Term 3 Week 7 2025

Welcome to Welbourn

Alan Noyes and Parker Brown

Caught Being Good

Rm 2 Angus; Rm 8 Nina & Ava-Lee; Rm 10 Amal; Rm 13 Ruby B and Rm 14 Abbie

Marvellous Maths

In Week 6 , during Maths week, our teachers and tamariki had such fun taking part in our Maths survivor series. There was a lot of team problem solving happening in classes, to decipher the messages each day leading to Friday`s treasure. As well as this, we had to guess how many lollies were in the jar. The winners for this were Rm 4 Max (131); Rm 8 Nina (130); Rm 9 William (130); rm 10 Code (130); Rm 10 Harlee-Rae (130); Rm 13 Abigail (132); Rm 15 Tarra (132)

At Friday`s dress up  assembly there were amazing outfits on display and these were the lucky winners drawn out of the box  for a Maths prize : Rm 1 Mani; Rm 2 Juni; Rm 3 Carter; Rm 4 Eli; Rm 5 Amos; Rm 6 Indie; Rm 7 Willow; Rm 8 Levi; Rm 9 Aufa; Rm 10 Xavier; Rm 11 Terri; Rm 12 Aeran; Rm 13 Finn; Rm 14 Kacey and  Rm 15 Laken. Congratulations everyone! And finally, a big shout out to Mike and Katrina for organising Maths week for us.

My New Gallery

Outdoor Learning space- project update

We are excited to share an update on our Ngahere Outdoor Learning Space. This project will provide a special opportunity for our tamariki and teachers to learn within the ngahere, furthering our commitment to environmental education and kaitiakitanga.

With the concept design complete, we are now in the final stages of planning and compliance. We anticipate this unique space will be underway soon and become a meaningful part of our curriculum from 2026.

We would also like to thank our community for your support with fundraising towards this project. The picture below shows the concept design. We are looking forward to having this space, set to support learning and kaitiakitanga from 2026.

Chess Success

Welbourn entered two teams into the Taranaki Primary and Intermediate Chess competition held in Oakura on Friday 22 August. There was a total of 19 teams and team A came 3rd, which was a fantastic result. Both teams should be very proud of their efforts and a special shout out goes to Amrish Khanolkar for the time and energy he puts in to preparing our students for these events and his weekly tuition here at Welbourn. 

My New Gallery

Week 8 DISCOS

The student council have organised disco fun for week 8. On Wednesday, 3rd September rooms 1-5 can come to the hall at lunchtime and dance with their friends. If you want you can dress up as your favourite fictional character.On Thursday 4th of September rooms 6-9 can come along at lunch time and dance with their friends. And if you can bring a can of food for foodbank that would be amazing. Huatoki team your disco is planned for Thursday between 6- 7.30pm. The $3 entry will cover the DJ. And feel free to bring a can of food for foodbank , too. See the posters created by our student council, below.

QUIZATHON

Hopefully you have been talking about and learning the facts for our general knowledge quiz which is happening this term to raise funds for our outdoor learning space. When you and your child decide how many lists- may be one or it may be two or it may even be three, that will tell you how many questions your sponsors are willing to sponsor. Or they can simply pledge a donation. The Home and School account details are as follows;

Welbourn Home and School Association 15-3957-0043879-00.

We really appreciate your support and hope this creates some fun conversations at home. Please find the question sheets below in case your child has misplaced theirs. The two classes with the most collected will be acknowledged with pizza lunch (see poster below). The children will have their QUIZATHON completed at school by Friday 5 September and will be able to share how they got on. 

TERM 4 & TERM 1 2026 KEY DATES

Board Election - Time to vote !

A friendly reminder to vote for our Board Members.  The link for voting has been emailed to all our whānau.

Here are the profiles of our candidates 

Attendance update

We are pleased to celebrate the improvement we have seen in attendance across our school this year. Regular attendance is vital for learner progress, wellbeing, and connection — every day at school really does make a difference. Ngā mihi to our whānau for supporting tamariki to be at school and ready to learn.  

While we are encouraged by these improvements, we also want to be open about ongoing challenges. There are still a small number of ākonga whose attendance sits in the concerning range of 60–80% for the year to date. These individual cases are being closely monitored by both the Leadership Team and the Ministry of Education, as regular attendance is key to ensuring equitable outcomes for all learners.  We do acknowledge that increased illness has had a part to play and impacted our tamariki and whānau.

The Ministry of Education expects attendance to sit ideally between 85–90% across the year. If you would like an update on your child’s attendance record, please contact their classroom teacher, who will be happy to share this with you.

Together we can continue to support our tamariki to build positive habits and make the most of every learning opportunity.

Daffodil Day- Remember to wear yellow and/or green tomorrow!

Pizza Lunch

PIZZA LUNCH - 12 SEPTEMBER

Happy days! Friday 12 September is Pizza lunch day at Welbourn. Pop onto the Kindo app - going live Tuesday 2nd September or online https://shop.kindo.co.nz/app/login Choose between pepperoni or cheese, $2.50 slice (or $2.90 gluten free). Order before Wednesday 10 September.

                                                               Kind regards

                                                               Home and School

Sports News

Summer sports: 

Sports Registrations are now closed, However we are looking for more players to join our teams in the following sports.Further information for the following sports can be found on the registration links below.

Touch Rugby: We need 3 x Yr 3-4 players and 1 x Yr 5-6 players.

Cost: $35. Played Monday afternoons at Devon Intermediate, St Joseph's and Westend schools.  Games are approx 3:45 (U8’s), 4:00 (U10’s), 5:25 (U12’s). This depends on the number of teams entered, so this is an approximate guide only.  Season Starts: 6th October - 1st December ( Finals) Touch Rugby 2025

Summer Hockey (yr 3-6):  We need 4x Yr 3-4 Ministicks players and 3x Yr 5-6 Kiwisticks players.

Cost: $60(yr 5-6), $50 (yr 3-4). The season runs from 18th October to 6th December.  Summer hockey is played on Saturday mornings from 9 am at the Hobson Street Hockey turf.  Summer Hockey 2025

 Superstar Cricket  ( NE-yr 4): We need 5x Yr 3-4 Div 1 players.

Cost: $35 Season runs from 17th October - 5th December.  Kiwi cricket (yr NE - 2 new to cricket), Intro to Incrediball (yr 2-4 players who have little or no cricket experience) and Incrediball (Yr 3-4 with some cricket experience) are played on Friday afternoons at Lynmouth and Western Parks from 5:30. Term 4 Cricket 2025

Any queries to: 

Sam Cresswell, Sport Administrator, 

Welbourn School Phone: 757 5810 

email: sport@welbourn.school.nz

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