Issue No 1, 24th February 2021 - Owairoa Primary School
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Issue No 1, 24th February 2021
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome back to all those students returning to school for 2021 and a special welcome to all new
students, both domestic and International who have joined our Owairoa “family” this year.
Our school Mission Statement is an important intention to ensure quality learning opportunities and
equitable outcomes for all students.
Our Mission is to provide pathways to
access challenging, stimulating,
quality education that creates
self-motivated, lifelong learners equipped for a changing world.
This statement is further supported by our School Vision Statement:
Owairoa - Pathway to the Future
Our vision is to lead children along the pathway, which prepares them for the
future and challenges them to continually strive for new horizons.
We celebrated an outstanding Education Review Office (ERO) evaluation with ERO’s overall
judgement;
On the basis of the findings of the review, ERO’s overall evaluation judgement of Owairoa
Primary School’s performance in achieving valued outcomes for its students is STRONG.
to our Owairoa “family” Students
• Hayley Collins • Sophie Ball • Henrietta Halatanu
• Isaac Collins • Kady Ali • Juliette Hernandez
• Connor Strydom • L J Rossouw • Jennifer Sui
• Mahd Arain • Meika Gee • Riyansika Doddala
• Tyler Dorrian • Eliah Esguerra • Shalan Tahir
• Archer Hogg • Kelize Navroji • Isabella King
• Alfonzo Hernandez • Hargunn Oberoi • Sophia Balong-E
• Ivan Xie • Doris Su • Sonya Wharerau
• Jay Achyuthan • Eli Marais • Lara Venter
• Theo Eastabrook • Cassia Taumoepeau • Elizabeth Sleeman-Butt
• George Cleaver • Maddison Thackwray • Bryan Liang
• Joshua Bishop • Mila Sorokina • Keegan Van Wyk
• JJ Kouk • Mehdi Lakhani • Raiyan Shikder
• Madden Armstrong • Riana Singh • Diyon Amarawansa
• Aylin Al-Tameemi • Stassi Dalziell • Max Chen
• Tyler Healy • Annika Hampel • Jennifer Yun
• Marshall Sharp • Sophia Lee • Shacago Kiwara
• Freya Fenwick • Brooke Harper
• Fynn Fenwick • Zoe Harper
New Staff
• Rosanne Koloti • Richard Yates • Samantha Green
• Siobhan Rew • Riana Shaw
Communication with Parents
Our main school newsletter is published approx. every three weeks. This is supplemented
by special issue notices.
All notices are published on our Skoolbag App, which you can download from the Apple
store or Google Play store by searching ‘Skoolbag App’
Please ensure that your email address is correct and
up to date, as this is our main way of keeping in touch
with parents.
OUR PROFESSIONAL
Team for 2021
SCHOOL SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Alan McIntyre Principal
Class Teacher
Christine Bull Deputy Principal Junior School
Wendy Gresham Associate Principal
Kirsty Rice Assistant Principal
Rosanne Koloti Room 1
Anita Randhawa Assistant Principal Year 1 Suzanne Prakash Room 2
Team1A Siobhan Rew Room 3
ADDITIONAL TEACHING STAFF Tracey Haugh Room 4
Sonia Smith Remedial Kelly Teed Room 4A
Jonathan Basson Physical Education Specialist Tosca Frederiksen Room 6
Marjorie Parkes ELL Specialist Year 1 Ariana Miller Room 7
Joan Stevens Reading Recovery Room 8
Team1B Joline Kennard
Kristina Ellis Room 9
Sally Taka Room 10
ADMINISTRATION - EXECUTIVE
Alex Cornea Room 11
Executive Officer-Finance
Jane Huang Year 2 Tanith Ling Room 12
Human Resources Manager
Team 2 Nikki Eccles Room 13
ADMINISTRATION - GENERAL Jo Owen Room G1
Candice-Lee Dennis Office Manager Gareth Rossiter Room G2
Sharleen Morrow Admin Assistant
Clare Burton Admin Assistant Middle School
Valerie Wee Admin Assistant
Erica Blake Resource Manager Helen Stevens Room B1
Elizabeth Dixon ICT Coordinator Year 3 Shari Green Room B2
Atul Garg Finance Assistant Melissa Buys Room B3
Team 3
Claire Lin Room B4
Malia Fa’apoi Room B5
ADMINISTRATION-INTERNATIONAL Kim Parker Room B6
Diane McIntyre Int. Education / Sales and
Marketing Craig Rhodes Room 28
Amber Shorey International Relations
Jill McIntyre Year 4 Lindsay Humphreys Room 29
Int.Parent Class/Int. Students/ELL Stuart Crook Room T3
Angela Chen Teacher Aide Int. Students/ELL
Team 4
Julia Ford Room G3
William Howard Room G4
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
John Campbell Property Manager Senior School
Ronald Dragt Grounds Person
Andrew McCallum Grounds Person Samantha Bowles Room 19
Grounds Person Room 20
Richard Song Year 5/6 Lee-Anne Trebilco
Michelle Geddes Room 21
Team 5
SATELLITE CLASS Tim Bradley Room 22
Susan Jackson Teacher Glenda Obbes Room 23
Jackie MacMillan Teacher Aide Room 24
Rakhi Prashim Teacher Aide
Year 5/6 Luke O’Brien
Team 6 Babette Maas Room 25
Jenny Wu Teacher Aide
Claire Findley Room 26
Elizabeth Hewlett Room 27
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 rd
Monday 18th October
Friday 9th July Friday 17th December
Last year the Ministry of Education 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:
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
PTA Meeting (Parent Teacher Association)
The PTA meets monthly on a Tuesday night at 7.30pm in the school staffroom.
