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A key to our future… OMAKERE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 46 Longrange Road, R.D.1 WAIPAWA 4271 – PH/FAX: (06) 857 – 3887 Email: [email protected] Website: www.omakere.school.nz 9 th May 2013 Dear School Families and Community Members Welcome back to school for Term Two which is always a busy term where parents ‘give up’ their Saturdays to watch their children play Winter Sport. Many of our students are set to begin playing netball, rugby, or soccer this weekend. Play hard everyone, but play fair. Remember even if you are in a mixed team with other schools you are still representing Omakere School – do so with pride! To our parents, you should have received your child’s sports draws for the term, or know where you can access them. Please let us know if you are unsure about anything tomorrow because most children begin playing sport this Saturday. I do know that CHB soccer games do not start until Saturday 18 th May so most of the soccer players have a ‘rest day’ this Saturday. However there is a soccer training session on this weekend (Saturday 11 th ) before the Lew Isaacs tournament kicks off for the 5/6 year old players only. CHB soccer have requested that as many families as possible attend this training session which will be held at the SCOUT HALL starting at 8.45am. This training is only for the 5/6 year old players where they will be taught the WOF (Whole of Football Programme). By attending it will make the following Saturday, 18th May run more smoothly. If you require further information you can go into the following website which also has the soccer draws (should you lose the one we have sent home with your child!) www.sportsground/chbjuniorfootball This term we have a new staff member to introduce you all to - Amber Daley. Amber will be co-teaching with me for the remainder of the year in the senior room. Amber is married to Andrew Daley who is a secondary school teacher at CHB College who specialises in maths. Amber and Andrew have two children, Olivia 4yrs and Liam 18 months. Amber and her family live in Waipawa. Amber will teach on Monday and Tuesday in the senior room and I will teach Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Amber has many talents with strengths in literacy, numeracy and the arts. She has taught in NZ and in America where she did her teacher training. Amber can speak Japanese and hopes to teach some Japanese to our senior room students throughout the year. We are thrilled to have you with us Amber and we really hope you enjoy the remainder of this year with us. Now that it is starting to get colder we would love to have some ‘big sales’ of pinecones. We have already sold all of our $8 bags of cones (over $500 worth so far towards Senior Room camp) but have at least 250-300 sacks of the $5 ones to sell. Please let us know if you have any friends or family that would like to buy some off us. This term our students will be learning about “The Living World” as part of the inquiry process. Inquiry means we allow the students to ‘lead their learning’. We give them an overall topic such as learning about endangered species in NZ and they decide exactly what they would like to discover by asking questions and then searching for the answers. Students learn important skills in the inquiry process such as learning how to research for the required information, reading and comprehending the topic, summarising the facts, compiling the information into interesting and educational formats, and then publishing and presenting their findings in a layout or style
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OMAKERE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
46 Longrange Road, R.D.1 WAIPAWA 4271 – PH/FAX: (06) 857 – 3887 Email: [email protected] Website: www.omakere.school.nz
9th May 2013
Dear School Families and Community Members Welcome back to school for Term Two which is always a busy term where parents ‘give up’ their Saturdays to watch their children play Winter Sport. Many of our students are set to begin playing netball, rugby, or soccer this weekend. Play hard everyone, but play fair. Remember even if you are in a mixed team with other schools you are still representing Omakere School – do so with pride! To our parents, you should have received your child’s sports draws for the term, or know where you can access them. Please let us know if you are unsure about anything tomorrow because most children begin playing sport this Saturday. I do know that CHB soccer games do not start until Saturday 18th May so most of the soccer players have a ‘rest day’ this Saturday. However there is a soccer training session on this weekend (Saturday 11th) before the Lew Isaacs tournament kicks off for the 5/6 year old players only. CHB soccer have requested that as many families as possible attend this training session which will be held at the SCOUT HALL starting at 8.45am. This training is only for the 5/6 year old players where they will be taught the WOF (Whole of Football Programme). By attending it will make the following Saturday, 18th May run more smoothly. If you require further information you can go into the following website which also has the soccer draws (should you lose the one we have sent home with your child!) www.sportsground/chbjuniorfootball
This term we have a new staff member to introduce you all to - Amber Daley. Amber will be co-teaching with me for the remainder of the year in the senior room. Amber is married to Andrew Daley who is a secondary school teacher at CHB College who specialises in maths. Amber and Andrew have two children, Olivia 4yrs and Liam 18 months. Amber and
her family live in Waipawa. Amber will teach on Monday and Tuesday in the senior room and I will teach Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Amber has many talents with strengths in literacy, numeracy and the arts. She has taught in NZ and in America where she did her teacher training. Amber can speak Japanese and hopes to teach some Japanese to our senior room students throughout the year. We are thrilled to have you with us Amber and we really hope you enjoy the remainder of this year with us.
