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What's Coming Up
School reports issued - Friday 5 July
Mathex Competition - Friday 5 July
Teams will be travelling to Kaipara College by car. Times are: Y5/6 10:30-11:15, Y7 11:15-12:00, Y8 12:15-1
Last day of term - Friday 5 July
School finishes at 3pm and buses run as usual.
First Day of Term - Monday 22 July
Orders Close for Ag Day Chicks - Thursday 25 July
$16 for 2 chicks, order on Kindo or at the office. Collection day is 13 August.
Rugby/Rippa Tournament - Thursday 25 July
Teams will leave at 8:15am.
Science in a Van Y1 & 2 - Friday 26 July
Please pay the $5 cost on Kindo or at the office.
Greats and Grands - Friday 2 August
Grandparents and Great Grandparents are invited to come to the powhiri at 9am, followed by classroom visits and morning tea.
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Snowsports NZ Racing
Last weekend Snowplanet hosted the Snowsports NZ Interfield Ski Race. Competitors came from all over the North Island. Waimauku School's very own Cooper Arkell came first - beating second place by 1.5 seconds. Congratulations Cooper!
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Engage Your Brain - Tuesday 15 October at 7:30pm
We are proud to announce that Nathan Wallis, Aotearoa's renowned neuroscience and educator is coming to our community with his talk - Engage Your Brain. Nathan is the host of the documentary "All in the Mind", and co-host of the TV series "The Secret Life of Girls".
This talk focuses on the social/emotional aspects of your brain development - how feeling impacts our thinking. Come along and learn how to engage your brain. Tickets are available at
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2019/engage-your-brain-waimauku/auckland/waimauku
Ag Day
Ag Day this year is being run over two half days - Friday 18 October and Saturday 19 October. On Friday the students will be completing their floral and nature artworks and on Saturday there will be animal judging and family entertainment. Things to know at this point are:
- Orders for baby chicks are now open on Kindo, the close off date is 25 July
- Animals born on or after 1 July are eligible for entering our animal competitions.
- Unfortunately, there will be no calves again this year. You can find information about our animal competitions on our website.
Absences
Please, please contact the school and let us know if your child is going to be absent. You can report absences by leaving a message on the phone, phoning and talking to a person, emailing on office@waimauku.school.nz or using the website. This is for your child's safety.
Waimauku School Ski Team
Each year the school enters a school ski team into the North Island Primary School Ski Championship (NIPS). This year the year 1-6 is being held 2-5 September. The entry requirement is that each child needs to be skiing at an intermediate level, and be able to get on and off the T-Bar by themselves. The races are held at Whakapapa. It is a great week and a really nice atmosphere with all the children cheering each other on. The Waimauku team is a friendly team with all parents pitching in with various duties and helping out. If your child would like to be part of the team or if you have any questions, please contact Claire Arkell on claire@cloudcents.co.nz or 021773771.
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Games & Puzzles
Our popular Wednesday Lunchtime Club is always on the lookout for new games and puzzles. If you are having a clean out over the holidays and you have any games or puzzles you would like to donate please drop them into the school office. We are particularly looking for games and puzzles that are simple and fast to play as we only have 40 minutes. I am also on the lookout for a rebounder for one of our students if anyone has one they are looking give away. Many thanks.
Wendy Dunn
NorthWest Rewards
Our school is taking part in NorthWest Rewards again this year. The campaign runs until 21 July and every $1 you spend earns a point for our school. When you shop at the NorthWest shopping centre just take your receipt to customer services and you will go in the draw for a $500 shopping spree. The schools with the most points win CASH! This week is groceries week so you get doublepoints at the mall Countdown, next week is double on health and beauty and the last week of the holidays is double on stationery if you want to stock up at Typo or Whitcoulls before school starts back. We are running a close race for second at the moment with West Harbour School so please support us!
Pool Keys
Please return your pool keys to the office.
Police 105
NZ Police recently launched a new non-emergency number, 105. They've done this to make it easier to get hold of them in the event of non-urgent situations or ‘Things which have Already Happened’, which don’t require Police assistance immediately.
You can call them on 105 for all non-emergencies, or you can go online at 105.police.govt.nz to report things like:
- Lost property
- Theft from a public place or car
- Intentional property damage
- Or to get an update or add info to a previous report
In the event of an emergency, always call 111 - Things that are Happening Now.
