Monday 24th June, 2024

Kia ora koutou

Congratulations to Ava for your Principals Award

Thanks to all those people who were able to make it to our whole school assembly on Friday 17th June. It was fascinating to see all the different aspects of learning on display. Congratulations to all the Class Certificate recipients and a special congratulations to Ava and Hugo who received Principal Awards.

School will be closed Friday 28th June for Matariki.

We are looking forward to our Matariki Celebration on Tuesday 2nd July from 9.00am - 11.00am when there will be activities to join in with and sharing of Kai for morning tea. We hope you will be able to come along and support the students and join in the activities.

The end of the term is coming around quickly - school will close Friday 5th July and reopen for Term 3 Monday 22nd July. Thanks to the students and the staff for all their hard work during the term.

Our Life Education visit has changed from the last week of this term until the beginning of next term due to staff illness. We’ll look forward to Harold and his team being with us for the day on Wednesday 24th July.

Congratulations to all the students who competed in the Kowai Cross Country in very difficult conditions on Tuesday. They showed amazing perseverance and resilience on a cold and wet afternoon. Lily, Jack, Hugo and Michael qualified to go to the Canterbury Cross Country at Nga Puna Wai next Wednesday. Lily and Michael will be representing Omihi School as Hugo and Jack are away overseas.


Ngā mihi

Adrienne Simpson

Acting Principal / Tumuaki

School Notices

Matariki Public Holiday
A reminder that school will be closed on Friday 28th June for Matariki.

Matariki Celebrations
On the 2nd of July we would like to invite our whānau to join us for a Matariki Celebration morning at school. From 9-10.30am we will run rotations that we would love you to join us for in classrooms. At 10.30am we will have a shared kai for morning tea. Please could everyone bring a small plate of food to share for this and we hope you can make it along for the morning.

Attendance
As part of the government’s attendance action plan they are now collecting attendance data from schools on a weekly basis. From the beginning of 2025, they will be collecting it from schools on a daily basis. There is a new interactive dashboard that has been launched where you can see a national average on any given day. The website is https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/daily-attendance.

Attendance continues to be a focus at our school as well, and we encourage you to check these guidelines if you’re not sure whether to send your child or not. Each term we send out letters to notify you if your child had less than 90% attendance in the previous term. Parents and caregivers are required to have their children attend school, and to develop habits of regular attendance, and it is the school’s responsibility to follow this up.

Sickness
We appreciate you all keeping your children home when they are unwell, especially with all the sickness going around the community.
We do ask that if your child is away from school with sickness or any other reason please inform your teacher or the office.
This can be done by either messaging your child’s teacher, or via the HERO app.

Community Notices

AKOTECH CodeCamps July School Holidays

Our holiday camp allows children from the ages of 7-12 to develop 21st century skills in a fun and action packed environment. Learn AI, make games, code robots & go to work for a simulated Tech Gaming Studio to build games and apps for a big client.  

Develop confidence & initiative through design, creativity, solving problems, presenting & collaboration. Create your own games, worlds and apps to make our world a better place.

We also have Literati Lab just for girls, which includes AI Art & Animation. 

Canterbury Uni & St Patrick's School: 8th-11th & 15th-18th July

Programs: 2 & 4 Day Programs

Book Now at www.akotech.nz