Issue No 3, 7th April 2021 - Owairoa Primary School
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Issue No 3, 7th April 2021
to our Owairoa “family”
• Talalima Halatanu
Reporting to Parents
Parent Teacher Conferences have been scheduled
• Tim Ivanov for early in Term Two on Wednesday 5th May and
Thursday 6th May.
• Stella Collings
Please note the school day for students finishes
• Hoshi Weerasekara early at 12.30 pm on the Wednesday 5th May.
These conferences will be a chance for
• Senul Weerasekara Parents / Teachers to meet to discuss the learning
progress, needs and wellbeing of your child. A goal
• Jade Satchell sheet will be given to you to complete before the
conference. Further details including conference
• Mishka Muruga Perumal
bookings will be sent to you in a separate letter.
Raja
Thank you Owairoa Instagram
Make sure you download the Instagram App and follow
Thank you to the (anonymous) donor who so
@owairoaprimary to see highlights of the vast array of
generously left us an envelope of $500 cash to activities and learning experiences that the students get
help pay for student transport costs to attend to enjoy here on a daily basis at Owairoa Primary School.
the Auckland Primary Principals Town Hall Choir www.instagram.com/owairoaprimary
performances.
Attendance
We all want our students to get a great education, and the building
blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each
and every day.
School participation helps people to develop important skills, knowledge
and values which set them up for further learning and participation in their
community. Children and young people who regularly attend school and
complete Year 12 or equivalent qualification have better health
outcomes, better employment outcomes, and higher incomes across their
lives.
Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future.
There is no safe number of days for missing school. Every Day Counts.
Each day a student misses school puts them behind and can affect their educational outcomes.
Every Minute Counts…
The beginning of each school day is an important time where the learning tasks for the day are discussed and lessons
get underway. On average, we have 15 students a day who do not arrive by 8:45am, the official start to the school day.
And therefore, from
When your child misses
That equals… Which is… Kindy to Year 12
just…
that is ….
50 minutes of learning Nearly 1 ½ weeks per Nearly ½ a year of
10 minutes each day
each week year school
1 hour and 40 minutes of Nearly 2 ½ weeks per
20 minutes each day Nearly a year of school
learning each week year
½ a day of learning each Nearly 1 ½ years of
½ an hour each day 4 weeks per year
week learning
1 whole day of learning 8 weeks per year or Over 2 ½ years of
1 hour each day
each week nearly a term learning
Your child’s best learning time is at the beginning of each day.
School starts at 8:45am – DON’T BE LATE!
I would appreciate Parent support regarding this matter.
Open Home - Meet the Teachers
It was third time lucky for
our recent Open
Home-Meet the Teachers
afternoon / evening.
Approx 75% of families
took the opportunity to
come and view the
classrooms, meet the
teacher and generally
enjoy the interaction of
the occasion.
Mentoring Fine Young Owairoa Leaders
Two weeks ago, sixteen eager faces sat in a circle, ready to take on a
day long mentoring programme entitled “Eight Great Habits”, delivered
by long-time Owairoa friend and mentor, Mr Garth Collings.
Especially formulated for our newly appointed House Leaders and
Deputy House Leaders, the course aimed to coach these students for
their new leadership roles within our school.
The day-long course introduced our young leaders to ‘The 8 Great
Habits’ and guided them through many exciting activities and tasks to
help equip the students with skills to navigate their way through life.
Mr Collings has had a long association with our school, and commented
“I love going to Owairoa School as the students are so eager to learn.
At the end of the day, the students make an individual presentation
mentioning the highlight for them personally, the habit they need to
work on, how the Habits Training will help them in school and home,
along with creating a Personal Mission Statement that they can refer to
in the future”.
You can read more about our Young Leaders Day for 2021 here:
www.owairoa.school.nz/grooming-fine-young-leaders-at-owairoa/
Staying Cool in the Pool
Friday 19th March saw our Owairoa Primary School swimmers head out to Lloyd Elsmore Swimming Pool, where we
competed in the HPPA Interschool Swimming Sports against eight other local schools.
