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The only valid reasons for your child to be absent are: sickness, serious injury or health related appointment, bereavement/tangi, special

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Issue 13 2020

Wednesday 02 December 2020

There has been so much happening over the last two weeks I thought I would give you all a short overview.

We greatly appreciate all the PTA do for the school and the money raised to pay for the many activities and resources that the school is unable to fund. We also appreciate the parent and caregiver helpers for the road patrols and the many events we have that require extra adults. The Board showed their gratitude last Wednesday at the Thank You Evening. A special thanks went to those helpers and PTA members who are moving on after their youngest children head into Year 9.

Thank you to those who have completed the Health and PE Survey. Your views will certainly help shape the curriculum next year. If you still have not completed the survey you have until Friday to do so.

The PTA disco was enjoyed by all the students. This is a great event to finish of the year. Thanks to all the PTA helpers, the School Councillors and the staff who attended.

The Year 6 students headed off to camp today. Hopefully they will have better weather than we had at the beginning of the week. They will spend the 3 days at Chosen Valley and enjoy the

challenge of some of the activities they have available. It’s fantastic that senior students get the chance to go on two camps while they are at Opaheke School. One at Year 6 and one at Year 8. The PTA and School contribute to the cost of camp to keep the cost low. This enables every student to go to camp.

For this year only Prizegiving will be during the day on Thursday 10 December at 1.30pm. We would love to see as many Year 8 parents there as possible.

Year 8 students graduate on Monday 14 December in the evening. Year 8 students do not come to school Tuesday, unlike the rest of the school.

With no concerts or grandparents day we are making the most of the time we have now to continue our learning right up to the last day. We appreciate parents not taking their students out of school before the last day.

Being only a two day week in Week 10 there will be no newsletter but I will do a short one page ‘Wrap Up’ for the year.

WHAT’S BEEN AND WHAT’S COMING

The school councillors were scheduled to go to Wellington this year, however with the virus as a looming threat they decided that a trip by plane was not worth the risk.

The councillors decided to travel by minivan to Lake Taupo. It’s the first time to the lake for the School Councillors as a group.

They organised the plan which started out with a departure at 5.45am and heading for DeBretts Thermal Springs where they particularly liked the 3 slides. Next up was a cruise on Lake Taupo to view the Maori rock carvings. We managed to fit in a walkabout around the Taupo township before the last activity at Rock ‘n Ropes. The students were certainly challenge takers on this very high and difficult wire obstacle course.

We headed back to Auckland but not before stopping at the Golden Arches in Hamilton for dinner. We arrived back right on time at 8.30pm.

COUNCILLORS VISIT THE BIG LAKE

GUESS THE JELLYBEANS The School Councillors are running a ‘Guess the Jellybeans’ competition for the remainder of the term starting on Friday. 50c for one guess and $2 for 5 guesses.

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Celebrating!

STAR Award Recipients

Our term four focus is Striving for Excellence.

Well done to all our students who received awards over the

last two weeks.

Great work team!

PTA Raffle Raffle books are selling fast,

thank you to everyone who

is helping to sell tickets. All the money and ticket

stubs need to be back to

the office by Monday 7th December. Any unsold

tickets also need to be

returned to the office for tracking purposes please.

Draw will be Wednesday 9th December.

Kids Artwork Calendars

Orders have been given out earlier this week, if you

are missing your order please contact Kids Artwork on 0800 155 775 or email info@kidsartworks.com

PTA Notices

Term 4 Week 8

Gold Award Mathletes

Congratulations to these students who have attained their gold award

certificates for Mathletics over the last two weeks. It takes 20 weeks of

consistent effort to achieve one of these awards.

So much hard work!

Term 4 Week 7

Health and PE Curriculum Survey Just a friendly reminder if you haven't already

done so, please provide feedback on the

proposed Health and PE programme by completing the questionnaire by Friday 4

December 2020.

You can complete one survey per parent/caregiver.

CLICK ON THE LINK HERE: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePag

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Thanks very much for your feedback.

Last week we farewelled

our school counsellor

Angela Futter. We would

like to acknowledge

Angela’s contribution to

our school over the past

7 years in her role of

supporting our

students. Thank you

Angela, for the

commitment, kindness and care you have shown

our students. We wish you well in your future

endeavours.

FAREWELL ANGELA FUTTER

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Go Noodle at Lunch Times

Every Monday the juniors have the option of attending Go Noodle at

lunchtime. Go Noodle is a fun and energetic mix of dancing and aerobics.

