Monday, 15th June 2020
Kia ora koutou Whānau,
I hope you have all enjoyed our first week in Level 1. It is exciting to be back to a new normal.
With the announcement last week that we were moving into Alert Level 1, we are now able to change some of the processes we had in place during Level 2. We welcome parents back onto our school grounds at the beginning and end of the day. The drinking fountains are now open, but will continue to be thoroughly cleaned every day. Hand sanitiser will still be available, however our emphasis at school will be on washing hands regularly and catching coughs and sneezes in our elbows. It is still very important that if your child is unwell they are kept at home please. We are looking forward to holding school assemblies and taking some trips in Term 3.
As part of their response to Covid 19, the Ministry of Education is collecting a weekly attendance survey from us. If your child is going to be absent from school for the day, please can you let us know and give us a reason for their absence. We have special codes that we enter for different reasons which helps to form our weekly attendance data that is sent through.
In other exciting news, we have now been able to reschedule a date for our Omihi School Farm Race. Our new date will be Sunday 8th November. Please mark it in your calendar. There will be more details to come about entries and online registration soon.
Ngā mihi
Penny Vincent
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
School Notices
Principal's Award
The latest Principal Awards went to…. Leni Wilkie. Congratulations Leni!
Cross Country
We are very lucky to have been granted access to the Dormer’s property to run our school cross country. The course is mapped out and the view from the top for our senior runners is something pretty special! The date for our cross country is 1.30pm Tuesday, June 23 (postponement Wednesday, June 24). We are looking for some parent helpers to act as Marshalls around the course. If you are able to help out with this, could you please let me know. We will need Marshalls to arrive at school around 1pm for a briefing before the races begin. The children will run in three waves. Year 1-2, Year 3-4 and then Year 5-8. Although they will be running in groups, they will be competing against children of the same year level and sex for placings.
Online Lunches
I am happy to let you know that we will be able to offer online lunch orders again from next term. The options will be sushi and subway, alternating fortnightly. A big thank you to Leighana and Megan M who have taken on the responsibility of collecting and delivering our online lunch orders for next term.
Reporting
The teachers have been busy completing a range of assessments with the children over the last two weeks. A reminder that at the end of this term the teachers will be reporting on Maths, Writing and Reading by updating the graph on Hero. They will also write a general comment and a Science comment.
Community Notices
Resilient Hurunui is up and running again, monthly on every third Thursday. We are kicking off with a screening the 2019 film "Milk and Water" at the Amberley School hall at 7.30p.m. on Thurs June 18th.
This film is directed by Ian Spilman and was filmed locally. It attempts to objectively explore and find common ground in the complicated issues of NZ's contaminated waterways and irrigation.
Running time 75 mins. $2.00 entry charge.
This Huruunui Junior Football League will again run in 2020. This league is for kids aged 4 - 8, and runs for all of Term 2. There are two 'competitions': Ages 4 - 5, and ages 6 - 8, although students can move between the two to find a level that suits their ability. In this league the focus is on participation and developing skills. Nine year olds and older should register with our parent club, Hurunui Rangers.
Games will be held at Amberley, Hawarden, and Culverden schools in rotation, on Saturdays at 10am.
We will try to form teams of players who come from the same area, but this will depend on the number of players registered.
Some areas/schools will run mid-week training for their players, depending on the availability of parents or teachers to coach the kids.
The cost for registration is $10 per child for the term - please pay on Day 1 of the competition. Funds will be used to provide equipment for the competition. Players will need to bring boots and shin pads. There are plenty of smaller football boots available for loan on game day. Team jerseys are provided.
Please register your kids well in advance of the competition.