East School Newsletter Sept 25 2013

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WAIHI EAST SCHOOLSCHOOL NEWSLETTER 13/30 25th September 2013

IMPORTANT DATESNOW ALL Chocolate money due.Sept 26 Room 4 & 6 assembly.Sept 25-26 Junior Student led conferences.Sept 27 Sandwich day.Sept 27 Cool kids/Wheelie afternoon.Sept 27 Last day for term 3.Oct 14 First day of term 4.Oct 16 Powhiri for kaihautu initiative.

Oct 28

Labour Day. School closed.

Oct 29 Keeping Ourselves safe parent meeting. 3.15Nov 2 Possible Pit rim fun run/walk.Dec 13 Prize giving.Dec 19 Last day of term.

Kia oraBy golly, its the final week of term. Man, nine weeks has flown by. This week we have included a newsletter from

the Board of Trustees. We hope you enjoy reading our news.Congratulations to our school choir on gaining a first placing at Waihis Got Talent. What an excellent effort. Our

thanks to Steve for leading choir and coordinating this event.Friday is a huge day at school. Firstly all children have the opportunity to build their own salad sammie. This is the

conclusion to our sammie race. Please continue to place a sammie in your tamarikis lunch boxes, they are a nutritiouskai that puts us in a good space for learning. In the afternoon we are holding our end of term Cool Kids arvo. This is ourcelebration of our successes and thanks to our tamariki for making positive choices at school. Check out your childsbag to see their invitation. All invitees may bring a bike, skate board or roller blades cool item to use. Lastly, who couldforget the $100 draw. Last term it was won by Kyla. Who out of the 111 pupils will receive the big dollars and recognitionfor being a top student this term.

This week we say good bye to our beautiful Frith and her whanau as they move from our area. Frith has been anamazing staff member and parent. We wish you all well and cant wait to celebrate your graduation as a teacher Frith.

Have a safe and happy holiday with your whanau. See you all back at school on Monday 14th of October.

Nga mihi nui koutouEmily ([email protected])

CALENDARSOrders for calendars been sent away and will be returnednext term.

SEED FUNDRAISEROur next camp fundraiser is underwayselling seeds.Each pack is worth $5. Packs will be going home thisweek with children.

RUGBY BALL RAFFLEOur soccer team came second last week at the Thames

Valley 7s competition. For their outstanding effort theyreceived a rugby ball as their prize Go figure that oneout!Mr Gurnick has come to the rescue by getting our cham-pion rugby team from the same tournament to sign theball, and were going to auction it to raise funds for aproper set of keepers gloves! Members of the team will besitting at a school desk by the gate selling tickets from8:30-9:00 am and 3-3:15pm every day this week andnext. Tickets cost $1 and the draw will happen this Friday27th September at wheelie day. Any questions ask Mr M.

SOCCER UNIFORMSIf anyone has seen the bag of Year 3 & 4 soccer uniforms

at home, can these please be returned to school. Weneed to use these for sport next term.

ASSEMBLYTomorrows assembly will be presented by Rooms 4 & 6.

UNIFORMThank You for supporting getting our children into correctschool uniform. Children look very smart and it adds toour sense of pride.

CHOCOLATES13 families left to return chocolate money/unsold bars.Please pay your $40 now as our children cant wait to find

out who will win the draw for the BMX bike. The draw willtake place once all money/bars returned.

FRUIT NEEDEDFriday, we are having sandwich day and would love do-nations of fresh fruit to have with our home made sam-mies.

CALF CLUBPlease get names into Mrs Steele asap if you have a calf,lamb or goat this year for calf club.

HATSWaihi East School is a SUNSMART School. In term 4 it iscompulsory to wear your school uniform hat outside atmorning Tea & lunchtime. These are for sale at the office.

$8 each. If hats are not worn children must stay out of thesun under the shelter at the front of the school.

NITSNits have made a reappearance at school . Please re-member to do a quick check daily .

