Welcome To Our New Students and Families! NAU MAI, HAERE MAI WELCOME We would like to warmly welcome our newest students and their whānau.

Waihi East Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week 2 2016 UPCOMING DATES Oct 19 Touch Starts. 3.30pm @ Rugby Club. Oct 21 College enrolment forms due back. Oct 27 Celebration Assembly. 2pm. BOT Meeting. 5.30pm Oct 31 East School Agriculture Day. Team East Whanau meeting.2pm. Nov 3 Waihi East Athletics. Nov 4 Group Day Agricultural day. Nov 11 Waihi Schools Athletics. Celebration Assembly. Nov 21 BOT Meeting. 5.30pm. Nov 24 Celebration Assembly. Dec 2 Wearable Arts Show. Dec 6 Cool Bananas Show at School. Dec 7 Music Concert. Dec 8 BOT Meeting. 5.30pm. Dec 12 Year 6 Trip. Dec 15 Prizegiving. 1pm. Dec 16 Last day of 2016. Welcome To Our New Students and Families! NAU MAI, HAERE MAI WELCOME We would like to warmly welcome our newest students and their whānau. Callum - Rm 6 Charlie- Rm 5 Tiki - Rm 9 Manaaki - Rm 6

PHOTO OF THE WEEK FROM ZAC Kia ora koutou, Wow what a week it s been! On Friday we got to see our tamariki truly rise above and shine at the Hauraki Kapahaka Festival in Paeroa. Despite the rain and having to perform inside at the last minute, our roopu did themselves and our school / community proud. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! A huge thank you again to the many many people who had input and made the day / performance possible. A HUGE congratulations and well done to our students! I cannot wait to see where our Kapahaka group goes next in their journey and performing. This term we have kotuku (Senior School, Yr 4-6) electives. Please contact Rach ASAP if you have an activity or idea that you can help out with, we want to get these underway next Friday. NEW NEWSLETTER FORMAT, As you will see we are trialing a new format for our newsletter, this is to make it easier to print and share online with our families. At this stage we will be maintaining weekly newsletters, however every second newsletter will be a short notice with important updates, reminders and notices, these will be issued hard copy in black and white. The other newsletters which will be longer, including student learning, photo s, community news etc will be issued hard copy in colour. If you are happy to only receive a digital copy please let Sharon ( office@east.school.nz ) know. This will help reduce paper and printing cost. Have a great long weekend! Zac

WEEKLY NOTICES TEAM EAST WHANAU Team East Whanau are holding a meeting on Monday 31st October to discuss fundraising for camps 2017 and kapahaka uniforms. ALL welcome. Cake and coffee provided. 2pm in the staffroom. ATHLETICS Classes have started preparing for our school athletics on Thursday November 3. We are looking forward to this competition. All welcome. Kotuku team welcome Lou from Athletics NZ in for RUN, JUMP, THROW Support. ELECTIVES We are desperately looking for parents/grandparents/helpers to be part of Electives for 6 weeks on Fridays, 9.30-11am. Starting from next Friday 28th Oct for 6 weeks. Thanks a million! Any options considered from Xmas craft, recycled creations, sewing, Lego, boot camp, carpentry, sports, dance, art, gardening, enviro, science, chess, book club, etc. Talk to Rach or Nik if you are interested. RECYCLING MATERIALS NEEDED Our Term 4 focus is 'Toi Pueru' which means wearable arts made from recycled materials. So we are on the scrounge for any/all recyclables from your homes and businesses this term. Our learning inquiries will be based around how we can 'reduce, reuse and recycle'. We will be having a wearable arts show on 2nd December. AGRICULTURE DAY We will be holding our calf club day on Monday 31st October. This year the judging for Ag Day will start at 10.30am. Group Day is being held on Friday 4th November at the Waihi Showgrounds and is being organized by St Josephs School. ALL cups from last year need to be returned to school as soon as possible please. YEAR 6 COLLEGE ENROLMENTS Year 6 enrolment forms need to be returned to East School before Friday October 21. Please see the office if you need another one. WANTED Maren appreciates having received some ice cream containers this week and would like to receive more over the next month. Thank You from Maren. SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Issue No. 7 went home last week and closes on Friday 4th November. All orders and payments to the office please. LOST/FOUND Found; A large silver ring. A gold hoop earring. A Pearl stud.

