Wakari School

Parking Around Otago Boys High School

We understand that parking around OBHS is limited.
Could we please ask you to park legally, as some have been parking in London House carpark. Cars can be towed away if parked here.

Tonight's Show

There are around 30 tickets left for tonight's show. Come into the office if you wish to get more tickets.

Sport Uniforms
Can we please have ALL sports uniforms into the office. Term 4 sports uniforms will be issued at the start of the term 4.
Thanks for your assistance

Performance tickets available

We now have 10 tickets available for TONIGHTS show. If you wish to purchase these, please come into the school office.
There are still around 40 seats available for Wednesday night.

Lost Property

The lost property is still out on display (by Room 4). Today is the LAST day to have a look. Tomorrow all unclaimed and unnamed clothing will be donated to a charity.

GoWS Show

Tickets for the Tuesday evening are SOLD OUT!

There are plenty of tickets for Wednesday evening.

Otago Boys High School Auditorium

For those that are unfamiliar with the Otago Boys High School layout, we have attached a map.

The auditorium is BLOCK A

Friday Sausage sizzle tomorrow!!

Please place sausage orders via Lunch online before 9 am. If you have ordered and your child is sick you can also cancel before 9 am. https://www.lunchonline.co.nz/
Remember that all profits go towards school camps. This helps reduce the camp costs dramatically. Thank you for your support!

Lunchonline Online lunch ordering service

Guardians of Wakari School Show Update

A notice is coming home today with information on costumes as well as drop off times. If you don't receive your copy (or the dog ate it!), go to https://www.wakari.school.nz/news-and-events/ and download a copy.

Ticket sales: The Tuesday night performance has almost sold out. Get in quick if you want Tuesday evening. There are still plenty of seats for the Wednesday night performance.

News & Events Download our Skool Loop App, a simple and free download. In Google Play & App Store search ‘Skool Loop’ and choose our school once installed.

Family Fun Day Donations

Thank you to those that have donated items so far. You contributions make a difference to the success of the Fun Day on 17 November.
It is not too late to make a donation. Please take items to your child's classroom.
Close off date for donations: this Friday 20 September.
A list of items needed are below:

Lost Property

This terms lost property is now on display at the top of the main stairwell and outside Room 4. Feel free to have a look. Clothing will remain here until the end of the week. All items (unnamed) will be donated to charity next week.

Tikanga Wakari Polyfest Performance 2024

Watch the awesome performance by our Kapahaka group:

www.youtube.com

Polyfest Schedule: Tuesday 10 Sept

Polyfest 2024 LIVE Stream

Link: https://livestream.com/accounts/15197514/otagopolyfest24?fbclid=IwY2xjawFLlwdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTsXH7mVgNEdEOR82NKJoazfoDPZ3KMxgrfVqq6oyGVDr4N6wNh0YEFicQ_aem_dtBCVdHFAHkkvAJ0GYT4Gg

Wakari scheduled to perform at 10.36am

Otago Polyfest 2024 by TVFNZ Watch TVFNZ's Otago Polyfest 2024 on Livestream.com. An annual festival of our tamariki celebrating both Māori and Pasifika culture performed by schools and groups from across Otago at Ōtepoti Dunedin.

BUSY BUMBLES: Term 4

As Term 4 will be here before we know it, now is a great time to secure the bookings your child needs for the last term of the year.

We already have so many awesome themes and activities planned for our Term 4 programme for the tamariki to enjoy! Our days will be full of wonderful crafts, food activities, games, sports and much more – it will be so much fun!

Bookings for Term 4 2024 are open now and can be made easily by clicking here: https://enrolmy.com/auth/login?email=admin%40busybumbles.co.nz&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fenrolmy.com%2Fbusy-bumbles%23%2Fname%2F%2525Term%25204%2525

At Busy Bumbles, we take bookings on a term-by-term basis so, even if you had a regular, recurring booking in place during Term 3, you would still need to confirm a new booking for Term 4.

