issue no 1 5 february 2020 - owhiro...
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Issue No 1 5 February 2020
DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR
Waitangi Day (school closed) 6 February
Pōwhiri 2.00 pm 11 February Meet the Teachers between 6 – 7 pm 13 February Board of Trustees Meeting 7.00 pm 20 February
EACH WEEK Monday Karate (evening) Tuesday Adult Exercise Classes (evening)
Thursday Rocks Run Club
(recommences 20 February)
Friday Marrzipan Classes (3.00 pm)
TERM DATES 2020
Term 1 2020 3 February – 8 April
(Teacher Only Day 9 April)
Term 2 2020 28 April – 3 July
Term 3 2020 20 July – 25 September
Term 4 2020 12 October – 18 December
Teacher Only Days 9 April, 24 August, 27 October 2020
WHAKATAUKI
Tohaina ō painga ki te Ao
Share your gifts with the World
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Hello, Talofa lava, Chao, Dia dhaoibh, Namaste, Gidday, Guten Tag, Assalamulaikum, Ciao, Salve, Ayubowan, Fakaalofa atu, Hola, Susaday, Bonjour, Ni Hao Nau mai, haere mai,
2020 has got off to a roaring start! Our Year 6’s attended yesterday’s pōwhiri at South Wellington Intermediate School in support of last year’s leavers. They were excellent ambassadors for Owhiro Bay School and their presence was appreciated by their friends and the SWIS team.
STATIONERY- A huge thank you to you all! Our tamariki have had the best start due to your diligence in ensuring they have all the stationery they need. I have had some positive feedback about the Office Max Back to School online option as a hassle free alternative. We worked hard to keep requirements and cost down to a minimum. My apologies for the initial mix up with the writing books for the Year 4-6 group. We made a mistake. Luckily for us an eagle-eyed student and parent let us know and we managed to get it changed, unfortunately we weren’t quite quick enough for the early birds. We are happy to exchange anything that might need changing at no cost.
LUNCH ORDERING- as part of an on-going drive to become healthier, lunch ordering of the current menu will now only be available on Wednesday’s, Thursdays and Fridays. There will be NO lunch ordering available on Mondays or Tuesdays. Please note the new pricing in other notices in the newsletter.
STAFFING- Our support team of Wendy, Joanne, Helen, Jude and Alex are all on deck.
Year 4-6 Māhuri Room 1 Whaea Julie Year 4-6 Māhuri Room 3 Niky Clegg Year 4-6 Māhuri Room 4 Mrs Martin
Year 1 Harakeke Room 5 Ms Chamberlain Year 2-3 Whanake Room 6 Jo Sciascia Year 2-3 Whanake Room 7 Mrs Meffan
We have Sherwin Mottram and Matua Richard providing regular weekly release for Julie, Vikki and Jo. In general, classroom release for teachers (CRT) will be covered by Amie Roberts and Nicola Clissold. As both Julie and Richard are new to Owhiro Bay School we will be welcoming them along with all our new pupils and whānau next Tuesday afternoon.
MYSTERY- the holidays provided us with the mystery of the oven. The oven currently sitting in the carpark somehow made it into the school skip. Our skip is padlocked and requires a key. If you can help us by taking the oven to the tip that would be much appreciated. We are happy to reimburse the tip fee as metal waste is no longer being accepted at the recycling centre.
SCHOOLDOCS- thank you for choosing to be part of our learning community. All our policies and procedures are available online. To get off to a great start I recommend reading the Parents and Whānau section.
https://owhiro.schooldocs.co.nz/index.htm?toc.htm?7011.htm?id=5ef353e2-301a-4713-aca7-e7d643d31b3c MEET THE TEACHERS – Next Thursday 13 February we will be hosting our Meet the Teacher night”. “Meet the teacher” sessions are an opportunity for parents to come along and meet your child’s teacher and to learn about the hub/classroom programmes, routines and expectations for the year. Harakeke (Room 5) will begin at 6.00 – 6.15, Whanake (Rooms 6 and 7) will begin at 6.15 – 6.30 and Māhuri from 6.30 – 6.45 pm). I urge as many of you to attend as possible so that we can work in partnership to ensure SUCCESS for every child. HOME LEARNING CHAT – each week we will be suggesting a kaupapa/topic that you may wish to talk with your child about. This week have a chat about “how and when different cultures celebrate New Year”. There are lots of opportunities in and around Wellington to celebrate Waitangi Day. Waka paddling in Porirua looks exciting. Closer to home the Kotahi Festival hosted by Kahurangi School in Strathmore boasts food and music - a winning combination. I’m also looking forward to the planned fireworks display at the waterfront on Friday evening as a celebration marking the Chinese New Year, the year of the rat.
Ni hao, Tineke and the team
WELCOME To Grace, Robin, Danielle, Bailey, Rufus, Riyad, Iris, Odin, TJ and Penny who joined Harakeke this week and to Bonnie who joined children in Whanake (Room 6). Welcome also to the families of Grace, Bailey, Rufus, Riyad, Odin, TJ, Penny and Bonnie to our school community. To Julie Bennett who is our New Māhuri (Room 1) teacher and Richard Dobson who will be classroom release teacher (Māhuri – Room 1).
SUNSMART
A reminder that in Term 1 and Term 4, children need to wear a sunhat when outside every day. We encourage hats as opposed to caps to provide extra care in looking after the necks and ears of students and also encourage students to wear sunblock and sun glasses when they are outside during the “sunsmart” months to keep them safe from the harmful rays.
