Principal: Adrian Smith School Phone 432 7891 5 February 2015: 1/2015 Chairman: Denis Garner Email: [email protected] Mobile: 021 2685219 Haere mai haere mai haere mai ! Welcome everyone to what is going to be another great year at OTP. It has started well with children really happy to be back and new children settling in well. We will endeavour to work with you, to the best of our ability, to provide a happy, safe and successful year for all our students to fulfil our mission which is to provide an environment that will equip our children to be the best they can be. To all of you who are joining us for the first time, this is the first of our newsletters that will come home every Thursday, unless there are major problems stopping its publication. We are all looking forward to officially welcoming all new families and students at our powhiri (Maori welcome) on Friday 13 February at 1:15am. If you have joined our school since our last powhiri on 8 August last year, your family and child are invited to attend this event which recognises our responsibility as tangatawhenua (hosts) to greet you and make you part of our school family. This is a low pressure event and we invite any males who would like the opportunity to speak to let me know before the powhiri so we can organise a waiata to support the mihi. As a way of providing opportunities for our school community to mix and mingle while having a great time in this beautiful environment, we have a school picnic lunch and swim. The PTA organise a BBQ for this event - see back page for menu and prices. This is scheduled for Thursday 12 February. We plan to leave school at 11:00am, walking to the beach on the playground on the eastern side of the marina entrance, arriving there around 11:30 It would be appreciated if some of you could bring wetsuits to do a stint of supervision in the water. With a new year comes new teachers and class processes. It is important that parents and caregivers know how school life looks like on a daily basis for their children. Developing a positive relationship with the teacher also opens those communication doors which makes the shared responsibility of education so much easier. To kick start these processes we run a meet the teacher evening for all classrooms where explanations on how things will operate are provided, an opportunity to ask questions. After the meeting you will have the opportunity to share any information the teacher/s need to be aware of about your children. These meetings will take place next Thursday 17th February. Please note times for these meetings later in the newsletter. For one of our families at the school, 2015 will be a challenging year ahead. Barclay Morunga, one of our 5 year old students and younger brother of Brooke Pinny, has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is currently undergoing treatment at Starship Hospital in Auckland. Barclay's family are staying at the Ronald McDonald house for the next few weeks and going forward, he will have Continued overpage……... weekly trips to Auckland for ongoing treatment. Barclay will be unable to attend school in 2015 due to his low immunity. Emotionally and financially this will be a huge strain on the family. As a small and close community WE WANT TO HELP. On 18 February we will be holding an 'orange day' (colour for Leukemia) where students can come with a splash of, or fully dressed in, orange. A gold coin donation to show your support to Barclay and his family would be greatly appreciated. Donations will go towards Petrol and Food vouchers. If you would like further information or would like to provide any assistance please contact Christine Moodie on 0275384440 or Val at the school. Regards, Adrian Smith Your eldest child will come home with a school magnet for your fridge today to keep you up to date the term dates and school contact numbers. Meet the Teacher Meetings - Tuesday 17 February 5:00pm Rooms 9 and 11 5:30pm Rooms 8,7,4 and 3 6:00pm Senior rooms (14, 13, 12, 2 and 1) to meet in Room 13 - in new block Does anyone have any spare time to tape books? I have a small box of books that need reinforcing. They can be taped at home or at school. Please let me know if you are available to help. Bev Courtney Scholastic Book Club orders - You have until next Thursday morning to order. If you received a $2 voucher from December’s order it is valid only for this issue. If you are paying by cheque they need to be made out to Scholastic New Zealand. Up and coming events….. 9 Feb 12 Feb 13 17 18 19-21 20 26 26/27 3 March 6 12 20 2 April PTA Meeting in staffroom 7:30pm - all welcome School beach day - sausage sizzle available Powhiri at 1:15 in hall Meet the Teachers - see above for times BOT Meeting in staffroom 7pm Beach and Boat Comp. Helpers needed please - see page 4 School Assembly 1:30pm Senior Swimming Sports 8:30 - 2:15pm Year 2 Camp (Waipu Cove Trip/Sleepover at school) Junior Swim Demonstrations 11am to 2.30pm School Assembly 1:30pm Inter School swimming sports at BB College pp 13 March School Assembly 1:30pm Term 1 ends (Easter Friday 3 April) BREAM BAY UNITED 2015 Football Registration Thursday 26 Feb 6-8pm and Saturday 28 Feb 9-midday Join us upstairs at Ruakaka Recreation Centre to register for the season. Checkout the latest football gear from Stirling Sports and meet the Northland FIFA U20 Organisers First Kicks/Fun Football $50 Grades 9-12 $95 These rates include a $10 Early Bird discount. An extra $10 will be applied after 15 March. EftpoS available. For more info, contact Mike or Robyn on 4321 711. Netball Coach needed for our school team - Year 4 to 6. If you can help or assist please let the office know. They have one after school practice and play at Kensington Park courts on Saturday mornings. Making a Scene Drama and Voice Academy - New Drama Classes in Whangarei and Bream Bay Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from ages 5 teens. Theatre games, Characterisation, Storytelling are just some of what we cover. Speech NZ Exams and Festival Performance offered. For more info www.makingascene.co.nz Thank you to all the parents for purchasing their child’s stationery at OfficeMax. As this is our first year of sourcing stationery requirements outside of school it has been a learning curve for both you and us - it will only get better next year. Year 4/5 classes at work in the new block. Above Room 13 Miss Reynolds Above Room 12 Mrs West Left Room 14 Whaea Stacey PTA NEWS It’s great to be back at school. We are looking forward to another year of fundraising and supporting our school. We continue to provide our lunch programme. Thank you to Rebekah, Kara and Bev for organising the lunch orders for us again this year. We will continue with our sushi day, starting soon. SAUSAGE SIZZLE AT THE BEACH NEXT THURSDAY The PTA will organise the sausage sizzle. Orders handed in to their classroom before school. Sausage and bread $2 Juices $1 Cookies $1 Parents can buy them on the day at the beach. BEACH AND BOAT COMPETITION – 19-21 FEBRUARY Our first fundraiser is providing a shuttle service for the Beach and Boat competition at Marsden Cove. We run this alongside Ruakaka School. We organise vans transporting the fishermen and women to and from OTP/Ruakaka and Waipu to Marsden Cove. DRIVERS NEEDED - We do ask for help in way of driving vans for us on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Can you help for a few hours? Please contact the office or Leigh on 0272121197. VANS needed – do you or know someone with a van available for us to use? FACEBOOK – we do have a facebook page – for the latest school updates on events and reminders remember to like our page www.facebook.com/otp.pta Some other events this year will be a Quiz Night in Term 2. Discos in Term 2 and Term 3. The Guy Fawkes Family Night in Term 4. First PTA Meeting – Monday 9th February We’d love to see new people along to our meeting next Thursday night at school. 7.30pm in the school staffroom. We will be discussing our fundraising plan for the year. We would love fresh ideas and more volunteers to help us during the year’s events. PTA Lunch Menu Monday, Wednesday and Friday only Mince Pies Thai Chicken Wrap Sausage Rolls Cookies $2.50 $2.50 $2.00 $1.00 Mince & Cheese Pies Mince & Cheese Wrap Pizzas Juicies $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $1.00 Orders handed into classrooms by 8.25 am. No change given. Please put money in an envelope (used one is fine), and write the child’s name and order on the front.
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