Ardmore School Newsletter

Week 4 Term 3 2022 #9

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S LAPTOP

* Hello * Kia ora * Namaste * Malo e lelei * Talofa lava * Kia orana * Guten Tag* Nǐ hǎo * Sat sree akaal * Hola * Chào bạn * Bula * Hallo *As-salamu ‘Alakum

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School Board Elections - New voting deadline

We have been informed that an error was made with the voting papers sent to you.

New voting papers and candidate information is being posted out immediately. The new deadline for voting is 4pm Thursday 22 September. Please throw away current voting papers which are void as are all votes already submitted.

We apologise on behalf of the election company for any inconvenience.

ARDMORE SCHOOL PLACED THIRD IN AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL DIVISION OF SHOWQUEST 2022

Congratulations to the Ardmore School tamariki who took part in Showquest 2022 and in particular Ashley Rossiter, Jaimie Frost, Lexie McLoughlin, Mia Smedley and Paige Barnes who were our Showquest student leaders.

Ministry of Health Guidance

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the guidance for returning to schools following vomiting or diarrhoea has not changed. If a child is free of those symptoms for 48 hours, they can attend school again. We have updated the winter wellness guidance for parents, caregivers and whānau to reflect the following points:

If a child has been unwell with a respiratory illness other than COVID-19, they can return to school 24 hours after they have significantly improved and are behaving/eating normally.
Following vomiting or diarrhoea, a child should be symptom free for 48 hours before they can return.
If they still have a runny nose or dry cough without any other symptoms such as a fever, vomiting or diarrhoea, then they are unlikely to be infectious and can be considered well enough to attend school.
In general, a doctor’s certificate or clearance should not have to be provided for a child to go back to school after being unwell.

New Staff

We welcome Mr Jaco Kotze, our new caretaker, Ms Rachel Leader who is teaching Room 14, and Ms Abigail Cullen who is teaching Room 15

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Mr Kotze

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Ms Leader

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Ms Cullen

Student Successes

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ECCS Cross Country

Last week twenty-seven Year 5 - Year 8 tamariki competed in the East Counties Country Schools Cross Country held at Te Puru Reserve.

Congratulations to

Malachi Diack, second Year 8 Boys

Hazel McGhie, second Year 8 Girls

Holly-May Willmer, sixth Year 8 Girls

Ashwal Deo, fourth Year 7 Boys

Joshua Emslie -Wood, sixth Year 7 Boys

These tamariki went on to compete in the Counties Competition held at Pukekohe A&P Showgrounds.

In the Teams Events Ardmore was second in the Year 8 Girls and third in the Year 7 Boys.

Malachi Diack, 9th Year 8 Boys

Hazel McGhie, 5th Year 8 Girls

Ashwal Deo, 10th Year 7 Boys

Joshua Emslie-Wood, 13th Year 7 Boys

Holly-May Willmer, 23rd Year 8 Girls

Thank you to Miss Paterson for her work preparing the children. A special thanks to the parents who were marshalls and who transported children to these events.

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COUNTIES NETBALL

Congratulation to Paige Barnes and Hazel McGhie who were selected for the ECCS Netball team who played in the Counties Netball Tournament.

Hazel, whose ECCS Year 8 A Team came second in the Counties Tournament, will now progress to play in the Auckland Intermediate Netball Competition. This is the first time an ECCS team has gone on to compete at this level.

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Rehu Tai

Congratulations to Brooke Boniface and Rosie Piggott who were the winners of the Ruru whānua Rehu Tai Oral Language Festival. The girls went on to represent Ardmore at the Hunua Principals' Association Competition held at Karaka School. They both did us proud and Rosie was the winner of the Year 5/6 competition and will now go on to the Auckland Principals' Association Competition.