Waihi East School Blog
Congratulations Mrs Coll
March 6, 2018
Rachael (Mrs Coll) was awarded a CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION by Mayor John Tregidga last week at our Mihi Whakatau For Services to the Community with Matariki Celebrations. Well done Rachael. Well deserved!! [...]
2017 Prizegiving
December 18, 2017
Year 6 Trophy Winners Back L to R; Nicky T, Callum M, Alyssa A, Campbell D, Sabine R. Front L to R; Alize H, Laine T, Braydon B, Alyssa M, Anika T. Absent; Joseph F. [...]
Principals Awards
December 5, 2017
Term 4 Principals Awards representing our School values—Caring, Respect & Responsibility. Caring-Ana W, Joseph F, Louise M-L, Lily M, Bella P, Rylee K, Cole W, Marlie C, Lortress T Responsibility-Reid O, Dominic V, Mahe N, Liam P-S, Samuel C, Blake [...]
Principal Awards
September 26, 2017
PRINCIPALS AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who were the recipients of the Principal’s Awards on Tuesday targeting desirable behaviours in our School. This term teachers are looking out for students who are; kind and caring, resilient or respectful. Resilience [...]
Principal Awards
September 19, 2017
Week 6, term 3 was a special week for us, we celebrated the efforts and attitudes of our learners through Principal Awards. [...]
Year 6 Netball and Daffodil Day
August 25, 2017
The Year 6 Stars netball team cleaned up at prizegiving on Saturday 19th August. [...]
Matariki Showcase, Tapawae and Soccer
August 9, 2017
Week 2 of term we held the Matariki Showcase at the Waihi Baptist Church. We had a matinee on Wednesday and an evening performance on Thursday. The children were absolutely magificent and our whanau enjoyed learning about our stories through [...]
EPro8 & Principals Awards
July 25, 2017
Congratulations to our team of Braydon B, Alyssa A, Izzy B and Micah F for getting 5th at the EPro8 Challenge in Morrinsville last week. They qualified for the Waikato finals in Hamilton being held today. [...]
Year 5 / 6 Camp At Lakes Ranch
February 24, 2017
Check out our photos from the year 5/6 Camp at Lakes Ranch below. Surf n turf is next week - a few outstanding permission slips needed in ASAP, along with $40 to cover the costs of our awesome adventures. [...]
Extra Curricular Activities - Surf 'n Turf for Year 3-4's
February 17, 2017
Most students are going to be attending some form of extra curricular activity in the coming weeks. Please make sure you have paid for these as soon as possible or contacted the office to let us know how you will [...]
Powhiri and Outdoor Education
February 10, 2017
Wow! What a fantastic powhiri, especially this early in the year. Our tamariki did us all so proud. Thank you to all of our new whanau who came along and supported this process. Well done to Tyler, Joseph, Tiare, Alize, [...]
School Year Start, Classes and Outdoor Education
February 3, 2017
No school on Friday February 3rd - teacher only day. No school Monday 6th February - Waitangi Day. [...]
Waihi East Primary School Enrolment Zoning and Ballot Information - Update
January 28, 2017
At this time we are accepting all in zone enrolments. Out of zone enrolment limited. Next ballot date is Friday 3 March 9 a.m. LIMITED out of zone spaces available [...]
Stationery Lists for 2017
January 2, 2017
Waihi East Primary School stationery lists for 2017 - just follow the link below to a folder on Google Drive that has Google docs stationery lists for all Waihi East School classes in 2017. You can open the documents in [...]
Waihi East Primary School Prize Giving 2016
December 20, 2016
Our Waihi East School Prize Giving was held on Thursday 15th December 2016. These awards celebrated our students achievements in 2016. Six certificates were given out per class recognising the learning and skills pupils have demonstrated during the school year. [...]
Chiefs Visit
December 15, 2016
We had an exciting morning with 4 players from the Waikato Chiefs coming to visit. The entire school welcomed them with a quick powhiri (limited time frame), had a Q&A with some excellent questions, helped the Chiefs with their Scavenger [...]
Waimarino Water and Adventure Park
December 14, 2016
Waihi East Primary School year 6 students enjoyed their end of year trip to Waimarino Water and Adventure Park near Tauranga on Monday 12th December. [...]
Reports, Stationery, Christmas Float and Coastguard Raffle
December 14, 2016
Reports, class placements for 2017 and stationery lists will come home on Thursday. Congratulations to Mrs Hughes and her team of elves. The float looked amazing last Saturday. So amazing, that Waihi East School won the ‘Best Float’ competition. [...]
Christmas Float Fun
December 10, 2016
Another amazing Christmas Parade Float by Waihi East School. Certainly was a stand-out Float and was great to hear the children singing. Thank you to all who made, decorated and were on the float. [...]
Celebrating the End Of Year, Twilight Market, Wearable Arts Show, Ballot Closing and Class Trips
December 8, 2016
Is your new entrant starting school in 2017? Please contact the school to ensure their space and book into our BEST START Waihi Programme. [...]
Shared Lunch and Prize Giving Invite
December 6, 2016
Waihi East School invites you to come and share lunch with us on Thursday 15th December at 12 noon, followed by our Waihi East School prize giving on the same day (15.12.16) at 1 p.m. [...]
Sumdog Waikato Maths Competition High Flyers
December 1, 2016
Waihi East Primary School had 4 students in the top ten of this Waikato Sumdog Maths Competition held over a week from the 18th-24th of November 2016. [...]
Swimming Pool, Celebration Assembly and Recyclable Materials
November 23, 2016
A big thank you to the Women’s Institute for making our lovely swimming bags for children! They are amazing. Also a huge thank you for their donation towards camps earlier this year. It was much appreciated. [...]
Recyclable Materials Needed for Wearable Art
November 23, 2016
Waihi East School's Term 4 focus is 'Toi Pueru' which means wearable arts made from recycled materials. Room 8 needs lots of clean large plastic shopping bags from the shops e.g. Farmers, Mitre 10 to make their wearable arts. No [...]
