Waimata School “Whāia te iti kahurangi…To be the best that I can be” April 6th, 2016

2016 Board of Trustee Elections Next term will see our school go through tri-annual School Board of Trustees Elections. Our school will need to elect 4-5 parent representatives for a 3 year term as Board members.

The Board of Trustees role within the school is that of ‘Governance’, essentially this is the overseeing of the policies and procedures framework by which the school is run and also the strategic direction that the school is headed in.

If this interests you please feel free to come and discuss this with the Principal or with present and/or past Board members. Even better come along to our next Board meeting on Thursday 14th April to see for yourself how this all functions.

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NEWSLETTER Week 10 Term 1 2016

Upcoming Events

☞Wednesday 13th April

School Triathlon 1:30pm

Thursday 14th April B.O.T Mtg

5:30pm

Friday 15th April

Last day of Term 1

Monday 2nd May

First day of Term 2

Easter Raffle

Congratulations to Bud Riddle winner of our Easter Hamper Raffle. With so many donations made we were able to make two spot prizes for a boy and girl who sold tickets. Congratulations to Sienna Mullan & Flynn Pillai whose names were drawn out! Thanks to everyone that donated items, sold tickets, and put together the fantastic hamper! Altogether the raffle made $553.40 for our students!

Beach Hop Thanks A massive thanks to everyone who helped out at our Beach Hop stall, the mussel fritters were a huge success! A special mention to Brownmore Construction for their kind donations!!!

Netball Forms All students that have shown an expression of interest in playing Netball next term need to return their permission forms to Whaea Kate or Whaea Kookie a.s.a.p!!!

Waimata School “Whāia te iti kahurangi…To be the best that I can be” April 6th, 2016

Winter Sports Notices Prior to the end of this Term students that wish to play Netball & Soccer will be bringing home permission forms. Please endeavour to get these back as soon as possible to ensure that we can accommodate everyone that wishes to play and register teams prior to the holidays. As in the past Y1-4 soccer will again be held after school on Tuesdays (subject to confirmation) at Waihi Beach School. Year 5 & 6 soccer will again be held at the College fields on Friday evenings. Netball have made some changes to the structure of various age groups but will still take place on Saturday mornings at the Waihi Netball Courts (times to be confirmed).

We hope to once again have as much participation as possible! Good luck and have fun to all those competing in sports next Term!

Left:  Completion  of  our  school  painting  is  on  schedule  to  be  completed  by  the  beginning  of  Term  2,  a  big  thanks  to  Stephen  Fisher    Decorators  for  all  their  hard  work  to  make  our  school  ‘sparkle’.  

Right:    Our  keen  cricketer’s  making  the  most  of  the  warm  Autumn  sunshine  while  it  lasts!    Currently  Mr  Phillips  holds  the  high  score  for  our  purposely  mowed  ‘Waimata  Oval’  🏆

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School Triathlon Next Wednesday 13th April at 1:30pm will be our much anticipated School Triathlon. Students will need to bring their bikes and helmets along on the day. Don’t forget the much anticipated whanau race following the kids events (come prepared parents! no excuses!)

Holiday Dates School holidays are just around the corner! our last day for Term 1 is next Friday 15th April. The first day back for Term 2 is Monday 2nd May.

Contacts/Permission Updates Form

A reminder to please return the yellow contacts/permission update forms to the office by this Friday. This is vital information for us to ensure that we are able to contact whanau when needed and to help efficiently plan and organise school based events.

Principals Certificates The following students will be receiving Principals Certificates at next Monday’s assembly: - Annabelle Alley - Erikah Dinnan-Martin - Callan Dodd - Ruby-Rose Sandford

Tino pai!

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