Ngā Puna 2021

Welcome to week 2. We hope you enjoyed the lovely sunny weather and family time over the long weekend. Here are the notices for Week 2. Welcome to Michell McMaster who starts school this week, we are so excited to have you join us here. We have started a new mindfulness program throughout the school called Pause, Breathe, Smile and had our first lesson last week. Have a chat to your child about what mindfulness means to you. Our definition for them is "noticing what is happening now, with kindness and curiosity' Term 4 is a HAT TERM so please make sure your kids have their hats at school so they can play outside in the sun :)  Vaccination proof - please see all communications from Mike and read carefully about this. We value parent helpers and involvement hugely at Waimairi and don’t want to cut this off, we just need to go through the right channels in order to do so moving forward. Any questions, please contact Mike or the office and they will explain everything.   Wednesday...

 Kia Ora koutou. What a lovely sunny day to have the kids back with us today. Everyone was so happy to be back, super settled. Was great to hear about what our we people have been up to over the holiday break. Feel free to share photos of your adventures if keen. Children love to see themselves on the big screen. Reminders Hats - We are a sun smart school and hats are compulsory fro terms 1 and 4. Please use this week to locate/purchase a school wide brimmed hat. We are encouraging children to leave them at school in their lockers ( One less thing to remember to pack for home !)  Welcome - A few new people to welcome this week. Welcome to Winter and Kylie who are starting school with us this week. Happy birthday girls! Lovely to have you with us. Also our University of Canterbury Student Teacher Sophie Lightbourne is here with us again for her 4 week placement. It was great seeing the kids reconnect with Sophie today.  Monday 25th October - Labour Day - Public Holiday, Sc...

Kia Ora whanau Welcome to the last week of our 10 week term.  This week Tina and Tania are continuing to have New Entrant meetings with some Nga Puna parents. They will be in and out throughout the day. Kate Mitchell will be back in to cover and work alongside Vanessa and Sue.  Reports Some children will be bringing home a written school report on Thursday afternoon. This is dependent on how long they have been at school.  Cricket Last week, some visitors from a local cricket club OBC, came and played cricket mini-games with the Nga Puna children. It was a lot of fun! A flyer went home with some children who showed an interest in playing more cricket this summer. Calendar Art Please refer back to last week's blog post to see an example of the calendar art. Orders are due back tomorrow, Tuesday 28 September.  If you have paid online please also send in the paper order form.  Connect Waimairi have received payments but there are 20 outstanding orders at this stage...

Kia Ora whanau. Welcome to week 9 of our 10 week term. The weeks certainly have been flying by! This week Tina and Tania have New Entrant meeting's with some Nga Puna parents. We will be in and out throughout the day. The lovely Kate Mitchell will be in to cover and work alongside Vanessa and Sue.  Calendar art. Here is a 'taster' of what our children's calendar art looks like. Details will be out soon with how to order. These always make wonderfull Christmas gifts and are another way you can support our schools fundraising ventures. Maths-a-thon Postponed We have made a decision to postpone maths-a-thon this year due to the time pressure on planned events for the rest of 2021 due to lockdown. If any money has already been paid, please return to the sponsor or if they want to, they can make it a donation to the school that will be put towards maths resourcing.  Touch Rugby Touch Rugby Tuesday nights at Nunweek Park starting 19 October. - A message from the organisers. W...