Term 3, Week 6 – Wednesday 30 August 2017

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Nǐ hǎo, Hola

Following on from parenting week I would like to draw your attention (if you haven’t already been made aware) to the All Right? website. There are a multitude of practical parenting tips and strategies available to link into, or if you want more face-to-face engagement there are parenting courses available too.

The link to courses is: www.allright.org.nz/tools/courses-tools-busy-parents/

Three courses that stand out are: *For grandparents who are bringing up their grandchildren: www.theparentingplace.com/toolbox-parenting-courses/grandparents/

*The Positive Parenting programme (Triple P) is an internationally acclaimed programme. It is now available in a variety of forms: 1-1, group and on-line. Triple P helps you:

Manage misbehaviour so everyone in the family enjoys life more Raise happy, confident kids Set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows Encourage behaviour you like Take care of yourself as a parent Feel confident you’re doing the right thing

The Triple P course covers topics including:

what to do when your child says “No”

getting kids to bed and keeping them there

managing fighting and aggression. This is a link to an online Triple P course through parenting.net http://www.triplep-parenting.net.nz/nz-uken/find-help/triple-p-online/toddlers-to-tweens/

The following is a link to Triple P group and 1-1 courses run through University of Canterbury http://www.education.canterbury.ac.nz/documents/brochures_2016/Parenting.pdf

*‘Building Awesome Whanau’ is the latest parenting addition on the All Right? website. This looks very interesting and includes lots of practical tips to put into practice- ‘drawing on the wisdom of ancient Maori wisdom and ways of being, doing and knowing’. www.theparentingplace.com/toolbox-parenting-courses/whanau/

The All Right? website also offers parenting guides for topics including:

How to help keep kids calm

How to help kids manage worries

How to help kids feel good and have fun- fostering self-esteem and feeling good www.allright.org.nz/tools/sparklers/parenting-guides/

All Right? promotes 5 practical steps to boosting out mental health and wellbeing… more info at: www.allright.org.nz/articles/help-yourself-feel-better/

If you don’t have internet access at home and would like any of this information please get in contact with me through the school office and I can assist you. Have a great week everybody.

Ngā mihi nui, Dianna Reynolds, Acting Principal

2018 TERM DATES Term 1 - Thursday 1 February to Friday 13 April Term 2 - Monday 30 April to Friday 6 July Term 3 - Monday 23 July to Friday 28 September Term 4 - Monday 15 October to Tuesday 18 December

2018 Public Holidays (that fall outside of school holidays) Waitangi Day - 6 February Easter - Good Friday 30 March, Easter Monday 2 April & Easter Tuesday 3 April (a school holiday) Queen’s Birthday - 4 June Labour Day - 22 October Canterbury Anniversary Day – 16 November

TRAVIS LEARNING HERO

MORNING TEA

Congratulations to the Learning Heroes from Travis Studio who

had a Learning Hero Morning Tea with Mrs Malham last week.

Pictured left are Cameron, Ben, Matthew, Quinn, Samara,

Sophia, Neveah, Connor, Neve, Jaylah, Eviana, Madi, Lucy

and Lily.

PICNIC WITH THE ACTING

PRINCIPAL Congratulations to the Learning Heroes who had a Nood

Food Picnic with Miss Reynolds yesterday. Pictured right

are Lom, Hollie, Bethany, Sophia, Caitlin, Jett, Noah,

Samara, Taylor, Sinead, Luka, Helena, Tahlia, Seth,

Grace, Maki, Lucas and Caleb.

LIBRARY UPDATE At the moment we have over 300 overdue books. If you get an email from us to say your child’s book is overdue please lend them a hand to find the book, and encourage them to bring it back to the library. If it would help, we can email you a picture of the book cover so you know what you are looking for. Just email us to ask.

We have a great system where children can reserve books, but it is very disappointing when children to have to wait such long times for books because another child still has the book/s when they should have been returned.

Unfortunately we are also getting a large number of books returned damaged – wet, ripped or drawn in. When this happens we charge a replacement fee for the book/s.

A suggestion is for children to keep their library books in their library bags when not reading them so they know where they are and they don’t get damaged.

Thank you, from the Library Team

OSCAR OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Please

contact

Amanda

027 655 8104

or

amanda.mur

ray@waitakir

i.school.nz

for more

information.

BANDQUEST Last Thursday two bands from Waitākiri Primary School performed at the national Bandquest competition at Chisnallwood Intermediate. They played incredibly well and impressed the audience with their tight, dynamic performance. The bands that performed were: Radio Chaos – with Keira, Ollie, Caleb and Lucas 21 Stripes – with Riley, Nixon, Saxon, Gemma and Bayden. It was a great experience for the bands and it was fantastic to see Lucas Smith win the Rocking Drummer award!!! Well done to everyone involved and a big thanks to Mr Bush for organising!

