School Newsletter No. 14 - Community 5 June 2020

Reminders  Term 2 Thurs 11 Jun Tech Year 7/8 Tues 23 Jun BOT Meeting, 7.30pm at school. All welcome Thurs 25 Jun Tech Year 7/8 Fri 3 July End of Term 2

“Respect is a two-way street. If you want to get it you’ve got to give it”. From the Principal’s Desk 

___________________________________________________________________________________________ Kia ora koutou e te whanau This week we welcomed Leah, Chase, Sophia, Kade, Saryn, Axel and Riley to our school. It has been great to see how quickly they have all settled in. This takes our roll to 132. We also welcomed May Gelacio and Margaret Stark to our school in the role of Teacher Aides. We look forward to working alongside them both as they support students within our school. Thank you to everyone who has respected the procedures that have been put in place for Alert Level 2. Rather than going directly to the classroom, please remember to continue to come directly into the school and sign in. This is important for contact tracing. This week the Prime Minister announced information about Alert Level 1 and the Golden Rules for everyone to follow. Moving to Level 1 will depend on Monday’s Cabinet’s decision. For schools this means:

● If people are sick, they should stay home (phone Healthline or their GP and get tested if they have cold or flu symptoms).

● Continue to regularly wash and dry hands, sneeze and cough into elbows. ● Soap, water and the ability to dry hands need to continue being provided in bathrooms. ● Regularly disinfect shared surfaces. ● Support contact tracing efforts. ● Stringent self-isolation of those who display relevant symptoms of COVID-19, test

positive for COVID-19, have been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, or have been overseas in the last 14 days – Ministry of Health information for self-isolation.

It looks like sport is underway again, with rugby practices starting this week. There were some very excited students yesterday afternoon.

Ngā mihi nui Val Ward and Rebecca Suangoon

Term 3 Location

5 & 7 August

South Otago Primary Netball Tournament Yr 5-6s 5th Aug, 7-8s 7th Aug

Cross Recreation Centre

19 Aug SOPSSA Cross Country pp 21st Clinton Rugby Grounds

10 Sept Top Team Cross Recreation Centre

21 Sept Tony Tourell GOLF Clydevale pp23 Allan Grange Golf Club

TBC (to be confirmed)

Otago Primary School Cross Country Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin

TBC Netball South Tournament Yr 5-6s/7-8s

Edgar Centre, Dunedin

TBC Otago/Southland Primary Netball Final TBC

TERM 3 Sports After School Monday - Indoor Hockey Thursday - Basketball 6 weeks - 30 July - 4 September Thursday - Touch, Grading last 2 weeks of Term 3 Friday - Indoor and outdoor Cricket Gymnastics/Aerobics 

BOT MEETING The next Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 23 June at 7.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.  POOL KEYS With school closed at the same time as the pool closure, pool keys could not be returned. If                                   you have a pool key please can this be returned by Friday 12 June. Pool key bonds can be                                     paid back to you, put on your school account or donated to the pool. Please let Megan Bell                                   know your preference. Keys returned after Friday 12 June will not have the bond repaid.  CHROMEBOOKS We will be putting in another order for chromebooks for students. The closing date for orders is Friday 19 June. If you are interested in ordering a chromebook for your child please contact Sue Harrex at school. Her email address is sue@cluthavalley.school.nz. The generous $150 PTA subsidy is available to families following the purchase of the chromebook. SPARE CLOTHING With some sports practices taking place at lunch-time it would be great if students could bring extra clothing with them to school in case they get wet or muddy.  MUSIC LESSONS Instrumental music lessons will resume for Term 2 as either small groups or 1 to 1 sessions with ASM Gore director Dean Ashby. 30 minute lessons are offered in Guitar, Ukulele, Drums, Keyboard & contemporary music theory. Content will include the use of the UK based contemporary music syllabus Rockschool. Lessons are held in the Multi Purpose Room each Friday starting 29th May. Continued 'catch up' lessons are also being held online on Google hangouts.  For further info or to enrol please contact Dean Ashby on phone 021 1309026 or Email dean_ashby@hotmail.com Or call at Gore studio 88 Main St ( Play music better play better music ).   NEWSLETTER We will continue to email only the newsletter. It will also be available to view on the skool loop app (see below) and the school website http://www.cluthavalley.school.nz/ . Hard copies will be given to those who have limited internet. SCHOOL HOODIES School hoodies are now available to order. We have received the sample sizes for students to try. The hoodies cost $35.00 each and money must be paid to the school before the hoodie is ordered. ORDERS CLOSE FRIDAY 12 JUNE AND THE MONEY MUST BE PAID BY THEN. If you did not receive an order form please contact the school office and I will send you one. PLEASE NOTE RUGBY OR NETBALL HOODIES ARE NOT PART OF THE SCHOOL UNIFORM AND SHOULD NOT TO BE WORN TO SCHOOL. STUDENTS WEARING THEM WILL BE ASKED TO REMOVE THEM.

HEADLICE Headlice is again present in the school. Please can you check your children’s hair and treat if you find headlice present. Please can all students with long hair wear it tied up or back out of their face to school.

