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Worser Bay School Children love learning. At our school, the entire school community can:
* See achievement celebrated and children valued as individuals; * Feel motivated and inspired to participate; * Experience success.
WORSER BAY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Ka mau te wehi! (Grasp the Magic!)
Beethoven Algar
Term 4, Week 1, Friday 17 October 2014
Kia ora e te Whanau o Whetukairangi
We have had a great start to another 'summer term'!
Please remember that children require a sunhat at school at
all times or they will not be able to play outside and we do
encourage physical activity!
Some of you have been in the school over break times
recently and would've noticed the music playing in the playground over breaks. Resident 'jump jammers' are leading
the charge in the courtyard and others are having a quieter
'boogie' in other parts of the playground. For children who
don't know what to do over breaks - joining in with others in
the courtyard is a big plus.
Additionally - we are trying to move away from bells signifying a return to class. Music stops = learning time, rather
than the institutional sound and feel of a bell. Early days, but
working so far although we could do with a greater variety of
music!
Enjoying their group work!
Celebrating Our Place is one of our Strategic Goals.
Under this big umbrella we regularly inquire into the past
and the future of the school/wider community as part of our
localised curriculum. That's why we didn't hesitate to agree
to Beethoven Algar gracing the outside wall of Autahi as
part of the ‘Lest We Forget’ project. Many of you will have
noticed this new addition this week:
http://wellington.govt.nz/events/ww100/lest-we-forget
For further information about the Wall Stories with each
representative location: http://wellington.govt.nz/events/
ww100/lest-we-forget/wall-stories
Furthermore, we will all have an opportunity to 'Celebrate
Our Place' when we are involved in the Worser Bay Fair ‘Where the Wild Things Play’ on Sunday, 9 November. It is
always a fabulous event!! If you haven't offered and would
like to help out, remember to contact Annette John on
380 9968 or at [email protected].
ACTION AT A GLANCE
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Pay for Te Papa Trip - Matariki and Māhutonga only (p.4).
Wednesday 22 October - ParentNet Morning Tea (p.5).
Sunday 9 November - School Fair, 11.00-2.00 pm (p.6).
Thursday 13 November - The Roxy 7.00 pm - Enjoy a drink,
snacks, and get together. (Whole Parent Community)
Thursday 11 December - Year 6 Dinner
(Year 6s plus their parents)
Tuesday 16 December - The Farewell 'WRAP'
(Whole Parent Community)
Please take a look at our blogs!
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Our Education Review Office (ERO) Report should be
online any day now. So look out for it, www.ero.govt.nz,
during the week. There's a good deal to celebrate!
Happy Diwali!! Hope the weather is good for the Festival
of Lights!!
Nga mihi
URGENT: Ball run tickets: Sell + Return
Sort / drop-off Sunday: THIS Sunday
Donation drop-offs: Mon / Wed / Fri
Jude
DON’T FORGET - ORDER ONLINE - IT’S SIMPLE AND SAVES HEAPS OF TIME!!! Go to: www.wrapitup.co.nz
Pay for: Sausages (Tuesdays $2 each), Sushi (Fridays), Te Papa Trip, Sports Payments (currently Flippaball and Floorball),
Sport T-Shirts, Ice Cream fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House.
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Check out our blogs: http://www.tautoruandautahi.blogspot.co.nz/ and http://autahi.blogspot.co.nz/
Check out our blogs: http://www.tautoruandautahi.blogspot.co.nz/ and http://autahi.blogspot.co.nz/
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Ready to Rock into Term 4!
Today we came back to school to start Term 4. We have been booking ourselves into
workshops and choosing when we work on our tasks. We have also been reflecting on goals
that we set for ourselves after every session.
A Great Way to Start the Day!
We are starting the day with a choice of yoga, singing or fitness.
Eloise: Yoga is a good way to stretch in the morning!
Juliette: Singing is a good way to start the day as it makes you happy!
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Gretel: Fitness is a great way to start the day because it warms you up and it got my brain working!
Enjoying Group Work
Te Papa Trip!!
Years 4 - 6 are going on a trip to Te Papa for the day on Wednesday, 22 October. The children will be travelling by bus to the city so the cost will be $7.00 per child. Try our super new online system for this. See
Page 5 for further information. Paying at the office and signing a permission form will still be an option.
