Whakarewarewa School Newsletter
Panui 4
Friday 21 March 2014
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Tena koutou katoa nga matua me nga kaitiaki
o te kura nei.
He mihi aroha ki a ratou e pouri ana, e mamae ana. Ki a
ratou kua mene ki te po, haere haere, haere atu ra.
Heoi ano, ki te hunga ora tena tatou katoa.
It has been a quiet week 8 with students and staff
concentrating on their learning, their values and the way
we are at school. It’s always sad when students leave
the school and move to another city. Aue. Kia kaha
everyone to let others in Rotorua know that we have a
beautiful school doing focussed on lifting student
achievement in a happy safe learning place.
A time to celebrate student achievement
NZ schools have to assess students in reading, writing
and maths against the National Standards and last year
against nga Whanaketanga We assessed students in
July and Dec of 2013 and it’s time to celebrate.
These students progressed through the year and are
where they should be for their age and year level
compared to others in the country. They have
progressed one whole year. Yay! They worked diligently
and progressed steadily and I commend them, their
teachers and their whanau for achieving this outcome.
Well done and congratulations to:
In reading and panuitanga
Heretini, Amokura, Drey, Aroha, Rangimamao, Bayley,
Geoffrey, Brock, Wi te Tau, Trent, Sandra, Tuhourangi,
Hariru, Rangianiwaniwa, Samantha, Riria, Malama,
Paea te rangi
Kia u ki te pai
Kia hari koa te ako
Next panui, we celebrate students who have made more
than one years progress.
Wonderful
Winners
Riria, Paea and
Sammie were
rewarded at
Monday 17th
March
assembly and
acknowledged
for the values they have demonstrated at school.
They’ve shown respect and empathy to others. They’ve
demonstrated honesty in the playground and classroom
and pride in their personal grooming and book work.
Well done girls. They chose lap top time, a free lunch
and an ice block. Yay!!
The next draw is at assembly on Friday 21st March when
another 3 students will be honoured for presenting the
school values of respect, empathy, honesty and pride.
Students earn tickets from different staff members and
paste these onto a certificate. When all four tickets are
collected, the certificates are placed in a special box and
three are drawn at assembly.
Rewards include: free time on the bmx bikes, free
trampoline time; free lap top time; a free lunch; a free ice
block and recognition in assembly, in the newsletter and
on the website.
In writing and tuhi
Rangimamao, Geoffrey, Trinity, Brock, Trent, Amita,
Kyan, Hariru, Rangianiwaniwa, Samantha
In maths and pangarau
Heretini, Amokura, Aroha, Geoffrey, Trinity, Brock, Trent,
Wi te Tau, Raymond, Sandra, Kyan, Hariru,
Rangianiwaniwa, Samantha, Riria, Paora, Paea te rangi,
Malama, Tiakinui
Let’s celebrate attendance!!
We have been at school for 8 weeks.
These students still have 100% attendance
Tangi, Nelly, Hariru, Te Aurere,
Tiakinui, Maraea, Phoenix, Trent,
Tuainakore, Geoffrey
Different Learning Styles
Whaea Carol comes to school each day to work
with our ORRS high need child and a small
group of children
in the Auraki
class. She is a
semi retired
reading recovery
teacher who was
at Rotokawa
school for
many years.
To our
benefit, she
now works
with our children helping them to speak and
enjoy learning. When you come to school you
can see her on the verandah in the mornings.
Next term, we will find a warm space for her in
our new classrooms.
Each day we are also fortunate to have Whaea
Aneta work with 5 year olds freshly arrived to
school. She helps them identify letters, words,
colours, shapes… and helps them to speak
clearly. Speaking is a first step towards reading
and eventually writing. These delightful and
precious
little 5 year
olds have
fun when
they are
learning too.
Free BMX bikes.
One day at school this term this gentleman
arrived with two
bmx bikes to
give to the
school. If you
go to Palmers
on Sala Street,
please say
thank you to
anyone there
for their kind and generous koha to the school.
This gentleman said his sons had grown too big
for these bikes and he wanted others to be able
to ride them. What a generous and considerate
person. Gratefully received and now used for
rewards.
Tuakana Teina Reading
We recently tried some relaxed and pleasant
Tuakana Teina Reading which was fun and cool.
The little ones each
had an older
student to guide
and enjoy books.
Thank goodness it
was warm and
sunny when we did
this. Next term, we
will find spaces in
our new rooms to
do this again.
The Go Bananaz team
Baking at school
…talk to us about being honest and respecting things
and
people.
