Kia ora koutou.  
 

Thanks to everyone who made this year's Gala an amazing success! We had an incredible afternoon and evening that was a real family and community occasion. The weather was the best it's been in the last couple of years which really helped. 

Last week's COPS Inter-School swimming event was very successful for our team. We had 24 x 1st places, 20 x 2nd places and 14 x 3rd places across the day. We were also victorious in the 4 x length mixed relay team and 4 x length relay against parents which was an extremely close finish between Kyla and Bronwyn Philip, with Kyla pipping mum at the finish line! Here is a link to watch the student relay race. Full results, with highlighted placings are below.

We are experiencing a lot of sickness among staff and students at the moment. Can we please ask that students don't come to school if the are showing clear signs of illness as we are seeing a lot of students heading home during the day. 

Parent - Teacher interviews are on next Monday and Tuesday afternoon. Please book a slot to come in and see how your child is settling in and what they're working on in class. You can book your time online, more information follows in the newsletter. Please call Jody in the office if you are experiencing trouble registering.

Last week was our first Lion's Reach Award held at the Harvest Rock Climbing Centre. Our school councillors attended the first event of the year. It was great seeing the level of confidence being demonstrated throughout the session. With the potential for 100 senior students taking part in the Reach Awards every year we have established a new challenge  that will last the entire year. The challenge is to be the quickest person to get to the top of the self belaying climb. Kyla Philip is the current record holder, making the climb in 12.77 seconds. I'm currently in 2nd place on 15.97 seconds and Ryder van der Heyden is in 3rd with 16 .97 seconds. It'll be interesting to see how the middle syndicate students get on next week!

Ngā mihi,

Scott Lincoln

Principal

Ōtorohanga South Schoo

2025 TERM DATES

Term 1 - Mon - 3rd Feb - Fri 11th April

Term 2 - Mon 28th April - Fri 27th June

Term 3 - Mon 14th July - Fri 19th Sept

Term 4 - Mon 6th Oct - Wed 17th Dec

Our value focus for the week is Effort.

Our school-wide values are explicitly taught in all our classrooms and across various settings. These value lessons are also supported by our school councillors sharing messages and role-playing at assemblies, as well as value reminders over the school intercom each morning during our daily notices.

Our student councillors have thought of ways students can use the effort value while at home and at school. Below is an example of a 'Effort Bingo' task.

We uphold the values in all areas of school. Here are the expectations of what Effort looks like in the classroom.

Bella enjoying library time with Room 1. Kapi made sure to choose a book about dogs to read to her.
Dogs are patient listeners who offer unconditional love and acceptance, allowing kids to practise reading aloud in a calm and supported environment.

Monday, 24 March | 3:10 PM to 6:00 PM
Tuesday, 25 March | 3:10 PM to 4:30 PM

This event is being held in different locations depending on the teacher. Check your timetable after you've confirmed your bookings to find where your bookings are being held.

Each booking is 10 minutes long. Please ensure you arrive on time to each booking.

The booking website opened on Wednesday, 19 March at 11:00 AM, and will close Friday, 21 March at 3:00 PM.

Once you're finished, you can view your timetable by clicking My Interviews at the top of the page. You can also print a copy of your timetable to take to the event.

Before your bookings you'll receive an email reminder containing your timetable. If you need to cancel any bookings, you can do so by following the link in the email you received when you first signed up.

This netball programme involves a skill based session with a small sided game to follow for years 3-4. In order to have this sporting opportunity parents/caregivers are required to run this programme. Uniforms will not be issued to these players. 

This netball programme play the normal 7 on 7 version of the game.  

Remember it is not possible for us to have a successful season with out your help. We need coaches, managers, umpires in order for our students to have this opportunity.

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1 - Type in sporty.co.nz and it should come up with The sporty team - Home.

2 - Click on the Get Started then click on find your organsation in the directory here.

3 - It will come up with choose your region - Click on Waikato - then click on find your club by pressing netball, then press go.

4 - Scroll down until you find Otorohanga Netball Centre and click on it.

5 - Next press on 2025 Registrations, clubs and school list.  It will come up with all different schools, please find Otorohanga South School and click on the registration form.

6 - Next you will see Netball registration, scroll down and fill out Primary Person.

7 - Fill form out, accept terms and conditions and press submit. Then your child will be registered with the Otorohanga Netball Club.

Each Junior POD team will play 5v5 format with 2x 20 minute scheduled games each week.  Games will start at 3.35pm.  Each team will need a parent to coach the team and referee half of the game.

U13s grade will play 9v9 format with 25min halves.  U10s play 7v7 format with 25 min halves.  Games will start at 3.30pm.  Each team will need a parent to coach and referee half of the game.

        In order to have this sporting opportunity, parent volunteers are essential to fill coaching positions.                          Each coach must be able to ref half of their teams’ soccer game.  NO COACH - NO TEAM! 

Payment includes uniform and NCKJF fee.  Uniforms will be issued on payment of sub. All subs are payable to the school office or via internet banking once they have been confirmed:  Please use child’s name and sport as a reference.  Oto South BOT 01-0391-0023110-00                 

Please complete the questionnaire below by Friday 14th March.  Please make one entry per child.  You can revisit the form to make additional entries for your household. 

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