Woodlands Primary School

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Kia ora, Kumusta, Dear all,It is a busy week as we start to launch Kapa Haka & Moffett Cup practices. Please make sure r...
14/06/2026

Kia ora, Kumusta, Dear all,

It is a busy week as we start to launch Kapa Haka & Moffett Cup practices.
Please make sure rugby players have mouth guards, boots and a change of clothes.

Thank you to Mr Napper and Gerald from Hunting and Fishing for judging and giving such positive feedback and encourageme...
30/04/2026

Thank you to Mr Napper and Gerald from Hunting and Fishing for judging and giving such positive feedback and encouragement to the team.

The standard of competition was impressive and amusing.

Congratulations to:

Junior Duck with caller: 1st Jock Kylle (Won a fishing reel), 2nd Kobbi Smith

Junior Duck no caller: 1st Kobi Coe (Won a duck caller), 2nd Murphy Sinclair, 3rd Jock Kyle

Senior Duck with caller: 1st Jack Grant (Won a set of lures), 2nd Leighton Veint, 3rd James Knight

Senior Duck no caller: 1st Dale McIntyre (Won a head torch), 2nd Adie, 3rd Pyper

Junior Stag roar: 1st George Fox (Won a lure set), 2nd Jock Kyle, 3rd Kobbi Smith

Senior Stag roar: 1st Leighton Veint (Won a head torch), 2nd Imogen Mitchell, 3rd Jonothan Perriman.

House points = 5 for 1st place, 4 for 2nd place, 3 for 3rd place, 1 for participating.

30/04/2026

Thank you all for participating in last nights Cow Poo and Duck Do!

FOW have the cost of sausage sizzle to deduct - but in total we made $2031.45 to support all of our students learning and experiences. This includes $261.25 that Year 5's made from their tuck shop for 2027 Stewart Island Camp.

Thank you so very much to our sponsors for their generous prizes

1st Prize - $400 Cow Poo Square 66 (in under 2 minutes & what a fabulously behaved cow!) - Alana Prescott

Spot Prizes - organised on a random number generator

Illuminate vouchers - Square 16 - Holly Calder
Southern Mulching & Ag Services Ltd Coffee Cups - Square 24 - Emma Day
ILT - Square 35 - Kim Grant
E Hayes vouchers - Square 41 - Joanna Humphries
Retro Bowl - Square 44 - Amanda Jacobson
Retro Bowl - Square 50 - Mel Jones
Splash Palace - Square 52 - Krystal Langley
Diacks vouchers - Square 80 - Kathlene Smith
Pool key 2026/7 season - Square 84 - Sam Tripp
E Hayes vouchers - Square 90 - Charlotte van Rossum

Kia ora, Kumusta, Dear all,Thank you so very much to all that have purchased a ticket for a square on the Cow Poo Bingo ...
29/04/2026

Kia ora, Kumusta, Dear all,

Thank you so very much to all that have purchased a ticket for a square on the Cow Poo Bingo grid tonight. A HUGE shout out to our sponsors!

Thank you so very, very much for supporting our school and all of our students learning & experiences.

ILT
Retro Bowl
E Hayes
Splash Palace
Diacks Nursery
Illuminate Invercargill
Woodlands Swimming Pool
Southern Mulching & Ag Services Ltd
Friends of Woodlands - $400 main prize (judges decision - main square not splatters).
Reminder: Parking at front or side driveway of school, gold coin entry for disco, bring small notes or coins for Sausage Sizzle & Sweet and Treat Stall Sales. Parents to supervise own children.

Your grid square numbers are attached - Good Luck all!

Kia ora all,Tomorrow night is the school disco, thanks to Friends of Woodlands!Start 6:30pm - End 7:30pm I hour of stud...
29/04/2026

Kia ora all,

Tomorrow night is the school disco, thanks to Friends of Woodlands!

Start 6:30pm - End 7:30pm I hour of student and sibling fun in the school hall. Please bring Gold coin for entry and also bring coins or small notes as a sweet stall and glow wear will be open and run by Year 5's fundraising for 2027 Stewart Island Camp. Parents are to supervise their own children. Please park on the road or side driveway parking area. The back will be closed to all vehicles except for FOW organisers & the cow.

