Term 4, Week 9 - Wednesday 11 December 2019 - Waitakiri Primary School
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Term 4, Week 9 – Wednesday 11 December 2019 Kia ora, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula vinaka, Fakatalofa, Fakaalofa atu, Kia orana! It is the time of year for us to farewell our year six students. I must say that they have been an awesome group of learning HEROES. They have overachieved in a whole host of areas; sporting, digital, musical, cultural and academic. They have led the school with pride and their interactions with and care of the junior students has been fantastic. Congratulations and best wishes to them. Staff Farewell We are really fortunate that we have a very stable staff for 2020. Teaching teams will be very similar to what they are this year. Please see details in the body of this newsletter. I would like to thank and farewell the following staff for their massive contribution to Waitākiri and Burwood Schools. There will be appropriate farewells for these staff in the coming week. Tanya Keeling - at the end of 2018 Tanya won a position with the RTLB (Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour). This was a one-year contract, but they were so impressed with her that they have employed her full time. Tanya had been with Burwood and Waitākiri for 19 years. Congratulations Tanya! Sonya Faisst - Spent 5 years at Waitākiri in the capacity of a Te Reo teacher. We thank her for her significant input in all things Māori in our kura. Staff on Leave Kim Hillson, my Principal’s Assistant and one of the main contacts for the school has been granted one years leave for 2020. I personally would like to thank her for the significant support that she has been to me, the school and the wider community. You will be really missed, enjoy the well- deserved break. 2019 Staff that have been with us in fixed term positions The following teachers have been in fixed-term positions in 2019. We really appreciate what you have added to Waitākiri. Stephanie Henning, Hannah Vaughan and Lee Gane. End of year report To access your child’s report and class you will need to log onto LINC-ED as you did for the mid- year report. The staff and students have been posting rich content to our LINC-ED site and we are excited to share this with you and involve you in your child’s learning journey. Our aim has been to implement a robust system that allows teachers, parents, and students to access learning in an online environment that is secure, easy, and effective. Also you will now be able to view your statement of accounts online. More details on how to logon are included later in this newsletter. Thank you so much to all the people who help to make Waitākiri such a special place. A special thanks to the Board of Trustees and the PTA. We really appreciate all the support! It was a pleasure to host the Parent Helper morning tea today as a small thanks from the staff.
Have a very Merry Christmas and safe festive season!
Ngā mihi
Andrew Barker, Principal
TOMORROW - FOR ALL YEAR 6 CHILDREN
Year 6 Leavers Celebration
For our Year 6 students who will be leaving Waitākiri
at the end of the year
Thursday, 12 December 6.00pm at Shirley Boys High School
Students who have achieved their Pounamu will be
presented with these
All welcome!
January 2020 School holiday office hours & uniform
collection
School office opens from 30 January 2020
Uniform collection Thursday 30 & Friday 31 January 2020, 9am - 3pm from the school office
Orders close Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 12noon
Please ensure your child has black or white socks and black only shoes also
PTA Update
I just want to say a huge thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who have helped the
PTA this year with our fundraisers and discos. Without you all we wouldn't have been able to raise
the amazing amount of money and hold the events we have done, so thank you very much. I will
let you know the total amount raised this year after our first meeting next year.
We have closed off the calendars now and we raised $869.00. Thank you to everyone who
supported this. The children should be very proud of themselves. They created some amazing art
work!
Our final sausage sizzle for the year raised $615.00. The children love these and we love doing
them as well :)
Our first PTA meeting next year will be Monday 17th February at 7 pm in the staff room. This will
also be our AGM so will be a bit longer than usual (but there will be drinks and nibbles) so please
come along and see what we are all about. We would love to see some new faces and get new
ideas for next year. We have an amazing PTA team, it is a great way to make friends at school
and find out whats going on at school throughout the year. We have a lot of fun together.
Enjoy your summer holidays! Carole-Ann, PTA Chair
2020 Term dates
Term 1 : Monday 3 February to Thursday 9 April
Public holiday - Waitangi Day 6 February
Term 2 : Tuesday 28 April to Friday 3 July
Public holiday - Queens Birthday 1 June
Term 3 : Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
Term 4 : Monday 12 October to Wednesday 16 December finishing at 12.30pm
Public holidays - Labour Day 26 Oct, Show Day 13 November
2020 Teams
1 (Team Leader) 2 3 4
NE & Year 1 Wendy Dobson Beckie Souter Glennys Hill Emily Johns
Windsor
Year 1 & 2 Suzanne Nilsson Liz Cotton Jody Ewen Caroline Milne
Burwood
Year 3 & 4 Annemarie Sherratt Matt Bush Jasmin Martin Anna Bailey
Travis
Year 2, 3 & 4 Sophie O’Rourke Carmen Nikki Gosden Emily Kendall
Ōtākaro Shackleton
Year 5 & 6 Kaye Royle Joy Banks Joy Williams Palo Shanahan
Ruru
Year 5 & 6 Matt Thomas Wendy du Toit Amy Mackenzie
Korimako
ANZ School Banking
Piper and Brennan were the schools wonderful school banking tellers
for 2019.