We play
fun
games
and sing
songs
about
Jesus. I like Go Bananaz because at the end we get a
prize if we sit up and the spotter sees us. We learn a
new verse each week and someone is chosen to say the
one from last week. They usually choose a boy and a girl
and they also give a prize to the person who remembers
the memory verse.
Every Thursday, the year 7 and 8s are at Tech at
Rotorua
Intermediate doing
Culinary Arts.
That’s a flash
name for cooking.
Whaea Hariata
wanted the yr 5s
and 6s to bake as well so on Thursday afternoon, yr 5s
and 6s from room 9, were taken to the hall by Whaea
Hariata. We carried ingredients and cooking utensils to
make cupcakes. We were baking because Brock had
had a birthday and then Tuhourangi was having a
birthday soon.
There are 3 maybe 4 people in the Go Bananaz
team. Whaea Peg and
Marilyn are regulars.
Matua Johno is my
favourite because he’s
funny and cool.
I love the Go
Bananaz camp which
they run once a year for children 8 years and up from
different schools in the Bay of Plenty. It’s fantastic.
It’s a good thing to have Go Bananaz at our
Kura because they teach us how to be good, kind and
considerate.
Kyan 10 years old
We made enough for the whole school. At first, some of
us were not feeling generous and then we talked about
sharing and aroha and giving without expecting anything
back. Everyone felt more generous. In the end the boys
baked first and then the girls. Thank you Whaea Lisa for
letting us put our cupcakes in your classroom oven and
we are sorry that the oven warmed up the classroom
more. When we bake again, Whaea is going to guide
some of us on how to behave appropriately in free time.
Roimata 10 years old
Baking @ school
We baked lots of butterfly cupcakes while the seniors
went to Tech. We did this because two people in our
class had birthdays. Birthdays usually mean you blow
out candles on your cake. Whaea Hariata wanted us to
do some baking because the seniors bake every
Thursday for this term. Thank you parents for giving us
ingredients to cook kai.
We wanted to show others in the school that it’s good to
share, it’s good to be kind, it’s good to be generous. That
is good role modelling.
Sandra 8 years old.
Tech Ed @ RI
I a Taite ka haere nga tau 7 me nga tau 8 ki te
kura waenganui o Rotorua. Ka haere ma runga i
te waka o te kura. Ko Matua Colin te taraiwa.
Kei te akomanga putaiao, te akomanga tunu kai,
te akomanga hanga me te whare tohutohu he
momo ako ano. I tenei wahanga kei te tunu kai
matou. Kua tunu i nga parehe (pizza) i te rare
(toffee) me nga nati (nachos). He rawe ki ahau
no te mea ka tunu i nga kai reka, kai hauora me
nga panekeke tenei ra. Ko Aunty Buff te kaiako.
Te Ratakuatawhai 11 years old
SPORTS
We have strong student interest in three codes:
Netball
2 teams at $375 each
Hockey
2 teams at $350 each
Basketball / Miniball 3 teams at $300 each
This is a total of over $2000. Whanau ma, we
want all of our students to play their sports and
to have uniforms and equipment to represent
Whakarewarewa with pride.
We will eventually have to charge all players
some type of fee and we want to offset costs by
fundraising. We also have to get new basketball
and hockey uniforms.
Please will you support us with fundraising.
VARIETY AUCTION – Wed 16 April 4pm
All families are asked to donate a prize to the
value of $20 to this auction. Items are to be
unused or unopened. Sale products from the
Warehouse, Bunnings or supermarkets make
good prizes. Veges are plentiful at the moment
and so home cooking like relishes or preserves
are appreciated. Unopened xmas gifts can be
brought here. Handmade items are well
received. Home baking closer to the day and or
smoked tuna will go down well… All prizes will
be sorted and organised into ‘lots’.
Then we are asking families to please purchase
2 x $5 sheets of coupons. (There are 20
coupons on each sheet.) On the day of the
draw, Wednesday 16th April, families can drop
their coupons into the draw bins by each lot of
prizes. The variety auction happens when a
coupon is drawn and the winner collects
whichever items are in that ‘lot’. Contact Maude
Wano if you have any questions about this
auction.
Please support this fundraiser because it’s for
our children to play their winter sports and get
uniforms and equipment.. More fundraising
activities to come later. If any parents or whanau
are available to help, can you let Pam know with
a note through your child. Thanks.
Very soon you will receive permission slips for
basketball, hockey and or netball. We are still
open to parents for coaching and or managing.
Thank you.
Don’t forget this term:
Mini marathon
Athletics
Spelling Bee
Mathletics
Oral presentations
and the Variety Auction