Waiheke Primary School children with their brand new dictionariesStudents from Waiheke Primary School were presented with their 2020 dictionaries by Rotary Waiheke's Sherryn El Bakary (left) and Richard Potter (right)
Waiheke Primary School children with their brand new dictionaries
Waiheke's next generation of lifeguards put through their pacesA grant from Rotary Waiheke helped to bring instructors and volunteers from Bethel's Beach Surf Life Saving Club with their rescue boats to run a training day for Waiheke's young lifeguard trainees at Onetangi beach. Skills being taught included CPR, first aid signal, radio, releases and tows, theory, run-swim-run tests, and tube rescue. Nearly 100 Waiheke kids took part and it was an amazing experience for everyone involved.
Brodie Nathan, Ao Hau ( teacher) and Ethan Douglas with Rotary's Sherryn El BakaryShown here receiving a cheque for $1000 from the Rotary club of Waiheke, the Waiheke Kapa Haka group are off to Hawaii in April next year to visit the Polynesian island of Oahu. They plan to explore Hawaiian culture and to inspire young people to aim high and to grow their Te Ao Māori identity as global citizens.
To show their appreciation, the group did a roaring performance at one of our regular Monday night Rotary meetings.
Fossil Bay Primary School year 4 pupils with their new dictionariesOn Monday 11th November Richard Potter and Sherryn El Bakary visited Fossil Bay Steiner Primary School on behalf of Waiheke Rotary. They donated twelve Usbourne Illustrated dictionaries to year four pupils and were treated to songs from the whole school.
Sherryn El Bakary, John Waugh and Steve Fabris at the Britomart train station.The Polio All Trains (PAT) TAG YOU ON/TAG POLIO OFF event took place all over Auckland on November 1st. Sherryn El Bakary, John Waugh and Steve Fabris from Rotary Waiheke gathered at Britomart along with dozens of Rotarians from other Auckland Rotary Clubs who were waving their collection boxes at the travelling public. Waiheke Rotary raised $1,000 towards the campaign.
Since the commitment to end Polio launched 34 years ago, the number of people affected by Polio has dropped by 99.9%.
Mailis Herren of year 12 and Toby Ryder of year 13 show off their upgraded Robot.A $2,424 grant from Waiheke Rotary Club has allowed the Waiheke High School Robotics Club to purchase a significant upgrade to their club robot. The latest V5 technology includes upgrades to the robot brain, controller, battery, motors, radio and structural components, and will allow the students to compete in national and even international competitions.
The Robotics club has a proud history of impressive achievements which include 2nd place at the NZ National competition in the junior division, judges awards at both junior and senior levels, and a “Create” award for innovative design strategy. So far in 2019 the Waiheke club has ranked in the top 4 teams at “scrimmages” (where the teams compete).
Waiheke Rotary were very excited to see that Waiheke pupil, Bonnie Curle appeared on the cover of the nationwide Education Gazette.Bonnie attended the Rotary Science and Technology Forum January 2019 with two others, Toby Ryder and Nahani Bliss.
Waiheke Rotary were thrilled to have 3 students chosen out of 162 from all over NZ and Australia.
The article covered the work that the students have done restoring the wet lands below the High School which has marine life recovering and sea birds returning to the area.
This week Sherryn El Bakary and Richard Potter, Youth Directors of the Waiheke Rotary Club, visited both Waiheke Primary School and Te Huruhi Primary School to donate 107 Usbourne Illustrated Dictionaries to all year 4 pupils. This project has been an annual highlight for both schools, according to the teachers involved, since it was instigated by Waiheke Rotary in 2012. Tess Parlane of Te Huruhi School assured us that the pupils had been looking forward to Rotary’s visit and were incredibly excited and proud of their books.
Rotary's Neil Harding (right) has been leading the charge to get AED devices installed all over Waiheke.An AED or Automated External Defibrillator is a life saving device used to restart the heart after a sudden cardiac arrest.
Around 40 people each week are treated for sudden cardiac arrest in New Zealand, and the chances of survival diminish by 10% for each minute it takes for help to arrive, so in the event of an emergency, it is important that an AED is close by and available 24/7.
Neil has arranged for big bright yellow lock boxes to be placed in prominent positions all over the island, and to ensure that the units are maintained - inspected, batteries charged and pads changed.
