Term 4, Week 3 - Wednesday 29 October 2014 Dear parents and caregivers We have some important updates in the days ahead. New school plans: As we come toward the end of the year the Board of Trustees begin to evaluate the progress made in the current year and then plan for 2015. Next week the Board will be sharing the updated plans for the new school and Neill will share the plans for school organisation for the rest of the year and 2015. Staffing appointments: The Board are pleased to announce that Vic Hygate has been appointed Principal of Kumara School on the West Coast. Vic has a history going back 10 years with Waitākiri, Windsor and Burwood Schools having worked at all three since January 2005. While we are very sad to be losing Vic's knowledge, expertise and passion for our school we also recognise she is making an important career move. We wish Vic all the best in her new position. Last week the BOT appointed five staff for 2015: Sophie O'Rourke (nee Hawke) - Sophie worked at Windsor in 2013 Maaike Dirkze - currently a fixed term staff member at Wāitakiri Sarah Hook - currently a fixed term staff member at Wāitakiri Joshua Halkett - currently a fixed term staff member at Wāitakiri Rebecca Lamb - Rebecca is new to our school hailing from Otago The appointments committee congratulate the successful applicants and wish those who were unsuccessful all the best in the future. We also want to take the opportunity to thank those who have been part of Waitākiri, Windsor and Burwood Schools in the past who will be moving on at the end of the year. These people have played a key role in assisting our children to continue with great learning through the very difficult times over the last few years. Kind regards

Andrew Shipley Board Chair

Wetlands & River Campuses: phone: 03 383 2736

e-mail: office@waitakiri.school.nz

website: www.waitakiri.school.nz

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Log onto the link below. An interesting read regarding the latest research into homework: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/26/homework-an-unnecessary-evil-surprising-findings-from-new-research/

PICNIC WITH THE PRINCIPAL, WETLANDS

ROOMS 12 AND 2 LEARNING HEROES MORNING TEA WETLANDS

Room 12 Jarius, Jack, Timmy, Kayden and Andre (absent is Mikayla) Room 2 Megan, Ruby, Sophie, Shaoli, Taylah, Reuben

Nood Food Parent Education Evening Need ideas about how to make a litter-less lunch for the Nood Food picnic? The Rubbish Whisperer is holding a parent education evening to give practical advice on all aspects of litter-less lunches from shopping to dealing with leftovers. Find out what happens to our rubbish when we throw it away, discover alternatives to cling film and become confident in making a litter-less lunch. Available for purchase: Reusable Food Wrap, Sandwich Wraps and Produce Bags. Wednesday 12 November, 7pm @ River Campus Staffroom $5 per person Please confirm by emailing sarah.hook@waitakiri.school.nz

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Tuesday 28th October

Nood Food Newsletter

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Waitākiri Primary School is proud to be an Enviroschool. Our current focus is to promote

and encourage children to bring ‘NOOD FOOD’ . NOOD FOOD is food that is not wrapped in

gladwrap, foil packets, throw-away plastic bags or containers, foil packets or any packaging

that cannot be reused. Banana skin and orange peel is okay as they are biodegradable.

We have a rather ambitious goal of becoming a Rubbish Free school and your support with

this is really appreciated. For those of you who might be just beginning this journey we

have an education evening for parents on how to create Litter-Less Lunches with The

Rubbish Whisperer (aka Helen Rupp). She will run an evening course in Week 5 of this term

at a charge of $5 per parent. More information regarding this course will follow.

To help create some excitement with NOOD FOOD we will be running a whole school

competition to see which class has the highest percentage of NOOD FOOD lunches. This will

run for two weeks from Monday 3rd November – Friday 14th November. The winners (one

class from Wetlands and one from River) will be announced on Friday 21st of November.

They will each receive one very delicious and wrapper-free Crazy Spud to have at our NOOD

FOOD Picnic.

To follow on from this, you may have heard that we are running a NOOD FOOD Picnic on

Friday 21st November for all pupils to be held at the Wetlands Campus at 12:30pm, when

parents and family are welcome to attend. Children are invited to bring a wrapper–free

packed lunch from home to sit and eat with their buddies. There will be music, a mystery

guest and picnic games.