This meeting is usually held the week following the Board of Trustees meeting.
All parents and caregivers are automatically members of the PTA and
are very welcome to attend meetings at any time. Meetings provide
you with an opportunity to find out what is happening in and around
the school and to share ideas on social events, fundraising
activities and other school initiatives. The Annual PTA meeting is
on Tuesday 23rd March 2021. We look forward to welcoming
some new faces to join the team.
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Capital Works Two large capital works projects are progressing in the school as we start the new year. PROJECT ONE Bridge Replacement / Building Maintenance The two storey block (Rooms 20~26) is requiring remedial work to repair water damage to the building structure. During these repairs, the two aerial bridges will be replaced. It is expected that this work will be completed by May / June of this year. PROJECT TWO Construction of a new two storey 18 classroom block Following the demolition of a number of our relocatable classrooms, the contractors have made a good start to the new building. The retaining walls are in and foundations are being prepared. We are excited to think that we will be using these wonderful new facilities by February 2022.
Fruju Friday!
Which famous fruity flavour is your favourite?
Friday 12 February marked the first Fruju Friday for 2021. A large number of students and parents
flocked to the hall and outside Room 4 to support the PTA’s Fruju Friday fundraiser.
This regular Friday event is held throughout Terms 1 and 4 and provides parents and students with an
excellent opportunity to meet other parents from our Owairoa “whanau” while supporting the PTA’s
fundraising efforts. Fruju’s are available for $2.00 each and lemonade ice blocks (ideal for preschoolers
and our junior students) are just $1.00each. With 3 different Fruju flavours available why not come and
tell us which is your favourite!
The PTA are always happy to welcome more helpers, so if you are able to volunteer 30 minutes on a
Friday afternoon to help sell ice blocks, please contact PTA@owairoa.school.nz
Owairoa Primary School, like all other schools, ask parents for a voluntary donation. This donation
is a very important source of income in our school budget and is used to provide additional staffing,
programmes and resources, all dedicated to increasing the educational outcomes for students. The
donation for 2021 has been set at $260 per child. The Board would appreciate payment of your 2021
school donation so we can maintain many different programmes. Payment can be made easily online
through the Kindo Online School Shop.
Please use the link http://kindo.owairoa.school.nz/
to register if you haven’t already done so. All school donations are tax deductible and can be claimed
from Inland Revenue after 1st April.
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of Students
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children should attend school for the full hours March
every day that the school is officially open. In 10th Christian Living
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addition to the issue we are having with progra
students late for school on a daily basis, a new (Year 2~6 students)
trend is for parents coming in before the end of
the school day to sign students out early. The 16th Board of Trustees
official school day finishes at 3pm everyday.
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5th Easter Monday (Schoo
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educational opportunities with their learning. 9th Anzac - School Service
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HEALTH ISSUES 3rd
If your child requires medication to be
administered at school, we ask that parents
complete a medication consent form,
available from the school office.
For asthmatics, we will work with you to
formulate an action plan to assist with your
child’s individual needs. For safety reasons, With kind regards
all medication is to be brought and stored from your “family”
in a named container in our school office.
Alan McIntyre
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