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KOK
KOKAKO NEWS
Kia ora Whānau
Camps
PTA Fundraising at Calf Club Day
End of Year Dates and Start of 2021 Dates, 2021
Term Dates, 2021 Teacher Only Days
Feedback from our Community Consultation
Evening and Questions
Andrew KingPrincipal
Future Dates to put in your diary / calendar Oropi School
OTANEWAINUKU
OTANEWAINUKU
KIWI TRUST
KIWI TRUST ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
Lockdown Update
I am taking this opportunity to reiterate the type of late, the school office and class teacher must
messaging and communication we encourage know. It is vital we also have confirmation from
with your children at home and how we will be the parents about changes in bus routine as
doing so at school. well for afternoon bus runs.
In a future lockdown, we need all parents who
It is important that you do talk about it if may be intending to be on site to remain in
children ask about it, do not ignore it. their vehicles and not enter the school
State the facts as per the email yesterday property.
about the actual incident.
Use positive messaging about any future risk of
a lockdown by highlighting the following:
Updating
1. Police are our protectors and come to help us Information
immediately
Remember to update the office if your contact
2. All staff at Oropi School know what to do to
details have changed.
keep all children safe and they get training and
practice at lockdowns
Text messages and emails go directly to the
3. All the adults you need at school to keep you
Primary caregiver from the enrolment form. If you
safe are there and know what to do
would like emails and text messages to be sent to
4. We always know when visitors are coming to
both parents, please notify the office by emailing
the school and 99% of the time the visitors are
office@oropi.school.nz
here for a very good reason to help Oropi
School be a great place. We get lots of visitors,
and staff know when we need to be concerned
about any unknown visitors.
Enrolments
Now is the time to enrol your soon to be 5 year old.
Here are some other points for you to note as We have new online enrolment system. Go to
parents please: www.oropi.school.nz and click the enrol now tab
Please ensure you contact the office with any on the home page. We would like these in as soon
updates of phone numbers or address changes as possible for any 5 year old due to start School
asap between now and December 2021.
We have had an assembly this morning to
Leavers
reiterate the facts of the situation
It is important we are able to track children's
whereabouts at all times of the day. Oropi
If your child is leaving at the end of the year and
parents are great at letting us know. However,
you have not notified the office, please send an
it is important to reiterate that if you are
email to office@oropi.school.nz
collecting your child early or dropping them off
PTA Update
Korimako Higgins Camp Monday 16 November
At the end of the year Sarah and Lauren will be West Cluster Athletics Tuesday 17 November
stepping down as co-chairs of the PTA. This Frozen Friday 20 November
means that there is an opportunity for someone, or
Mauao & Pūwhenua Athletics Tuesday 24
a couple of people, to take over going forward
November
from term 1 next year. Please let us know if you are
TGC Orientation Thursday 26 November
interested as it would be great to get it confirmed
End of Year Awards Wednesday 2 December
for the start of the new year.
Pukeko Gallery & Library visit Thursday 3
December
Email: oropi.pta@gmail.com
Frozen Friday 4 December
Ruru & Te Kokako Gallery & Library visit Friday 4
Thank you again to all of those who have helped
December
with the PTA this year. Remember, we have two
Korimako Lewis Camp Monday 7 December
frozen Fridays left this term:
Reports coming home Monday 7 December
Friday 20th November Jan's Farewell & Friends of the School &
Friday 4th December Volunteers Thank you morning tea Tuesday 8
December
Lauren and Sarah Year 3 Mauao Team Camp Thursday 10
December
Important Last Day of School Monday 14 December 1 pm
First Day of 2021 Wednesday 3 February
Dates
All dates showing on the School calendar. Go
to www.oropi.school.nz and click on the
calendar tab.
Garden to Table This week Tui Hodgson, Korimako Higgens and We created a mound in the garden bed and Ruru made broccoli, leek and cheese fritters, a spaced out our tupu, bending them into a J-shape mixed salad and a rhubarb and coconut slice. and planting them in the mound with the root tip Fritters are a great way to use up a varienty of pointing East to maximise sunshine on the vegetables and adding some cheese to the mixure, growing vine. We also learned to time tupu makes them especially tasty and kids love to make planting with flowering of the kowhai tree and and eat them.Yet again, the gardeners stayed dry! read a funny Maori proverb - "I hea koe i te ao o te We collected as many NZ Spinach seeds as we kōwhai" which means "where were you when the could find for next year's planting, picked beans kowhai flowered?" This is a polite way of accusing and broccoli, planted out zinnia seedlings and someone of shirking work in the garden and to livened up our compost with the addition of coffee maybe work a bit harder! grounds and torn up cardboard. Korimako Higgins did a terrific job of planting out our Agria seed potatoes, nestling each one on a comfrey leaf which is a traditional technique. The leaves decompose quickly and provide potassium to the growing potato vines. Then they planted kumara slips, or 'tupu'. Even though kumara and potato seem similar, they grow quite differently.
