Feb 9th 2017

Waihi East Primary School Newsletter Term ONE Week 2 2017 8 February 2017

UPCOMING DATES

Feb 10 Feb 13-17 Feb 14 Feb 15 Feb 16 Feb 16 Feb 17 Feb 20 Feb 22 Feb 24 Feb 27 Feb 28 Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 15 Mar 24

Life Choices starts.

Yr. 5-6 Camp Rotorua Room 6 & 8 Mine Visit.

Room 7 Mine Visit.

Room 5 Mine Visit. 9.30am.

Room 9 Mine Visit. 11am.

Room 1 & 4(yr 4) Mine Visit.

Returned Consent Forms Draw.

Yr. 0-2 Bullswool Farm Trip.

Rippa Rugby Starts.

Electives Start.

Yr. 3-4 Waimarino Trip.

Yr. 3-4 Hamilton Zoo Trip.

Best Start Programme.

Waihi Cluster Swimming.

Best Start Programme.

East School Triathlon.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FAMILIES! NAU MAI, HAERE MAI WELCOME

We would like to warmly welcome our newest students and their whānau.

Josh — Room 1 Ana — Room 1 Ryder — Room 9 Rehqwarn — Room 3 Lisa — Room 3

SUSHI

We are trialling a new day for sushi lunches.

MONDAY All orders to the office on Monday morning before 9am.

WEEKLY NOTICES AND REMINDERS POWHIRI Wow! What a fantastic powhiri, especially this early in the year. Our tamariki did us all so proud. Thank you to all of our new whanau who came along and supported this process.

Well done to Tyler, Joseph, Tiare, Alize, Nicky and Laine who all led our school powhiri with tenacity, courage and pride. Nga mihi nui koutou (huge thanks/praise to you).

UP AND COMING EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Most students are going to be attending some form of extra curricular activity in the coming weeks. Please make sure you have paid for these as soon as possible or contacted the office to let us know how you will pay.

As you will be aware the government DOES NOT fund at high enough levels to cover all the costs of extra curricular activities. However as a school we do budget and fund raise to subsidise most excursions and trips. This does mean we ask parents for a contribution towards the activities. We are aware that this is an expensive time of year for everyone right on the back of Christmas and summer holidaying, however we love to see all students taking part, so if you are having trouble making ends meet please contact us at school so we can make arrangements.

Quite often we have families contributing extra to help out other families, there are always options.

YEAR 5 & 6 LAKES RANCH CAMP We're all on track for a fantastic week in Rotorua at Lakes Ranch. Keep an eye out for extra information via email, text and newsletters for updates.

There is a parent help meeting TODAY 5.15pm in Rm 2. Please feel free to come along.

We need a few more trailers (caged if possible), ratchet tie-downs, and adults or kids mountain bikes (which will be returned earlier in the week), if anyone would be able to lend it to us for the week. Please let the office or Rachael Coll know.

YEAR 3 & 4 SURF N TURF This is coming up fast - exciting times ahead for us all!

We are holding a parent information afternoon on the 22nd of Feb at 3.15pm in the staffroom .If you cannot attend be sure to catch up with Briar via email or come in for a chat. Camp notices went home on Wednesday 8th.

CLASS TRIPS Please ensure all forms are sent back to school asap, for: Mine Trip next week, Room 1,5,6,7,8,9,via classroom teacher.

Bullswool farm Trip - Week 4, for Year NE,1 and 2. Rooms, 5,6,7,8,9.

Surf n Turf - Year 3 and 4, Room, 4,5,1,9 YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP DAY Sharlene from Project Energize is holding a Y6 Leadership Day at the Waihi Events Centre for our selected students on Friday 24th February. Students will gain valuable team and leadership skills including; cooperation, communication, trust and respect - while having fun working with other leaders from Waihi schools!

CHROMEBOOKS Chromebook forms are coming home today for all year 3 students and the year 4, 5 & 6 students who don’t have already have a Chromebook. If you would like

WEEKLY NOTICES AND REMINDERS cont...

BEST START PROGRAMME FOR NEW ENTRANTS If your New Entrant child has enrolled this term, or will be enrolling this term, please contact Briar about securing your place in our awesome workshops.

Best start Waihi East Week 6 Wed 8 March 9-10am — About our school.

