Monday 16th March, 2020
Kia ora Koutou Whānau
I had written my newsletter on Friday and it was about all the excitement for the Omihi School Farm Race coming up this weekend. Sadly with the events and actions over the weekend regarding the Coronavirus, we have now decided to postpone our race until further notice. We will keep you updated and will hopefully aim to run it again later this year.
Thank you to all of the families who have offered to help and donated prizes, and to our fundraising committee for all of your support. All the hard work is done, so it will be easy enough to pick up later in the year and run with it again. I had listed all of our sponsors below and will leave those there, as we really appreciate your support for our kura.
We are in touch with iticket regarding refunds for entrants, so you will receive an email from them at some point this week.
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz
School Notices
Thomas loving the warm days in our pool!
Principal Award
Our latest Principal award went to……Eva Harris.
Reports
A reminder that our report comments are being spread throughout the year. On Friday this week you will receive your child’s PE comment through Linc ed, then in the last week of this term you will receive their maths, social sciences and health comments. These will be a mixture of self reflection, teacher comments and evidence of their learning.
Coronavirus and Infectious Disease Policy
Please have a read of these two policies on School Docs that we are following, along with guidance from the Ministry. We will keep you updated with any changes. If you or your family are planning any overseas travel in the next few weeks, please let me know. Also if your child is showing any signs of illness, please keep them home. We will be continuing to discuss and be diligent with sneezing into your elbow and hand washing at school, especially before morning tea and lunchtime, and would appreciate you continuing those messages at home.
School Docs
The policy we are reviewing this term is ‘recognising cultural diversity’ . We would love you to review this with us. The login details are: www.schooldocs.co.nz
Username: omihi
Password: glenmark
Swimming Sports and Duathlon
Congratulations to all of our Year 4-8 children who participated in the Small School Swimming Sports. They did themselves proud. Well done to Charlie, Jeremy, Tom and Georgie who then went on to compete in the Kowai Swimming Sports.
Well done to our juniors who completed their duathlon last week. It was so lovely to see them all giving it a go!
Omihi Bus
If your child is not on the bus in the afternoon, please let me know as early as possible. Last Friday Tracey arrived to drive the bus and there were no children on it, but I hadn’t heard from anyone. It is usually when there is a school event on, but we can’t assume that all parents are coming, so please still let me know.
Plywood
Paemoana are after some plywood. If you have any lying around, can you please let Penny know. They would like 4 or 5 pieces approximately 30-60cm square
Omihi School Farm Race
Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers:
Downer - traffic management
Croft family - farm
To our Omihi fundraising committee - Jane, Megan, Kate, Amy and Jaz
To our Omihi families for all donating a prize and donating their time today to help.
Forestry - Rayonier
FMG
Commodore Hotel - one night’s accommodation
Commodore Hotel Park and Fly - one week’s free parking
The Good Home, Pegasus
Carrfields, Feilding - organised by Mickleson family
www.Gwamma.co.nz
Crafty Weka Bars
Rangiora New World
Smartwool socks
Fire and Ice Hanmer Springs
Push Bikes, Rangiora
Little Vintage, Amberley
Pita Pit, Rangiora
Vege’n out, Woodend
The Good Home, Pegasus
PURE
Aaron Harris Electrical - sponsoring the signs.
Water cups donated by Hazeldine Family
Mt Lyford
PGG
Fonterra
Swanndri
The Office Cafe, Waikuku
Thanks to the Glenmark Lions for the sausages and pumpkin soup at the finish line!
