NEW PUPILS

A very special welcome to our new student Christian Lang in Room 2. Welcome to Waitohu School.

WAITOHU WHĀNAUNGATANGA EVENING

I loved it. The music, smiles, kai, free fun activities for tamariki, sunshine, amazing artistic cake boxes and yummy baking, face painting and many many helping hands before, during and after. You could see, hear, smell and taste the whānaungatanga in all corners of our school - it was magic.

Ngā mihi nui to our Home and School Association for organising this evening, to Kelly & Co Realty and FunZone for sponsoring the free fun activities for tamariki, to our Year 5&6 students for their cool activities, to Andrew & Kirstin London for the awesome music, to Keren Maybury and Cafe Waitohu bakers for gifting the sweet tastes and to all the helping hands prior to and on the evening. We had 96 wonderfully decorated cake boxes with yummy cakes and sweets inside. Ngā mihi to all the students for treating us with their artistic creativity and to whānau for the cakes and sweets.
Seeing our Waitohu whānau of students, teachers, parents, grandparents, cousins, friends …. all creating and enjoying Waitohu whānaungatanga was magic. Ngā mihi nui koutou.

Congratulations to Darcy Lethbridge Picken, Jacob Easton, Hunter Lethbridge Picken, Scarlett Beauchamp and Sidney Growcott for coming 2nd in the Wellington Regional Padder Tennis competition held at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington. Ngā mihi nui to Tom and Sonia Beauchamp and Abraham Growcott for providing transport and taking the team.

Yesterday, on a glorious Ōtaki - Kāpiti day 75 students, teachers and parents visited Kāpiti Island. This was made possible through the generosity of our Home and School Association and Watsons Gardens funding this trip. Ngā mihi nui for making this amazing opportunity possible.

The Junior Touch Module on Thursday afternoon at Ōtaki Domain continues today, Thursday 27 March.  Please look out for Sheralee Mildenhall who will direct you to the correct field.  

LOST PROPERTY
On top of the many items of clothing, there are a large number of togs (20 pairs) towels (at least 20) and goggles(10 pairs) in lost property, which have been left over the last few weeks (some are from the Waikanae Pool Trip!) Please make an effort to come and have a look in the lost property cupboard. If they are not claimed by the end of term, they will be donated to charity.

 

Our fun, safe and friendly ‘on-site’ Before and After School Care Programme has casual and permanent spots available for Waitohu School students for 2025 and beyond!  Enrol, book and manage your bookings ONLINE! And ….. our breakfast club is free of charge! Come and visit our team after school at the Waitohu School Hall from 3.00pm for more information or find us online at  www.funzone.co.nz, email info@funzone.co.nz or contact us on 0800 FUNZONE (0800 386 9663) or 04 298 4287.
We are OSCAR approved and WINZ subsidies apply.

NEW PROGRAMME AT ŌTAKI POOL - KAUORA
He kaupapa hou e haere ake nei!

He kaupapa wai a Kauora, he kaupapa haumaru mō te whānau. Ka whakaako ēnei kaupapa ki roto i ngā kura Māori, Kōhanga reo, me te hāpori Ōtaki ki te puna kaukau o Ōtaki me Ōtaki awa. Mā ngā kaimahi tēnei kaupapa e ārahi kei raro i te āhuru mōwai o ngā tikanga me ngā kauhautū o Kauora.

The Ōtaki Pool team is excited to introduce a new programme- Kauora.

Kauora is a connection to our tupuna through swimming and engaging in the taiao. It is based on the three key pou of kaukau (swimming as play), kauhoe (swimming as providing) and kautiaki (swimming as protection) and contributes to flourishing whānau hauora. Kauora is delivered in te reo Māori, guided by our mātāpono and iwi.

Classes for school aged kids will be run after school on weekdays. Expressions of interest for this exciting new kaupapa are currently being sought.

Please email otaki.pool@kapiticoast.govt.nz with your child's name and age, and what days of the week work best for you.

Enrolments for Funzone April Holiday Programme are available now - visit www.funzone.co.nz to book. The Junior and Senior programmes run from Monday 14 April through to Thursday 24 April and are based at Waitohu School Hall. There are exciting in-venue games and activities and some adventurous excursions sorted to bust holiday boredom. See the itinerary attached. Call 0800 543 9696 for more information.