The Waiheke Aprport Open Day was held this year on 1st May from 9am onwards.Rotary Waiheke was there with a Sausage Sizzle, among the exhibits of planes and vintage cars on a lovely, sunny autum day.
Raising funds has been challenging for Rotary with the cancellations of the Onetangi Beach Races and Wharf2Wharf Fun Run, but several hundred dollars was raised on the day which will go toward the annual donation of illustrated dictionaries to all year 4 students at the three primary schools on Waiheke Island.
Photo from left: Mike Stevens, Louis Kinsler, Sherryn El Bakary, Marcus McKenzie.
Friday 18th February 2022 - Save the date!
These pupils from Waiheke Primary School are among the 101 year four pupils who received their free Usbourne Illustrated Dictionaries this year. Richard from Raw kindly brought them over to the island to save the freight costs.
Waiheke Primary School children with their brand new dictionaries
Waiheke's next generation of lifeguards put through their paces
Brodie Nathan, Ao Hau ( teacher) and Ethan Douglas with Rotary's Sherryn El Bakary
Fossil Bay Primary School year 4 pupils with their new dictionaries
Sherryn El Bakary, John Waugh and Steve Fabris at the Britomart train station.
Mailis Herren of year 12 and Toby Ryder of year 13 show off their upgraded Robot.
Waiheke Rotary were very excited to see that Waiheke pupil, Bonnie Curle appeared on the cover of the nationwide Education Gazette.
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.
