10 Aug 2026

Kia ora Kawakawa whanau,

I apologise for being late at getting this out to you this week.  There are parent / student / teacher interviews on Monday and Tuesday this week.  It was great to meet with parents today and I look forward to seeing everyone else tomorrow.  This week I have got 2 lots of CRT release as I missed it last week.  Mrs Livingstone will be in Kawakawa on Friday morning and Mrs Kennard will be teaching in Kawakawa all day on Thursday.

We have got our speeches finished, printed and onto cue cards.  Everyone has taken home a copy of their speech today to read over tonight.  Please keep these in book bags to practice again on Tuesday night. This is the reading for tonight and tomorrow night.  Everyone will be doing their speech to the class on Wednesday and I will choose 4-5 class finalists.  On Thursday our class finalists will do their speech again with the finalists from Karaka’s Year 4s.  From this four to five Year 3/4s will be chosen to go to the School Finals at the Hall next week.

In maths both Year 3 and Year 4 are continuing learning about fractions.  Year 3 will be learning how to add and subtract fractions and Year 4 will be learning about how to find fractions on a quantity.  In writing we will be doing some poetry writing for the rest of the week.  In topic we are learning about food and nutrition and why healthy eating makes for a healthy me.

Have a fabulous week,

Nga mihi nui,

Julia

10 Aug 2026

Ashburton Christian School would like to invite students in Years 6-8 to attend the dress rehearsal performance of our 2026 school musical, Narnia, on Wednesday 19 August at 6:30pm at the Ashburton Event Centre.

This special performance gives students the chance to experience a full-scale musical production before opening night. We are excited to share the results of our secondary students' hard work with our wider community.
There is no charge for Year 6-8 students to attend. Parents and caregivers are welcome to accompany them, with adult tickets available for $5 each from the Ashburton Event Centre box office on the night. Please note that all attendees will require a ticket for entry.

If you would like a complimentary student ticket please let me know (via email)  by Friday 14th August 12pm and I will arrange this. These will be delivered to school by Monday August 17th.

Ngā mihi

Trena

trena@wakanui.school.nz

 

NARNIA-the-musical-Marketing-700-x-444-px-1.pdf

10 Aug 2026

Please see attached the teams for Winter Tournament. We still need a Coach/Umpire for our other Netball team please.

The next thing required is transport to and from the venues.

Please can you email me if you are able to help with transport and for how many. While I don't have draws yet, we would leave school around 9am and most sports finish early to mid afternoon.

Winter Tournament is next Friday 21st August

Football - Argyle Park

Netball - EA Sports Centre

Hockey - Turf

Thanks,

Ross - ross@wakanui.school.nz

Teams.pdf

10 Aug 2026

Kia ora Koutou,

NED’s Resiliency Ride is an interactive, 45-minute all-school performance that will be coming to perform at the Wakanui Hall  this Friday at 9:30am. They use storytelling, puppetry, illusions and yoyo tricks to take the students on an entertaining journey with our character NED. He follows clues, meets memorable characters and learns valuable lessons along the way.

Never give up
Encourage others
Do your best

There is no charge for this show thay make revenue from the sale of yo yo's after the show. Please see attachement for details. 

Ngā mihi

Trena

Ned-Parent-info.pdf

9 Aug 2026

Kia ora Kōwhai family

Welcome to week 4, I apologise for my unexpected absence last week, unfortunately I had a very unwell child that needed their Mum.

The week ahead, School interviews Monday and Tuesday, and for the new children that have started this term I will be in touch later in the term to organise yours.

Maths we are looking at measurement -volume and capacity, which is quite a fun unit and hands on to teach.

Reading will continue the same.

This Wednesday we have our in class poem competition, so please keep practicing at home with your children. 

We are one week off from excitingly having a student teacher in Kōwhai Miss Robinson.  Chloe (Miss Robinson) is a third year training teacher and will be with us for the rest of the term.  I cannot wait to have her join the class, I know Kōwhai will love having her.

Art this week will be Thursday instead of Wednesday.

See you all tomorrow

Gayle