16th February 2021 Newsletter #1 Feb 17th Board Meeting 6:30pm Te Horo School Feb 26th Office Email: [email protected] School Assembly 9am Principal Email: [email protected] Mar 1st Website: www.th.school.nz Learning Conversations Nau mai, haere mai, welcome back! Mar 2nd Learning Conversations - please We have had a busy start to the new year, with our new classrooms being ready for collect your child/ren at 12:30pm occupancy just before the students arrived back! A big thanks to all those students Mar 3rd and parents who came down to lend a hand moving furniture and equipment, it made the job go so fast. We are looking forward to having the last few things Y7&8 Immunisations finished off and the grass grow and establish itself before we open up the area and Mar 6th further develop the space around the classrooms. Thanks also to Matua Rangi for coming in to bless the classrooms. Race Night at Te Horo Hall Mar 8th - 11th A warm welcome to all our new students and their families. Dallas, Mark, Harri and Oscar join us in Room 1, with more new entrants joining our whanau in the coming Y5-8 Swimming at Otaki Pool weeks. Micah joins us in Room 12. Mar 12th Y5-8 Swimming Sports Home and School AGM 3:30pm Apr 1st Otaki Schools Teacher Only Day Apr 16th Last day of Term 1 We also are pleased to welcome Jan Greenwood as our new Reading Recovery teacher. Jan is an experienced Junior teacher, who in a past life was also a Reading Recovery teacher so we are lucky to have her expertise on board. Thanks to all of those parents who joined us for our mihi whakatau/welcome on the first day. It was so lovely to have so many of you along. Thanks also to the Home and School for providing the delicious kai! We had a fun time in the afternoon of the first day with those families able to make it. The sun shone, the children frolicked, and staff, parents, Home and School, and Board members enjoyed catching up. Who to talk to Sports Coordinators - Danielle McMurchie and Emma Collins will be sharing the role. Page 1 of 7 Special Education Needs and Learning Support - Rebecca Thomsen covers the Year 5-8 end of the school, and Jo Hillier the Year 1-4 end. Garden Club - Peter Nolan & Nicole Garrod will oversee this, with Amanda Searle taking on the development of the ‘bus stop’ garden. If you are keen to be involved, please make contact with them. Bush Club - Sharyn Ollard will oversee this with the support of Dave Saunders and Russ Drewry (parent). If you are keen to be involved, please make contact with them. Ag Night - Amanda Searle will lead this with support from the staff. Student Librarians - Kerry Holwill will oversee this lovely group of students as we trial having the library open at lunchtimes for the students to use. Team Leaders Jo Hillier - Te Tipu Year 1&2, Rooms 1-3 Amanda Searle - Te Kaupeka Year 3&4, Rooms 4 & 6 Rebecca Thomsen Te Rau - Year 5&6, Rooms 9 & 10 Danielle McMurchie - Te Hua Rakau Year 7&8, Rooms 11 & 12 Term 1 Learning Conversations We invite you to come and talk with your child’s teacher about their learning on Monday 1st or Tuesday 2nd March. These conversations include your child. Bookings are 20 minutes in length. During this time you will have a chance to connect with the teacher and they will facilitate a conversation that covers; • the key information about your child from the Personality Profile sent home (their traits & qualities, interests and passions, cultural background and connections, your priorities for them this year) • review goals set at the end of Term 4 last year and/or establish any new goals • discuss what your child, you and the teacher might do to support these goals We ask that you please collect your child/ren at 12:30pm on Tuesday 2nd March, as most teachers will be involved in the Learning Conversations from 1:00pm. If you are unable to do this, we will provide supervision for children at school for the afternoon session. Please email your class teacher if this is required. Bookings can be made online by clicking on this link: Te Horo School Interviews OR go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code tjz4n. Missing something? We’re barely two weeks in and already the red wheeli-bin by the Buddy Bench is chocka-block with lost property! Please can you regularly check for your children’s posessions. All unclaimed items are donated to charity at the end of the year, however we may have to increase this to once a term, if the sheer voume threatens to overwhelm us! From the Board of Trustees First meeting of 2021 Our first Board of