Newsletter 2 Term 4

Kia Ora e Te Whānau,

I have loved hearing the shrieks, gasps and splashing of the tamariki in the pool. Along with senior athletics it tells me summer is on the way. Classes are taking the learning outside, enjoying our wide variety of learning spaces around the school. They are also venturing out into the wider community with a range of experiences - surfing, snorkelling, beach going, and bush walking. We live in the perfect place for that.

You have probably seen the new mural out the front taking shape, keep an eye on things as there is a lot more to come.

It is not long until the day of our final assembly, if you can join us on Friday the 15th, we would love to see as many of you as possible. It is a great day of celebration, acknowledgment and farewells.

As always thank you for the contributions you make as whānau to your child's journey at Onerahi Primary School. We appreciate your support.

Ngā mihi nui

AnnMaree MacGregor

Tumuaki/Principal

Jake and I have had the pleasure of having morning tea with the following students over the past 3 weeks:

Kyarni Taua, Jayden Jones, Kairyn Albert, Nora Bond, George Hirst, Jayden Ferris, Alizae Marsh-Urquhart, Sophie Ferris, Rangi Gavin-Heta, Cael Russell, Kalia Harrison Johnson, Sebastian Stainburn, Kaydence Kemp, Kimbah Liddell, AJ Heta, Alexis Kenwright, Hayden Bellamy, Sophie Ferris, Ziehlan Hamilton

These tamariki make our school a great place to be.

For four weeks a group of year 4 students have been given an opportunity to do sailing. When the bell went, the kids that were chosen gathered all their belongings and walked to the library. There they would take a quick roll to see if everybody was there. After that we were driven by our lovely parent helpers and with our car groups. When the group of kids got there they changed into their togs ready to start sailing.

Then we were separated into two groups. One group started in the little sailing boats and the other group started in the Quest and then we swapped over.

Some of us were nervous and some of us played bumper boats. We overcame our fears and luckily nobody fell out of the sailing boats. We had so much fun that some of us didn't want to go back to school. Learning to sail has been a great learning experience that we will remember for a life time.

By Kleo and Chloe

Room 12

On Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th of November we held our annual senior school athletics event. Our students participated well and gave it their all. We are so proud of them. Congratulations to our following place-getters.

HIGH JUMP:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Zoey McGregor, 2nd - Julz Paul, 3rd - Georgia Zwart

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Nikau Marsters, 2nd - Jarryd Lomas, 3rd - Cayden Stewart

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Lilly Mills, 2nd - Serenity Van Tol, 3rd - Sasha Kilgour

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Joel Mann, 2nd - Jackson Jennings, 3rd - Shannon Beardsell

LONG JUMP:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Siobhan Bowling (Boyd), 2nd - Taimania Snowden-Rapata, 3rd - Zoey McGregor

Yr 5 Boys = 1st Equal - Nikau Marsters and Finn Collecutt, 2nd - Cayden Stewart, 3rd - Riley Couchman

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Mia Scheele, 2nd - Coral-Rose Tau-Tepania, 3rd - Shamira Morgado

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Joel Mann, 2nd - Oliver Moselen-Meehan, 3rd - Dominic Scheele

SHOTPUT:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Hana Uta'i, 2nd - Taimania Snowden-Rapata, 3rd - Georgia Zwart

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Ziehlan Hamilton, 2nd - Machado Walker, 3rd - Nikau Marsters

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Mia Scheele, 2nd - Aroha Hepi, 3rd - Nevaeh Tana

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Dominic Scheele, 2nd - Te Kaha Rikona, 3rd - Declan De Jongh

DISCUS:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Taimania Wensor, 2nd - Hana Uta'i, 3rd - Ella Waite-Marsden

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Ziehlan Hamilton, 2nd - Riley Couchman, 3rd - Jayden Ferris

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Billie Swanson, 2nd - Nevaeh Tana, 3rd - Mahea Whittaker-Stone

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Joel Mann, 2nd - Kayne Turner, 3rd - Rico Hewinson (Isaacs)

80M Sprint:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Siobhan Bowling (Boyd), 2nd - Julz Paul, 3rd - Skylah Platts

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Nikau Marsters, 2nd - Louie Lovelace, 3rd- Grayson Leech

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Serenity Van Tol, 2nd - Hazel Owen, 3rd - Talia Rio

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Joel Mann, 2nd - Dominic Scheele, 3rd - Nixon Dent

100M Sprint:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st = Ariah Wilson, 2nd - Julz Para, 3rd - Siobhan Bowling (Boyd)

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Nikau Marsters, 2nd - Louie Lovelace, 3rd - Grayson Leech

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Mia Scheele, 2nd - Serenity Van Tol, 3rd - Hazel Owen

Yr 6 Boys = 1st -Joel Mann, 2nd - Dominic Scheele, 3rd - Nixon Dent

600M:

Yr 5 Girls = 1st - Julz Paul, 2nd - Skylah Platts, 3rd Equal - Taimania Snowden-Rapata and Te Rei Carter-Mills

Yr 5 Boys = 1st - Nikau Marsters, 2nd - Jarryd Lomas, 3rd Equal - Grayson Leech and Riley Couchman

Yr 6 Girls = 1st - Carley Clarke, 2nd - Kenzy Gardiner, 3rd Equal - Abigael Wilson and Ella-Rose Cleaver

Yr 6 Boys = 1st - Joel Mann, 2nd - Reece Jennings, 3rd Equal - Jake Cabrol and Oliver Moselen-Meehan

A further update on our current board elections:

ONERAHI PRIMARY SCHOOL - PARENT BOARD ELECTION 2023

You should have received your voting papers by now.

