Waihi East School Blog
Beach Hop, Oceania Donation, Pumpkin Night, Pool Closing and Wella's Music Group
March 30, 2016
Kia ora, welcome back from our extended Easter break. I hope you had a lovely time with friends and whanau. It is always nice to have a few extra days up our sleeve. [...]
School Pool, Easter Break and Pumpkin Night Raffles
March 23, 2016
Kia ora, we are taking notice of the weather bomb warning and postponing our 'Splash and Dash' to Friday 8th of April. Thank you to the huge numbers of whanau who said they could attend tomorrows event. Could we please [...]
Thames Valley Primary and Secondary Schools' Triathlon 2016
March 17, 2016
Cooks Beach provided the perfect course for the Thames Valley Primary and Secondary Schools' Triathlon last Tuesday 15th March. [...]
Splash 'n Dash, Pumpkin Competition and Swim Team
March 16, 2016
Kia ora, the term continues to fly by. We are welcoming the cooler days and having our fleece tops for warmth in the morning. We are very fortunate to have boxes of second hand fleece tops at school. You are [...]
SAR - Robin D talks to East Kids
March 16, 2016
AR (Search and Rescue) talk at East School with Robin D. [...]
Bike Skills at East School
March 16, 2016
Taryn took Waihi East School classes for bike skills sessions today (16.03.16), here room 1 and 2 pupils enjoy their session with a big focus on balance during their activities. [...]
Swimming Sports - Senior School Overall Points Winners
March 12, 2016
Congratulations to our Waihi East School (senior school) Swimming Championship overall points winners! [...]
Mine Education Visit
March 12, 2016
Waihi East School Rooms 1 and 2 students enjoyed the educational and highly motivating activities provided by Phil S and Mike at the OceanaGold- Waihi Education Centre on Friday 11th March 2016. [...]
Senior School Swimming Sports 2016
March 9, 2016
Waihi East School held their senior school swimming sports last Friday (4.03.16) at Waihi College, take at look at the action below and here is a link to a Google doc. [...]
Rippa Rugby (9.03.16)
March 9, 2016
Tēnā koutou to the whānau who supported the players and helped run the matches and tēnā rawa atu koe (thank you) Rachael C for organising the games. Check out some photos from today's games below. [...]
Pumpkin Competition, Condolences to Leslie Family, Mufti Day - Funds for Fiji, Dash 'n Splash
March 9, 2016
Kia ora, Help, help, HELP!! We are looking for additional helpers to support our Pumpkin Growing competition evening. We have a small group of helpers, but more hands would be appreciated. Our competitions are: the heaviest pumpkin, best pumpkin face [...]
Wellness, Principal Congratulations, Uniform, Kai, Pumpkins, Campers and Fire Brigade
March 2, 2016
Kia ora, this rain is a welcome relief to our gardens and sleep seems to come more readily when the heat is turned down a notch or two. Bugs and greeblies are doing the rounds – vomiting bug, strep throat [...]
Rippa Rugby (2.03.16)
March 2, 2016
Tēnā koutou to the whānau who supported the players and helped run the matches and tēnā rawa atu koe (thank you) Rachael C for organising the games. Check out some photos from today's games below. [...]
Surf 'n Turf Outdoor Education
February 25, 2016
Day 1 of Surf n Turf - year 3-4 East School students, rescuing an adult life guard - how many Waihi East Pupils did it take? [...]
Surf 'n Turf Action Year 3-4's
February 24, 2016
Check out the photos below from our recent year 3 and 4 Surf and Turf Camp – Beach Education at Waihi Beach and cycling at the Avantidrome in Cambridge. [...]
Emily To Lead Orini School, Project Energize, EOTC and Pumpkins
February 24, 2016
Kia ora, this week (term 1 week 4) I tendered my resignation as Principal at Waihi East School. I have enjoyed my ten years of employment at our kura. It has been exciting to be a part of many initiatives [...]
Staffing, Camp, Surf 'n Turf, Car Park and Uniforms
February 17, 2016
Kia ora, today we welcome Kirsty Smith to her new fixed term teaching position in Room 6 while Sarah is on maternity leave. Our fabulous Kirsty will be teaching Monday to Thursday with Charlotte Burt teaching each Friday. [...]
School Camp, Code of Conduct, Helpers for Kura, New Car Park
February 10, 2016
Kia ora, school is rather quiet this week (9-12th February) with our Year 5 and 6 students away at Port Waikato on camp, see the photos below of the students in our senior school (years 4-6) they are called Team [...]
Welcome to the New School Year
February 3, 2016
Kia ora, welcome to the 2016 school year, particularly to all new whanau. Thank you for choosing our kura. We hope you find your time with us rewarding. We are all very excited to be back in school and look [...]
