D ear Parents and Caregivers The excitement at school builds as we lead into our musical production of “The Tempest”. I have been

so impressed with the commitment shown by all those in-volved in preparing for this. They deserve the support of wonderful audiences.

W AIRAU OPEN DAYS/EVENING We are holding Open Days during school hours on Wednesday 31 August and Thursday 1 Sep-

tember and an Open Evening on Thursday 1 September from 7.00pm-8.30pm. We would like to invite parents and caregivers to visit the school on these days when they can observe a vibrant, interactive snapshot of our school in ac-tion. Teachers and current pupils will be on hand to explain how the school functions and to show you around. Our enrolment week is Monday 5 September to Friday 9 Sep-tember during school hours and until 7.00pm on Thursday 8 September.

Y EAR 6 TRANSITION VISITS This term Year 6 students from our main contrib-uting schools are visiting us and spending a full day

experiencing our technology/specialist and music pro-grammes. The remaining school transition dates are:

Bayview School Thursday 18 August Sunnynook School Friday 19 August If you have a child who is not attending any of the above schools but you would like him/her to have this opportunity, this can be arranged by phoning the school office on 410 7805.

S CHOOL PRODUCTION OF “THE TEMPEST” On Tuesday 23 August and Wednesday 24 August we are holding performances of our school production

“The Tempest”, in our school hall. The play has been adapted into a one hour musical especially for primary school aged children. “The Tempest” is a tale of magic, mystery, mischief, malevolence, and then making peace. This adaptation for children makes the play easily accessi-ble for everybody. The songs are delightful and the story-line is easy to follow. Tickets are now on sale for $5.00 per person and can be purchased from the school office. The performances commence at 7.00pm on both nights and will conclude at approximately 8.15pm. Below are some photos of the students rehearsing for the production.

A RT EXHIBITION The Mairangi Bay Arts Centre are holding an exhi-bition of artwork by students from many North

Shore schools, including Wairau Intermediate. The exhibi-tion will be on until Sunday 4 September. The exhibition opening was held last Wednesday and our marimba group performed magnificently! Parents and caregivers are invit-ed to go along and view the talent of our budding artists of the future. The Wairau students with work on display are: Stephanie MacFarlane, Hannah Barnett, James Church, Hayley Shen, Faith Smith, Ella Fleming, Alice Lee, Maya Potvin, Mat-thew Knight, Marian Zhao, Bella Ding, Clinton Salamonsz, Joshua Salosagcol, Briar Takairangi, Zavier Donaldson, PJ Palmiano, Bella Duffy, Priya Nadan, Emalea Fisher, Minjeong Seo, Coco Morikawa, Vienne Caboteja, Jun Tey, Alyssa Pilkington, Natasha Brahne.

B ASKETBALL The basketball fees of $95 for semester two are now owing and need to be paid at the school office by

Friday 26 August. If the fees are not paid by this time your child will not be able to be included in a basketball team. Grading games are taking place over the next two weeks and the teacher in charge of basketball has informed students of their grading game times. After the grading games have finished, draws for the full semester will be available to download from the North Harbour Basketball website, www.harbourbasketball.co.nz.

N ZEI MEETING The NZEI and PPTA, the primary teachers’ unions, have called a stop work meeting for Friday 9 Sep-

tember at 1.30pm at the Nor th Shore Events Centr e. The meeting is to discuss proposed changes to the way schools are funded. School will finish for the day on 9th September at 12.45pm. The school bus will take students home that day at 12.55pm. If your child needs to stay at school until the normal finishing time, please let me know so I can arrange supervision for them.

A DIDAS FUN RUN Congratulations and a big thank you to all students for the money they raised for the purchase of sports

equipment for our school. The total raised was $2,331.51. The class which raised the most money was 1/2 with a total of $601.92. The student who raised the most money was Sarah Lockie from 1/2 with a total of $313.05. Well done Sarah and 1/2!

N ORTH HARBOUR REPS Congratulations to Robyn Hofmeyr and Tyler Dick-son who have both made North Harbour Waterpolo

representative teams.

