Whenuakura 
School 
 
Newsletter 
 

 
‘Growing Personal Excellence’ 
 
 

Monday 9th September 2019 

Term 3 Week 8 
Hi everyone,

We would like to thank you all for your understanding when we had to close school due to the power outage last
Wednesday. Obviously we can't predict these things, but as we had no water or heating the Ministry insists we
cannot be open.

Learner-Led Conferences
Our learner-led conferences showcased the learning in each of our classrooms and it was excellent to have such
high attendance. Our learners were very proud to share their achievements, goals, and classroom work with you.

Some feedback that was received:

“Great for the kids confidence in presentation”

“Cool to see the kids own videos and goals”

“Love how they explain their work”

“Was interesting to learn ways to help at home”

“Really valuable - awesome to hear how proud she is in her own learning environment”

Mathex
We had two teams of year six students competing at the Wanganui Mathex
competition last week on Thursday evening. This competition involves working
in a team of four to solve maths
problems as quickly as possible.
Teams came from as far as Bulls
and the competition was fierce.
Well done to the following students
for your participation:

Zhane, Oliver, Lorcan, Tewaiarani,

Maddie, Isobelle, Devin, Jack

School Cross Country

It was great to see so many of you
at our school country on Friday. We were very proud of all of our
runners who braved the weather and showed determination.
Thank you to:
- Ian and
Sophie Honeyfield for the use of the paddocks -​we really
appreciate you planning your grazing programme around
the school calendar!!
- Claire Honeyfield for marking the course
- Alva, Alison, Kelly, Conna for helping in the kitchen
- Marichen & Syd for marshalling on the course
- Parents and supporters for cheering our runners along.
 1ST 2ND 3RD

Year 1 & 2 Girls Amaiah Rei Hannah Crawford Macy McGillivray

Year 1 & 2 Boys Quentin Smith Angus Newland Lachlan Cook

Year 3 & 4 Girls Adeezia Wiki-Thomson Pippa Honeyfield Comien Honeyfield

Year 3 & 4 Boys Aidan Honeyfield Jekani Rei Thomas Crawford

Year 5 & 6 Girls Madi Honeyfield Maddie Erni Zhane Rei Rore

Year 5 & 6 Boys Jack Hurley Oliver Crawford Lorcan Honeyfield

As we write this, students are participating in the Cluster cross country at Kakaramea. Well done to all students
(and Parents!!) for braving the freezing day.

Thank you Nicole!

We would like to shout out a huge thank you to Nicole Sinclair. She noticed that
many of our learners had developed an interest in making and jumping jumps,
so she has gone ahead and made these wonderful jumps for them. NIcole - they
are a real hit - watch this space on Pet Day!!

Duffy Role Model Assembly

This assembly is on Thursday 12th September at 11.30. Joanne Guy will be the
role model. You are welcome to come along to this assembly.
Affectionately known as Granny Jo by Duffy Schools, Jo has four children and
fourteen grandchildren. She and her husband Bryan dairy farmed for over 40
years near Feilding and now enjoy their large garden with many native birds and
trees. Jo has been a wardrobe stylist for twenty years. For seven years she and
her daughter Nikki owned ‘Reve’ a women’s clothing boutique in Palmerston
North.

The store closed in 2010 but Jo still maintains her interest in fashion and runs wardrobe styling workshops. She
writes inspirational blogs for ​www.makelemonade.co.nz and has also written and published two children’s
books. 'Snooty Stanley' and ‘Stanley Meets Bob Cat the Bully'.
Jo visits schools as an author and role model for the Duffy Books in Homes foundation. She loves nothing better
than to inspire and encourage children to read and have a dream.
 Pet Day - Tues 17th Sept (Back up day - Thurs 19th)
Pet Day meeting Tuesday 10th Sept - BOARD MEMBERS ONLY
Can we please have all the Pet Day cups returned to
school.
On Pet Day we will have some raffles, so can we
please have ​1 or 2 grocery items per family,​ and if
you have something you'd like to donate towards a
Children's raffle that would be great as well. Please
send these to school by this Thursday
Dads and Men - remember to have your cake ideas sorted.
Please look out for more information coming out on Pet Day later in the week.

Meat Raffle
Congratulations to the winner of the raffle of half a beast - Ticket number 170, Janine Maruera. Many thanks to
everyone for selling and buying these tickets, and especially to Alison and Andrew Hurley for the donation of the
raffle.

Recipe Books for Sale!

We have managed to source some beautiful recipe books which
we are able to sell. These would make a wonderful gift or even
Christmas presents. The books are $45 each, and our school gets
$20 for every book sold, and the other $25 goes directly to
Ronald McDonald house - so two very deserving causes. We
have a sample of the book at school if you would like to have a
look at it. These books will be available for orders at Pet Day or
leave your orders at the office.

Dates to remember (updated from the last newsletter):

Tues 10th Sept Pet Day Organisation meeting, 12 noon BOARD ONLY

Thurs 12th Sept Duffy Role Model Assembly, Jo Guy, 11.30 am

Thurs 12th Sept Touch starts, Hawera, Lions Speech Competition 7pm

Tues 17th Sept OR Thurs 19th Sept (Weather Pet Day

dependant)

Fri 20th Sept The Sailor Asthma Show, 2 pm

Wed 25th Sept Taranaki Cross Country

Thursday 26th Sept Life Education truck here

Fri 27th Sept Assembly 2.30 pm, Last day of term 3

Mon 14th Oct Term 4 starts

Regards, Whenuakura School Staff