PĀNUI
Thursday 30th March 2023 - Week 9 - Term 1
Thursday 30th March 2023 - Week 9 - Term 1
Kia Ora e te whānau,
We finally managed our whānau picnic in! The weather was perfect and everyone had an enjoyable time, making memories. Thank you to all of our staff who came down and helped out, and also a big thank you to the PTA for all of your organisation for the event. Our tamariki loved it.
MINI MOVING MARCH
We have had a successful week in reducing the vehicle traffic around the school area in the morning and afternoon. We have noticed a massive difference with the reduction of vehicles and the impact on after school operations e.g. road patrol. It has been much smoother to run Road Patrol and helping students and families to cross the road on Newcastle Street. I would like to give a big shout out to Kate for your organisation with this event, and all of our Year 6 Kaitiaki clippers - you were so helpful to us! Thanks to the PTA for donating the iceblocks on Friday.
We finally managed our whānau picnic in! The weather was perfect and everyone had an enjoyable time, making memories. Thank you to all of our staff who came down and helped out, and also a big thank you to the PTA for all of your organisation for the event. Our tamariki loved it.
MINI MOVING MARCH
We have had a successful week in reducing the vehicle traffic around the school area in the morning and afternoon. We have noticed a massive difference with the reduction of vehicles and the impact on after school operations e.g. road patrol. It has been much smoother to run Road Patrol and helping students and families to cross the road on Newcastle Street. I would like to give a big shout out to Kate for your organisation with this event, and all of our Year 6 Kaitiaki clippers - you were so helpful to us! Thanks to the PTA for donating the iceblocks on Friday.
PERMANENT TEACHING POSITION
Congratulations to Sio Ikenasio who has won the permanent teaching position at our school. Pa Sio will continue to work in Room 10 in 2023. Nau mai haere mai - we are all very excited for you to join our team.
KUPU HOU - TE REO PHRASE OF THE WEEK
Karawhiua (Cudder-Few-ah) - Give it heaps!
ENROLMENTS
If you have a 4 year old who is turning 5 soon please contact enrol@winchester.school.nz to let us know or see Nicky in the office for an enrolment pack.
CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS
The updated Concerns and Complaints process can be found on the website here. It provides staff members, parents/caregivers/whānau and the wider school community with clear procedures for raising concerns and making complaints. Complaints may also come from members of the public.
OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS TERM 3 & 4 2023
The Board of Trustees of Winchester School invites out of zone applications for Terms 3 & 4 2023 for children turning 5 and in Year 2 only. Please contact the school by email or telephone for pre-enrolment details enrol@winchester.school.nz The deadline for receipt of applications for out of zone placements is 28th of April 2023.
A ballot (if required) will be held on the 1st of May 2023. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot by the 1st of May 2023.
PLAY FIRST, EAT SECOND
In Term 2, we are going to trial a "Play First, Eat Second" model at our school. This means that when the bell goes for morning tea and lunch breaks the tamariki will go straight out to play. When the bell goes again, they will come back to eat for 10 minutes under the supervision of their teacher. There will be some changes to the timetable for Term 2, however, there will be no change to the amount of learning time during the day as we currently have.
The benefits of play first, eat second are:
The new timetable will be:
#1: 8:55am - 10:40am (1hr 45 learning) + brain break kai & fitness at 9.50am.
Break: 10:40am- 11am (20min play). Kai: 11am - 11:10am
#2: 11:10am - 12:40pm (1hr 30 learning)
Break: 12:40pm - 1:20pm (40min play) / Kai: 1:20-1:30pm
#3 1:30pm - 3pm. (1hr 30min learning).
The Board of Trustees of Winchester School invites out of zone applications for Terms 3 & 4 2023 for children turning 5 and in Year 2 only. Please contact the school by email or telephone for pre-enrolment details enrol@winchester.school.nz The deadline for receipt of applications for out of zone placements is 28th of April 2023.