Now that it is starting to get colder we would love to have some ‘big sales’ of pinecones. We have already sold all of our $8 bags of cones (over $500 worth so far towards Senior Room camp) but have at least 250-300 sacks of the $5 ones to sell. Please let us know if you have any friends or family that would like to buy some off us.
This term our students will be learning about “The Living World” as part of the inquiry process. Inquiry means we allow the students to ‘lead their learning’. We give them an overall topic such as learning about endangered species in NZ and they decide exactly what they would like to discover by asking questions and then searching for the answers. Students learn important skills in the inquiry process such as learning how to research for the required information, reading and comprehending the topic, summarising the facts, compiling the information into interesting and educational formats, and then publishing and presenting their findings in a layout or style
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that will inform and interest others about what they have learnt. The key aspects we may cover as part of the ‘living world studies’ include extinct and endangered animals with an emphasis on NZ animals, mammals and other categories of animals, (Eg reptiles, amphibians, birds etc) fossils, trees, plants and forestry and hopefully we will be able to fit in some experimental science for our seniors. We look forward to learning a lot about these topics as well as advancing the children’s writing, reading and maths as is always our key focus.
A major occurrence for this term is our annual ‘big event fundraiser’. We will continue to work hard towards making this event a huge success….the children and I have completed the ‘introductory movie’ for this event, so we will spend some of this term working on the ‘pre-auction video’. The event takes place on Thursday 13th June at the Waipawa Rugby Clubrooms starting at 6.00pm. Sir Colin Meads and Mr Ian Kirkpatrick are the speakers this year. Annabel Tapley Smith and the Event Organising Committee have been working hard with preparation leading up to this event already; now begins preparation work with an increasing momentum. Thank you to those parents that ensured their children completed the ‘goodie bag messages’ over the holidays and have returned them to school. Please can we have the rest of these back at school as soon as possible.
On the last day of term one Ella Kittow, Jack Smith, James Pick and William Musson all went to Peka Peka Wetlands Reserve with Carol Burkin to collect seedlings. They had a great morning checking out the reserve and helping to keep the reserve looking great. All four of our students worked hard with Carol and Megan McBain and had an eventful morning learning about environmental protection methodology. The students all returned with some native seedlings which they were allowed to keep and plant at home. Great stuff!
On Anzac day a number of our staff and their families, and some school parents with their children attended the Omakere Community Service. Blair and William Musson, Erika, Dylan and Bryce Wind represented Omakere School with pride on the day by taking part in the service. These five students participated in various roles during the service including doing bible readings, raising and lowering the flag, lighting candles and laying wreaths. (Thank you to Ann Johnson for creating our wreath – it looked wonderful!) All of these five students performed their parts respectfully. Well done to all of you and thank you for making yourselves available for this important community remembrance service.
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Now that the Winter term is upon us our children are no longer required to wear sunhats in the playground. Gayle has taken all of the hats home to be washed and stored away until term 4. Thanks Gayle! Marie Wind has also started up “hot lunch days’ again which this year will be on a Thursday. Children can order pies, sausage rolls OR lasagne squares. There will be more information to follow regarding school lunches in next week’s newsletter. A big thanks to Marie Wind for organising school hot lunches again to provide children and parents with an alternative to sandwiches. This Sunday is Mother’s Day but it is also Dylan Wind’s birthday….Happy birthday Dylan! Dylan will turn 9yrs old. Have a great day and enjoy your time with friends and family. We wish all our mothers and Grandmothers a happy mother’s day also and hope you enjoy a little pampering from the men and kids in your lives.
This term our senior room are selling chocolates as our final camp fundraiser. All proceeds go to school camp. Each senior room child is expected to sell three boxes of chocolates (72 bars @$2.50 a bar) We have ordered 42 boxes of chocolates to be sold so children have the opportunity to sell more than 3 boxes if they desire. Please support our senior room children with this final fundraiser and buy lots of chocolate. Dads – the perfect opportunity to buy some chocolate for Mum for Mother’s day which we all know you will gift her with and then eat anyway! Buy up! There are lots of flavours to choose from – caramello, dairy milk, crunchy, and top deck. YUM!!!