Check out our blog: http://matarikiwbs.blogspot.co.nz/
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PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
Our Principal’s Awards for the term focus on Creativity.
Awards for this week were for Being Actively Involved in my
own learning.
Autahi and Tautoru:
Nuala, Matthias, Ollie, Angus, Eleanor, Parker, Ruby.
Māhutonga and Matariki:
Alexa, Louise M., Louise K., Angelina, Hunter, Blake, Jack M.,
Alexandra.
Ice Cream for Kids - Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser
The Student Council are organising a fundraiser for Ronald
McDonald House.
This will be on Friday 31st October. The children at Worser
Bay School will be able to pre-order a Tip Top small tub of
vanilla ice cream for $3.00. This can be done through the
school’s new online order system or paid in cash to the base
group teachers.
Orders need to be in by Wednesday 29th October. Please
advise your base group teacher if your child requires a nondairy option.
Our New On Line Payment System
This term, we are piloting a new secure payment system
with Wrap it Up Limited. They’ve developed an online ordering and payment facility for all school activities. This means
you will be able to select a range of school “products” such
as sausage sizzles, school excursions and sporting
activities and pay for them online either by internet banking
or credit/debit card.
The great thing about it is that you will be able to select
activities for more than one child and order sausages (for
example) for multiple weeks at a time.
Think of it like a shop. You can select as many or as few
“products” as you like for one or more children. You go to
the checkout, confirm your purchases and pay for them.
The system also stores a record of your purchases in your
account. It’s quick and simple. And there’s no more paper
permission slips as this is also done online. We can reduce
our paper and you can stop worrying about mislaying
notices.
While it will not be mandatory to use the Wrap it Up system,
we recommend it as it will help us reduce the hours currently spent on the administration of payments and financial
record keeping. We’ve had a 4-year association with Wrap it
Up Limited and, to date, they have always provided us a
fantastic service that we can rely on. They have very good
systems in place and have always provided us with
excellent customer service.
We’re excited about the new system and encourage you to
try it. It will certainly simplify your school payments. To help
with the pilot, we’ll be sending out a number of surveys
throughout the term to gather your feedback.
As well as the surveys, please feel free to feed comments
back to the school office directly, or contact Jane at Wrap it
Up on 021 234 9688.
Some more positive feedback!
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that I have placed my order for
the sushi, the sausages and paid for Sophia’s trip to Te
Papa all in one hit and it was SO easy! This system is
FANTASTIC.
Cheers
Belinda Mackenzie Dodds
Our ‘Thank You’ Morning Tea for our Arts Celebration
helpers on Wednesday was a lovely opportunity for
the children to say ‘thank you’.
Morning Tea, Wednesday 22nd October
ParentNet have decided that it would be nice to have a catchup over a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. We would really
LOVE to welcome all you new parents to the school and get to
know all of you, whilst at the same time catching up with all of
you that have been there for that "little" bit longer! We are
planning this catch up to happen immediately after school
drop off on Wednesday 22nd of October in the school
staffroom.
We would love to see as many of you there as possible, and it
really is just for a catch-up, a coffee and a little sweet or
savoury - whatever takes your fancy. New parents, we can't
wait to welcome YOU, and all you others we can't wait to
re-connect!
Hi Jude,
WOW!!! What a great system and so user friendly for
someone like me who is lacking in the IT skills department. Logged on ordered sausages for the term (no more
raiding the children's tooth fairy money on Monday nights
and being in debt with the children as a result).
Great that I also managed to pay for a school trip and
flippaball fees for the term too. It was just brilliant.
Thanks and regards,
Stephanie Wilson
Log on to:
www.wrapitup.co.nz
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Ball Run tickets: URGENT
A big earner for the school, so please sell the tickets and return the stubs / money ASAP.
If you've mislaid the letter explaining how to get the $/stubs back see it here: http://goo.gl/jG7qFK
Can you sell more? Please email [email protected] and we'll get those precious
tickets to you.
Sorting Sunday - THIS Sunday (10am-12pm)
Please come along to the school to drop-off, sort and price as much stock as possible. Once priced we will move
some boxes out of the shed and make way for more gorgeous treasure! Also happening on Sunday 2nd Nov.
