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VOGELTOWN SCHOOL PANUI 2024
TE KURA O HUATOKI. TERM 2, WEEK 1.
SOME OF OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS!
VOGELTOWN SCHOOL CALENDAR 2024
TERM CALENDAR – Put all these dates in your diary or your phone!
Remember we will put all updates on Facebook, Skool Loop and Seesaw.
TERM 2
13 May - Spellathon begins
15 May - NYLD day in Palmerston North
17 May - Pink Shirt Day
20 May - Road safety week and BOT hui
22 May - Gymsport competition
23 May - Interschool vs Central @ Vogeltown
29 May - Rippa rugby tournament
31 May - Teacher Only Day - NO SCHOOL
3 June - King's Birthday - NO SCHOOL
4 June - Cohort #2 starts
7 June - Interschool vs Fitzroy @ Fitzroy
18 June - BoT hui
21 June - Dads and daughters breakfast
26 June - Starting School the VS Way 5pm
27 June - Vogeltowner Assembly
28 June - Matariki Day - NO SCHOOL
1 July - Vogeltown School's birthday
5 July - Term 2 ends
TERM 3
22 July - 27 September
TERM 4
14 October - 13 December
KIA ORA VOGELTOWN WHANAU!
Kia ora koutou parents and whanau,
It’s been a whirlwind of a week as I have been introduced to life at Vogeltown School-and what a great place it is!
I’d like to thank everyone for their efforts to make me feel welcome. This started with the powhiri, and has also included students and teachers making me feel at home within their classrooms, children and whanau taking time to introduce themselves and chat, and even children directing me around the sickbay as I have been busy looking for things to help them out!
I would like to acknowledge the role of the Board and staff in helping me to settle in-everyone has been really patient and kind. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the efforts of Laura Seed who has spent plenty of time chatting and answering questions and helping me to transition by supporting with the daily operations of the school. She is a real asset to the school and has also been well supported by a proactive senior management team.
I’m really looking forward to the coming term and using this time to find out more about the learning landscape and wairua of Vogeltown School.
Have a great weekend-especially if you are starting up with winter sport!
Aroha nui,
Ryves and the VS team
LEARNING CONFERENCES
Strong relationships between the school, child, and whanau is an essential ingredient for children to experience success at school. The recent learning conferences was an important way of developing partnerships around learning.
Many thanks to those parents and whanau who attended and to those that took a moment to complete the survey too. We are keen to have as much feedback as possible around how we are tracking as a school and you are still able to do this by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JZXKJ2Z
If there is anything coming from these conferences that you wish to follow up then feel free to make contact with your child's teacher.
HOME AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Kia ora e te whānau
The next Home and School Committee meeting will be on Tuesday 14 May 2024, at 6pm in the staffroom in the senior office. This will be our AGM where we re-elect our officers. Everyone is welcome to attend.
We would love to see more people join us on the Home and School committee. If you are interested, please come along to a meeting, or email us at vshomeandschool@gmail.com if you’d like additional information.
Thank you to all our whānau for your generous contributions each and every year. The VS Home and School Committee has been successful in helping the school meet the needs of our precious tamariki.
Ngā mihi
Ange Willy
VS Home and School Chairperson
PINK SHIRT DAY
Will you join the movement on Friday 17th May 2024 to stop bullying and spread kindness?
Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against bullying, mobilising their whole school, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
In New Zealand, Pink Shirt Day aims to create schools, workplaces and communities where all people feel safe, valued and respected.
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL
Like all schools across Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re working hard to improve levels of attendance. The Ministry of Education has set a target for all schools to have a high proportion of students with an attendance rate of 90% and better.
The evidence shows that attendance is directly related to how well learners achieve, in both primary and secondary school. The more learners attend, the higher their achievement. There is no safe level of non‐attendance – even missing just two days a term is linked to lower achievement.
Going to school is important for learners’ wellbeing too. The research shows that more frequent non‐attendance is associated with worse wellbeing outcomes, including schoolwork‐related anxiety, decreased sense of belonging, and fewer friendships with peers.
We’re keen to work with you to ensure all children have access to regular learning. If you have any aspects of attendance that you need to discuss, I recommend making a time to talk with your child’s teacher.
TERM 2 SCHOOL GOAL: KINDNESS / MANAAKITANGA
SCHOOLDOCS - VOGELTOWN POLICIES
Our school policies, like many schools, are now in an online system through a portal called 'Schooldocs'. Any time you want to bring up a school policy, just log in to schooldocs and you can access the policies.
The login is: vogeltown
The password: huatoki
The website link to Schooldocs is below.
VOGELTOWN SCHOOL FEES/DONATION
A reminder to everyone that we do not ask for a school donation/fee at Vogeltown School. The Vogeltown Board opted in to the Ministry of Education donation scheme for 2024, which means we get paid a donation from the government and we do not ask families to contribute to any 'curriculum related' costs - including transport and events like Life Education.
More information can be found on the Ministry of Education's website.
KA KITE ANO WHANAU
Stay safe and be kind to each other. Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we appreciate the contributions you all make towards the wonderful learning community we are part of.
On behalf of the Vogeltown team, ka kite ano!
Ryves Hunt
VOGELTOWN SCHOOL CONTACTS
Email: office@vogeltown.school.nz
Website: www.vogeltown.school.nz
Location: Vogeltown School Huatoki Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 753 6843