Term 4, Week 5 – 15 November 2018

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula vinaka, Fakatalofa, Fakaalofa atu, Kia orana!

We have 15 more days of school left! I find this both exciting and scary, there seems so much to complete before the end of the year and yet there are so many great achievements to celebrate. As part of our end of year celebrations, we are holding a Cultural Extravaganza on Friday 7 December. This will be a brilliant night where all students will perform and there will be plenty of food vendors. We are even putting down a hāngī! We still need some support on the night to serve the hāngī if you are available to help between 4:30pm and 7:00pm please email principal@waitakiri.school.nz

Thank you so much to all the people who help to make Waitākiri such a special place. A special thanks to the Board of Trustees and the PTA. We really appreciate all the support! We are holding a Parent Helper morning tea on Tuesday 11 December at 10:30am as a small thanks from the staff.

The junior athletics was a great success! Thank you again for your support. Congratulations to the seniors who made it through to the Canterbury Triathlon today and the Canterbury Athletics next week. Best wishes, go well!!

Take care as we move into the festive season.

Malo, Ngā mihi

Andrew Barker Principal

LEARNING HEROES Some Windsor students (pictured right) had a celebration with Mrs Malham, Deputy Principal, last week for being REAL heroes in and out of their studio. Well done to our some of our newest children at school!

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Congratulations to the learning heroes from Ruru Studio (pictured left) who had a REAL hero celebration and game of Gaga Dodgeball with Mr Barker last week.

Congratulations to the Haurora Achievers (pictured right) from Korimako Studio for being selected REAL Heroes last week. They were outstanding students in their studio and also had a game of Gaga Dogeball with Mr Barker.

FOR ALL YEAR 6 CHILDREN Year 6 Leavers Celebration

For our Year 6 students who will be leaving Waitākiri at the end of the year Wednesday, 12 December 6.00pm in the school hall

Students who have achieved their Pounamu will be presented with these All welcome!

Plus a fun night for Year 6 children provided by the PTA

Year 6 PTA Ice Skating evening Tuesday, 11 December 6pm – 8pm at Alpine Ice

No cost to attend, no siblings please, please bring a plate of food to share

FOR YEAR 4 & 5 CHILDREN REAL Challenges Celebration

Year 4 & 5 students who have completed their Home Learning Challenges will be presented with their end of year award on Thursday 6 December 2pm in the school hall

All welcome!

CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA Each studio will be performing an item with a multi-cultural theme, as well as the Kapa Haka, dance crew, choir and rock band. All are welcome to see our tamariki perform. There will be food vendors on site to purchase dinner and our CHOICE café will be open, or bring your own picnic. There will be an update coming out this week via email and Flexibuzz – keep an eye out for it! Thank you.

ENVIRO STALL Last few weeks to come and buy fantastic Christmas gifts or items for your lunch box or summer picnic.

We have:

Large beeswax wraps, $8 each for 2 for $13

Stainless steel straws (made locally) – large $5.50, small $4. Buy 4 and get a free cleaner!

Wooden rulers - $1

Beeswax lip balms - $5 – in scented and plain Shop locally at your friendly Enviro Stall each Friday morning outside the CHOICE room, 8.30am – 8.55am. Thank you, Sasha

JUMP JAM COMPETITION Massive congratulations to our community

Jump Jam teams for your awesome efforts at

the lunchtime competition on Monday.

Rangi Team Awards:

– The most in time team

– Strong movements – Lily B

– Great smile on stage – Zoe C

– Biggest personality on stage – Daisy

Wai Team Awards:

– Team with the most energy

– Biggest smile – Kialah

– Team commitment – Leon

– Best performer – Payton

Whenua Team Awards:

– Most committed team

– Best performer – Sislia

– Most personality – Indigo

– Most focussed performer – Cooper G

Also, well done to those in the audience who were given a spot prize for supporting their team and

joining in with the performance at the end. It was fantastic to see so many REAL encouragers and

achievers!

2019 Café Barista Position Available

We are looking for a Barista in our CHOICE Cafe for 2019. If you are fun, motivated, enjoy dealing with the public and would love to make coffees and hot chocolates for our parents, staff and visitors – then this could be the job for you! Full training will be given for the right person. Hours are 8am – 10am, Monday to Friday term time only.

If you are interested or know of someone who may be, please send your CV with two contactable referees to office@waitakiri.school.nz. Applications close Thursday 6 December at 3pm.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY UNIFORM COLLECTION Order Waitākiri School uniform at http://orders.alymaclean.co.nz/waitakiri

Order by 12noon Tuesday 22 January 2019 Collect from the school office 9am - 3pm on Friday 25 January and Monday 28 January 2019

Order by 12 noon Tuesday 29 January 2019 and orders will be given to your child to bring home on first day of term 31 January 2019.

