Monday 2nd September, 2024
Kia ora koutou
Congratulations to all of our students who presented their speeches and poems. Well done to the following who won our Tūpari competition:
1st - Delia
2nd - Lily
3rd = Zac and Thomas
Delia then went on to the Hawarden/Waikari Lions Speech competition and was up against other Year 7/8 students in our area, and she came 2nd! We are so proud!
We have some pretty amazing teachers at our school, and it’s always lovely to see their different talents shine. If any of you went to see the Full Monty in Waipara, you would have seen Kelly playing ‘Jeanette’. Kelly is such a talented singer, musician and actress. How lucky are our students to have her as a teacher!
Our entries have now opened at www.iticket.co.nz for our annual Precision Yamaha trail ride for the 9th November. A big thank you to the Tomlinsons and Evan’s families for allowing us to use their farms, and to Todd McBreen and James from Precision Yamaha for helping us to organise it. We would love to have as many families as possible to help us on the day, as this is our major fundraiser of the year to help us continue to have 3 classrooms. Please add your name to the list here.
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz
School Notices
Mufti Day
Each of our mufti days are organised by our Year 8 leaders, and they choose the charity. This Friday 6th September is a mufti day, raising money for SPCA. Please send along a gold coin donation, and dress as your favourite animal!
School photos
On Wednesday 25th September we will have school photos. There will be an opportunity for sibling photos as well.
Top Team Challenge
Our Year 5-8 students will be competing in the annual Top Team Challenge at Amberley Domain on Wednesday 4th September. We will leave school at 11.45am. Please let Kelly know if your child needs a ride on the bus or if you are able to provide transport.
Precision Yamaha Omihi School Trailride
Online entries have now opened for our trailride on Saturday 9th November. These are at www.iticket.co.nz. This is our major fundraiser of the year, and makes it possible for us to continue with our three classrooms, so we would love all of the parent support we can get. Here is our volunteer list, please add your name in if you are able to help on the day.
Egg Cartons
We are looking for egg cartons please. We need one egg carton per child for an art activity we are doing. If you have some at home we would really appreciate it if you could send it in with them.
Year 4-8 North Canterbury Kapahaka Celebration
This year’s kapahaka performance is on Thursday 19th September at the Rangiora Baptist Church, 111 East Belt, Rangiora. Tickets are on sale at www.iticket.co.nz, they are $12 each. We will have our school bus taking students, but will need some cars as well, please let Kelly know if you will be transporting your own child and if you can take others.
Whole School Assembly
We welcome you to our whole school assembly. Please note the date change, it is now on Thursday 5th September at 2pm.
Omihi Bus
There will be no Omihi bus on the afternoon of the 4th and 19th September, due to the students going to the Top Team challenge and kapahaka performance.
Summer Hockey
Registrations are now open for summer hockey. You can sign up as a team or as individual players. If your child is interested please contact Trudy by sending her an email at the office. Registrations close 14th October.