FOW also have a sausage sizzle and hot drinks for sale outside the hall. The new library will be open for parents to mingle if not wishing to observe the cow poo bingo.

Cow Poo Bingo will start at 6:45pm. 81 tickets have been sold - 19 tickets are still for sale, Ticket Sales (click here) are open until 3pm tomorrow or until sold. 1 major prize of $400 & 9 great spot prizes to be won. The first square with the main poo will be the winner - judges decision final. The grid is 10 metre square, but my sprayed lines are amusing.

Friday - is M***i Day (Duck or Camo theme). Duck calling and Stag Roar Competition at 10:30am for those that wish to enter. Great Prizes donated by Hunting and Fishing. Thank you to Geoffrey Napper & Hunting and Fishing Team for judging. Please remember that we are doing cross country and sports every day now so running shoes are required at school for all classes.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night!

Sue and the team!

A huge shout out to Hunting and Fishing, Invercargill for generous prize donations for our student duck calling and stag...
28/04/2026

A huge shout out to Hunting and Fishing, Invercargill for generous prize donations for our student duck calling and stag roaring competition on Friday.

27/04/2026

Kia ora all,

Friends of Woodlands still have 56 tickets remaining for purchase to enter the first Cow Poo Bingo. Please use this link, sales are live until 12pm Wednesday or all sold. Only 100 tickets, it is better odds that lottery to win!

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BCMW

16/04/2026

Hi all

As we start looking to the upcoming pool season, we’re looking for a few more committee members to join the committee.

The pool is a much-loved part of our community, and it takes a team behind the scenes to keep it running smoothly. Without enough support, it becomes increasingly difficult to open and operate each season.

If you’ve ever thought about getting involved even in a small way, we’d love to have you on board. Many hands really do make light work, and every bit of help makes a difference.

We’re holding a meeting on Tuesday, April 21st at 7pm in the Woodlands School staffroom and we warmly invite anyone interested to come along, ask questions, and see how they can be part of keeping the pool running for everyone to enjoy.

If you have any questions please message the page. We hope to see you there!

Woodlands Pool Committee

Kia ora, Kumusta and welcome all,Your team is ready and excited to welcome all students and family members back to schoo...
28/01/2026

Kia ora, Kumusta and welcome all,

Your team is ready and excited to welcome all students and family members back to school tomorrow!

We have a jam packed term ahead with great classroom learning and routines along with Swimming, Athletics, OLA, Enviro Schools, Year 6 Camp, Beach & Adventure Week including surfing in Riverton during Week 8, student leadership opportunities including the rebranding, lots of visitors and sporting events. Details will follow in the first fortnightly newsletter by the end of this week. The parent calendar will be updated too.

Buses will run as they did last year.

New uniforms are available from Uniform NZ, we do have some old stock at school if you need a resize in the meantime, and quite a few fleece left as lost property that are in the office for collection.

Stationery has been unpacked and ready for students to organise tomorrow, if you have yet to pay your invoice, could you please arrange in the next couple of weeks.

We look forward to a wonderful year of partnership with you all.

Heidi Wilcox - Whio

Koti Tikitiki-Whittaker - Kakapo

Keren Copeland - Pukeko

Jan Bartlett - Tui

Vicky Mirfin - Kea

Tory Buchanan - DP & Intervention

Tina Tuliau - Intervention

Skye Walton - Release Teacher

Michelle Grantham, Mandy Johnston, Denise Gibson, Jasmin Balabagno, Stacey Rogers - Learning Supports

Nicky Wallace & Mel Jones - Office Administrators

Maree - Groundskeeper

Sue Rogers - Principal

15/12/2025

Christmas is coming very soon and so is the time to get your key! We will be pausing key sales so our admin person can have a break over the festive season.

Key sales will pause from 9pm on 23rd December and resume from Monday 5th January. So if you think you would like to go swimming between the above dates and you don’t have a key yet, then register and pay for your key now! This applies to renewing key holders as well as new key holders.

All info is in the regsitration link ➡️ https://forms.gle/7NURmwQXvDVacWra8

The pool will be open its usual hours during this time. School has now finished so you may also swim during the day on week days.

Thank you for all your support so far this season.lf

Address

8 Woodlands Morton Mains Road
Woodlands
9871

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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