To thank them for the marvellous job they did, they came for a visit to
ANZ The Palms to see what happens once they have completed
their teller duties at school.
They had a tour of the branch, met the staff and saw a little bit about
what happens behind the scenes.
They are pictured here with Leah and Millie – staff here at ANZ
Palms.
Dear Parents / Caregivers To access your child’s report and class you will need to log onto LINC-ED as you did for the mid- year report. The staff and students have been posting rich content to our LINC-ED site and we are excited to share this with you and involve you in your child’s learning journey. Our aim has been to implement a robust system that allows teachers, parents, and students to access learning in an online environment that is secure, easy, and effective. Also you will now be able to view your statement of accounts online. LINC-ED allows teachers to share learning anytime, anywhere and this can be viewed on any device. We are excited about the potential that the software offers. The report is designed to build year on year so that over time you will have access to comments, assessments, images, video and helpful resources all in one place. To view your child’s report, which will be available on the afternoon of Friday the 13th December, simply click on your child’s photo, and their end of year report will be visible by scrolling down to view each of their curriculum subjects. Alternatively, you may select any of the specific tabs at the top to view these areas individually. How do I access my child’s LINC-ED page? If this is your first time logging in please follow the steps below If you have previously logged in go to step 5 below Step 1 Visit: https://waitakiri.linc-ed.com/ LINC-ED is supported on all modern browsers, for example Google Chrome or Safari. Step 2 Click on “Lost your Password” to set up your login. Step 3 Enter the email address you have given the school to send you communication. Click “Get New Password”. Step 4 An email will be sent to you containing a link for you to click on. The link will take you to a page where you will see your new password. If you choose to, you can delete the automatically-generated password and enter your own strong, secure password then click Reset Password. Step 5 Once logged in, you will see our school notices. By clicking on the “Menu” at the top of your page you will see your child’s profile photo, accounts, and settings. If you have any problems with access please contact: karen.jeffrey@waitakiri.school.nz or andrew.burt@waitakiri.school.nz LINC-ED can be used on your mobile phone. The following article gives you instructions on how to do this. Install the LINC-ED app Ngā mihi Andrew Barker Principal
Sports News Wow! What a busy term of sport we have had. Year 3 and 4 basketball, Touch Rugby, Canterbury Triathlon and Athletics! Canterbury Primary Schools’ Triathlon The Canterbury Triathlon was held at Pegasus on Wednesday 27 November. Luckily it started as an overcast day and most of the races were over before the sun came out. Five Year 5 and 6's swam, biked and ran. Congratulations to Theo W, Noah W, Zara I, Helena P, and Azaria T who all completed the course in fields of nearly 100 for each age group. Canterbury Primary Schools’ Athletics Championship We had a team of 19 who represented our school and East Zone at Nga Puna Wai on Wednesday 4 December. Well done to all our children who competed on a very windy day. The whole team were REAL Heroes with their effort, support for each other and attitude. Thanks to parents for transport and your support. Many of the children achieved some personal results. Everyone gave their best and we had several top 10 placings. Year 5 Boys’ Relay team (Ben L, Jayden B, Mason B, Zach Tonkin) came 9th from their time in the heats and were unfortunate not to qualify for the final. Lilah C came 7th in the Year 5 High Jump. Samara T came 7th in the Year 6 Girls Long Jump Year 3 and 4 Basketball These teams are having their final games this Thursday at Cowles Stadium. We have some of our teams playing off in the finals. These children have been showing great skills and teamwork. Touch Rugby Finally our Touch Rugby will come to an end for this term on Monday night. Well done to our All our teams had a great term of Touch. Coaches and Supporters A BIG thank you to all the parents who coached, managed, transported and supported our children throughout the year with sport. We couldn't do it without you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Community Notices
Kelly Sports Summer Holiday Programmes
Bookings for our upcoming Kelly Sports Holiday
Programmes at Hillview Christian School and
Hillmorton High School are now available online.
The focus of our Programmes is to ensure kids are
active throughout with a great mixture of games and
activities to suit everyone. WINZ Subsidies are
available for families that qualify and we have
options of Half Day sessions, School Day sessions
and Full Day sessions available.
To register and for more information please
visit www.kellysports.co.nz and search for your
venue of choice or contact Steve
on steve@kellysports.co.nz for more information
Kids Christingle Celebration, Hear the Christmas message in a different way on December 15th at 4pm , St Marks Church, 338 Prestons Road. All ages welcome.
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