2016 2.1 - opua.school.nz
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2016 2.1 - opua.school.nz
OPUA SCHOOL WEEK 1 TERM TWO Room 2 Appointment 5th MAY 2016 I am delighted to be able to confirm to all our school community that, at the very end of last term, we concluded the appointment process for the permanent teacher of Room 2 and Ineka Halse was the successful candidate. Ineka, now in a permanent capacity, will be able to continue the wonderful work she has been doing for our Room 2 students. We are blessed to have another experienced, high-quality educator permanently join our teaching body. I am sure you will all share with me in congratulating Ineka. Don't hesitate, when you have an opportunity, to pop in and congratulate her personally. As well as giving Ineka our congratulations, I would also like to thank publicly, once again, Nicky Gabriels for her tenure here at Opua School. Nicky was, also, a wonderful Room 2 teacher and has left a positive mark on many of our students . I wish her well in spending more of that quality time with her young son, Robbie. We are fortunate, though, not to have lost Nicky completely as she has been appointed to the role of Librarian and will be in school one day a week working hard to ensure our library is the quality learning environment our children deserve. OPUA YOUTH SAILING Level 2 Youth Sailing Wednesdays 3.30pm - 5.30pm Opua Cruising Club Youth Sailing Shed/Boat Ramp. All welcome! 09 40 27 840 027 201 41 21 www.hiwithekiwi.co.nz www.opua.school.nz [email protected] The Turning Circle! SCHOOL LUNCHES One of the many features that our Wednesdays - Pizza Or Soup - $2.50 present Board has worked so hard on, especially our Chair Malcolm Shaft, is getting a Turning Circle and extra parking spaces at the top of Kellett Street to improve safety at drop-off and pick up times. As you will have noticed, finally, after over two years of determined dialogue with our council and with engineers, FNHL and other agencies, Malcolm and the Board have succeeded in getting action. The temporary delay at the moment is related to waiting for the power Fridays - Sausage ‘n’ Bread - $2.50 Order at the school office before 9am. Thank you to our marvellous volunteers! Offers of help, soup, scones etc ALWAYS welcome. company to deal with the electrics that need repositioning. Hopefully this delay won't be too long and we ask for everyone's patience during this time. We still have Fonterra’s Milk in Schools and Fruit in School. (Thank you to the wonderful Greg and Margaret from the Opua Store) At the end of this process [in a few weeks from now, we hope], we should have a lovely wide, sealed turning circle [apparently wide enough for a bus] and 8 or 9 more parking spaces for parents / caregivers to use. This is such welcome and positive news. Well done and thank you, Malcolm! Food scraps for the chickens. Please leave them outside the hen house or give them to a room 4 pupil. We are also after a bale of HAY for their nesting boxes. If you can provide us with one, please talk to Mrs Young. Thank you. Our current Board of Trustees have only one further meeting before a new BoT is elected. Please consider being a Trustee. If you would like to see what happens at a BoT meeting before committing yourself, feel free to come along to the next meeting on May 16th, 7.pm. Nomination forms have been posted out to all eligible parents and caregivers. If you have not received yours by Monday the 9th of May, please pop into the school office and check that we have your correct postal address and collect a form. If you are on the school roll and eligible to vote, then you can nominate yourself and do not require a seconder, but you must sign both parts of the form. Information on those who are ineligible to stand for election is on the back of the nomination form If you would like to consider putting your name forward for the new Board, there is an information booklet on the counter top in the Main Office that explains all about trusteeship. It is really important to understand what trustees can and cannot do and what trustees focus on. The present trustees are: Malcolm Shaft [Chair], Mel Going [Property], Duncan McAngus [Finance], Jasmine Beasley [Maori Liaison] and Simon McGowan [Principal]. You are welcome to ask any of these about trusteeship. If you have any questions about any aspect of the process, please don't hesitate to contact Maree at our Main Office as she is our Returning Officer for these elections. WHY HAVE A PTA? • To encourage fellowship among parents, teachers, children and the community. • To achieve a mutual understanding of goals and problems in educating children. • To ensure that our children receive the best education that we can possibly give them to foster the best physical, intellectual and mental health of the child. • To assist parents in being parents – the most important job in the world and the one for which you get no training • To enable parents, teachers and community the opportunity to discuss formally areas of interest. • To assist the school with activities where parent involvement is required. • To support the school Board of Trustees in development, communication and other activities . • To ensure that parents are receiving all the information they need regarding education in our school and in the wider community. • To assist the school with fundraising via donations, funding of assets and/or services. PTA AGM COMING SOON. 9th May 16th May 22nd May 10am Visit from WBHS & WGHS Rm 5 Board of Trustees Meeting 7pm Kawakawa Puff n Pull and Fair HOCKEY 2016 NETBALL DRAW OPENING DAY TOURNAMENT Saturday 7th May Saturday 7th May Years 3/4 10am Years 5/6 11.30am Please be there 20 minutes before the game. Practice session will be on Friday after school. Any queries please phone Paula on 09 4026 165 or 0279 525 583 Opua Ladybirds v Tigers Court 4 9am Pohutukawas v KKHS Rosella Court 8 9.45am Pohutukawas v KKHS Kingfishers Court 4 11.15am