Monday, 23rd November 2020
Kia ora whānau
Miss Smith has been relieving for us ahead of starting here in 2021.
Thank you to all the parents who have been helping with transport for our numerous events this term. Due to events being changed around throughout the year, we have ended up with a lot in term 4, so we appreciate your support. What lucky children to have so many wonderful opportunities!
On Friday I met with students regarding their feedback on what they love about our school and what we can do better. This is something I do each term and I truly love it. We call ourselves ‘one big whānau’ and we definitely are. I asked our students if we could share the feedback with parents this time as I was so humbled by the lovely things they had to say about their teachers, their school and their friends. You should have received this on Friday. Some of the trends that jumped out to me were that they love that we are a small school, that everyone plays together and the amount of opportunities they get from being in a small school. (Plus they love that we have a swimming pool, a basketball court and a school dog and ‘school baby’ ;) )
I feel lucky to be principal here.
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
School Notices
Principal’s Award
Last week’s Principal award went to…..Charlie Murphy.
Welcome
Welcome to Liza Elphinstone who came to visit us on Friday. Liza will be starting in Year 5 in 2021. She has 4 year old twin sisters who will be turning 5 later in 2021.
Camp
Thank you to Penny who has organised our school camp. The children are very excited about going away on an adventure to Arthurs Pass.
Stationery for 2021
You can order your school stationery here for 2021 - https://www.myschool.co.nz/omihi. It will be delivered straight to your home. The school books will be issued from school at the start of the year and we will invoice you directly for those.
Library Books
Please can you ensure all library books are returned to school by Friday, 27 November. The Amberley library is going to be issuing every child with 10 books over the summer. Yo is picking them out to suit each child. Lucky children!
Kapahaka - Tuesday 1st December
Children need to be in their kapahaka uniform and meet at Ohoka Hall at 9.30am on Tuesday 1st December. The school bus will leave from school at 8.30am, so the normal Omihi bus run will not be running that morning. Here are the transport details.
Year 0-3 Sport Spectacular
The Sport Spectacular is on at Amberley Domain from 10-2pm on Wednesday 25th November. Mrs Lucas will drive all the children in the bus and Miss Mickleson and Tamar will stay with the children. We welcome parents to come along and watch. Please ensure children have their sunhats, lunch and a drink bottle.
No Lunches online this week
Due to Camp and Sports Spectacular there are no lunches online this week.
No school bus
The school bus is not running on the morning of Tuesday 1st December, due to kapahaka.
Mufti Day - Friday 4th December
Please can you send a can of food for the Foodbank on our mufti day.
Year 7/8 visit to ARA
As part of our Careers programme, the Year 7-8 students will be attending ARA with Waipara, Greta Valley and Broomfield School on Thursday 10th December. The students and Miss J will be travelling in the community bus that Waipara School are organising. We will let you know further details nearer the time.
Pool Key
The pool is now open and keys can be purchased from the school office. The cost for school families is $50 and you will be refunded $20 when you return the key at the end of the season.
Prize giving and whānau picnic
A reminder that our prize giving is on Wednesday 16th December at 11am, followed by a whānau picnic between 12-1pm at school.
