School Newsletter Term 3, Week 2

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Tony West

Principal - Tumuaki

West End School - Te Kura O Urumutu

WEEK 3

• EPIC Music - Wednesday 7th August
• MATHEX Competition - Thursday 8th August
• The Ned Show - (performance for students) - Friday 9th August
• Cycle Safety finishes for Te Wao Nui o Tāne - Friday 9th August
• DanceNZ Made team to Awatapu to perform - Friday 9th August

WEEK 4

• Maths Week - All week
• Dance NZ Made at the Regent - Monday 12th August
• EPIC Music - Wednesday 14th August
• Tipuranga VIBE Assembly - Friday 16th August (9am)
• Open Morning to celebrate Maths at West End - Friday 16th August

WEEK 5

• EPIC Music - Wednesday 21st August
• Te Wao Nui o Tāne GALA - Friday 23rd August

WEEK 6

• EPro8 Week for TWNOT
• EPIC Music - Wednesday 28th August
• Ricoh Sports Tournament - Thursday 29th August
• TWNOT VIBE Assembly - Friday 30th August (2pm)

WEEK 7

• School Photos - Monday 2nd September
• Three Way Conferences - Tuesday 3rd September
• Three Way Conferences - Wednesday 4th September
• EPIC Music - Wednesday 4th September

• Week 1, Term 3, All whanau helpers notified with acceptance of attendance.

• Week 2, Term 3, 2nd August Police Vetting forms to have been completed and handed into the office.

• Week 6, Term 3, Full gear list handed out to students and whanau, posted on both classroom seesaw accounts and the school app.

• Week 8, Term 3, 13th September Health Forms to of been completed online.

• Week 1, Term 4 , 31st October, Parent help evening, all camp information to be given regarding expectations.

As part of our ongoing camp fundraising, we are going to be hosting a mini gala during the school day in Week 5, Term 3 to help raise money to cover the cost of camp for our tamariki.

Part of this gala will include a book and toy sale. We are asking for any quality donations of toys and books you no longer use. Donations can be brought into the senior classrooms - Room 2, Room 3, Room 4 or Room 5. Any donated items not purchased at the gala will be donated to a charity.

We appreciate your ongoing support to help us with our fundraising. If you have any questions, please ask a senior teacher.

Issue 5 brochures were sent home with children earlier this week. Online ordering is simple and safe. Here is the link: https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz .

The first time you go online, you will need to register but after that it is easy, and you can order books for your child/children & for presents etc. All orders automatically connect to our School Page and will be sent to Scholastic on the due date.

Book Club helps create readers by creating interest in books and providing an opportunity for children to choose their own books at discounted prices. All orders earn scholastic rewards for our School.

Kids who read succeed! Happy Reading Everyone!

Orders close for issue 5 on: Wednesday 7th August 2024 at 9.am.

Please note that orders are available online only.

Our Student Council have been working hard to organise this event. From talking to many classes around the school, many children wanted to have a talent show like we used to do in our VIBE Assemblies. This will be one show dedicated to showing our Best Me! Please read the information in the form below, but we are opening up registrations for individual and group acts. Whānau - if you would like to support and be a part of an act with your child, we would love to have you involved. If you have any questions, please contact Dan Minchin.

Year 5-6 Netball
Registrations are live on KINDO, played on a Tuesday night at Vautier Park.

Tennis Coaching

We have been given the awesome opportunity to have coach Jordan, from the Manawatu lawn tennis club come and do in school lessons if you would like further details on this please head over to KINDO or the school app.The school app.

Registrations for touch and term four will come out early next week on the school app. If this is something you were interested in, please keep your eyes peeled.

To complete our learning around Matariki and Puanga, Te Wao Nui o Tāne and Puāwaitanga students were lucky enough to have a special visit from Te Manawa. Here is what some students from Room 1 had to say:

It was cool to see the stars - Joanna

It was fun and I got to see Matariki - TJ

We learn’t about Scorpio Orion and other Greek legends. We were also educated well about Māori tales - Marcus

There were a lot of stars - Taylen

We saw Te Rā - Maddy

After going to the Cosmodome, I went home and researched about constellations -Eroni

I remember Mahu-Tonga, Tautoru, Maui’s Hook, Scorpious and the Australian flag - Nikau

Ruma 14 have been having lots of fun at cricket. We have learnt a cool new game of tag with the pool noodles. We have tried to make a tall tower with the cricket wickets. We have been practising our throwing skills with buddies. Thank you Josh and his friends who came to teach us!

In Room 17 we have been learning how to measure and compare. We measured our hands. We put them in order from smallest to biggest. We used unifix blocks to measure their length.

This week Puawaitanga have started their sessions with Manawatū Cricket. Rūma Tekau had their first lesson on Wednesday. We had lots of fun learning/practising how to throw, catch and strike a ball. We especially enjoyed creating our own targets with the wickets.

Rūma Whitū have been watching the Olympics and have been working super hard using our Mana Aotūroa to create an Olympic poster. We have also begun to study a country that is participating in the Olympics. Presentations to come on that one. Ka Pai Rūma Whitū.

For the past two weeks Room 3 have been learning about the Olympics. We have been reading about the Olympics during our whole class reading time. We have learned about the ancient and modern Olympics and looked at the similarities and differences between them. We have also done some Olympic art. We made some Starry Night Olympic Art. For our Starry Night art we had to trace a picture of the Eiffel Tower. We then drew some shapes to guide our starry night background. We then painted our starry night, then created more lines using pastel. Finally, we added the Eiffel Tower image again and coloured that using pastel. We are happy with our work.

Reporters: Sulieti, Myra and Anahera

This term, TWNOT students have been participating in some cycle safety lessons with Sport Manawatu. We had instructors come in and teach us some bike skills. The Year 5s got to learn some skills around school on the courts and the turf. The Year 6s got to go out on the road and learn how to cycle safely using turn signals and safe riding positions. The Year 6s then finished with a bike over the bridge and down to the eels. We loved this opportunity and can’t wait to test out our skills on the road!

TWNOT have been learning about the elements of visual art with Mrs Bowles. We focussed on the element of space about positive space - the space that a shape takes up in artwork and negative space - the space around the shape. We used mana aotūroa to design creative shapes for our mahi, and used a lot of whakamana to put our artwork together.

We are in need of some whanau helpers for breakfast club Monday to Friday. If you are available one morning a week to help out between 8am - 8.45 please contact Georgia Black in Rm4. gblack@westend.school.nz

Term 1: Monday 29 Jan - Friday 12 April

Term 2: Monday 29 April - Friday 5 July

Term 3: Monday 22 July - Friday 27 Sept

Term 4: Monday 14 Oct - Friday 13 Dec

It is very important that families register with Kindo, as this is now the only way to register your child for school sports, and ordering PTA lunches.
Below are the links to register.
If you require help please call the Kindo helpdesk on

0508 454 636

New users need this link

Existing users need this link