White Pine Tihei mauri ora And exhort the breath of life Everyday Phrases: Weeks 1-5—e noho—Sit down E tu—Stand up Weeks 6-11 whakaronga mai—listen in my direction Titiro mai—Look in my direction Weeks 1-3 Morena—good Morning Haere Mai—Welcome back to me Ka kite—See you soon Weeks 4-7 kia ora Nau mai—Welcome Ma te wa In the morning (see you in the morning) Weeks 8—11 Ata marie—Good Morning Haere Mai Ka Kite We are also introducing a thanks for Kai Whakapainga Enei Kai

Hei orange Mo te tinana

2018—Term 1 Calendar

January 29th Term 1 starts February 6th: School CLOSED 7th Years 6-8 Life Saving Amberley 13th Weka swimming sports GV Years 6-8 William Pike Meet GV 20th Kea Swimming Sports Amberley 21st Years 6-8 Life Saving Amberley 4 Year Old Programme 27th Hurunui Swimming Sports March 5th—7th Senior Room Camps 7th 4 Year Old programme 17th—21st Leadership Camp (Boyle River) 21st 4 Year Old Programme 30th Good Friday School CLOSED April 2nd & 3r Easter Mon, Tues School CLOSED 4th 4 Year Old Programme 10th Hurunui Triathlon Kea 11th pp