Vol 36/14 Friday 21 November 2014 The great ‘Rabbie’ Burns once wrote something about “the best laid plans a moose and men oft gang awry”. And so it was that in last week’s newsletter, principalian typing skills did indeed gang awry albeit briefly. The upshot is that in congratulating Ma’am’selles Lauren Bailey and Seryn McDermott on their Media Mash Awards finals appearance; Lauren inadvertently came through the profreading process as ‘Laura’. Sincere apologies for any distress caused Laurel we have taken robust steps to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Update - Seryn and Lauren win! At last night’s redcarpet event, room 6’s Lauren Bailey and Seryn McDermott went home with the years 03 ebook winner’s prize; and very Oscaresque statuette! To add to the night’s success; the room 11 girls (Gemma McAllister, Abby Barraclough, Kate McNaughton, Kheelan ThompsonTonga, and Ruby McDonald were third in the years 46 documentary section with their “Cyber Bullying” message. features in the finals of the documentary section. An additional highlight was Ruby McDonald’s live performance of her original song from “Cyberbullying”. Check it out here: http://www.waverleypark.school.nz/mediamash/ Camp La Bafta Awards… Hangi preparation… Our annual celebration of the year six camp will be held in the school hall on Thursday 27 November; starting at 6.45pm. Gold coin entry. Thanks to everyone who has donated gear (and potatoes) towards our end of year community hangi. We have a bit we still.... Mobile Dental Clinic… The mobile dental clinic is situated at Ascot School in Tay Street and has spaces available at the moment to see any children that may have issues. Please phone them for an appointment. Some of our children are overdue being seen so if your child is one of these then they will be in contact with you. Scholastic Book Orders… close on Friday 28 November. Miniball… Absolutely fabulous defense and attacking from the Wizards this week. Yet another close encounter, the game score ending up a 10 all draw and the buzzer went just as another shot was going to go in. P.O. D. Sam White, with 6 points. Congratulations to all players you really listened to your coach and made spaces throughout the court. The Shooters impressively won 136 by playing more as a team. Passing to each other and backing each other up. Well done P.O.D. Ryan White In a struggle to enjoy the roughest game of the season, the Bouncers can be proud of themselves. They held their own, but with no subs lost 138. The whole team learnt to play a bit more aggressively. P.O.D Caleb Witheford. Thanks to all the wonderful bench controllers too. You do a fantastic job each week. Dale Black Coming events… ...and… November 27 Camp La Bafta Awards 6.458.30pm December 05 Assembly 10.10 Kia Maia 08 Board of Trustees 7.00pm 10 Swimming ends 12 End of Year reports out 12 Community hangi 5.00pm 15 Year 6 Leavers Function 17 Christmas Service School year ends Flippa Ball And the winners are….Waverley Park kids we are proud of. Visual artists wanted! Forward planning for 2015 and wanting to make a register of all our local community visual artists. It would be great to have a list of names, especially direct whanua/families who are artists of any kind. I see these as contacts who could come in and share and workshop with our children; or our kids going out to the community for visits. Sooo...talent of any kind, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, inking, texture arts; parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles: you get the picture? Please just let me know Brenda Devery ([email protected]); or contact the school office 2179332 with details. Many thanks. Last Friday was the final game for the season for both the Waverley Torpedoes and the Waverley Wavemakers flippa ball teams. Thank you to all the children who have turned up each week and given it your all. You can be very proud of your efforts! We are looking forward to another exciting season next year! Vanessa Young and Found... Cynthia Bell Kia maia goes swimming… Thanks to everyone who is helping out Kia maia block at swimming. It takes a village to raise a child that includes helping to ‘waterproof’ that child. Waverley Park School – proud to be supported by the If you can help donate any of this stuff, please let us know. We’d like know about all donations by Friday 28 November. At that point, we will allocate every class to get a different item still on our “shopping list”. All food needs to be here at school by Monday 8 December; gear by Wednesday 10 December. And then we’ll have a big prep day on the Thursday… please let us know if you can assist with this too. Kia ora tatou. This jacket was found outside the gate a few weeks ago. (This body was not in it that belongs to one of our finely tuned body doubles. Indeed, there was no ‘body’ inside it at all! So, if yours used to be; please call into our office and prove it :). Until next week, ka kite. Kerry Hawkins & staff.