A ballot (if required) will be held on the 1st of May 2023. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot by the 1st of May 2023.
PLAY FIRST, EAT SECOND
In Term 2, we are going to trial a "Play First, Eat Second" model at our school. This means that when the bell goes for morning tea and lunch breaks the tamariki will go straight out to play. When the bell goes again, they will come back to eat for 10 minutes under the supervision of their teacher. There will be some changes to the timetable for Term 2, however, there will be no change to the amount of learning time during the day as we currently have.
The benefits of play first, eat second are:
- improved social connections for all learners
- less negative behaviour/interactions in the playground
- tamariki eat more and therefore receive more nutrients for their bodies and brains to grow
- tamariki slow down to appreciate their kai having digestion benefits
- improved behaviour and focus in class
- this all has positive effects on learning.
The new timetable will be:
#1: 8:55am - 10:40am (1hr 45 learning) + brain break kai & fitness at 9.50am.
Break: 10:40am- 11am (20min play). Kai: 11am - 11:10am
#2: 11:10am - 12:40pm (1hr 30 learning)
Break: 12:40pm - 1:20pm (40min play) / Kai: 1:20-1:30pm
#3 1:30pm - 3pm. (1hr 30min learning).
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
We are continuing to focus on Te Tuakiritanga Identity and Whanaungatanga Relationships for last week's Principal's Awards. It was great to hear and recognise all of the unique achievements from our learners. Congratulations to the following people:
We are continuing to focus on Te Tuakiritanga Identity and Whanaungatanga Relationships for last week's Principal's Awards. It was great to hear and recognise all of the unique achievements from our learners. Congratulations to the following people:
TERM 1 SUMMARY
This will be the last newsletter until next term. Thank you to everyone for a wonderful term full of learning. I am so proud of all of our learners, teachers, staff and community. I hope you all have a safe and restful break in the up and coming non-contact time.
This will be the last newsletter until next term. Thank you to everyone for a wonderful term full of learning. I am so proud of all of our learners, teachers, staff and community. I hope you all have a safe and restful break in the up and coming non-contact time.
A HEADS UP...
LIT QUIZ AND Y5/6 ROAD RACE
Tuesday 4th April.
ASSEMBLY AND FINAL DAY
The final day for Term 1 is Thursday 6th April. We will have an Assembly at 2:15pm. Look forward to seeing you all there.
TERM 2
Term 2 starts on Wednesday 26th of April (Monday 24th is a Teacher Only Day, Tuesday 25th is ANZAC Day).
KINDO
Winchester School will be launching Kindo at the start of term 2. Watch this space for more information. School donations will be invoiced during term 2 on Kindo.
LIT QUIZ AND Y5/6 ROAD RACE
Tuesday 4th April.
ASSEMBLY AND FINAL DAY
The final day for Term 1 is Thursday 6th April. We will have an Assembly at 2:15pm. Look forward to seeing you all there.
TERM 2
Term 2 starts on Wednesday 26th of April (Monday 24th is a Teacher Only Day, Tuesday 25th is ANZAC Day).
KINDO
Winchester School will be launching Kindo at the start of term 2. Watch this space for more information. School donations will be invoiced during term 2 on Kindo.
Naku noa, nā
Nic
Tumuaki
Winchester School Te Kura o Te Haonui
Nic
Tumuaki
Winchester School Te Kura o Te Haonui
SPOTLIGHT STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT ABSENCES
Please contact us before 8.30am
Use the eTap app or Text 0272128240 or phone 3579414.
Tell us your child's full name and room number.
Please contact us before 8.30am
Use the eTap app or Text 0272128240 or phone 3579414.
Tell us your child's full name and room number.
Right Choice Recognition Day - Wednesday 5 April
Look out for a bright yellow information sheet in your child's school bag today.
Te Tuakiritanga, Identity Day - Come dressed to show who you are!We would like all learners to come to school dressed in a way that reflects their identity.
e.g: Cultural dress, sports or club uniform.
