D ear Parents and Caregivers The terrible and tragic events of 15 March came amidst a review of our own lockdown procedures.

A lockdown is what you plan and practice for and hope that you never have to do. This week a test message was sent from our student man-agement system to one of each student’s main caregivers’s mobile number. This is one way we will communicate with you if we ever have to go into lockdown. We will also post messages on Facebook and our website, and email main caregivers. Later this week we will do an email test to en-sure our emails addresses are being received. Following this test we will be updating error messages and ensuring we have the contact details for both parents/caregivers if appropriate. Please, if you have changed email addresses or mobile numbers since enrolling at Wairau, please let us know as soon as possible. Finally a big thank you to all those who have offered to coach or manage one of our winter sports teams

C OLOUR YOUR DAY In collaboration with the Christchurch City Council, 24-7 Youthwork NZ has planned a way of demon-

strating love and support for all those who have been im-pacted by the terrible events of 15 March. This Friday, 29 March, we are encouraging all our students and staff to come together for a campaign called Colour Your Day. Students are asked to bring a $2 gold coin and we will wear bright, happy colours and donate the proceeds towards the Mayoral Fund called, ‘Our People, Our City’. Please note that the wearing of red is the least culturally appropriate colour from the perspective of the Muslim community. By wearing bright, happy colours, we will be showing our sup-port for our Muslim communities and the people of Christ-church.

S HORE TO SHORE FUN RUN The annual Shore to Shore Fun Run/Walk is on Sun-day 31 March commencing at 9.00am.

We will be having a BBQ on Milford Reserve after the run/walk. Sausages will be free for all participants. This will be a wonderful family day and we look forward to seeing you there!

W INTER JACKET ORDERS We have the option of a winter jacket available for purchase and order forms are available at the

office. We have samples of sizes 10 and 14, if you wish to look at them. The cost of the jackets is $90. The closing date for orders is tomorrow, Thursday 28 March. The jack-ets will be available at the beginning of term two.

B OT ELECTIONS The triennial Board of Trustees elections will be held in June of this year. We are looking for people

who would be interested in standing for our Board. We have ten meetings a year and they run for a maximum of two hours. If you think you may be interested, please give me a call at school and I can give you information about some meetings coming up that explain the role of a Board of Trustees member

P HOTOLIFE CLASS & INDIVIDUAL/SIBLING PHOTOS Photolife will be here at school on Tuesday 2 April

to take both class and individual/sibling photos. Order en-velopes need to be completed and returned to school, with the money enclosed, by this Friday, 29 March. Please note the following:

If you wish your child’s photo to be taken, you must return the envelope by 29 March with the payment enclosed.

If you wish sibling photos to be taken, separate enve-lopes are available at the office.

The methods of payment are by cash, cheque, credit card or online payment to Photolife. If paying by cash or cheque, the correct payment needs to be en-closed in the envelope, as no change can be given by Photolife. Make cheques payable to Photolife. Please add 0.25c for cheque fees.

Please do not deposit any payment into the school’s bank account. Payments are only administered by Photolife.

S WIMMING ZONE DAY Below are photos of our swimming zone day team who competed in the zone day held on 14 March at

the AUT Millennium Aquatic Centre. This was a great day for all and the team is to be commended for swimming with all their hearts. Thank you to Judy Carter for organis-ing and taking the team. The photo on the right shows the mixed relay team competing. Pictured from left to right are Elin Vincent, Seth Flusk, Luke Cusack and Grace Lee.

Becroft Drive, Forrest Hill, North Shore City 0620 Ph 410 7805 Fax 410 7985 School email: wairauint@wairau.school.nz Board email: wairauboard@gmail.com

S CHOOL DONATION Many thanks to those families that have already paid the school donation. Many schools charge fees for Technolo-

gy classes, and other activities. We have resisted this trend, but do rely on the donation to help fund the many extra things we offer. Donations are $150.00 per child or $250.00 per family, payable at the school office or via internet banking. If paying by internet banking, please enter “your child’s name, donation”. A receipt will be sent home with your child.

Our school bank account is: 12 3109 0011778 00. Please note that donations made before 31 March 2019 can be claimed as part of your tax return.

H EARING AND VISION TESTING On Tuesday 9 April, the Vision and Hearing Techni-cians will be visiting our school to test the vision of all

Year 7 students and also those Year 8 students who were absent last year on the day that the testing was carried out.

C YCLE SAFETY PROGRAMME The Wairau Cycle Safety Programme ends this Friday, 29 March. There will be a finale event on the day,

where attending students can get together and display their skills. The event will be held in the car/bike park area at 10.00am. Any students wishing to attend and who have not yet signed up for the course, should register their interest with Mrs Steven tomorrow. Grant Murray Principal

A+ EDUCATION CENTRE After school tutoring for years 1-13 in English, Maths, Writ-ing, Chinese, Science and French. Phone 028 423 1558 or email aplusedu18@gmail.com. Address: 1 Grenada Avenue, Forrest Hill MURRAYS BAY SCHOOL TWILIGHT FESTIVAL When: Friday 5 April. Time: 3-7pm Stalls/Fun area, sponge throw, photo booth, toys, books, etc. Food and bar, food stalls including Asian foods, sausage siz-zle, gourmet pizzas etc. Live music on stage and a variety of performances throughout the afternoon ETHOS: SPORTS SCHOOL HOLIDAY PRORAMME Our vision is to develp young men of good character, by uti-lising sport as a guided pathway. Core sports: basketball, indoor football, tubo touch, indoor cricket, dodgeball. Boys aged 10-13 $199 for the week. April 15-18 at Albany Junior High School from 8.30am-5.30pm. Phone Jamie Williamson on 021 257 2067 or signup.ethosacademy.co.nz FORREST HILL MILFORD AFC SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME Mon 15, Tues 16, Wed 17 April $145 for all three days or $55 per day, 9am-2pm at Becroft Park. Registrations via https://clubhubssl.com/red.php?&p=oFHAFC STUDIO 246 HOLIDAY PROGRAMME At Murrays Bay Intermediate from Monday 15 April to Thursday 18 April from 9am-4pm daily. This programme includes dance, drama, singing, making backdrops, props, costume etc before performing a complete show on the Thursday afternoon to family and friends. More info and to book your space now, email Lenore on info@studio246.co.nz NORTHERN MYSTICS Super Sunday 31st March, doors open at 1pm. Six teams will be playing over three games. Ticket price is $15.00. There are also home games on Monday 1st April, doors open at 6.30pm and Sunday 7th April, doors open at 1.30pm. $15.00 a ticket on these dates also. Discount code for Sunday 7th of April is: MSYTSCH19

28 March Boys’ Tennis Zone Day 28 March Jacket orders close 29 March Photolife orders close 29 March Colour Your Day $2 gold coin 31 March Shore to Shore Fun Run 2 April Photolife Class & Individual Photos 5 April Block 1 Trip to Stardome 9 April Vision Testing 12 April Term 1 ends 3pm 2019 Term Dates: Term 1 30 Jan-12 Apr Term 2 29 Apr-5 July Term 3 22 July-27 Sept Term 4 14 Oct-13 Dec

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS to the following students who have birthdays between 1 and 10 April: Izzy Trethewey, Katie Pahi, Kaio Morman, Yahastha Mudannayake, Ari Findlay, Jordan He