Kia ora koutou

Our Year 8s, Christian and Acacia.

Here we are at the end of the year! It has been a busy last few weeks of the term and we are looking forward to spending the next two days celebrating with some Christmas activities and water fun. A big thank you to our wonderful Year 8 leaders, Christian and Acacia, for organising our Fun Day tomorrow. A reminder that they will be selling bags of chips and popcorn for $1 at morning tea tomorrow.

I want to wish the children and whānau that are leaving us this year all the best with the next steps on their journey. We have loved having you as part of our school and hope to see you again soon.

Next year we are really looking forward to welcoming Hugh and Ruby-Grace to our kura. 

Thank you to you all for your continued support this year. Have a happy, safe and relaxing summer break and I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Ngā mihi
Penny Vincent and Sally Mickleson
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Staffing for 2023
Last week, we regretfully accepted a resignation letter from Sally. She will be leaving us at the end of Term 2 next year. She has been a truly valuable member of our whānau and we wish her all the best for her next steps.

Prize Giving and Whānau Hui
Our final day of school is this Wednesday 14th December. Our end of year prize giving will run from 11:00-12:00 followed by a whānau picnic from 12:00-1:00. Please bring a picnic rug and some food to share with your family. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

2023 Stationery List

Here is the link to Office Max to place your stationery order for next year. Stationery orders must be placed before the 13th of January to arrive in time for the start of the school term.

Key 2023 Dates

Our first day back for 2023 is Wednesday 1st February. We have Teacher Only Days on Friday 10th March and Monday 24th April. Please add these to your calendar.

Report Comments

The teachers will be publishing General Comments and an Arts (Music) Comment on Hero for the children this week. Please keep an eye out for these.

2023 Camp
Last week Miss Mickleson and Miss Smith headed into Christchurch to begin planning our city based camp. The cost of camp is likely to be around $200. We will confirm this as soon as possible once we have finalised all of our costs.

Who to contact over the school holidays?

If you need to contact someone from school over the holidays, please send an email. Staff will not be replying to emails over the Christmas and New Year period, however will attend to emails when available after that. Sally and Penny will be checking the Principal emails as well. 

2023 Trail Ride

Planning is already underway for our 2023 Trail Ride! We are all booked in for Saturday November 4th (postponement date Sunday 5th November). This is set to be an even bigger and better event next year so please read the information flyer at the bottom of this newsletter and mark it on your calendars. 

Omihi Pool Party

Please see the flyer below for information on the Hurunui Council Omihi Pool Party for 2023. This is a fun event and we would love to see some of our families there. 

A reminder that if you would like to purchase a pool key, please email Bryleigh before the end of term - office@omihi.school.nz.  It is $50 for school families and $70 for community members.  This includes a $20 refundable bond when you return the key.

Beach Ed
A huge thank you to all the parents who helped out on Beach Ed Day last week. We really appreciate your support. 

Dates this term
Prize giving and whānau picnic - Wednesday 14th December

Community Notices

Kia ora koutou

Jack running at the Kowai Athletics at Amberley Domain.

It is hard to believe that we only have two and a half weeks left of the school year for 2022! We will be maintaining normal classroom routines until the last three days of the term where we have some super fun activities planned. There will be more information about this in the teacher newsletters next week. 

It was a real milestone for our school to be officially awarded our Bronze EnviroSchool award last week. We are very proud to have achieved this after lots of hard mahi. 

It has been really special having so many visitors to the school over the past few weeks. This Thursday we are looking forward to welcoming the Junior Class from Tuahiwi School. The whole school will be taking them on a walk across the road on the Dormer’s Farm up to the steel cows on the hill. 

All the best of luck to our tamariki that are competing in the Canterbury athletics event on Wednesday this week. 

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Ngā mihi
Penny Vincent and Sally Mickleson
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Junior Assembly
This Friday is our Year 0-4 assembly. We look forward to seeing you there at 2pm if you can make it.