SPORTS NEWS All sport notices that are sent home with children, will now also be sent out to parents via the

FlexiBuzz app. Make sure you have downloaded the FREE app onto your smartphone.

Information on how to do this is on our website.

Cowles Year 5/6 Canterbury Basketball Draw

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Canterbury Rugby Tournament Last week our Rugby Red Team competed in the Canterbury Rugby Tournament. They had a fantastic game and out of 7 games in pool play they won 6 and drew 1 making it into the semis. It was a great effort but were piped at the post to be 4th overall. Well done for an outstanding effort to all players and great to see the school values held up high. Photos below and on the next page of the team in action!

TE REO O TE WIKI Here is a you tube clip that has many of the kai words we have been learning. https://youtu.be/MNitd6cCurk Also we are trying to learn the waiata by Stan Walker called Aotearoa in te reo Māori. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/BFRx_mTT-AA Here is the English version as well: https://youtu.be/f_WUFnlbPnE

DAFFODIL DAY for the

Cancer Society

Thank you to everyone who made a donation – the

total raised for the Cancer Society was $449.20.

From the Aspiring Leaders, Korimako & Ruru Studios

Home Learning “REAL Challenges”

As part of the Waitākiri Primary School REAL Challenges, children can help Keep New Zealand

Beautiful but tick off a REAL Challenge as well! This could be a ‘design your own challenge’ in

Community or Environment.

If you would like to do this, you will need to help Keep New Zealand Beautiful by doing

something that is good for our environment. This can be collecting rubbish, removing graffiti,

planting trees, etc. and can be done anytime between the 11th and 17th of September 2017

during Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week.

Please take this form home to be completed by you and your parent/caregiver. You will need to

return this to your home teacher and record evidence that you have completed this challenge

(take a photo or video).

Thank you for your help! Now go and help Keep New Zealand Beautiful!

Cut here and return to your teacher

Waitākiri Primary School Real Community Challenge –

KEEP NEW ZEALAND BEAUTIFUL, 11th – 17th September 2017

Yes, I would like to help Keep New Zealand Beautiful between the 11th and 17th of September

2017.

I am going to Keep New Zealand Beautiful by doing the following:

Child Studio Date

Parent Parent Signature

Evidence seen by teacher ____

PTA Walkathon Fundraiser The children and staff will be walking through Clarevale Reserve and Clarevale Loop on the afternoon of Tuesday 12th September for one hour for our Walkathon. A pack has been sent home with all children last week with further information to collect sponsorship.

Children will wear their school uniform but can wear walking/sports shoes for the day.

We would love parents and family members to walk with us too. We will be assembling on the back court behind Windsor Studio at 1:40pm and starting the walkathon at 1:45pm. We hope you can join us.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Kia Ora Parents and Caregivers, My name is Stefanie Drayson Le Tissier and I run the drama classes at Waitakiri School. I am looking for some new students who would be keen to join our fantastic programme! At Marrzipan we focus on encouraging self-confidence in our students through drama. We have had a stellar last term and excited to keep going forward for the rest of 2017! :-) Our theme this term is all about “teamwork” and our plays are called “The Brocomobile” (all about time travel) and “welcome to the zoo” which is awesome! If your child is keen to join please check out our website at: marrzipandrama.co.nz and sign up directly from there. Or contact me directly through mobile: 01210785444 or email: stefanie@marrzipandrama.co.nz Come along for a non obligation TRAIL lesson! Class details Day: Friday Time: 8 - 8.45am AND 3 - 3.45pm Location: Learning Studio 7 Cost: $17.75 per class Kind Regards, Stefanie Drayson Le Tissier, Christchurch Rep Marrzipan - Igniting the you in you

Canterbury American Football Development Camp After a successful trial last year, we will be once again hosting a Canterbury Development Camp for children aged 11-14 years old on Monday-Tuesday the 2nd/3rd of October from 9am-3pm in the Term 3 School Holidays at Marshland Domain.

This is a great chance for your students to learn the skills of American Football while also trailing for 1 of 2 Canterbury squads.

Please find more info in the attached PDF and registration form - if any more info is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me at: shaw

@marshland.school.nz or 0273913287

Dear Year 6 Parents, Just a reminder to get your enrolments in for Chisnallwood. This is important in terms of class planning and transitions. These are available from the school CHOICE Room or from Chisnallwood. We have a taster day on September 19 which is an important part of our support for Waitākiri students. We also have many scholarships available that enrolled students can apply for Kind regards, Justin Fields-Principal, Chisnallwood Intermediate