Term 1 Week 6

Wednesday 10/3/21

www.Ōhaupō.school.nz Phone: 07 823 6736 mail: office@Ōhaupō.school.nz

Growing Together, Learning Together

Tipu ngatahi, Ako ngatahi

11/03/21 9.00am Tech at Peachgrove Intermediate Years 7 & 8 12/03/21 9.00am Assembly - Rata Hub led 15/03/21 09.00am-10.00am - Art Therapy Years 3-6 11.15am-12.15pm - Soccer 16/03/21 School swimming sports 17/03/21 Keeping ourselves safe programme 09.00am-10.20am - Totara Hub 10.40am-11.20am - Kauri Hub 11.20am-12.00pm - Rata 3 12.45am-01.15pm - Kowhai 1 & 2 01.15am-01.45pm - Kowhai 3 02.00pm-02.40pm - Rata 1 & 2 18/3/21 NO TECH TODAY FOR YEARS 7 & 8 19/03/21 9.00 am Assembly - Kowhai Hub led Lower Waipa Swimming Sports 25/03/21 9.00am Tech at Peachgrove Intermediate Years 7 & 8 5.30am BOT hui 26/03/21 Mufti Day PTA Sausage sizzle Year 8 immunisations

A story from Kayla Haysom Year 4 Rata 2

Same say there’s a sea creature called the Cracken. You may not believe me so here’s the story to it. Jellyfish lives in the deep blue sea. Jellyfish can live there because she has a bright glow-ing light leading the way, but all of a sudden swordfish came down. I’m going to get you jellyfish. Jellyfish went down and down. Swordfish couldn't go any further. Swordfish gave up his hunt for now. Just then totally un-expected there was a big dark shadow cover-ing the sea, it was Cracken, Cracken wrapped its tentacles around swordfish. I am going to eat you said Cracken, Help, help said swordfish. Standing there was jellyfish. Jellyfish zapped Cracken.

The Cracken

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Tena kotou katoa ….. warm greetings to you all

We are already mid-way through the first term! It has been a busy time and with the addi-

tion of the COVID 19 levels changing, we have found ourselves quickly needing to make

changes to ensure the safety of all personnel at these times.

Thank you to all of you who have updated your contact details and returned these to the

office. Last week’s tsunami warning is a timely reminder that we need these details

a.s.a.p. to ensure we are able to communicate with you immediately if / when an emer-

gency situation arises, or your child is unwell at school.

Swimming Sports 2021

Senior Swimming Sports are now on Tuesday 15th March. The events and the order of

events remain the same. These were reissued last week, so please contact the office if

you need this information resent. If you are able to assist us with timekeeping, please

email the office office@ohaupo.school.nz

Reciprocal Conversations

We appreciated all of you who came last week. The staff thoroughly enjoyed your inter-

action and truly valued all the information that you shared. We will do our best to catch

up with those of you who were unable to make it, in the next couple of weeks.

Just in case we are getting complacent, here are some timely guidelines we need to re-

mind ourselves of at Alert Level 1

At Alert Level 1 the virus is contained in New Zealand but not overseas. We need to have

systems and practices in place in case COVID-19 reappears in our community.

There are no restrictions on personal movement at Alert Level 1 – all children and

staff should be at school.

The only people who will need to stay away are:

those required to self-isolate

individuals whom health authorities have asked to stay away while waiting for

a test result (most people will be able to go back to school/work while wait-

ing for a result)

children, students and staff who are unwell.

Testing remains a crucial component in preventing an outbreak

If a child or staff member is sick, they should stay home. If they have cold or flu symp-

toms they should call their doctor or Health line on 0800 358 5453 for advice about get-

ting tested. If recommended to get tested, they should do so.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL (continued)

Schools will close for cleaning and contact tracing if there is a confirmed case who

was infectious when at school.

We continue to support contact tracing through the display of QR Code posters and

our visitor register, attendance register and timetable.

There are no restrictions on numbers at gatherings.

Schools, like workplaces are not considered to be gatherings. Physical activities includ-

ing cultural and sporting activities, practices and events can go ahead.

Fundamental public health measures continue to apply:

Physical distancing – keep a safe distance from people you don’t know while out and

about

Hand hygiene

Cough and sneeze etiquette

Regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces.

Face coverings continue not to be required when in school.

This includes school transport and charter buses hired by the school to transport students

and staff to and from school. Anyone who chooses to wear a face-covering in any setting

should be supported to do so.

The Ministry of Education has also asked to share the following with you, re the vac-

cine roll out, scams and misinformation.