Prize Giving and Whānau Hui
Our final day of school for 2022 is Wednesday 14th December. Our end of year prize giving will run from 11am-12pm followed by a whānau picnic from 12-1pm. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Tipu Maia Transition Hui
Miss Mickleson and Mrs Vincent attended a transition hui at Hurunui College with other schools in our area to discuss the transition from primary to secondary school. This was a really beneficial conversation to be a part of which reiterated the importance of the way we are teaching literacy at Omihi School. Secondary teachers are currently having to take Year 9’s right back to sentence level teaching in writing because students are not arriving with adequate skills. This highlighted that our Writing Revolution approach is preparing our students well for the requirements of secondary school literacy learning.

It has been wonderful to host Julia Steel (Head of English at Amuri Area School) as a guest teacher for our children in Tūpari so they can get a taste of what secondary school might be like.

School Docs Review

The following policies are up for review on School Docs. Please review the following by clicking on this link. http://omihi.schooldocs.co.nz 

Username: omihi
Password: glenmark

• Health, safety and welfare policy

• Alcohol, drugs and other harmful substances

• Digital technology and cybersafety

• School bus transport

• School swimming pool

ENROL Privacy Statement and Usage

The information in ENROL is being shared with Stats NZ for the purposes of the schooling Equity Index, which enables us to better target school funding and resources.

The ENROL privacy statement has been updated for parents and whānau and outlines how ENROL collects and uses student information.

It is important that parents are aware of how enrolment information is collected, stored and used. Here is a link to the information held on their website: ENROL privacy statement – Ministry of Education

Beach Ed
A huge thank you to all the parents who are coming along as helpers for our Beach Ed day. We have our fingers crossed for a beautiful day of sunshine! Thank you to Miss Smith for all your organisation with this.

School Pool Key
If you would like to purchase a pool key, please email Bryleigh - office@omihi.school.nz.  It is $50 for school families and $70 for community members. This includes a $20 refundable bond when you return the key.

Dates this term
Year 0-4 Assembly - Friday 2nd December, 2pm
Last day of technology for Year 7/8 - Monday 5th December
Beach Ed Trip - Wednesday 7th December
Life Education - Thursday 8th December
Year 6-8 visit to ARA for a Careers day - Friday 9th December
Prize giving and whānau picnic - Wednesday 14th December

Community Notices

Kia ora koutou

Freddie and Emma enjoying their first week at school.

I hope you all had a lovely long weekend. I was lucky enough to spend it with my family doing a heli-hike in Mount Cook. An incredible experience and certainly something I won’t forget! We also enjoyed walking the Hooker Valley track to check out the glacier.

The first half of this term has had lots on in the calendar and the second half is just as busy. We appreciate all our whānau support to help transport, coach, organise, fundraise, weed whack and so on! You are all awesome! 

A big warm welcome to Emma Evans and Freddie Sloss who both start school this week. We are really looking forward to having both of you join our school whānau. We are also looking forward to lots of school visitors during the next few weeks for children starting school at the beginning of next year.

All the best of luck to our tamariki that are competing in the Kowai athletics event at the Amberley Domain after school today. 

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Ngā mihi
Penny Vincent and Sally Mickleson
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School notices

Reading and Writing Comments
At the end of this week you will receive a reading and a writing comment for your children on Hero. Please let your child’s teacher know if you have trouble accessing this or have any questions. 

Swimming Pool
A huge thank you to the Sloss family for all their hard work in getting the pool up and running. This has been a huge commitment and we really appreciate it. Another thank you to the Finlayson’s for helping out with the painting. Once the painting process is complete and dry we will let you know. Looking forward to seeing the kids in the pool before the end of term.

Principal’s Award
Congratulations to Jonty Williams for receiving the Principal’s Award in our Senior Assembly last week.

Paid Union Meeting
A reminder that our staff will be attending a paid union meeting this Friday morning (18th November). School will be open when staff have returned at 11.15am.

Fundraising Committee
We are looking for some more parents who would like to join our fundraising committee. Many hands make light work and if you would like to join a few of our fabulous parents in this group please let me know. 

Beach Ed
The whole school will be going to Waikuku Beach on Wednesday 7th December.  Please let Georgie know if you can be a parent helper on the day and if you can help with transport.

School Pool Key
If you would like to purchase a pool key, please email Bryleigh - office@omihi.school.nz.  It is $50 for school families and $70 for community members.  This includes a $20 refundable bond when you return the key.