SCHOOL HOURS
Please note that the school is open for students from 8.30 am each day. Children are encouraged to arrive between 8.30 and 8.55 am so that they can get ready for learning. The bell rings to start the day at 8.55 am There are two breaks for food and play:
Playtime: 11.00 – 11.30
Lunchtime: 12.40 – 1.30
Although we aim to be as open and welcoming as possible students cannot go into their rooms before 8.30 am as teachers are busy preparing learning programmes. Please do not bring your child to school before 8.30 am or allow them to leave home too early.
After school all students go home at 3.00 pm. Harakeke and Whanake students are collected from their classrom. Please ensure your child/ren are collected by 3.15 pm at the latest as teachers have meetings and other commitments from this time and cannot supervise children after 3.00 pm. All other students wait in the foyer until their parents/caregivers or adult collecting them, arrive.
Please note that the office is unattended after 1.30 pm and we cannot always guarantee phone messages will get through.
NOTE: If your child wishes to play in the school grounds, it is important they go home first so parents/caregivers know where they are.
SAFETY – ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FROM SCHOOL
We ask students and adults coming from the south side of the carpark, to enter the school through the gate into the courts and those coming from the north to enter through the main gate. This is too stop any foot traffic in the carpark area and prevent possible accidents from occurring.
As both the kindergarten and school staff require use of the school carpark, and often have heavy loads to carry we ask you to park outside the school – thank you.
LUNCHES
For your information, the following items are available from the school canteen Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.
As our suppliers have increased the price on certain items – our prices are now as follows with a slight increase to the pie and pizza only.
Mince Pie $2.50
Hawaiian Pizza $2.50
Sausage Roll $1.50
Butter Chicken Wrap $3.00
Small Cookie .80c
Rice Wheels $1.00
Muffins (chocolate or blueberry) $1.00
Orders can be placed at the office at 8.45 am and collected from the lunchroom (canteen) at lunchbreak. It would be really appreciated if your child/ren could have the correct change.
RA WHĀNAU KIA KOE
Best wishes to Miles who has a birthday coming up in the next week.
WHEELS DAY
Every day is wheel’s day and children are welcome to bring bikes and scooters to school to ride in the tennis courts at lunchtime. Helmets are compulsory.
VALUE OF THE WEEK – PB4L FOCUS
Our Value of the week is CONFIDENCE. We show CONFIDENCE when:
We are ready for new challenges.
SPORTS SPOT
Touch Rugby
Calling all budding Touch Rugby players. If you love to run
and have fun, then come and play Touch. The games are on
Wednesday afternoons at Wakefield Park in Island Bay. The
season starts on 19th Feb with registrations closing next
week, Wed 12th Feb. Cost is approx. $20 per child. We are
looking for players from Year 3 and upwards. We have had
very strong senior teams (Yr 5 and 6) for many years but
last year we did not manage to pull together a junior team
(Yr 3 and 4).
We need the young ones to come through the ranks so we
can keep Touch going at OBS. The Yr 3 and 4 team will need
an adult supervisor. Please let Val Munro or Kim McNicol
know ASAP if you want to get involved. Val is
on [email protected] and Kim is
ROCKS Run Club Recommences, Thursday 20 February 2020. One of the world's top female ultra-trail runners, Fiona Hayvice (mother of Yr 4, Spike) leads Run Club, Thursday’s from 3-4pm (meet on the grass in front of Harakeke). Keen to expose our children to the joy of running, Fiona coordinates fun, running centric games on the school field, before taking the children for a run-splore (using the adjacent grass oval, and the trails and reserves that are easily accessible from school). All ages are welcome - just bring an active attitude. If your child is keen to join, please email their name, year and your mobile number,
Marrzipan Drama Classes
Is your child shy? Do they feel intimidated by the idea of public speaking and performance? Do they sometimes find it difficult to make eye contact? Do they just need 45 minutes a week to take part in organised craziness?! Come and join Marrzipan! We run awesome drama classes which focus on key life skills after school on Mondays! We play fun engaging games and perform at the end of term once to parents and once to the school. All scripts are original, engaging, educational and HILARIOUS. All parents receive weekly class reports too to keep them up to date on their child’s development. Give me a call to come along for a free trial, or just a chat to discuss how our classes can benefit your child's development. Contact Jex on 027 521 7352 or email [email protected]
Owhiro Bay
LESSON DAY FRIDAY
TIME 3pm-4pm
LOCATION Library
TIMETABLE
WEEK 1 NO CLASS
WEEK 2 Lesson 1 14/02/2020
WEEK 3 Lesson 2 21/02/2020
WEEK 4 Lesson 3 28/02/2020
WEEK 5 Lesson 4 THURSDAY 05/03/2020
WEEK 6 Lesson 5 13/03/2020
WEEK 7 Lesson 6 20/03/2020
WEEK 8 Lesson 7 27/03/2020 - Dress rehearsal
WEEK 9
Lesson 8 03/04/2020 - Peer performance (3.00 - 4.00pm) Lesson 9 03/04/2020 - Parent performance (4.00pm!)
WEEK 10 No class - Easter Friday
Island Bay Playcentre pop in Open Days - Feb 17th - 21st - Come along with your preschooler and play
If you're considering early childhood education for your young tamariki - and also seeking community and connection - Playcentre might be the place for you. We are running pop-in Open Days on Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th & Friday 21st Feb between 9.30-11.30am.
Our sessions are mixed age - from birth to school age and run from 9- 12:30pm on Mon - Wed & Fridays.. Come along and have fun
alongside your children while letting them explore their passions.
We're part of an amazing community who value children’s play as authentic learning and where parents are supported and valued in their role as first teachers.
For more information, either call during session on 04-934 8670 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
FOOS– Friends of Owhiro Stream First working bee this Saturday – please see attached newsletter.