We will have a parade on the netball court at 10:30am (You are welcome to attend), followed by activities with our Whānau buddies and enjoy some Kiwiana with a sausage in bread.
Look out for a bright yellow information sheet in your child's school bag today.
Te Tuakiritanga, Identity Day - Come dressed to show who you are!We would like all learners to come to school dressed in a way that reflects their identity.
e.g: Cultural dress, sports or club uniform.
We will have a parade on the netball court at 10:30am (You are welcome to attend), followed by activities with our Whānau buddies and enjoy some Kiwiana with a sausage in bread.
SPORTS
Summer Sports:
Sports uniforms: Please return these to the container in the school office. If you are planning to play a Term 2 sport we would like you to still return your uniform because we have some new t-shirts to give to you.
Netball (Yrs 0/2 & 3/4) - Next week are the last games for the season!
Year 0-2
Mon 3rd April: 3.45pm Winchester Stars vs CSNS Wizards, Court 13b
Year 3/4
Tue 4th April: 5pm Winchester Pulse vs Whakarongo Magic, Court 15
Wed 5th April : 4pm Winchester Magic vs Russell St Tui, Court 16
Summer Hockey (Yrs 0-6) Last games for the season are today!
Thursday 30th March
Winchester Kōwhai vs Riverdale Tui, 3.45pm, HMI:HAVAL 2D
Winchester Karaka vs Cloverlea Lightning Bolts, 3.45pm, HMI: MG 1B
Winchester Whero vs Westie Yellows, 5.15pm, HMI: Cartown HAVAL 2b
A big thank you to all of our amazing supporters who have come down to our sports grounds every week to support our athletes! Congratulations to all of our players on another fantastic sporting season - Ka mau te wehi koutou!
Term 2 Sports:
Basketball - teams are being finalised and will be emailed out early next week.
Winter Hockey: Years 0-6 Please complete the following google form to enter your child. docs.google.com/forms/d/1UpZZ6xEzPGhrpQxwNeUm96MXU52_Xv2o5OqIldFNctI/edit
Sports uniforms: Please return these to the container in the school office. If you are planning to play a Term 2 sport we would like you to still return your uniform because we have some new t-shirts to give to you.
Netball (Yrs 0/2 & 3/4) - Next week are the last games for the season!
Year 0-2
Mon 3rd April: 3.45pm Winchester Stars vs CSNS Wizards, Court 13b
Year 3/4
Tue 4th April: 5pm Winchester Pulse vs Whakarongo Magic, Court 15
Wed 5th April : 4pm Winchester Magic vs Russell St Tui, Court 16
Summer Hockey (Yrs 0-6) Last games for the season are today!
Thursday 30th March
Winchester Kōwhai vs Riverdale Tui, 3.45pm, HMI:HAVAL 2D
Winchester Karaka vs Cloverlea Lightning Bolts, 3.45pm, HMI: MG 1B
Winchester Whero vs Westie Yellows, 5.15pm, HMI: Cartown HAVAL 2b
A big thank you to all of our amazing supporters who have come down to our sports grounds every week to support our athletes! Congratulations to all of our players on another fantastic sporting season - Ka mau te wehi koutou!
Term 2 Sports:
Basketball - teams are being finalised and will be emailed out early next week.
Winter Hockey: Years 0-6 Please complete the following google form to enter your child. docs.google.com/forms/d/1UpZZ6xEzPGhrpQxwNeUm96MXU52_Xv2o5OqIldFNctI/edit
PTA
We finally got to have our whānau BBQ and wasn't it a great evening?! I saw lots of smiling faces, people having fun, spending time together whilst enjoying yummy kai.
A HUGE thank you to Kathryn Knightbridge for your phenomenal organising, and to the MANY people who volunteered their time to help.
To all the parents/caregivers/teachers who took time out of their busy week to come together as a school community, thank you!
