Kia ora OVS whanau and caregivers,
Please find this weeks newsletter attached. There will also be an end of term newsletter on Friday.
Star Spot – Celebrating Student Learning
A huge OVS congratulations to our R.U.R.U award winners for the last two weeks.
Dom, Tyler and Asher are being acknowledged for their outstanding attitudes to learning and for displaying our special R.U.R.U values.
Matariki Evening
Scheduled for this Wednesday, we are certainly planning to go ahead, but also keeping a firm ‘eye on the sky’ for the weather! The forecast is not great so we will be making a weather call on Tuesday afternoon regarding any postponement. There will be another detailed notice going home tomorrow with final information. If postponed, the new date will be week one term 3, Wednesday 19th July.
Matariki School Community Night: Wed 28th June 5.30pm start. Arrive at school earlier!
- Karakia
- Mihi/welcome
- Tāwhirimātea Trail (Lantern Trail
- Outdoor legends & performances by students at the …shhhh, it’s a secret!
- Community Kai
Morningside Kapa Haka Festival.
This is also scheduled to go ahead this Thursday and should there be any weather change we will notify whanau at the earliest opportunity. Our Kapa Haka ropu is performing at 10.00am. All whanau/community are welcome to attend and there will be food and trade stalls available at the school. Please contact the office or your class teacher if you need to know more. All relevant information has been sent to the whanau of tamariki attending.
Training Teachers
OVS welcomes Imogen Morrison and Kani Epiha, who are completing teacher training at our kura.
Mid year reports
Mid Year reports will go home on Friday for all students. If you need an ‘early leaver’ report please contact your teacher. These will be available to go home with students from Wednesday. Uncollected reports for absent students on Friday 30th, will be kept in the office until term 3.
Parent teacher interviews.
Parent teacher interviews will be week 2 term 3, Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th July. Wednesday school will be closing at 12.00pm to ensure times are available for all whanau. The process and online codes for booking interview times will be advertised at the end of term.
Attendance
Following on from our attendance discussions, whanau will be receiving attendance letters with your report if your child’s attendance has been of concern for the first half year. We welcome your engagement on this, and offer our support if you would like to discuss any aspect of this further.
Now you see it – now you don’t!
For those of you who were in our kura last week you will have noticed the dismantling of the old court fence. Mr T is steadily removing this as part of our wider project of the ‘new playground and path area’. We will be starting work on opening up the existing playground area and sorting out the drainage over next term, and looking to install the new playground elements once this is completed. A huge thankyou to the PTA and BoT who have contributed new and historic funds to see this finally get underway.
School communication
Thank you to whanau who have made aware of 2 issues with school comms recently, we are working to sort these out. Firstly whanau are indicating they are receiving a newsletter update on Fridays that is the same as the previous weeks. We have worked with our hosting provider and this should now be sorted. Since Gabrielle we have had our phone system repaired and moved to an online service, However whanau are still reporting some difficulty getting through on occasions. We are reviewing this issue and hope to have this resolved as soon as possible. Please email the office with any issues you are having.
Dental Health
Please see the below info-graphic. Do not hesitate to reach out if your child needs dental assistance by ringing 0800 MY TEETH (0800 698 3384)
Calling all old farm bits n pieces…we need you!
A huge thank you to the Lyall whanau who have generously donated of a ‘perfect’ old tractor!
Otaika Valley School is not only the best kept secret in town, but also our very own ‘little bit of country.’
In keeping with the country feel we are looking to theme our gardens and walls with some old ‘farming and country’ treasures. If you have any old mossy gates, saws, rusty implements, horse collars, scales, pulleys, wheels or anything you think would fit, please get in touch…we would love to hear from you and we collect!
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