Daily drop-off - Monday / Wednesday / Friday
Daily drop-offs for all donations at the shed (in the concrete court area behind Junior Block), Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8.40-9.00am and 2.45-3.15pm.
Please donate items that YOU would buy, the Fair is not a recycling plant!
Flyers - a chance to get fit AND contribute
A wander around the suburbs in the sun is a glorious way to spend the days leading up to the fair.
We need volunteers for flyer deliveries - please contact Sarah Gunn 027-337883 /
[email protected]
Deliveries will need to happen around about Labour weekend.
Donate!
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Deli: make something: http://goo.gl/aBO2LE
Plants: grow things: http://goo.gl/xEFR0X
If you have wheelie bins, long extension cords, chilly bins, gazebos, we need your help!
Contact Kelly Moore: [email protected] / 027-386 1985 / 04-970 1440
/WorserBayShoolFair2014
- Worser Bay School Fair 2014
@WBSFair
It's only successful because you're involved …
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Wellington Diwali Show at the TSB Arena
Sunday, 19th October at 1.30 pm, Gold Coin Entry
Groups will be performing from all parts of Wellington
and with ethnicity reflecting many parts of India.
Come along and enjoy Diwali in Wellington.
‘'Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men”
Wellington College Rugby Club has been fortunate
enough to have renowned NZ speaker & author Celia
Lashlie as a guest speaker on the above topic - 7pm
Tuesday 11th November,at Pipitea Marae & Function
Centre, Thorndon.
Tickets are available from www.eventfinder.co.nz –
‘Celia Lashlie’. Single: $24.00, Couples $40.00
Please get in early to buy tickets as there are limited
tickets.
Any enquiries to:
Jacinda Absalom
Wellington College Rugby Football Club
Fundraising Committee
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Phone: 0274 787177
Home Phone: 04-5686466
Multi-Cultural Food Fair - Friday 31 October 5-9pm at the
Miramar Christian School, 41 Camperdown Rd, Miramar.
There will be a variety of ethnic food stalls to tickle your tastebuds, plus a café / bakery, garage sale, auctions, along with
plenty of games and entertainment for the children as an
alternative to Halloween.
A workshop for Children and Families, ages 7-13.
(In conjunction with the Turnbull Library Gallery’s
current exhibition.)
"No less than everything: the art and times of Janet
Paul", this workshop will demonstrate simple and
fun ways to draw and sketch. Materials provided.
Date: Saturday October 25, 2014, 11.00pm 12.30pm. Free.
Location: Ground-floor programme room of the National
Library.
For further details, email: Brendan.O'[email protected]
To RSVP, email: [email protected]
Did you go to Miramar Playcentre?
It is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year and
would like to invite ex-members and their families to join
us for the celebrations.
We are holding two events:
Evening Social, Friday 31st October from 7.30pm.
We are having a potluck dinner at the Strathmore
Community Church, 108 Strathmore Ave, Strathmore,
Wellington.
Whanau BBQ, Sunday 2nd November 12-4pm.
Enjoy an afternoon at Miramar Playcentre with food and
entertainment. 23 Crawford Green, Miramar, Wellington
Please join our Facebook group (https://
www.facebook.com/groups/499700090129450/) for
more information and to RSVP for either of these
events or email [email protected] or telephone 027 681 4956.
Come along for some good food and family fun!
LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE THE FUN WAY?
Seatoun Arts & Crafts celebrates its Annual Exhibition and
Sale (17-19 October) at St Christophers Church Hall, Forres
Street, Seatoun with the official opening on Friday 17 at 7pm.
Do you need regular or occasional after school
care?
I am Eleanor’s (Year 4) mum and we are available most
days.
Give me a call.
Susan: 021 2378813
Scots College Open Day
Sunday 19 October, 2pm-4pm.
FUN French, Spanish, German and Mandarin
language classes for 2- 12 years olds
FREE TRIAL LESSON AVAILABLE
Lots of fun activities, drama, music & games
French classes available throughout Wellington.
For more information:
www.lcfclubs.co.nz
(all class info and online registration now available!)
[email protected]
Ph: 476 3098