Tournament of Minds children have a ball
Although we are not the South Island Champs for 2017 the team that competed at the recently held event in Christchurch, along with Mrs Gribben and their parents, had a ball.
Visit this articleNewsletter • Issue 14 • 14 September 2017
Welcome
We welcome the following pupil and his family to Wakari School. We hope you will enjoy being part of Team Wakari and our learning environment.
Cooper Kerr
Calendar
17 Sep: School Fair starting at 11am
18 Sep: Senior swimming at Moana Pool
20 Sep: Board of Trustees Meeting
22 Sep: Full School Assembly at 2pm
25 Sep: Senior swimming at Moana Pool
27-28 Sep: Junior Syndicate Production
29 Sep: END of TERM THREE
16 Oct: Start of term four
25-27 Oct: Year 5 Camp at Waiora
20 Nov: Teacher Only Day - school closed
For 2017 term dates, click here.
Contents
Garden Groupers digging the dirt
Future All Blacks hone their rugby skills!
The athletic learners from Rooms 8 & 9 had a blast working on their rugby skills with Coach Naomi earlier this week!
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Tikanga Wakari do themselves proud at Polyfest 2017!
On Tuesday our Kapa Haka group, Tikanga Wakari, did a fabulous job at Otago Māori and Pacific Islands Festival (Polyfest)!
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Room 1 have been exploring Fairytales. We have been looking at what they have in common.
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Super Sports with Sports Activator.
Room 16 had a fabulous session with Naomi on Tuesday. Naomi is a great asset to our school and we are lucky to have her come in and run various sports programmes with the children. The children look forward to the sessions immensely. On Tuesday morning we practiced some rugby skills, with dodging, passing and catching. Then showing her amazing flexibility Naomi ran a Yoga session with a mix of Year 1 and 2 children in the afternoon.
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Become A Refugee Support Volunteer with New Zealand Red Cross
Loud Shirt Day: 29 September
Wakari School is supporting Loud Shirt Day on the 29 September. Read for more details.
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WAKARI SKI WEEKEND
Last weekend we headed away for our final ski weekend this year.
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Can you guess what we have been making...
Room 10 and 11 have been busy creating something special to sell at the fair on Sunday!
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Wakari welcomes bees!
New World have kindly donated leafcutter bees to Wakari School.
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Aspiring rugby players get to meet their idols
Following the recent success of the Black Ferns winning the World Cup, some of our female rugby players got to go and meet some of the players and have photos with the World Cup.
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Otago Cross Country Success!
Well done to all of our runners in muddy conditions and congratulations to Hayley Ward for coming 11th in the year 5 girls' race.
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Caught in the Act (31 Aug - 13 Sep)
Once again there have been a lot of children caught in the act. Well done! Award winners are:
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Playball Holiday Programme
School Donations
Thank you to all those that have paid their donation so far. Your support is greatly appreciated.
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AM I FIT Group Fitness Training
We are the best in the business for providing the fun and friendly fitness training environment you need.
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Wards Plastering
Wards Plastering is a locally owned and operated business that has been a long time supporter of Wakari School.
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Tania Porteous – One Agency Dunedin
Tania is one of our fantastic sponsors of the newsletter. Please support Tania and the team at One Agency.
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Hair for You
Hair for You has been a loyal sponsor of Wakari School since August 2009.
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