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  Thursday 26 July 2018 Facebook share

Motto:
To be the best
we can be
Kia eke ki nga taumata

Vision:
Connect Challenge Empower
Hono - Whakatara
- Whakamana

Mission:
Together we inspire learning
Whakahui, whakamanawa, tatou, ako

O R C A

Ownership
Rangatiratanga

Respect 
Manaakitanga

Collaborate 
Whanaungatanga

Achieve 
Ako

Food for Thought/ Whakatauki (proverbs)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Who Am I?

Last Week
Graham Fox

Community Notices
 

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome back to term 3. We hope you enjoyed some great family times over the last two weeks. It was fantastic to see the students buzzing as they came in on Monday, excited to see their friends and teachers.
As a staff, we welcome Bronwyn Dale to B10 and our newest class of 5 year olds. We also welcome Charmaine Wilson and Nicky Dalzell who will be working as learning assistants in K1, A1 and A2.
Finally we welcome lots of new students and families to Whangaparaoa, as well as a group of international students who have joined us from China. We hope your time with us is a great experience and lots of fun.

OUT OF THIS WORLD
 Our learning inquiry focus this term is “Out of this World”. We hope you enjoy exploring lots of interesting questions and thinking around this topic with your children. 

TRAVEL RAFFLE
 Thank you everyone for helping us sell tickets and raise money towards the toilet and foyer area in the hall. We raised a fantastic $13,000. 

A special thank you goes to our amazing PFA for organising this fundraiser. Congratulations to our Junior and Senior top sellers. Junior top seller: Mason Doak L5. Senior top seller: Ryan Toomey M4. Top selling Classroom B1 and top selling VLC Team 6.

We would love to jump in and upgrade this hall area right now. Our project manager has asked us to be patient as he feels there is no point in upgrading this area, then finding out the cladding and roofing is not up to standard. This is sound advice. Please be assured your fundraising efforts will not be lost elsewhere in the school. The hall is a massive project and we need to be strategic about how we approach the work in a logical and staged manner. Expect to read more about this in future newsletters.  

STRIKE
 The day set aside for the teacher strike is August 15. At this stage the strike is planned for the afternoon, however teachers are voting about whether this will be extended to a full day. More on this next week.

Have a great week
Kevin


QUIZ NIGHT - SAVE TEH DATE

1st SEPTEMBER 2018

Start getting excited and start getting your friends together.
It's going to be another fabulous night of full on fun !!!

This year's theme to be announced next week...

If you or anyone else you know might be able to sponsor our Quiz night, please see our Sponsorship info here or email Kate Flannery at wgppfaquiz@gmail.com 


WALKING SCHOOL BUS
 We now have four walking school buses at our school. We would love to have you join us - it’s a free, fun and healthy way to get to school and a good way for your child to learn and practice road safety rules.
Read more here.

SUMMER DRESS AND SHIRT UNIFORM ORDER
 We will be placing another Summer Dress and Summer Shirt uniform order.The summer shirts are $38 and the dresses are $65. I will be placing the order on Monday 13 August. These are a pre-paid item. The shirts and dresses will arrive in approximately 5 weeks from when the order is placed ready for Term 4. If you wish to purchase either of these items please fill out an order form and make payment at the school office.No late orders will be accepted. Thanks.

NETBALL TOURNAMENT
 The HIBISCUS COAST PRIMARY SCHOOLS netball tournament is set for Tuesday 7th August! This is organised and run by the Whangaparaoa Netball Committee and applies to all of our Year 4 to Year 6 netball teams. More information will be coming home over the next 2 weeks.


*STUDENT SUCCESSES

*A5 and B1 are Out Of  This World

* Football Tournament Success

 


To be the best we can be
 
Whangaparaoa School | 39 Ladies Mile | Whangaparaoa
Tel: (09) 424 9029 | Fax: (09) 424 9031 | admin@wgp.school.nz | www.wgp.school.nz 
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