Kia ora koutou,
On Friday 13 November, Minister Hipkins announced the National Education Learning Priorities (NELP), which has seven key priorities agreed by Cabinet.  Underpinning these priorities is to develop strong connections with family, whānau and community. We as a school community do have strong connections with our families and this was clearly demonstrated with the good response we had from our consultation with the community as we develop our new vision for 2021 and beyond. Thank you to everyone who took the time out to participate in the discussions.

There is a buzz at school at the moment as the year 5/6s prepare to leave on the completion of their camp. Their camp was cut short after the second lockdown and we wish them all a happy and safe camp.

Thank you to our senior students who represented our school at the Armistice Day service at the RSA on the 11th November. We can be very proud of our students as they carry out some community service.  Many thanks to our gardener Ms Stewart, who makes the wreath for the service every year. Your contribution is much appreciated. 

Several of our student leaders attended a student leadership conference last week in Auckland and by all accounts, everyone really enjoyed what was a very inspirational day. 

It is athletics season again and our students have been competing at the Kaipara Schools Competition. The great weather added to another successful competition and my congratulations to everyone who took part. I have received some lovely feedback on the sportsmanship of our students.

' I was lucky enough to spend a couple of hours at the Kaipara Athletics on Friday with the year 4 boys. This group of boys was absolutely wonderful to watch! The competitiveness between them was great, but also the camaraderie that is obvious in their friendship, they knew who and what each other’s strong activities were and they were all right there cheering and praising good results. Well mannered, funny, and a pleasure to witness. I can see Waimauku having a great group of sportsmen in the coming years!  They are a credit to their teachers and Waimauku School'

My sincere thanks to the PTA who organised the annual disco last week. The time and effort put into the organisation, catering and decorating of the hall are much appreciated. We are very grateful for having such a dedicated group of parents.

Kind regards,

Gary Pasfield
Principal
Waimauku School