CHANGE OF ADDRESSPlease let the school know if you have changed yourphone number or address. We need to be able to contactyou in case of emergency.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE(MAD)PIT RIM FUN RUN/WALK

Waihi East School is again running the Pit Rim fun Run/Walk in November 2013. A Planning meeting is beingheld in the staff room/whare kai on Thursday 26th Sept.at 2pm. Afternoon tea provided. Come along and get in-volved in the organisation of this event. It is a fun day.


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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES

SPORTNACTION SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME OCTOBER

2013.

TUESDAY 1ST : BADMINTON

TIME 10AM-12PM

WHERE : Waihi Events Centre

COST : $5.

WEDNESDAY 2nd: GIVE IT A GO SURFING : With Waihi Beach SurfSchoolTIME 10-1PM

WHERE : Meet North End Waihi Beach

COST : $25 (NEGOTIABLE IF THERE IS HARDSHIP ) Wetsuits , Surf-boards supplied ( if you have your own bring them along ) You must registerfor this . Call Sportnaction 863 7295

THURSDAY 3RD : SCAVENGER HUNT

WHERE : Meet at Gilmour Lake

TIME : 10AM...

COST : FREE ( Parents / Caregivers encouraged to take part )

TUESDAY 8TH : SKATING

WHERE : Waihi Events Centre

TIME : 10-12PM

COST : $5 . Skates supplied.

THURSDAY 10TH : TRAIL RIDE AND TRAIN :

WHERE : Meet at Goldfields Railway Stn.

WHEN : 10AM

COST : BIKING FREE ( Must bring your own bike. Bikes can be hired from

Waihi Sports and Cycles )CONTACT SPORTNACTION FOR ALL DETAILS AND REGISTRA-

TIONS : 863 7295 / 021 223 7295 / EMAIL : [email protected]

54 Kenny Street, WaihiSchool Holiday Programme

7-11 October 2013, 10am-2pm

Fun, hands-on activities and games for 8-12 year oldsCost : $8.00 per day

BYO lunchBook by contacting Debbie:

Ph. 863 6373 /[email protected] themes:

NB. Apologies the fees advertised last week were incorrect.

MON TUES WED THURS FRITreasure

huntsCultural

craftsKitchen

chemistryWoodworks

Teamchallenges

HOCKEY DRAW

For Week 1 term 4

Tuesday 15th October

4.10pm East A v Central B.4.30pm East B v Beach B.This is the final night of hockey

COMMUNITY NOTICESSKATING

Skating is back to Friday nights for the rest of the year. $5 entryincludes skate hire. Food & drinks for sale.

MEADOW FRESH STICKERSKeep collecting stickers from Meadowfresh products and bringinto school until Friday 27th September. We will get FREE Artproducts in exchange for the stickers.

YUMMY STICKERSKeep collecting those yummy sticker and bag tags. At the endof this week we will be sending them away for some free sportsgear.

YEAR 3 & 4 BASKETBALLCircle of Growth. Vision; to create a circle of people who re-ceive and give back to their community. Term 4 On Mondays.21st October-25th November 2013. Waihi College Gym. 3.30-4.45pm. $15 per student. All players receive a Waihi Basketballt-shirt. The programme runs for 6 weeks. It will consist for 5 onehour coaching sessions by Waihi College Senior players. Reg-istration forms available at the school office.

HAVE A GO CRICKETStarts Tuesday 5th Nov. 4pm-5pm at Waihi College for 6weeks. $40 per child. Registration forms available at the school

office. For more info contact Waikato Valley Cricket 07 8381311or Mark Coles 021 2420956.TOUCH HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Rhodes Park,Thames. October 2-4 2013, 10am-2pm. 8-12years. $60 for 3 days or $25 per day. Programme includes 5skills stations focussed on attacking & defence. Games & teambuilding. For registration email [email protected]

ASB HOLIDAY FUN FOOTBALLWednesday2nd October. 9am-3pm. Boys & girls. At Waihi Col-lege. Age 6-13. $10 per day. Contact Scott Parsonage021915459 or email [email protected]

Would you like to work from home?

