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Dear Parents Strategic Planning We are getting close to our final sessions in Strategic Planning: The Next Chapter for Wellesley. We had an excellent Think Tank session and an outstanding response rate to the recent parent survey. Once I receive the full report I will share this with our community. Below is an update on progress for your perusal, and as always, please feel free to provide feedback at any time. The next steps include a final Think Tank session, then a Board Strategy session to finalise the themes and direction for the school. The final product will be launched early in 2016. Draft 3: Vision, Mission and Values next iteration Below is the next iteration of the vision, mission and values. These are based on the stakeholder workshops held in May/June 2015; the values preferences of parents gathered online; and the staff’s further input; the Think Tank preferences and suggestions. These will next be tested at a staff session on 27 th October; and with the Board in November. Vision - Every boy, every opportunity to be the best they can be. - Each boy leaps into life with confidence, self-direction, resilience and integrity; a discerning learner for life, equipped to succeed in a changing world. Mission - Our mission is to launch (or nurture or develop or educate) boys who are well-rounded, self-directed, inquiring life-long learners, through holistic education in our unique environment, our Christian ethos and partnering with our community. Wellesley College melds 100 years of Anglican tradition with future-focused teaching and learning. Wellesley College Newsletter # 7 Tuesday 27 th October 2015

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Dear Parents Strategic Planning We are getting close to our final sessions in Strategic Planning: The Next Chapter for Wellesley. We had an excellent Think Tank session and an outstanding response rate to the recent parent survey. Once I receive the full report I will share this with our community. Below is an update on progress for your perusal, and as always, please feel free to provide feedback at any time. The next steps include a final Think Tank session, then a Board Strategy session to finalise the themes and direction for the school. The final product will be launched early in 2016.

Draft 3: Vision, Mission and Values – next iteration

Below is the next iteration of the vision, mission and values. These are based on the stakeholder workshops held in May/June 2015; the values preferences of parents gathered online; and the staff’s further input; the Think Tank preferences and suggestions. These will next be tested at a staff session on 27 th October; and with the Board in November. Vision - Every boy, every opportunity to be the best they can be.

- Each boy leaps into life with confidence, self-direction, resilience and integrity; a discerning learner for life,

equipped to succeed in a changing world. Mission - Our mission is to launch (or nurture or develop or educate) boys who are well-rounded, self-directed, inquiring

life-long learners, through holistic education in our unique environment, our Christian ethos and partnering with our community. Wellesley College melds 100 years of Anglican tradition with future-focused teaching and learning.

Wellesley College Newsletter # 7 Tuesday 27th October 2015

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Wellesley College values: The values are the core of Wellesley culture and are values for the entire school community. Respect and empathy; for self, others and Wellesley; we build strong relationships across the school community; we treat others as we wish to be treated; we ‘stand in the other’s shoes’ to understand them; we ‘look out’ for one another; we display fairness. Perseverance for personal bests: everyone strives for personal bests. Each boy has aspirations and is supported to achieve these. We build resilience for learning. Perseverance is celebrated along with success. We create a wide variety of opportunities for leadership and personal bests across the Wellesley community. Risk taking in learning: we are happy to be challenged and to challenge; it’s fun to try new experiences. ‘It is cool to try and to fail than not to try at all.’ We are inquiring, flexible, critical thinkers and questioners. As a school community, we have passion and skills for life-long inquiry and learning.

Draft Strategic Goal Areas for Strategic Plan

Below is the first cut at the draft strategic goal areas and possible developments. The bullet points are initial ideas that came from stakeholder sessions, interviews and staff input.

1. Teaching and Learning – clearly articulated pedagogy and curriculum; new developments in teaching and learning.

- A high-quality team of teachers and support staff. The composition of the team is fit for the future; staff are

continually developing to keep at the cutting edge of education.

- Future-focused pedagogy and curriculum melded with Christian values and traditions and articulated to

stakeholders

- Technological changes in next 10 years: boys are skilled, adaptive and discerning in their use of technology. We may use technology for ‘remote’ learning opportunities: Will it be necessary to be the same physical classroom for learning? The flexibility of our facilities and technology.

2. Developments in educational services and business – future directions:

- Marketing plans are developed and implemented: they tell the Wellesley story; its strengths and added value

to new cohorts of families; attract a wider diversity of Wellington regional families

- stay committed to our core: boys’ primary education; expand services and add value

- roll size stays the same or increases? What are new ways to do this and retain value?

