TERM CALENDAR – Put all these dates in your diary or your phone!
Remember to check the school calendar on our website. We will put all updates on Facebook & the website. Link to school calendar: http://www.vogeltown.school.nz/calendar/

TERM 4

23 October - School CLOSED for Labour Day

27 October - Kapa haka performance at Puanga (held in Waitara)

November

1 November - School Photos

1 November - Highlands Orientation for Year 6 VS students (11:30am at Highlands)

3 November - Whānau Hangi Day (in line with November 5th - Parihaka)

3 November - Four Year Old Friday

6 - 10 November - Vogeltown School Talent Quest auditions

10 November - Whānau Athletics

13 November - Teacher Only Day - Staff involved in Cultural Awareness at Te Whare Hononga

17 November - Vogeltown Talent Quest final

24 November - Vogeltowner Awards

29 November - Starting School the VS way (5.30pm @ Junior School)

December

1 December - Four Year Old Friday

5 December - BOT Meeting

7 December - Cultural Evening (6pm in school hall)

8 December - End of year summative reports come home

8 December - Whānau Tabloids

13 December - Yr 6 Leaving assembly 10:30am

13 December - Yr 6 Leavers evening (6:00pm)

15 December - Last day of 2023! School finishes at 3pm

Kia ora Vogeltown whānau, welcome to the second newsletter for Term 4, another busy and fun week of learning at Vogeltown.

There were quite a few notices that went out this week - please check your child's bag for these as they contain important information. If you missed any of these notices please give the senior office a call and they will arrange to get a copy to you.

Notices went out to the following students this week:

* Year 5 students who are wanting to do road patrol next year

* All students received a notice about the hangi

* Kapa haka students received a notice about Puanga next week

* Year 6 families received notices about the Highlands orientation visit AND about the hangi sleepover

Another reminder about school photos - these are happening on Wednesday 1st November. You will receive an email from Photolife a week or two after the photos have been taken - we will let you know when this email is sent out. The email will have all the information about how to order photos. If you would like a sibling photo taken, there is a form that needs to be filled out for this to happen - if you need one of these forms, please contact the senior office.

We have had some great progress of our learners from Term 2 to Term 3 in the academic area, see the poster below. We are very proud of all the progress our learners make at Vogeltown.

Have a great long weekend whānau - go the Bulls and the AB's!

Mr O and the VS Team

Well done to these awesome tamariki who received a syndicate award at their syndicate assemblies today!

Ka mau te wehi to these wonderful Vogeltowners:

TARANAKI WHANAU:

Finn Cowley, Theo Allen, Arnie Zimmermann, Bella King, Harper Coates, Henry Southgate, Trevor Daming, Jack Webling, Scarlett Beamsley, Lily Bromley, Raqim Rasli, Harper Lowl, Edie Selby-Dunford, Joshua Erne

HUATOKI WHANAU:

Katie Xu, Kyan Johnson-Orange, James Smith, Jipsey Hannah, Sarah Martins Saotome, Arvayah Te Wake, Sophie French, Harmony McDonald

PAETOKI WHANAU:

Rainah Evans-Gallie, Kayla Blackbourn, Tatum Francis, Skyelah Tito, Matilda Hope, Manav Kumar, Billy Praat, Chael Smith, Bailey Smith, Jeronimo Navas-Daal.

Ka mau te wehi whanau!

We had a great game of basketball today between a tight selection of teachers and against a selection of Class Reps and whānau leaders. The game was tight in patches and was well commentated by Theo Lush!

The final result was a convincing 24-10 for the teachers! The kids played well and showed a lot of courage and resilience!

MVP for the teachers was Mr Jack Koch

MVP for the kids was Noah Carley!

Ka mau te wehi teachers - 8 years in a row!

Vogeltown School has just reached 400 learners! This is the first time Vogeltown School has ever had this many learners at the school - a massive milestone.

This also means the school is becoming an even busier place than usual, as we have more kids, staff and whānau in our Vogeltown family!

To acknowledge this milestone, we want to have a '400 day' to celebrate. We are going to have this day on Wednesday 8th November. The day will be a celebration of the number 400. All the kids can dress up in their PJ's for this day. Each Vogeltown learner will be designing a 'hat' that represents their whānau and the number 400 - we will then be having a school parade on the turf at the senior school at 2pm, followed by a photo of all of our learners from a drone on the back field and then some celebration kai to finish (ice cream/ice block cake!)

All whānau are welcome to come and join us on this day at 2pm to be part of this celebration!

