Welcome to Term 3 at Wallacetown School!

In Week 1 we welcomed Jakob to Room 1 and Mack to Room 2 along with their families to Wallacetown School. We hope they have a great first week at school and I look forward to presenting them with their ‘Welcome to Wallacetown School Certificate’ in assembly this week.

Welcoming Jacob and Mack to Wallacetown School. Photos: Supplied

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We’ve got an exciting term ahead with lots happening both in and out of the classrooms. Olden Time happens (instead of ‘Golden Time’) on Friday afternoons, and this term will be based around our topic of Planet Earth and Space ‘Infinity and Beyond’ is proving to be a popular time for all children!

'Infinity and Beyond' a study study of astrology. Photo: Supplied

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In week 3 we welcomed Kylo to Room 1 and his family to Wallacetown School! We hope he has a great first week and start to his learning journey at school. In week 4 we also welcomed Phoebe to Room 1. Phoebe has her big brother Henry and sisters Trixie & Bethany already at school.

Welcome to Kylo and Phoebe. Photos: Supplied

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In week 4 we had Harold visit, and we held a mufti day ‘Wear Yellow for Harold’ as well! We raised $123 for the Life Education Trust. Harold even paid a visit to the classrooms.

'Wear yellow for Harold' Photo: Supplied

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Tuesday 12 August, we had Eva and Pyper share their speeches at the Cluster Speech Competition, we are incredibly proud of both Eva and Pyper for placing second and third! Eva will be speaking at the Central Area Speech Finals at the End of August with her speech on ‘Kapa Haka’. 

Certificates awarded for 2nd and 3rd places. Photo: Supplied

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Thursday 21st August was our time on stage at Polyfest! Again we were able to join Ko Taku Reo on stage for their last song and this was definitely a highlight for us, there’s a lot that we do on a Thursday together during the year so being able to share this experience is extra special to us! There is a lot of work behind the scenes from the classroom teachers, support staff and Whaea Nish in getting us ready for Polyfest.

The pride our students had on stage for our school showed and their smiles showed just how much they love performing together. Eva and Lara our kaeas for Kapa Haka have shown outstanding leadership and commitment this year in their roles.

Wallacetown School proudly supported by Pypers Produce

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The time and effort they have given to our Junior classes, whole school practices and our performances at the school Jubilee celebrations, and for the Senior Citizens has been appreciated by both the students and staff.

Thank you to everyone that headed along to the stadium to watch our Polyfest performance. If you head to our school website there is a tab ‘Polyfest 2025’ where you’ll see all our photos and a wee behind the scenes video of the day. 

Polyfest 2025. Photo: Supplied

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That brings us to the end of August . We are looking forward to the last 3 weeks of term , where we have book week coming up, and then the holidays (and hopefully) much warmer weather.