Monday 29 October 2018 Newsletter 2 Term 4 Week 3
OP Learners …. Show manaakitanga – respect and care for others. We celebrate diversity.
OPS 2018 Theme – Creating The Future
OPS Paws for Reading Book Fair
YEAR 4 – 8 TRIATHLON February is national Bike Month. We here at OPS have been training for our annual triathlon.
Thank you everyone who came along and supported the OPS Book Fair last week. Special thanks to Cushla who did the huge job of setting up and running the fair and to Debbie Spalding who coordinated the daily read a round, Family Evening, Grandparents morning and parade. Cushla sold a record breaking $4,580 worth of books. This means a rebate of over $1500 to spend on new books for our library. We also collected loads of pet food donations and $108 to give to the SPCA. Tumeke manaakitanga OPS.
HAERE MAI WELCOME To Sabin and Júvana who have joined Rooms 5L and Te Kakano. To Quentin and Matteo who have joined Rooms 5L and Te Kakano. To Emylia who has also started in Te Kakano. THANKS To everyone for such amazing support of our book fair last week. To all whanau who came along on Saturday and helped out at the Spring Working Bee. To the senior students and parents who have stepped up to take on coaching, managing and refereeing roles for our summer sport teams.
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Mon -Parenting Workshop 6.30 – 8.30 pm. Tues – PTA Carnival planning meeting 7pm. Wed – Halloween Disco 6 – 7.30pm.
CALENDAR See over for Term 4 calendar 2018 Term Dates Term 4 Mon 15 Oct – Thurs 20 Dec 2019 Term Dates Term 1 Mon 4 Feb – Fri 11 Apr (Teacher only day Monday 11 March) Term 2 Mon 29 Apr – Fri 5 July Term 3 Mon 22 July – Fri 27 Sept Term 4 Mon 14 Oct – Thurs 19 Dec
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Term 4 Calendar Year 7/8 Tech days 17/10, 24/10, 31/10 and Mon 5/11. Week 3 Mon 29 Oct – Parenting for achievement parent workshop – 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Tues 30 Oct – PTA Carnival Planning meeting – 7 pm. 31 Oct - Halloween Disco in outdoor theatre 6 pm – 7.30 pm. Week 4 – People Savers First Aid course – Yr 5-8 6 Nov – Speech and Drama presentations 7 Nov – Marimba Festival Week 5 Yr 7/8 Wellington Trip 13 Nov – BOP teachers strike action possible. 14 Nov – Cool Bananas Xmas Show 15 Nov – Yr 4-6 cluster athletics day Western Ave Week 6 21 Nov – BOT meeting North Cluster athletics day Pre-school visits to Te Kakano Week 7 26 Nov – Junior athletics day at Omokoroa School Saturday 1 Dec – OPS Christmas Carnival Week 8 7 Dec - TP Social Dance Week 9 – 11 Dec – BOT meeting all welcome 13 Dec – Prizegivings at Omokoroa Community Church Yr 0-3 1.20pm Yr 4-8 5.40pm Week 10 Thurs 20 Dec - Last Day of Term School closes at 1.30pm.
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FACEBOOK Check out the Omokoroa Point School Facebook page: www.facebook.com/OmokoroaPointSchool Don’t forget to click ‘like’. OPS Bank Account details: - 06 0433 0014969 00
OPS SPRING WORKING BEE Thanks to all our helpers we… stained the student outdoor furniture and R3/4 decks, weeded and barked the front gardens, shovelled and spread new bark in the playground, trimmed back the Coppelia Ave boundary, painted the pool fence and outside pool wall, cleared back the pool garden, and installed an extra shade for the pool seating area. WOW – many hands certainly do make light work. Big thanks to our caretaker Shaun for coordinating and for keeping our school looking so amazing.
Parenting Workshop – TONIGHT in the library - 29 October 6.30 – 8.30 pm. Free book - “Releasing the Genie Within” There is still space. Please phone Heather in our school office if you would like to attend. It’s free – our BOT are covering the cost.
Are all your fees up to date? Please check the Kindo App to ensure all sport, trip, stationery and mathletics fees have been paid. Thank you for your support. Here at OPS we pride ourselves on positive sportsmanship both on and off the field – please support us by reading through the Player, Coach and Spectator Codes of Conduct. This year we have a number of our senior students who have taken on the challenge of coaching and refereeing – this provides them with valuable experience. It is our expectation that all parents on the side lines will provide positive support to these young people as they take on this new challenge so that they will have positive experiences.
Student of the Week Akonga O Te Wiki
OPS Sport Codes of Conduct Player Code of Conduct
Play for enjoyment Play hard but fair Play by the rules of the game Be committed to your team. Attend all practices and matches Never argue with a referee. Control your temper at all times Work equally hard for yourself and your team Be a good sport. Applaud all good play whether by your team or your opponent Listen to and respect your coach and team manager
Coach Code of Conduct
Positively reinforce the actions of players Lead by example – model fair play and positive sportsmanship Be honest with yourself and players Create an enjoyable environment in which to play the game Develop team respect for referees Give all players the opportunity to participate in the game Insist on fair play and self-discipline Be reasonable about the demand on players’ time, energy and enthusiasm Encourage sportsmanship
Spectator/Parent Code of Conduct
Samuel Presland For leadership and reliability.
Support your child’s coach Have your child to games on time Applaud the performance of both teams Be positive with the referee Acknowledge the efforts of the referee Let players play their game not your game Praise efforts not just results Set an example of positive sportsmanship for the players
DISCO FEVER AT OPS – Halloween Wednesday 31 October Please support our sponsors.
Babysitters Available The following secondary school students have advised they are available to undertake babysitter duties. Leah Godkin 548 1969 Chanelle Barton 548 1268 Levon Barton 548 1268 Kyrin Palmer 548 1557 Tamera Baker 548 2757 Lilly Alton 027 345 2852 Zara Weatherley 02040939337 548 0568 Lucy Turner 548 2727 Anya Hawkins 0275481567 548 1566 Brenna Keith 02040091609 548 1974 Maia Cornforth 027 222 7001 James Van Klei 020 4069 5007 Nathan Van Klei 022 069 1760
Instead of trick or treating come to the OPS Halloween DISCO. Dress up and come along for some safe fun together.
We encourage our students not to door knock on Halloween unless you and your neighbours have discussed this first. Please support our sponsors…
All those hands up are children from OPS who are playing Rippa this term – 12 teams. A huge coordination job for Louise.