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WAIHI EAST SCHOOL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 26/2015

26 August 2015

Kia ora, Our kura is a-buzz with the excitement of fundraising for a life pod, a capsule to support babies in need. You may have seen Ray Avery, the founder of Life Pods on TV. Ray will be at school on Tuesday 1st of September with the Seven Sharp crew to chat about what Life Pods are and how we can help countries in need. We are raising funds for possibly the first life Pod in NZ to be sent to Fiji. Please get behind us by supporting our Greatest Love mufti day this Friday and heart cookie bake sale. Children can dress as something they love– now that should be interesting!

A huge thank you to Alex for her flexibility in changing our school disco to Thursday 3rd of September 5-6.30pm. This date change is a reflection of making sure our school staff have a good work/home balance. As you know our staff work massive hours to support our tamariki. My job as Principal is to ensure that they have whanau time. By holding our discos on a Thursday, staff spend time with their loved ones and also ensures staff are on site during these events to support any tricky situations. I know a number of whanau have put their name down to help, more assistance is required. Please be a supporter which will lead to a fun event for all participants. Again I will reinforce the ‘come to dance’ rule, egg burgers who run around will be spoken to by staff.

Winter sport is coming to a close. A huge thank you to Katie, Will and Tessa for your contribution to soccer, Sharon S, Sharon P, Leann, Paula, Rosemary and Tara for netball. Our new sports are upon us, a huge thank you to Robbie for hockey and Shar for mini ball. Tracey is also doing an amazing job training our gym students. Robbie has also facilitated the amazing CSI computer programme after school for many. On behalf of the Board of Trustees I thank you all for this contribution.

The Winter Sports tournament was an awesome outing for our students. Congratulations to our netball teams for their first placings. Well done to all other participants. Phil, Sharon P and Lynette were proud of your achievements and how you represented our school with not only grit but manners and a sense of fair play.

Waihi certainly has talent! Congratulations to Evah Carey for her first placing and mega $1000 prize money for our school. Congratulations to our past pupils Nyah and Josaye Frew for also winning their section. What a stunning outcome for our talented tamariki.

Nga mihi nui Emily (ehargreaves@east.school.nz)

School Notices AGRICULTURE DAY—Monday 2 November This year Waihi East School’s Agriculture Day will be held on Monday 2nd November. Group Day will be on Friday 6th November at Waimata School. Registration forms are now available at the office. We also have bottles of Animal Health Tonic kindly donated

by Agri-Sea NZ. Make sure to collect your free bottle when you hand in your registration form.

CUPCAKES FOR SPCA Woo hoo! Together we raised $247 for the SPCA. This money will go a long way towards helping animals in need. Thanks Waihi East School whanau.

SCHOLASTIC ISSUE # 5 Scholastic orders close this Friday August 28th. All orders and payment to the office.

HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE To date we have received 26 forms back. Please return these surveys to school and have your say.

READING TOGETHER WORKSHOP Do you want to know how to make reading at home with your child a positive and fun time? Pop into the Waihi Library. Nik Laing will give you some tips to help you feel more confident reading together with your little ones at home. Thursdays 1.45-2.45pm. Starting this Thursday 27th August and running for three weeks.

YUMMY STICKERS We need to send away all our yummy stickers at the end of this term to exchange for some free sports gear. Can we please have all your stickers brought into school by the end of September.

SCHOOL DISCO We are looking for a great team of helpers to assist with next week’s disco—food sales, cleaning, set-up etc. Does this sound like you? Please let Alex or the office know if you are willing and able to help.

GYMSPORT FESTIVAL Tuesdays 8.15am-8.50am.

Tuesdays 12.40-1.25pm.

Wednesdays 12.40-1.25pm.

Competition date 31st August. Held at Waihi College Gym. Entries due by 17th August. Thanks to those already entered.

Tracey has been training the team and will need help with transport on the day to get to and from Waihi College.

A parent helper is also needed for on the day. Please let the office or Tracey know if you can help.

Practices:

KAPAHAKA TUTOR Our School needs a new Kapahaka tutor. Our tutor needs to be fun, firm, fair and kind, have lots of enthusiasm, and the ability to lead our beautiful tamariki in waiata and dance. This is a paid position for 1.5 hrs a week. Time can be negotiated and will require a police check. If this sounds like you we invite you to write a letter of interest outlining your skill set, experience and availability.