Our learners were bursting with excitement and could not wait to dive into the pool. The event began with the
Championship Freestyle race. This race saw a few of our learners progress to the final heats. We managed to snatch
a couple of podium positions. Next were the novice freestyle events. Once again, our swimmers did us proud and we
managed to get some more podium positions.
After the freestyle events, the nine and ten-year-old swimmers raced in the backstroke and breaststroke events. We
once again bagged podium positions. The last events were the much-anticipated freestyle relays. What a buzz these
caused! All our relay swimmers did us proud, however our nine-year-old “A” relay team pulled the cat out of the bag
and won the event. In third place at the start of the final freestyle relay lap, Soyo decided that the race would be ours,
and shifted into top gear within seconds. She caught the leading swimmer with 5 meters to go and first place was
ours!
A massive undertaking like this cannot be done without the dedication of our parent helpers and staff, for which, as a
school we are eternally grateful for. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Point View Primary School for
hosting the event. The stars of the day were our learners. Not only did they display great sportsmanship and aptitude,
but their behaviour was impeccable. We were often the only school sitting quietly for the start of the races.
Owairoa swimmers R.I.S.E above the rest!
Playing in the Spirit of the Game
On Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 March, our Owairoa Cricket
Team travelled to Lloyd Elsmore Park to represent Owairoa in the
HPPA Cricket competition. Fourteen students took part across the
two days, allowing everyone who demonstrated great cricket skills
to participate.
All team members showed overwhelming enthusiasm during prac-
tises, making the most of their limited training time and availability of
facilities in the lead up to the competition.
Wednesday’s games were hard fought with everyone trying their
best. Unfortunately we were unable to win a game, which included
two narrow losses. Thursday began with a couple of losses, but all
the hard work paid off in the end and we were able to win our last
game comprehensively.
Player of the tournament was awarded to Yash Singh, for his
excellent batting and bowling display.
Despite most results going against us, the team displayed excellent
sportsmanship as per our Fair Play Charter. A huge thank you to
the parents who supported us by way of transport, refreshments,
photographs and assistance with equipment.
Capital Works
Work is progressing well with our two major construction capital
works projects.
The two storey block remediation is progressing well and the second
aerial bridge is currently being installed.
We are hoping to have this work completed by the end of Term Two.
The construction of the new two storey 18-classroom block has got
off to a good start with foundation work nearly completed.
We are hoping to take possession of the new facility by January
2022.
Covid-19 and Beyond While lockdown is over for the time being and students are back at school, the poster below may help deal with anxiety and other feelings generated by the virus pandemic.
Meet the PTA / AGM Evening
We had a marvelous turnout for our wine and cheese
evening and AGM held on Tuesday 23rd March 2021. The
evening consisted of hearing what is a PTA and its function
within the school. We also covered what the benefits are of
joining the PTA, and learning of ways that you can help or
support our fundraising. Amongst all this we had games and
prizes and a good night was had by all.
The 2021 elected officers were appointed as follows;
• Chairperson - Sandy Rothery
• Deputy Chairperson - Ruth McLaren
• Secretary - Dore Peters
• Treasurer - Cheri Main
Volunteers Needed for Second Hand Uniform Shop
We are currently on the hunt for a volunteer to assist us with our
second hand uniform sales.
Our second hand uniform shop is open Thursdays from 8:15 - 8:45am
and 2:45 - 3:15pm. No experience is necessary and full training is
given. If you are able to help, please contact the PTA at
pta@owairoa.school.nz
Online Auction
We are also planning to run an online auction in the last 2 weeks of Term 3 – we are currently
seeking parents who have access to goods or services which could be auctioned off. Alternatively,
if you would like to make a monetary donation which could go towards purchasing new items to be
auctioned off, this would also be a great way to support the PTA’s fundraising.
