Monday 9th December, 2024
Year 8’s - Cadence, Jack, Jonty and Lily (absent: Delia)
Kia ora koutou
It’s come to that time of the year to thank our many wonderful members of our Omihi whānau. Firstly I would like to acknowledge our Year 8 students who will be leaving our school at the end of the week. To see their growth, their achievements and their lovely personalities develop over the years has been a privilege. We wish Delia, Cadence, Jonty, Jack and Lily good luck for their years ahead at high school. We hope to see them back for a visit.
Thanks to our teachers Kelly, Penny, Georgie, Kate, Elizabeth and Liz, for all of their dedication and kindness throughout the year. We farewell Kate at the end of this year, who has been a wonderful reliever in Awaawa and Paemoana. I’m sure we will see her back relieving next year. Thank you to our support staff for everything they do to help our school run so smoothly - Bryleigh, Trudy, Sharryn, Yo, Fi and Emma.
Thanks to our Board of Trustees - Craig, Emma, Pip and Kelly, for all of the time, effort and care you put into our school.
Thanks to our parents who have helped this year in any way - coming on school trips, transport, at our trailride, selling raffle tickets….anything at all you have done for our school. We appreciate it.
Lastly thank you to our wonderful students. We really do feel lucky to have you as part of our Omihi whānau. It is so rewarding to have such a great bunch of students to teach, and we feel privileged to know you all so well.
I would also like to acknowledge the passing of Nick Hamilton. Nick has been a big part of the Omihi community for many years. He is from generations of Hamilton's that attended the school, including his children. He was also a member of our BOT and of a number of local committees. He is another huge loss in our community. Nick’s funeral is this Friday at the Omihi Hall, so we will be bringing our prize giving forward to 9.30am to ensure there is time to set up for the funeral.
Amongst a lot of sadness, we will have joy and celebration at our prize giving this Friday. Have a lovely Christmas everyone, we look forward to seeing everyone back in 2025.
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz
School Notices
Principals Award
Congratulations to Harry and Jai who are our recent Principal Award winners. They will be going out for their hot chocolate at the start of Term 1.
Food Truck Friday
We are excited to have our Food Truck Friday back for 2025. This is not a fundraiser, just a chance to bring our community together. It is on Friday 14th March across the road at the Omihi Community Hall.
Start date 2025
We welcome our students back on Monday 3rd February. Bryleigh will be in the office the week before if you need any new uniform.
Teacher only days
Please note we have a teacher only day on Friday 7th February and Monday 17th March.
Stationery Lists
Stationery lists for 2025 are available on the Office Max MySchool website. Please go on and order these so they arrive in time for the start of the year.
Prize giving
We welcome our community to our End of Year Prize giving on Friday 13th December at 9.30am in the Omihi Hall.
Term 1 Events
Dates are in the school calendar for Term 1, so please check them on our website. In week one we have a whānau picnic on Tuesday 4th February at 5pm. We will have the school BBQ available to use, and the pool will be open. Please bring food for your family and you’re welcome to bring a picnic rug. We would love to see all of our families there.
Tipu Māia Kāhui Ako
Here is our termly newsletter for your information.
