3 Aug 2026

Our newest Year 7/8 camp fundraiser is here!

We're selling delicious frozen croissants, perfect to keep in the freezer and bake fresh at home whenever you feel like a café-style breakfast or treat.

If you'd like to support our Year 7/8 students, you can place your order using the link below:

👉 https://wakanuischoolcroissants.raiseit.co.nz/qdmoba3rfd

Thank you for supporting our students as they fundraise for camp. Every order helps make this experience possible.

Orders close on Sunday 23rd August, so don't miss out!

3 Aug 2026

Hi all,

For our Year 5/6 Camp this year we are heading back to Spencer Park (after a few years). This is an awesome camp full of great activity opportunities for all students. We look forward to heading there on 10th November!

To fundraise for this camp and help keep costs down, we are running the Hellers Bacon fundraiser for the next couple of weeks.

Please see attached form (this will also come home in paper form in your child's bag today).

Get your customers to pay in your account and then you make one payment into the school account listed at the bottom of the form.

Thanks and your support is always appreciated!

Ross and Dylan (Year 5/6 teachers)

 

 

Hellers-Bacon-Fundraiser-Form-2.pdf

3 Aug 2026

Morning,

The following teams I have a coach for:

Year 5/6 Netball team (need a ref here)

Year 5/6 Football team (I can ref this team if needed)

I still need coaches/ref's for:

Year 5/6 Hockey

Year 7/8 Hockey

I need to know these by the end of Wednesday at the very latest please so I can get the teams entered. Tournament date is: Friday 21st August

Thanks,

Ross - ross@wakanui.school.nz

2 Aug 2026

Hi Kauri Families

I hope you and your families had a lovely weekend.

Your child has been learning their poems at school and at home. Please continue practising these each night. If I have contacted you about your child saying lines in the 150th production, these lines have also come home, so please practise them too.

Mrs Watt will visit Kauri tomorrow to help us with our production song and movements.

In Phonics, some children are learning the sounds x, tch, qu, wh and dge. Others are learning about beginning and ending blends, as well as the oo sound in book and the oo sound in moon.

In Writing, we are continuing our George’s Marvellous Medicine unit. We are also learning where to use full stops and capital letters. Our handwriting letters are Ii and Jj.

In Maths, both Year 1 and Year 2 are working on problem-solving, volume and capacity, as well as revising earlier topics.

We will continue our Food and Nutrition unit. Last week we learnt about what it means to eat a balanced diet and why. We also focused on the importance of drinking lots of water. 

There will be a school assembly on Wednesday at 2.30 pm, and you are all welcome to attend.

I have CRT release time on Thursday, so Mrs Livingstone will be teaching in Kauri until lunchtime.

Have a great week.

Karen
 
 

2 Aug 2026

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

The week ahead:

I will be off site on Wednesday and Friday this week. The class will have Mrs Livingstone on both of these days.
Reading will continue to come home.
Maths: We are learning about the numbers before and after.
Poems: Please keep practising these at home with your child.
If your child has a speaking role in the upcoming production, please also practise this at home. The class has made a fantastic start learning the song Learning to Fly.
Wednesday: We have our full school assembly at 2.30 pm in the hall. Everyone is welcome to attend. New children will be welcomed to the school, and value certificates will also be presented.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Many thanks,

Gayle (Mrs Busch)