Would you rather not pay set up costs?Are you interested in light training as you work?

Then we would love to sit down with you and talk Call 0800 536627 or visit www.jemmas.co.nz
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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News From the Waihi East School Board of Trustees

September 2013

Activities across the school that have engaged and excited

children

Room 5 visited the Clares farm. The children got to feedcalves and chickens, and collect eggs. They played with thegoat and dogs and shared a lovely morning tea together.

Discovery continues to develop and is working well. Childrenhave a high level of engagement and are able to directthemselves in activities provided. We have looked at the keycompetencies in relation to our wider topic of reuse, renewand repurpose with many art/science/english/maths andsocial science activities being enjoyed. Children are able tolead their own learning and complete what they start in theirown time (within the morning), often building on theircreations/ideas with minimal input from teachers (whose roleis to facilitate needs not provide teaching steps). If askedmany of the children in the junior school list Discovery in their

top 3 things they like to 'do' at school. Cooking/baking has notbeen happening as it did at the beginning as it can easily betoo adult controlled. This will be addressed in the future bysetting up a system where every child gets to make their ownitem, their way and they get to eat the product.

Jump jam - on some Friday afternoons, several of the juniorclasses have gathered together and learnt to exercise tomusic....lots of fun!

Art: Lots of beautiful artwork is happening in classroomsaround our animal enrichment ideas and zoo visit.

Room 5 have buddy reading daily with the top reading groupfrom Room 2. They are working on asking comprehensivetype questions to gain a better understanding of our stories,and relating them to the world we know. Room 5 also have 2


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buddy helpers daily for maths. Leaders in Room 2 come andhelp us with our independent activities and teach us how touse/play with some of our maths equipment. This is hugelysuccessful; the older children are on a 2 weekly roster, taking 1

hour a fortnight each.

Our 7s teams delivered more fantastic results at the ThamesValley event. First in rugby and second in soccer.

Buddy Reading between and within senior classes occurs 1:30pm Tue-Fri.

Electives this term included enterprise, cooking, woodwork,dance, acting, rugby, girls soccer & boot camp.

Large choir led by Steve has been practising every Friday.They performed at Waihis Got Talent at the Beach RSA on the

20th September coming first equal in their section. They areplanning for Term 4 performances, including float parade,New World & school prize giving.

Rooms 1-2 involved in planting at Waitete Stream. Purchased new reading material including CSI reading kit. Robbie has produced some great videos of student activities

see the school website and his class site.

Sumdog maths competition active at the moment we areone of the leading schools.

Wednesday Event: Recently the school choir led by SteveMagyar, went to the Waihi Baptist Churches WednesdayEvent to entertain a group of older folk who meet everysecond Wednesday for fellowship and a meal. The childrenperformed 3 songs and the audience thoroughly appreciatedthe beautiful singing. Our children were great, their songs fromthe late 70s fitted the occasion well. We really appreciate the


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effort Steve puts into this group. His passion and love of musicis obvious as he enthuses the students.

The kapa haka group was supposed to perform as well.However, through illness and a 7s sports event clash theydidnt go. Instead Lynette took her class (Room 4) of 22students. They took a selection of their reading books withthem which they shared with the old folk after the choir hadperformed. The children were hesitant to get alongside thepeople at first but soon warmed to their invitations to readtheir books. The activity was enjoyed immensely by youngand old alike with stories of olden days schooling shared. The

children were encouraged by all of the positive comments

and were disappointed when it was time to return to school.

There is a possibility that we could arrange for the WednesdayEvent group to visit our school one Wednesday in term 4 for acup of tea and a tour of the classrooms to see what happensat school.

Assemblies: A new initiative this term has been runningcombined assemblies on alternate Thursday afternoons. This

has been hugely successful with sharing of ideas and seniorclasses supporting juniors, presenting a variety of items fromsong & dance to stories and videos of classroom learning. Ithas been a bit tricky working under the covered area andmaintaining appropriate behaviour for a formal occasion,however progress is being made. This has also been a goodplatform for the whole school to learn our school waiata, andto develop the discipline required for formal assemblies.

