March 16th 2017

Waihi East Primary School Newsletter Term ONE Week 7 16 March 2017

Mar 20 Mar 22 Mar 24 Mar 27 Mar 29 Mar 30 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 13 May 1 May 6 May 13

UPCOMING DATES

Assembly Room 7 & 9. 9am.

Waihi’s Beach Hop Warm Up Day. East School Triathlon.

Assembly Rooms 1 & 4. 9am.

Best Start programme. 1.30pm.

Duffy Role Model Assembly.

Assembly Rooms 2 & 3. 9am.

Thames Valley triathlon @ Cooks Beach.

Last day of term 1.

Cool kids afternoon.

Caught Behaving Intelligently $100 draw.

Term 2 starts.

Saturday Netball starts. Year 5-6.

Future Ferns starts. Year 1-4

WEEKLY NOTICES AND REMINDERS CELEBRATION ASSEMBLIES Because of swimming we have not been holding any afternoon assemblies.

Classes will be sharing their work at Monday morning assemblies this term.

20 March—Rooms 7 & 9 27 March—Rooms 1 & 4 3 April—Rooms 2 & 3 WAIHI EAST SCHOOL TRIATHLON Friday 24th March at our school - 12noon –2.30pm.

Year 1/2 distances Swim: 25m (2 lengths of school pool) Bike: 1 km (3 laps of bike track) Run: 500m (round front of school on footpath) Y3/4 distances Swim: 50m (4 lengths of school pool) Bike: 2km (6 laps of bike track) Run: 1km (round front of school, footpath to Kitchener St) Y5/6 distances Swim: 100m (8 lengths of school pool) Bike: 3km (9 laps of bike track) Run: 1.5km (round front of school, up Kitchener St & return)

We need lots of parent helpers to assist with marshalling, counting laps, helping with helmets and bikes, etc. Please let Rachael Coll know if you can help on the day, either phone the school office or text 021 555542.

BEST START WAIHI EAST SCHOOL We would love to invite you to attend our Best Start workshops, here at Waihi East School, aimed at delivering successful transitions to school for all New Entrant children entering our Junior School.

Our programme will look at 3 aspects of starting school, over 3 workshops/sessions.

We invite you to attend the session in our staff room, whilst your child enjoys some time getting to know their teacher and classroom.

SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH 2017 - Numeracy. 1.45pm-2.45pm DUFFY ROLE MODEL ASSEMBLY Sharon Holt is our role model. She is form Te Aroha and is an author, 2 of her books have been made into home readers and big books ... No Skipper and Skipper’s happy tail, ... they are about a big collie dog. She will be at school at 11.30 to talk to the pupils and will present each class with their box of Duffy books. The children will get 2 books each and hopefully will get their first and second choice.

THAMES VALLEY TRIATHLON Thames Valley Primary Schools Year 5 & 6 Triathlon Date: Tuesday 4th April 2017 Where: Cooks Beach Reserve, Banks St/Marine Parade.

Distances: Swim - 80m Bike - 4km Run - 2km Register at: Cooks Beach Reserve 9am-9.45am Briefing at: 9.45am, starting time: 10am Children who are interested have taken home letters with more information.

Please return these ASAP. Please see the office if you need another one.

BEACH HOP @ Waihi Wednesday 22nd March 2017 Some classes are interested in walking to town to check out the awesome cars and happenings downtown. We need parent helpers to ensure our ratios are suitable for this kind of class outing.

Your child's teacher will send a note home today for support with supervision..

SCHOOL BUS The school bus is not getting to East School until around 3pm from now on. Please DO NOT park in the Bus bay in the afternoons.

Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.

CHOCOLATE BAR FUNDRAISER Cholcolate sales are going well. Chocolate Easter eggs $1.50 each and chocolate bars $2.50.This is a fundraiser to help with offsetting camp costs. Please return any money and unsold bars or eggs (if you are having trouble selling them) to the office.

FOUND A Slazenger digital watch found by the new playground.

A pair of child’s prescription glasses in their case.

A BOP IT! Similar to the one in the picture.

COMMUNITY NOTICES FREE EAR CLINIC SERIVICE FOR CHILDREN The caravan will be at Waihi Central School, Moresby Avenue on 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

Growlink aka The Onion Place in Katikati delivers Fresh quality veges, fruit, eggs and pickles etc. to the school every Wednesday.

Order online at www.growlink.co.nz Use the code WAIHI EAST to get free delivery to school or $5 delivery to your home.

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.

YOUR BUSINESS COULD BE ADVERTISING HERE! 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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