17 December 2018- The Whole School Beach Trip

As a whole school, we went to Eastern Beach to have fun and enjoy the summer. We made sand sculptures and played different games and activities organised by Kelly Sport.

Thank you to all the parent helpers who volunteered to assist the children.

15 November 2018- Kawau Bike Safety

The Kawau Team learnt about the safe riding techniques and bike skills through Bigfoot Adventures, a fully funded programme by Auckland Transport.

24 October 2018- Rangitoto Speech Finals

The Rangitoto Team have been listening to some amazing speeches during Week 1 of Term 4. We are so proud of the time and effort the children have put into their speeches. On Wednesday 24 October, we had our speech finals. What a difficult job we had choosing our winners!

Here are the results and congratulations again to all those that participated in the finals.

Year 3
1st Place: Humaira Dean
2nd Place: Delaney Thum
3rd Place: Isaac Edwards
High Commended: Sanish Prakash and Eliakim Serio

Year 4
1st Place: Payton Hollobon
2nd Place: Fatema Zarrouk
3rd Place: Rudra Shah
High Commended: Emmanuelle Lacia and Danha Kim

27 September 2018- Macleans Got Talent

Macleans Got Talent is held every hear, organised by the house captains, and it is an opportunity to share talents through songs, dances and plays.

Everyone who took part did a fantastic job and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the performances.

Thank you to the house captains who organised this awesome event!

22 September 2018- Cushionfall (Bark) Working Bee

Our school playgrounds have new bark and they are looking great.

Thank you to all the helpers who came to help move the cushionfall to our three playgrounds!

21 September 2018- Kawau Technology Challenge: EPro8

EPro8 Challenge, an engineering and problem solving race, was held at Baverstocks Oaks School and some of our students took part in it.

Challenges included building a solar powered alarm, storm proof dog kennel and constructing a ladder to rescue a cat in a giant tree.

Well done to our problem solvers!

13 September 2018- Waiheke Wheels Day

The Waiheke Team had an awesome morning at the Wheels Day. They rode their bikes, scooters and raced across the concrete using the remote control cars. In the hall, road maps and bridges were set up to play with the toy cars.

10 September 2018- Waiheke Road Safety

Contsable Ian visited Macleans Primary to teach the Waiheke children about road safety.
There are three golden rules when using the zebra crossing: "Stop, look and listen."

31 August 2018- Koanga Festival

Our Kapa Haka group performed at the Koanga Festival. They sounded amazing and looked great in their new Kapa Haka uniform.

Special thanks to Whaea Hohaia for training the group.

28-29 August 2018- H.P.P.A. Choir Festival

H.P.P.A. Choir members took part in the choir festival that was held at Bucklands Beach Intermediate School. Their performance was electric and excellent.

Special thanks to Mrs Leong and Mrs Jones for training the group.

20-24 August 2018- Reading Carnival

We celebrated the Book Week through various events and activities throughout the week.

Fifi Colston, an author and illustrator, inspired us with her stories and experiences.
Spangle the Storyteller shared tales that are from different parts of the world.

Another highlight was the Book Parade where each syndicate had an opportunity to show their awesome book character costume.

Special thanks to Mrs Norton for organising the Book Week.

16 August 2018- Waiheke Pirate Day

The Waiheke Syndicate enjoyed the Pirate Day, dressing up like pirates and showing their cool costumes at the pirate parade. The day also consisted of a fun treasure hunt, singing pirate songs and writing stories about pirates.

21 June 2018- Tammy Tornado Visits Waiheke Syndicate

The Waiheke Syndicate was excited about Tammy Tornado's visit and had a lot of fun learning about bubbles as part of their science unit on Water. She showed small and gigantic bubbles using wands of different sizes. Bubbles filled with helium went up in the air just like balloons. Students were amazed to see that an enormous bubble could even fit the teachers. They also made green gooey slime to take home in the end!

15 June 2018- Matariki

Waiheke, Rangitoto and Kawau Syndicates got together and celebrated Matariki as a whole school. We had activities such as waiata (songs), kite making, placemat weaving and planting veggies. 

Matariki is a cluster of seven stars that marks the beginning of Maori New Year. It is a time to gather with family, reflecting on the past and looking forward to the future. 

12 June 2018- Waiheke Woodwork

Here are some of our Year 1 students engaged in a Wish activity making their Matariki stars.  These students are so confident using hammers and nails to create a Matariki star at the woodwork bench.  

3 May 2018- New Classroom Opening Ceremony

Waiheke Team participated in the opening ceremony of new classrooms. Room 18 children cut the ribbon with Mr Bayly and Ms Laffoley as they begin their learning journey in a new classroom. Students will come to Room 17 for Ready-Set-Go and Room 19 is yet to be filled with new entrants!

We were all excited to celebrate our newly-built, fabulous-looking classrooms.

12 April 2018- Commonwealth Games

We had our School-wide Commonwealth Games and each of us represented a country. We all tried our best showing great sportsmanship. There were 12 different activities and Commonwealth sports such as hockey, gymnastics and athletics.