Kia ora 

I hope you had a good weekend and all went well with winter sport.

It was good to have an almost a full class on Thursday and Friday. Those bugs sure knocked the wee ones and I know it has hit some of you parents and siblings as well. So hopefully we are done and dusted with that.

The end of the week was a busy one, with cross country on Thursday and pink shirt day and disco on Friday. All of these went very well and a big thank you to all of you who helped out in one way or another. 

This week we are far quieter. Basketball is on Tuesday, Thursday is Mrs Livingstone in Kauri until lunch time. Miss Grey continues her student practicum with us for another 4 weeks.

In Phonics this week, we are learning about the soft sounds of 'g' , 'c' and 'th'. Some will also look at 'kn' and 'eigh'. In writing we are doing persuasive writing, where the children write about a given topic, and state their opinions and why. In Maths we are learning about understanding numbers 10-20, addition, skip counting and partitioning. Topic is still 'Forces: Push and Pull'. We will keep working on 'Filling buckets' and not 'Dipping into buckets'. We will continue to talk about good hand washing.

Have a great week everyone!

Regards,

Karen and Kerryn 

Disco

We are looking forward to seeing your children tonight at the disco from 6 - 7.30.  Just a few reminders; Kahikatea will be open for parents to have a drink BYO hot drink and you care welcome to bring a small plate to share.  

Your child will be dropped off at the far entrance (Beach Road end only) and also if you can all wait outside the door we will send them out this door at the end of the disco at 7.30.  

The only exception is for our year 0/1 parents who are welcome to attend with their child.  We are looking forward to it.

Our Yr 7/8 Waitangi Camp pie fundraiser is kicking off! 

All orders need to be returned to the office tomorrow May 15. Could all payments also be made into the school account as soon as possible.

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

Tomorrow- Friday 15th May:

Wakanui School are turning PINK.

during the day we are supporting Pink Shirt Day- So wear your Pink shirts (or any other Pink) and bing a gold coin or donate directly to our Pink Shirt Day fundraising page

https://fundraise.pinkshirtday.org.nz/wakanuischool

Let's work together to sprinkle kindness

Pink Shirt Day is a fundraiser that promotes awareness to help reduce bullying, celebrate diversity and promote kindness and inclusion.

For tomorrows cross country all students need to wear their sports uniform, sneakers and have a drink bottle please. It's a good idea to also take along some warm clothing for before and after races.

If you haven't already ordered sausages for tomorrow they will be available as a cash purchase on the day for $2.50.

Best of luck to all our students!