Newsletter 2 Term 3

Kia ora e te Whānau,

We are just over halfway through the term and thank goodness we are seeing some warmth and sunshine to get rid of all the nasty bugs that have been floating around. There has been a lot of excitement in our kura, with Cross Countries, hikoi out in the community, Kapa Haka rōpu wananga, and of course lots of regular classroom learning. Ask your children about their learning with Tessa in the STEAM room, it is a great addition to the opportunities for our tamariki.

Teachers have been engaging with the new draft Mathematics curriculum and will soon be looking at the draft English curriculum. We will be providing feedback to the Ministry of Education on the presentation of the document. As we work with it in classes over the rest of the year, there will be an opportunity for us to feed back to the Minister on the actual content.

We recently had a visit from our Education Review Officer (ERO) and we should have the draft evaluation report by the end of this term or early next term. We have been engaged in this process with her for 4 years now, and it has been a positive and encouraging experience.

I hope you all enjoy a relaxing weekend, take care.

Nga manaakitanga

AnnMaree MacGregor

Over the past several weeks I have had the pleasure of having morning tea with the following fabulous students:

Previlige Toeke - Rm 5, Lorenzo Fairburn and Cressida Marino-Hepi - Rm 16, Jarryd Lomas and Kayden Te Wake - Rm 6, Emilia Moore - Rm 9, Emerald Hannah - Rm 19, Scarlett Callagher - Reo Rua, Matthew Simmonds, Aoife Baryer - Rm 3, Tobias Joll, Kyarni Taua - Rm 13, Syrus Tatana - Rm 9, Max Hitchcock - Rm 22, Myah Robinson, Mivaan Patel - Rm 15, Zev Kaka-Holtz - ReoRua

These tamariki make our school a great place to be through their manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, and manawa reka.

This week, Onerahi Primary welcomed a new addition - Hugo. Hugo may be found onsite 2-3 days a week, under the watchful eye of Mrs MacGregor. He is extremely well-behaved and well-mannered and will be a wonderful companion for those needing a little time and space to regain their calm.

Kia ora e te whānau,

In week 4 we celebrated Aotearoa school library week with lots of fun library related activities. As always, the highlight of the week was the Book Character parade on Thursday the 15th of August. It was an amazing day full of laughter and fun. A lot of effort was put into costumes by our ākonga and their whānau, which resulted in some awesome costumes. Our tamariki are always excited to see book characters brought to life, a big thank you to everyone who helped make the day so much fun.

Congratulations to the following spot prize winners:

Finley Lockie, Millie O'Gorman, Hazel Prouting, Thomas Potter, Billy T, Elliot Gibbs, Harriet Caston, Mia Wells, Jack Ferris, Jayden Ferris, Jarryd Lomas, Finn Collecutt, Patrick Dearn, and Whaea Susan.

Your costumes were tu meke! Ka mau te wehi!

Ka kite āno

Kirsty

Kirsty - just a quick thank you from all of the staff and students for organising this event. You do a great job!

On Friday 23rd August our senior students competed in our annual senior school cross country event, held at the rugby grounds on Alamein Ave/Onerahi Rd. Congratulations to the following place getters, and others who have earned the chance to represent OPS at Barge Park next week:

TOP 3 PLACINGS 8+

8 Yr Old Girls: 1st = Brooke Abraham, 2nd = Myah Robinson, 3rd = Harper Haselden

8 Yr Old Boys: 1st = Nathan Lomas, 2nd = Riley Marsh-Urquhart, 3rd = Sebastian Stainburn

9 Yr Old Girls: 1st = Chloe Abraham, 2nd = Skylah Platts, 3rd = Taimania Snowden

9 Yr Old Boys: 1st = Riley Couchman, 2nd = Lincoln Beeston, 3rd = Zev Kaka-Holtz

10 Yr Old Girls: 1st = Ariah Wilson, 2nd = Riley-Autumn Turner, 3rd = Riley Tissink

10 Yr Old Boys: 1st = Nikau Marsters, 2nd = Ethan Hacker, 3rd = Jayden Ferris

OTHER BARGE PARK COMPETITORS

8 Yr Old Girls: Danielle Meagher, Aiyn McQueen, Willow Snowden, Haapa Rata-Webb and Autumn Alapaki

8 Yr Old Boys: Thomas Potter, Finn Collins, Chase Neho, Reuben Haworth and Noah Taylor

9 Yr Old Girls: Kleo Gardiner, Te Rei Carter-Mills, Shiloh Yukich, Elise Baldwin and Julz Paul

9 Yr Old Boys: Jayden Jones, Zeke Cleaver, Logan Fulton, Caelin McNeil and Kahne Lillywhite

10 Yr Old Girls: Georgia Zwart, Ruby Taylor, Zoey McGregor, Siobhan Bowling and Aoife Baryer

10 Yr Old Boys: Jarryd Lomas, Grayson Leech, Patrick Dearn, Cayden Stewart and Finn Collecut

On Wednesday the 28th of August, our middle school held their cross country event, which was for the first time run at Dragonfly Springs. A big well done to the following students who took out the top spots.

