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KIDS DOING IT FOR KIDS
On Friday, the children of Waipara School dressed up as injured people to raise funds for Keira - a little girl who needs both kidney and lung transplants. Keira's mother used to attend Waipara School. A total of $188.20 was raised and this money was delivered to Keira's grandparents on Sunday. Children still managed to do their school work, even t...
UP AND RUNNING WITH GARDENING
Mrs Duncan is organising both the gardening and Enviroschools programmes again in 2019 and first up were Harakeke children planting silverbeet, celery and nurturing the tomatoes. We will eat these later in the season..... The children also found monarch butterfly chrysalis’ hanging on the fence palings and off the swan plants.
BIG DAY OUT FOR YEAR EIGHTS
The last week of the 2018 year included the famous Big Day Out for the Year Eight children in our school - a Principal's treat to thank the children f...
WAIPARA RAPTORS PLACED SECOND IN THEIR GRADE
The Waipara Raptors basketball team (Year 7 and 8) fought a hard battle in the final of their section of the Friday Night North Canterbury Basketball ...
KAPA HAKA CUMLMINATION DAY IN AMBERLEY
The Kapa Haka Culmination Day for Leithfield, Amberley, Sefton and Waipara Schools was held on Wednesday 12 December in the Amberley Tin Shed. All sch...
HARAKEKE NERF WAR
As part of their class reward, the Harakeke children opted to have a Nerf War, set in the jungle-like environment of the Waipara Adventure Centre. The...
KANUKA CAMP TO DUNEDIN
A huge thank you to Barbara McLean and Peggy Burrows for organising the Kanuka camp to Dunedin last week and to Stephanie Henderson-Grant, Vicki Treth...
GUYS RESTING BEFORE THEIR FATE!!
Our whole school were involved in designing and making guys to adorn the bonfire at the Waipara Fireworks event held on Friday 2 November. These few a...