Waihi East Primary School Newsletter Term 2 Week 9

27 June 2019

UPCOMING DATES Jun 27 BOT Meeting. 6pm. All Welcome. Jun 28 Dawn Viewing. 6am @ Bowentown Heads. Jun 28 Duffy Books Author Visit. Books Issued. Jul 1 Mihi Whakatau.10.30am. Jul 2 ERO Parent Meeting. 2.15pm. Jul 3 Tackle Rugby Day. Jul 3 Celebration Assembly. 2pm. Rms 3,4 & 9. Jul 4 Duffy Theatre. 11am. Jul 5 Last day term 2. Wheelie Day 11.30am. Principal’s Awards Assembly. 2pm. Jul 22 First day of Term 3. Aug 6 SHOWCASE. 11am. Aug 7 SHOWCASE. 5pm.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES!

NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

WELCOME

We would like to warmly wel-come our newest students and

their whānau.

Noah W— Discovery Centre

WEEKLY NOTICES AND REMINDERS

MOBILE DENTAL UNIT The Mobile Dental Unit will be moving from Waihi East School on the 5th July. We ask that the appoint-ments made to complete the treatment for your children are kept. Please call us as soon as possible if your child can’t make their appointment. If your child hasn’t been seen please give us a call so we can make an appointment to see them. We are moving to Waihi Central School next term. We also see pre-school children. Please give us a call to make an appointment. Thank you, Mobile Dental Unit 021 359 798

DUFFY THEATRE We will be hosting the Duffy Theatre Group who will be performing for our school on July 4th. 11am.

All welcome. DUFFY AUTHOR VISIT– Heather Haywood

We will also be hosting a Duffy Author who will be sharing her work ‘Granny McFlitter the champion Knit-ter’ with our students on June 28th at 11.30am. A book we’ve read in classes.

The children will be receiving their book choice at this assembly.

Kia ora koutou I hope everyone is faring well in the cold snap this week. On those frosty mornings, take extra care around the school, particularly on our wooden decking and painted concrete. Whilst we have treated these areas to reduce the 'slip' factor, when frozen they are still very slippery. This week we have had Alison in working in classes teaching and raising awareness of Zero Waste. The students have been highly responsive and engaged in this. A huge thank you to Alison, for your wonderful creativity and passion. We want to continue considering the concepts and what more we can do as a school to reduce waste from school and from home. A huge congratulations to our 6 teams that went up to the college to play Tapuwae. Whilst we did not bring home the win this year, our tamariki played hard, played fair and had fun. Congratulations to Waihi Beach School for taking the win this year. We have finished analysing our mid-year Student Achievement Data and we continue to see great progress in Maths (which builds on the focus for development last year). Our main focus this year is now seeing improvement in success in Writing, particularly years 4-6. With the work that staff have done in professional learning around writing, we are already seeing exciting movement in writing progress across the classes. We are on track to meet the targets set out in our 2019 Charter and Annual Plan. Next week we welcome the Education Review Office (ERO) to our school, who will be taking a few days to dig into what we do here, our learning, our systems, our achievements and where we are heading as a school. We have many celebrations and achievements to share with them as well as improvement plans for us to continue moving forward. As part of the process, we invite parents and whanau down to have a meeting with them. If you would like to attend, please come down to school next Tuesday 2nd July at 2.10pm for an early afternoon tea and a chat with our guests. In the coming holidays, we will have contractors on site working inside and outside the buildings up-grading our school lighting. Every single light fixture is being replaced, if you are on site, please stay clear of them, their gear i.e. ladders and stay out of buildings if they are open. I look forward to seeing you next week at our Celebration Assembly. Nga mihi nui Zac

SHOWCASE COMING—SAVE THE DATE ‘Our Earth Stories’

Come and watch your child shine! 6th August 11am & 7th August 5pm.

More information to follow.

NETBALL Netball will have their last day of games next week. Thanks to all the players who have paid their fees for 2019. Netball fees for 2019 are well overdue. Fees for Year 5 & 6 teams are $50 per player and fees for Year 1-4 teams are $15 per player. Please pay to the school office as soon as possible.

FUNDRAISING CHOCOLATES Thanks to all those who have sold their box of fundraising chocolates. Please return any $$$ or if you are

having trouble selling, any unsold bars to school now please. CAMP PAYMENTS

There are still a few camp payments outstanding. If you would like to pay this off at $10 a week you are more than welcome. Account number for direct deposits is 020472 0084492-00. NOTE; We have a new

bank account number. Please use surname and CAMP in the reference fields. SIGN IN/OUT

Please remember to sign in and out at the office if you are intending to stay at school during the school day.

Also if your child is late or if you are picking up early there is a sign in book for the students as well.