TOP PLACINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Year 3 Girls: 1st = Layla Gardiner, 2nd = Lucy Kirk, 3rd = Sophie Ferris

Year 3 Boys: 1st = Bowen McNeil, 2nd = Jack Ferris, 3rd = Raiden Kaka-Holtz

Year 4 Girls: 1st = Myah Robinson, 2nd = Harper Haselden, 3rd = Danielle Meagher

Year 4 Boys: 1st = Riley Marsh-Urquhart, 2nd = Liam Kennedy, 3rd = James Gibbs

From the 7th to the 20th of August, we were lucky to be able to host the Life Education Caravan. Educator Nadine dedicated time to each of our classes to cover topics such as: how to fuel our bodies, responding to situations, our own identity - including goals and values and how we can be an upstander every day (age-relevant). Not only are these sessions informative, but often a lot of fun too. Thanks to the Life Education Trust and Nadine for bringing this programme to us, once again.

We have an overabundance of found property at the moment! Are you missing shoes, socks, jumpers or other assorted clothing? Maybe your lunchbox or drinkbottle went walkabout? Come check out the stash in Rm 23's foyer, you may be able to be reunited! It is a lot easier to locate items when they are named.

Whānau , please help us work together to support our wonderful road patrollers. We remind you all that the speed limit outside our kura is reduced to 40km/hr and when our signs are out, you must stop. We are still seeing a number of dangerous driving behaviours outside our school, including exceeding the speed limit, turning into and/or blocking the staff driveway and obscuring the view of our patrollers by parking on yellow lines. We also respectfully ask that when crossing yourself or your tamariki on Church St or Raumati Ave, you do so at our pedestrian crossing and patrolled area. This sets a good example for our tamariki, on safe road crossings.

Senior leadership and the Board are currently working with the council to establish a safe travel plan. More information will come out in due course.

We are still a bit light on most of our secondhand uniform supplies. If your child has outgrown their uniform and you have no further need of it, please feel free to drop it in to the school office. The sales of these help the school purchase additional items that our former PTA used to supply, such as sunscreen, etc.

We have a great stock of honey available for purchase at the school office. Honey has been kindly donated by our partner beekeepers - Tahi honey, and we have further been gifted larger sized jars of Honeyeater honey - also from local Pataua hives. The honey is priced amazingly from $5 per jar to $20 (the big 1 kg jars) so why not pop in and pick some up. Not just yummy, its great to have on hand when winter bugs hit!

• Wednesday 4 September - WPSSA Cross Country
• Tuesday 10 September - OPS Mathex
• 16-22 September - Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
• 23-29 September - Chinese Language Week
• Wednesday 25 September - Cultural Festival
• Friday 27 September - Last day of Term 3
• Monday 14 October - First day of Term 4
• Thursday 24 October - Big Shake out (nationwide Earthquake drill)
• Monday 28 October - Labour Day
• 18-20 November - ReoRua Camp
• Tuesday 26 November - School Colour Fun Run
• Wednesday 27 November - Te Whanga Festival
• 27-28 November - Middle team Camp

WINTER

Winter is here! In term 3 it's a great idea for students to bring a change of clothes each day, just in case they find their way into muddy puddles or get caught in a downpour. The KidsCan raincoats may be worn as part of their uniform and we recommend covered shoes and socks. As always, please make sure all personal items are named.

SCHOOL HOURS

8:15am School gates open to students and whanau

9:00am School begins

11:00-11:30am 1st Play Break

1:30-2:00pm 2nd Play Break

3:00pm School finishes

3:15pm School gates close

There are two eating breaks within the day, taken at times that suit each class. Please ask your child's teacher when their times are. We would like to remind all whānau that during school hours, your child is expected to be present and learning. Where possible, we ask that appointments be scheduled outside of school hours, so as not to impact on your child's learning. We also ask that every effort is made to arrive at school in time for learning at 9am.

Medication: If your child requires medication to be brought or kept at school, please be aware that due to health and safety concerns, this must be kept secure in the school sick bay. It is not to be kept in children’s schoolbags during the day. This is to protect the safety of not only the child requiring the medication but also all other students. All medication requires an accompanying permission/approval form signed by their parent or caregiver. This includes epi-pens for allergy management, inhalers for asthma or any other medication your child requires on a short-term or as needed basis.

Email: office@onerahi.school.nz
Website: https://www.onerahi.school.nz/
Location: Onerahi Primary School Church Street, Onerahi, Whangārei 0110, New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 436 0521
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onerahischool

7 am till 8.30 am

Monday to Friday

Contact

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0211585226