Please remember that Permanent Recurring/Regular rates are for bookings of the same time and day each week, all term. These bookings must be made by week 2 of the term so you can get the $2 per session discount.
Casual rates are for bookings that are made after week 2 of the term or for one off bookings, i.e. not the same days and times each week. Essentially, Casual rates are for any extra bookings that are added on top of your normal, permanent bookings for the term.

For help with bookings, please email [email protected] or call us at the office – 03 347 3031.

Further details about our Before and After School programme, along with lots of other useful information, can be found on our website: https://www.busybumbles.co.nz/

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Busy Bumbles We also offer free optional supervised homework sessions for primary aged children between the hours of 3-6pm, Monday - Friday.

REMINDER: Parents Cybersafety Evening

We want our school and our community to be a safe place for all children. Our tamariki are growing up in rapidly changing times, and the risk, frequency and severity of online harm are increasing. We need to tackle this as a community.
As such, we have organised Filmmaker, Author and Speaker Rob Cope, Producer of the documentary "Our Kids Online" to come and give what promises to be a humorous and eye-opening evening talk to our parent community.
His talk will cover:
Cyberbullying - How bullies can reach our kids 24/7
Social media - How social media is affecting the mental health in 3 out of 5 children. FOMO, depression, anxiety
Gaming and the developing brain – An oversupply of dopamine leading to dopamine deficiency, synaptic pruning, and the underdevelopment of social skills and empathy
Naked Selfies - The pressure to send nudes from intermediate up through high school
Online predators - The methods they use, how to spot them
Online p**n vs healthy sexuality - How consuming online p**nography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are seen as normal and consent can become very blurry.
Solutions
Filters - Which filters are best and how to install them
Smartphones - How to lock down a smartphone to make it a safe phone
Boundaries - How to put good boundaries in place around device use
3 golden rules - The 3 golden rules that will keep your kids safe
Talking to your kids - How to have difficult conversations with your kids
Challenging our own phone and device usage - Reconnecting as a family.
Here is a promotional video for you to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhBFJ5RK2R8
The talk will be held at Balmacewen Intermediate on Tuesday 10th September from 7pm. Please note this talk is for adults only and is not suitable for children or teens to attend.
We request that at least one representative from each family attend, and hope you are able to prioritise this within your busy lives. This topic is too big for us not to pay attention.
"We have now reached the point where it is irresponsible of us as parents, teachers, health professionals, and policymakers to continue to put these devices, which are designed to elicit addictive-like qualities, in our kids’ hands and then expect them to be accountable for their own wellbeing." Dr Samantha Marsh - University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, July 2023
Included in your $5 ticket is a one-year complimentary subscription to "Parenting in an Online World 101" from Rob and team at Our Kids Online. This is a cybersafety parenting course, designed specifically for NZ families. It usually costs $99 per family. So show up and get it for free! Course details can be found here Parenting in an Online World 101
Please purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/.../our-kids-online.../dunedin
"We need to tackle this as a community so that all of our kids are safe. When I protected my kids online, I also protected yours, so please, please protect your kids online so that you are also protecting mine" Rob Cope

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Summer Sports Registrations are now open!

Sports on offer in term 4 are:
Cricket, Flippaball, Futsal, Touch and T-ball.

To register, go to https://www.wakari.school.nz/sports/sports-signup-forms/

Registrations close: Sunday 22 September

Sports Signup Download our Skool Loop App, a simple and free download. In Google Play & App Store search ‘Skool Loop’ and choose our school once installed.

Friday Sausage sizzle tomorrow!!
Please place sausage orders via Lunch online before 9 am. If you have ordered and your child is sick you can also cancel before 9 am. https://www.lunchonline.co.nz/
Remember that all profits go towards school camps. This helps reduce the camp costs dramatically. Thank you for your support!

Lunchonline Online lunch ordering service

Newsletter: Issue 8, 2024 Principal's Post

Parents Cybersafety Evening

Kia ora, e te whānau

We want our school and our community to be a safe place for all children. Our tamariki are growing up in rapidly changing times, and the risk, frequency and severity of online harm are increasing. We need to tackle this as a community.

