Ngā Puna 2020

Kia Ora whānau. Welcome to week 7. This week is our last week of swimming. Pool closes on the 20th of March. A reminder to those of you who purchased pool keys to please return them ready for next season. Wacky hair day This Friday the 20th of March is  'Wacky hair day' at school to support the Cancer Society's Relay for Life event. Come to school sporting your weird and wonderful wacky hairstyles! If you would like to support this cause a gold coin donation would be appreciated. Headlice We have had a case of head lice in Ngā Puna. Please have a quick check through your child's hair and treat accordingly if necessary. Keeping in Touch A reminder of a few ways to keep in touch with the latest news at school. We also have daily reminders on the whiteboard outside Ngā Puna in the morning, as well as our 'weekly reminders' on your child's reading log. For alerts to your mobile phone   Text follow waimairischool to 8987 (Spark & 2 Degrees  o

Kia Ora Team Welcome to week 6. A big welcome to Blake who is starting school with us in Ngā Puna this week. A warm welcome to you and your whanau Blake. It is so lovely having you with us. We also welcome Donna into our Ngā Puna teaching team. Donna has been a Learning Assistant at Waimairi for some time now and we feel very lucky to have her with us in Ngā Puna. Swimming Next week will be the last week of swimming for our  kids. A reminder our swimming days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday's. Friendship list Our Classroom Connector Angela Godenho (Jack's mum) is compiling a 'friendship list' for us to distribute to our parents. This is a great way to organise play dates and foster friendships. Thanks for those who have already passed on details to Lynley or Tina. If you would still like to be on the list please email Angela on the address below. She will be outside Ngā Puna this Wednesday morning for those of you wanting to be added then. angelagodenho@g

What a fantastic time we had! A big thank you to all our fabulous parents who were able to help us on our trip. Your help is so appreciated. We were mixing colours of different density/making rainbows!  and experimenting with light outside/ catching rainbows! The year 11 students at STAC were wonderfull with our tamariki. Here are a few photos.

Welcome to week 5. A big welcome to Aayush and his family who have joined our Ngā Puna whānau. It is lovely to have you with us at Waimairi School. It was great to see a 'fly through' of our new school building during meetup this morning. Progress is looking great and it's coming together nicely. What a treat to be able to view it clearly on our new projector screen in the hall!  A big thanks to our P.T.A for all of the hard work they do, and to you all for supporting their fundraiser's. Our Ngā Puna kids were watching the workers install the new projector. Their inquisitive nature and desire to 'know' saw them checking up on the workers progress over the course of the morning! Sparklers We have started to share and involve the Ngā Puna children in the sparklers activities from the Allright Mental Health initiative. It was developed in response to requests from the education sector for tools to help them support and promote the wellbeing of yo