Celebrating Our Success! Hauraki Kapahaka Festival

TERM 4 AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS TOUCH RUGBY Touch Rugby starts this term, Week 2. Wednesdays 3.30-5 30 at Waihi Rugby Club. Year 1-6. If you are able to help with managing/coaching, we'd love to have you! Permissions slips went home last week. Please return to Rachael if your child would like to play. TERM 4 BASKETBALL School Years 1&2 - Circle of growth programme College Gym. Monday's starting 2nd week term 4. 3.20-4pm. 40mins. $5 or $20 if you want a Waihi Mini basketball t-shirt. Coached by Waihi College Students. School Years 3&4 - Circle of growth Programme College Gym. Monday's starting 2nd week term 4. 4.00-5.00pm. 1 hour. $20. Includes t-shirt. Coached by Waihi College Students. These students do not have to be in teams for this. School Years 5-6 Friday Junior Summer League Basketball Years 5-11 - College Gym we need more year 5/6 teams to make up a division!!! Social mixed teams. Graded into age. At least 2 girls per team. $10 per player. This grade will be held straight after school 3.30pm This money will be made available to students seeking help with funding for their basketball in 2017. If you have any questions or queries or would like to register a player or team. Please contact Rachael via Facebook, email. rachaelr@waihicol.school.nz or 0278700937.

COMMUNITY NOTICES WAIHI AMATEUR ATHLETICS CLUB "Waihi Amateur Athletics Club 2016/2017 season" Starting Monday 17 Oct 5-6pm with rego and info at College pavilion Rata St. This will be followed by nibbles and meeting for committee and helpers at 6pm. Contact Shar Kelly 021902797 BIG Beach Dig 4pm Sunday Oct 23rd. Waihi Beach in front of the Surf Club. Ages 1-12. No spades, hands only. Come dig for treats. Run by Beach Christian Centre. http://www.beachchristiancentre.org.nz/ PAEROA LIONS CLUB 27th ANNUAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY On Saturday 29 October 2016 our club will be holding its 27th Annual Fireworks Display at Paeroa Domain. The fireworks display promises to be more spectacular and of greater duration than our previous displays. We have arranged for a girl group and other musicians from Paeroa College to provide Pop Music from the stage in the early part of the evening. We will also have a magician moving amongst the crowd. Remember the gates will open at 5.00pm. We have an even bigger range of food, entertainment and drink stalls. The entrance cost remains at $15 for a family ticket which covers 2 adults and 2 children. Otherwise adults $5 and children $3. For the safety of all those attending we have the following rules: NO ALCOHOL, NO PERSONAL FIREWORKS, NO PETS OR BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE GROUNDS Enter this event in your diary and if you have been before tell your friends as to how good the evening the evening has been in the past. For more info contact Malcolm Davison 0274950806. In the unlikely event of weather conditions which precludes us running the show on Saturday 29 October the event will be held at same venue on Sunday 30 October 2016. FREE EAR CLINIC SERVICE FOR CHILDREN Visit the Ear Nurse for advice on; Glue ear assessment and management, wax/foreign body removal, grommet check and treatment of discharging ears. All children must be accompanied by a parent of caregiver. The Ear caravan will be at Waihi Central School, Moresby Avenue tomorrow, Thursday 11th November 9.30am-1.30pm. (closed for lunch 12 noon 12.45pm). WAIHI BEACH SCHOOL FUN RUN Over the Top Fun Run Something for Everyone! Saturday 12 th November, 2016 @ 10am This community fun run/walk is a school fundraiser with proceeds going towards finishing the school fitness trail. There are 3 different run/walk options (3km, 6km & 10km) so there is something for everyone making use of our unique and gorgeous beach/bush surroundings. Further information and registration forms can be found on the Waihi Beach School website or on Facebook under Over the Top Fun Run https://www.facebook.com/events/1717623278503317/ or call Kris on 021 181 8897. Registration forms can also be collected from the Waihi Beach School Office or Sport n Action Office at the Waihi Events Centre.

CODE RED EMERGENCY SERVICES DAY Everyone's invited to the Code Red Emergency Services Family Fun Day. We're gearing up for an exciting day at Morgan Park on Saturday 29 October with our Emergency Services Day during Goldfest. This will be a great day for children and families with the opportunity to meet and see the first responders and their vehicles and equipment close up. There'll be demonstrations with the Jaws of Life, the Police Dog Displays, the Police fitness course to try, a kitchen fire display, rapid response vehicles, mines rescue display and lots of bubbles for the kids to 'get lost' in. There'll also be lots of interactive displays and information. Add competitions, fire engine rides, food and refreshments and I think you'll agree it's going to be a busy time between 10am and 2pm. We have the Waihi Police, Waihi Fire and Rescue, Waihi St John, Waihi Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, Waihi Beach Coastguard, LandSAR (Search & Rescue), Mine Search & Rescue, Civil Defence and the Rescue Helicopter will even be there as long as it's not called out to a job. All these services are donating their time for free, and it will be a fantastic opportunity to have a great time while learning some important life skills. It's ACTION STATIONS with the Code Red Emergency Services Day Saturday October 29 at Morgan Park between 10am and 2pm.