Children learn the moves through guided dance and enjoy putting these

all together. Most children have their favourite dances which are

requested each week. Children can also access Go Noodle at home

www.gonoodle.com

Everyday Learning

Inquiry Learning

The Term 4 focus for Years 3 and 4 has been on the water cycle and learning that the amount of water on Earth doesn’t vary; it

recycles constantly. They have developed an understanding of the processes of evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

Campbell (R22) is typing up his research and his findings in a PowerPoint presentation.

Damien (R22) is completing his task of presenting his information of the water cycle in PowerPoint.

Phoebe, Tyler and Kowhai worked collaboratively to create an interactive water cycle poster. They used Scratch to code and MakeyMakey to connect the code to their poster. They proudly showed Mrs Marquet their interactive poster.

The Maungarei Garden is coming along nicely.

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Jacob H - John Family Cup, Head Boy Lily H - Robinson Family Cup

ROOM 10—YEAR 1 & 2

After our shared reading story: ‘The Zoo Vet’, we decided to build our own zoo. Room 10 could choose any materials available in class. Our learners really used their initiative and creativity and much fun was had by all.

At the start of term 4, we wrote our own senses poems. We got inspiration from our garden to find things we can see, hear, smell, touch and taste.

Money, Money, Money

Learning about NZ money.

Using our devices is fun! Always hard at work.

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ROOM 24—YEAR 3 That was Year 3

Remember when we saw Mrs van and our new class for the first time? Remember the time we went splashing in the cool school pool? That was Year 3. Remember when a virus put us all in lockdown for many months and we video called each other? Remember when we had to stay distanced from our friends and the water fountains were closed? That was Year 3. Remember the day we stacked all the tables to make simple machines? It was crazy! Remember the laughter when Coach Cash taught us about the bank? That was Year 3. Remember the happiness and excitement when we won our first assembly award? We were so proud. Remember when we were taking a trip down memory lane and wrote this poem? That was Year 3.

We recently learned about a Canadian contemporary abstract artist called Sandra Silberzweig. She uses a range of bold and delicate lines, colour, shape and texture to create her unique works of art. We created some beautiful fish inspired by her techniques.

A Christmas Recipe A tablespoon of sugar candy

canes

A pinch of jolly happiness A litre of bright Christmas lights A drop of Christmas spirit

A cup of family love A pint of sticky Christmas pudding

Amelia

A Christmas Recipe A ride on a fluffy reindeer

A pinch of sparkly sprinkles

A litre of shiny quarters A taste of delicious cookies A cup of foamy hot milk

A pint of large shiny gifts Elly

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Opaheke School Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES

PAID ADVERTISING

2-4 Dec Y6 Camp

4 Dec Y1/2 Gymnastics at Bruce Pulman Park

7 Dec Y5-8 Semester Awards

8 Dec Papakura High School Induction

8 Dec Peer Mediator Sausage Sizzle and Swim

9 Dec Rainbows End Trip

10 Dec Certificate Assembly

10 Dec Y8 Prizegiving 1.30pm

11 Dec Student Librarian Celebration

14 Dec Last Day for Year 8 Students - Reports sent home

14 Dec Y8 Graduation 6pm

15 Dec Year 1-7 Reports sent home

15 Dec LAST DAY OF TERM 12:00 FINISH

2 Feb FIRST DAY OF TERM 8:25 START

23 Nov 30 Nov

R1 Nate Balkaran

R2 Madison Mikayla

R3 Jacinta

R4 Kiara

R5 Onkar

R6 Katie Sukhman

R7 Olivia Iliesa

R8 Shilah Shardai

R9 Tahu David

R10 Samuel Amelia

R11 Jordan Zarah

R12 Mia Aa;ouaj

R15 Evelyn Isla

R16 Keena Alyssa

R17 Brooke Logan

R21 Eli Pania

R22 Eve Nivesh

R23 Dean Nani

R24 Caleb Blake

R25 Omar Chase

R26 Oviya Cearnn

Jnr Hub Alexandria George

Kanuka Mehrunnisa Ashley

Manuka Alexus

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE

is our focus for

STAR Certificates this term

ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATES

TERM DATES FOR 2020

Term 4—Monday 12 Oct to Tues 15 Dec

TERM DATES FOR 2021

Term 1—Tuesday 2 Feb to Friday 16 April

Term 2—Monday 3 May to Friday 9 July

Term 3—Monday 26 July to Friday 1 Oct

Term 3—Monday 18 Oct to Tues 14 Dec

Upcoming Sports Events -Term 1, 2021 Week 2

Year 5 – 8 students Swimming Sports- Massey Park Pools Wednesday 10th or Thursday 11th- (date to be confirmed)

Week 3

North Counties Swimming Sports Friday 19th February

Week 4

Year 8 Camp

Year 7 EOTC

TEACHER ONLY DATES 2021

Friday 4th June 2021

Friday 20th August 2021