27 October
2020 Waipara School
2 Loffhagen Drive, P.O. Box 11, Waipara 7447.Phone (03) 3146814 Fax (03) 3146815 Email: [email protected] Website: www.waipara.school.nz
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FUN IN THE SUN Ekea ka tiritiri o te moana te o tiritiri ka Ekea How some of the children children the of some How breaks! Creativity at its best! its at Creativity breaks! entertain themselves during their their during themselves entertain beingthebestwe can be ekeakatiritiri
The chocolate fish kindly donated by the PTA CANTERBURY SWIMMING have been awarded to: SPORTING EVENT Alice Hoban – showing perseverance in high jump Hamish McGuckin was Patrick Berry – improving his handwriting placed 25th out of 38 Sam Dingle – a beautiful description of wisdom given swimmers in his event at the to Mrs Love Canterbury Swimming Zanthia MacGregor – reading books from a higher Sports, which is pleasing browsing box considering he (and the Lily-Rose Varnam – wearing her sunhat at manual, other swimmers) have when the others chose not to! probably not been near Evelyn Cane – neat handwriting and being quick to water since Term One! Well finish done, Hamish! At least you Thomas Hawkins – being able to write 100s numbers got to swim at Canterbury. Selah Hingston and Izzy Page – welcome to Waipara Many others don’t! School Charli MacMillan – showing leadership and including others He manako te koura
Levi McNae – giving everything a go kore ai Joe Sidey – showing leadership in Tarata
Amiera Harmon – creating new friendships in Tarata
Aria Holland - pushing herself and being the best she Just wishing for can be something doesn’t Riley Girdlestone - working hard to improve his writing and to these wonderful community members and make it happen – you parents: have to work for it
Wendy Lyall – welcome to Waipara School
Congratulations and well done to you all.
THE MATHLETES TROPHIES WERE PRESENTED TO THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN FOR THE MOST POINTS EARNED DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS Kanuka – Lily-Rose Varnam and Levi McNae Tarata – Natalie Preddy – both weeks Harakeke – Hannah Kuznetsov and Maybellina Maaka Congratulations on winning the Mathlete trophies! WAIPARA SCHOOL PTA
The last meeting for the year of the Waipara School PTA A CHALLENGE FOR will be held on Tuesday 24 YOU Novembe r, 7pm in the Waipara Memorial Hall. All Help an animal feel welcome and please bring a plate of food to share. happy
WAIPARA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
IMPORTANT DATES TO DIARY FOR THIS TERM (these dates and others are on our website calendar) • Tuesday 27 October – Rangiora High School Orientation Day • Friday 30 October – Kahurangi Dance Company perform for us in the WMH at BOT Meeting 1.30pm – there will be no assembly The next meeting of the Waipara School BOT will be our on this day • Saturday 31 October – Amberley Strategic Planning meeting on Thursday 19 November, Show 6.00pm in Kanuka – all parents are welcome to attend. • Tuesday 03 November – Small The Board of Trustees members are: Victoria McGuckin, Schools’ Athletics event at Waipara Nathn Trethowen, Deb Dellaway-Curtis, Barbara School for Year 4 to Year 8 • Wednesday 04 November – McLean, Matt Ford, Scott Holland and Di Officer.
postponement date for the above • Thursday 05 November – whole school trip to the Isaac Theatre Royal to see the Matariki Glow Show • Friday 06 November – our five Enviroschools’ members to travel to Gore Bay with other Enviroschools’ members - Guy Making for the rest of the school, in the afternoon • Monday 09 November – manual finishes • Thursday 12 November – Pet Day • Monday 16 November – Kowai Athletics after school in Amberley • Friday 20 November – internet safety talk for Kanuka • Monday 23 – Combined Day with Waikari and Greta Valley Schools at Greta Valley School • Wednesday 25 November – Sports
Spectacular for Year 1-3 children in the term. last of end the at Day Omihi Domain (pp 01 Dec.) • Friday 27 November – Hurunui College Orientation Day • Wednesday 02 December – Grant Sutherland as part of our Fire Safety Safety Fire our of part as Sutherland Grant Canterbury Athletics at Nga Puna Wai with along hose the with fun having Sophie • Wednesday 09 December – Kapa Haka Culmination day at the Sefton Hall 9.30 – 10.30am • Friday 11 December – school finishes for 2020!!
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS Nominations have opened for the election of two parent representatives on our BOT. A nomination form will be sent home to parents this week. Nominations close at noon on Sunday 01 November, 2020. All other information you may need is contained on the nomination form. Isobel Whyte is the Returning Officer for this election.
RESPECT FOR SELF, RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
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WAIPARA SCHOOL OUT OF THIS WORLD (WOW) AWARD Jacob Givnan presented the WOW Award to Colton Berry for always having a smile on his face. Colton presented it to Sam Dingle for including Colton in his games. Congratulations Colton and Sam.
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SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS We were all polished for the school photographs last week. All photos can be viewed and purchased online when a keycode is sent home with your child a couple of weeks after photo day! Orders are then compiled and sent to the school J I think it is all self explanatory in the note coming home…….whenever that is…
TWO NEW CHILDREN INTO OUR SCHOOL Selah Hingston has joined Kanuka and is Year 8. She lives with her parents, Joanna and Bruce in Barnetts Road. Joanna attended Waipara School when she was a girl! Izzy Page has joined Harakeke and is in Year 3. Izzy lives with her mother, Racheal, in Barnetts Road too. Welcome to the Waipara School whanau! These two lovely ladies bring our roll to 57. Nineteen children in each class…..Due to the rising numbers in each class, we welcome Mrs Wendy Lyall, as a Teacher Aide into Tarata to give Miss Martin and the children in Tarata, a hand. Welcome, Wendy.
