11 Oct 2026

Kia ora Kauri whanau

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday break. I’m looking forward to hearing all about it from the children tomorrow morning.

A few reminders and updates:

-The hot food box service has stopped for the year.
-Please make sure your child brings their sunhat to school each day. To help prevent it from getting lost, please keep it in their school bag.
-Athletics Day is on Wednesday. Please refer to the previous Loop for details.
-Permission forms for the Year 0–2 Big Day Out to the Antarctic Centre will come home tomorrow. Please complete and return it to school as soon as possible, as the Antarctic Centre needs to confirm our numbers.

Learning this week:

-In maths, both year groups are learning about number structure. 
-In handwriting, we’re practising the letters c, a and d, which all begin with the “c” formation. This term, we’ll be working hard on forming all letters and numbers correctly.
-In story writing, we’re learning to write more in depth recounts. We’ll focus on planning our writing and checking whether we’ve included when, who, where, why and what happened. The children will also be working on their individual writing goals.

Have a great first week back!
 
 Kind regards,

Karen Digby

11 Oct 2026

A big welcome back to our Kōwhai whānau.  I am looking forward to seeing you all in the morning.

Some information for the week;

No more hot food, that has now stopped for the year.

Sunhats are now needed, they need to be named and your children will keep them in their bags and bring them to and from School everyday.

Athletics Sport this Wednesday- please make sure you have read the previous loop about it.

Art with Mrs Livingstone is moved to Friday morning this week.

Maths this week we are looking at subtraction. 

Reading we will start back tomorrow.

Phonics - I will be revising and working one on one with each child across the week to see how everyone is going.

We will be starting our topic later in the week about Antarctica.

You will also be receiving your permission form for our big day out tomorrow.  Please fill this out and return as soon as possible, as the Antarctic centre needs our numbers.

See you all tomorrow

Gayle

 

11 Oct 2026

Kia ora Kawakawa whanau,

I hope that you and your family have had an enjoyable holiday break.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and hearing about what everyone has been up to.  With it being the summer term school hats need to be worn during break times.  Some of the class have their hat at school in their box.  

I have CRT release on Tuesday and Mrs Livingstone will be teaching in Kawakawa.  This week we have our athletics day with St Josephs school on Wednesday.  For the families that are new to Wakanui School we have our athletics day in town at the Domain Oval, so both Year 3 and Year 4 need to be dropped off there in the morning at 9am.  Look out for the Wakanui School gazebo that will be set up.  This is where school bags and any gear can be left.   On the day I will be with the Year 3s running their events. At the moment the weather forecast isn't looking great so keep an eye out for a skool loop and on Facebook in case it get postponed.    I need to take our school high jump gear along for the Year 3s to use.  If you have a trailer and would be able to take it along for me then please let me know.  On Monday and Tuesday afternoons we will be continuing to practice for athletics day, so please send your child along with appropriate footwear for running in.  Both year groups do the shot put and closed shoes need to be worn for this.

In maths this week Year 3 are learning about division and Year 4 are learning about the written method for multiplication.  In phonics Year 3 are learning about the prefix un and Year 4 are learning about the prefixes un, re and dis; there will be words lists for these at the back of notebooks.  In writing we are writing to inform and looking at using descriptive words and complex sentences to do this.  In reading we learning about questions and identifying what type it is and how to go about finding the answer once we have done this.  

Have a fantastic week, I hope that it isn't too difficult to get back into the school routine.  

Ngā mihi nui,

Julia

 

 

9 Oct 2026

Hi,

Please see attached the flyer from Mid-Canterbury Basketball about the upcoming Miniball sessions they are holding for Year 0-2.

Scan the QR code on the flyer OR visit the link below to register your child.

https://forms.gle/tiiUoEf68HYcCRyH9

Thanks,

Ross

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8 Oct 2026

If you ordered a hoodie at the end of the term, they have arrived and may be collected from the office on Monday.