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THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Tasman Drive
Papakura 2113
Phone (09) 298 5410
www.opaheke.school.nz
Please ensure your child is here every school day. The only valid reasons for your child to be absent are: sickness, serious injury or health related appointment, bereavement/tangi, special permission from the Principal.
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGES
Issue 10 2019
Wednesday 03 July, 2019
Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the
Pleiades (or Subaru in Japan). It rises in mid-winter and for many
Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Traditionally, it was a time for
remembering the dead, celebrating new life and planting new crops.
In the 21st century, observing Matariki has become popular again as a
cross-cultural celebration. In 2019 the Matariki cluster appears in the
night sky from 25 – 28 June.
Students have been learning about Matariki in their classes and at assembly. Some classes have made kites and other pieces of artwork.
MATARIKI
It was great to see families attending the 3-Way
Conferences last Thursday 27 June. For those with
students who have been here for 6 months this may
have been your first experience at a 3-Way Conference.
For others you may have noticed it was a little different
to the last time. One of the aims is to have the students
sharing some of the work and being able to talk about
it. This is the first step in developing student agency
whereby students can talk about where they are at and
what the next steps in their learning are.
Students in Year 3 to 8 will have their Student Led
Conference this afternoon and evening. These are a little
different to 3-Way Conferences and it may take a little
getting used to if it is your first time. Remember that the
focus is on student learning, where they are at and what
their next steps are. If parents would like to talk to
teachers about matters outside of learning then a
meeting at another
time should be set.
We do understand that
some students missed
out on a 3-Way
Conference due to
commitments on that
night. Your child's
teachers will contact
you to arrange an alternative time. Alternatively you can
contact the office. The same will be the case if, for any
reason you may miss the Student Led Conference today.
At Opaheke School it is one of the most important days
on the school calendar and we usually get 93% to 95%
turnout from parents.
3-WAY AND STUDENT LED CONFERENCES
I hope that some parents took the time to listen to the child
psychologist Kathryn Berkett last Thursday 20 June. Kathryn is a very
engaging speaker who talked about how children’s brains work—or
neuroscience. She explains it in a way that is easy for anyone to
understand and I think that everyone walks away with a different
perspective on why some children behave the way
they do.
During the biennial health survey last year there
was a clear message from parents that mental
health was the most important issue and that
parents would like opportunities to learn more
about mental health in order to better understand
their children. Many of our teachers and support
staff attended the day sessions. Brenda Marquet
and I spent 2 days learning from Kathryn in April
TERM 3 DATES ON SKOOL LOOP
KATHRYN BERKETT
This is the app where Opaheke School post all its dates and
soon we will also use the app to send out notices. You can also
use the app to view the newsletter and notify the school of an
absence. The app is the best way to find out if there is a
postponement or cancellation for any events.
I would like to wish all students and their families an enjoyable
and safe school holiday and I will see you all back here on the
first day of term 3, Monday 22 July.
ASIAN COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER Last Wednesday 26 June nine families attended the very first Asian
consultation evening at Opaheke School. People brought dishes
special to their culture to share with others and families provided
feedback to the school on a range of topics. Astounding to me was
the variety of cultures represented by those attending. Philippines,
Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. Did you
know that there are 48 countries in Asia?
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Everyday Learning at Opaheke School
Students in the Writing Enrichment Programme have been
producing original texts that relate to New Zealand. They have had
to consider the best words for their message and the best layout
and font for their work. In some cases they used a mix of fonts to
add to the overall image they wanted to produce.
They have been inspired by the writing of different poets and
authors.
Inspired by Robert Frost
A Clean Green Country By Amelia T Whose land this is I do not know.
It's not been clean since long ago;
Sand and grass covered in debris
Watch more pile on top, from hands of foe
People must think it strange to see
A beach of trash, next to littered sea
In a country so called 'green'
In this place no creatures are free
I turn to leave this place, feeling keen
Then remember my job from the place I'd just been
I have to continue with my amends
Bending down, I start to clean
This place seems to be another of the dead-ends
As I look towards the horizon, I see it extends
With miles to go before this ends,
With miles to go before this ends.
New Zealand By Carowyn Y.
This country is our home
And right now it’s free to roam
At some point, though I feel
As though we won’t be a pretty biome
For you see, just ask the eels
And the dolphins, fish and seals
And then you’ll understand
That we’re not as secure as we might feel
How about the sacred land?
Not many people stand hand in hand
To protect our land, plants and trees
And instead, just let it fall like a fist filled with
sand.