We also require parents who can help organise and help run this fundraiser.
If you can assist in any way please contact pta@owairoa.school.nz
• Friday 21 May – Sausage Sizzle.
• Friday 11 June – School Disco.
Upcoming
• Friday 25 June – Sausage Sizzle.
EVENTS Our next PTA meeting will be held on
Tuesday 4 May 2021, 7:30pm in the staff room.
Please come up the stairs at the back of the hall entrance.
Are you being a considerate motorist?
Observations and concerns from a group of Road Patrol Parent Helpers.
• In light of the recent and tragic death of a student • Making quick three point turns in driveways near the
from a nearby school, we feel it is time to address the crossings are dangerous and reversing back out onto
road safety and crossing etiquette that we expect from the road so quickly has seen a lot of close calls with
our Owairoa parents. The volunteers that help on the both students and motorists. Please use the roundabout
crossings each morning and afternoon are becoming to change direction or travel further outside of the
increasingly worried about decisions parents are diamond areas where it is less congested.
making which is compromising the safety of children,
residents, and other motorists. We understand parking • When your child is exiting the vehicle, ensure they
and drop off zones are limited, but the children are able do so on the footpath side and not the roadside.
to walk a short distance from other nearby streets or
parking around the Howick Domain. • Please refrain from parking in or over residential
driveways. If the residents can not access their
• You must use the crossing. We understand that if properties it causes congestion and queues of traffic.
you are crossing with your child you can make a sound Once this congestion builds up within the diamond
decision on when it is safe to do so or not, but other area, the patrollers can no longer put their signs out.
children who are not with a parent may think it is OK
to do the same and this is inevitably going to end in an • The Year 6 students and helpers on the crossing are
injury. Please remember we are adults and it is up to us volunteers. Please be courteous and kind when you are
to set a good example for ALL children. speaking with them. We are only there to keep all
children safe and to do this we need to enforce the
• Yellow lines are not for stopping on. Even if you are rules. You can help keep children safe by following
not parking, it is still illegal to stop on them and it makes them. We understand everyone needs to be
it hard for the patrollers to put the signs out when you somewhere, but we do not want tragedy to hit our
are stopped here. Owairoa Family.
School Blogs
A lot of interest has been expressed in our school Blogs. These blogs contain a lot of interesting school events
and are regularly updated for your interest.
Blog Post Links:
www.owairoa.school.nz/lockdown-learning-success/
www.owairoa.school.nz/artistic-flair/
www.owairoa.school.nz/you-are-gold/
www.owairoa.school.nz/do-you-know/
Generic Blog Addresses:
Junior School Middle School Senior School International School
www.owairoa.school.nz/recent-news/ www.owairoa.school.nz/recent-news/ www.owairoa.school.nz/recent-news/ www.owairoa.school.nz/recent-news/
junior-school-blog/ middle-school-blog/ senior-school-blog/ international-blog/
Wet Day School Entry
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5 Parent Teacher Conferen .30 pm)
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The school gates are normally unlocked each morning at 3.30pm~6.30p
9 Mothers Day
8.15am at which time students can enter the school and enter nsition Starts
17 Winter Uniform Tra rm
their classroom. Teachers will be in the classrooms by 8.15am 31 Full Winte r Un ifo
each morning. June ol closed
4 Teacher Only Day- Scho
With Autumn and Winter approaching we need to consider Queens Birthday ho lid ay
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the wet weather and if it is raining it makes no sense students July
standing outside the gate getting drenched, prior to 8.15am. 9 End of Term 2
As room and duty areas are unsupervised before 8.15am, we
ask that students do not arrive before that time.
If circumstances are beyond your control and students do arrive
a little earlier on a wet morning, we will open the Nelson Street
gate a little earlier to allow students to enter the school and sit With kind regards
in the sheltered area on the seats outside Rooms 1 ~ 4 until
8.15am, at which time they can then move off to their own
from your “family”
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