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Trees for Survival

On Wednesday, July 29th, another group of awesome Whenuapai students walked next door to plant native plants at the Air Force Base. This year we worked hard to plant a couple hundred Manuka, Kanuka, and other NZ natives around the new Youth Development Unit (YDU) on Base. We enjoyed a sausage sizzle and some marching lessons from the great staff there before they marched us back up the hill to school. Thank you to Gail from Trees for Survival and Mrs. Cornish for leading this again.

Working Bee – 12th July 2020

A massive thank you to all the families and students who turned up in the school holidays for our working bee. We managed to get all the garden beds weeded and filled with new fresh soil ready for a busy planting season. Thank you to Bark and Soil Growing media for their generous donation of top quality growing soil https://www.barkandsoilgrowingmedia.co.nz. This term our students are learning all about healthy bodies and healthy minds. We will be able to use these fresh garden beds to grow lots of healthy fruit and vegetables. You will also notice the new Fruit Forest near the hall, we have planted feijoas and citrus trees for everyone to enjoy year-round. Thank you again to our community for all your support and we look forward to another working bee in the near future!

Cross Country – 22nd May 2020

Whenuapai School held its annual school Cross Country event on Monday 22nd June, Term 2, 2020. The weather was ideal with conditions perfect for fast race times. The spirit, give it a go attitude and students times showed their commitment and perseverance to complete the course and the students are to be commended on how the responded and performed. With students training prior to the race, many of the students have consolidated a good base fitness that allowed them to meet the challenge and complete the course while performing to a very high standard. Special mention should be made of Whenuapai teachers that performed their duties admirably, training students prior to the event, and also the special mention of the support students gave to other participants during the racing. Thanks also to all parents and grandparents that attended and supported during the races plus special thanks to student marshals for their support of the event.

The top 8 student places at each year level are included below in the results. The top 8 students in each year level for year 5-8 qualify for Norwest Cross Country which is being held on Tuesday 25th August 2020 at Muriwai Beach followed by Auckland Interzone Cross country on Tuesday 1st September if students qualify. All students at year 5-8 that are coloured in red qualify for Norwest Cross Country however only the students in blue have requested to attend. These student qualifiers in blue have been asked individually if they want to attend and a permission letter will go home to these students detailing the event of which we require to be returned by the due date so transport and teams can be finalised. If your son or daughter has no intention of competing at Norwest Cross Country after talking with their parents can the permission slip still be returned as soon as possible.

Thanks again to all student competitors, staff, and our parent community for celebrating our annual Whenuapai Cross Country. You all made it an enjoyable experience and challenging for our students and gave them an insight into their capabilities, talents, and performance levels in a fun and supportive way. Many of our students lived up to and demonstrated our Whenuapai school sports motto and this is a credit to them all and what they achieved at the Whenuapai School 2020 Cross Country Event.

Whenuapai School Sport Motto

“Accomplish what you foresee is Unattainable –

Back yourself and Back each other”

Cross Country 2020 Results

Note: Red – Denotes Yr 5-8 students that qualify for Norwest Cross Country Championship

Blue – Denotes Yr 5-8 students that have qualified and have requested to attend the NW event

Place	Year 0-1 Girls	Room	Place	Year 0-1 Boys	Room
First Place Time 6.25 mins			First Place Time No time Recorded
1	Bonnie Liao	18	1	Nixon Russell	20
2	Harper Cammock	17	2	Ethan Tasker	18
3	Molly Murch	17	3	Hudson Palmer	18
4	Sophie Hill	20	4	Marcus Van Zyl	20
5	Kasilita Lolesio	18	5	Kane Nepe	18
6	Andi Hardie	18	6	Mason Norman	18
7	Georgia Leonard	17	7	Nathanael Yan	18
8	Eilah Ford	17	8	Lewis Struthers	20

Place	Year 2-3 Girls	Room	Place	Year 2-3 Boys	Room
First Place Time No Time Recorded			First Place Time No Time Recorded
1	Leila Morton	14	1	Cooper Petterd	23
2	Millar Hutchins	24	2	Johnny Thomas	15
3	Alyssa Benton	24	3	Noah Young	23
4	Isabella Norman	23	4	Patrick Zanders	23
5	Rachel Van Lune	14	5	Jakub Vavrin Mihaere	14
6	Abby Looser	24	6	Coben Hosking	24
7	Kennedy Bone	14	7	Sameer Mohibee	14
8	Mila Russell	24	8	Bentley Hirst	24

