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! 

Kia ora koutou,

Ze’ev, Zac, Lily, Thomas and Andy practising their scrums with Craig!

I loved seeing the excitement of our students last week when they got to play tackle rugby at school! A big thanks to Craig Mullan, from Canterbury Rugby, who came out for a coaching session. It’s wonderful to see the opportunities our students get - from reading to preschoolers at Bloomfield Preschool, visiting the Hurunui library, playing tackle rugby, and this week performing at the North Canterbury Kapa Haka Festival. We enjoy seeing their grit, determination and positivity when trying new things, and pushing themselves out of their comfort zone.

This week we welcome Arly and Judah for their preschool visits and can’t wait for them to join our Paemoana class next week. It’s always lovely to see those tuakana-teina relationships when our seniors look after our juniors throughout the day.

I would like to say a big thank you to Elizabeth Maddren who finishes this Friday, after teaching Paemoana for 5 weeks. We have loved having her join our Omihi whānau, and Paemoana have been very lucky to have such wonderful learning over the last few weeks. I would also like to acknowledge Liz Grigg who is one of our regular relievers. It’s very hard to get relievers, so to have two experienced and excellent relievers that we can use regularly, and who know our children well, is a real treat.

Have a lovely week, and remember my door is always open if you would like to catch up.

Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Kapa Haka
We are performing in the Kapa Haka festival this Thursday. Kelly will share the transport info with you today, and we look forward to seeing you there. If you have ordered tickets, these will be sent home with your child in the next day or two.

Online Auction
A big thank you to Anna Williams who is gathering items for our online auction again this year. If you have any contacts that could help with this, please contact Anna directly, or Bryleigh and she will forward it on. We are looking forward to our auction going live on Facebook on Friday 8th September.

3 Way Learning Conferences
Please book a time on this doc to meet with your child and their teacher on either Monday 4th September, or Tuesday 5th September. This will be an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, and next steps.

Reporting
Your child’s teacher will be sending home their Maths comment via Hero at the end of next week. Please get in touch with them if you don’t receive it.

School Photos
These will be at 9am on Thursday 24th August. There will be the opportunity for individual and sibling photos as well.

Precision Yamaha Omihi School Trail Ride - Saturday 4th November (pp Sunday 5th November)
We are well into the planning of this. This is our major fundraiser of the year, and to make it work we need parent volunteers on the day. It would be great to have someone there representing every family if possible. Please add your name to the doc or email me if you aren’t able to access it. Thank you to Sofia who is going to lead the BBQ again this year.

Community Notices

The Hurunui Theatre Group presents ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum’

Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart; music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Based on the plays of Plautus.

Show runs from the 25th August – 2nd September at the Waipara Memorial Hall. 

Tickets available online through TryBooking.com

Clip Clop Equestrian Presents - PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHOW JUMPING COMPETITION

SATURDAY 14th OCTOBER 2023

Year 1-8 - 2 classes per rider at either height. Composite teams accepted.

Competition 1 - SEFTON RIDING CENTRE TROPHY
Morning 9am
Class 1-Poles on the ground obstacle course
Class 2-Up to 25cm
Can be assisted
4 in each team, any mix of classes 1 and 2.

Competition 2 - ALANA ADAMS TROPHY
Afternoon 12pm approx.
Class 3-45cm
Class 4-60cm
Class 5-80cm
4 in each team, any mix of classes 3, 4 and 5.

Entries should be made by the team manager (with a phone number).
Teams of less than 4 riders are acceptable (even a team of 1 rider is okay) and we will create composite teams from the entries we receive.

All entries must be emailed to clipclopequestriannz@gmail.com. Children’s names need to be on team entries.

Entry fees $10 per class
Entries close 6th October
Payment must accompany entries and no late entries will be accepted.
Please make payment to Sefton Riding Centre 03-1395-0168899-000 (ref-name of team and name of school).

Andy and Arlo doing some guitar practice at lunchtime.

Kia ora koutou

It’s been a lovely two weeks back at school. Even though the weather has been up and down, our tamariki have been focused, and really excited to be back learning, especially about our inquiry, which is focused on Ancient Civilisations! I loved teaching in Tūpari last week, and having the time to catch up on their learning and to see their progress.

We have had guitar and recorder club started up this term, led by Kelly. What a treat! It’s so lovely to see more music throughout the school. We are looking forward to our Kapahaka performance this term also.

Ngā mihi

Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Senior Assembly
We welcome our community to our senior assembly on Friday 18th August at 2.00pm.

School photos
These will be on Thursday 24th August at 9.00am.

Ski free days
It was good to hear that some families went skiing on Friday last week, great to get a good dump of snow just before this date! Our next ‘ski free day’ is this Friday.

Kapahaka Festival - Thursday 17th August
Year 4-8 children will be going to the kapahaka festival. We are performing in the afternoon, and need to be at Rangiora Baptist Church by 12.15pm. Please note the change of venue to Rangiora Baptist Church, 111 East Belt, Rangiora (next to Rangiora High School).

