Onekawa School Newsletter

Week 4 Term 3, Friday 11 August

Principal's Comment

Kia ora Whanau

I've just returned from the annual Spooner Shield sports competition held at Bledisloe School in Taradale. Onekawa School competed against seven other schools in hockey, netball, rugby and soccer to see who would take out the shield.

I'm delighted to say that our hockey team and combined netball teams placed third in their competitions!

We also won the Fair Play award for our boys soccer team.

A big thanks to my staff members for preparing our children for the competition and coaching on the day.

Congratulations children; I'm super proud of you all!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Nga mihi,

Steve

Teacher only day - Tuesday 24 October

Schools are granted teacher only days to focus on the revised New Zealand school curriculum over 2023 and 2024.

We opted not to use the first day earlier this year due to the disruption of Cyclone Gabriele.

We will be having our only teacher only day for the year on Tuesday 24 October. This coincides with Hawkes Bay Anniversary Day and Labour Weekend.

Absences

Please ensure you let us know each day that your child is absent from school and what the reason is.

All schools are required to advise the ministry on the reason for student absences through a coding system. In order for us to make sure we code correctly, if you can let us know what the reason for the absence is, we would appreciate it.

We understand that there are times when your child is sick for more than a day, we do ask that parents advise us of sickness or absence each day, even if you have contacted us the day before, we will still follow up if we don't hear from you. This is for a student safety point of view, we need to know that all the children are accounted for whether they are here or not.

If you know you are going away, please call in and let us know the dates that you will be away for, we can then add that into the system and wont need to hear from you everyday.

If you have any questions or concerns about this, please as always come and see us at reception, we are more than happy to discuss with you.