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School Newsletter: Issue 4, 2022

School Newsletter • Issue 4

12 May 2022


Calendar:

20th May: Pink Day

20th May: Bookclub orders due

27th May: Photo orders due

30th May: Board of Trustees Meeting

6th June: Queens Birthday

17th June: Teacher Only Day

24th June: Matariki Holiday

27th June: Board of Trustees Meeting

8th July: End of Term 2

25th July: Start of Term 3

Contents

Tremendous beginning to term 2

by Chris Smith

Wakari School has returned from the holiday break ready for action.

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Will your child be absent from school?

by Admin

Below is the process to follow if your child will be absent from school:

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Teddy Bears Galore!

by Lucy Newton

Teddy Bear week in the middles has been a blast.

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Pink Shirt Day- this Friday!

by Chloe Barton

This Friday the 20th of May we will be celebrating Pink Shirt Day at school.

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Movie Makers in Action!

by Heather Bonney

The creative minds in Room 12 & 13 have been honing their movie making skills in their sessions with our Digital Technologies expert, Pip!

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Hub 1,2,3 love our Balancing Unit

by Georgie Bond

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Room 7 ANZAC Diamante Poems - Lest We Forget

by David Waddell

To remember ANZAC day for 2022, children in the Room 6/7 hub created powerful ANZAC Diamante poems.

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The Office is on the Move!

by Admin

We are now located in the old dental clinic.

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Middle Syndicate Musicians

by Lisa Lowden

This term the Middle Syndicate are having a music rotation on a Wednesday afternoon. We have two ukulele groups, a glockenspiel band and another group taking part in music appreciation and singing.

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Room 8's Wintery Writing

by Katy Fitzgerald

In Room 8 we are getting ready to write some legends. We have started by thinking about how to describe the setting. Here are some examples of our writing based on this picture.

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Teddy bear week!

by Chloe Barton

This week the middle syndicate had some special visitors come to school - their teddy bears! We have been learning to write cinquain poems and wrote some about our bears.

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Grow your own

by Anna Lawson

In the Room 12 and 13 Hub this week, we have created our own mini vege gardens.

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Reading in Hub 1,2,3

by Judith Stanbridge

The children love reading and the various activities on offer.

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Senior Hub Structures

by Anna Ollerenshaw

For the past term the Senior Hub's PBL focus has been Structures.

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Room 6 has some special visitors!

by Alisha DeCourcy

Room 6 were very lucky to be nominated for a skills session with some of the Highlanders! We had a great time learning some rugby skills and playing some touch. Thank you to Rachael for nominating us and to the Highlanders and The Hits for coming to visit us.

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Room 11's New Zealand Artist Study

by Lynda Bardwell

Earlier this term Room 11 spent some time studying the artworks of Reuben Patterson who is a New Zealand artist.

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Memorabilia Pavers

by Admin

Would you like to leave your mark on Wakari?

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Group Fitness Training at Wakari

by Lizzi Diehl

Are you struggling to get fit by yourself? Perhaps a group fitness session is for you!

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Emergency Numbers

New Non-Emergency Number

by NZ Police

Call 105 for all non-emergency calls.

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Contact info

Updated Contact Information

by Admin

Do we have your up to date contact information?

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AM I FIT Group Fitness Training

by AM I FIT

We are the best in the business for providing the fun and friendly fitness training environment you need.

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Tania Porteoius

Tania Porteous – One Agency Dunedin

by 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

by Hair for You

Hair for You has been a loyal sponsor of Wakari School since August 2009.

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