#3 NEWSLETTER

Kia ora koutou, talofa lava and warm greetings to our Weymouth Community, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins and our beautiful Tamariki.

We have just completed half a term and it has been a busy term. We have now completed all our testing and have a baseline data set to work from. Teachers are now planning accordingly to where children are at and what they need to do to move them up in regards to their achievement.

ATTENDANCE

I wanted to share some important information regarding attendance so far.

We have 509 students and this week our attendance was:

Monday = 444 children present

Tuesday = 457 children present

Wednesday = 424 children present

Thursday = 446 children present

Friday = 440 children present

Congratulations WPS we are doing well with our attendance! Keep it up!

Ministry of Education states the following:

Regular attendance = no more than 5 days off per term.

Irregular attendance = no more than 10 days off per term.

Moderate attendance = no more than 15 days off per term.

Critical attendance = more than 20 days off per term.

Our aim is for our children have no more than 5 days off per term. This will support our children with their learning if they are at school regularly.

We currently have 149 children still in the running for our 100% attendance prize for a brand new bike at the end of the term.

Prize Packs to give out from next week (Week 7) onwards for 100% attendees:

We will be choosing one student per Team, per week, to receive the above prize for 100% attendance at school. We have four Teams: Moana, Papa, Maunga and Rangi - Kristina will contact the lucky families each week to come and collect their prizes from the main office

LATE STUDENTS - school starts at 9.00am. It is important that you get your children to school on time. Our values are respect & honesty and I believe it is respectful to honour our kaupapa. We can also help if you are finding things a bit difficult. Please feel free to pop in and have a talanoa.

SCHOOL UNIFORM - we are a school with a difference and this was a result of Surveying our students a little while ago. Please help us by making sure your child wears the correct uniform on the correct day.

Monday - House t-shirts (the first one is free, and $20 if you need another one - you can purchase from the main office). If your t-shirt is too small for your child, feel free to return it and we can use them for other children.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - school uniform (these can be purchased online).

Friday - clothing of your choice. This gives families time to wash the House t-shirt and the uniform, ready for the next week.

LIFE EDUCATION CARAVAN - a huge thank you to Carleen our Life Education facilitator who has just completed all our sessions with all our classes in the caravan. Our children have loved having Carleen and Harold on site.

FIRST WHOLE SCHOOL SPORTS DAY - a huge thank you to our amazing Weymouth Angels and Counties Manukau Sports for organising a whole school sports day so our teachers were able to have one of their five release days which they receive each term, as part of their Collective Contract.

SPCA Gold coin donation - on Friday 14 March our students, families, and staff donated a gold coin to go to the SPCA. Congratulations WPS we fundraised a whopping $452 which will go towards a great cause.

WEYMOUTH PRIMARY
2025 PRINCIPAL AWARDS

T1 Wk 5 Friday 7 March 2025
Rm1 Octayvia-Vail Marks For working really hard on your sight words! Ka pai tō mahi Octayvia-Vail.
Rm 2 Melani Vaifo’ou For her amazing enthusiasm during our maths lessons.
Rm 3 Hohepa Te Tamaki-King For your amazing effort and attention to detail in creating art for the Decorate Your Door Challenge. Ka rawe, Hohepa!
Rm 4 Teighan Teariki For showing excellent progress, effort, and dedication in Maths. Keep up the fantastic work!
Rm 6 Miley Poumale For always helping others in the classroom.

Rm 7 Alex Murfitt For an amazing recount writing about his weekend.
Rm 8 Hannah Reid For participating in class discussions.
Rm 9 Miah Fruean For always showing kindness to others
Rm 10 Anahi Amira For an amazing can-do attitude and willingness to learn something new.
Rm 11 Mysha Ali For always being super helpful in class. Miharo!
Rm 12 Milan Keke For being fantastic on the trip to Weymouth Beach by showing kindness, enthusiasm, and great listening skills.
Rm 13 Jahziah Morgan Te Poono For learning all your Orange and Turquoise sight words.
Rm 14 Aanika Aubrey-Wihongi For her willingness and diligence in doing her work in class.

Rm 15 Zac Siulua For his mature attitude and diligence.
Rm 16 Ella Warren For settling into Sweet 16 and WPS so smoothly. Congratulations for your Peer Mediator role.
Pai mutunga!!
Rm 17 Kuulei McShane For your outstanding work in all curriculum areas, and an amazing start to Year 4!
Ka rawe Kuulei!
Rm 18 Tevita Tauiliili For your beautiful story writing this week. Ka pai Tevita!
Rm 19 Halafihi Afimeimounga For being a role model to others and for striving for excellence in all learning areas.

Rm 20 TJ Tu’ua For always having a positive attitude towards his learning, and showing respect and honesty to all. Tino pai!

Rm 22 Hartlynn Sami For joining our classroom so enthusiastically and respectfully. You are always participating in our learning, tino pai Hartlynn!
Rm 23 Isi Uhila For being awesome and always showing the Weymouth Way in everything he does. Malo Isi!

T1 Wk 6 Friday 14 March 2025
Rm 1 Shyla Paselio For trying really hard to learn all of your red sight words! Ka mau te wehi Shyla!
Rm 2 Kaya Simi For always bringing a smile and a positive attitude to learning.
Rm 3 Skyla Pritika For exceptional effort and progress in reading and writing. Tino pai, Skyla!
Rm 4 Jason Taufa For showing an outstanding passion for reading and writing!
Rm 6 Kairon Herewini Hohua For beginning to show interest in his learning and participating class discussions.

Rm 7 Aylin Shakari For amazing reading in class.
Rm 8 Suzi Patu For showing determination with her reading! Ka rawe Suzi!

Rm 9 Jeremiah Sape For always trying his best in all areas of learning. You rock!
Rm 10 Pearl Nemaia For demonstrating her love for learning and showing a can-do attitude. Ka pai Pearl!
Rm 11 Hunter Proffitt For doing so well in his reading and moving 2 levels up! Ka Pai.

Rm 12 Frida Pauley For always going out of her way to help others and bringing smiles on their faces.
Rm 13 Vincent Eteuati Emana For learning his forward and backward counting till 100.

Rm 14 An Nguyen For his effort in learning and using his creativity to create hands-on artwork.
Rm 15 Joshua Saulala For being a super helpful member of akomanga 15.
Rm 16 Shanaya Prasad For active listening, thinking about the learning and applying new knowledge and skills.
Rm 17 Laderra Tu’ua For being a compassionate and helpful friend to everyone in akomanga 17. Ka rawe Laderra!
Rm 18 Zana Azizi For your amazing work in maths! Ka Rawe!!!
Rm 19 Marley Richmond For consistently demonstrating respect and care for learning and being a positive role model for others. Ka rawe Marley

Rm 20 Oscar Meller For always striving for the best in his learning, and effortlessly showing the Weymouth way!
Ka rawe!

Rm 22 Calla-James Wilson For being a helpful, caring, respectful, and enthusiastic learner each and every week.
Ngā mihi nui CJ!
Rm 23 Jaxus Thompson For having a great attitude to school and always showing the Weymouth Way.
Nga mihi Jaxus!

Week 6 Best Attendance Award Trophy

Moana Team
Rm 21 with 92.31%
Papa Team
Rm 7 with 88.84%
Maunga Team
Rm 20 with 94.35%
Rangi Team
Rm15 with 91.81%