WAIKOWHAI PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 13 : 4th August 2015 Ko te Tamaiti te Po te Kaupapa

Ole tamaitiiti o le fatu o le faamoemoe The Child – the Heart of the Matter

 Kia ora, Talofa lava, Namaste, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, hello everyone. A special welcome to our new students Callum & Tianna Troope and Archie Tupou.

Student Led Conferences Thank you to all the families

who attended these important meetings last week. We had an

89% attendance rate. Congratulations to Rooms 3, 6

and 8 who had 96% of their families attend the conferences. These 3 classes have each won a

special lunch which they will receive this Friday 7th August.

Raffle Tickets Thanks to everyone who supported the raffle, which was drawn on Friday. Congratulations to the 3

winners!

1st prize: Demitrius, Conrad and Dorothy Brunt’s family

2nd prize: Joyce Mills (Grandmother of Raffaele in Room 2)

3rd prize: Jordan (family member of Josef Kupu in Room 2)

We raised an outstanding $2,072.00. This money will pay for the shuttle buses up the mountain next week if

necessary and any remaining ski clothing items that are needed for

camp.  

 

Back to School

Campaign

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who tooted and

acknowledged

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they were givi

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JUMP JAM FOR STAR JAM This Wednesday morning (5th August)

Bring a gold coin along to get an armband and support this

awesome organisation. Star Jam helps children with disabilities learn and perform

music, drama and dance

 

PARENT HELP CAMP MEETING Tomorrow night 6.30pm in the

staffroom. Skiing adults please bring your mountain gear to be checked.

The countdown is on Year 5/6 Camp Next Week!

Bus leaving 8.30am Tuesday 11th Don’t be late ….. Bus won’t wait.

Please help your children pack over the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

PUBLISHED WRITERS By  Room  4   Lying in my bed at night I heard a big boom and a big bang. Also it was a dark and monster night. The lightning was flickering and flashing and flicking. It was a fierce night I was scared. The rain was falling very hard. By Katie Rutland Lying in my bed on a gloomy night I heard the lightning cracking. I saw and heard the lightning flashing in the dark sky. The thunder was boomey in the dark sky. By Nathanael Laughter Lying in my bed at night I heard the lightning zig-zagging. I saw the flashing and cracking lightning. In my bed I saw the growling lightning from the sky. I saw the trees swing in the gusty wind and I heard rain. The thunder was booming and it was exploding –the thunder was jumping. By Manisah Rai MERIT CERTIFICATES Classroom teachers award merit certificates to students who have made an exceptional effort or have improved in a particular curriculum area. We would like to congratulate the following students who have received merit certificates in the last week of term: Term 3 Week 1: Jeremiah Tavita, Leilah Pule, Tristan Rutland, Jaimie Harris, Ari McBeath, Walid Sakha, Katie Rutland, Hope Malae, Zion Levao, Kayci Levao, Alex Way, Darlene Rawiri, Taani Kailea, Emmanuel Tunai, Rebecca Coutts, Daniel Apeli-Vui An-Elizabeth Uaisele, Joyce Wang, William Vakalahi, Jacob Wood, Tanyah Pamaka, Pita Longopoa, Sadie Caffery, Kiana Wihapi. Term 3 Week 2: Sana Azizi, Raffaele TeAwa-Mills, Grace Hall Atreyu McSheffrey, Aidan Morrison, Kruze Hall, Callum Troope, Apollo Johnson, Leo Chen, Ashana Doolan, Fadlan Sazli, Salote Faleafa, Caitlin Niva, Bradley Abraham-Maaka, Ricky Li, Toby Stevens, Caroline Reopoamo, Conrad Brunt, Calai Rawiri, Tipiloma Aloua, Cruize Raftstrand-Subritzky. DUFFY CERTIFICATES Duffy certificates are values based and are awarded by classroom teachers to students who have demonstrated a key value such as kindness, respect, responsibility, empathy or honesty towards others. We would like to congratulate the following students who received Duffy certificates in the last two weeks: Caja Su’a, Nirvana-Jade Tauelima Tongia, Maddison Hughes, Manisha Niva, Andre Pau, Izzy Reeve, Khatizah Hamid, Iggy Rose-Yon, Tiakiwai Wihapi, Shiya Vakauta, Kowhai Wihapi,Tianna Troope, T.J. Noa, Rael Noa, Cassie Pau, Stavros Deane, Samuel Hughes, Margaret Tunai, Franchesca Raza, Rena Rajan, Max McKee, Shabeera Afzali.

Students of the Week Congratulations also go to Ishaan Greenwood from Room 4

and Jacob Wood from Room 11 for being selected as student of the week for the last 2 weeks.

Well done!

Last year our school won a considerable amount of sports gear through students collecting yummy stickers and bag labels. These are available when you

purchase apples from New World, Pak n Save and participating 4 Square Stores. We would appreciate you collecting these stickers again this term. Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual

Yummy apple stickers and place them on the sheets that went home a fortnight ago . All sticker sheets will need to be returned to school

by Friday 18th September.  

 

F.O.Ts MEET

ING

Next Wednesday

12th August in the staffroom.

All welcome.