AFTER SCHOOL TURF HOCKEY DRAW for next week 1st September 2015 4.00pm East 1 v Beach 4.30pm East 2 v Waikino YEAR 6 VISIT TO WAIHI ACADEMY Our Year 6 students have the fantastic opportunity to attend the Waihi Academy’s Outdoor Education Teachers Day on Friday 25th September. Details as follows: Time: Cost:

9.00—2.30PM FREE (includes lunch and materials)

All year 6 students have received a letter to bring home outlining the details. Please complete and return these to the office ASAP. This is a super fun day which is not to be missed. Please note: This event falls on our Cool Kids afternoon. If a Year 6 student is at the academy and they are drawn as the winner of the $100 term draw, the money will be held for them in the office—they will not miss out on their prize for being off-site.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Congratulations to Evah C, Winner of the junior section of Waihi’s Got Talent last Friday. Well done Evah!

WAIHI BEACH SCHOOL’S BEATS & PLEATS WEARABLE ARTS & INSTRUMENTS PERFORMANCE Waihi Beach School are holding a ‘Beats & Pleats’ Wearable Arts & Instruments show on Wednesday 16th September at 10am. $2 per person. For more information: Waihi Beach School: 863 5704 or e-mail: admin@waihibeach.school.nz COUNTDOWN KIDS HOSPITAL APPEAL The staff of Countdown Waihi are organising a fundraiser walk to raise money for the Children’s Wards in 11 different hospitals.

The walk will go from Countdown Waihi to the Waikino pub (8.1kms) on Saturday October 3rd. Countdown are encouraging as many people as possible from our community to join in. The cost will be $5 per person. We will meet in the Countdown car park at 12pm and start the walk at 12.30pm. A free sausage sizzle will be provided at the end. Transport can be arranged back into town. There is also a donation page if anyone would like to donate.

Any help is much appreciated. http:// www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/CountdownWaihi/

On Sunday Izzy rode at the final day of the "Waikato Equestrian Centres Winter Dressage Series" . Her section "The McKenna Brothers Stables Junior Topscore" was open to all under twelves on ponies. Each pony/rider combination rode two tests on each of the four days throughout the series. Rosettes are given to the first six in each test and points awarded according to placings. On the final day the points are tallied and sashes awarded . Izzy competed two ponies and finished 2nd on one and 5th on the other . She also came 4th overall in " Pony mare topscore" which was for all pony mares across the entire competition. Well done Isobel!

Waihi East School has a new fundraising project!

Parenting by the Stars is an exciting parenting book for New Zealand parents and caregivers at all stages of parenting. From pregnancy and birth to toddlers and those tricky teenage years over 65 well known New Zealanders share their parenting tips, tricks, candid and amusing stories as well as family photographs and favourite family recipes in a 225 page paperback. This book is a great read for all New Zealand families and is the perfect gift for anyone having a baby.

Contributors include Nadia Lim, Michael Campbell, Bernice Mene, Sir Ray Avery, Sir Peter Leitch, Toni Street, Rawdon Christie, Nicole Whippy, Jaquie Brown, Nigel Latta, Diane Levy, Lady Pippa Blake, Dame Trelise Cooper, Ben Boyce, Temepara George, Stephen Bell/Youthline, Jeremy Corbett and many more!

We’re able to sell the book for $20 (it currently retails at $24.99) and we will get 40% of all books sold, that’s $8 a book! You can pick up a copy of Parenting by the Stars from the school office – available now!

LEARN TO SWIN AT GOLDFIELDS SCHOOL POOL TERM 4 In Paeroa, Swimming Waikato are running a ‘Swimming for Life’ programme at Goldfields School Pool in Term 4, 2015 and Term 1, 2016.

The programme is designed to progress swimmers through the levels from babies right through to intermediate aged children.

Registrations for Term 4 lessons are being welcomed now. Time slots as follows: Wednesday: 2-6PM Saturday: 9-12.30PM Sunday: 10-12.30PM For more information or to book lessons please contact: Nanette Felton, Swimming Waikato Administrator nanette@swimmingwaikato.co.nz Ph. (07) 838 3633

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