www.ohaupo.school.nz Phone: 07 823 6736 Email: office@ohaupo.school.nz

Term 4, Week 10

Weds 16th December 2015

Our school vision: To provide a platform which launches/

enables students to make their own limitless choices

to excel in a continually changing world.

Tēna koutou katoa - a warm welcome to you all

Prize Giving Assembly Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our final Prize Giving Assembly today. It was an honour to see the Year 8 students being presented with their awards. The recipients are listed below.

School Organisation for 2016 In keeping with our 2015 “learner agency” focus the school has been organised into 3 hubs: Kowhai, Rata, Totara and Kauri for 2016. This is a deliberate shift to continue to support the students to become active, engaged, confident learners who are able to make choices and be independent. Our aim of empowering learners is ongoing and our reflections on our 2015 year; the number of students in each year level; staffing entitlement and physical spaces have all contributed to this organisation. There is a further explanation of our organisation on page 2.

Week 10

Wednesday 16th December 6:30pm School Disco

Thursday 17th December Last day of term. School ends 1:30pm

Don’t forget to order your child’s school stationery by

21st Jan 2016 !

2016 Term 1 starts on Tuesday 2nd February 2016 School is closed on Monday 8th February (Waitangi Day)

Swimming Lessons 2016 There is a notice coming home TODAY with students who will be in Years 3 to 8 next year, giving you the dates for the Term 1, 2016 swimming lessons. Please do not pay the swimming fees until next year.

End of Year Disco All current Ōhaupō School students (all students in Years 0—8) are invited to come to our School Dis-co which takes place tonight in the school hall, starting at 6:30pm until 8:30pm (to 9:30pm for Year 7 & 8 students only). Students MUST be collected by an adult. All students are in-vited to dress up in the ‘Christmas Time’ theme. There will be prizes for the best dressed and spot prizes too. Please bring a plate (one plate for each family) to share for supper. The $3 entrance fee is payable at the door and will pay for our Pro-fessional DJ on the night.

Last Day of Term School will finish for 2015 at 1:30pm on Thursday17th December. The school bus will leave school at 1:30pm and the Hamilton bus at 1:45pm. PLEASE ring the Office to advise if your child will be travelling on the 1:45pm Hamilton bus. Don’t forget to book After School Care if your child needs supervision after 1:30pm - please contact Nikki Jones on 021 795 105.

Seasons Greetings to you all. Have a safe and happy holiday with your children.

Kia kaha,

Sue McLocklan, Principal Ōhaupō School M. Ed Ldshp; B. Tchg. Dip. Info. Studies. Dip Tchg.

Back-to-School Stationery Stationery lists can be accessed via our website

www.ohaupo.school.nz

We have teamed up with OfficeMax student stationery. This means that you can order your child's stationery online or by telephone, fax, or by visiting any OfficeMax retail store. The local OfficeMax store is located at 1 Princes Street, Hamilton (via the North end of Victoria Street). Parking is available.

We would encourage our parents/caregivers to purchase through this offer, as the school also benefits and your pur-

chases will earn our school Rewards which we can redeem for much needed educational supplies or equipment for our class-rooms. Alternatively, you can print the list and purchase your

requirements from your own choice of stationery supplier. Online stationery orders via OfficeMax

must be completed by 21st January 2016

Congratulations to the recipients of our 2015 Prize Giving awards: Dux Cup Samantha Turnwald Sturgeon Cup Proxime Accessit Lucy Turnwald

Principal's Award Elizabeth Archer Albert Memorial Cup for Citizenship Zoë Wooten Warren Cup for Personal Effort Lucas Perry Kahikatea Cup - He taru kahika Isobel Taylor History Essay Award Winner Erin Butterfield and Samantha Turnwald Inspiration Award (Davies Trophy) Elizabeth Archer For Performing Arts and Leadership

Sportsperson of the Year Cup Zoë Wooten

Humberstone Cup for Good Conduct Red House Inter-house Sports Shield Green House

Terms Start date Finish date

1 Tuesday 2nd

February 2016

Friday 15th April

2 Monday 2nd May Friday 8th July **

3 Monday 25th July Friday 23rd Sept

4 Monday 10th Oct Friday 16th

December

School will be closed on the following Public Holidays: Waitangi Day 8th Feb, Good Friday 25th March, Easter Monday 28th March, Anzac Day falls during the school holidays, Queens Birthday 6th June, Labour Day 24th Oct.

