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Don’t forget to get your lawn mowers serviced, the grass is starting to grow!

Feed Back from Kaipara College– Re Assessment Test Results Congratulations to our 2018 graduate students! – awesome results (see table below). BOT chairman note—well done Chelsea Brown, this is a testament to how well our senior students transition to college.

Whanau Hui – Wednesday 18th 7pm – Guest Speaker Next week Dave Cooper will be discussing Muscle/joint development, Impact of competitive sport, the notion of gradual development to improve resilience with muscles and joints. Dave is at the fore front of discussions/developments across all sports – as well as being the physio at the other end when it all goes wrong. This will be a fascinating discussion and question/answer time. This is very current as we see more sporting codes pausing competitive comps till 14 years of age. Take a look at this link , a recent piece on TVNZ Sunday show.

Young Farmer Competition finalists Julie Croft ran the selection competition for Young Farmer last week and has selected the finalists, who will compete at AG Day. We have listed the finalists below;

Noah Medwin James Hill Darcy Jackson Nathaniel Boulton Hunter Taylor Gabriella Barton

Lamb Training To be honest I don’t have a clue!!! But I am assuming if

you have a lamb, then you should be walking it up and down ramps etc – getting it competition ready. Kerry tells me all the info on training is in the Information pack. Hopefully you all have one of these, if not ,see Kerry!

Keep the training up each day as we draw closer to AG Day (Friday 18th Oct). The more time spent with your lamb the better the bond. Remember to check out the video on Facebook to see what’s expected of you and your lamb in the ring on the day! All lamb registration forms must be back by Monday at the latest please.

Sip-swap-shop FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 6.30PM Have you booked your ticket yet? Pop to the school website and click on Sip Swap Shop 2019 A ladies clothing swap & fashion/beauty evening! Swap your good quality/gently worn clothing, accessories & jewellery for another shopper’s no longer wanted items. They don’t have to be designer items, just things you’d be happy to gift on to someone or you’d be willing to purchase second hand. Ideally we would like these dropped to the office prior to the event please! YOU WILL ENJOY: Unique swapping/shopping experience Entry into spot prize draws A complimentary glass of bubbly Minimum of three new-to-you items Light refreshments Freebies Tickets strictly limited $30 and a donation of 3+ items of quality clothing,

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have speeches and Sir Peter Blake award presentation.

Sickness Roll on Summer! We currently have a few cases of Strep throat and so please do have your child checked by a doctor if suffering with a sore throat. This infection spreads easily! From the Board of Trustees Diary

Next Board Meeting: Thurs 19th Sept Whanua Hui: Your Childs Developing Body (Dave Cooper - Physio) : Wed 18th Sept BOT Working Bee : Date to be advised The New Board have hit the ground running. They have undertaken a lot of training over the last few months to help them understand their roles and re-sponsibilities as Trustees. I, for-one, appreciate their time and efforts. As a Board we have been focusing a lot on Student Achievement (our highest priority). We appreciate our teachers (who often go above and be-yond their duty), and senior management. We have every confidence that they have your child's achieve-ment as their foremost priority. I have made it a per-sonal goal to try to understand their role. It's a tough gig but they all do it with passion and skill. As a parent I appreciate how we fret and worry and want the best for our children. Please continue to work with your teachers, (and senior management) talk to them, vol-unteer to help out in class. Together as a community we can achieve great things for our kids.

Art Centre - coming along nicely! We would like to recognise Nick Curnow and Karl Greenland who lev-eled out the area by the Art Centre BY HAND (this thank-you is long overdue fellas - apologies) and also Lee Larman, Larman Construction and Jared Thomson - who have given of their time and advice and expertise to help us finish the Art Centre.

footwear, jewellery or accessories Payment is by direct bank deposit. Once you have placed your order you will receive an email with bank details. Please note: – as alcohol will be served this is an R18 event – every effort has been made to cater for diversity how-ever we are unable to guarantee your clothing size/style preference will be available – printed tickets are not required, there will be a door list ENQUIRIES TO: friendsofwaitoki@gmail.com

Lost Shed Unfortunately we lost our temporary metal shed during the high winds (that’s why the loose parts equipment is on the deck) during the weekend. We will be trying to source a replacement over the next few weeks.

New Entrant Cubbyholes We will be replacing the bag hook system slowly with cubbyholes. I personally prefer cubbyholes, as they are safer and allow kids to store things like shoes and water bottles.

Skool Loop App Our School app now has over 110 subscribers, great to see! It’s a quick and easy way to keep you up-to-date with day to day notices, cancellations, emergencies etc. At the touch of a button you can notify us of absences, find our latest newsletter, check out our calendar, locate previous notices, contact us via phone or email and soon be able to send signed permission slips!! If your child is playing a sport don’t forget to click on the appropriate group to receive updates throughout the season. This is the way schools are heading now, paperless and fast!

See any other groups you wish to receive notifications from, feel free to select them. If you haven’t downloaded the app yet, just search for Skool Loop NZ in Playstore and follow the prompts to connect to our school. Prom-ise you won’t be sorry!!! We appreciate feedback so please let us know what you think.

Yummy Stickers All sticker charts to be included in this year’s promotion must be in by Monday 23rd September please!

Assembly Last day of term (Fri 27th Sept) early start of 1pm as we

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e-AsTTle averages for students tested starting year 9 in 2019

Previous School

Grand Aver-age

Helensville School

Average

Huapai District School

Average

Kaukapa-kapa

School Average

Parakai School

Average

Riverhead School

Average

Taupaki School

Average

Waimauku School

Average

Wainui School

Average

Waioneke School

Average

Waitakere School

Average

Waitoki School

Average

Woodhill School

Average Number of students 193 51 26 16 17 6 4 45 2 18 2 3 3

2019 Achieved 11 13 10 10 12 19 6 10 10 13 15 10 19

2019 Merit 11 10 13 10 11 11 16 11 17 10 11 9 17 2019 Excel-lence 9 8 11 10 8 5 12 12 8 8 7 19 1 2019 Not Achieved 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 4 3 - 2