Week 7 Wed 15 March 11.30 — Literacy learning and helping your child.

Week 8 Wed 29 March1.45-2.45 — Maths Learning and helping your child.

Contact Briar on bfrew@east.school.nz or 863 8693.

ANNUAL CONSENT FORMS Attached is an Annual Consent Form seeking your permission for a number of school activities.

During the school year, pupils of Waihi East School participate in class and school trips.

We often seek your permission for various school activities and sometimes have difficulty getting notices and letters back from some children. Therefore we ask parents to complete an Annual Consent Form. All trips/activities will comply with Waihi East School’s Education Outside the Classroom Policy [this can be sited at the office]. Consent for overnight/out of district trips will still be required. Notification of all class trips will be made in advance. This notification will be in the school newsletters or separate notice.

All consent forms returned by Monday 20th February will go in the draw to win a $25 Lucky BookClub voucher.

YEAR 5/6 RIPPA RUGBY This is at East School starting on Wednesday 22nd February, from 3.30 - 5pm. Notices will go out to students who are interested today, please fill out and return before this Friday, as we will be at Camp next week. We're looking for parents or family members to coach our teams, in preparation for the Rippa Rugby tournament in Waihi on 10th May. YEAR 5/6 HOCKEY/VOLLEYBALL Waihi College is running after school Turf hockey and volleyball for year 5 & 6 students.

Hockey is on Tuesdays at the college turf starting 21st February for 8 weeks. No cost. Mouth guards compulsory!

Volleyball (6 aside) is on Fridays at the events centre starting 24th February for 8 weeks. $5 per player to cover gym hire.

Please see Miss Jones if your child is interested in playing either of these sports.

MUSIC TUITION 2017 Professional and fun filled lessons by registered music teacher Mrs.Wella Tasma.

Lessons at school during school hours.

For info and enrolment pick up a form from the school office.

LOST PROPERTY We have 3 black rubbish bags of lost property from last year in the office. There is clothing (not uniform), shoes, lunch boxes and drink bottles. These bags will be going to a 2nd hand shop in 3 weeks if not claimed before then. Please see Sharon in the office if you would like to sort through these.

SCHOOL INFORMATION INFORMATION ON YOUR CHILDREN The school keeps certain information on your children and it is most important that we are updated if any of the following details change: Phone no’s, address, email, doctor, medical problems, change of caregivers, emergency contact (which we use if we cannot get anyone at home). Please call into the office or send a note with any changes. We have enclosed the information we have on your contact details. Please contact the office if it requires updating.

HEALTH MATTERS AND ALLERGIES Parents are asked to write a note or speak with the child's teacher if there are health matters or allergies such as bee stings that may seriously affect your child. Wherever necessary, medication, named and with full instructions affixed, will be kept in the locked medical cupboard at school. The school needs a medication consent form for any child that staff may have to administer medication to. If your child is one of these, see Sharon in the office. Parents of children who have grommets in their ears or who have ear infection problems are asked to discuss problems associated with swimming with the teacher. In such cases tight fitting bathing caps can be a partial solution. [Any wounds should be covered for swimming].

UNIFORMS At Waihi East our expectation is school uniform to be worn. Clothing may be supplied if your child is often out of uniform. Remember our bottoms are to be black, navy or denim, minimum of mid thigh in length.

Please name ALL uniform, togs, towels, shoes and lunch boxes for ease of returning to the correct student.

PAYMENTS We realise that money can be a wee bit tight at this time of year. To make the start of year slightly easier, the administration team can help you set up an automatic payment.

Our bank account number for all payments is 031575 0042679-01. Eft-pos is also available.

SWIMMING Instruction has commenced and we expect every child to take part in the daily lessons unless they are medically unfit. In such cases parents are asked to send note.

Swimming is fun, a life skill and a great way to cool down in this hot weather.

EX STUDENTS DONATE $$$ TO CAMP A HUGE Thank you to Meg and Maisie T who have run a fundraising cake stall over the summer holidays to help to send a student, who is having trouble making ends meet, to our senior camp this year

SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS—THURSDAYS Thursday is school newsletter day and a newsletter is issued every Thursday - ask your child for it each Wednesday or check it out on our school website. Usually school newsletters are given to the eldest child in a family or the only child going to East School. These newsletters are the main means of communicating with parents and I would ask that parents read them carefully. Quite often a reply slip is attached and it is most helpful if we get an early response to such requests. Many thanks! We appreciate the support of those who pay for adverts on the newsletter. Please support them with your patronage. If you would like your newsletter emailed to you please email Sharon in the office.

