THE FLASH - WHAKATANGATA 'PLAYING THE GAME OF LIFE'

Tena Koutou Katoa
Greetings to you all

School Roll: 149 students

Yesterday Year 3 - Year 8 children spent the day at the COPs Winter Sports sessions in Otorohanga. There was a hive of activity at all three events, with children playing hard but fair. Highlights were seeing some of our children ‘step up’ and show support and team spirit to other competitors. Thank you to those who offered support at these events throughout the day. It is appreciated.

Over the past few weeks, we have had many things on the go at school.

On Thursday 16th May Cheryl Hickford, Deputy Principal from Otorohanga South, and our local Kahui Ako Across School Lead, spent the day with us modelling ‘The Writing Revolution’ lessons in classrooms. Teachers are undertaking professional development with Cheryl around the implementation of this writing programme. Cheryl was impressed with children’s developing understanding.

The Lorax Production practices are in full mode. Classes are busy learning class dances/scenes for the show. Tickets are on sale from the office. Get in quick to secure your seats. The Matinee performance has very few seats still available. We are fortunate to have access to a great costume source for our school productions, however, we do need some items to be brought from home for some of our children. Watch out for a detailed notice regarding costume requirements. This will be sent home shortly.

The Enviroteam leaders were busy on Tuesday. We now have 103 natives planted along the fence line on the top field. The majority of these trees were gifted to us by Kim Andersen from Restore Native, a Waikato-based Native Tree Nursery, an initiative aimed at promoting green spaces and environment education in our primary schools. The remainder of the trees planted on Tuesday were grown by the Enviro team from seed here at school.

Many thanks to Dan Brice for pulling out the old hedge to make room for these native trees. We appreciate your help!

We are reinforcing safety rules at school pick-up. Children are NOT to open our school gates. Parents need to come into the school grounds to collect their children. This is a safety measure. Our carpark is very busy at the end of the day and we need to do everything we can to keep everyone safe. Thank you for your help with this.