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

December

5 December - BOT Meeting

5 December - Highlands Orchestra performance at Highlands Intermediate (Paetoki team going)

6 December - Junior dress up and dance afternoon (2pm)

7 December - IROCK Cultural Evening (6pm in school hall) - Caines arcade open at 5.30pm on this night

8 December - End of year summative reports come home

8 December - Whānau Tabloids

11 December - Wheels day - Huatoki and Taranaki teams

12 December - Water Day - Paetoki, Huatoki and Taranaki teams

13 December - Yr 6 Leaving assembly 10:30am

13 December - Yr 6 Leavers evening (5:30pm)

14 December - Golden Bat finals

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

2024

TERM 1

29 January - Mahitahi meetings (meet with the teacher) - online booking will open in December

30 January - Vogeltown School begins for the 2024 year

Kia ora whānau, welcome to the end of week 8 - only two weeks to go till the end of the term and the year! There are a lot of 'things' happening over these last 2 weeks, so please take note of the dates in the calendar below and the posters we have added from each syndicate.

This week our leadership team celebrated the achievements we have made as a school in reading, writing and maths - our core foundational skills. The results were amazing, and the staff and our learners should be extremely proud of the results! We have certainly put in a lot of learning this year and to get the positive results makes us so proud. See the 'speedo' chart below for the overall averages for 2023.

Next week the 'summative reports' come home for each of our learners. These reports are the summation of the year - they will look very similar to the progress reports we have updated all year. On each foundational skill area there will be a summation, there is a summation for each learner against our IROCK values and a final summation 'back page' around the other curriculum areas. Please have a read of these reports. They give a fantastic overview of your child(ren)'s academic achievements for the year.

Next week we are having our IROCK evening - a showcase of our cultural and arts learners. A big thanks to everyone who is coming along for this evening. We will be having our final performances of our Kapahaka, Choir, Ukelele group, Talent Quest finalists and speech finalists. This is an open evening to any whānau who want to attend. The Paetoki classrooms will be open from 5.30pm to come and play the 'cardboard games' before the IROCK evening.

A reminder about school photos - the link for these should have been sent to your email (check your junk if not). It will have come from 'Photolife'. Have your orders done by midnight on the 6th Dec to get free shipping. If you have no code, contact the office and Annie or Suzy will help you out.

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone for the kind words this week after the news I dropped on Tuesday. Leaving Vogeltown School to go Woodleigh School has not been an easy decision, my heart and soul has been with Vogeltown for the last 9 years. I am looking forward to new challenges at Woodleigh, new staff, kids, whānau and the chance to replicate some of the cool stuff we have at Vogeltown there. I will do a final farewell in the last newsletter of the term, but just to let you all know that your kind words and messages have been truly humbling.

UPCOMING NEXT WEEK:

* Board of Trustees meeting - Tuesday 5th Dec, 6pm - 8pm, senior staffroom

* Taranaki (Junior) team folk dancing. Wed 6th Dec, 2pm in the hall

* Whanau Tabloids - Friday 8th Dec, 9.30am - 11.30am on the senior back field.

* IROCK evening (cultural night showcase) Thursday 7th Dec, 6pm - 7pm in the hall

Have a great weekend whānau!

Mr O and the VS Team

Some of the 'finer detail' is below, these are the 'end of year' results by year group and within each curriculum area.

MATHS - Vogeltown learners achieving at or above where they should be for their age:

After 1 Year - 85%

After 2 years - 67%

After 3 years - 80%

After 4 years - 83%

After 5 years - 77%

After 6 years - 88%

WRITING - Vogeltown learners achieving at or above where they should be for their age:

After 1 Year - 77%

After 2 years - 63%

After 3 years - 73%

After 4 years - 81%

After 5 years - 75%

After 6 years - 83%

READING - Vogeltown learners achieving at or above where they should be for their age:

After 1 Year - 75%

After 2 years - 68%

After 3 years - 76%

After 4 years - 88%

After 5 years - 80%

After 6 years - 90%

What an awesome athletics day we had today! A massive thanks to Miss McLean who organised the event and to all our teaching team who helped out!

It was a great event - here are the whanau results:

1st Kahurangi

2nd Kowhai

3rd Karaka

4th Kakariki

5th Whero

Below are the overall whānau events - we have IROCK tokens at assembly next week and Whānau tabloids to go!

With the Huatoki syndicate and Paetoki team involved in Whanau athletics, we had the Taranaki syndicate have an assembly.

Congratulations to these awesome Taranaki team Vogeltowners:

Otto Popata, Jayden Smith, Eddie Vooght, Will Palliser, Harper Coates, Edie Selby-Dunford, Donovan Salisbury, Euan McElderry, Chloe Chapman, Asha Gibbins, Iwan Van Der Linde, Zander Hintz

Ka mau te wehi whānau!

It has been great to have mostly fine weather lately to keep away the bugs and colds we have had over the year. Our attendance reflects this - with an average attendance of 89% for the term so far.

As with every week - a massive thanks to all the whānau that ring, email or skool loop us an absence for your child(ren) we really appreciate this.

'Schooldocs' login:

Username: vogeltown

Password: huatoki

2024 Term 1 Sports Registrations

Registrations for Term 1 sports are now open on our Kindo Shop. Please sign in to your Kindo account for full details and dates. Registrations will remain open over the school holidays and will close on Friday 26 January. Options to choose from are:

Summer Soccer: Tuesdays from 5.30pm at Merrilands Domain

Cricket: Fridays from 5.30pm at various sports grounds

Touch Rugby: Monday afternoons at Corbett Park, Oakura

Please note: Next year we are offering touch rugby on a Monday night out at Corbett Park in Oakura rather than Hickford Park in Bell Block. Our numbers for Term 1 touch have been dwindling every year to the point where we are struggling to get enough players to enter a team in each grade. If we still do not get the numbers to enter teams a full refund will be given.

Congratulations to our U12 Touch Rugby team the Vogeltown Hurricanes who won their semi-final against Woodleigh School last week in a tense extra time drop off!! ...and yes - we enjoyed telling Mr Ogle about this result!!

Best of luck for their final on Monday night against St Pius X Steppers which is being played at Devon Intermediate at 4.50pm.

For those who do not yet have a Kindo account please use the following link for first time users. https://www.vogeltown.school.nz/school-information/kindo-shop/

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on michelle.sleep@vogeltown.school.nz

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:

Hari Huritau, to these awesome Vogeltowners this week:

DAVEY Jahk

NAVAS DAAL Viviana

COZENS Ted

RAWHITI Emma

HINTZ Indi

MINERS Theo

JULIAN Harrison

PICKERING Jeriko

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!

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

📣𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯.𝟯𝟬 - 𝟱𝗽𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲! 🟩🟩🟩

Kids will have a chance to meet some CD Stags players, have some Smash Play fun and there will be giveaways, a chance to win prizes and the opportunity to get autographs! All ages welcome!!🏏🖊

📌𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎
** Parking - please park on Julian Place / Tukapa Street / Solomon Way and walk over to the school fields **
** Should the weather turn, we have a wet weather venue (Sulzberger Indoor Centre on Hobson St) and we will post on our Taranaki Cricket Facebook if we need to change venues **