Production Costume Requirements Room 1 Pastel coloured shorts and t-shirts

Room 3 White t-shirts, black pants for boys, black leggings for girls

Room 4 Green long sleeve t-shirts and long green pants

Room 5 Costumes have already been completed

Room 6 T-shirts- can be in different shades of green, purple or pink (children have been given some fabric samples to choose colour from)

Room 10 Costumes have already been completed

Room 11 Coloured t-shirts and pants. Yellow socks (if they have them)

Parent  Maths  Workshops  These  are  being  held  next  Wednesday  night  14th  September.  A  large  number  of  families  have  pre  purchased  the  maths  kits.    Stage  0-­‐3    =  $5  Stage  4  =  $10  Stage  5  =  $10  Stage  6  =  $5  If  you  have  indicated  that  you  will  pay  on  the  night  we  encourage  you  to  either  pay  for  the  kits  before  or  during  the  day  on  Wednesday  or  bring  along  the  correct  money  in  the  evening  as  this  will  speed  up  the  distribution  process.    The  meeting  will  begin  in  the  hall  at  6.30pm  and  then  groups  will  move  into  the  workshops.    

Digital Technology Conference for Students Congratulations to Lily Wilkings, Ricky Li, Izzy Reeve and Safa Nazari who presented workshops at a Student Conference held at Hay Park School last week. Students from 7 schools in the Mt Roskill area attended the conference and our students presented to large groups of students with confidence and enthusiasm.

Kiwi Kid Sponsorship Meeting Staff from the Variety Foundation will be at school next Thursday 15th September from 9am – 10am to talk to anyone who is interested in applying for Variety funding. Lynair, our school social worker and Abby, our school health nurse, will also attend this meeting. Please see further information in our Community Notices section at the back of this newsletter.  

Year 4 Parent Meeting We will be running a 2017 Digital Classroom Information Evening on Thursday 22nd September for parents of current Year 4 students. We will meet in the school hall at 6.30pm. Childcare will be available.  

Production Tickets are now available to purchase from the

school office. Adults $7 Children $5.

 

 

 

 

WAIKOWHAI PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14 : 6th SEPTEMBER 2016

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. Welcome back to another busy term everyone and a special welcome to our new students Tuinea Pamaka and Rayhan Irfani.

ASSEMBLIES THIS TERM Week 7 No Assembly

Week 8 Room 5

Week 9 Room 4  

 

Art Fest ival The Art Festival opening is tonight from 6.30pm – 8pm. Come along to view the stunning artwork, browse and buy children’s books and enjoy some light refreshments. Books will also be available to purchase at the beginning and end of each day for the remainder of the week. Artworks can also be viewed during the school day tomorrow, Thursday and from 8.30 – 10.30 Friday morning for those of you who can’t make it tonight.

2017 Term Dates Term One - Thursday 2nd February – Thursday 13th April (Good Friday 14th April) Term Two – Monday 1st May – Friday 7th July Term Three – Monday 24th July – Friday 29 September Term Four – Monday 16th October – Tuesday 19th December

Congratulations to Mrs Simpson and her husband, who have welcomed their baby girl, Violet, into the family.

 

 

 

Netball Zones Two senior mixed teams participated in the recent zone competition at Mt Roskill Intermediate. Waikowhai A came 5th out of 10 teams and Waikowhai B won the Sportsmanship Cup. Congratulations to everyone who participated and a big thank you to Mr Ross, Mrs Jones and Mrs Price for coaching the teams.

School Cross Country Thanks to our FoTS Group who raised $311 at last Thursday’s cake stall. Thanks to all the parents who supported their children on the day and a special thanks to Ms Sands and the Year 6 Student Leaders who did an outstanding job supervising student activities.

 

 

 

WRITERS FROM ROOM 10 & 11 Mahe Drysdale by Ishaan Greenwood R10 Mahe Drysdale rows for New Zealand. He has been in the Olympics two times. Appearance: Mahe Drysdale is two hundred cm and he is a hundred kgs He was born in Melbourne. Mahe is thirty seven years old. Mahe has light brown hair and light brown skin. Sport: Mahe Drysdale rows for New Zealand. Rowing is a hard sport. You need lots of energy Achievements: Mahe Drysdale won an Olympic medal in Rio Olympics. All together he has won two gold and three bronze. Interesting facts: At the 2016 Summer Olympics Drysdale successfully defended his Olympic men's single sculls. Mahe Drysdale MN2M. Drysdale is a current Olympic champion. He is a champion because he has got five medals. Mark Todd By Conrad Craig R10 Mark Todd does equestrian.This means he competes on horses. He is representing New Zealand. Appearance: Mark Todd is 60 years old and he is 190 cm tall. Mark Todd has black eyes. Sport: Mark Todd does equestrian that is a sport relating to Horseback riders. Mark Todd has competed in The Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1992 ,2000, 2008 and 2016. In 1978 he was part of New Zealand first three Day eventing team to contest a world championship at Lexington, Kentucky and United States. Achievements: Mark Todd has won 2 gold and 3 bronze in the Olympics. Mark Todd won 3 bronze in London in 2012 and won 3 more bronze in Sydney in 2000. He won 1 gold in Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988 and 3 more bronze. Interesting facts: Mark Todd was born in Cambridge and his favourite hobbies or pastime is snow skiing and boating. I think that Mark Todd is going to get another gold Medal at the next Olympics at age 64.  