- new city campus for seniors and/or use virtual teaching methods

- support parents’ capability to work with sons on new technologies of learning

- innovative use of our unique physical environment and facilities

- Any new developments in preschool, after school, holiday programme on site.

- partnerships with others: eg schools, educationists, global connections, specialists, businesses,

organisations; for educational developments and mutual benefit

- the financial security of Wellesley and accessibility to a larger cohort of families.

3. Wellesley’s unique environment for learning- physical, technological and cultural infrastructure.

- sustain and develop our unique site, facilities for teaching and learning.

- flexible, adaptable classrooms and resources to match teaching and learning

- achieve ‘gold status’ as an environmentally sustainable school

- embed Wellesley culture and values in action across the school community.

4. Wellesley’s community:

- plan for high involvement of the school community’s talents in all areas of life of school: high engagement

of parents; Parish connections; the Bay and Eastbourne, Wellington regional secondary schools.

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- alumni connections are alive and active, and benefit old boys and the school

- Global, national and virtual connections with schools; students; experts and researchers. School Structure Deputy Principal – Teaching and Learning After observing the school in operation for a little over nine months, it’s obvious that Steve Girvan has many responsibilities across the school. As Wellesley has grown in size over the past ten years, his workload has increased. After discussions with Steve and the Senior Leadership Team, it is obvious that we need to keep Steve in his role as a deputy and enhance our leadership structure by creating a new role, at the same level as Steve, called the Deputy Principal – Teaching and Learning. Steve will maintain his deputy’s status and we will modify his responsibilities to cover the pastoral welfare of our students and staff using proactive and reactive strategies. His new role will be called Deputy Principal – Pastoral. Steve is excited about this new phase of his career and is looking forward to having a peer to assist in the areas of teaching and learning and share some of the workloads. The new deputy will have oversight of our teaching and learning across the whole school. Steve has made some comments below. “Next year I am very much looking forward to welcoming a second deputy on to the staff. Wellesley has grown and developed hugely over the past 10-15 years and the demands placed on the Senior Leadership Team have likewise increased. With the creation of a new Deputy’s role, I will be able to focus more specifically on pastoral care for the students and supporting staff in the management of their students. I will also oversee the general welfare of both students and staff. Other roles will include the day to day organisation of the school; liaison with secondary schools; induction of new staff and relieving staff and to lead the formulation of classes each year. However what I am most looking forward to is giving more time to my real passion – the teaching of thinking skills and gifted and talented education.”

Steve Girvan

This year has been busy. We have assessed much for the future through our strategic planning and since the start of the year two reviews have been conducted. The first was an administration review, in which administration staff were asked to comment about the current structure and how it operated. From this review, it became obvious that one area in need of more consideration is the Uniform Shop and how we supply uniforms to our parents. At this stage, we are looking at engaging an external contractor who may be able to supply uniforms from a retail shop, during retail hours, and also providing an online service, whilst ensuring the pricing arrangements remain the same. Similarly, we are ensuring that the quality of the uniforms is of the highest standard. We have also conducted a Learning Support review and a Specialist Teacher review in 2015. These two documents heralded two main changes for 2016. This includes the creation of two new positions. Both positions have been advertised internally and there have been many staff interested in these positions. The first are the Head of Learning Support and the Head of the Arts. The Head of Learning Support The Head of Learning Support’s focus will be to provide the best practice support for boys who need extra assistance either due to specific learning needs or the demonstration of ‘gifted and talented’ traits. This person will track students from Years 1-8 and use our wonderful learning support staff, in consultation with teachers and Syndicate leaders, to ensure that we are providing the best learning programmes for our students. The Head of the Arts At Wellesley, we offer a variety of opportunities for our students. In the area of the Arts, we provide visual and performing arts, along with itinerant music lessons. For many years now the area of visual arts has been highly supported. This position provides an opportunity for a staff member to maintain our wonderful offerings in the visual arts and provide leadership to all of the Arts. By no means are we looking at changing what is on offer, we are looking at enhancing the area of the arts across the school using our talented specialist teachers in the areas of music, visual and performing arts. Staffing Matters Recently, two of our staff have applied for and been awarded leadership positions in other schools. Both of these staff members have been interested in leadership roles and taking on new responsibilities. Darren Houston has won the Deputy Principal’s role at St Marks Church School. Darren has been at Wellesley for 16 years at the end of 2015 and has been a teacher of both Year 6 and Year 7, for six years, and the Physical Education and Sports Lead Teacher for just over nine years. Darren has a real passion for Physical Education and Sport and is himself a talented tennis and squash player. Darren’s other great skill is his organisational ability. Over