Emma Dangen
Emma Dangen, a past student of Waimauku School, is competing in Young Farmer of the Year and needs votes - if you would like to support Emma please follow this Facebook link
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The Ruapehu Team have been studying what life was like 100 years ago and had a full old times day where they experienced what school used to be like.
Sit up straight everyone!
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NW Soccer
We have a lot of keen footballers in Year 5/6 and we were able to take two teams to the NW Competition. Both teams competed well with Team 2 (pictured) finishing 5th and Team 1 placing 3rd. Many thanks to Dave Stenning and our parent helpers.
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Book Battle
Our Book Battlers fought the good fight last week, achieving well and having lots of fun. For all who aren't familiar with this competition, it involves teams from around the region who train for weeks beforehand and then compete to answer literary questions. Here are our school results:
Y5/6 Waimauku A 5th
Y5/6 Waimauku B 13th
Y7/8 Waimauku A 7th
Y7/8 Waimauku B 4th
Y7/8 Waimauku C 9th
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Netball
The Waimauku Year 8 A Team competed in a netball tournament last Sunday and did really well. The conditions were challenging with slippery courts and there were several crashes to the ground but they all got right back up!
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Chess Power
Our intermediate chess team competed at the Chess Power Regional Tournament last week, achieving a 9th place for the school with Ethan Hoy achieving the highest ranking for our school at 31st. Well done everyone and thank you to our parent helpers and Mr Robert James.
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NW Basketball
Our basketball team competed at the NW Basketball Champs last week, achieving a fabulous fourth place! Well done everyone and thanks to Oliver Scott and Christine Lovell for your help.
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Flippaball
What an exciting end to Term Two flippa ball! The Year 3/4 team had a super close game shooting ball after ball at the goal. Our defence held up really strongly with the opposition team only able to get one goal in the net. Well done Waimauku Wahoos!
The Year 5/6 team had a double header as they won their first game - triumphing again in the second match. An outstanding result considering it was two back to back games and the other teams had beaten us in the past. Well done Waimauku Whiplash!
Great to see such improvement from all the players and most importantly to see how much the kids enjoyed the games. Looking forward to more pool fun in Term Three.
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This wonderful artwork was created by Mrs Leanne Martin and the 2018 Room 16. If you want a closer look come visit the school office.
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Save the date!! This one is just for the grown ups! The Waimauku School PTA presents “Bingo (but not as your Nana knows it!)” a night of fun, hilarity and off the wall comedy Bingo. Friday 16th August 7pm in the School Hall. Tickets will go on sale via KINDO early in Term 3.
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Thank you to those parents who have nominated our school when purchasing bulk fuel deliveries from Northfuels. For every 100 litres of fuel purchased, 50c is donated to our school, which can go towards sponsorship funds for a sports equipment package or a technology package. We would appreciate any other parents nominating our school too if they also purchase from Northfuel. For more information, please visit www.northfuels.co.nz or call 0800 4 THE KIDS (0800 484 3543). Many thanks for supporting Waimauku School!
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PIANO LESSONSDuring school hours at Waimauku School; or at Muriwai Studio. All ages and levels; for fun, for skills and/or for exams. Qualified (DipMus, DipPerformArts, ExecCertMus, LTCL, AIRMTNZ).
Experienced and Registered Teacher.
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Art Workshops at Waimauku School
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3pm - 5pm.
Art Workshops in the July holidays at Kumeu Arts Centre
Tuesday - Friday both weeks.
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Come Visit Kumeu Library in the Holidays!
Poles Apart – school holiday activities at Kumeu Library.
Visit Kumeu Library for free events at 10:30-11:30am, suitable for school aged children, and a night-time event on Thursday 18th July plus activities to do in the library anytime.
Monday 8th July 10:30-11:30am
Opposites storytime – suitable for preschool – 8 years
Tuesday 9th July 10:30-11:30am
Polar opposites – penguins & polar bears
Wednesday 10th July 10:30-11:30am
Positive negative art
Thursday 11th July 10:30-11:30am
Fishing with magnets
Friday 12th July 10:30-11:30am
Extreme games
Monday 15th July 10:30-11:30am
Shadows storytime – suitable for preschool – 8 years
Tuesday 16th July 10:30-11:30am
Poles apart with magnets
Wednesday 17th July 10:30-11:30am
Shadow sculptures
Thursday 18th July 6:15-7;15pm
Dr Seuss at the library: crafts, games, activities and we will end the night with a story served with hot chocolate and treats
Friday 19th July 10:30-11:30am
Kahoot Quiz extremes
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