If you have any queries or wish to discuss ‘NOOD FOOD further, please email either Sarah

or Glennys. sarah.hook@waitakiri.school.nz glennys.hill@waitakiri.school.nz

Nga mihi,

Glennys Hill & Sarah Hook

170 Burwood Rd, Christchurch 8083 P: 03 383 2736 E: office@waitakiri.school.nz

HELP THE HOMELESS

PEOPLE OF

CHRISTCHURCH

FOOD DRIVE

REAL CHOICES CHALLENGE

On the 5th and 6th of November. We will be collecting from the River and

Wetlands Campuses at the front gates from 8:30 to 9:00 am

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST NEEDED

ITEMS: Multi pack snack items , Muesli bars , Fruit Juices , Home Baking , Bulk nuts , Raisins , Trail mix , Cuppa noodles , Breakfast cereal , Tinned dog food, Tinned meats, Fruits , Spaghetti , Baked beans , Stews, Soups, etc… all with pull tabs please. For more information, please check out this website www.homelessforchristchurch.com or on Facebook – Help for the Homeless, Christchurch.

SPORTS NOTICES CONGRATULATIONS Kyan in Room 2 was chosen to attend an invitation only corporate event held by Westpac to go to a Richie McCaw training session on Wednesday. Other rugby players who were there were Sam Whitelock, Ryan Crotty, Dominic Bird and Wyatt Crockett who had a station each to teach skills and do drills. Kyan was also allowed to take a friend so took Cole from Room 2 along with him.

And CONGRATULATIONS

Luke and Jacob were selected to represent Canterbury in the Canterbury U13 National Ice Hockey Tournament. They played a round robin tournament over 3 weekends against Auckland and Southern Region teams with the finals being held in Dunedin over Labour weekend. The final round the competition was a thriller with Canterbury taking home the silver medals. Congratulations Canterbury what an awesome effort – you have done Canterbury proud!!

RAWHITI TOUCH: All draws have been sent home with each player. These will also be on our school website under notices for you to keep checking. Year 5&6 teams there has been a team pull out of your competition - please check the new draw online for times and fields etc. ALL practices will be 30 minutes prior to your child's team game at their playing field. Please ensure you are there in plenty of time. A massive thank you to our year 6 boys who have kindly offered to coach some of the teams! You guys are awesome! Good luck.

SUMMER HAGLEY: What an awesome start to the summer season! Well done to all the kids who played on Friday...in the cold wind! You did us all proud! WETLANDS ATHLETICS: Hey it didn't rain!!! A chilly start to the day saw our Year 3, 2 & 1 kids running, jumping and throwing with a massive amount of determination! Their REAL CHOICE was to participate and conquer all...and that they did! Right throughout the day! It was a great day. What a talented bunch of athletes we have here at Waitākiri.

RIVER ATHLETIC SPORTS

The athletic sports for all Year 4 – 6 children were held last Tuesday in perfect conditions. There were lots of Learning Heroes and even the parents joined in for the final event, the file relay. Thank you to all the helpers who measured jumps, throws and judged the races. The North East Zone Athletics is to be held at Rawhiti Domain on Tuesday 18 November. Notices will be coming home later this week. ZONES ATHLETICS: Tuesday 18 November. Notices will be coming home this week from Mrs Hadfield. YEAR 3 & 4 COWLES MINIBALL BASKETBALL Draw for Thursday 30 October 3.30pm Waitākiri Mavericks v Bromley Breakers Court 2 3.30pm Waitākiri Breakers v Freeville Flyers Court 1 4.00pm Waitākiri Nets v Shirley Rockets Court 1 4.30pm Waitākiri Raptors v Queenspark Legends Court 2 4.30pm Waitākiri Celtics v Eastern Eagles Court 1 5.00pm Waitākiri Blues v St Pauls Hawks Court 2 5.30pm Waitākiri Lakers v Waitakiri Hornets Court 2

FROM OUR PTA DISCO !!! Friday 31 October (Halloween theme dress is OPTIONAL). Venue: Wetlands Hall Junior: 5.30pm to 6.30pm Senior: 7.00pm to 8.15pm Entry $2 per child Water provided Glow items, cookies and chips for sale on the night Entry for the junior disco will be at BOTH the front and back doors from 5.30pm. Entry for the senior disco will be the FRONT door only from 7.00pm. Important - no children will be allowed to leave the hall without a parent/caregiver, so please come into the hall to collect your child/children at the end of the disco. Pita Pit Pita Pit is offered as a lunch option at both Campuses every Friday. For more information on how to order, visit www.lunchonline.co.nz Trivia Quiz - Our School Project Do you like to challenge yourself with a bit of trivia? Our School Project offers a daily trivia quiz, where each correct answer raises funds for our school. The more people who play, the more funds we can raise – let’s get Waitākiri to the top of the leaderboard! www.ourschoolproject.org

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