** We have a confirmed Teacher Only Day on Friday 17th June 2016 (Fieldays Friday) in line with the Te Awamutu School Cluster. Any additional Teacher Only Days will be confirmed in the school newsletter.

Ohaupo School Organisation 2016

We have had a few questions about the organisation of students into ‘Hubs’ next year, so I would like to clarify the new arrangements:

Students have been placed in Home Rooms for the purpose of taking the roll. This happens at the beginning of the day and immediately after lunch.

Kowhai Hub: (including Home Rooms 1, 2 and 3) Each Home Room includes students from Years 0—2. We are fostering Whanaungatanga (relationship, kinship, sense of family connection), where the older students are able to be leaders in each room and support the younger students.

For the rest of the learning day, students will be grouped according to their learning needs. They will have either Mrs Bev Boyes, Mrs Linda Clarke or Mrs Julie Gray as their teacher for Literacy and Maths. This is exactly the same system that we have been running in the Kowhai Hub during terms 3 and 4 of this year.

All three teachers in the Kowhai Hub are responsible for the pastoral care of your child and you are able to contact any teacher at any time either in person, via the school office 823 6736 or via the email addresses shown below.

Bev Boyes bboyes@ohaupo.school.nz Linda Clarke lclarke@ohaupo.school.nz Julie Gray jgray@ohaupo.school.nz

Rata Hub: (including Home Rooms 4 and 5) Students have been placed in Home Rooms for the purposes of taking the roll. This happens at the beginning of the day and immediately after lunch.

Each Home Room includes students from Years 3 and 4. We are fostering Whanaungatanga (relationship, kinship, sense of family connection), where the older students are able to be leaders in each room and support the younger students.

For the rest of the learning day, students will be grouped according to their learning needs. They will have either Miss Nielsen or Mr Harrop as their teacher for Literacy and Maths. This is exactly the same system that we have been running in the Kowhai Hub during terms 3 and 4 of this year.

Your children will also be given the opportunity to work with the children in Years 5 to 8 every Friday for experi-ences in the Health and Physical Education, and Arts cur-riculums. This will commence after swimming in Term 1.

Both teachers in the Rata Hub are responsible for the pas-toral care of your child and you are able to contact either teacher at any time either in person, via the school office 823 6736 or via the email addresses shown below.

Mark Harrop mharrop@ohaupo.school.nz Angelique Nielsen anielsen@ohaupo.school.nz

Totara Hub and Kauri Hub: (the Totara Hub includes Home Rooms 5 & 6) (the Kauri Hub includes Room 8 and the Library) The Totara and Kauri Hubs will be organised with students in Home Rooms to start the day and to return to after each break. In Room 8 will be Mr Rennie with the Year 7 & 8 students. In Room 7 will be Mrs Adams and in Room 6 will be Mr Mitchell. The Year 5 & 6 students will be evenly split between Rooms 6 and 7.

For literacy (reading / writing and spelling) and Mathematics, the students in the Totara and Kauri Hubs will be cross-grouped, with each teacher responsible for at least 3 groups. The groups will be formed based on the learning needs of the students. The grouping will change as the needs of students change.

All three teachers in the Totara and Kauri Hubs are responsible for the pastoral care of your child and you are able to contact any teacher at any time either in person, via the school office 823 6736 or via the email addresses shown below.

Bruce Mitchell bmitchell@ohaupo.school.nz Kerry Adams kadams@ohaupo.school.nz Chris Rennie crennie@ohaupo.school.nz

Grouping of Students for Inquiry Inquiry and other curriculum areas may involve indi-vidual Home Rooms, Hubs, several Hubs or the whole school together.

Weet-Bix Tryathlon 2016

Visit the website: try.weetbix.co.nz Register by 25th January 2016!

The code to link your child’s entry to the

Ohaupo School team is: OHAU0415 Or phone Connie on 027 241 6339

Weet-Bix Tryathlon 2016

Early in February this year, the largest Ohaupo team yet

entered the Weet-bix Tryathlon. I am sure there will be

LOTS of students who want to give it a go next Febru-ary. The date is Sunday 14th February 2016, in the

grounds of Waikato University, Hamilton.

Registrations are now open and it ‘s just $35 for

early-bird registration. Have a look at the website

try.weetbix.co.nz for more info.

The code you will need to link your child’s entry to the Ohaupo School team is:

OHAU0415

Register by 25th January 2016!

Or phone Connie on 027 241 6339

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