Tickets are available via our school office. Please email Bryleigh at office@omihi.school.nz to order by the 4th August. We will be taking the school bus, and will need some cars. Please can you let Kelly know if you can transport some children or will be taking your own child.

School Docs Policies
We work on a 3 year cycle, and each term we review a number of our policies. These are open for review from our community as well. Please review the following by clicking on this link: http://omihi.schooldocs.co.nz. Username: omihi. Password: glenmark

• Inclusion Education

• Māori Educational Success

• Learning Support

• Learning Support Coordination

• Identity Learning Support

• Gifted Learners
  

Community Notices

Help your community to vote in this year’s General Election!

The Electoral Commission needs people with different skills and backgrounds to help deliver the 2023 General Election.  Whether you want to work for several weeks or just for a day, there's a variety of options to suit you.

Our Kahiwi room will be a voting place for the Kaikōura electorate, and you can apply today:  work.elections.nz

Please note our school name in the reference field. 

Kia ora koutou

Welcome to Delia, who has joined our Tūpari class, and Arlo, who has joined Awaawa. We are excited to have you join our Omihi whānau. Also a warm welcome to Judah who will be joining Paemoana.

Michael, Arlo, Mrs Lucas, Delia, Liza and Vuk

Welcome to Elizabeth Maddren who is joining us for 5 weeks while Georgie is overseas. Elizabeth is one of our regular relievers, so it’s lovely to have her join us full time for the first half of the term. She knows our tamariki very well.

It’s nice to be back after 9 months of maternity leave, and I look forward to catching up with you at drop offs or pick ups. We had some lovely family time away in our caravan. Delilah and Ada did very well adjusting to life on the road.

This term I start the Lead Principal role for our Tipu Māia kāhui ako. This will be a new learning curve and challenge for me as a leader, and I will work it throughout the week at Omihi. There are times when I will need to be out of school, but as Penny is also an Across School Lead in our kāhui, we will aim to have a lot of our meetings at Omihi. This is also a great opportunity for our school. It means we gain extra staffing, which helps us to continue with our 3 classes.

Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Principal award winners
Congratulations to Zac, Leo, Thomas and Logan who received Principal awards in term 2. They get to go to Fossil Point for a hot chocolate to celebrate.

Trail ride
Our Yamaha Omihi School Trail ride is on Saturday 4th November (postponement 5th November). This is our major fundraiser of the year, which helps us to keep 3 classes, so we need as many families as possible on board to help us. Please put that in your diary and we will be in touch nearer the time with jobs to sign up for.

Ski free days
A reminder that our ‘ski free days’ are Friday 28th July and Friday 4th August. You are welcome to take your children skiing on these days and they won’t be recorded as absent.

Closing gate
A reminder that for health and safety reasons we have the school gates closed at all times. When you are coming through the school gates, can you please make sure the gate closes behind you.

North Canterbury Kapa Haka Celebration - Thursday 17th August
Please see below for information about the upcoming North Canterbury Kapa Haka Festival. We are performing in the afternoon, and need to be at Ohoka School by 12.15pm. Tickets are available via our school office. Please email Bryleigh at office@omihi.school.nz to order by the 4th August.

Dates for this term:
28th July & 4th August - Ski free days
17th August - Kapahaka Festival
18th August - Senior assembly
4th & 5th September - 3 Way Learning Conferences
5th September - Tūpari visit to Bloomfields Preschool and library
6th September - Preschooler morning and Year 5-8 Top Team Challenge
12th September - Life Education
15th September - Junior assembly
20th September - Grandparents Day

Community Notices

House wanted
A school family is after a house in the local area. If you have anything for rent, please contact Melanie on 027 418 4740.

Pharmacies minor health condition service
This winter, between Monday 12 June and Saturday 30 September, participating community pharmacies in Canterbury will provide a Minor Health Conditions Service for children aged under 14 years, Māori and Pacific people, and community service card holders.

The service allows pharmacists to have a clinical consultation and provide advice as well as medication for a select set of minor ailments at no cost to the patient.

It also includes whānau members with similar symptoms. For example, if the pharmacist determines your child needs treatment for scabies and they have older brothers or sisters, or you yourself also have symptoms, they may provide advice and medication for all of you.

The following health conditions are included in the Minor Health Conditions Service:

• Acute diarrhoea, Dehydration, Eye inflammation and infections, Scabies, Headlice, Pain and fever, Eczema/Dermatitis, Minor skin infections

If your condition needs further support, the pharmacist can tell you the best place to go for your condition to get further help.

Google Family Link app
Google Family Link is a free app that enables parents to set restrictions such as Wi-Fi and time limits on their child's phone usage. It's a useful tool for managing and monitoring your child's phone activities. You can download it to Apple or Android devices.