WAIOURU SCHOOL

Ko te Mana te Mea Nui Honour Above All REMINDER Teachers Only Day tomorrow Friday 9th November. School will be closed.

Hello World, Isn't it wonderful to see the sun shining again? That mountain really is stunning set against the blue sky. So last Friday, the Hunterville Cross Country competitors, myself and our parent driver Matt Gates had quite an adventure on our way down to Hunterville to compete. You wouldn't believe it, but about 10 kms out of Hunterville we broke down! We slowed down for some road works, and whoops no clutch, and no gears! Yep, we killed the Community Services Van sorry Carolyn :-) Luckily, Super Kerry arranged for Hunterville School to pick us up and the towies to collect the van while the wonderful Raetihi School kindly gave us a lift home in their bus. Actually it was amazing how many people offered to help us, the roadworks guys offered to squeeze us all into their road works truck and Mangaweka and Pukeokahu School parents offered their spare seats to drop us off (well out of their way!) Rangitikei is such an amazing place to live with so much help and support. Having made it safely to Hunterville, our kids ran/performed exceptional well. Hunterville Cross Country is the biggest primary school running event in the area, with over 100 competitors in each race. Of the seven children we took down, both Kade Gates and Mohi Williams made the top ten in their respective races (I figured out that for every kilometre I could run, Mohi could run 3km! #superstar). Our other competitors did really well. All finished respectably in the middle range. So I have a big congratulations for Warren Williams, Carson Hepi, Nikau Rapana, Ihaia McGregor, Marghret Deekatavara for competing in this high class event. Ka kite ano, Marama

Waiouru School, Ruapehu Road, Waiouru Email: office@waiouru.school.nz 7/11/2012 Term 4, Week 4

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ATHLETICS DAY Waiouru School Athletics, will be held this Monday 12th November at the Top School (old school site behind the community centre) starting at 9.15am. We will be heading back to the new school for morning tea and again at lunch time. On Friday 16th November at 1.00pm 3.00pm, the Board of Trustees is releasing most of the teachers to attend their Paid Union Meeting (PUM) in Ohakune (This is also a legal requirement). Waiouru School will provide supervision for all students until the end of school, however if you wish

WHATS HAPPENING Waiouru School Athletics 12th Nov Paid Union Meeting 16th Nov Raetihi Athletics 21st Nov Senior Formal 30th Nov Prizegiving 5th Dec Raetihi Cultural Festival 7th Dec LAST DAY OF TERM 14th Dec 1ST DAY OF TERM 2013 30th Jan SPORTS UNIFORMS If your child has a school sports uniform at home please return it to the school asap. WANTED Music- Choir: We are still looking for people who would like to teach any of the above to our children. We will cover travel costs if needed. If you can NINJUTSU Sansei Monte is away on course therefore there will be no Ninjutsu until next Wednesday 14th November.

to pick your child up at lunch time you may. If you are able to help with supervision of our students on that afternoon please also let me know. If you have any questions or concerns come and see me (Marama) directly. Thank you all very much for understanding the need for our teachers to attend this meeting. FOR SALE CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP Xmas paper, Xmas ribbon, gift bags and Sellophane. Get ready for Xmas early. Call into the school office to view.

WAIOURU DESERT GALA WEB PAGE The gala is going to be held in conjunction with the Variety Bash Launch and the Waiouru Family Day 10th March 2013. There will be stalls, rides, competitions, food, and lots more. It will be a great day out for all ages. To book a stall download forms from www.waiourudesertgala.com