Dates this term:
Year 4-8 Kowai Athletics (for those who qualify) - Monday 14th November, 4pm
Year 0-4 Assembly - Friday 2nd December, 2pm
Last day of technology for Year 7/8 - Monday 5th December
Beach Ed Trip - Wednesday 7th December
Life Education - Thursday 8th December
Year 6-8 visit to ARA for a Careers Day - Friday 9th December
Prize giving and whānau picnic - Wednesday 14th December

Community Notices

Kia ora koutou

Lily, Kaisa and Macy help on the BBQ at the trailride on Sunday.

This is our first official newsletter from Sally and myself. We are excited to be taking over the Acting Principal role and wish Maree, George and Delilah all the best of luck with the new arrival coming soon to their whānau. 

Saturday and Sunday were busy days for our school and community and we were very lucky to have such nice warm weather.  It was lovely to see many of our families and children at the Amberley show on Saturday and exciting to see the children’s artwork on display in the Pavilion. The trail ride on Sunday was a huge success and we are so grateful to everyone who contributed to making this happen. 

The next few weeks see our focus shift to athletics events and we are looking forward to our Senior Assembly on Friday of this week. It is a busy term and we really appreciate those who have given up their time to support our kura and your children. Have a great week and we look forward to seeing some of you at assembly.

Ngā mihi
Penny Vincent and Sally Mickleson
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
principal@omihi.school.nz

School Notices

Yamaha Omihi School Trail Ride
A big thanks to Todd McBreen, and James Blanchard from Precision Yamaha, for running the trail ride for us.  The course was stunning, and we had over 490 riders enjoy the day.  We know Todd, James and their crew put so much work into it.  Also thanks to Yamaha who sponsored the event and covered the cost of our insurance, medic and any other costs.  Thanks to Bayleys Canterbury for the use of their BBQ trailer. Thank you to our parent helpers who marshaled, set up, cooked the BBQ or took registrations on the day - Julie, Sofia, Tamar, Kurt, Emma, Anna.S, Anna.R, Jeremy, Owen, Patrick, Craig, Dave.I, Mette and our students that helped.  We couldn’t have done it without you!  

Thank you to the medical team who were there yesterday and a special mention also to James Blanchard’s parents who helped with safety checking riders at the gate.

A special thank you to the landowners for opening up your farms for us.  Thanks to the McBreens, Littles, Lowrys and Hamiltons. Thank you to Harris Meats who donated meat for our burgers.   You helped us raise over $30,000 for our school!

Enviroschool
We are officially a Bronze Enviroschool!!! We are so proud of our Enviro Leaders and students. They have put so much mahi into us receiving this recognition. Miss Mickleson and our Enviro Leaders will be attending a formal celebration on the 25th of November where they will be awarded with a certificate, followed by an afternoon tea. 

Gumboot Friday
This Friday, 4th November is Gumboot Friday, where funds are raised to provide tamariki with free counseling. Children are encouraged to wear their gumboots with their uniform, and to bring a gold coin donation.

Athletics
Year 1-3 will be participating at Waikari School on Tuesday 1st November. Year 4-8 will be participating at Waipara School Tuesday 8th November. The school bus will be leaving school at 9am to drop children off, and will pick up again at 2.30pm if you are not taking your child there directly. We welcome parents to come and watch.

Beach Ed
The whole school will be going to Waikuku Beach on Wednesday 7th December.  Please let Georgie know if you can be a parent helper on the day and if you can help with transport.

School Pool Key
If you would like to purchase a pool key, please email Bryleigh - office@omihi.school.nz.  It is $50 for school families and $70 for community members.  This includes a $20 refundable bond when you return the key.

Dates this term:
Year 5-8 Assembly/Gumboot Friday - Friday 4th November
Teacher only day - Thursday 10th November
Year 4-8 Kowai Athletics (for those who qualify) - Monday 14th November, 4pm
Year 0-4 Assembly - Friday 2nd December, 2pm
Last day of technology for Year 7/8 - Monday 5th December
Life Education - Thursday 8th December
Year 6-8 visit to ARA for a Careers day - Friday 9th December
Prize giving and whānau picnic - Wednesday 14th December

Community Notices

Reeces Road CCTV

Todd McBreen is getting a quote for a community CCTV camera for the corner of Reeces Road to help keep our community safe. If you would like more information about this, please get in touch with Todd.