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IMPORTANT DATES:

27 March'. Cultural Experience Day Years 5 & 6.

27 March'. Scholastic lssue # 2 Closes.

1 April: Rippa rugby, Te Aroha.

1 April: Giant Pumpkin Weigh & Family Evening

2 April'. Last Day Term 1.

2 April: Mufti Day-Fundraiser for St John's.

20 April: First Day Term2.

23 April: Photolife Photos-Class & Individual.

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School Notices

PHOTOLIFE Photolife photographers are coming to school on Thurs-day 23rd April (Week 1 of term 2). Your child’s order envelope will come home this week. Please complete the envelope and return to school with payment en-closed prior to April 23rd. Sibling portraits will be taken on the same day. Special envelopes for sibling photos are available from the office.

READING TOGETHER REMINDER A reminder about Mrs Laing’s last Reading Together workshop this Thursday, 26th March 1.30—2.45pm.

SOCCER Years 1-4 soccer starts next term (week 1) at Waihi Beach School on Tuesdays at 3.30pm. Bare feet, NO shoes or boots. No cost. Referees are needed. Year 5/6 soccer starts next term at Waihi College on Fridays after school. 3.30pm start. $5 per person. Boots/shoes to be worn. Names (for all year groups) and payment to the office before next Wednesday please.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Issue # 2 closes this Friday 27th March. Orders should be back at school next week.

WAIHI EAST SCHOOL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 08/2015 25th March 2015

Kia ora,

Today we congratulate our fabulous Deputy Principal Glen McCullough on winning a Team Leader position at

Bellevue School in Tauranga starting in term 2. Glen has been an effective teacher and leader at Waihi East School

and I acknowledge his contribution. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank Glen and wish him well in his

leadership journey. I am currently in discussions with the Board as to our next steps. Phil Gurnick will be acting

Deputy Principal for term 2 and a fixed term reliever will be teaching in Room 9.

The leadership team have been reviewing our teacher aide programme. As you know all children identified by

class work as not progressing towards National Standards on anniversary dates/end of year 4-6 are taught by their

teacher daily. As an inquiry this term we have released children to work with teacher aides outside the classroom

instead of in class support on top of this. We are now currently considering the impact socially and academically on

this move.

Next Wednesday we look forward to our whanau get-together and Giant Pumpkin Competition evening. Check

out our flyer which outlines our new competition– ‘Best Veggie Creation’. If your whanau (like many others) do not

have a pumpkin to weigh in, design a Veggie Creation and bring it along. As always we are very generously supported

by sponsors. A huge thank you to Waihi Beach Top Ten ( a nights stay for your whanau), Waihi Beach Hotel, Eatery

& Store ($50 voucher), Angelo’s Pizza ($30 voucher) Waihi Beach Mini Putt ($30 voucher) Waihi Beach RSA ($50

voucher), Love Ruby Photography session, Waihi East staff gourmet hamper, a Roast Meal hamper complete with

veggies courtesy of Growlink, and 2 x entries + t-shirt and sports ball to the Junior Survivor. Hmmmm, how excit-

ing.

Next week is a short week leading into the April school holidays. Come along and join us on Thursday arvo for

cool kids and mufti day. As always we love having you here.

Nga mihi nui, Emily (ehargreaves@east.school.nz)

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS Entertainment Books will be here to purchase from April 29th. The cost is $60 per book and of this, our school will receive $12 for every book sold. More information will be coming home soon.

SCHOOL BIKE MAINTENANCE TEAM

We are looking to establish a great team of people who are interested in being part of our bike maintenance team. If you are an aunt, uncle, grandparent, parent or friend of Waihi East School with an interest in bikes and some time to offer, we would love to have you on board! Please let the office know if you can help in this way. Any offer of help would be much appreciated.

PUMPKIN/WHANAU EVENING 1ST APRIL Please take time to read through the enclosed flyer re-garding our Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In (and other compe-titions) on Wednesday 1st April. This will be a fantastic evening with some great prizes to be won. We look for-ward to seeing many of our school whanau there.

MUFTI DAY & COOL KIDS WHEELIE DAY Next Thursday April 2nd we will celebrate the end of term with a Cool Kids Wheelie Day. Keep an eye out for your child’s invitation to participate in this fun afternoon. This day will also be a mufti day to help raise funds for the St John’s Ambulance Service. A gold coin per stu-dent please. Please note: There will be no chocolate or popcorn sales on this day.

