Ze’ev, Noah and Logan outside Fyffe House, Kaikōura.

Kia ora koutou

In the last couple of weeks we have had four students represent Omihi and our Kowai zone in the North Canterbury Swimming Sports, and the Canterbury Swimming Sports. This is the most students that we have had qualify. Such a proud moment! Well done Lily, Jack, Jonty and Ruby-Grace.

I was privileged to attend the NZ Principals Association Moot on Friday 21st March in Wellington. As President of our North Canterbury Association I met with Presidents from across the country to discuss the ‘opportunities and challenges’ in Education right now. The Minister of Education addressed a number of questions we had, and it’s now up to us as a sector to work together with the Ministry to ensure the best outcomes for our students. This is not always easy, especially with a change of government, but what unites us all is our number one priority- our tamariki.

This will be my last newsletter for the term. A reminder that Adrienne Simpson will be Acting Principal for the last week of this term, and the first two weeks of next term. She will be using the Principal email address, and will be at school on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Feel free to pop in and meet her, she is looking forward to getting to know our community. After this week, I will see you again in week 3 next term.

Ngā mihi

Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
Principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Principal Award
Congratulations to the following students who received a Principal’s Award - Delia, Jessica and Noah.

Strategic Initiatives:
Cultural Responsiveness update from Georgie:
A big focus for us as teachers, not only in school but in our lives is ensuring that we are culturally inclusive. This means we reflect on our practice and look at ways that we can continue to grow and learn. A document that we have been using to support this is "Habits of a Valued Treaty Partner". These are 17 habits we can practice as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners to honour and role model positive Treaty partner relationships with Māori.

Year 5-8 Camp
A big thanks to Kelly and Georgie for organising our school camp. They have headed off to Kaikōura this morning, and I look forward to joining them tomorrow.

Uniform
We are going to be offering another option for school jumpers. We will still have the merino, and now also a polar fleece option. It will be a navy polar fleece with our school logo, and the cost will be $40. If you would like to order one, please email Trudy to put an order in by Wednesday 10th April. They should then arrive early term 2. The sizes will be - size 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14.

ANZAC Day
We welcome you to our ANZAC day service across the road from school on Thursday 25th April at 9.00am, run by the RSA. Please let Maree know if you are coming, as we will be asking some of our students to speak or lay a wreath on the day. We ask our students to please wear school uniform. We are going to have a shared morning tea afterwards, and there will be a coffee cart. If you would like to, please bring a small plate to share.

Mufti Day
We have a mufti day on Friday 12th April, raising money for the ‘Special Friends Sports Trust’. Please send along a gold coin donation, and our senior leaders ask everyone to dress as their favourite sports person.

Omihi Bus - term 2
The bus order will be - Reeces Rd, South, then North. Please note there will be no bus on Wednesday 5th June due to a school trip.

Reports
Next week you will receive report comments for Maths, Social Sciences and PE. These will be sent home via Hero on Friday 12th April. If you don’t receive them, please contact your child’s teacher.

Tipu Māia Kāhui Ako Newsletter
As part of the Tipu Māia Kāhui, it means we have great access to Professional Learning, Leadership opportunities, sharing and learning from other schools - all to help us improve our own student’s achievement. Here is the term 1 newsletter for you to see what’s been happening so far in 2024.

Wednesday - Sushi Maru Lunches
We have been informed that Sushi Maru is closing down and will no longer be available for school lunches affective immediately. At this stage we will just have Subway fortnightly, we’ll let you know if that changes.