Monday 20th August, 2018
Kia ora Koutou
We had an amazing day up at Mt Lyford last week. Thank you to all the parents that were able to come up with us. What a wonderful community day and so great to see our students improving every time. We look forward to the next one in a couple of weeks.
I am currently in Hanmer Springs on the annual Canterbury Primary Principal's Conference. Our focus is on Disruption (disrupting our thinking around leadership) and our keynote speaker is Tony Burkin. I look forward to reporting back in the next newsletter from my new learning.
Nga mihi
Maree Lucas
Principal, principal@omihi.school.nz
School Notices
Principal's Award
The latest Principal's award went to....Angus Barnes!
Strum, Strike and Blow Festival - Wednesday 29th August
This is coming around very quickly and the children are sounding great on their glockenspiels and ukuleles! We now have enough transport for the day. Here is the transport info. Children need to be back at the arena by 6.30pm that night. We will let you know the meeting place after we have been there during the day. It is $5 for parents to watch - please have cash. Students need to wear school uniform and have a pair of black/dark sunglasses and a cushion to sit on.
Omihi Community Hall Opening
We are very excited to see the Omihi Community Hall nearly finished. This is a huge asset for our school as we will be able to utilise it for productions, assemblies, prize givings, etc. As our school grows, it is great to have a big space for us to invite our whanau and community into. They are having an opening night celebration on the 29th September. I have included the information below in the community notices. George and I will be going. If you are going and haven't got a group to go with, it would be great to get an Omihi School table together. Let me know if you would like to join our table.
Teacher Only Day
A reminder that on Friday 31st August we have a teacher only day with our Kahui Ako (Community of Learning). There are 13 schools coming together at Oxford Area School for Professional Development, which is very exciting.
Year 6-8 Mt Grey Walk - Wednesday 22nd August
We will be leaving school at 9am. Children need to take their morning tea and a drink bottle. We will be back before lunchtime.
Tennis
If there are any Y5-8 children interested in playing competition tennis in Term 4 please let Megan know at Nick_megan@xtra.co.nz. This competition is held on Wednesday afternoons.
Also if you are interested in tennis coaching in term 4, please let Megan know. Last year a tennis coach came into school once a week and took lessons throughout the day for all age groups. These are private lessons, so Megan organises the payment of these from parents.
Naked Baker Pies
A big thank you to Ingrid for organising the Naked Baker Pies fundraiser. A lot of students took advantage of this and now have money taken off their camp fees. Also thank you to Jaz, Megan and Amy for helping Ingrid to give out all the pies when they arrived.
Pet Day
In term 4 we have our annual pet day. There is Agri Sports in the morning, run by Leighton and pet day in the afternoon. Last year one of our parents ran this. Her daughter has now left the school, so we are looking for someone to take it over. If you are available, please let me know. Tracy is happy to talk through what needs to happen on the day with the new organiser.
Raffle Prizes
We are starting to organise our annual raffle for term 4. We have two main fundraisers each year - our raffle and our bike/run race. We need to start gathering prizes for our raffle. If you have anything you would like to donate, please let me know or drop it off to school. We will promote any sponsors on our Facebook page and in our newsletter. Last year we managed to raise $5000 through the raffle, so we are hoping to do this again. Our two fundraisers help to support our BOT funded third teacher.
Community Notices
Omihi Community Hall Opening Night Dinner
We invite our wider community to our opening night. If you would like to purchase tickets please contact Maree on maree@mfactorevents.co.nz or 021 77 6864. We are also looking for a couple of volunteers for the event:
- We need a photographer on the night to take some photos as guests arrive.
- We would also like some flowers for decoration on the night.
If you are happy to donate some flowers for decoration or take some photos, please contact Maree.
ARC
What exactly is ARC? It is a mystery adventure race where parent and child aged 5-13 race together, locate and complete 10 mystery challenges; racing the clock and all the other family teams. A team is made up of two people- an adult (over 17yrs); Dad or Mum or a relative or family friend and a child aged between 5 and 13 years of age.
The challenges range from physical (like tug-of-war) to mental (like a memory challenge) to knowledge based (like current affairs). Are you game enough to give it a go? Want to win your entry? We will be refunding a couple of team entries at random for those that have entered... so enter now!