SCHOOL CONTACTS P : 863 8693 M : 021 0258 4817 F : 863 8671 E : ehargreaves@east.school.nz

Visit our school’s new website www.waihieast.school.nz

KIDS ZONE

I am going to Rippa Rugby after school. By Max M, age 5, room 6. I fell off my scooter and hurt myself. By Anna R, age 5, room 6. Yesterday RM 3 were learning about the 3 types of famous rocks in New Zealand. They are igneous, sedimentary and met-amorphic. Igneous is a rock that is made by hardened magma then when it escapes, its called basalt and sedimentary is a rock made by other rocks melted layer on layer on layer. Lastly but not least metamorphic. Its made by other rocks compounding together and mashing together. By Paul W, age 8, room 3. This is a story about tent city. Hey, my name is Samson. I am at the gorge with my school, my friends and my teachers. My friends had a flashlight but I wanted to go in front of them but I didn’t have a flashlight but my friend had a flashlight and he was able to see with his flashlight. At the same time you can hear his echo and you can call at the people and I can hear my voice. By Samson P, age 9, room 9. Burgers! Burgers are delicious and scrumptious. Burgers have cheese running down the side of the burger. Lettuce is flopping down the side of the burger. Carrot is falling out the side of the burger. The patty goes on the burger last then the bun goes on the tippy top-the very, very last. I do not like pick-le, onion, tomato sauce, tomato and mayonnaise on my burger. By Alyssa M, age 8, room 9.

Community Notices JUNIOR RUGBY OFFICIAL WEIGH IN

Final date for weigh in for all grades, including Rippa at the Waihi Athletic Club, Kenny Street.

Thurs 26 March, 3.30-5.30PM NO un official weigh in this year. New registrations bring:

A recent photo

A copy of child’s birth certificate Registration fees due on the day:

$50 individual

$90 two player

$120 three or more

$20 rippa For more info. phone Andrea E-J: 021 178 7438 or Matt W: 021 438 758

SEASONS Seasons groups are for children who are missing someone im-portant from their daily life because of changes at home, such as parents separating or a family member having died, moved away or gone to prison. The groups are small and give a chance for the children to talk together about their experiences of loss and change. Seasons are now taking enrolments for term 2, 2015 so if you think this would suit your child please fill in the slip which came home in last week’s newsletter and return to school ASAP. If you need further information on the Seasons Programme, please contact Deanna on 022 083 5478.

JUNIOR SURVIVOR The Junior Survivor Challenge is a fun adventure event designed for children aged up to 13 yrs taking place on Sunday 10th May 2015. Starting at the Waihi Rugby Grounds the event is a FUN RUN interspersed with a range of exciting obstacles designed to show kids how much fun it is to be outside and active. No spe-cial equipment or athletic skills are required, just a sense of fun and adventure. Registrations from 9.15am. Race stars at 10am. Entry is $20 for an individual or $50 for a family. Pre-entries receive a t-shirt and the chance to win awesome spot prizes on the day! Categories: Under 5– free if accompanied by an adult. 5-7 yrs 8-10 yrs 11-13 yrs How to enter: Registrations prior to race day are preferred (and will get a free t-shirt). Fill in the registration form (available from the East School office) and drop it back to school or to the Waihi Ac-counting office in Seddon Street. Cheques made payable to Sport n Action Trust. Registrations will also be open on race day from 9.15am at Waihi Rugby grounds. For more info call Pauline 863 7295 or 021 2237295.

ADVENTURE TIME HOLIDAY PROGRAMME PRESENTS…..

The X Factor

Where: St. James Church Hall When: 13th-17th April 2015 Who: Students from years 5 to 11 welcome Cost: $3 p/day or Koha Contact: Call/text Lewis Bacon 0273767136 or Pastor David Balchin on 07 8638604

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Food for sale. Come along and join in the fun! Everyone welcome.

Prizes available for the following categories: * HEAVIEST—PUMPKIN *

* BIGGEST GIRTH—PUMPKIN *

* BEST DRESSED/DECORATED PUMPKIN *

So your pumpkin didn’t grow very big? No worries, we have a prize for the best dressed & most decorated pumpkin….. let your imagination go wild!

* BEST VEGGIE CREATION *

No pumpkin at all? That’s ok—you can enter our ‘Best Veggie Creation’ section. No rules here, just present an amazing entry into this category with vegetables from

your fridge or garden.

AMAZING prizes for 1st & 2nd up for grabs in EACH CATEGORY.

Return the slip below to be in the draw for SPOT PRIZES

Main prizes include:

Family night stay @ Waihi Beach Top 10 Holiday Park with a dinner voucher

from Waihi Beach RSA, a Love Ruby Photography voucher, a voucher from

Waihi Beach Hotel, Eatery & Store, a family voucher for Waihi Beach Mini Putt

with an Angelo’s Pizza voucher, 2 x entries into the ‘Junior Survivor’ with event

t-shirt and sports ball, a family meal hamper with roast meat and ‘Growlink’

vegetables to accompany, a gourmet food hamper plus spot prizes.

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We will / will not be coming to this evening with a pumpkin or vege creation.

We will / will not be buying from the food stalls.

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