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the last 8 years he has organised countless Wellesley fixtures, both home and away, with meticulous detail. He has been an asset to Wellesley and a consummate professional during his time with us. We wish Darren the very best for his future and on embarking on the next steps of his leadership journey. Tim Parkes joined the Wellesley staff in March of 2011 and has been teaching Year 8. Tim has been eager to take on more responsibility since his arrival, as demonstrated in his leadership of the digital learning space in the Senior School. Tim applied for and has accepted the position of Senior Syndicate leader at the Plimmerton School. I would like to extend thanks to both of these staff members for their service to Wellesley from our community and wish them the very best for the future. Science at Wellesley - Royal Society Science Teaching Leadership Programme We are very pleased to announce that our Science and Technology teacher, Jo Hawthorne, has recently been awarded a place on the Royal Society Science Teaching Leadership Programme (formerly the Royal Society Teacher Fellowship). Twenty one primary and secondary teachers have been selected from around New Zealand so we are excited for Jo to be in this group. This means, that in Terms 1 and 2 next year, Jo will take leave from our school. We are delighted to announce that we will be welcoming Kate Sinclair back to Wellesley. Kate will be filling in for Jo while she is away. Kate previously ran the Science committee (before taking maternity leave last year), so we are very confident in her ability to oversee the science teaching and leading our school wide Science week and Senior Science and Technology Fair. While Jo is away, she will spend the two terms being hosted by an organisation and work alongside scientific staff to get an appreciation of the Nature of Science. She will also participate in curriculum development days with the Royal Society and attend a week long residential leadership course in Dunedin. This programme will enable Jo to focus on familiarisation with the Nature of Science strand in the New Zealand National Curriculum, further development of science subject knowledge, and the development of leadership skills to enhance the quality of school wide science teaching within our school. In Term 3, Jo will return to lead our school in developing a school wide science plan that engages our students and wider school community in science, and to develop our students’ science knowledge and skills. She is excited and looking forward to the opportunity as well as returning to build on the science programme she has already developed. Jo hopes to develop a relationship with an organisation that she can continue to grow with our students upon her return. We would like to congratulate Jo on being offered a place on this programme and look forward to being able to share her new adventures with our boys and parents on her return later in the year.

Wellesley Gala – Volunteers required

The year has flown by and the time has now come to support our Wellesley Gala. As this is my first Gala experience in New Zealand, I am looking forward to the events on Sunday of this week. I must commend the work of the Gala team who have been busy organising this event since the beginning of the year. Phil, Bhakti, Shazly and Phillipa have been instrumental in leading and coordinating this event. It is now time for all of our families to show their level of support by nominating to assist with stalls on Sunday. I note that there has not been enough uptake for volunteers to assist on the day and as this event is organised every two years, your assistance is required. Please talk with friends and families you know and spread the word that your assistance is needed. For further information and log in details, please refer to page 12 I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday Brendan

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2015 Digital Technologies Competition The 2015 Digital Technologies Competition was entered by 107 Wellesley students, 4 boys achieved High Distinction: David Lillis, Joshua Langford, Oscar Horne and Rex Kemmitt. It’s a great effort to be in the top 1% for New Zealand. 18 Boys achieved Distinction: Max MacLachlan, Daniel Andrews, Jake Breslin, Krishin Cox, Finbar Holborow, Oliver Pope, Tom Adams, Matt Bevan, William Chandler, Jack Holland, Ned Lutyens, Max Abbot, Logan Forsyth, Tim Harris, George He, Paxton Jones, Benjamin Stirling, and Andrew Sutcliffe In addition 33 Achieved boys achieved Credit and 10 achieved Me