NEW BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER We have changed banks so have a new bank account number. Please use this

new Account number for all your direct credits and automatic payments. 020472 0084492-00

MATARIKI 2019 Matariki Waihi is all about our tamariki and it is also the vehicle that drives community connection. It's an amazing showcase of the talents and wairua we have here in Waihi. So far, these dates have been set and venues booked! It's going to be another awesome year for our Matariki Waihi festivities! Please LIKE and SHARE our Facebook page too. https://www.facebook.com/Matariki-Waihi-102737956454359/ WEBSITE: Thanks to Jess Hardley, we still have a live Matariki Waihi website. https://sites.google.com/waihibeach.school.nz/matariki-waihi/home Follow the link to extra resources, information and waiata for our upcoming Hikoi and Community Celebration. DAWN VIEWING Friday 28th June2019, 6am at Bowentown Heads.

SPARE CLOTHES We have a large selection of good quality clothes for both boys and girls - please come and help yourself! We would love to see them in homes and being worn.

PB4L News - Positive Behaviour for Learning. As part of our PB4L journey, we have conducted a well-being survey with a sample of Year 4-6 chil-dren. It is important to us that our tamariki have a say. The survey was really positive, indicating that we have a welcoming school environment for children and whanau, children feel that they belong,

that children are involved in their learning and our teachers are implementing programmes that con-sider the children’s needs and interests. We are continuing to work on our school values and what

this looks like in action for our tamariki according to what is age appropriate. As always, we welcome your feedback as to what we can do to further embrace the positive culture of our wonderful school.

Feel free to touch base with your child’s teacher or email bfrew@east.school.nz

THANKS A BIG thanks to Clarice and the Waihi Women’s Institute for all the lovely hand knitted slippers that they have donated to our kura. They will be greatly appreciated on these cold frosty mornings! Thank You.

TAPUWAE Tapuwae champs! Nga whetu o Matariki! The stars of our Matariki tournament are... y5/6: Winners - Waihi Beach Lightning Runners Up: Central Rehua East Ikarangi & East Aorangi were both semi finalists. Y7/8: Te Arawa Empire Runners Up: Te Kakano Ka rawe koutou! Awesome everyone! Nga mihi Kia koutou - thanks to Tui Akuhata-Brown and Waihi Central School for their excellent organisation and ex-tra effort to include our y7/8 students in their own grade - tumeke! 28 teams took part - that’s over 300 tamariki! What a day and what a game! TAPUWAE!

CONTACT US

STAFF EMAIL ADDRESSES Room 1; rcoll@east.school.nz nmatautia@east.school.nz Room 2; kjones@east.school.nz Room 3; dhartley@east.school.nz Room 4; jderham@east.school.nz Room 5; bcarroll@east.school.nz Room 7; kdesforges@east.school.nz Room 7; scannell@east.school.nz Room 7; mjohansen@east.school.nz Room 8; jfletcher@east.school.nz Room 9; aresink@east.school.nz Principal; principal@east.school.nz Deputy Principal; bfrew@east.school.nz Deputy Principal; rcoll@east.school.nz Office; office@east.school.nz

COUNCIL PARKING NOTICE Those intending to park on grassed road berms please be considerate of the adjacent land owners who are expected to mow their berm area. For example, if parking is creating muddy, deep ruts in the grassed berm please consider parking elsewhere. Please note this is not a request to stop the public parking on the roadside. As long as vehicles are parked legally, not causing undue nuisance, safety issues or damage to the berm it shouldn’t be of concern. This notice is more to ask people to please take pride in their streets, be good community citizens and ensure the berms in front of your neighbours properties are kept tidy.

LOST One size 6 uniform fleece jacket. Named ,‘White’. If found please return to Room 8. MISSING Our next door neighbour has reported her cats missing - 2 large ginger Persian cats, approx. 1 year of age. Missing from 1 Donnelly Street, last seen Thursday 20 June. Please phone 021 1552351 if you see them.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

FREE EAR CLINIC SERIVICE FOR CHILDREN

The caravan will be at Salvation Army Car Park at top of Seddon Street. NOTE; New location.

Monday 8th July 2019. 9.45am—2pm.

Visit the ear nurse for advice on Glue ear assessment and management, Wax/foreign body removal, Grommet checks and treat-ment of discharging ears. All children must be accompanied by a caregiver. For enquiries regarding this service please contact 078383565.

Every year at Waihi College, we have the awesome privilege of welcoming new international students to our beauti-ful region from all over the globe. We are currently looking to recruit new host families to join our team. If you are interested in hosting students (either long-term or short-term) or you would like more information, please contact: Lisa North E-mail: lisan@waihicol.school.nz Phone: 027 351 2436 NOTE: You will receive weekly pay-ments for hosting.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

THANKS TO OUR GREAT DUFFY BOOKS SUPPORTERS. Your donations mean more books for kids.

Principal: Zac Taylor Ph:07 863 8693 Absentees: 021 0258 4817

Email Office for general enquires: office@east.school.nz Email: principal@east.school.nz www.waihieast.school.nz

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