SKOOL LOOP APP Dear Parents, We have a mobile app called Skool Loop that you can download to your mobile phone for free. It has all the information that you may need especially in the coming weeks. With this app you are able to, make contact with the school, see the school newsletter, go to the school website, see notices, the school calendar, fill in consent forms for school trips, make appointments for interviews, and send an absentee note. After downloading the app from Google Play or the App Store Select your school > New Zealand > Otago > Tap - Clutha Valley Primary School > Select school at top > Choose. Go to Settings > Subscribe to groups > Tick all the appropriate groups including the General one > Tap Done. On the main console page on the app tapping the icon of choice will take you directly to the information, with the exception of the Permission and the Interview icons Tap on Permission > select activity> choose activity Tap on Interview > Fill in Form Student’s Name etc > Select Interview > Choose teacher and tick relevant boxes to book an interview. For further information or queries contact Sue Harrex Email: sue@cluthavalley.school.nz Mobile: 0221698536 Home: 4183975    

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS (ICAS) 2020 Students are invited to participate in the International Competitions and Assessments (ICAS) programme. Except for writing for Year 4 and 5 students, all the assessments are now online and students will sit them in August/September. The competitions, available for Year 4 to 8 students (Year 3 to 8 in English, Science, Spelling and Mathematics) provide an opportunity for students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external assessment situation. It provides teachers, parents and students with comprehensive reporting of results in English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling, and Computer Skills. ICAS Writing will not be offered this year. All students receive a certificate, an individual student report indicating which questions they answered correctly and their score compared with the rest of the students tested. The student report is also useful for highlighting student strengths and weaknesses in skills and processes in the ICAS they participate in.

Certificates are awarded for each year level in New Zealand as follows:

High Distinction to the top 1% of entrants Distinction to the next 10% of entrants Credit to the next 25% of entrants

Merit to the next 10% of entrants

Participation to all other participating students

The Competition Dates are:

ICAS SUBJECT ICAS SITTING DATE COST

Digital Technologies 24 - 28 August 2020 $17.25

Science 17 - 21 August 2020 $17.25

Spelling 31 August to 4 September 2020 $17.25

English 24 - 28 August 2020 $17.25

Mathematics 31 August to 4 September 2020 $17.25

Please make payment before 1 August 2020.  Please note there is no writing assessment this year.           

 Writing from the Junior Team     To Uni,  Thank you for writing to me what you look like. How does your castle look inside?  Love Lacey Lacey, Year 1   I went to Te Anau. We went to lunch and got a ham, bacon and egg sandwich and a vanilla milkshake. Lexi, Year 1   On Monday I went to Kaitangata to ride my bike at the BMX track. I had fish and chips at my Nanny’s house. Stanley, Year 2   I went to the beach and Monkey Island with my Dad. I dug a deep hole in the sand with a shell. Zeke, Year 2   I lost a tooth and I put it in a container and I got five dollars and the tooth fairy came over night. Sophie, Year 1   I am going hunting with Charlotte and Jacob and Oliver and Luke. We are going to the Bluies to catch a deer this week. It will be fun. Alice, Year 2   I went duck shooting with my Dad and my Grandad. We shot some ducks. Jacob, Year 2        

   SCHOOL TERMS 2020 Term 2: Wednesday 15 April - Friday 3 July Term 3: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September Term 4: Monday 12 October - Wednesday 16 December       OUR FACEBOOK LINK IS: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clutha-Valley-Primary-School/1679447322276417   OUR WEBSITE LINK IS:   http://www.cluthavalley.school.nz/   

Please find below the contact information for the bus drivers:   PLEASE NOTE NEW DRIVER FOR POPOTUNOA BUS: Awamangu Bus  Neville Waters  0274183958 Wharetoa Bus Adele Byers 4159150 / 0274716516 Popotunoa Bus Hamish McCaulum 027 274 0981 Rongahere Bus Deb Stratford 0273594315 Puketi Bus Warner Reid  4159150 / 0274374669  Each teacher is responsible for a bus run. If you have any concerns regarding the buses please contact the appropriate teacher:   Awamangu  Reegan Tourell   Puketi  Chelsea Sinclair Popotunoa  Paige Holden Rongahere  Jody Louw Wharetoa  Rebecca Suangoon Walkers Tiffany McRae   Please contact the school if your child is not travelling on the bus in the afternoon or is on another bus. If we have not been informed of alternative travel arrangements your child will be sent home on their usual bus. Some buses are close to full so you need to check with the DRIVER to make sure there is room for your child to travel.      

  

MAINLY MUSIC Mainly Music is held each Wednesday, 10.15am at the Clutha Valley Community Church.  This is a fun, interactive and educational 30 minute music programme for preschool children accompanied by a parent or caregiver. This music session is followed by morning tea, for children and adults and a play time with our toys. We are also a funded playgroup so you can stay with us until 11.45am if you want to. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet with others in our community. This mainly music programmes is run by volunteers from the Clutha Valley Community Church. Mainly Music only operates during school term.  A small cost of $3.00 per session/family is required.  Further enquiries to Pam Hunter 034859567 or Sue Harrex 4183975.