REAL CHALLENGE THANK YOU Thank you to everyone who supported our “Guess how many animal biscuits in the jar” outside the CHOICE room last week.There were 158 bisuits in the jar and we had three joint winners who all guessed 150! Congratulations to Maya, Nicole and Makayla who all had the closest guess. We raised $53.60 for Willowbank – thank you to everyone who had a guess. from Sabrina, Sienna, Maddie, Amber, Savannah and Kayla

WAITĀKIRI SCHOOL OSCAR PROGRAMME

Enrolments are now open for the Dec 2018 and Jan 2019 Holiday Care

WE ARE OPEN from Tuesday 18th Dec 12.30pm until Friday 21st Dec 2018

Wednesday 9th Jan until Wednesday 30th Jan 2019

please contact Amanda for bookings – bookings close Friday 7 December 2018 amanda.murray@waitakiri.school.nz

PTA NEWS

Waitākiri Primary School Silent Auction A reminder that we are running a Silent Auction next week from 3rd-7th December and at the school Cultural Extravaganza night on Friday 7th December. The money raised will go towards subsidising swimming lessons and end of year events. Many businesses have supported the school and the goods/services have a combined face value of over $4,000. Below are the items that will be available to bid on (photos and more details about the items will be given at the auction):

Six vouchers of one month free karate class passes (twice a week attendance, t-shirt and joining fee) over $100 value each - SMA Karate

One day work (8 hours) of electrical labour $480 value - Glover Electrical LTD $300 of plumbing labour - iplumb Three 30 minute facial and consultations $90 value each - Caci Riccarton Black frame Ray Ban sunglasses $225 value - OPSM The Palms Two $100 Nursery Vouchers $100 each - Ouruhia Nursery Professional house carpet clean $200 value - The 8th Wonder Cleaning Company Wheelbarrow 90L value approximately $200 Pharmacy gift pack $150 value - Unichem Prestons Pharmacy 100cm nest swing $149 value - Kiwiplay Frendz on Papanui hairdresser voucher $100 value - Frendz on Papanui New World $100 gift card - New World Prestons One hypnotherapy session $95 value - Mind Garden Hypnotherapy Scholastic book sets - Dork Diaries Collection $72, Diary of a Wimpy Kid $99, The World of

David Williams $80, Tom Gates $65, Diary of a Minecraft Zombie $48, The Extra Crunchy Ultimate Collection of Captain Underpants $59

Taiora/QEII 6 hydroslide passes and 6 pool admission passes $72 value - Christchurch City Council

One Zumba 10 class pass $70 value - Zumba FX Christchurch One mini group pass to Hanmer pools $60 value - Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa Two packs of three child passes to Orana Park value $27.50 for the three passes - Orana

Wildlife Park Two Waitakiri School polar fleeces $40 value each - Aly Mclean Flax $50 voucher - Flax Bar and Eatery Silver Dollar Bar and Restaurant $50 voucher - Silver Dollar Bar and Restaurant Bunnings $50 gift card - Bunnings Girls pink dress (size 6) $45 value - Little Bo Pippy Four movie passes to Reading Cinema The Palms value $44 - Reading Cinema The Palms One 500g Vege Pea Protein $32 value Zuijo ‘Mind & Body’

Bids will be collected outside the CHOICE Room before and after school from Monday to Friday next week and at the Cultural Extravaganza (closing at 7pm). The highest bid will be the winner of the item and they will be contacted via email to organise payment and collection of the item. If you have any questions about the Silent Auction, the best contact is to the PTA email waitakirischoolpta@gmail.com and someone from the PTA who is overseeing this will be in touch with you. Many thanks. Lee Chapman, Waitākiri Primary School PTA Treasurer

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Chisnallwood PTA As you begin your time associated with Chisnallwood, the PTA would love to meet you. Currently the PTA has three active members. As an intermediate PTA it runs somewhat differently than your current primary school PTA so we would love to welcome you to our team. We attend discos helping sell lollies and glow sticks once a term, and also attend the open night and year 8 formal. We meet termly or when needed and our main roll is to be seen at events and assist the staff with numbers. We have organised one fundraiser for the year in recent years and it is a great way to hear what is going on at Chisnallwood behind the scenes forming great relationships with staff. Please contact us on either, pta@chisnallwood.school.nz or on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/ChisnallwoodPTA/

Thanks, feel free to contact us and we will answer any questions you may have.