Otago Problem Challenge

Over the course of the year 125 Students in Year 6 to 8 maths classes took part in the Otago Problem Challenge. This consists of 5 problem challenges each with 5 problems, spread out over the course of the year. Special congratulations to Oliver Lynch who scored 25 out of 25 for a perfect result. A fine display of consistently accurate problem solving. Also congratulations to these 29 boys who managed to score Excellence: Alexi Zangouropoulos, Max Abbot, Zach Coventry, Ben Stirling, Will Saunders, Joshua Kemp-Whimp, Sam Paviour-Smith, Ethan Henry, Victor Lai, Andrew Sutcliffe, George He, Jim Lockwood, Toby Marks, Luke Carpenter, Damon Mavroupolis, Hugo Lethbridge, Luke Sutton, Thomas Dai, Matt Bevan, David Lillis, Tom Adams, Anish Hota, Archie Chandler, William Chandler, Finley Kruger, Felix Marner, James Hoskin, Krishin Cox and Joshua Langford As well as this, a total of 42 boys scored Merit in the competition. If you’d like to try your luck with one of the challenges, here’s the last problem in the last challenge of the competition for this year:

English ICAS Competition Wellesley entered 204 boys from Year 4 to Year 8 in the ICAS English Competition. 6 Students received High Distinction certificates (top 1%)-congratulations to: Arthur Fell, Daniel Andrews, David Lillis, Krishan Cox, Max Abbot and George He. 22 students received Distinction certificates (top 10%) - congratulations to:

Oscar Horne, William Adams, Joshua Langford, Eddie Lethbridge, Barnaby Stevens, Seb Stewart, Jake

Breslin, Alexander Heine Sheldrake, Finbar Holborow, Jack Morrah, Tom Adams, Archie Chandler, William

Chandler, Hiroshi Craigie, Hugh Lethbridge, Archie Riley, Tim Harris, Paxton Jones, Tobias Maling, Alex

McKenna, David Mourra.

57 students received Credit certificates (top 30%)

12 Students received Merit certificates(top 40%)

Congratulations to all students who took part.

Brothers Andy and Henry walk to school, and Henry sets off first. Each second Andy takes 2 steps and

Henry takes 3 steps. However Andy’s steps are longer than Henry’s — in fact 3 of Andy’s steps are the

same length as 5 of Henry’s. If Henry takes 20 steps before Andy starts, how many steps will Andy take

until he catches up with Henry?

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Tournament of Minds

After winning regionals, then the nationals we were through to the Australasian Final in Sydney! We were all really excited and after one day of acclimatising to the Aussie heat by visiting the Sydney Zoo, and one day where we attended the opening ceremony and took a cruise with our fellow competitors around Sydney Harbour, we were ready for the challenge. We arrived at the UNSW 8:30am and were given our instructions. Then went into our challenge rooms for our 3 hour preparation time - ideally we had to come up with a 9-10 minute presentation. The challenge was about most of the M words having been taken out of the dictionary and you had to bring back just 6 words and explain why those 6 words were so important. After starting the main challenge the spontaneous challenge judges came and gave us another challenge. We had 5 minutes to answer the challenge, and that went really well with some great teamwork and an excellent answer from Josh. The judges were so impressed they sort out the NZ Director later in the day to congratulate us on our answer! With 1 hour to go Josh took sick so we had to work with five people (all the other teams had seven). We had to switch some roles around but we got there. The presentation went as well as it could have and was well received by both the judging panel and the audience. After some organised “Zumba” and dinner we went it the awards ceremony. We then found out that we came second; losing by a very close margin to a team from Tasmania! After the tournament we had two days to see the sights of Sydney. We walked the Sydney Harbour Bridge, went to Wet'n'Wild and to Lunar Park, ate at some amazing restaurants and spent the last day with the team from QMC! Thank you very much to all the parents who came as well as to Mr Girvan for doing an excellent job as facilitator.

Alexi

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Congratulations to Adam Raitt (6C) who is performing in the Children's Chorus of the musical Evita being staged at Wellington's Opera house. Adam will be performing on the Opening night (7th), then again on the 10th, 12th, 14th (2pm), 15th (4pm), 18th, 20th and 21st of November.

Science and Technology

This term we're trying out a few new things in the Science and Technology Room.

First up, the Juniors have each had a couple of sessions to try out these simple to programme robots called BeeBots. As part of our schools membership of the Hutt Science Centre, we are able to borrow a range of kits for a week at a time. This week we've explored Junior programming with the Beebots. There was a rather high level of engagement, with some of the older students wanting to know when they would get a turn.

Incorporating problem solving, sequential thinking, communication, maths and collaboration, these little robots certainly captured the kids interest as well as mine.

