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Term 4
Week 7
Thursday 28th November - COPSSA Triathlon
Friday 29th November - End of Year Reports emailed out
Week 8
Monday 2nd December - Final Board Meeting of the year
Tuesday 3rd December - Parent Teacher Conferences (dates vary, check below)
Wednesday 4th December - Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday 5th December - Tribe Afternoon
Thursday 5th December - WPS Disco (see flyer below)
Friday 6th December - 'Taste of MAC' Year 6 Transition Visit
Friday 6th December - POD 1 Assembly - 2.15pm - Hall
Week 9
Tuesday 10th December - Matinee Performance of Pantomime 1pm
Wednesday 11th December - Evening Performance of Pantomime 6pm
Friday 13th December - Wendy's Farewell
Week 10
Monday 16th December - Tribe Water Fun Afternoon
Tuesday 17th December - Year 6 Graduation Assembly 1pm
Wednesday 18th December - Student Leadership Celebration Day
Wednesday 18th December - Last day of school 2024
School closes at 3pm, buses run as usual
Term 1, 2025
Monday 3rd February - First day for students 2025
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent teacher conferences are Tuesday 3rd December and Wednesday 4th December from 3.20pm - 5.00pm for most classes. This is a chance to catch up with your child's teacher to find out more information about progress and achievement and how you as a parent can help support your child's learning over the holidays. These will only be face-to-face, if you are away and would prefer a video meeting, please make arrangements directly with the classroom teacher on a different day. Bookings are now open - Please visit this link to book for Rooms 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28
Please note the following changes to these dates: Room 1 (Sharon): Tuesday 3rd December and Tuesday 10th December Room 2 (Charlotte): Tuesday 3rd December and Tuesday 10th December Room 4 (Sophie): Tuesday 3rd December and Tuesday 10th December Room 7 (Megan): Wednesday 4th December and Monday 9th December Room 10 (Kelly): Tuesday 10th December and Thursday 12th December Please click here to book for Rooms 1, 2, 4, 7 and 10 |
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That clock is steadily ticking down to the last day of school, but the pace of the days and weeks seem to be on a speed dial. There is that end of year hum I love about schools. Reports have been written - they hit your email box on Friday, Parent Deep Dives saw lots of parents sharing their child's learning and progress with them, the panto is in full rehearsal mode, the sun is shining and our tamariki are loving being outdoors, playing and learning. End of year activities are kicking in with bike and scooter skills, and the planning for end of year formalities such as the Year 6 graduation assembly, water fun day and student leadership celebration day, has begun.
Activities in brief for the next week or so Year 4 are having scooter training in the Scooter Ready programme with QLDC Road Safety educators Pod 3 are off to the Clyde Dam as part of their Deep Learning work tomorrow, Wednesday 27th November We have over 40 Year 5 & 6 students taking part in the COPPSA Triathlon in Queenstown on Thursday 28th November Reports go home on Friday Next week on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th are our Parent/Teacher conferences from 3.20-5pm. Have you booked yours? The last Board meeting for the year is on Monday 2nd December Enviro Hui with Sharon and some junior students is Wednesday 4th December School Disco is on Thursday 5th December - see the flyer below Friday 6th December, in the morning, the Year 6s head to MAC for 'A Taste of MAC' Pantomime tickets for sale Tickets ($10 per seat) are on sale now from the school office for the Year 6 Pantomime. 'The Pirates of the Curry Bean'.
The dress rehearsal (which the whole school will be invited to) is on Monday 9th December at 1pm. If you also wish to bring siblings to any other performance, you will need to purchase a ticket for them.
The matinee is on Tuesday 10th December starting at 1pm sharp. The evening performance is on Wednesday 11th December starting at 6pm.
A reminder to all of the cast - there is a full practice (with costumes and props) this Sunday 1st December 9am-12pm, and next Sunday 8th, 9am - 12pm.