As such, we have organised Filmmaker, Author and Speaker Rob Cope, Producer of the documentary "Our Kids Online" to come and give what promises to be a humorous and eye-opening evening talk to our parent community.

His talk will cover:

Cyberbullying - How bullies can reach our kids 24/7
Social media - How social media is affecting the mental health in 3 out of 5 children. FOMO, depression, anxiety
Gaming and the developing brain – An oversupply of dopamine leading to dopamine deficiency, synaptic pruning, and the underdevelopment of social skills and empathy
Naked Selfies - The pressure to send nudes from intermediate up through high school
Online predators - The methods they use, how to spot them
Online p**n vs healthy sexuality - How consuming online p**nography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are seen as normal and consent can become very blurry.

Solutions
Filters - Which filters are best and how to install them
Smartphones - How to lock down a smartphone to make it a safe phone
Boundaries - How to put good boundaries in place around device use
3 golden rules - The 3 golden rules that will keep your kids safe
Talking to your kids - How to have difficult conversations with your kids
Challenging our own phone and device usage - Reconnecting as a family.

Here is a promotional video for you to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhBFJ5RK2R8

The talk will be held at Balmacewen Intermediate on Tuesday 10th September from 7pm. Please note this talk is for adults only and is not suitable for children or teens to attend.

We request that at least one representative from each family attend, and hope you are able to prioritise this within your busy lives. This topic is too big for us not to pay attention.

"We have now reached the point where it is irresponsible of us as parents, teachers, health professionals, and policymakers to continue to put these devices, which are designed to elicit addictive-like qualities, in our kids’ hands and then expect them to be accountable for their own wellbeing." Dr Samantha Marsh - University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, July 2023

Included in your $5 ticket is a one-year complimentary subscription to "Parenting in an Online World 101" from Rob and team at Our Kids Online. This is a cybersafety parenting course, designed specifically for NZ families. It usually costs $99 per family. So show up and get it for free! Course details can be found here Parenting in an Online World 101

Please purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/our-kids-online-parent-evening/dunedin

"We need to tackle this as a community so that all of our kids are safe. When I protected my kids online, I also protected yours, so please, please protect your kids online so that you are also protecting mine" Rob Cope

Regards

Stacey Gribben

Our Kids Online Parent Evening Come along to an evening at your school and learn what our kids are up against in the online world, how to talk to them about the uncomfortable topics and wh...

UPDATE: ALL ALLOCATED
Otago Rugby Tickets

We have 20 tickets to the Rugby double header this Sunday 25 August.

Otago v Bay of Plenty
Otago Spirit v Tasman Woman

Limit 4 per family. If you would like tickets, please phone the school office on 476 3140 to reserve your tickets.
This is a first in, first serve. School families only.

Thanks to EntireIT for sponsoring these tickets!

Ski Trip
Anyone who is keen to attend the Wakari School Ski Trip to Cardrona on the 28th & 29th September please email Ingrid Roberts - [email protected]. Need to confirm numbers attending. Thanks

Sleepover: Group 1

The first group of museum sleepover students are back! They had a fabulous time at the museum, making lots of fabulous memories!

Polyfest Performance 2024

Our Tikanga Wakari Kapa Haka group will be performing on
Tuesday 10th September at 10:36am.

More information about the performance will be shared closer to
the time.
The festival is held at the Edgar Centre, and may be running early
or late, so the organisers advise parents, family and friends who
would like to attend to try and come early if they can so they don't
miss out. You will be able to watch all the other fabulous Dunedin
schools performing that day too! We really hope you will be able to
come along and support us! There is a small charge of $2 per
audience member.
Please note - the Kapa Haka group that is attending Polyfest is
our Tuakana group (Middle Syndicate and Senior Syndicate
children). The Junior Syndicate Kapa Haka children will be
performing on our school stage next term.