Toyota needs a BIG shout out for once again providing us with the BBQ, and going out of their way to source it when it was already booked for our rescheduled date!
The bouncy castle & coffee cart topped off a great event - thanks guys!
HOT CROSS BUN FUNDRAISER
What a great team effort! 516 packets of freshly baked hot cross buns arriving at school TODAY!
They will be put into bags and delivered to your child's classroom by 3pm.
Winners of the Cloud9 vouchers will be announced in our end of term assembly!
Thank you to those who have volunteered to sort & bag today. It's much appreciated!
WINCHESTER SCHOOL HOODIES
If you are wanting to purchase a Winchester School Hoodie, orders need to be placed on Kindo by April 6th (next Thursday). These will be delivered to your childs classroom early in Term 2.
ICE BLOCKS
Please note - we will NOT be selling ice blocks tomorrow, due to the Mini Movin March promotion. Instead, we will be providing the ice blocks for all those who have had their card clipped 5 or more times.
LUNCHES
Subway & Sushi available every fortnight throughout the year, with Sausage Sizzle & Pizza alternating in between. We will end the term next Thursday with Pizza!! All orders are to be placed on Kindo. Keep an eye out on the Winchester School PTA facebook page for weekly reminders, or check out Kindo to see what lunch is on offer each week.
AGM & MEETING
We will be holding our AGM on Wednesday 3rd May 6.30pm in the school staffroom, followed by our usual meeting at 7pm. All welcome!
The AGM is where elections take place and the years events are reported on. As per our constitution, current Office Holders will retire (but are eligible for re-election).
If holding a position on the PTA interests you, then please come along! Feel free to get in touch with me if you would like to know more about what any of the roles entail. I can be contacted on katrinahigson@hotmail.com.
EGGS
The Egg Project kindly supports our school in our fundraising efforts by giving us back $1 from each dozen sold! Last term we recievied $261! They are delicious farm fresh eggs from a local business.
If you would like to order eggs for collection from school on Thursdays at 3pm, go to www.theeggproject.co.nz, use code SCH-005 and place your order before midnight on Tuesdays.
Free Range Dozen $8.50
Organic Dozen $10.50
WEEKLY PARENT COFFEE GROUP
Andrea McLeay runs a coffee group for Winchester Parents every Tuesday morning after drop off. They usually meet at Bees Knees, or Coffee on Ascot. Please PM her, or respond to her post on the Winchester School PTA facebook page so you can be added to the chat group.
WINCHESTER SCHOOL UMBRELLAS
If you would like your own Winchester School Umbrella, we have 4 left! These are large, sturdy umbrellas.
Purchase for $40 on Kindo, and collect from the office.
KINDO
New to Winchester School or havn't got Kindo yet? Choose from one of the following options
Click this link https://bit.ly/3qGHiBs
OR
Download the myKindo app
OR
visit the PTA KINDO SHOP tab on the school website
OR
visit www.mykindo.co.nz
PTA FACEBOOK GROUP
To keep up to date with all things PTA such as events, lunches, fundraisers etc, please request to join 'Winchester School PTA' on facebook.
A HUGE thank you to Kathryn Knightbridge for your phenomenal organising, and to the MANY people who volunteered their time to help.
To all the parents/caregivers/teachers who took time out of their busy week to come together as a school community, thank you!
Toyota needs a BIG shout out for once again providing us with the BBQ, and going out of their way to source it when it was already booked for our rescheduled date!
The bouncy castle & coffee cart topped off a great event - thanks guys!
HOT CROSS BUN FUNDRAISER
What a great team effort! 516 packets of freshly baked hot cross buns arriving at school TODAY!
They will be put into bags and delivered to your child's classroom by 3pm.
Winners of the Cloud9 vouchers will be announced in our end of term assembly!
Thank you to those who have volunteered to sort & bag today. It's much appreciated!