Term 4 Sport
Tui Rippa Piwakawaka Rippa
Team tui had a fast game against tauriko. Oropi Piwakawaka had a great game of rippa rugby
won 8-7. All players improved dramatically. Cash today. They all had a go with the ball running and
was awarded player of the day. scoring tries. Player of the day was Bennett for his
tries and runs.
Pukeko Rippa Kotare Rippa
The Year 3 & 4 Pukeko team played Tauriko. Tries A decisive win this week for Kotare against the
scored by Hikawai & Phoenix. Players of the day Tauranga Primary Hurricanes. Fabulous team work
were Isabella for relentless ripping, and Oscar who lead to some great tries scored by Sam, Riley, Max
came so close to scoring multiple tries, not giving and Jai. The team was strong on defence with
up once! Thanks to Coach Keri for taking on the many excellent rips.
referee role.
Term 4 Sport
Kotare Rippa continued Korimako Rippa
Player of the day went to Sam Brann who Our year 5-6 Korimako Quick Rip kids played a
outpaced and outsmarted the opposition to score hard game against The Greenpark Steamers on
three outstanding tries. Well done Kotare - a top Thursday. Our players maintained good pressure
effort and a great result! and defence despite Greenpark's dominance and
eventual win. Player of the day went to Ariki
Lawson-Banks for his fearless confidence and for
his spectacular mid-field run that put us on the
board with a try. Big thanks to Pheonix Ottesen
and Zane Delany who responded to our team's call
for more players, enabling us to have a sub which
was much appreciated! Special mention to Arthur
Rickard who showed great courage and
perseverance despite suffering two mid-game
injuries this week. Tino Pai Korimako!
Basketball
This week we had a fast paced game against ACG
ballers and came out with a win 12-0.Players of the
day went to Aidan Pearson for good sportsmanship
with helping out ACG's team and to Emma Morton
for scoring some amazing goals!
Order Honey in Kindo
Reporting an Arriving at School
absence Children can be dropped off at School from 8.15
am. Please do not drop off before this time.
Please remember to leave the following details on
the answerphone when you are reporting your
If your child arrives to School after 9 am they must
child as absent:
report to the office before going to class.
Their name
Their classroom or the name of their teacher
The reason they are absent eg. unwell, family Bus
reasons
If you receive a text notification when your child is
Please remember to contact the office if you are
absent, please include this information when you
collecting your children in the afternoons, or have
reply. If you do not give a reason, your child is
regular days when they will not use the bus.
considered absent for an unjustified reason. We do not carry this information over from
2019, so you will need to update the office with
Medication
pick up information.
If you need to call the School and change pick up
Any medication that needs to be at school for your
information on a casual basis, please remember to
child, must be kept at the school office. No
do this before 2 pm each day by phoning the
medication is to be kept in your child's school bag
office and leaving a message by selecting option 1.
or classroom for health & safety reasons. Please
ensure this process is followed. If your child
currently has medication stored at School,
please call in and check the expiry dates as these
Uniform
items may need to be replaced.
Items are available to purchase in Kindo or from
If your child has allergies, it is important the school the office.
office and class teacher has this information, Hats $20
including a medication supply to keep at school Polos $35
and allergic reaction plan detailing the response Shorts $34
the school is required to carry out should your Skort $35
child have a reaction at school. Jackets $60*
Hoody $60 - $75 depending on size*
*Limited stock available.
Pita Pit We also have a range of 2nd hand uniform items
priced from $10.
Pita Pit orders can be made in Kindo for
lunches on Thursday. Please click on the Pita Pit
icon in your Kindo account to place your order.Reminders
• Please ensure the School has your current • We encourage families to park at the hall
contact information. We must have your and walk along the path to School. Please
mobile number, email address and avoid parking on the yellow lines. Please do
emergency contact information. not park in the staff car park or in the bus-
turning bay at any time.
• School starts at 8.55 am. Any child arriving
Kindo
after this time must report to the office before
going to class. To avoid office queues please go online to
make payments through your mykindo
account.
• Children who do not use the bus can be
dropped off at School from 8.15 am. Not
If you haven't used Kindo before, click this link
before please.
to get started (all you need is the email
address we have on record)...
• School finishes at 2.40 pm. Children who do https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/handshake.shtml?
not use the bus must be collected before 3.10 shop=Oropi%20School
pm.
If you already have a mykindo account, go to
www.mykindo.co.nz or via the link on our
• If your child uses the bus and you are picking
school website.
them up, please ensure you call the office
BEFORE 2 pm by calling 5431479 option 1. If
you collect your child on a regular basis,
please notify the office.
• If you have any health and safety concerns,
please email healthandsafety@oropi.school.nz
Remember to call the office to report your
child's absence.
School Bank Details
Call 543 1479 and leave a message or email
office@oropi.school.nz
Preferred payment is made via Kindo.
Alternatively payment can be made into the
We have over 330 pupils so PLEASE include
School account. Oropi School
the class your child is in AND the reason they
ASB 12-3440-0087772-00 - Please use your
are absent.
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