East School Newsletters term 3 2013. 21 August 2013. | Page 2

WAIHI EAST SCHOOL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 13/25 21st August 2013 Kia ora Wahoo the zoo trip was one happening event this week. Children returned to school full of excitement after an awesome adventure at the zoo. A huge thank you to our teachers, support staff and parents who made sure children came home with beautiful memories. Our thanks also to our insightful Board of Trustees who paid for the transport. The road trip in itself was super cool for our tamariki. Sadly, I was unable to attend this event as I was number crunching our achievement data for our Board of Trustees and Ministry of Education. In saying this, I can’t wait to share our data and the next teaching steps to make sure our children are getting the best education possible. Tomorrow I head away to Hamilton to visit the Ministry of Education and view schools. I have been invited to the Ministry to discuss the exciting initiatives happening at Waihi East School and their impact on achievement for our tamariki. It is lovely to be identified as a successful school and I look forward to sharing the Waihi East School experience with others. Visiting schools is always important as well. I will be a magpie, checking out new initiatives and bringing them back to the Team for possible implementation. Lastly my congratulations to Phil and Briar who have been made permanent teachers at Waihi East School. Both teachers make a significant impact at our school and it is great to have them employed in this capacity instead of a year by year contract. Nga mihi nui koutou Emily ([email protected]) MATHETHON Thanks to all those students who have returned their sponsor sheet and money. Please bring your sponsor sheets back to school as soon as possible. ZOO TRIP A Huge Thank You to all the parents who helped on the zoo trip on Tuesday. What a fantastic Day! SAUSAGE SIZZLE We have five students( Dylan L, Bradley R, Crystal D-M, Nikita T and Connor T) heading to the New Zealand National tournament for Inline hockey in the September holidays. To help them with their costs getting to New Plymouth they are holding a sausage sizzle and selling juices at lunchtime on Friday 23rd August. Sausages are $2. Juicies are $1. Orders to the office. ASSEMBLY Remember, assembly is every fortnight under the shade area. No assembly this week. Next week Rooms 2 and 5 will be presenting. AGRICULTURAL DAY/CALF CLUB If anyone is going to have a calf, lamb or goat for this years calf club, please see Mrs Steele so she can register you and your animal. Calf club will be held in term 4. DAFFODIL DAY This year daffodil day falls on 30th August. The ANZ is running a colouring competition. All entries must be returned to the ANZ Waihi Branch no later than Tuesday 27th August and will be judged on Wednesday 28th by the local Paper Plus. The winner will receive $50 worth of prizes from Paper Plus. Entry forms are in the classrooms. SICKNESS A huge number of students and staff have been wiped out by our latest round of ills and chills. Please phone the office if your child is not attending school. This saves the admin team phoning you!! SEVENS SPORTS Teams for Rugby, netball and soccer will be going to Morgan Park on Friday 23rd August to compete in the Year 5/6 Waihi Cluster sevens day. Parents may like to come along to watch their children. Notes went home with children today. SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Issue No. 5 closes this week . All orders to the office before Friday 23rd August. Books are usually back the following week. CHALK FUNDRAISER The CHALK Toy fundraising catalogues went home last week. If you would like to order anything from the catalogue please fill the order form and return to school by Friday 20th September. All orders will be sent away together from school. Orders are then posted back to the school for collection. The school receives a small percentage of all sales. CHOCOLATES We still have boxes of chocolates for sale at school. For every box sold your family goes into the draw for a brand new BMX bike. IMPORTANT DATES Aug 22 Aug 22 Aug 23 Aug 23 Aug 26 Aug 26 Aug 29 Sept 12 Sept 20 Sept 26 Sept 23-27 Sept 23-27 Sept 27 Sept 27 Music students concert @ College. 25 students to cluster day @ Golden Valley. Sausage sizzle for lunch. Fundraiser. Waihi Sevens tournament at Morgan park. The Amazing sandwich Race introduced. BOT meeting. Room 2 & 5 assembly. Room 3 & 7 & 9 assembly. Chalk orders close. Room 4 & 6 assembly. Junior anniversary reports. Student led conferences. Sandwich day. Last day for term 3. YEAR 5/6 SOCCER There is NO Year 5/6 Soccer this Friday 23rd August @ College due to Sevens Competition.