Kia ora koutou.

Last Friday we had a team of four students represent Otorohanga South School at the Waikato Full Primary regional speech finals held at Te Uku School. Congratulations to Maz Wanden who was placed 1st in the year 8 boy's division and Fletcher Coombe who was placed 2nd in the year 7 boy's division. Maz and Fletcher will represent our school at the Waikato finals held next month - we wish them all the best.

Today we have all year 1 - 4 students, 21 parents and 13 staff attend the Hamilton Gardens as part of their 'In the Garden Study', we hope they enjoy the day out exploring the amazing gardens and taking part in the scavenger hunt. Thanks Mrs Bruce for the lovely flower gardens you created on the junior side - our students and staff really appreciate the 'pop of colour'. We have plans to create more gardens for students to enjoy - we will keep you informed.

Tomorrow night is the school disco, we have a lot of excited students and we look forward to seeing the students all dressed up and ready to dance!

Next Wednesday, 6th Sept, we have teams taking part in the COPs inter-school Mathletics competition at Kio Kio School for year 5-8 students and next Friday 8th, we have six teams representing our school in the North King Country Ripper tournament in Te Kuiti. Invitations are being given out to some students in year 5-8. We do require help with transport to this event. If you can help out please let us know on the form.

BoT news: Please note all of our school policies and procedures are available through this link to our school website. We will frequently attach one of the documents so you are aware of the important information you will find on the website, such as: how to address concerns, EOTC parent help (camps and trips) and the Community Code of Conduct for all parents, caregivers and visitors to our school or at a school event (attached).

We are sending out invitations to next week's Senior and Junior assemblies for the students who have reached Tier 2 of our KETE awards, please keep an eye out for them. 

Scott Lincoln 

Principal 

2023 TERM DATES

Term 3 - Mon 17th July - Fri 22nd Sept

SEPTEMBER
Friday 1st - DISCO!!
Wednesday 6th - COPS Mathletics
Thursday 7th - Pet Demo Day
Thursday 7th - Senior Assembly - Tier 2 celebration (1:30 pm)
Friday 8th - Junior Assembly - Tier 2 celebration (11:05 am)
Friday 8th - NKC ripper tournament @ Te Kuiti
Wednesday 13th - 15th - Middle syndicate camp to Raglan
Friday 22nd - Pen Assembly - Tier 3 celebration

School Holidays - Mon 25th Sept - Fri 6th Oct

Term 4 - Mon 9th Oct - Fri 15th Dec

OCTOBER
Friday 13th - Pets Day
Tuesday 17th - Year 8 - HPV Immunisations
Friday 20th - Group Day

NOVEMBER:
Monday 13th - Teacher Only Day

Our values focus for the second half of this term is Kindness.

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 Kindness our settings.

When our tamariki have consistently demonstrated a particular KETE value and have received a number of KETE tickets for this value, they are awarded either a  K,E,T  or E certificate. 

Ka Rawe to all of our tamariki who received one of these awards last week.

We are experiencing an increase in the number of sick children at school.

Ministry of Health Guidelines:
Many illnesses are infectious, meaning they can be spread easily from one person to another.
To stop sickness from spreading, it is important for you to keep your child at home when they are ill, and not let them go to school or Early childhood education centre. How long they should be home depends on what illness they have.

When your child catches an illness, there will be an incubation period before they show symptoms. Some illnesses are infectious before symptoms show; some are infectious even after symptoms have disappeared.

Click here to view the Infectious Diseases table on the HealthEd website. It describes the symptoms and exclusion periods for some common childhood illnesses.

You can call Healthline free on 0800 611 116:

Pets Demo Day will be held on Thursday 7th September. It will be over by the hall at 12:45pm. All students taking a pet to Pets Day are welcome to attend. They are not to bring their pet to school that day.

Pets Day will be held on Friday 13 October.

Please use this form to make your pets day entries. Please make one entry per child. You can revisit the form to make additional entries for your household. Pets Day diaries and owner consent forms will be sent home with all registered students.
All entries must be in by Thursday 21 September. No entries will be accepted after this date.


Please return all Pet Day & Group Day trophies to the office now.

GOATS
Kid saving dates:
1 July – 20 August 2023 – Early
21 August – 24 September 2023 - Late

LAMBS
Lambs saving dates:
1 July – 20 August 2023 - Early
21 August – 24 September 2023 - Late

CALVES
Calf saving dates
1 June – 4 August 2023 – EARLY
5 August – 24 September 2023 - LATE

Photolife Studios has emailed families their child’s unique Key Code to go online to view and purchase 2023 School Photos.
Click here to order yours now.      
***FREE DELIVERY EXPIRES Midnight Sunday 10th September*** 
If your child was in a sports photo this year and you have not received your code please check you trash/spam folder.
If you have any questions please contact Photolife Studios on 0800 501 040.

The Public Health Nurses will be at school on 17 October to provide dose 2 of the HPV immunisation for the Year 8 students whose parents/caregivers consented earlier in the year. If your child is absent there will be a catch up planned within 3 weeks.

If parents have any queries or changes please contact the Public Health Nurse, Anne Green on 021578052 or anne.green@waikatodhb.health.nz

Our teams have been sorted and the family contact details have been given to the coaches. They will be in touch regarding training and game times.

The fees are set at $20 per player. This will be added to student's school accounts. You can pay this online or in cash at the school office.

Midget grade (year 2) will continue playing over at the old Stadium on Wednesdays.

Junior grade (yr 3 & 4) will progress to playing full court at Te Whare Takarangi o Te Kuiti (Gallagher's Recreation Centre) on Wednesday afternoons.

Intermediate (Year 5 & 6) and Seniors (Year 7 & 8) will play at Te Whare Takarangi o Te Kuiti (Gallagher's Recreation Centre) on Thursday afternoons.
 

04/09/2023 - 08/09/2023

Our lunch provider Libelle have two feedback forms. The Weekly Menu Feedback form is for tamariki & school clients to rate their meals of the week. If a meal is not rating well it will be taken off the menu cycle to be reviewed and adjusted. For general feedback or comments, please fill out the general feedback form. You'll find the forms here.

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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. 

 

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