So instead, let us rise like the tide of the seas
And stand our ground for the fragile seeds
And flow swiftly like the gentle breeze
Afterall, peace does not come with ease.
Inspired by Arnold Adoff
The Sounds of New Zealand
By Alyssa A
Small noises
From the beaches below
Swaying trees, with rustling leaves,
Splashing waves, and large rock
caves.
S P L A S H
C R A S H
E C H O
R U S T L EWhen you get closer you start to
hear
Children splashing and running
around.
Seagulls screaming as they glide
through the air
S C R E E C H
S C R E A M
The squishy soft sand between my
toes,
send shivers up my spine.
When you wake in the dead of
night
You may be lucky to hear the
S P L A S H
C R A S H
Or maybe just hear the soft
C R E A KS
S Q U E A KS Small noises
From the beaches below...
Swaying trees, with rustling leaves.
Splashing waves, and large rock
caves.
Enviro Music
By Andrew O
The sacred grove of
S h I f t I n g Voices
Whispering
Through from
The leaves.
All Around me:
B E A T I N G
and slashing of wind
strokes
And palaver of thorns and
Spines of soft roses.
A Trickle
crunch
Chorus and chimes ringing
A choir of soft, rich soil
BEATING under my feet
A Melody…
All the same.
Did You Ever? By Claire P
Did you ever go on the luge in Rotorua
Bumpy path
Screeching brakes
Screaming people
Hands gripped on tightly
I love it
Did you ever jump off a rocky ledge
And into a watering hole?
Feet gripping the rock
Knees knocking
People encouraging
Don't try it
It's NO fun!
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Sports Update
8 June
Storm vs Misfits Spirit 11-4 win POD Maria
22 June
Storm vs CG Garnets 35-20 loss POD Whole Team
THIS IS OUR LAST HARDCOPY NEWSLETTER
OUR NEWSLETTERS ARE GOING PAPERLESS FROM TERM 3 Do we have your contact details to send these to you each fortnight?
Newsletters will still be available on our website or from the school office.
Opaheke Netball Results Te Reo Maori at Opaheke School 2019
Our te reo phrases for week nine and ten are:
Wk.9. KIA MAU: hang in there, used as encouragement
Over the school break try something new and hang on in when it gets hard. Kia mau.
Wk.10. KA MAU TE WEHI: awesome, often used to praise something or someone's work.
Don’t forget to recognise the work of others and let them know how awesome it is by saying ‘Ka mau te wehi.’
Lunchtime Dodgeball
The year 7 and 8 students enjoy playing dodgeball in the hall as a lunchtime option.
Cross Country Rangitoto and Maungawhau teams have started training for Cross Country which will take place early next term on the below dates:
25th Jul - Y5-8 School Cross Country
1st Aug - Y7/8 North Counties Cross Country
7th Aug - Y5/6 North Counties Cross Country
15th Aug- Y7/8 Counties Zone Cross Country
Training is on a Wednesday for Year 5/6 and on a Friday for Year 7/8, as their course takes them on the footpaths around our school block please ensure your child has adequate clothing and footwear (running shoes or similar) to run in on their sports day.
PE Uniform
Just a friendly reminder all students in Year 5-8 require a PE Uniform to participate in off site
sports events. This consists of both the school shirt and the shorts with our logo on it.
You can purchase these from the school office.
Shirt $25.00 Shorts $20.00 Shirt and Shorts $43.00
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Our Staff
Introducing Our Receptionist -
Lynda Pryor
I have had a long association with Opaheke School, starting as a parent
of three children who attended this school. This lead to many roles,
including PTA committee, Teacher Aide and Library Administrator. I have
been a part of the office team for the last few years.
One of the things I love most about working at Opaheke School is the
chance to connect with the families and children of our school
community.
Life is pretty busy outside of school.
Much of my time is spent with my
husband, daughter and my two little
grandsons. My other two children (and 10
week old granddaughter) both live and
work in London as Journalists and Digital
Media Specialists.
Having the house finally to ourselves has
allowed me to explore my passion as a
watercolourist and of course catching up
with friends and family.
Meet out Enrollment Officer -
Kay Hotson
I have been involved with Opaheke School since 1990
when my daughter started as a New Entrant. My husband
and I were both involved with the PTA until my son
finished his primary schooling in 1997. I started Teacher
Aide work at Opaheke School in 1994 and started as a
School Administration Officer in 1998. It has been very
interesting seeing the
changes the school has been
through over the years. The
main part of my present job
has me enrolling all our new
children at school and
maintaining checks on our
students’ absences. The
School has always been an
interesting environment to
work in and I have enjoyed
the good sense of humour
and professionalism our staff
have always had.