On the subject of robots, last term I organised a PhD student to come and speak to the Senior Technology Teams. He was very engaging and interesting. Thankfully Henry offered to return to speak to our keen lego robotics boys. Last Wednesday, about 40 boys who were interested in robotics and coding from Years 4-8 gave up their lunchtime to hear about where this could take them in the future. Henry brought along a robot that the Victoria University students had built from scratch, including 3D printing many of the parts. He talked about engineering and the huge range of possible future jobs within that area. Some of the older students were interested to hear about what sorts of subjects they should be taking at College. It was a really informative lunchtime and great for the boys to hear from such an expert. One of the highlights had to be when he let each of the students have a go at controlling the robot! We have got to get some of those omniwheels!

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Over the school holidays I spent four days attending the Ulearn conference in Auckland along with 1749 other teachers from across New Zealand and Australia. I had the opportunity to hear speakers from around the world and find out what's happening in education and where it’s headed in the future. I got to play with a variety of robots, used google cardboard, learnt about arduino, spent some time in the makerspace, used polymorph and hama beads to make an earbud storage case, drew conductive circuits with a pen and made shapes with a 3D doodle pen. I came away with lots of exciting and innovative ideas that I'm looking forward to trying. I was also fortunate enough to win The Mindlab twitter competition while there and bought home $1000 for our school to spend at the Mindlab in Petone. Woohoo!

Jo Hawthorne

Art As you know this is my final term at Wellesley. It has been my life and my love and I shall miss the boys enormously. I wish to continue teaching art to children. This term we shall be drawing with the focus being hands and gesture. They tell us so much. The senior boys have been working on the theme 'What's worth fighting for' and we have been looking at contemporary artists and those through time who used art as a medium to send out a message. Alongside this we discuss which is more powerful picture or word. I have been reading the boys haiku and they write their own including them in their work. We have been making masks, collage, a group are making a box car, others work with clay and on some boys on canvas. The art room always has boys doing something in it and it is this energy and this willingness to experiment I love.

We will shortly have a photography trip around the theme memorial and memory, and I am hoping to have Saint Michaels visit for a final beach day. Eve Owen

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PE and Sport 2015 The new term brings a change in sporting season. The athletics track and cricket pitch are down, and along with the tennis courts and cricket nets are all being used extensively. There are a range of sporting fixtures and other activities involving all three syndicates and the relevant information will be posted on the calendar and other areas once the details are known. Letters or emails are normally sent out with the relevant information but feel free to send an email to the relevant person if you have any questions. We made a start on the Athletics programme last term and it carries on this term. Boys learn various athletic disciplines and the Year 4 to 8 boys achieve standards for their efforts. Those standards and results are used in the organisation of the School Athletic Sports and help select the School Zone teams. The middle and senior syndicate’s sports will be run on separate days this term with the aim of involving the boys more.

Middle School – Tuesday 3 November (P/P: Friday 6 November)

Senior Syndicate – Thursday 26 November (P/P: Friday 27 November)

Junior Syndicate – Friday 27 November The Junior classes have started their Get, Set, Go Kiwi Sport programme and this carries on for the majority of the term each Monday. The tennis courts were in strong demand at the end of last term and this has continued this term. The Year 6 and senior championships are progressing with finals scheduled for later in the term. A number of middle and senior boys have been entered in the Hutt Valley championships. Several were hoping to qualify for the Central Region tournament in Palmerston North on Friday 6 November. Tuesday ‘A’ ladder tennis couldn’t start last week due to the weather. It is open to senior boys in the top 20 on the ladder who are not in other Wellesley teams. All boys require their PE gear and wear either their full school tracksuit or full school uniform home after sport. The cricket season is also upon us. The senior teams were scheduled to have their first Tuesday practices last week but the weather prevented them from happening. The weather on Thursday was fantastic which allowed the coaches to work with all senior cricket players. The boys have been reminded that they are not permitted to bring cricket bags on the buses or ferry on practice days. They can bring their bats, box and gloves but all other gear is available at school. The first senior fixture for the term is against HIBS on Thursday this week. The fixture incorporates the NZ Cup Wellington 20/20 semi-final. The 2nd XI will also play a 20/20 and the softball team will play just the one game instead of the normal two. A large number of teams will be playing Scots on Thursday 5 November and the 1st XI has their annual trip to Nelson College Prep on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 November. The sport and cultural photos are being held on Wednesday 28 October. Boys require all the same clothing they supplied during the year. The photos will be displayed at school and envelopes will be given out for ordering purposes. The two Karori basketball teams that are continuing this term have had their first games last week. Please contact the parent in charge or myself if you have any questions. Sun hats are compulsory next week but we advise boys to have these at school now. All boys require a named white peaked hat and tennis players can wear a Wellesley cap on the courts. Mufti caps are not permitted at school. Sunscreen is available at school but it is advisable for boys to have a small tube in their bags. Wellington Weetbix Kids TRYathlon 2016 Registrations are now open for the Wellington Weetbix TRYathlon to be held at Kilbirnie Park on Sunday 20 March 2016. Go to try.weetbix.co.nz to register to ensure you get a place and get the discounted entry fee. You can link to the school to help our school go into a draw to win sporting equipment and be included in the Wellesley team photo.

