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Established in 1876, Wakanui School has a long and proud history of catering for local Year 1 to 8 students. Situated 10km east of Ashburton, and inclusive of an enrolment zone, we enjoy a rural environment whilst maintaining urban connections.
Our small class sizes ensure that we can cater for individual learning needs. Students in Year 4 and up utilise learning technologies to support their learning through a 1:1 ratio and BYOD programme. Our senior Year 6, 7 and 8 students have many opportunities to develop leadership skills both within and beyond the school.
At Wakanui School, we believe in supporting our students to develop skills and knowledge in the key learning areas in conjunction with strong links to our community, rural environment, and modern technology. Our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and Excellence underpin all that we do.
Our school is very whānau oriented. We encourage active involvement from those who are part of the wider Wakanui family – parents, friends, grandparents, neighbours and community members. This gives Wakanui a strong foundation and a hard-working and generous support network.
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Trena
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We have had confirmed that Wakanui School Choir will be performing Thursday June 18th at th eAshburton Events Centre. Tickets are not avaliable yet and there will be more details to come.
Our Yr 7/8 Waitangi Camp pie fundraiser is kicking off! Order forms will be coming home with students today, so please check your child’s school bag.
All orders need to be returned by May 15. Collection day will be Tuesday 27th May (please excuse the typo on the form!), just in time for the Hot Food Box to begin on June 3rd
Thanks for your support
Cross Country Thursday 14th May
Wakanui Parent Support will be holding a sausage sizzle on the day as a school fundraising opportunity.
BBQ Sausages $2.50 each.
Cash payment is available on the day.
Families are welcome to preorder sausages next week, between 4th & 11th May. A classroom collection will be available for those who wish to do so. Please send money in a named envelope, clearly stating your child’s name and the number of sausages required.
For those who prefer to pay online, please pay into Wakanui School Parents Support 03-0835-0262789-00 and include your child’s name and class as a reference.
Please note this is a seperate account to the school bank account.

Good evening Kauri families
Another lovely weekend of great weather!
This week we will continue practising for the upcoming cross country. We also have basketball sessions each Tuesday for the next 4 weeks and usual PE on Friday.
In Phonics some are learning when to use the double letters ff ll ss zz. Others are learning about magic e turning short vowels to long. In Maths we are learning about 'position'. In Writing we are learning about factual information.
Last week we had quite a number of wee incidents in the class, relating to relationships with each other. As a result of this, I have decided to spend some of the week focussing on kindness, what makes a good friend and 'filling each others buckets'.
Wednesday 2.30, is Assembly in the hall and Kauri are hosting! You are all welcome.
Have a great week.
Regards,
Karen Digby
Happy week 3
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. There are lots of bugs circulating at the moment, please keep an eye out for them.
The week ahead brings full School assembly on Wednesday at the hall at 2.30.
In Phonics we will be looking at the W sound and doing revision.
Maths we are looking at ordinal numbers ie 1st, 3rd 8th etc.
We have Mid Canterbury Basketball coming out on Tuesday do start 4 weeks of skills.
Wednesday morning Mrs Livingstone will be taking Art, this is a weekly occurance.
Many thanks
Gayle
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