STUDENT  OF  THE  WEEK  Congratulations to

Daiki Phillip from Room 3 and Amaya Phillip from Room 10 for being selected as Student of the Week in the last couple of weeks……..Well done!  

 

Who Am I? Ben Lee R11 I live in freshwater, ponds, streams and lakes

that have aquatic plants. I can live on land and water. My body is either dark brown or black. I go through three stages of development: egg,

nymph and adult.  

What  Am  I?  by  Faith  Cagiaceva  R11  The  size  of  a  snail  is  15mm.    They  eat  large  invertebrate  animals.    They  have  85,000  species.    They  are  the  largest  

animal  in  the  whole  world.  

 

 Paid Union Meeting

Thank you all for supporting the staff yesterday so that they could attend the meeting in the Town Hall.

Kids Can Mufti Day Thanks for your support for this really worthy cause. We raised $200 for Kids Can last Friday.

   

COMMUNITY NOTICES  

Are  you  stretched  to  meet  your  child’s  basic  needs?  Variety  Kiwi  Kid  Sponsorship  can  help!  

Come  along  to  Waikowhai  Primary  on  September  15,  Thursday,  from  9am  to  10:30am  to  fill  out  an  application.  

         

Please  call  Lynair  (0272258924)  or  Abby  (0212423048)  for  more  information  

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 two weeks: Wiremu Barnard, Cyan McSheffrey, Santanna Alfred-Ngata, Grace Hall, Bronson Hall, Diya Patel, Jacob Uaisele, Leilah Pule, Jasmine Wilkings, Callum Tavita, Reegan Hall, Serene Chammaa, Lily Wilkings, Ricky Li, Antonio Mata, Benson Ireland, Rio Perry, Mercedes Tunai, Torian Rawiri, Jaeda Alfred-Wood, Caitlin Doolan, Jonathon McLellan, Maryam Sarwar, Tui Pamaka, Caja Su’a, Maddison Hughes, Rael Noa, Atreyu McSheffrey, Khash Smith, Nirvana-Jade Tongia, Faidhi Sazli, Conroy Craig, Max Munro, Robert Sevele, Sadie Caffrey, Zoe Wahrlich, Qais Omeri, Karl Alea, Jasmine-Rose Wilson, Jordan Su’a, Steven Mata, Lopeti Vaka’uta 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: Shreyas Singla, Farhad Sazli, Ethan Cossey, Albdul Hadi Bilal, Anuk Weerasinghe, Lamech Uaisele, Ashana Doolan, Joyce Wang, Nikhil Govind, Apollo Johnson, Shabeera Afzali, Ashwin Govind, Marcus Way, Kruze Hall, Aamena Sarwar, Pila Longopoa, Taha Omeri, Calai Rawiri, Richmond Marsters, Sifa Teisi

Who  can  apply?  Children  between  5  –  15  years  //  NZ  citizens  or  residents  //If  you  are  financially  stretched  

What  to  bring  on  Sept  15th  Community  Services  Card  OR  2  months’  worth  of  bank  statements  OR  a  budget  sheet  from  a  budgeter  you  are  working  with  

AND  a  recent  photo  of  your  child    

POSTCARDS… Teachers send postcards to children’s homes when they notice something extra special that a child has done, either in the classroom or in the playground. Congratulations to the following children who were sent postcards in the last couple of weeks: Faith Mausia, Demitrius Brunt, Izzy Reeve, Antonio Mata, Shiya Vakauta, Toby Simpson, Joshua Hadnett, Cecile Weir, Caja Su’a.

Enrolment for Waikowhai Intermediate

Waikowhai Intermediate School is currently processing enrolments for the 2017 academic year. Please make sure that you have returned your Year 6 child’s enrolment by post, to their office or electronically so that they can be processed. Enrolment forms are available either from the school office or online if needed. It is important that these are completed and handed in now for the 2017 school year.

A reminder for Year 6 students that the c losing date for Out of Zone enro lment applicat ions at Mt Roskil l Intermediate School is Fr iday 16th September. The ballot date is Friday 23rd September.