Please cast your vote and preferably drop-off your voting paper(s) in the ballot box situated at the school's office. Hand delivered voting papers should reach the school before 4 p.m. on 29th November 2023.

If you plan to mail your voting paper, please give sufficient time for the mail to reach the school on or before 4th December 2023.

Any voting paper received after 4th December will not be counted.

Thank you.

Returning Officer

Raja Raman V

The Kaupapa class learned some great life skills when they journeyed off on a fishing trip in Week 5. Here is an account of the afternoon by two of lucky participants.

We headed off down to the wharf at Onerahi in cars belonging to Matua Matt, Matua Kyle and our caretaker Edwin. Although the wind picked up during the time we were out, it was a good experience for those people who had not been fishing before. Those of us who had, enjoyed teaching the others how to bait, cast and reel fish in. We did manage to catch one yellowtail and a baby snapper. We also met two more keen fisherman on the wharf. Added to that we explored the foreshore and found red pumice and some old fish bones. It was a pretty awesome afternoon. By Lucas Perry, and Joel Mann.

Kia ora e te whanau!

What a wonderful time of the year it is. The sun is shining (most of the time), the pool is open and the library is a hive of happy activity. It's lovely to see students utilising the space before school as well as at break times.

As we head to the end of the year we also head towards stock take. Can you please have a hunt under beds, down the backs of chairs and in all the other nooks and crannies library books like to hide. All books need to be returned by the 1st of December.
The Library will reopen after stock take so everyone can grab some books for holiday reading.

Are you still looking for Xmas presents?
Scholastics Book Club is available online.
Have a look at the catalogue here: https://www.scholastic.co.nz/parents/lucky-book-club
Orders can be placed online here: https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx

or via the book club loop app.

Orders placed before the 22nd of November will receive free shipping and sent to school. Orders placed after the 22nd of November will incur a shipping fee and will be send directly to your address.

Ngā mihi,

Kirsty

We still have good stocks of Onerahi Primary School honey available for purchase. Our honey is organic, and it's great to consume local. The honey can be purchased at the school office, and is on sale now for the bargain price of $5 a pot. It's selling fast!

Just a reminder to all families to please let us know, by 9am, if your tamariki is going to be away on any given day. You can do this via the Skool Loop app, Class Dojo, the school website or you can phone or text us on 021 048 9221. If we do not hear from you, we will make contact to seek an explanation. All students of school age are required to attend school when it is open. Our school has a robust attendance monitoring process and we do appreciate your cooperation.

On Church Street, we have a dedicated pedestrian crossing, patrolled each day before and after school by our responsible road patrollers and their adult support.

We kindly ask all parents bringing their children to school who cross Church St to support us modelling safe behaviour for our tamariki by ensuring they are crossing this road at the dedicated crossing. We appreciate taking the extra steps required at times, to take advantage of safely stopped traffic.

It is also very important that if you are collecting your child from our Church St entrance you do not park on the yellow lines or across driveways. Our staff parking area is also out of bounds.

Lets all work together to keep our tamariki safe on their way to and from our kura.

We are fortunate to have an offer out to whānau of our Onerahi Primary School akonga from a local lady - Maureen Dunphy. She is more than happy to undertake minor uniform repairs, such as button replacements and hem repairs, free of charge. If this is something you would be keen to utilise, uniforms can be dropped in to the school office on a Wednesday. Repairs will be done as soon as possible and uniforms dropped back to the school. They will then be returned to tamariki to bring home.

• Monday 20 November - Trip 1 to Reotahi for Yr4
• Monday 20 November - First group to Tutukaka Surf - Snr school
• Tuesday 21 November - Second group to Tutukaka Surf - Snr School
• Wednesday 22 November - Trip 2 to Reotahi for Yr 4
• Wednesday 22 November - Third group to Tutukaka Surf - Snr School
• Wednesday 29 November - WPSSA Athletics competition
• Thursday 30 November - NEST trip to Whangaumu Bay
• Friday 01 December - All Library books due back for stocktake
• Friday 01 December - 2024 Intake Whangarei Intermediate Orientation day
• Tuesday 05 December - The NEST Olympics day - First block
• Wednesday 6 December - Road Patrollers Aquatic Day
• Thursday 7 December - Te Whanga Festival at Raurimu Ave School
• Wednesday 13 December - Yr 6 Graduation & Disco
• Friday 15 December - Final Assembly - whanau welcome
• Tuesday 19 December - Last day of Term 4

SPRING

A reminder to you all that in Term 4 hats are compulsory for all outdoor activities at Onerahi Primary. This includes outdoor PE activities during lesson time. This is in keeping with our efforts to be sun safe. As spring can mean weather that's a wee bit fickle, we do still recommend having rain jackets in bags and a change of clothes, just in case. We are all looking forward to enjoying the warm sun in the weeks to come.

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 whanau 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

Tiaho Trust are pleased to be organising a FREE FUN ACCESSIBLE EVENT to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities.

When: Saturday 2nd December 2023. 10am – 2pm

Where: Riverbank Centre carpark, 71 Reyburn St, Whangārei

What: Bungee Tramp, face painting, temporary tattoos... Performances – hula dancing, cabaret, kapa haka. Live music…and more!

Please come along and enjoy free entry, free rides, free entertainment, good company, and good vibes.

Some Accessible carparking available