Monday 10th June, 2024
Kia ora koutou
It’s lovely to be back at Omihi School for the second part of Maree’s sabbatical leave. It’s so nice coming back and knowing the school and the familiar faces of the children - I can nearly remember all their names!
Students at the National Young Leaders Day
We do wish Maree and her family well as they travel to the USA and Ireland. While it will be a wonderful experience and fantastic for them to see family in Ireland, it could be challenging at times with a very young family. We hope they all travel well!
We are fortunate to have the Playhouse Theatre Production coming to Omihi this Friday. They will be presenting “The Reluctant Dragon’ show for us. Waipara and Waikari Schools are joining us as well.
The Year 8 students went to the National Young Leaders Day last Friday at the Christchurch Town Hall. They listened to speakers such as William Pike (a kiwi explorer), Brooke Neal (a former NZ hockey player) and Te Kahukura Boynton (a 20 yr old entrepreneur). It’s always a great day out listening to inspiring speakers and travelling down in the School van. I was lucky enough to see them at the end of the day after I had a catch up meeting with Maree. Some comments from the students included involved:
“ It was……….. fun, inspiring, cool, encouraging, loud !!! The games were cool but we had to sit for a long time'!’
Thanks to the students who came to share their writing linked to their inquiry work with me this morning….. “The part of my body that I like the best….”
All the best to all the students who will participate in the Small Schools Cross Country tomorrow.
Ngā mihi
Adrienne Simpson
Acting Principal / Tumuaki
School Notices
Cross Country
The small schools cross country is on tomorrow. Please ensure you pick up your child from school by 11.30am
Here are all of the details of the day, including a map. Children can go straight home afterwards. We ask that parents pick their children up and take them to the cross country, plus we will have some space on the school bus. Please contact Kelly if your child needs a ride on the school bus.
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.
Public holiday
A reminder that school will be closed for Matariki on Friday 28th June.
Whole School Assembly
We welcome our community to our whole school assembly this Friday 14th June at 2pm in Kahiwi.
Reports
In the last week of term you will be receiving report comments (whole school) and also updated graphs (Tūpari and Awaawa) to show progress. Please contact your child’s teacher if these don’t come through.