Kathryn Pick – Principal
IMPORTANT DATES – Term Two - 2013 9th May – People Savers First Aid course – seniors only 10th May – “Girls in Languages” – Woodford House – (Yr 6-8 girls only) 13th May – BOT Meeting – 5.30pm 14th May – OSCA Meeting – 5.30pm 15th May – Book Club at Sue Allport’s home (see notice) 16th May – Nominations close at noon for BOT elections 21st May – CHB College Open Day – 9.30am – 2.30pm (Yr 8 only) 24th May – Ripper Rugby tournament 27th May – 7th June – School wide testing– please ensure your child/ren is/are at school this week 30th May – Voting closes at noon for BOT elections 31st May – Planting with Carol Burkin 3rd June – Queens Birthday – NO SCHOOL 5th June – Science ICAS Exam – Selected seniors only 5th June - Technology (Yr 7/8 students only – afternoon only) 6th June – Technology (Yr 7/8 only) 7th June – Technology (Yr 7/8 only) 11th June – Young Leaders Conference (year 8 only) 12th June – Gymnastics Festival (Selected students only) 13th June – Kirky N Tree – Major Event 18th June – Spelling ICAS exam – Selected seniors only 21st June – Mid Year Reports go home 28th June – Planting with Carol Burkin 4th/5th July – Parent Interviews 11th July – 5 Aside Tournament – Whole School 12th July – Last day of Term Two
OMAKERE SCHOOL & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (OSCA) Our next meeting is being held on Tuesday the 14th May at the school. Everyone is welcome to attend and we look forward to any input you may have. SOCCER NOTICE 5/6 yr old Omakere soccer team starts this Saturday at the Scout Hall Waipukurau at 8.45am. Please meet outside. Any queries phone Annabel 8573 710 PENCIL PORTRAITS FUNDRAISER FOR THE SCHOOL Children $10.00 - Adults $20.00 (18+) Sittings can also be done at the school on a Thursdays and Fridays. Please make arrangements with Jenny Price Ph: 85 86 525 or email: [email protected]
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OMAKERE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS Nominations are invited for the election of 3 parent representatives to the Board of Trustees. A nomination form and a notice calling for nominations will be posted to all eligible voters. Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school office. Nominations open 15th April 2013. Nominations close at noon 16th May 2013 and may be accompanied by a signed candidate’s statement. There will also be a list of candidate’s names as they come to hand for inspection at the school. The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during school hours. Voting closes at noon on 30th May 2013. Sally Price - Returning Officer
PINECONES FOR SALE Look at our humungous pinecones. Please purchase these from school. $5 a sack. Money goes towards the senior room school camp to Rotorua in September and a junior class day trip.
COMMUNITY NEWS
NATIVE PLANTS FOR SALE We have a selection of plants that are surplus to our requirements in the school shade houses and are offering them for sale to the community. They are mostly in PB5 bags and well ready to be planted this autumn. Cost $3.00 per plant. We have the following: 17 x Totara 12 x Cabbage Trees (in PB2Bags) 4 x Akeake (brown) 3 x Lemonwood Pittos 5 x Corokia 11 x Hebe (variety) Please contact Gayle in the school office, or phone Carol 8573 747 if you are interested in purchasing any of these. The money raised from the sale of plants will be used to purchase potting mix.
BOOK CLUB The next Book Club meeting is at Sue Allport’s – 1845 Blackhead Road on Wednesday 15th May at approx. 7.15pm. I suggest we car pool to this one. Please phone your neighbours and fill a car. I look forward to hearing all about the latest reading done by everyone. Karen Tobin Ph: 857 3834 FOR SALE Portable duck hide – hardly used. $50.00 Grays hockey stick GX 4000 and shin guards in good condition. $80.00 Ph: 857 3873 home or 857 3887 work
NEWS FROM THE DENTAL CLINIC To help us stay in touch, if you change your address or phone number, please let us know. Phone 858 6725 anytime and leave a message, including the birthdate of one of your children. Thank you. Kerry Ellwood.
WAIPAWA JUNIOR RUGBY CLUB – RIPPA RUGBY Training: Thursday 9th May 2013 at 5pm at the Waipawa Rugby Grounds. First game is on 11th May 2013, Saturday 9am, Waipukurau (all games for 2013 for Rippa’s are at 9am). Bring warm clothes, registration fees if unpaid. If you haven’t registered and would like to, please contact Megan Campbell (06) 858 8557 or come to training and hunt me down there. For convenience of draws, cancellations, photos etc, use our Facebook page Waipawa Country United Junior Rugby Club
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