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Celebrations at Whītau School

Amy Collins — March 22nd, 2023

Congratulations to the students who have received recognition this week.

Principals Awards - Week 6

Congratulations to these students who were awarded Principal's Awards for achievement in Literacy and Numeracy

Room 3: Nevaniah Fiaui for sharing her writing ideas with others and then writing some of it down

Room 4: Khaleesi Elliott for working hard to remember her sounds when reading new words

Room 5: Arona Vaatiuola for always trying hard at his writing

Room 6: Zachary O'Donnell for his effort writing multiple ideas during Writing

Room 7: Maxwell Smith for his fantastic efforts is his reading. Keep up the great mahi!

Room 8: Ace Archbold for always trying his best in both Writing and Handwriting

Room 9: Jareth Arps for being amazing in his reading comprehension in his reading group

Room 10: Amelia Smith Reeves for giving 100% in her reading and writing mahi, even when it was getting difficult. Ka pai Amelia!

Room 11: Lilyah Bruce her effort in her writing to complete her mahi

Room 12: Blake Mortimer for his creativity using digital technology to present his Sea Week writing

Room 13: Jaxon Faulks for being an outstanding self manager and producing quality work

Room 14: Lucian Richards-Cooke for fantastic fantasy writing

Room 15: Olivia Houben for creating and writing about an interesting craft character

Congratulations to these students who were 'Caught Being Good'

Room 3: Lukin Marnoch for his willingness to work alongside all his peers in Room 3

Room 4: Benjiman Chestnut Wilson for showing kindness in class and offering to help his classmates

Room 5: Rachel Warren for always showing our Whītau School values

Room 6: Dennyle Dilay for consistently following instructions the first time

Room 7: Mathias Scanlan for being a great role model and using his ignoring muscles

Room 8: Michael Williams for always showing kindness and care to all his classmates

Room 9: Athalia-Mei Mackie-Walker for her respectful and positive attitude in her reading class

Room 10: Jah'zaya Whitiora-Taufalele for always speaking with politeness and always using please and thank you

Room 11: Weihana Kohi-Brown for his mana enhancing attitude with his friends

Room 12: Ethan Lavaiamat for being a responsible and respectful Whītau School role model

Room 13: Jayde Jewitt for seeing the best in others and using kind words and kind actions

Room 14: Ayanna Shire for being a focused learner

Room 15: Lilly Chesmar for following our PB4L values by being an upstander

Principals Awards - Week 7

Congratulations to these students who were awarded Principal's Awards for achievement in Literacy and Numeracy

Room 3: Aalaa Alawi for her enthusiasm towards her learning, especially in Writing

Room 4: Mya McPherson for using her sounds when writing new words on her own

Room 5: Kai-Lilo Lamositele for awesome effort in reading. Wanene!

Room 6: Shawn Jeraldd for his huge effort in Literacy

Room 7: Revival Vaatiuola for his great effort in Maths

Room 8: Denzel Prendergast for settling well into a new reading class and getting his mahi done

Room 9: Monti Masiu for trying to spell his words correctly in his writing

Room 10: Jason Smith for challenging himself with solving addition using split strategies and showing his working

Room 11: Ari Taylor for his explosive creativity in Writing. Ka mau te wehi!

Room 12: Liam Moss for great scientific writing. Ka pai Liam.

Room 13: Seini Fifita for producing consistently high quality work across learning areas

Room 14: Te Amo Kennedy for correctly using paragraphs when story writing

Room 15: Eli Sia for his expert 4 part writing

Congratulations to these students who were 'Caught Being Good'

Room 3: Jay-Jay Neame for being in the right place at the right time

Room 4: Kitahna Leota for being a calm and positive member of our class

Room 5: Kora Prattley for always showing the Whītau School values

Room 6: Pandora Oto for showing the Whītau School values during learning time

Room 7: Eli Edwards for being an 'upstander' at playtime

Room 8: Adam Managuelod for his positivity and responsibility in his learning

Room 9: Isabelle Gourley for her caring and kind manners towards others in the class

Room 10: Michelle Masaga for her consistency in always showing the Whītau School values

Room 11: Jayce Skinner for his resilience and positive attitude in all of his learning

Room 12: Anthony Watson for always showing our school values

Room 13: Evie McGregor for being a kind and caring member of Room 13 making it a better place

Room 14: Tāne Norton for showing leadership and supporting others

Room 15: Emelie Howe-Van Ekeris for being a focused learner in all areas

Attendance

In 2023 the Ministry of Education has a special project in the Tāmai Kahui Ako of schools to have all of our students to school each day and on time for class. We want to make a difference in our students learning and we need all of our students here each and every day at school to make this happen.

As an incentive for our students, we are announcing a weekly attendance and punctuality award to the class or classes with the highest attendance for the previous week. Classes that achieve 100% attendance each week will receive a special treat of an afternoon tea of biscuits to share together. Over the year we will track winning class information and we will have an overall winner. For the year please help each of the classes by ensuring your students are at school every day and before 9.00am.

The class with the highest attendance for Week 7 was Room 3 with 98% and R14 with 96% attendance and punctuality.

Well done to these classes.

To advise absences, please phone 389 8112 or text only to 027 758 1467

Mathletics Results from Week 7

The School Board funds Mathletics for each child to access online in class and at home. This means that learning can be ubiquitous as learning can happen at home, at school or anywhere.

If your child does not have access to Mathletics, please see your child’s teacher for their login details.

The top Mathletics Classes were:

Kākano: Room 3

Kehakai: Room 6

Karawhā: Room 9

Kōrari: Room 15

The top Mathletics students were:

Kākano: Harlow Perrett (Room 3)

Kehakai: Arlo Butters (Room 6)

Karawhā: Jason Smith (Room 9)

Kōrari: Sadore Alemeneh (Room 15)