113 Becroft Drive, Forrest Hill, North Shore City 0620 Ph 410 7805 Fax 410 7985 School email: wairauint@wairau.school.nz Board email: wairauboard@gmail.com

R OLLER MILLS Congratulations to Etiene Piere who has been selected in the North Harbour Roller Mills Rugby Team. The

Roller Mills rugby tournament is the oldest junior tournament in New Zealand, having started in 1925. Teams from Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, King Country, Waikato, Thames Valley, Coun-ties, Auckland North Harbour and Northland compete in the week long event. This year the tournament is being held in Ta-ranaki. We wish Etiene and his team all the best.

C ROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS The interschool cross country was held last week. All of our teams ran well, but special congratulations to

Etiene Piere who finished third in the Year 8 boys and Ben Ruscoe who finished fourth in the Year 8 boys. Both boys will represent North Harbour at the Auckland Champs.

P E INTENSIVE Training alongside our PE Intensive students yesterday at the Millennium Institute were members of the Harbour

Rugby team. Some members of the Silver Ferns were also there and posed for a photo with our students. Below are some photos.

W ESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Please note the following important enrolment dates for Westlake Boys High School:

Out of Zone & Out of Zone Priority 18 Aug (9am-4pm)** Out of Zone Applications Close 17 Sept Ballot Held 14 Sept Academic Assessment Day 19 Oct (9am-12pm) Sport Academy Day 19 Oct (1-3.30pm) Academic & Sport Catch-up Day 26 Oct ** Please note the times have changed

N EWSLETTER ADVERTISEMENTS We will shortly be having a new issue of our school’s newsletters printed. The newsletters will be used

throughout the year to keep our families and school community informed regarding school activities. The newsletters are to be financed through the support of advertisers whose advertise-ments will appear on the newsletters for a year. This enables the school to receive the newsletters free of charge. Should you, or anyone you know, like to place an advertisement on the back of our school’s newsletter, please contact Craig Neeve of Newsletters Unlimited, phone 817 3867 or email newsletters@xtra.co.nz. This is a great way to keep your busi-ness in front of the local community and also help our school.

S CHOOL DONATION Many thanks to those families that have already paid the school donation. Many schools charge fees for ICT, Tech-

nology classes, and other activities. We have resisted this trend, but do rely on the donation to help fund the many extra things we offer. Donations are $150.00 per child or $250.00 per fami-ly, payable at the school office or via internet banking. If pay-ing by internet banking, please enter “your child’s name, do-nation”. A receipt will be sent home with your child.

Our school bank account is: 12 3109 0011778 00 Grant Murray Principal

NORTH SHORE TRAMPOLINE CLUB North Shore Events Centre, Glenfield. Join us in these winter months for inside fun. We have after school clas-ses, recreational or competitive. Birthday parties availa-ble. Check out our website northshoretrampoline.co.nz. MAIRANGI BAY BADMINTON JUNIOR CLUB (ages 7-14). Meet Thursdays 5.30-7.00pm in the Bad-minton Centre, Bond Crescent, Forrest Hill. Free coach-ing available. Costs are $10 per visit or join from 1 Au-gust to 28 February for $125. See our website for more details or call Mel on 021 614 121. MUSIC TUTOR I am giving music lessons in piano and do this by home tuition, saving you travel. I am especially patient and encouraging! Phone or text Annie on 021 030 6436 WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Academy of Sport Holiday Coaching Programme: for Year & & Year 8 intermediate students. Coaching is offered in the following Academy of Sport codes: Bas-ketball, Cricket, Football, Rugby and Volleyball. On 26, 27 and 28 Sept from 8.30am-3.30pm each day. $125 per person.

2016 Term Dates: Term 3 25 July-23 Sept Term 4 10 Oct-15 Dec (Yr 8 students) 10 Oct-16 Dec (Yr 7 students)

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to the following students who have birthdays between 18 August and 1 September: Phoenix Koligi, Neihana Smith, Zane Lingard, Alen Bejarin, Matt Carey, Matauranga Broughton, Hayley Veiqaravi, Marcel Wiig

S CHOOL LEADERS’ CORNER Hi, we are Dylan and Paradise and we are the

school leaders from 1/2. We have responsibilities in the class and across the school. Some of these are running school assemblies, assisting with the collection of money and fund-raising in the school. We enjoy it and it’s lots of fun.