Monday 28th August, 2023
Kia ora koutou
Our new bus driver Emma with her boys Alex, Theo, Arty and Michael.
I’d like to welcome Emma Hughes-Games onto our staff as our new bus driver. Emma and Fi will be sharing the role. The three of us are completing a number of unit standards over the next three days to complete our bus drivers licence training. There is a lot that it entails, so we appreciate these two ladies for what they are doing for our school.
Often parents say to me that they ask their child what did they learn, or what did they do at school today, and they say ‘nothing’. I found these suggestions of questions and conversation starters to ask when your child comes home, and I thought they might be helpful:
Did anything funny happen at school today?
I was thinking about you! Want to know what I was thinking about?
Did you make any mistakes today? Great!
What do you need right now? I’m here for your tears, quiet time, or a chat.
What did you read at school today?
Who did you play with? What games did you play?
Tell me about the best part of your day.
Can you show me something you learned today?
Was maths easy or hard today? Why?
What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz
School Notices
Principal Awards
Congratulations to the latest Principal Award winners….Ruby-Grace and Liza!
Top Team Challenge
This will be held on 6th September at Amberley Domain. It is for our Year 5-8 students, and we need to be there by 12.20pm. Mrs Lucas will drive the bus and leave school at 11.50am. We are also looking for some parents who can take cars. If you are able to do this, can you please email Miss Fletcher and let her know. All children will need a change of clothes, as there are water based activities that they will get wet in. We won’t be back until 3.20pm, so children will need to be picked up from school or from the Amberley Domain at 2.45pm.
Bus Run
Due to the Top Team Event there will be no afternoon bus on Wednesday September 6th.
Trail Ride
Our major 2023 fundraiser for Omihi School is coming up next term. Please can parents sign up to help at the trail ride at this link. We appreciate all your support. Entries will be live on www.iticket.co.nz from this Friday 1st September.
School Uniform
We have noticed a lot of non-Omihi uniform being worn at the moment. Please can you make sure your child has the correct school uniform, and that all of their uniform is named. We currently have a size 9/10 Merino in the lost property that isn’t named.
Preschooler Morning
We welcome all preschoolers on Wednesday 6th September from 9.00am - 10.30am. Please bring along morning tea and a drink bottle for your child.
Bloomfields Preschool
After visiting Bloomfields, we look forward to welcoming some of their children to visit us on Tuesday 5th September.
3WLC
We have Three Way Learning Conferences next week. Please follow this link to book in - 3WLC.
Amberley Rugby Award Winners
Congratulations to Taylor (Bruce Rickerby JAB Player of the Year and Forward of the Year), and Jack (Back of the Year), for their fantastic rugby season for Amberley this year!
We would love to celebrate what our tamariki are doing outside of school as well, so please feel free to send through any accomplishments that we can share.
Community Notices
Kaikoura Greens present two films: ‘For the Blue’ and ‘Those Crazy Greens’ at Amberley School, Douglas Road (in the Arahura Hall) on Saturday September 9th, 7pm-9pm. Entrance by koha. Refreshments in the interval. Enquiries to Richard McCubbin 027 435 4013 or mccubbin@netspeed.net.nz. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
Greta Valley Physiotherapy Services
Hi Everyone! My name is Flora, I am the founder of PhysioFlow. PhysioFlow is a newly established Physiotherapy practice located in Merivale Christchurch providing Musculoskeletal and Pelvic & Women's Health Physiotherapy services. We are a fully ACC accredited healthcare clinic. I am excited to announce I am now taking bookings at my Greta Valley clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To find out more about the services PhysioFlow offers or to learn more about me you can visit www.physioflow.co.nz or find me on Instagram @_PhysioFlow_
Online bookings will be available shortly, but for now if you would like to make an appointment please call or text me on 027 302 9159. As someone who also lives rurally and understands the need for more accessible healthcare in the rural community I look forward to offering my services and working with you. I look forward to hearing from you soon!
