25 Oct 2026

Agri Kids 2027        A paper form will also be sent home for anyine interested

Wakanui would like to enter some teams for our Agri Kids Regional Event which is on January 30th at Pleasant Point.

Having just experienced our School Rural Day, this may spark some interest! Agri Kids includes an extended version of this type of activity, including knowledge of aspects of farming.

For more details 

https://www.youngfarmers.co.nz/contest/agrikidsnz

Teams are made up of 3 students. Eligible Students must be aged 8-13 on January 1st 2027. 

This is a parent led event which I can support the initial coordination of. If your child/ children would be keen to be in a team please fill out the following information and return to me via email or on the sheet.

Ngā mihi

Trena

trena@wakanui.school.nz

 

Students Name:

 
 Age January 1st 2027:

 
 Would you be happy to coordinate this event with other parents?
 
Are you able to parent help with getting to the event and supporting them on the day?

 
 Parent name email/cell phone

 

 
 
 

23 Oct 2026

Hi everyone,

We’re planning to take bikes on our Year 5/6 camp so we can explore the tracks at Bottle Lake Forest.

Please let us know if your child doesn’t have a bike or helmet they can bring, so we can try to organise one for them.

Thanks!

 

Ross and Dylan

ross@wakanui.school.nz

dylan@wakanui.school.nz

23 Oct 2026

Hi there,

A successful day at our cluster Athletics Sports on Monday with excellent results! Congratulations to all!

You will find attached the qualifiers for the next stage and what events they have qualified in.

You will also find attached information about the day with event order and times for events. This event is Wednesday November the 4th (pp. Friday 6th) 

I am based there for the day on Long Jump duty, we will have another staff member at our 'spot' to guide you and give out your child's name tag on arrival.

For those in 1 or 2 events, please just make sure your child is there in plenty of time for their event.

Any questions, come and see me or email.

Thanks,

Ross

Counties-Athletics-Information-sheet-2026.pdf

Counties-Qualifiers.pdf

22 Oct 2026

We hope that those who are doing Agricultural Projects have them well under way and that things are going well.  We have these students who are doing projects: Ben, Edison, Liam C, Tessa, Henry W, Lucy, George C, Angus, Holly, Florence, Dylan and Makoi.   Mrs Digby and Mrs Begg met with the children last week to share some important dates with them. If anyone is missing from this list then please let us know.  Some children who had said they were doing projects at the start of the year didn't come to the meeting last week so they may have gotten missed off our list.

Projects due in: Monday 16 November - this is the week after camp and a long weekend.

Judging: Projects will be judged during the week of Monday 23 November - Friday 27 November.

Can you please email Julia  julia@wakanui.school.nz  to let us know what time and days would suit to have your child's project judged and we will do the best we can to accommodate this.

Please contact us if you have any further questions. 

Julia Begg and Karen Digby

21 Oct 2026

My apologies the Counties Athletics are on November 4th with postponement November 6th. I had named these as Zones on the events calendar.