Teachers are always Learning!
Did you know that we don’t have traditional staff meetings in Term
3 and 4? Instead, all of our teachers attend Professional Learning
Groups to extend their knowledge and understanding of particular
topics. This year we have four groups operating. Focus topics for
these groups include teaching reading, using feedback and also
learning with and about digital technologies. Each group meets
together five times a term. We explore research, identify best
practice and discuss how we are going with implementing these
ideas into our classrooms. We get to work with colleagues from
across the school and external facilitators. This helps ensure rich
discussion and strengthen our learning.
Lunchtimes at Opaheke
The EPro8 Challenge
We are already training for the next EPro 8 Challenge. EPro 8 is a competition, an engineering and problem solving race. Every year over 10,000 students from 900 schools from throughout New Zealand take part.
Teams compete to:
• build large sized structures
• solve practical problems
• engineer using pulleys, motors, gears, wheels and axles
• invent machines that can complete simple tasks
• undertake unusual and fun experiments.
• construct basic electronic circuits.
• solve interesting problems using practical math
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Celebrating!
STAR Award Recipients
Well done to all our students who received awards
over the past two weeks. Our term 2 focus is Respect
for Self and Others. Great work team!
Gold Award Mathletes
Congratulations to the students who have attained their gold
award certificates over the past two weeks. So much hard
work!
PTA Notices
Term 2 Week 9 Winners Principal’s Learning Disposition Awards
Congratulations to these students for using the learning dispositions; being a self regulator, thinker, innovator, collaborator and challenge taker to help them to achieve their learning goals. Keep climbing, we are so proud of your efforts!
Term 2 Week 10 Winners
Carnival Waste Warriors Wanted We would like to continue with making our carnival as eco-friendly as we can. However, to make this happen we need a volunteer to take charge of this area. It would involve booking bins etc for composting and managing students helpers and waste streams on the carnival day as well as possibly sorting things out the day after the carnival. There will be plenty of help available to assist with this but we do need someone to drive it. If we don’t get a volunteer to take charge of this then we won’t be able to run the compostable waste stream that was available last year so if this is of interest and you want to find out more please send your details through to the school office.
Maungawhau and Rangitoto Semester Awards
Congratulations to the students who received an award at the syndicate semester awards on Thursday last week.
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
Ingredients: Equipment:
Ice cream A bowl Chocolate A spoon strawberries whip cream sprinkles Blocks of caramel
Steps:
1. Put three scoops of ice cream in the bowl. 2. Melt the chocolate and caramel in the
microwave for three minutes. 3. Get some whip cream and put some on your
ice cream. 4. Get your chocolate and caramel. 5. Pour the chocolate and
caramel on the ice cream. 6. Finally pour some sprinkles on your ice cream.
You finished your ice cream sundae enjoy! By Cooper G
A sun day ice-cream drink Ingredients Equipment Chocolate Spoon Sprinkles Cup Ice-cream Straw Cream Cherry ice-cream Chocolate waffles Strawberry Chocolate Brownies Strawberry milk 1. Pour the strawberry milk in the cup. 2. Dollop the ice creams in the cup. 3. Ice the cream on top. 4. Shake the sprinkles on top. 5. Drop the chocolate on top. 6. Drop the strawberry too. 7. Add the waffles on the side. 8. Add the brownies on top. 9. Add the straw as well, you can pick any color. 10.Put a spoon in. 11.Now you can eat and drink your Sundae. By Daranay H
2 flavoured ice-cream Bowl Wafers Spoon Strawberries Microwave Chocolate Cup Sprinkles Whipped cream Caramel squares 1. Mix your ice-cream flavours together to get a yummy taste. 2. Make sure the ice-cream is mixed well. 3. Pour your ice-cream in a cup . 4. Put the whip cream in a piping bag and make a swirl. 5. Melt the caramel squares and dribble the melted caramel on top of the whipped cream. 6. Cut up the strawberries and put them on the side. 7. Sprinkle the sprinkles on top . 8. Cut the chocolate bar in half and put it on top. 9. Lucky last put a wafer on top. 10. And enjoy. By Amelia B
Ingredients. Carmel squares Chocolate squares. Strawberries Whipped cream sprinkles 2 flavoured ice cream Wafers 1. First I got all my ingredients and equipment 2. Next I put some scoops of strawberry ice cream into a bowl 3. Next I scoop some whipped cream into the
bowl 4. Next I took the blender and mixed it all up 5. Then I took some caramel squares and put it in
the bowl with the whipped cream and the strawberry ice cream
6. Mix it up with a spoon 7. Next put some cut in half strawberries in the
bowl 8. Mix it up 9. Add some wafers to the bowl It will look really messy but it will taste good Put it into a cup and add the straw Take a sip and enjoy my ice cream sundae
By Rebecca S
We watched a video on Freakshakes. Follow this link watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8WACcHLeeQ
Room 26 Year 3 & 4 have been learning how to set out instructions that are clear and detailed. We needed to:
have a title and sub-titles have listed the equipment first have numbered each step have started each step with a verb have steps in the correct order have included reasons within the steps
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
What has
Room 12—Year 2 been up to?
