Next Friday we will celebrate Pink Shirt Day to promote showing kindness and speaking up against bullying.
Each year at Whītau School we celebrate Pink Shirt Day to stand up to stop bullying in our school and community. On Friday 19 May we are asking our students to wear their pink shirts so that we can make a stand. There are official Pink Shirt Day shirts that can be purchased from Cotton-on but we are not expecting families to do this. If your child has a pink T-shirt of any description they can wear that along with the rest of their school uniform. This is NOT a mufti day, we are just expecting to see our students in their uniform with a pink shirt on the top half. There is no cost to support this day.
Throughout the week we will be sharing messages of kindness with the students and on Friday will come together as a school at the end of the day to take a photo of the school in their pink!
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by Amy Collins
Celebrations at Whītau School
Amy Collins — May 10, 2023
Congratulations to the students who have received recognition this week.
Principals Awards
Congratulations to these students who were awarded Principal's Awards for achievement in Literacy and Numeracy
Room 3: Leah Nathan for thinking of an idea for Writing and then drawing it to share with others
Room 4: Benjiman Chestnut Wilson for cleverly using his sounds when he is reading and writing
Room 5: Kai-Lilo Lamositele for making a fantastic effort in Reading
Room 6: Prince Manguerra for using his sounds in his Reading
Room 7: Cassidy Hammill for her great effort in her handwriting. Ka pai Cassidy!
Room 8: Andii Goodwin for her amazing effort in her journal writing. Ka pai!
Room 9: Monti Masiu for participating and sharing his ideas during group discussions
Room 10: Olivia Williams for her focussed mahi and effort in her writing about swimming
Room 11: Lilyah Bruce for her effort and mahi in Reading - ka rawe!
Room 12: Anzak Patangata for his determination in developing independent learning skills
Room 13: James Daligdig for outstanding thinking during Maths
Room 14: April Nevard for writing a lovely story about Elmer the Elephant
Room 15: Jasmine Gurung for her creative language in her Autumn poem
Congratulations to these students who were 'Caught Being Good'
Room 3: Ivy Butters for being a thoughtful friend to others and using kind words
Room 4: Kitahna Leota for helping our new children settle into class
Room 5: Avah Archbold for working quietly and speaking kindly to others
Room 6: Avalea Chadwick for always being a good friend to others
Room 7: Alfred Lavaiamat for working hard to be a good role model in his class
Room 8: Tehuri Tavake for always looking out for others by helping them
Room 9: Anahera Manuel her positive attitude in her learning
Room 10: Ryan Verma for making a big effort as a kaitiaki (guardian) in the Room 10 learning environment. Ka pai!
Room 11: Ezra O'Grady for his Manaakitanga - looking after everyone in our class
Room 12: Kawhia Falwasser for strengths shown in Digital Technology leadership
Room 13: William Barry for pushing himself to make great gains during swimming
Room 14: Aroha Doherty for having a positive attitude when taking on new challenges
Room 15: Zayden Arps for his can do attitude in Cross Country training
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 2 was Room 3 with 97% attendance and punctuality.
Well done to this class.
To advise absences, please phone 389 8112 or text only to 027 758 1467
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.