KAPA HAKA DURING TERM FOUR The average depth We had a great session with Matua Rihari Walker on Wednesday morning. He is teaching of the ocean is four us some new waiata and actions, in preparation for our Kapa Haka Culmination Day kilometres. to be held in the Sefton Hall on Wednesday 09 December. Come along to a session if you WAIPARA SCHOOL BOARD STRATEGIC wish – 9.30 – 10.30am, every second PLANNING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR FAMILIES Wednesday. TO FILL IN AND RETURN ATTACHED WITH THIS As part of the BOT’s strategic planning NEWSLETTER……..is a process, every three years, a roster for parents and questionnaire is sent out to community community members to offer members to assist the BOT in deciding the to help sell glow products for future direction of our school. This time has the Waipara School PTA at come around again. A letter and the our local Fireworks event questionnaire will be sent out to you, to during the evening of Friday have input into this important decision 06 November. On the making process. Responses are to be reverse side of that is a form
to return with the kind of pet back to the BOT by Friday 06 November. that your child will be This week a paper copy will be sent home with your child’s homework book – not bringing to Pet Day on glued in – single sheets of paper are not Thursday 12 November. good at getting home L Let me know if Please give this your consideration. We need your you need it sent again. help!
FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL HAS STARTED WITH A HISS AND A ROAR! Thus far in the competition, the Wildcats have lost to the RNLS Hawks and beaten the Rangiora Borough Blasters. The Rebels won against the Rangiora Borough Blazers and the Tuahiwi Tornadoes. May the best team win!
SMALL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS DAY AT WAIPARA SCHOOL TUESDAY 03 NOVEMBER This is for all children in Year 4-8 at Broomfield, Omihi and our school and what a wonderful spectacle it is in our school grounds! The children have been practising the skills of the events involved in this day – running, sprinting, shotput, discus, long jump, high jump and relays. Thanks to Bridget Ford for coming along to assist with shotput. The distance running component is practised in our fitness time in the mornings, so if children would like to bring their running shoes to change into for this, they are more than welcome. Three afternoons a week will be spent on practising the skills for the running, jumping and throwing events. The day starts at 9.30am with the distance race and then the children move around the events in Year level groupings. The day concludes at about 2.30pm, the relays being the final event of the day. The below timetable is draft whilst I await feedback from Omihi and Broomfield Fingers crossed for a sunny one.
SMALL SCHOOLS’ ATHLETICS TIMETABLE
Year Four Year Five Year Six Year Seven Year Eight
9.30 – 10.00 Distance Race for all children
Round 1 high jump long jump discus sprints shot put 10.00 – 10.45am
Round 2 shot put high jump long jump discus sprints 10.45 – 11.30am
Round 3 sprints shot put high jump long jump discus 11.30 – 12.15pm
LUNCH BREAK
Round 4 discus sprints shot put high jump long jump 12.35 – 1.15pm
Round 5 long jump discus sprints shot put high jump 1.15 – 2.00pm
2.00 – 2.20pm WAIPARA SCHOOL ENVIRO LEADERS TRIP TO PARIROA/GORE BAY ON FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBERRELAYS During this day, Riley Girdlestone, Charli MacMillan, Hamish McGuckin, Toby Coxon and Maia Moore are heading into Pariroa/Gore Bay with Mrs Willis and travelling with the Broomfield School contingent, on their school bus, to take part in an informative day experiencing a local hidden treasure, understanding why it is important, the threats to it and taking collective action for the environment. This day has been especially organised for these young environmentalists and was another of our activities postponed during lockdown! The children will be leaving school just after 9am and returning by 3pm.
Proposed Temporary Road Closure Church Road, Waipara
The Hurunui District Council has received an application from Waipara Fireworks Inc. Requesting the temporary closure of a portion of Church Road, from 4pm to 10pm, Friday Nov 6 2020 or Saturday Nov 7 if the event is postponed on the Friday night.
It is proposed to close the road from its intersection with Glenmark Drive to the Eastern boundary of the Waipara Cemetery. (Approx. 630 metres) This would mean no through traffic would be permitted through Church Road from Glenmark Drive or from the eastern end of Church Road for the duration of the display.
This closure is required to safely run the 2020 Waipara Fireworks Display at the Waipara Domain.
Any objections to the proposed closure will need to be lodged with the council by 12 noon Tuesday 20 October 2020
email: [email protected] post: Hurunui District Council, PO Box 13 Amberley 7441
Council will consider this application on Thursday 22 October 2020
This closure is proposed under paragraph 11(e) of the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974. The proposed closure will apply to all vehicular traffic with the exception of emergency services vehicles Waitohi Ag HUTCH TO GIVE AWAY Jenny Topp has a small hutch, suitable for chickens, rabbits or guinea pigs to give away. Jenny lives in the village and can be contacted on 021 022 32479. SCHOOL COUNCIL’S BLUE COLOUR DRESS UP DAY THIS THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER Our School Council members have decided to have their Colour Day this Thursday 29 October to raise money for BLUE STROKE DAY. Children may come to school dressed all in blue and bring a donation for this worthy cause. Stroke is the second largest killer in New Zealand, affecting about 9,000 people every year. All donations will be gratefully accepted and sent to Stroke Central.
WAIPARA SCHOOL AND GUY MAKING ON FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBER During the afternoon of Friday 06 November, the children are going to be involved in making guys to stand around the bonfire during the Fireworks evening. The children have been put into groups of three or four children and they will work together to create their guy. We are going to meet in our groups this week to decide what each child needs to contribute to make this happen, so your child will come home with a piece of paper advising of what is required. Please do not buy anything for this. If you don’t have what is on the list, please let us know. Some children can be very creative in their decision making as what could constitute a guy…. Old stuff is what is required. This needs to come to school on or before the day……
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