WINCHESTER SCHOOL HOODIES
If you are wanting to purchase a Winchester School Hoodie, orders need to be placed on Kindo by April 6th (next Thursday). These will be delivered to your childs classroom early in Term 2.
ICE BLOCKS
Please note - we will NOT be selling ice blocks tomorrow, due to the Mini Movin March promotion. Instead, we will be providing the ice blocks for all those who have had their card clipped 5 or more times.
LUNCHES
Subway & Sushi available every fortnight throughout the year, with Sausage Sizzle & Pizza alternating in between. We will end the term next Thursday with Pizza!! All orders are to be placed on Kindo. Keep an eye out on the Winchester School PTA facebook page for weekly reminders, or check out Kindo to see what lunch is on offer each week.
AGM & MEETING
We will be holding our AGM on Wednesday 3rd May 6.30pm in the school staffroom, followed by our usual meeting at 7pm. All welcome!
The AGM is where elections take place and the years events are reported on. As per our constitution, current Office Holders will retire (but are eligible for re-election).
If holding a position on the PTA interests you, then please come along! Feel free to get in touch with me if you would like to know more about what any of the roles entail. I can be contacted on katrinahigson@hotmail.com.
EGGS
The Egg Project kindly supports our school in our fundraising efforts by giving us back $1 from each dozen sold! Last term we recievied $261! They are delicious farm fresh eggs from a local business.
If you would like to order eggs for collection from school on Thursdays at 3pm, go to www.theeggproject.co.nz, use code SCH-005 and place your order before midnight on Tuesdays.
Free Range Dozen $8.50
Organic Dozen $10.50
WEEKLY PARENT COFFEE GROUP
Andrea McLeay runs a coffee group for Winchester Parents every Tuesday morning after drop off. They usually meet at Bees Knees, or Coffee on Ascot. Please PM her, or respond to her post on the Winchester School PTA facebook page so you can be added to the chat group.
WINCHESTER SCHOOL UMBRELLAS
If you would like your own Winchester School Umbrella, we have 4 left! These are large, sturdy umbrellas.
Purchase for $40 on Kindo, and collect from the office.
KINDO
New to Winchester School or havn't got Kindo yet? Choose from one of the following options
Click this link https://bit.ly/3qGHiBs
OR
Download the myKindo app
OR
visit the PTA KINDO SHOP tab on the school website
OR
visit www.mykindo.co.nz
PTA FACEBOOK GROUP
To keep up to date with all things PTA such as events, lunches, fundraisers etc, please request to join 'Winchester School PTA' on facebook.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
EPIC MUSIC ACADEMY HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
We are over halfway through Term 1 which means Epic Music Academy is having a holiday program! Dates and activities are all locked in for the 11th April - 21st April.
If you would like to have your kids enrolled in this holiday program, while making new friends and hanging out with old friends while having fun and learning music, then this holiday program is for you!
We're also excited to announce the launch of our EPIC Rockstar Programme! The EPIC Rockstar Programme is a band programme for kids from ages 10-16 in the 2nd week of the school holidays. They will learn new skills such as songwriting, playing in a band, recording music and more! (Your child must already know how to play an instrument) We're super exited to be able to kick this programme off these school holidays.
Sign Up now at https://www.epicma.nz/holiday-program
There are limited spaces, and they are filling up fast!
We are over halfway through Term 1 which means Epic Music Academy is having a holiday program! Dates and activities are all locked in for the 11th April - 21st April.
If you would like to have your kids enrolled in this holiday program, while making new friends and hanging out with old friends while having fun and learning music, then this holiday program is for you!
We're also excited to announce the launch of our EPIC Rockstar Programme! The EPIC Rockstar Programme is a band programme for kids from ages 10-16 in the 2nd week of the school holidays. They will learn new skills such as songwriting, playing in a band, recording music and more! (Your child must already know how to play an instrument) We're super exited to be able to kick this programme off these school holidays.
Sign Up now at https://www.epicma.nz/holiday-program
There are limited spaces, and they are filling up fast!
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