Place	Year 4 Girls	Room	Place	Year 4 Boys	Room
First Place Time 8.55 mins			First Place Time 7.50:30 mins
1	Estelle Fraser	11	1	Bradley Uren	11
2	Lucy Zanders	13	2	Jordan Smith	12
3	Maile Hahn	11	3	Nico Greentree	13
4	Chloe Cruickshank	12	4	Jordan Van Vugt	12
5	Madeleine Muller	12	5	Kayse Moyes	11
6	Eloise Hood	13	6	Matt Johnson	13
7	Zaaria Clay	11	7	Declan Stratford	13
8	Shreyda Udyawar	13	8	Gray Hutchins	13

Place	Year 5 Girls	Room	Place	Year 5 Boys	Room
First Place Time No Time Recorded			First Place Time
1	Astyn Nasmith	7	1	Joel Pitout	8
2	Stacey Miller	10	2	Mack Thomas	9
3	Olivia Szusterman	9	3	Reuben Allen	7
4	Kaylan Nasmith	7	4	Luke Gillies	8
5	Zaara Carydias	10	5	Spencer Harrison	8
6	Amber Young	7	6	Cory Saunders	9
7	Maddison Barron	10	7	Sam Austin	7
8	Hannah Angelo	7	8	Blake Shirtliff	7

Place	Year 6 Girls	Room	Place	Year 6 Boys	Room
First Place Time 12.59mins			First Place Time 11.17mins
1	Emmie Peck	10	1	Harry Barrett	9
2	Jayda Meek	10	2	Lachlan Hosking	7
3	Leila Peck	10	3	Ireh Joung	7
4	Reanna Bone	7	4	Jackson Brown	8
5	Stella Hogg	10	5	Joseph Vitapa	10
6	Amberlee Roberts	7	6	Manasseh Mane	10
7	Jazmin McMurdo	10	7	Riley Tear	9
8	Natalia Pusich	8	8	Logan Vermeulen	10

Place	Year 7 Girls	Room	Place	Year 7 Boys	Room
First Place Time 12.43mins			First Place Time 11.33mins
1	Talia Hosking	4	1	Charlie Farac	4
2	Amelie Grbic	4	2	Taine Rawhiti – Wall	3
3	Tylah Davis	3	3	Andre Bassant	3
4	Taya Nasmith	4	4	Jack Peterson	2
5	Kyla Williamson	2	5	Tavita Orum	2
6	Stella Beale	4	6	Joshua Christie	2
7	Sophie Sutton	3	7	Kane Joachims	2
8	Paige Walters	3	8	Aston Coyle	3

Place	Year 8 Girls	Room	Place	Year 8 Boys	Room
First Place Time 14.48mins			First Place Time 12.19mins
1	Payton Berry	3	1	Latrell Tucker	2
2	Olivia Curgenven	4	2	Martim Monterio	2
3	Tonieka Hannon	4	3	Kayne Davies	3
4	Lucy Somers	2	4	Caesar Panui	4
5	Sophie Benjamin	2	5	Oscar Hahn	4
6	Madison Tucker	3	6	Bowen McMurdo	4
7	Rianna Kanji	2	7	Caleb Kingi	3
8	Salema Khatu	2	8	Lance Thompson	3

Junior Playground Opening – 27th May 2020

There was great cause for celebration recently when the new playground was officially opened. Despite the rain, the children, teachers and special guests enjoyed the opening ceremony which included a blessing given by Kuia Awa, a performance by the school’s Kapa Haka group as well as speeches by Ivan Millan from the Board of Trustees, and Raewyn, our Principal. Although the children loved watching the construction of the playground take place, it was with great joy that they were finally able to have a play on their new playground.

Money for the playground was raised over the last 12 months through various events run by the school’s PTA, a Give-A-Little Page, through personal donations by the community and by the Waitakere Licensing Trust for their very generous Million Dollar Trust grant. Thank you to all who gave towards this wonderful playground, it will be enjoyed for many, many years to come!

Lockdown Learning and Family Activities April/May 2020

We are so proud of our wonderful Whenuapai School community for embracing our At Home Learning while also spending quality time with their children. Here is a snapshot of what some families and children have been doing at home and at school.