PUPIL ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL So there are no doubts as to a child's whereabouts, parents are asked to inform the school whenever their child is going to be absent. If the child is away for several days it is only necessary to let the school know on the first day of absence. It is still appropriate to send a note of explanation or make contact with the teacher after a lengthy absence. On the first day of absence the school can be notified in either of the following ways: 1) by telephoning - 863 8693 2) by sending a note to the child's teacher via another child.

3) sending a text to 021 0258 4817 Sharon or another staff member will take the message and note it on a form that is circulated to all classes by 9.30am each day.

Note: It is a legal requirement for schools to be advised of children's absences.

STAFF EMAIL ADDRESSES Room 1; rmcgougan@east.school.nz Room 2; rcoll@east.school.nz kdesforges@east.school.nz Room 3; kjones@east.school.nz Room 4; tstevens@east.school.nz Room 5; bfrew@east.school.nz scannell@east.school.nz

Room 6; ckneebone@east.school.nz Room 7; jfletcher@east.school.nz Room 8; mjohansen@east.school.nz Room 9; gdavis@east.school.nz Principal; principal@east.school.nz Office; office@east.school.nz

KIDS’ WORK

COMMUNITY NOTICES FREE EAR CLINIC SERIVICE FOR CHILDREN The caravan will be at Waihi Central School, Moresby Avenue on Friday March 3rd and Friday 7th April 2017. 9.30-12 and12.45-1.30pm. Visit the ear nurse for advice on Glue ear assessment and management, Wax/foreign body removal, Grommet checks and treatment of discharging ears.

All children must be accompanied by a caregiver. For enquiries regarding this service please contact 07 838 3565.

Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life?

Child, Youth and Family are currently looking for people in this area who can offer safe, caring, stable homes for young people in need of short term care, time out over weekends and/or holidays, or a home for life.

Our team will support you to understand and manage the challenges of fostering a young person, and we will be there with you to celebrate the successes.

You may be surprised; you could be just the right person to offer your care to a young person who needs you!

If you are interested in finding out more, or know someone who may be interested, or if you think you might be able to help in some other way then we would love to hear from you!

Please call Johnson Taoho, Care Services Manager, on 07 957 4740 or email johnson.taoho001@cyf.govt.nz

‘LIFE CHOICES’ opt in form We have a CRE* team starting a weekly program from February 10th (this Friday). The programme teaches children about the bible and Christian beliefs (whilst accepting that there are other beliefs), learning to understand the way we live by our beliefs and helping the children develop their own beliefs and values. The programme reinforces the values taught in our curriculum, like respect, excellence, fairness and honesty. It’s a fun half hour program including songs and/or games!

The programme runs on Fridays 12 noon-12.30pm and will be supervised by a staff member.

We encourage you to fill in this form and return to school to allow your child/children to go to the ‘Life Choices’ programme. If your child is misbehaving or not engaging in the learning they will be removed from the programme.

Child/children names ……………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………

I wish my child/children to attend the “Life Choices” programme.

Parent/Caregiver name……………………………………………………………...

Signature……………………………………………………………………………… *CRE – Christian religious education, the team is Barbara Thomas and Kathy Ellison.

THANKS TO OUR GREAT SUPPORTERS We are selling Advertising for this page again this year. Solid ads (no changes) will be $180 for the whole year and editable ads will be $200. Income from the ads will be used to support the Duffy Books in homes programme that we have at Waihi East school. Please see the office if you are interested in placing an ad on the back of our weekly newsletter.

DUFFY BOOKS IN HOMES Waihi East School is lucky to be a Duffy school. We appreciate all our sponsors.

Each year over 100,000 students take ownership of 650,000 brand new books an extraordinary amount that continues to enhance literacy skills as our Duffy kids grow into adults who inspire a love of reading in their own children.

Principal: Zac Taylor Ph:07 863 8693 Mob: 021 0258 4817 Email: principal@east.school.nz www.waihieast.school.nz Our mailing address is:

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