Shar from ENERGIZE has provided a mountain bikingopportunity at school for a group of seniors. Safety and skillswas the focus. The 12 children who participated wereextremely excited to be part of the programme.

Big breakfast on the 20th of September was hugely successful.Graeme from the Coast Guard was our guest. A large number


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participated and enjoyed watching the Americas Cup at the

same time.

Reading Together Programme

Reading Together Programme has 11 parents/whanau attending.Comments are very favourable, with a sense of community beingbuilt amongst those attending. Each week sees parentsresponding more freely, and expressing ways they need supportwith reading and their child, and wider issues too. A crche is beingoperated by Alex. Kai and care is provided each week.

Kapahaka

Whetu is sharing great skills with our tamariki. A note has gonehome to our Kapahaka students seeking permission for children toperform at the Hauraki cultural festival on the 19th of Oct inThames. Hopefully all students will attend.

Teaching and Learning Programmes

Next term all Teams (groups of classes) will choose their own focusinstead of having a school theme. I would like them to design an

engaging programme that is specific to their needs - anycurriculum area/any focus. I will monitor student engagement andlearning outcomes with the inquiry does this system make adifference? Keeping Ourselves Safe with Constable Brett Otto willtake place in weeks 4-6 next term. This programme gives studentsstrategies if they find themselves in an unsafe situation. A parentinformation meeting will be held on October 29th. Come along andlearn about Keeping Ourselves Safe.

CampEmily has visited Turangi as part of the pre-camp 2014. Ourprogramme is being modified at the moment - three groupsinstead of two which means more action and less waiting time,particularly when abseiling. A significant number of adults haveshown interest in attending. Ten adults will be selected by Phil andRobbie.


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Calf Club Day November 4th

We are all set for an exciting calf club day next term. Alan Scotthas five students with calves at his farm. We are looking into running

a fun day where the whole school participates in some level.

Practicum

Jude had a wonderful year 2 student teacher in for 6 weeks, two ofwhich were sole charge/in control. Charlotte showed great skillsand went beyond normal duties to support our school eg attendingthe school disco.

Staffing 2014

Using our new Ministry of Education entitlement for 2014, we will befunded for 8 classroom teachers. I have yet to have conformationabout the Newmont donation. The Board has agreed that if thisdonation is received, they will continue to employ additionalstaffing. There is a possibility of two fixed term appointments to bemade next term, 9 classroom teachers to start the 2014 year.

Swimming Pool

We aim to have the pool up and running early next term. Whanau

will be able to purchase a pool key for $10. This will allow for afterschool swimming until the end of term. We are also investigatingafter school swimming lessons. The Board will monitor vandalism,and depending on how the pool is used may open the pool up forthe summer holidays.Due to vandalism and people jumping the fence to swim in thepool unsupervised the Board are putting barbed wire around thepool and staff have been asked to monitor the camera over thisarea.

MAD (Make a Difference)A small group of parents have met to discuss our next fundraiser-the Pit Rim Fun Run/Walk. The Fun Run/Walk will be on November2nd. Please spread the word.Rangi Honey, Chairperson of MAD has surveyed parents as to whatthey would like the group to fundraise for. The Board awaitsfeedback on this.


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Road Safety

The roads around our school have tubes across them measuring

volume. Road inspectors have also been on site during our busyperiod. We are awaiting the Councils report.

Feedback

The Board and staff welcome your feedback and ideas. If youwould like clarification of school events/programmes, pleasecontact Emily or other staff members. Our school is going fromstrength to strength. Thank you for being on our waka where we

Rise Above and Shine.

Our next Board meeting is at 5.30pm on the 21st of October.Everyone is welcome to join us.

Kind RegardsDonna, Seton, Julie, Tineke, Peter, Alex and EmilyWaihi East School Board of Trustees


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