Wakari School

Newsletter

30 April 2015 Issue: 5

www.wakari.school.nz @Wakari_School Phone: 476 3140

Wakari School Code of Conduct: Cooperation: “Getting along with one another”

Dear Parents/Caregivers Welcome back to the first of the winter terms and the weather this week has reminded us all of what a Dunedin winter can entail. It is timely to remind all of our Snow Proce-dure. There are a number of ways we communicate to all around what may be hap-pening on the days where snow affects the safety of pupils and staff getting to and from school. Radio: 89.4FM, 99.8FM, 1305AM or 1125AM Twitter: @Wakari_School Facebook: like us on Facebook School Website: www.wakari.school.nz

A separate note has come home today with more details on what to do in the event of snow or icy conditions. The ANZAC commemoration at the school last Thursday was an event where our children did us proud. The depth of learning and understanding ex-hibited by children across all year levels shows the level of teaching and resources that have gone into this Inquiry Topic. The Art displayed at lasts Fridays Assembly was top notch but it was the understand-ing by students around the symbolism of the poppy that will stick in my mind for the coming years. Well done to pupils and staff. With an eleven week term ahead of us, one packed with learning opportunities, sporting endeavours, dance, singing and performing; hold onto your hats.

Calendar

5 May Uniform meeting @ 7pm

8 May School Assembly @ 2pm

20 May Board Meeting

22 May School Assembly @ 2pm

1 June QUEENS BIRTHDAY

17 June Board Meeting

17 June Life Education starts

3 July END OF TERM TWO

Welcome

We welcome the following pupils and their families to Wakari. We hope you will enjoy being part of

Team Wakari and our learning environment.

Larissa Currie Tristin Clark Iziah Scott Neihana Scott

Charlotte Presnall Ashton Sharples Kara Pullar Amelia Hamilton

Health tip: Diarrhoea or vomiting? Please stay at home for up to 48 hours after it finishes.

Kids Corner

“Caught In The Act”

Once again there have been a lot of children caught in the act.

Well done! Award winners from April 2 - 29

5 tickets = 1 ice block!

Emily Fryer Boston Ivamy Owen Wheeler Violet Reid Hayley Ward Tommy Wilson Lacey Reid Riley Fitzgerald (R14) Liam Webb Jade Scott Evie Dangerfield Isla Craigie Olivia Richards Eva Presnall Angel Brown Dylan Hill-McLean Carter Graham Aliyah Epere Srinath Berry Katie Willis Jay Houston-Hynd Noah Moynihan Amelia McCulloch Charlie Hunsche Ruben Karawana Roree Latimer Vili Moataane Asher Le Cong

Rewards proudly

sponsored by:

Our New Pick up Drop off

system begins...

This week at Wakari School we are all about road safety. Every family should have received an information package with every-thing you needed to know about our new Pick up drop off area and Safe Meet Spots map last week. This information, along with the home-work activity and colouring competition tem-plates are all available on the school web-site. Here are some reminders.

Use our Pick up Drop off area outside the Shetland St entrance morning or after-noon. These are “no parking” areas at the times shown on the sign. That means no wait-ing and no leaving your vehicle. They’re plac-es to pick up drop off and “GO”. If your child isn’t ready for you, please exit and re-enter the area (it takes just 3 mins to go around the block via Forresbank and Mayfield – see the map on our website). This gives others a chance to use your space. Staff will supervise children here until 3.15pm but if you want to park and wait or come into the classroom, please use longer term parking nearby.

If you have older children, have a look at our new Safe Meet Spot map. These are placed so older children can walk a short dis-tance away from the school gate which helps to ease congestion and make pick up times less stressful for you. Please read the map and discuss your after-school arrangement with your child and even do the short walk with your child.

Congratulations Alyssa! “In the school holidays I went to Timaru to the Southern Country Music Awards. My brother and I won the Junior Duo and came runner-up over-all. I was really nervous, but excited. It was an AWESOME experience.”

Homework sheets and colouring competition entries due today:

All students should have completed their “Learning at Home” task with their parents and returned these to their class teacher today (Thursday 30 April). Also due today are the jun-ior and senior colouring competition en-tries. Winners will be announced next week at assembly.

A shrimp's heart is in it's head

Mobile dental clinic phone: 0800 67 25 43 (free call from mobile phones)

IMPORTANT NEWS Heritage Photo Orders This week Heritage photo order forms came home with your child. Wakari School receives a percentage of all sales. If you wish to make an order, please fill out the order form and return to the office no later than Friday 15 May. Contact Details Please advise us when your contact details

have changed. It is extremely important that

we are advised of any changes in Contact and

Emergency phone numbers, so that the School

can contact you when your child becomes ill/

injured, or when there is an unexplained ab-

sence. With many people using cell-phones ex-

clusively or, in addition to their home numbers,

it is crucial that we are aware of these new num-

bers. Thank you.

HOME & SCHOOL NEWS

Toilet Roll Fundraiser There are still 17 packets of toilet rolls for sale. Each packet consists of 45 rolls at $20 per pack-et. If you wish to purchase some toilet rolls, please see the office staff. Entertainment Books Entertainment books are available again this year. The Entertainment Book is a local restau-rant and activity guide which provides thousands of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers from the finest restaurants, cafes, attractions, activities, retail-ers and hotel accommodation. The membership entitles buyers to exclusive offers that are virtu-ally restriction free, literally pages and pages of offers to enjoy all year long. Books cost $60 each and are available to view and purchase from the school office. $12 from each sale goes to the school. Skiing If anyone is interested in going skiing this year with the school, please contact Helen Restall on 027 455 0680.

COMMUNITY NEWS Netball Academy Registrations are open and online for term 2 of the Jennian Homes Junior Academy (netball coaching for 8-13 year olds).

For more information and to register please visit: http://www.mynetball.co.nz/zones/south/community-netball/junior-netball-academy/registration.html DIGGERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME The programme consists of weekly coaching sessions at the Edgar Centre, where basic fun-damentals are introduced focusing on skill based drills and emphasizing having FUN. These squads do not play in a weekly competi-tion – we encourage all participants to play for their own school mini ball teams. The Develop-ment Programme is designed to supplement/compliment the school miniball programmes and Otago Representative programme. All sessions are held at the Edgar Centre, Ages 5-13 Years, no experience necessary. Day: Tuesdays beginning 12th May for 8 ses-sions Squad: U8’s 3.30pm-4.30pm, U11’s 4.00pm-5.00pm, U13’s 4.00pm-5.00pm Cost: $70.00 per child. Email admin@otagobball.kiwi.nz for a registra-tion form. Drum Lessons Are you interested in learning to play drums? Locally based. All welcome, from beginner to experienced. 30 minutes individual lesson: $25 20 minutes for young beginners: $17 For more information, contact Andrew Harray on 027 271 8525 or email drumajh@gmail.com Website Updates There have been a few additions to our website in recent weeks: 1. Road Safety page (under Information) 2. New BLOGS page for classroom blogs 3. Uniform page—keep up to date on how

the uniform committee is progressing As normal, important notices and newsletters can be read form the homepage. To follow us on Facebook or Twitter, go to the Contact page.

Please support the fantastic sponsors of our newsletter:

Snapshot of learning at Wakari: Room 16

Anzac service held on Thursday 23 April