For Quality Education in a Caring Environment

ENVIRenvironment Ph 07 888 0854

Fax 07 888 0856
office@wairere.schoolzone.net.nz

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All welcome
 Habits of Mind
Producing Quality
Thinking, Learning
and and Creating
This is quality!
Whoever I am, or whatever I
am doing, some kind of
excellence is within my reach.
John W. Gardner

Future Ferns netball - interested players/parents to meet with

Karen Bartleet at 12.30pm on Thursday 17 March. It will be a
combined team with St Joseph’s.

Easter Raffle – please send an item or two for the Easter

Raffle along to school within the next couple of weeks.
Tickets will be sent home with the next newsletter. Raffle
will be drawn at the last assembly for the term, 15 April.
The FOW are organising selling of tickets in town, please
let Karen Bartleet know (888 0025) if you are able to help
out on either Tuesday12 April or Thursday 14 April.

Entertainment Books – Christine Lansdaal is

collating the orders for this year. A flyer is attached
with more information. The first five preorders in by
24 March will receive the bonus offers worth over
$120.00.
Forthcoming Events
March 16 FOW meeting 7.30pm
28 Planning Day
April 6 BOT Meeting
8 Achievement Books home
10 Year Commemoration
13 Reward Day
15 Term 1 ends

Wine and cheese to be served and all welcome.

Please come and support the Friends of Wairere. The more
hands, the less amount of work required from each.

A group of mums are meeting at 9.00am at the Domain on

Thursday 17 March to climb Mt Te Aroha. If anyone would
like to join us, please contact Heidi on 07-8893220 or meet
us there. Bring your togs for a swim at the pools afterwards.

Heather Brown
Principal

Community
Hot tips for parents and teens – John Cowan. Thursday 31 March at
Matamata College, 7.00 – 9.15pm. $15 single or $25 double. Enquiries to
Joanna McKinnon 888 7839 a/h

Matamata Junior Hockey AGM at Totara Learning Centre, Matamata

College 7.00pm Monday 21 March. Enquiries to Patrice Stichbury 888 6492

Matamata Intermediate – 50th Reunion coming up on Friday and Saturday

of Labour Weekend 2011. Flyer and registration at school if you would like a
copy.
Our very busy gardening
group, planting new
seedlings.
What’s eHappening?
Totara
We’re working with the
Lots of Mathletics,
Resource Teachers of covering fractions and
Learning and Behaviour on statistics
3 level guides in Reading..
Gathering information Writing:
about education in Narratives -
New Zealand, Tonga Myths
and Philippines.

Interesting

Pohutukawa
discussions
Written some awesome about the
cinquains about our inferences and
Habit of Mind, Written letters inviting guest generalisations
speakers for our research re in our reading.
Writing: living well together.
Narratives -
Traditional Stories

Kowhai Mathletics fun.

Lots of awards
Look at our
colourful for some children.
Habits of Mind
display in the
office. Writing:
Gathering
information about
Narratives -
housing in New Mystery
Zealand, Tonga
and Philippines.