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Waitaki Valley School
Newsletter
25 November 2015

Kia ora koutou katoa

As you read this I will be at Mt Cook with Room 4. We certainly hope that the glorious weather will be upon us as we enjoy the time. I'm only joining them for the day, however they are away until Friday. No doubt they will come back after having some wonderful experiences over the three days. We look forward to sharing some photos with you all next week.

It was great to see the Waitaki Valley students who represented us at the North Otago Athletics on Monday, experience so much success. Their results are below. I'm sure you will agree, that for the number of children who we have in our school we are VERY well represented in the results. Well done everyone.

Congratulations to our team who represented us at the Otago Athletics in Dunedin last week. Special mention to Sara Harding who finished 3rd in the 12 year old girls 75m sprint. This is certainly a great achievement when you consider how many 12 year old girls there are in Otago!

As we look ahead to 2016, teachers are working hard to plan for the use of our learning spaces, so that they can be used in innovative ways, to best meet the needs of our students. To keep you all informed of our direction for 2016 and beyond we will have a Parent Information Session at school on Wednesday 9th December from 2.30-3pm. Our wonderful Friends of the School group will be providing you with refreshments. Please RSVP by phoning the office or following this link: RSVP here

Not only are the teachers planning for 2016, but so too are the Board of Trustees. Below there is information about a BOT survey that they would like you to complete in order to help us make Waitaki Valley School the best that we can be. We value parent input and hope that you can all find the time to let us know what you think about different areas of our school. There are always things to improve on and this will assist us to find out what areas parents want this to happen in.

Just an update on the pool: We are having some trouble with the pumps. We had hoped to have had it open by now (it would have been a great refresher yesterday!), however our 'Pool Team' of Jim Sutherland and Michael Smith are working hard to ensure that it can be opened as soon as possible. We will keep you updated.

Our Car Park is to undergo some changes over the next few weeks. The 'bottom' driveway by the gym will be reinstated and this will become the only exit out of the car park. This will create a one-way flow of traffic through the car park, with the intention to minimise risk for ALL users. There will also be cones attached to the 'lanes' at the main entrance, and this will direct traffic either into the car park, or out of the drive through area in front of the school. I know it will be quite straight forward when you see it! I do ask however that you approach the car park with caution over the next few weeks, as all users get used to the new design.

Our thoughts are with Miss B this week as she recovers from a nasty fall from her horse at the Waimate Show on Saturday. She will be away for this week, and we hope that she recovers in order to join us again next week.

As you can see there is a lot going on at our school. Please keep in mind that we are always looking for the best outcomes for our kids. I hope that you find the time to fill in the Board of Trustees survey and to come to our information afternoon.

Have a great rest of your week

Deidre

BOARD OF TRUSTEES SURVEY
The Board of Trustees seeks your feedback on our school. We would like to hear your views, in order to assist us to plan for the future. Click on the picture below to get to the survey.
Everyone who contributes (and leaves their name) will be in the draw for a bottle of wine. You are welcome to complete it anonymously too.
Please complete this by Friday December 4th.

We Extend a Warm Welcome To:

Koru: Lulu Heyes & Willow Currie
Room 5: Alyssa Currie

We also extend a warm welcome to their families into the
Waitaki Valley School Community

2015 OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC RESULTS

Girls 75m Sprints: 3rd Place -Sara Harding

NORTH OTAGO PRIMARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC RESULTS

Girls

Abbigail Murdoch 1st High Jump - 10 Year Old Girls
2nd Long Jump
3rd 100m Sprint

Maddy Phillips 2nd Long Jump - 8 Year Old Girls

Sara Harding 3rd 100m Sprints - 12 Year Old Girls

Jade Grant 3= Shot Put - 10 Year Old Girls

Boys

Malachy Murphy 1st Long Jump - 8 Year Old Boys

Ben Kay 1st Long Jump - 10 Year Old Boys
2nd 400m

Dan Patterson 2nd Long Jump - 11 Year Old Boys
3rd 400m

Caden McGregor-Hofman 3rd High Jump - 11 Year Old Boys

Henry Kay 3rd 400m - 12 Year Old Boys

Relays: Waitaki Valley Team - 12 + Year
Henry Kay, Sara Harding, Hannah Alegado & Carl Alegado 3rd Place

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 27 November Rural Schools Year 8 Day, Glenavy
Friday 4 December Rural Schools Science Day, Oamaru
Wednesday 9 December Parent Information Session 2.30pm-3pm
Thursday 10 December Board of Trustees Meeting, 7.30pm
Wednesday 16 December Final Day, Term 4

Bible in School Play

Friday 27th November at 9am.

ALL WELCOME

Anna Keno from Giant Leaps will be running a free 'taster session' for Speech and Drama at school on Tuesday December 1st. The intention is that if there is enough interest Anna will return in Term 1 2016, to take classes at school. To register for the 'taster session' follow this link: Register here
Anna will also be doing a 'Question and Answer' session for parents at 2.30 on the 1st too.
Please complete the registration by tomorrow 5pm (Thursday 26th November).

JUMP JAM PHOTOS AND DVD AVAILABLE TO ORDER

With Miss B being injured and away from school the last day to order these will now be Friday (November 27th).
You can order photos and DVDs from the Jump Jam performance in Christchurch.
Team and Individual photos available - $17 each.
Combo of both photos - $29
CD of performance photos - $10
DVD - $45
To order please follow the link and fill in the required information. Order here

Waitaki Valley School

1 Settlement Road

KUROW
Principal: Deidre Senior

Important numbers:
School phone: 03 4360 660
Absences: School Mobile Text: 0277142774
School Bank Account: 02 0900 0000532 00

office@waitakivalley.school.nz