Kia ora,

Welcome to our last newsletter for Term 1. It has been a busy term for students and staff and everyone will be able to use the holiday break to be mask free and recharge ready for term 2.

In a few weeks we will have the annual school cross country to look forward to and I can’t wait to see our students demonstrate their determination out on the course. It will be great to have our Waiau School community supporting the students at this event on the 20th May.

Preparation is underway for Room 2’s camp in Christchurch and we will share the details early in term 2.

In this edition of our newsletter we have shared some of the creative poems that our students have been writing. Food seems to be a popular topic and generates some super poetic writing. I know that Room 1 enjoyed their 'popcorn' learning this week because when I visited they were all fully engaged in their lesson!

It is lovely to see our older students work alongside our younger students each morning before 9 o'clock, helping with learning alphabet letters/sounds and sight words. This is a true Tuakana/teina relationship and one which is so evident in our Waiau School setting, across all aspects of what we do.

Presently we have families in our school community that are feeling the full effects of covid and we wish them all a speedy recovery.

Ngā manaakitanga

With best wishes,

Megan.

Congratulations to Sophie Lawton The winner of the Eastmond Cup, for the most improvement in swimming this year.

On the last day of the term we are having a mufti day to support Big Brother, Big Sisters North Canterbury. We are asking for a gold coin donation.

In keeping with the Waiau School tradition we will also be putting in orders for lunch from Brenda’s on Lyndon. So please bring along your order with correct change in a named envelope on Thursday morning.

Brendas on Lyndon - Menu

Kids Burgers

Cheese Burger $5.50

Chicken Burger $5.50

Plain Burger $5.00

Adults Burgers

Cheese Burger $7.00

Chicken Burger $9.00

Scoop of chips $4.00

1/2 Scoop of chips $2.50

Hot Dog $3.00

Crumbed Hoki $3.50

Chicken Nuggets $5.00 (5 nuggets)

Chicken Tender $2.00

Gluten Free

Chicken Nuggets $1 each

Fries $2.50

Position available: on a fortnightly basis we require a responsible adult that can supervise our bus pupils from 3 - 3:45pm. This is a paid position and will require police vetting in order to ensure we have the best person looking after our tamariki.

Please contact either myself or Liv to find out more details or to express an interest.

Due to the on-going pressures on our health system from Omicron, we will be providing limited dental care at 2 of our clinics over the upcoming school break. Most of our dental team continue to be redeployed to support the delivery of essential health services.

Could the following be included in your newsletters or sent directly to parents’ mailboxes?

The Community Dental Service will be providing urgent and relief of pain appointments during the school break at:

Aranui Community Dental Clinic, 240 Breezes Road, Christchurch

Hornby Community Dental Clinic, 2 Hei Hei Road, Christchurch

You can access these appointments by calling our Contact Centre on 0800 846 983.

For any dental advice please call the Contact Centre on 0800 846 983 or email

commdental@cdhb.health.nz