The vaccine plan can be found on the Ministry of Health website health.govt.nz/about-

ministry-health-websites…COVID 19 getting a vaccine.

Unfortunately, both misinformation and disinformation are being spread and CERT NZ is

working closely with other government agencies to try to stop these scams in their

tracks.   

Key things everyone should know are:  

The vaccine is free and at no point will you ever be asked to pay for securing your

place in the “queue”  

Any communications about the vaccine will come from the Ministry of Health or oth-

er trusted sources   

If you receive any emails out of the blue asking for financial and personal details, it is

likely to be a scam  

The best way you can help stop these scams affecting New Zealanders is to report them

to CERT NZ.

Any questions or queries please feel free to contact us office@ohaupo.school.nz

Sue Mc Locklan

Principal Ōhaupō School

RURU AWARDS WEEK 5

Hollie Moncrieff-Wright shows relation-ships with others by being kind and inclu-sive. Hollie shows independence by trying to write her name by herself.

Emma Teaz shows independence by being able to write her stories independently and sound out unknown words by herself. Ka pai Emma!

Blair Lovelace shows independence by be-ing able to try new learning by herself. Tino pail!

Soren Howie shows contribution and partici-pation by saying his pepeha to the class, clearly and with pride.

Kayla Haysom shows awesome thinking when writing. You start your stories with fan-tastic hook ins and use interesting words.

Dylan Hussey shows awesome thinking in his reading. Your positive approach to a new story, text or poem is outstanding. Tumeke Dylan.

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Joel Wheddon shows resilience by working his hardest in class. Keep it up! Samantha Leylander has had a great start to the year by independently working to fin-ish her learning tasks and act as a role mod-el for the new members of our class.

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Sirvana Ward-Leen for showing self-management and independence towards all your classroom tasks. Hannah Eales for showing resilience and maturity towards challenging situations in and out of the classroom.

Connor Eales shows awesome thinking by

looking at all the letters and the sounds they make

when reading

Ōhaupō is becoming a PB4L School

What does this mean? PB4L stands for Positive Behaviour for Learning and it is an initia-

tive that helps parents, whānau, teachers, early childhood centres, and schools address prob-

lem behaviour, improve children's well-being, and increase educational achievement.

By strengthening relationships and creating more positive home and school environments,

we remove barriers to engagement and improve students' chances to achieve at school and

beyond.

One of the first steps of our journey is for a member of the Ōhaupō community to join our

PB4L team. In this team we will review and monitor the initiatives that we are implement-

ing at school. For this plan to have the best chance of success, understanding what parents

are seeing and hearing will be vital. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact

Sheree Julian if you are interested at sjulian@ohaupo.school.nz

What will children and young people learn?

They will learn:

to work out when their safety is at risk

how to keep safe when they meet and mix with other people

who and how to ask for help if they, or someone they know, is being abused

to go on asking for help until someone does something to stop the abuse

that it is important to make and follow personal, family and school safety

rules.

They will know:

that abuse is never okay

that abuse is never their fault.

View the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme resources.

https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/personal-community-safety/school-

portal/resources/successful-relationships/kos?nondesktop (copy and paste link

to find out more)

Keeping Ourselves Safe: Information for parents/whānau

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools 2021(ICAS)

Learning is lifelong. However, now is the time for your child most needs you to help them learn, grow and reach their full potential, and ICAS can help you do this. ICAS is an independent, quality skills-based assessment programme which rewards and recognises achievement. ICAS gives you insight into your child’s performance across English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Technologies and Spelling has been developed by Educational Assessment Australia (EAA) since 1981. Subjects and dates this year are as follows: ICAS entry forms will be available in Term 3. To learn more about ICAS go to www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/about

PRICES ARE GIVEN IN AUD SO WILL CHANGE SUBJECT TO EXCHANGE RATE PLUS

BANK FEES

Kind Regards, Sue McLocklan Principal

Subject Sitting Dates Closing Dates Cost (incl. GST)

ICAS Digital

Technologies

Monday, 9th August

to Friday, 13th August

Sunday, 18th July $18.40

ICAS Science Monday, 23rd

August to

Friday, 27th August

Sunday, 1st August

$18.40

ICAS Spelling Bee Monday,

23rd August to

Friday 27th August

Sunday, 1st August

$18.40

ICAS English Monday, 16th August

to Friday, 20th August

Sunday, 25th July $18.40

ICAS Mathematics Monday, 30th August

to Friday, 3rd September

Sunday, 8th August $18.40

ICAS Writing Monday, 9th August

to Friday, 13th August

Sunday, 18th July $24.73

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