Room 12 has been on a learning
climb, working hard on literacy
and numeracy, to the best of our
abilities. We have had a busy
Term Two with lots of exciting
school wide and class events
taking place.
We had Jenny and Martin visit the junior school with two of their Alpacas. Kathy Giddens came in
with her spinning wheel to share her yarn making skills. These were two wonderful learning
experiences that fascinated us and enhanced our knowledge and learning.
We have been participating in lots of other activities like tennis coaching sessions by Counties
Manukau Sport, Kindness day, Simultaneous Reading day and Pyjama day. Some of these activities
made us think outside of the box and helped us showcase our creativity and physical skills. We took
up the challenges involved and ended up acquiring new skills and knowledge.
We have been celebrating and learning about Matariki in
Room 12. What do you think of Room 12’s Seven Sisters stars
artwork?
THINKER INNOVATOR COLLABORATOR CHALLENGE TAKER SELF REGULATOR
4 July PTA Disco
4 & 5 July Vector Electricity Safety Visits Y3-8
5 July END OF TERM—normal finish time
22 July START OF TERM—normal start time
24 July Sport Camp Parent Meeting
25 July Y5-8 School Cross Country
30 July Rosehill College Information Talks
31 July Papakura High School Visit
1 Aug Y7/8 North Counties Cross Country
2 Aug PhotoLife—Individual Photos
4-10 Aug Cook Island Language Week
7 Aug Y5/6 North Counties Cross Country
Opaheke School Newsletter
24 June 1 July
R1 Marnie Rebcca
R2 Nikki Jessica
R3 James Regan
R4 Kayle Joanne
R5 Cayden Nellie-Mae
R6 Evan Harnoor
R7 Sophia Danielle
R8 Leah Harnoor
R9 Evangeline Jane
R10 Te Kuiti
R11 Ariana Ryleigh
R12 Saiorse
R15 Cooper Anja
R16 Ruth Malosi
R17 Capri Victoria
R21 Kev Joshua
R22 Gunreet Kayla
R23 Tyler Markus
R24 Trey Olvia
R25 Roxanne Marcia
R26 Nivesh Eli
Jnr Hub Cyrus Libby
SH 7 Harleen Eloise
SH 8 Jessica Charlotte
RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS is our focus for STAR Certificates this term
IMPORTANT DATES
ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATES
TERM DATES FOR 2019
Term 2—Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July
Term 3—Monday 22 July to Friday 27 Sept
Term 4—Monday 14 Oct to Friday 13 Dec
Welcome to our school — Penny R1 and Tana R7
COMMUNITY NOTICES
WELCOME!
Thank you to all the parents/caregivers who let us know when their children
are not going to be at school. Student safety is very important to us and we
like to make sure all students who are supposed to be here are here everyday.
Just a friendly reminder if you are calling and leaving a message about your
child please remember to speak slowly and clearly and leave their full name
and room number so we can identify them easily.
You can text, email, message via skool loop or call us to advise us of absences.
Your efforts to help us keep your children safe is greatly appreciated.
TERM DATES FOR 2020
Term 1—Monday 3 Feb to Thursday 9 April
Term 2—Tuesday 28 April to Friday 3 July
Term 3—Monday 20 July to Friday 25 Sept
Term 4—Monday 12 Oct to Tues 15 Dec
ROSEHILL COLLEGE OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS 2020
The Rosehill College Board of Trustees has determined that the
following number of places may be available for out of zone enrolments:
Year 9: 30 places MAY be available for out of zone Year 9 students in
2020 who have current siblings at the college. The exact number of
places will depend on in-zone applications.
Year 10: 0 places available
Year 11: 0 places available
Year 12: 10 places may be available. The exact number will depend on
the number of students from Year 11 returning.
Year 13: 20 places may be available. The exact number will depend on
the number of students from Year 12 returning.
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