Trustees meeting is today at an earlier start of 6.30pm in the Staffroom. The main item on the agenda is confirming the School’s 2021 budget. All welcome to attend. Green spaces survey By now you’ve all noticed the new classrooms and are probably wondering what development of the school grounds might follow. We'd like your help with the planning! Please take a quick moment to share your thoughts on our green spaces, so we can continue to give our tamariki the best outdoor experience possible. Click on the link following to answer four questions: Green Space Survey for Community Page 2 of 7 From Home and School Race Night Fundraiser - have you got your tickets?! Home and School have been working really hard to bring this exciting event to our community. Have an amazing night at the races, and support our school. Tickets are now available at the school office (EFTPOS), and must to be purchased in advance of the event - sales close this Friday 19th February. We would love lots of our community to join us for a drink and a flutter. Arrive anytime from 7.30pm and stay for as little or as long as you wish. Races will be spread out over the course of the night so lots of chances for everyone to place a bet and win some money! How do the races work? There is no form guide at all, it's all down to luck. Place a bet on the night on a horse (numbered 1 to 8), bets are just 2$ and you can make multiple bets per race. Once the tote closes an historic race clip is chosen at random and shown on the large screen. The excitement mounts ...and those who backed the winning horse claim their share of the winnings! Then the tote reopens for the next race. Capture all the fun of the races, here in Te Horo! Home and School AGM – Friday 16th March at 3.30pm in the school hall We’d love to see as many faces as possible at this year’s AGM. To make it easier for parents, Skids After School Club have very kindly agreed for Home and School members children to join them as visitors while the meeting takes place. Parents taking up this offer would need to register their children, please email [email protected] to register. School Sports Notices and Results Otaki Touch - Afterschool Competition Resumes Touch resumes on Thursday 4th March at 4pm at Otaki Domain. The final game is Thursday 25th March 2021. An email has been sent out to our Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7/8 touch teams. If your child does not already have the Te Horo School sports uniform, these can be collected at the school office (a bond of $20 is required). Year 5-8 Swimming Lessons at Haruatai Pool – Monday 8 March to Friday 12 March A reminder for parents of Year 5-8 children to complete and return the form emailed home by Friday 26 February. Children will be bussed to the pool for a lesson each day of the week, culminating in a swimming sports event on Friday 12 March. Links to the forms are below: Y5-6 form Y7-8 form Page 3 of 7 COMMUNITY SPORTS Swimming lessons starting 18 February @ Te Horo School Pool Stacey Faith, Qualified swim instructor and Coach for Otaki Titans (previously Kapiti Swim Club) for over 10 years. 30 minute lesson at 3.40pm on a Tuesday and Thursday until the water gets too cold. $10 per child per lesson. Max of 3 children per class. Contact Stacey 027 683 6225. Otaki College Interschool Show Jumping Day 2021 Wednesday Feb 24th - Waikanae Park Open to all primary, intermediate and secondary school riders. School teams of 4 or individual riders Te Waka takes out the 2020 House Cup welcome. For more information click here. Entry in the last week of Term 4 via Equestrian Entries: www.equestrianentries.co.nz Waikanae Junior Rugby Registrations for boys and girls are open! Nursery 3-5yrs, U6-U7 Rippa Rugby, U8-U13 RipRugby, U8-U13 Tackle Rugby, Sense Rugby Please register online at sporty.co.nz/waikanaerugby. Details for weigh-in and pre-season training will be updated on the Club facebook page. For more information please email [email protected]. Hockey - Corey Prouting Coaching Clinics starting Tuesday 23rd February Tuesdays 6-7pm U13 (Year 6-8), Thursdays 6-7pm U15 (Start time may change for twilight hockey) $20 pp commitment fee to be paid prior to first training (Horowhenua Hockey Association 03-0667-0267707-00 Childs name and coaching as reference) To register go to www.sporty.co.nz/horowhenuahockey/Coaching-1/Corey-Coaching-Clinic or email [email protected] Waikanae AFC Football Registrations are open! First Kicks (4-6), Fun Football (7-8), Junior Football (9-12), Youth Football (13-15).