Christmas Joy with Ali Harper

Come support Archie's Mum Ali Harper in her Christmas Show.
Look out for the red tent in the morning to buy tickets.

Friday Reminders

Reminders for Friday:

* ALL library books due back for stocktaking. Please send all books back to school - there will be no more issues for the rest of the year.

* Poetry day - please send poem folders to school.

* Swimming day - please send togs and towels.

* We are hoping to have another athletics practice with the juniors during the day so please make sure children have their sunhat at school.A few hats have also gone astray - if you wouldn't mind checking the name on your child's hat that would be great as some may have got muddled up.

* ALL class reading books also due back on Friday. We'd love a couple of helpers for returning these to the book room - if anyone has some spare time we would really appreciate this.

Waimairi Whanau Hui

Notice regarding the upcoming school whanau hui for those interested...

Join us on Thursday 29 November at 5pm by the pool for our Whānau Hui.  Bring food for your whānau and the tamariki can have a swim.  We will discuss use of te reo Māori and tikanga around the school.  We will also be planning a mihi whakatau for our new Deputy Principal and looking at welcoming events for the start of next year.   If the weather isn't fine, we will be in the library.  Ka kite koutou tērā - See you there!

Week 7 (26-30 November)

Welcome to Week 7 :)

Classroom Release Time
Room 19 children have PE with Mr Lukes on Monday morning after Meet Up until 10.30am.

Junior Athletics 
Weather depending we are aiming to have a couple of practice sessions this week on Monday and Wednesday for our junior athletics which is coming up on Tuesday 4 December from 11-1.30pm on the school field. We look forward to seeing you there next week if you can make it. The coffee shop will be open until 1pm next Tuesday as well.

Swimming
Our swimming days are Tuesdays and Fridays. Please send togs, towels and goggles along - fingers crossed we can get a swim in this week although the forecast isn't great at this stage!

Craft Club
Tuesday lunchtime 12.45pm in Room 22

Kapa Haka
Tuesday afternoon 1.30-2pm

PTA Food wrap & ECO product orders
Most of our Kohara orders were sent home on Friday - we are just waiting on one last box of baking paper to arrive. All other orders will be in individual classrooms for collection.
Thanks for supporting our PTA with these fundraisers.

Christmas Disco
This is coming up next week on Friday 7 December. $2 entry plus we ask that you please bring along a donation of either a can of food or a wrapped Christmas present for a child to go under the Christmas tree for those in need. Dress up in Christmas theme if you wish!
Junior Disco is 5.30-6.30pm
Senior Disco is 6.45-7.45pm
Children must be collected from inside the hall. Year 3 children may attend either disco, but not both.

Have a great week.

Friday Reminders

Friday reminders:

* Swimming togs
* Library books
* Poetry folders

Vomiting Bug

There is a horrible tummy bug going around Kohara with children having vomiting and diahorrea.

Please remember that children must stay away from school for an additional 24 hours after the last incident of vomiting or diahorrea to avoid spreading this to other children in the class. Please do not send them back to school the next day.

Thank you for your support with this.

Sarah Gets A Letter From The Prime Minister!

Sarah got some very exciting mail from Jacinda Ardern our Prime Minister! In the photo the Prime Minister is holding Sarah's design that she sent in for her Christmas Card competition. No wonder - Sarah's design looks AMAZING!

Lola's Quality Work

Lola got spotted today doing quality work on her reading poem. We love it when we see children persevering and taking their time to produce such a high standard of work. Well done Lola.

Cecilia and Siale-Maia's Artwork

Kohara love practising their detailed drawings on the whiteboard and we loved the family pictures that Cecilia and Siale-Maia drew today. Doesn't LOVE WORLD sound like a great place to visit!

Tom Rocks Kohara!

Tom treated Kohara to a wonderful rendition of "We Will Rock You" - he had the moves and great vocals and the children were clapping along and really enjoying it. Great work Tom on conquering your nerves and sharing your singing with the class.

Harry and Atlas Make A Speed Boat

Harry and Atlas have been busy co-operating together on their latest project - a racy red speedboat! We love how they have disguised the boxes they used with their wonderful paint job. This project initiated some great conversations and team work. Well done boys.

Hot Dog Helpers

The PTA are currently needing a few more lovely people to help out on the hot dog roster for Term 1 next year. This involves being available for one Friday lunchtime  during the term to distribute the hot dog orders to the children. This is done in pairs with another volunteer. If you think you could spare one Friday lunchtime please let Monique know and she can pass on your details to the PTA coordinator.

SUPER RUGBY CUP AT SCHOOL!

On Thursday 22nd November Waimairi School will have the honour of looking after the Super Rugby Cup for the day! 

The cup was won this year by our mighty Crusaders and is making its way around the region for the public to see.

We will have the Trophy in the office for the duration of the school day so if you would like to come in and have a look or get a photo/selfie with it you are more than welcome to do so!

A big thanks to the BNZ Crusaders for sharing their prize cup with the community.

Monty's Marble Run

Monty has made this wonderful marble run with several different tracks. We thought it sounded musical when he tested it out - the marbles made a lovely tinkling sound. Each marble track is slightly different so you can choose fast tracks or slower, curvier tracks.

Lucia the Gardener

Lucia has been busy with her gardening project growing all kinds of different vegetables and herbs. Can you spot a wee shoot coming up? Lucia has been looking after her seeds well giving them lots of sunshine, water and love.

Arlo's Boat

Arlo has finished refining his boat design and making it waterproof so that he can test it out in water. Hopefully it will float now that he has added a layer of plastic film to the bottom of the boat. We can't wait to see how your floating experiment goes Arlo.

Pippa and Josie's Song

Pippa and Josie had both planned to do a singing project. Then they found out that they were singing the same song so they decided to join together and do a duet. It's always great to do projects with new friends and we thought they did a fabulous job.

Atlas the Performer

Atlas took on the challenge of singing and dancing with his favourite song 'High Hopes' which is currently on the radio. Atlas was such a star. We loved how he made up all his own dance moves and had such great timing to the music. By the end of the song he had found the confidence to sing loudly whilst dancing! Awesome effort Atlas - we loved watching you.

Izzy and Sarah Singing Superstars

Izzy and Sarah treated us to a wonderful performance. We were impressed with how well they learnt the lyrics and their confidence in front of the whole class. It takes a lot of nerves to sing in front of so many people - well done girls.

Leo and Mikey Bake Muffins

Leo and Mikey made some delicious looking muffins. They enjoyed following the recipe, measuring and mixing and best of all the taste test. When they were finished they divided the muffins in half. They knew that 6+6=12 so they would get 6 muffins each to take home and share with their family. Maths is everywhere, even in baking!