Darren Houston

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Key Dates – Term 4, 2015

Week 3 Wednesday October 28 Sports & Cultural Photos

Thursday October 24 Hearing and Vision Testing

Week 3 Friday October 30 Open Morning

Week 4 Thursday November 5 Senior Sport v HIBS

Friday November 6 Year 7/8 Speech Final

Week 5 Monday November 9 Nelson Cricket Tour

Sunday November 15 West Coast Camp

Week 6 Wednesday November 18 Year 5 Speech Finals

Sunday November 22 NZ Cricket Cup Finals 1st XI

Week 7 Tuesday November 24 Y4-6 Athletics

Thursday November 26 Senior School Athletics

Friday November 27 Year 6 Speech Finals Junior School Athletics Year 7/8 Triathlon

Week 8 Monday November 30 1st XI Father/Son Cricket

Friday December 4 Leavers’ Service 9.15am Junior School Prize-giving 11am

Week 9 Monday December 7 Mother Son tennis

Tuesday December 8 Year 8 Leavers’ Dinner

Thursday December 10 Junior School End of Year

Friday December 11 Y4-8 Prize-giving Last Day of Term

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Wellesley College Gala 2015 Sunday 1 November 11am - 3pm Just a few days until our Gala, so hopefully you have all set aside the day to come to school and enjoy a fun day out with the kids. Some of the stalls and activities you can look forward to are:

Kids' Tombola Buried Treasure

Garden Penalty Shootout

White Elephant Gumboot Throwing

Clothing and Accessories Giant Jaffa Roll

Gumboot Throwing Decadent Desserts

Inflatable Castle Cakes

Mini Jeeps Coffee

Face Painting American Hotdogs

Kids' Tombola Devonshire Teas

Candy Floss Buried Treasure

HAVE YOU SELECTED A TIME TO HELP ON GALA DAY? If you haven't had an opportunity to do so yet - WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! Thank you to those who have already booked slots to help on stalls/activities. If you haven’t managed to do so yet please visit https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the code UEZ9Z to book a slot or slots to help on a stall on Gala Day –Sunday 1 November 2015. If you need any clarification or assistance please contact Phillipa Paviour-Smith on [email protected]. We still desperately need lots of dads to help set up and/or pack up on Gala Day. This can be booked under the "Infrastructure" section or you can contact Anders Waiker direct on [email protected]. Help is required to set up from 8am - 11am and to pack up from 3pm. We also need “security” team members. If you’d like to know more about what this role, entails, please contact Jennifer McIver on [email protected]. Other stalls that are also low on numbers are White Elephant, Face Painting, Selling Raffle Tickets and the Sweet Stall. We hope to announce the winning parent of the Online Booking Roster Competition next week! Thank you to Boulcott St Bistro for the generous Sunday dinner voucher they have donated. Remember we are still in need of all your donations - white elephant items, clothing and accessories, books and deli items. The shed at school is open from 8.30am - 3.30pm or donations can be left at 6 Delhi Cres, Khandallah. Thank you for your ongoing support and here's looking forward to a fun, successful Gala. Kind regards, Phil Plimmer Wellesley Gala Convenor 2015 021448491

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One of our students, Niko Nash Krippner, is performing in a world class family magic show, at the Wellington Opera House at 3.30pm on Saturday the 24th of October. He is performing alongside 4 other world leading magicians, from New Zealand, Australia, United States and Germany. The show is suitable for parents and their children ages 5-10. Child tickets are $20, adult tickets are $30 and family passes are $80. For children aged 10 and up, there is an evening show aimed at a slightly older audience. Tickets are available from: premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=PUREMAGI15