Well who can believe we are into the last week of term! Ten weeks have flown by and Mr Barker will be back from his sabbatical in the new term. This week we are getting an early start on celebrating Matariki… we hope to see many of you at our Lantern Festival on Thursday!

Our next 3 way learning conferences will be held in Term 3 - Week 1 - Wed 19th & Thurs 20th July.

Public holidays & staff only date during term 4 : Labour Day – Monday 23 October, Canterbury Anniversary - Friday 17 November, Staff only day - Thursday 16 November

Dear parents and caregivers

Thursday 13 July, 9am - 3pm from the Waitākiri School office

We will be increasing our fees for both Before and After School Care from the start of Term 3 2023.

We are looking forward to starting the new term with a schoolwide Book Week with the theme ‘REAL Heroes Read’.

This is the first of your termly updates on what has been going on at Board level. Please remember anyone is welcome to attend our meetings (speaking rights may be granted) and copies of our minutes are available on our website under ‘Our School, Our People, Board’.

Here are some of our awesome Learning Heroes

Thanks to our generous PTA for providing funds to purchase new basketballs for our students.

Mana Ake – Stronger for Tomorrow provides mental health and wellbeing support for children in primary school years 1-8 across Canterbury.

Mana Ake have their dates out for Term 3 Parenting courses ‘Tuning Into Kids’ and ‘Tuning Into Teens’.

Clare Fahey from Sleep Harmony is a Paediatric Sleep consultant. She is aware of the knock on effect that lack of sleep has on families, friends, teachers, schools and workplaces, so she wants to support families with getting quality sleep for their children and therefore themselves. Attached is some information about what she offers.

Left-handers, We're here for YOU!

Throughout 2023, we have been working closely with The Resilience Project to support the well-being of our school community.

Hello, My name is Caroline Ellis and I am the allocated Public Health Nurse for your school.

Eligible Kiwis can access: Free expert advice, Free medicines, and treatment aids, Free delivery to your home

Help your community vote.

The majority of our events we run as pop-in sessions, so you can come whenever suits you between 10AM - 1PM on a Saturday in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.

10.00am & 11.30am, Wednesday 5 July 2023 Christchurch Town Hal

1 July 2023 11 am - 4 pm Tūranga, TSB Space Christchurch

With Matariki just around the corner, we're letting you know what's on for students and whānau during the holidays.

Easter and school holidays are coming up, and our latest issue is jam-packed with content to help Kiwi parents

"Write Like an Author" and "Draw Like an Artist" are school holiday programs for young writers and illustrators. They will be held during the school holidays, starting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 and running until Thursday, July 13, 2023 at St Andrew's College.

July 7,8,9. Roy stokes Hall, New Brighton

The Mainland Pouākai want you to be part of the action & the Canterbury Rams & Mainland Pouākai offer Basketball Camps

Offering swimming squad training up to four afternoons per week (based at Taiora/QEII Pool)

Looking for a summer sport? Want to try something new? Do you like being part of a team?

We have designed this program to engage the community and to increase participation in the game of futsal. We are open to all participants of all abilities that are wanting to give our program and the sport of Futsal a try.

Are you ready to have some fun while learning about the beautiful game and making new friends? Look no further than Girls Junior Football at Western AFC!