Earlier this week Mrs Hodge, Mrs Griffin and Mr Chadwick walked the Waka Iti children down to Milverton Kindergarten to visit them in their setting. Visits like this can help to smooth the transitions from ECE to school and it also gives our newest school learners the chance to reconnect with early childhood experiences. This is especially powerful for children who may have attended the centre themselves, or those at kindy who will be attending our school when they turn 5.
Earlier in the term Waka hosted tamariki from Hokowhitu Kindergarten - for exactly the same reasons. 

The Year 4 sleepover and EOTC day out to Nga Manu was a huge success. My sincere thanks to Mrs Gifford Moore, Miss Bisset and Miss Weeks for their enthusiasm and passion to see this go ahead. Special thanks to the team of parents who also gave their time to support the staff - staying overnight, food prep, and support with groups on Friday. We simply couldn’t have done it without you! Ka pai. 

What a busy week we’ve had and we really hope that you have enjoyed viewing/ participating in/ and hearing all about this week’s action!
My sincere thanks to our staff who have all been involved in ‘giving just a little more’ to allow all these activities to go ahead - Kapa Haka, Choir, Jump Jam, Movie Making, Year 4 sleepover and EOTC day out- wow!! Thank you so much for the many positive comments we’ve received 

Welcome to the always ‘action packed’ Term 4. I know we say we have loads of exciting things planned every term (and we do), but there is something extra special about the final term of the school year.
Attached with this newsletter is a term calendar - accurate at the time of production. While there are often changes and/or additions, this gives you a good head start as an overview of this term.