FROM THE OVAL From the Headmaster - Southwell School

2021 TERM 1, Week 6                                                           05/03/2021

  FROM THE OVAL
 From the Headmaster
 Dear Parents, Caregivers and members of the community,

 A huge thank you to our parents who supported, guided and led many moments on last week’s
 camps, from Year One to Eight. From day trips to six days with our Year Eights, your effort, time
 and positive energy was appreciated.
 In regard to Covid 19 Alert level 2 as per our communications, our programmes are generally
 running as normal with heightened attention to hygiene and physical distancing where possible.
 Cancellations to certain weekly sport match competitions and Fixtures occurs at Level 2, along
 with large crowd gatherings with other school groups. We will communicate with you on Sunday
 regarding the Government's direction to Alert Level status and what that may mean in regards to
 events calendared for Week 7.

 Yours sincerely
 Jason Speedy

         Year 3 at Waihi                                           Year 8 Turangi

                                      Year 6 at Taupo

Awards, Badges, Special Certificates & Announcements
Royal Schools of Music—Music Theory
Grade 1 with Distinction     John Buchanan & Alice Howard
Grade 2 with Distinction     Frances Gregory
Grade 3 with Disctinction    Avi Patel
Grade 3       Lani Jarrett & Anurag Manda
Grade 4       Sam Arthur
Grade 5 with Distinction     Sarah Wang
Grade 5 with Merit     Shanaz Chen & Gabriella Schiuitemaker
Grade 6       Adtiya Manda

Auckland Regional No Gi Grappler Jiu-Jitsu tournament
Kye Gault -Gold Medal

Captains of Summer Sport
Basketball    Dayi Wang
Cricket       Lucy Hadley & Keaton Danby
Cycling       Billy Broughton
Inline Hockey Richard Wang
Softball      Ben Foster
Tennis        Charlie Parlane
Touch         Cooper Smith
Water Polo Cace Ramsay

                               Current Covid-19 Update
                       Sent via Southwell App Alert, Sunday 28th February 2021.
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
As you are aware the Government made the decision to move to Covid-19 Alert Level 2 from 6.00am
on Sunday 28th February. Please go to Quick Links—Covid-19 Communication—on the Southwell App
(Homepage) to see the latest communications.

               Year 5/6 & 7/8 Swimming Sports Coffee Cart
St Paul’s Parents Association are providing a coffee cart at our Year 7/8 Swimming Sports on Tuesday
          9th March and Year 5/6 Swimming Sports on Wednesday 10th March, at St Paul’s.

                         Day in the life of a Year 8 Southwell boy - from a diary entry, February
                         1966
                         "Today was a very busy day for the lunches. We collected over five pounds.
                         That's the disadvantage of doing lunches, you never have time to eat your
                         own. Mr Autridge tried us out during cricket today, to see if we might be
                         promoted. I have a good chance."

Awards, Badges, Special Certificates & Announcements

                      Head Prefect Award

             Carlos Carter ( 6SG) for his vitality and enthusiasm

                      Head Prefect Award

        Ellie Li (2KG) for being focused and on task in the classroom.

Awards, Badges, Special Certificates & Announcements

     The below images were displayed on the large screen at Assemblies

                Who shows Respect - Week 5

              Who shows Excellence - Week 6

News from Nursee
Reminder that Yr8 HPV vaccinations will still take place on May 3rd - please ensure that they bring
their PE shirt on this day. Due to Covid 19 vaccination programmes the Yr 7 Boostrix vaccinations
will be given later in the year. Please note that you are able to take your child to your GP to get
their Boostrix done earlier if you wish.

                 News from the Southwell Uniform Shop
New e-Form: We now have an eform available for you to order uniform for your child, as an alterna-
tive to sending an email or writing a note. The e-Form can be found on the portal under Available e-
Forms in Quicklinks - https://portal.southwell.school.nz
Once completed the form will be sent to the Uniform shop, and your child can be fitted with the
items requested.
A reminder that students cannot purchase uniform from the shop without a parent's permission, we
hope for the e-Form to be a quick and easy method for this.
Email address: The uniform shop has a new email address. For all uniform enquiries please
email uniform@southwell.school.nz

Calling all Old Boy Dad’s who attended Southwell in the
                      1970’s or 1980’s
                                                  Book this date in our diary now for a relaxed
                                                  weekend with your ex-primary school mates.

                                                     Kicks off with Trivia

                                                     Breakfast in the dining room before sport

                                                     Catch a round of golf in the afternoon

                                                     Round it off with drinks in the Homestead
                                                      before heading to the Chiefs Game.

                                                  We have had a fantastic response already,
                                                  definitely don’t miss this one.

                                                  Email reunion@southwell.school.nz for more
                                                  info or to register.

           From the Library

The library subscribes to these two magazines.
Feel free to pop in and browse through them, or
take them home (despite what the sticker says!)

We also have a growing selection of Well Being
books for issuing.

ONLINE SAFETY PARENT TOOLKIT
The Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a simple and practical
seven-step framework to help parents with digital parenting in a
rapidly changing world. Netsafe’s downloadable version of the
Parent Toolkit offers practical tips that will help you talk to your
child about online safety. It includes:
      Quickstarter tips for parents, whānau and young people
      Information to enhance your digital parenting knowledge
      Advice about how you can help your child
      Details about the online risks and challenges your child may face

It’s important parents feel confident to have ongoing conversations with their child about their online
activities, as these conversations have been proven to minimise the harm that can occur if things do
go wrong online.

Click here to access the Parent Toolkit

Years 1-2 Camp - Southwell School, Waikato & Auckland

Year 3 Camp - Boarding House, Waikato & Waihi Beach

Year 4 Camp - Boarding House & Waikato

Year 5 Camp - Rotorua

Year 6 Camp - Lake Taupo

Year 7 Camp - Tauranga

Year 8 Camp - Turangi