Issue No 9, 16th December 2020 - Owairoa Primary School
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Issue No 9, 16th December 2020
to our Owairoa “family”
• Aaron Wang
• Waseema Khwaja
Farewell to Staff
We wish to acknowledge all staff leaving Owairoa Primary School at the end of the year.
Name Position Reason for leaving
Rachael Barr Teacher Resigned
Cass Sealy Teacher End of fixed term contract
Susan Booth Teacher Resigned
Cecilia Perez Admin Assistant Resigned
Nicole Worsley Teacher End of fixed term contract
Alix Edkins Teacher Resigned
Liz Stone Teacher End of fixed term contract
Kim Thwaites Teacher Aide End of fixed term contract
Janine Pieterse Teacher End of fixed term contract
Ella Voykovich Swimming Assistant End of fixed term contract
Alivia Tsai MLA End of fixed term contract
We wish you all the Best
To our Year 6 students leaving Owairoa on Friday 18th December,
we wish you every success and happiness as you venture out of
here onto the “Pathway to the Future”.
We trust that you have gained the resilience, self-management
and the necessary skills in your formative years of your education
and make the most of the windows of opportunity that open up for
you.
We will miss you
We are currently stocktaking our school resources in preparation for a quick
return to study in the New Year.
Unfortunately, we always have a few resources not returned to school and
these resources are expensive to replace. We are having an amnesty of all
resources e.g. library books, instructional reading books, school journals, sports
uniforms, etc. from now until the end of the year. Please check at home under
the bed, down the back of the sofa and in your cupboards to locate school
resources and return them to school, no questions asked.
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The term dates for 2021 have been set and
approved by the Board of Trustees as follows:
Term One Term Three
Tuesday 9th February Monday 26th July
Friday 16th April Friday 1st October
Term Two Term Four
Monday 3 May
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Monday 18th October
Friday 9th July Friday 17th December
The school office opens for business on Tuesday 2nd February 2021. During the year the Ministry of Educa-
tion negotiated a settlement with Primary Teachers. As part of the settlement the Ministry of Education granted a total
of eight days over three years for Professional Development of staff, to work on Curriculum Change in the context of
local priorities following consultation with the local community.
The Board of Trustees have approved the dates for four of these eight Teacher Only Days in 2021.
The school will also be closed for:
Friday 5th February Teacher Only Day
Monday 8th February Waitangi Day
Thursday 1st April Teacher Only Day
Friday 2nd April Good Friday
Monday 5th April Easter Monday
Tuesday 6th April Easter Tuesday
Friday 4th June Teacher Only Day
Monday 7th June Queen’s Birthday
Friday 22nd October Teacher Only Day
Monday 25th October Labour Day
Back to
School
In 2021, all students can go directly to their new rooms as from 8.00am on
Tuesday 9th February
and the morning session bell will ring at 8.45am. New enrolments
will go to the hall. Class placement will be confirmed on
Teacher Only Day Friday 5th
February as from 3pm in the windows of;
Year 1 and Year 2 classes for 2021 – Room 4
Year 3 to Year 6 classes for 2021 – Room T3 / Room 16
The class lists will also be available on the school website on
Friday 5th February at www.owairoa.school .nz
The full range of 2021 Stationery Packs will be available
from our official stationery supplier:
Crandall Peters Paper Plus
71 Picton St.
Howick
Paper Plus is open seven days a week for your convenience.
Finance Matters
Our school Executive Officer-Finance Jane Huang commented on the years financial situation as follows;
“As the end of year is fast approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents who
have made their annual donation to the school. Your contribution is a very important component of the
Board of Trustees yearly budget.
Thank you for using myKindo and/or ezlunch this year through our Kindo Online School Shop. You make
our job so much easier. Just a couple of quick things as the year comes to a close…
If your family is moving to another school that does not use ezlunch or myKindo for school payments, you
need to close your account- use the ‘close account’ button on that screen.
You can choose to donate your balance to school (where available) or have it paid out to your nominated
bank account.
Let’s all support Owairoa Primary School, and continue to help make it a great school for all.
We wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!”
Jane Huang
Executive Officer-Finance
Catherine
Moselen’s
Christmas
story
Sharing is caring Many thanks to all staff and families who supported our recent Food Bank Christmas Appeal The two ute loads of donated food items were delivered to the local Salvation Army Food Bank.
Owairoa Adventure Rangers
Owairoa Adventure Rangers have had a whale of a time with the focus
on New Zealand Marine Mammals as our topic this term, with the end
goal of becoming competent marine medics. This week the Adventure
Rangers took on their biggest challenge of the year to rescue a pod of
Owairoa whales that had become stranded on the school field.
The students excitedly and professionally assessed the situation and managed to identify, protect and
evacuate all the whales to their safe zones. Among the skills that were applied was their knowledge of
whale body parts, species identification and first aid skills all learnt during the term.
Being responsible rangers, each team only received a quarter of a bucket each of water with which to keep
their cetaceans alive and those with extra left over at the end got the reward of an optional spray down of
their own before returning to their classes happy that they had passed their Marine test.
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The final day for Term Four will be on Students dismissed
12.30pm
Friday 18th December,
finishing at 12.30pm. February
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Students will need to be collected
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at this time and will have lunch at 5th Teacher Only Day
Waitangi Day
home on that day.
The whole school will assemble 8th
at 12.30pm on the courts outside 9th Term One Starts,
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Rooms 20~22 (weather permitting)
First day for Studen
and will be dismissed from there.
With the festive season nearly upon
us, on behalf of the
Students, Staff and Board of Trustees,
I wish to thank our many parents who have given positive
support to the school, given their time and energy freely to help
us, supported the school financially with your school donation
and above all, for your support for the learning of the fine
students in our care. I wish you all a
happy festive season with your family and friends and a
safe holiday break.
We look forward to renewing our
acquaintances in the New Year.
With kind regards
from your “family”
Alan McIntyre
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