Confident, Respectful, Curious Kids

23 Princes Street Principal: Yvonne Blair Waikari 7420 Ph: 03 3144250 Ph: 03 3144250 Email: principal@waikari.school.nz Board Chair: Jenny Cholmondeley Email: office@waikari.school.nz Webpage: waikari.school.nz

Tena Koutou Katoa

I trust you are all staying warm with this early winter spell of weather.

Thank you A huge thank you to the Hawarden Waikari Lions for their assistance in sending three of our senior students to Leadership Camp at the Boyle River. The whole Wai-kari School community really appreciates the ongoing support we have from the Lions organisation. Annual Report 2018 These are now available in the office and on the web-site.

National Young Leaders Day Reminder— The Year 7/8 children will be attending this tomorrow at the Horncastle Arena.

Cyber Safety Agreement—Reminder Please remember to get this in as soon as possible. All students have to sign (or parents on behalf of junior stu-dents) the new copy of the cyber-safe agreement this year due to the amendments made. Thank you to the students who have handed this in al-ready.

Hurunui Zone Cross Country The zone cross-country has been postponed till Thurs-day 31st May due to ground conditions. Table Tennis One way to keep warm and still enjoy some sports is to play table tennis. We have set up our table tennis table in Room One and the Kea children have been practising. We look forward to some challenges with parents in the future.

Bowls Thank you to Michelle Philp and Granny Philp for ar-ranging a bowls afternoon down in the Waikari Hall for the Kea students. The Keas thoroughly enjoyed this.

PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) This week we are looking at kindness. A little kindness can go a long way.

He aroha whakatō, he aroha ka puta mai If kindness is sown, then kindness is what

you shall receive. Yvonne Blair Principal (Tumuaki )

Tuesday 29th May 2018 Community Issue[: Term 2—Week

Menu for the Hurunui Zone Cross Country

Sausages $2 Burger $4

Pumpkin soup $3 Cookies $1

Slice $2 Water $1

Juice $1

Hot drinks provided by a coffee cart.

BOT News Term 2 is off to a good start with some fantastic things happening in Waikari School! Work has begun on the childrens' playground upgrade. Thank you to Rob & Mel Ruck for removing the outdated equipment and prepar-ing the space for our exciting new play area. The school is looking tidier after a busy working bee last weekend. The gardens got a good going over and look great. Thank you to the parents who gave up their Sunday morning to help out. As always, it is greatly appreciated. Another big job completed recently was the pruning of the hedge behind the school pool. This was a difficult job and the school would like to say Thank You to Lau-rie Aitken for doing this. Congratulations to our school fundraising team, F.A.S.T, for another hugely successful Movie Night. A lovely comedy, an amazing meal and great community support for Waikari School. Thank you. Waikari School Annual Financial Accounts have been completed and are available for viewing on our website and in the school office. The Board has approved a Teacher Only Day on Friday 31st August to allow the teachers to attend professional development with the COL and another (date to be con-firmed) so that our teachers can visit other schools to investigate student agency. Good luck to our students competing in the Hurunui Zone Cross Country Run this Thursday 31st May at Michael and Lisa Barton's farm. Jenny Cholmondeley BOT Chair, Waikari School.

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ROOM KEA NEWS:

Weka Room used the Cross Country to create some nar-

rative stories.

Last Thursday Waikari School and I went to run the cross Country at Scargill Domain. When the race started, I was running really fast and I didn’t look where I was going. I got lost. I felt sad and worried. Suddenly another racer went past me. I thought to my-self, follow that child. I followed her all the way to the finish line. I felt happy because I wasn’t lost anymore. Nico, James, Maddison, Skyla, Baylee - Shared Group writing Last Thursday afternoon Waikari School went to race in cross country at Scargill Domain. The race was going really well but then I couldn’t see the track anymore. I felt nervous “Help I’m lost.” I shouted. I cried. Suddenly I saw the other racers in the distance, I sped up and I was tied with some of them. Everyone was cheer-ing for me and I beat everyone. I felt proud. Tom - Guided writing

Community Notices

FAST NEWS Movie Night

Waikari School FAST (Fundraising and Social Team) had our annual dinner/movie night on Friday 18th May. It was a fabulous night of fun and laughter, and hugely successful, raising more money that we ever have before. It could not have been possible without the support of the following people and businesses:

Kate McMillan

Hilton Fletcher

Grown

Fletcher Farms

Stratco

Amberley Pharmacy

Star and Garter Hotel

Farmlands—Amberley

North Canterbury Vets—Waikari

PGG Wrightsons - Hawarden

The Tool Shed—Amberley

AJ Ferguson—Hawarden

John Fairweather—Speciality Timber Solutions

Arthur Burkes—Waikari

Shelley Frances Silver Ferns Farms Crater Rims Wines Ruck ‘n’ Dig Mitre 10 Rangiora Alpine Horse Safaris Weka Pass Railway

Kyle and Loni Beach

Frickers Bread

Dom Oberholzer

2018—Term 2 Calendar May 30th Young Leaders Day (Yr 7/8) 30th 4 Yr Old Programme 31st P.P. Hurunui Cross Country June 4th Queen’s Birthday—School CLOSED 12th First Aid Kea Room 13th Assembly 2:15 26th Weka Train 27th BOT Meeting July 4th Celebration of learning 5th ARA Visit—Yr 7 & 8 6th End of Term

What a night! Exceptional food, great com-pany and so many laughs! Waikari FAST you have man-aged to put on another fan-tastic movie night.

Emma Cholmondeley has been nominated by the staff for her perse-verance at Cross Coun-try. Excellent PRIDE Vales Emma—we are proud of your efforts.

P R I D E

SOCKS: Could the Weka’s please have a spare pair of socks in

their bag . Some children are getting wet socks when playing

and need to change them . Thank you—Claire Jevins

We welcome all new people to our area and district. I have welcome packs that are available with de-

tailed information with what's available in our area, this is a great resource for people who would like to be

connected to various groups and organisations. If you would like a welcome pack, please either email me

or contact me on the phone number listed below.

A walking group has been running since November 2017 and is going from strength to strength. It's a

great way to have a walk and meet new people at the same time. The next walking group is

on Wednesday 6th June, 10 am meeting at the Waikari Medical Centre in the car park. The Hurunui

Connectors did a trip to Kate Valley Landfill, did you know ? that Kate Valley Landfill captures all gasses

created by landfill and it gets converted into power and put back into the local grid. Did you know? that

Transwaste Canterbury has funded an amazing coastal walkway TIROMOANA BUSH walkway. The

feedback from this track is phenomenal. For more information on this walking track and conditions

visit transwastecanterbury.co.nz or get in touch with myself and l can email pamphlets.

Friday the 22nd June 8 - 9.30am North Canterbury Family Violence are putting on a free breakfast at the

Waipara Pavilion called "Keeping up Appearances. This talk is designed for professionals, customer ser-

vices, schools, hairdresses, stock agents, shops. medical centres etc with the aim of building confidence

in supporting people around family violence. The key speakers are Celine Donovan from Community

Wellbeing and Senior Constable Chris Hurring. If you require any further information please contact

me. A open clinic on Tuesday 5th June from 10am - 11.30am at the Hurunui College li-

brary, please feel free to come along and ask any questions or share any ideas you may have. It will

good to see you.

Cath Petrie HAWARDEN WAIKARI COMMUNITY CONNECTOR P 021 117 1142 E hwconnector@gmail.com

This edition of the Waikari School Community Newsletter is kindly sponsored by:

~ PAM’S CAFE & GIFTS ~ Thank you for your support!

Waikari/Greta Valley Cross Country Results

Well done to everyone who ran at the Waikari/Greta Valley Cross Country. It was

great to see everybody put in a great effort, with some fantastic placings for our

Waikari children. Our top results were:

Yr 5-8 race: Jamie (Yr5) - 2nd

Yr 3-4 race: Harry (Yr4) - 1st

Yr 1-2 race: Tom (Yr2) - 1st

Macy (Yr2) - 2nd

Maddison (Yr1) - 3rd

Congratulations to the following senior students who qualified to go on to the

Hurunui Zone Cross Country:

Jack Philp Harry Glasson

David Cholmondeley Keygan Philp

Tanner Barton Danielle Petrie

Jamie Oberholzer Finn Fricker

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Found: Hoop earrings, silver found at Waikari School. If you have lost a pair of earrings - contact the school office—3144250

Pam’s Cafe & Gifts

Winter hours for Fish ‘n Chips and Burgers Thurs 5 – 7pm Fri 5 – 8pm Sat 5 – 7pm Sun 5 – 7pm

Phone orders - 3144644