End of Year Written Reports As we have other years, in our school reports we use the following 'grades' to indicate where children are at according to their expected age/year level. The three terms used are: working towards the expectation, working within the expectation and working above the expectation. Children progress and achieve within a band of progress and achievement points, not at a specific indicator or single data point. For example in maths there are many strands and concepts the children need to master, so we prefer to explain this by saying they are working towards the expectation if they are not within the expectation band, rather than below. We are always working towards the next goal for that child. 'Below' tends to give a label rather than showing that they are working hard to get to the next step in their learning. Working 'within' is also a big band, with many different indicators to achieve, and students can be at the lower end, or the higher end, at different times and in different situations with their achievement and learning. 'Within' expectation describes this better than 'at' which indicates a specific point, and there isn't one. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered. Also if children read their reports it acknowledges that learning is a journey, and each year the 'sign posts' get more challenging as does their learning. We are never just below, at, or above in life - we are on a journey to find out our strengths, the areas we need to work on and to work towards an unknown future. And in an unknown future, who wants to be labelled as 'below' in their first years of learning at school. |
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Pantomime - Pirates of the Curry Bean |
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WPS PTA School Disco $2 entry at the door. Parents please drop your child/children off outside at the main entrance, where one of our disco helpers will welcome them in. Children please bring a named water bottle. We are asking parents, if you are not already designated as a helper, to not go into the hall. Please pick up your children at the finish times below from the tennis courts beside the hall. No children can leave the hall until their dance time is finished. This drop off and pick up zone allows us to move one group out quickly so we can move the next group in. Having extra parents in the mix just makes it too hard.
Year 5 and 6 Disco - Permission to leave without a parent
Please email the office prior to next Thursday if you are giving your Y5 or Y6 child permission to walk or bike home without a parent. If no permission is received, your child will need a parent to collect them.
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COPSSA Orienteering Congratulations to all the competitors who competed at the COPSSA Orienteering Championships at Jardine Park in Queenstown last Friday. The fastest times around the course were under 30 minutes with the slowest competitors close to 2 hours. It was a real test of map reading, as well as reading the landscape and moving from A to B most efficiently. Well done to Finley Sharman and Izzy McFarlane who were both in the Top 10.
A massive thank you to the parents who helped on the day. As always, your help is much appreciated.
Over 40 kids are competing in Queenstown at the COPSSA Triathlon Championships this week. We wish all individuals and teams the best for Thursday.
Orienteering Results |
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Challenge Wānaka 2025 You should have recently received an email from Jason to register your child(ren) for the 2025 Challenge Wānaka. If you have missed the email please visit the link below. Information will be emailed and put on the sport page of the school website as it becomes available. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR CHILD HERE
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Positive Behaviour For Learning - PB4L PB4L School-Wide looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. The framework is based on international evidence and is helping New Zealand schools build a culture where positive behaviour and learning is a way of life. Each fortnight we focus on a school wide goal to encourage positive behaviours. The current goal is: 'We ignore distractions'. |
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Book Fair I would like to extend a huge thanks to all parents, friends, children and grandparents that supported our Scholastic Book Fair. It was another bumper year and a portion of all the proceeds go back into buying books for our wonderful school. A big shout out to all the teachers, students and parents that helped make the week flow smoothly.
Have a wonderful festive season and hopefully a hot version of the sun will show itself soon.
Melissa Ashby |
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Library News Click the image below to view our wonderful Library Webapp.
Feel free to email Melissa at any time if you have any questions.
Digital and Audio Resources Borrow box is an amazing resource which you can have free access to for digital reading and audio resources for your children. Click on the image below to look at the amazing range. You need a QLDC library membership (which is free) to borrow.
BookHub BookHub is an relatively new NZ based website where you can search for books you want to buy online from NZ based booksellers rather than from overseas sites.
Obviously I support local booksellers as well but if you are an online shopper I fully support supporting NZ businesses before the likes of Amazon who charge exorbitant shipping fees. Click on the icon or this link : https://bookhub.co.nz/
Quote of the Week
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Wānaka Swim Club Have-A-Go Event |
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Help Decorate Community Link's Produce Stand |
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Wānaka Coeliac Kids Club - Xmas Truffles |
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Dance Wānaka Presents The Christmas Nutcracker |
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Centralpoint Dance Studios End of Year Show 2024
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Wānaka Preschool Cheese Fundraiser
Click here to order |
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Kāhu Youth Y6 Info Event
● Explore the brand-new youth centre and all it has to offer.
● Meet the friendly, supportive youth workers who are there to help.
● Learn about the exciting activities and programmes available, including drop-in
sessions, after-school clubs, holiday programmes, youth mentoring, and more! |
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Otago Volley Fest
Register here |
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MAC Enterprise - Garden Start Collective |
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Wānaka Kids Club Summer Holiday Programme
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| Delicious, nutritious and popular with kids, Subway delivers school lunches every Friday. Order online at subwayexpress.co.nz by 9am. |
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