'Schooldocs' login:

Username: vogeltown

Password: huatoki

A reminder to our whānau that all of our Vogeltown learners must wear a bucket hat in Term 4. The sun becomes more intense over the term, so the bucket hat is the best way to protect faces and necks.

You can purchase a school hat from the senior office for $17 but any bucket hat is fine to wear.

We also have sunscreen in the classrooms.

If you would like your child to be part of the Weetbix tryathlon in 2024, then please enter below. We have set up a Vogeltown School group entry site to make it easier and even get the race pack delivered to Vogeltown School for your child(ren).

• After you enter the participants details on the entry form, you will be asked if you would like to "join a School Group". Search for your School Group when prompted and click on the group to add the participant to it.
• When joining your School Group we will be notified that you have entered and it will help make our school eligible to win prizes.

The day of this event is Wednesday 27th March 2024.

Use the link below to enter:

The wonderful Vogeltown Raffle has been drawn! A big thanks to everyone who donated items, we really appreciate the support!

A big thanks to Constable Matt Stone who drew the raffle prizes for us - Nga mihi Matt.

The results are as follows:

WOMAD - two Sunday passes: Kady Blackbourn

Okurukuru - accommodation, dinner and wine tasting: Glen Tyrrell

Forage Crest voucher: Janelle Lowl

Egmont Honey gift box: Brian Shewry

Mitre 10 voucher: Naomi Rowe-D'Ath

Spirit Stinger 29 backpack: Simone Hayward

Hunting & Fishing socks: Lesly Menezes

Hidden Beauty candle and batch salts: Cory Dean

Toy World toy pack: Dave Flitcroft

Toy World toy pack: Jess Parker

Kitchen Table voucher: Tania Dalley

First Aid kit: Ange Keat

Eco pack: Simon and Arielle

Male haircut voucher: Fiona Pitcairn

Male haircut voucher: Margy Roper c/Jan

Male haircut voucher: Jessie Rice

Male haircut voucher: Jemma Morgan

Bottle of wine: Susan French

Thanks again for your support! Prizes can be collected from the senior school office.

A quick reminder about Calendar artwork - your child will have brought home a piece of paper with information about this. Each child has a unique code which you can use to order online at www.kidsartworks.com. Orders close next Wednesday 25th October so get in quick!

If you do not know the code for your child, give Suzy or Annie in the senior office a call and they can get it for you.

Below is an example of what the order form looks like and another picture of the prices for each item.

Thanks whanau!

Hari Huritau, to these awesome Vogeltowners this week:

Mela D'ATH

Olivia PALLISER

Jadon GAARKEUKEN

Myra SALLE

Jai HIKAKA

Jayden SMITH

We hope you all had, or will be having, a great birthday! From all the VS whānau!

OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS 2024:

Enrolment at Vogeltown School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from the school office or from our website.

Next year there will be two enrolment periods.

The first enrolment period will run from 30 January 2024 to 12 April 2024.

The second enrolment period will run from 29 April 2024 to 5 July 2024.

The Board has determined that 0 places are likely to be available for out of zone students turning 5 in the first enrolment period. The Board will determine how many places are likely to be available for out of zone students turning 5 for the second enrolment period by Wednesday 14th February 2024. The exact number of places will depend on the number of enrolments received from students who live within the school's home zone.

For students seeking enrolment within the second enrolment period, the deadline for receipt of out of zone places is Friday 23rd February 2024. Application for enrolment for an out of zone student is made by completing an out of zone application form (available from the school office and from our website). Applications can be sent via email to office@vogeltown.school.nz or delivered directly to the school office.

Parents and whanau who live in the home zone and intend enrolling their child for 2024 should apply by Friday 6th October 2023 to assist the school to plan effectively for the 2024 school year.

For the second enrolment period, if the number of out of zone applications exceeds the places available, students will be selected by ballot in accordance with instructions detailed in the enrolment scheme. If a ballot is required, it will be held on Monday 26th February 2024. Parents and whanau will be informed of the outcome of the ballot on Tuesday 27th February 2024.

Vogeltown School Board of Trustees

Stay safe and be kind to each other. Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we appreciate the community we live in. Hopefully our All Blacks and the Taranaki Bulls take out the games again this weekend!

On behalf of the Vogeltown team,

Ka kite ano

Jeremy Ogle - Principal/Tumuaki

Email: office@vogeltown.school.nz
Website: www.vogeltown.school.nz
Location: Vogeltown School Huatoki Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 753 6843