Waihi East Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week 8 2016

7 December 2016

UPCOMING DATES Dec 7 Music Concert. 12 noon. Dec 8 BOT Meeting. 5.30pm. Dec 10 SATURDAY. Waihi Santa parade. Dec 12 Year 6 Trip. Dec 13 New entrant hearing & vision testing. Dec 13 Twilight Market. Dec 14 Wheelie afternoon. Dec 15 Prizegiving1pm. Lunch@noon. Dec 16 Last day of 2016. 1pm finish. 2017 Feb 1 First day of term 1. Feb 4 Teacher Only day. School closed. Feb 6 Waitangi day. School closed. Feb 13 Yr. 5-6 Camp Rotorua Feb 22 Yr. 0-2 Picnic– Bullswool Farm. Feb 27 Yr. 3-4 Waimarino. Feb 28 Yr. 3-4 Hamilton Zoo.

END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS Year 5 Pool Party- Thursday 8th December 1.30-3pm. $2. Year 6 Waimarino Trip- Monday 12th December 8am-3.30pm. $15 each. Please pay to the office. BEST START Is your new entrant starting school in 2017? Please contact the school to ensure their space and book into our BEST START Waihi Programme. Week 6; 9-10am Week 7; 11.30-12-30pm Week 8; 1.15-2.45pm 2017 BALLOT CLOSURE DATES Term 1- wk 2-9am Friday 10th February wk 6-9am Friday 10th March Term 2- wk 1 –9am Friday 5th May wk 6 –9am Friday 9th June Term 3- wk 1-9am Friday 28th July wk 6-9am Friday 1st September Term 4- wk 1-9am Friday 20th October wk 6- 9am Friday 24th November

PRIZEGIVING A reminder that prizegiving will be held next Thursday 15th December at 1pm. We would love to see as many of you here as possible. Prizegiving is great opportunity to celebrate with us as we acknowledge individual student classroom achievements as well as farewell our Year 6 students as they move into their next exciting schooling phase– the shift to college! Before assembly there will be a yummy shared kai. Our thanks to the Tai whanau for organising our prizegiving lunch. Helpers are required from 9am to help make the rolls before prizegiving. Please let the office know if you can help.

WEEKLY NOTICES AND REMINDERS

NEEDED!!! Grocery items for a grocery raffle at our upcoming Twilight Market.

Last day of term 4 Friday 16th December School closes at 1pm.

Bus is picking up at 12.30pm.

CHRISTMAS FLOAT Mrs Hughes and a group of Kotuku students are working hard on our Christ-mas float during electives every Friday morning. The parade is on Saturday 10th December and starts at 1pm. Waihi East school will be in it, our theme is ‘NZ Summer Christmas’. If children want to be on the float they can come and talk to Mrs Hughes, we will be keen to have them! Parents who want to help set up before the parade starts would also be appreciated. Carters Contractors are supplying us with a truck, so a huge thank you to them.

STAFFING for 2017 Rm 6 - New Entrants: Miss Caitlin Kneebone Rm 8 - Y1: Ms Maren Johansen Rm 7 - Y1/2: Ms Jude Fletcher Rm 5 - Y2/3: Mrs Briar Frew & Mrs Sarah Cannell Rm 9 - Y2/3: Miss Gina Davis Rm 1 - Y3/4: Mr Robbie McGougan Rm 4 - Y4/5: Mrs Nik Laing Rm 3 - Y5/6: Ms Kim Jones Rm 2 - Y5/6: Mrs Rachael Coll & Ms Katie Des Forges Class lists and stationery lists for 2017 will be available next week.

LIBRARY Our library is now closed and we are running our annual stocktake. Please return all books –there are a lot currently outstanding!

POOL KEYS We are having issues with the pool pump and chemical dispenser at the moment and the pool won’t cope with any extra after school use yet. The pool specialist is coming this Friday and we are hoping to have it ready for keys to be issued next week.

SUSHI Tomorrow is the last day for sushi orders as next Thursday is prizegiving day and we will be having shared kai.

WHEELIE AFTERNOON To celebrate the awesomeness of our students this term we will be holding our wheelie day with the Caught Behaving Intelligently $100 draw on Wednesday 14th December 1.30pm.

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

WEARABLE ARTS Our wearable arts show was fantastic and amazing. See photos below.

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK cont...

TWILIGHT MARKET Tuesday 13th December

4-6pm Stall are; Rm 1 Pancakes Rm 2 Maori games Rm3 Fudge Rm4 Hi 5 jars/ waffles Rm 5 Xmas crafts/ ice cream Rm 6 Gingerbread man cookies Rm 7 Juicies and moosies Rm 8 Xmas decorations Rm 9 Cupcakes

As well as; Lots of Raffles ( to be drawn at Thursdays Prizegiving)

Entertainment; Kapa Haka group Waihi College band

Fundraising for 2017 camps.

FREE EAR CLINIC SERVICE FOR CHILDREN Visit the Ear Nurse for advice on; Glue ear assessment and management, wax/foreign body removal, grommet check and treatment of discharging ears. All children must be accompanied by a parent of caregiver. The Ear caravan will be at Waihi Central School, Moresby Avenue, Thursday 15th December 9.30am-1.30pm. (closed for lunch 12 noon –12.45pm). HOUSE WANTED House required to rent, long term, for couple and 2 children moving to Waihi in January. Please phone Lynette Steele 8636632 or text 02102628942

COASTGUARD RAFFLE If you would like to buy a coastguard raffle tick-et. please see Robin Douglas. $10 per ticket. 20 major prizes. There is over $280,000 worth of prizes!!!

COMMUNITY NOTICES

THANKS TO OUR GREAT SUPPORTERS

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

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