Well done to all of our students who took part in the Inter-School Orienteering at Aria last Friday. They braved the wet and windy conditions and showed perseverance and effort to gain some excellent results. Congratulations to our Year 7/8 team of Cruz, Luca, Kyla, Jeremiah, Tanna and Ryder who were placed 1st in the teams division. Our Year 5/6 A team of Millie, Archie, Easton, Brian, Caleb and Summah were placed 3rd and our Year 4 team of Lockey, Ryder, Rome, Hugo, Dre and Evan were placed 3rd overall in their first year of competing. We had some excellent individual results too with Kyla Phillip placed 1st (31 mins) and Renae Reeve placed 2nd (32 mins) in the Year 7/8 girls division and Logan Hartman-Wade (25 mins) was placed 4th in the Yr 7/8 boys division.
Today we are celebrating our latest students who have reached Tier 2 in our KETE awards. We will hold their waffle breakfast in the hall next Tuesday morning from 8:15 to 8:50am.
Next Tuesday we have a team of College students and Diane (their teacher) coming along to help the middle syndicate with their internal organ exploration in the hall. It will be a highly engaging lesson for each class.
Next Wednesday the middle syndicate are having a Matariki feast, thanks to everyone who has donated kai to support this. We also have a team of Yr 5/6 boys heading off Mt Maunganui to take part in the Chiefs Tackle 5 competition. Go hard boys, I'm looking forward to the day!
Please note we have our staff only day next Thursday. Please enjoy the long weekend with your family and take care on the roads.
Ngā mihi,
Scott Lincoln
Principal
Lots of fun in the hall last week - relieving in Room 9
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Ryder, Maia and Tanna surviving the muddy conditions at Aria
IMPORTANT DATES
Dates to add to your calendar
2024 TERM DATES
Term 2 - Mon 29th April - Fri 5th July
Term 3 - Mon 22nd July - Fri 27th Sept
Term 4 - Mon 14th Oct - Fri 13th Dec
June Weds 26th - Lower Junior Fire Station visit Thu 27th - Staff Only Day Fri 28th - Matariki Holiday
July Tues 2nd/Weds 3rd - Middle/Senior at College production Fri 5th - Pen Assembly - last day of Term 2
Our School Values - KETE
Our values focus for the next few weeks is Engaged.
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.
Below is an example of our school-wide expectations of Engaged in one of our settings.
Congrats to our tamariki who received either a K, E, T, E (Tier 1) certificate at last week's Junior and Senior Assemblies.
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King Country Tackle 5s Festival
On Wednesday last week an awesome bunch of Y5/6 students went to Te Kuiti to participate in the King Country Tackle 5s Festival. We had two boys teams and one girls team entered in the tournament. They had been training for weeks prior with Abby Keech from the North King Country Junior Rugby Association. The focus was on learning how to tackle and brushing up on their skills. Our Boys A team finished the pool play top of their table but unfortunately lost their semi to Otewa. A hard but good game. Boys B and our girls team had a couple of wins and some were not in their favour. They all enjoyed their day playing rugby! We received the news that our A boys qualify for the wider Waikato/Bay of Plenty Tackle 5s tournament that is held next week in Tauranga. We are proud of them and wish them good luck!
Head Lice Check
Head lice checks will be carried out at school next week. Please take this opportunity to check your children for signs of eggs and/or lice and treat immediately. Treatment products are available from the public health nurse and your child's doctor for FREE.
Group Day AGM - TONIGHT!
Tough Guy Challenge
Archie and Ryder competed in the Junior Tough Guy challenge in Ngaruawahia on Monday and had a great time.
LOST PROPERTY
Our lost property bins are overflowing! Please encourage your child to have a look through them before the end of term.
The Lorax
The Lower Juniors were so excited to go on the bus to the Kio Kio School production of The Lorax. The highlights included the amazing singing, dancing and costumes. The students will be doing some follow up art and writing activities about The Lorax.
Fire Station Visit
Pop Stars - College Production
Life Education High Tea Fundraiser
Click here to see the latest news from Harold and the Life Education team.
NETBALL
THE DRAW - Friday 21 June Year 7/8 4pm - Court - OSS Green vs Maihiihi All Sorts 4pm - Court 3 - OSS White vs Kio Kio Magic 5pm - Court 1 - OSS Black vs Coast Green Year 5/6 4pm - Court 3 - OSS Blue vs OSS Red
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U13 21 June - 3:40pm - Field 1 - Oto Gold vs CPS Mangopare 21 June - 3:40pm - Field 2 - Oto Gold vs Pukenui 5 July - 4:30pm - Field 2 - Oto Gold vs Kio Kio Kings
U10 21 June - 3:40pm - Field 5 - Oto Blue vs Pukenui 5 July - 3:40pm - Field 4 - Oto Blue vs Kio Kio Thunder
U8 21 June - 3:40pm - Field 12 - Oto Green vs Pio Pio Sparrows 21 June - 4:10pm - Field 12 - Oto Green vs TKP Lasers 5 July - 3:40pm - Field 11 - Oto Green vs Kinohaku 5 July - 4:10pm - Field 12 - Oto Green vs TKP Shooters
Is my child well enough to go to school?
Refreshed health guidance released by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is now available to help decide if a learner is well enough to attend school | kura, including learners experiencing anxiety.
Many families now choose to spread the cost of the Technology fee as well as the Middle and Senior Syndicate Camps over many months by making small, regular payments to the school bank account via internet banking. These costs will be applied to your child's account early in the year and emailed to you so that you have all of the information on hand. The camp cost is not due until later in the year, but you are welcome to start making payments at any time. If you choose to take up this option, please use your child's name as a reference.
School Account: Oto South BOT 01-0391-0023110-00
Ikura - Free Period Products
Ikura|Manaakitia te whare tangata is an initiative set up by the Ministry of Education to provide free period products in all state schools across New Zealand. The main aims of this scheme are to support whānau with the rising cost of living and to make a positive impact on student wellbeing. If you would like to opt into the scheme, please contact the school office.
Community Notices
Haere mai ngā kaitaiao tangata whenua. Welcome, fellow citizen scientists.New Zealand’s largest and longest-running citizen science project is about to begin and we are thrilled to invite everybirdy to join us and make our birds count. The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey has been running for 17 years and researchers are seeing real trends emerging. The challenge now is to keep going and to collect as much information as possible. This ongoing data serves to confirm if the trends scientists see is just a blip or something that needs further investigation. It’s important to keep counting as you become the eyes and ears of scientists who can’t possibly be in all the places they need to all at the same time. Click here to get started.
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