Waerenga School Newsletter No 22 28 July, 2017

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Calendar of Events 2 August TK Production 7 August PTA Meeting 11 August College band 14 August X Country

Hi everyone and welcome back to Term 3. A big welcome also to our new families who have joined us this week, Imogen Turner in Rm 5, Taylor Parsons in room 2 and Jackson Ward in Rm 5. We hope everyone had a wonderful relaxed, albeit a bit cold, holiday. We have a busy time ahead of us this term with the cross country (both our own and those further afield for the keen runners), speeches and the return of the famous Election Café and of course the lead up for the kids for the Calf Club in Term 4. Lots of preparation needed for these awesome events so let the fun begin. Have a wonderful weekend and good luck to all the sports teams who will be back into it this weekend after the holidays.

FRANKLIN VETS VISIT On Tuesday we had a visit from Liz who spoke to the whole school about pets for Calf Club. We learned how to look after an animal and what it needs. We would like to thank Liz for speaking to us. We would like to encourage all students to have a pet lamb, calf or goat for our Term 4 Calf Club. If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to contact the school. SCHOOL SPEECHES This involves students from Year 3 – Year 6. During this term students will be busy writing speeches in class. Our class finals will be on the 31 August followed by school finals on the evening of the 6th September. If students are chosen to compete in the Hauraki Plains Interschool Competition, this is on Thursday 14th September.

AOTEAROA – A NEW ZEALAND ROCK MUSICAL. We are very grateful to Te Kauwhata College for inviting us to a free performance of their school production on Wednesday next week. We will travel to Te Kauwhata by bus and car. Please make sure your permission slip is back by Monday 31 July at the latest. CALF CLUB ENTRY FORMS A Calf Club entry form has been sent home with your child today if they are having an animal this year. If you require extra copies for siblings or other students in Years 7 or 8 please contact the school. Please return the form to the school office once details of the animal’s birthdate, breed, etc are known. LUCKY LUWAAAA SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB This term’s brochures have been sent home with your child today. Please read attachment from Scholastic regarding credit card payments. Orders need to be in to school by the 7th August or you can do them online.

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FOR SALE Junior school size 12, boys grey cotton short sleeve shirt and grey shorts, green v neck jumper- size medium, school jacket size 14, 4 pairs long grey uniform socks and a Kauri house sports shirt. All very good, just over 1 year old, $100.00 for all.

NORTHFUEL FUEL FOR SCHOOL If you use Northfuels you can nominate our school and they will donate 50c for every 100 Litres you buy. When we get to $1000 we can choose technology or sports gear. So far we have accumulated $570 so we're well on the way http://northfuels.co.nz/fuel-for-schools/ Your support is appreciated very much.

Te Kauwhata

Skatepark

has been

revamped!

Bring your skateboard, your best tricks and celebrate our new skatepark at an...

OPENING CELEBRATION Saturday 29 July 12 noon-2pm

Food, drink and some awesome spot prizes will be available on the day

A skate demo crew will be showing off some skills, so get down to the skatepark, by the war memorial, and check them out.

AMERICA’S CUP On Wednesday, the Trailblazers went to TK College and saw the America's Cup that New Zealand won. First Grant Dalton walked in and some of the college kids did a powhiri for him. Next they all did a song and haka about Te Kauwhata, then Grant Dalton spoke about fair play and the sailing rules. When he had finished speaking we got a photo with him and the trophy. We even got to touch it!!! It was a lot bigger that we expected it to be. If it was on the ground it probably would have been nearly as tall as us! It was so cool, my highlight was touching the trophy. By Lucy Hosking A huge thank you to all the parents who helped with transport and made it possible for us to go - especially with such short notice!! Grant promised Year 9’s Daniel Over a school visit if NZ won the cup. Wednesday was the fulfillment of that promise.

PTA Latest Lunch Order attached below