KOKAKO NEWSO R O P I S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R T E R M 4 W E E K 6

I am pleased to provide you all with an update

of staffing related matters for 2020. Those

who were at the meetings last week will be

aware of teacher placements and class levels.

Details are on the next page.

The new classrooms nearest the field (to be

located where the PE shed is) will be ready

before the new classrooms on the front field.

The classes that will go into the two new

classrooms at the front of the school will be

Mrs King and Rachelle Hodgson's classes.

Our new teachers are Rachelle, Anna, and

Emma Norton.

Kia ora koutouRachael Heath remains at Oropi School as the

Reading Recovery Teacher, and teacher for ORS

students. Tanya Benge will be on leave for 12

months, and Amy Oswald will be on maternity

leave.

As explained at the parent consultation meetings,

our teams will be re-named and here is the

outcome of that. We are naming the teams after

the mountains, according to local legend which is

very fitting as part of our goals to help educate

students regarding turangawaewae.

Otanewainuku - for the senior team, as

Otanewainuku is the chief

Puwhenua for the middle team, as she is of

middle stature out of the three mountains

Mauao - for the junior team, as Mauao was the

youngest (potiki)

As I am sure you will all appreciate, there is a lot of

thinking around all of this and we have the best

interests of our students at heart, particularly with

class placements.

 

As the Principal, the next area to be working on

will be part-time teacher and support staff hours

and roles, along with the budget and putting the

pieces together, based on feedback, for our 2020

Annual Plan. I will communicate these details at a

later stage. Thank you for your contributions to

date.

 

Nga mihi nui 

Andrew King

Principal | Oropi School

The bush area by the staff carpark is about to be

reinstated with about 300 more shrubs and trees

thanks to Naturally Native and Heron, who will

be coordinating groups of students to plant there

so we have this greenspace back like it was.

Nga mihi nui

Andrew King

Principal | Oropi School

Year 7 & 8 Robert Lewis Korimako

Year 6 & 7 Scott Higgins Korimako

Year 5 & 6 Demelza Pendergrast new classroom

Year 5 & 6 Anna Bowley new classroom

Year 4 - 7 Bilingual Hinenui Webb

Year 4 & 5 Jenny Tappenden Pukeko

Year 4 & 5 Emma Norton Pukeko

Year 3 & 4 Jaimee Donaldson Ruru

Year 3 Rachelle Hodgson new Tui classroom

Year 2 & 3 Amanda King new Tui classroom

Year 2 Abby Fleury Piwakawaka

Year 1 & 2 Jordan Williams Piwakawaka

Year 1 Emma Robinson Kiwi

New Entrant Sarah Weston Kiwi

2020 Class Information

WorldKindness

Day

West Cluster Athletics

Box Fun in Ruru

Box Fun in Ruru

Photolife PhotosPhotolife order information was sent home to

each child on Tuesday 12 November. Please

order before 1 December to qualify for free

shipping.

End of YearAwards &Celebrations10:45 am Whole school to the Hall

11 am - 12 pm Year 8 Speeches at the Hall

12:00 pm Lunch & Ice Blocks back at school

(parents welcome to join their children for

lunch at school)

1:15 pm EOY Prize Giving at theHall for all

students

Normal End of Day Routine at 2:40 pm

2020 EnrolmentsIs your child turning 5 in 2020? We are in the final

stages of finalising enrolments for next year. Please

make sure you have completed enrolment forms

before Monday 11 November.

Google LinksRemember to complete the google forms for

the following trips

Kiwi End of Year Trip

http://bit.ly/OropiKiwiEOYtrip2019

Piwakawaka End of Year Trip

http://bit.ly/OropiPiwakawakaEOYtrip2019

Tui, Korimako, and Ruru Juniro Production Trip

http://bit.ly/OropiTGCJuniorProd2019

2020 Year 3 & 4 Camp

http://bit.ly/2020Year3and4camp1

2020 ChromebooksClick the link for information about

chromebooks for students in Year 6 - 8 in

2020.

http://bit.ly/OropiChromebooks2020

2019 LeaversIf your child is not returning in 2020, please

remember to notify the office as soon as possible.

If your child is Year 7 or 8 next year and you have

not completed the google form, please go to the

google link below

http://bit.ly/Oropi2020Year7and8survey

Medication atSchoolPlease remember that all medication MUST be

held at the office. No medication is permitted

in School bags. This includes any type of

medication including antibiotics,

antihistamine, and ashthma medication.

Sports Results

The Oropi Sunshine's played a day of cricket on

Thursday for the Go Girls Cricket Tournament at

Blake Park.

The team had a great day. No wins but lots of fun

and don't they all look amazing in their bright

colours? PODs Kate and Sophia. Special award to

Chloe. Thanks to the parents who could help with

transport and supervision.

Go Girls Cricket

Garden to TableThis week Korimako, Te Kokako and Tui

were helping with clearing out some of the

winter-vegetable beds, so in the kitchen we

made good use of leeks, beetroot, fennel,

broccoli, cabbage, carrots and some spring

broad beans to make patties, relish and

coleslaw.

In the garden this week we planted

aubergine, beans, squash and rainbow beets

and prepared beds for planting more

summer vegetables next week. Te Kokako

were rained on so we sheltered in the

classroom and made seedling pots out of

newspaper that can be planted directly into

the garden.

Rippa RugbyBrenda's Farewell

Any past and present families and friends of Oropi

Playgroup are invited to come and farewell

Brenda on Sun 1st Dec, 2 pm at the Oropi Hall.

Please bring a plate of food to share. We will

provide a sausage sizzle later in the

afternoon, and some fun activities for the kids. Also

please bring along any photos from your time at

Playgroup for our photo board.

This week we had a cross-pool game with

Maungatapu Servals. They were a tough team and

beat us 8-4.  Player of the day went to James, three

games in and he scored his first try! Well done, you

are really getting into the game. Good job by

Jasper who scored the rest of our tries.

The Korimako Rippa team have seen lots of

changes to the team lately so we had to recruit

Phoenix to complete the team. Tauranga Primary

took the win 8 - 4. It was a great game with lots of

ball time for everyone. Special thanks to Lewis for

helping out the kids on the field. This helped their

confidence immensely and everyone really

enjoyed the game. Player of the day was Blake.

Reminders• Please ensure the School has your current

contact information. We must have your

mobile number, email address and

emergency contact information.

• School starts at 8.55 am. Any child arriving

after this time must report to the office before

going to class.

• Children who do not use the bus can be

dropped off at School from 8.15 am. Not

before please.

• School finishes at 2.40 pm. Children who do

not use the bus must be collected before 3.10

pm.

• If your child uses the bus and you are picking

them up, please ensure you call the office

BEFORE 2 pm by calling 5431479 option 1. If

you collect your child on a regular basis,

please notify the office.

• If you have any health and safety concerns,

please email healthandsafety@oropi.school.nz

Remember to call the office to report your

child's absence.

Call 543 1479 and leave a message or email

office@oropi.school.nz

We have over 330 pupils so PLEASE include

the class your child is in AND the reason they

are absent.

• We encourage families to park at the hall

and walk along the path to School. Please

avoid parking on the yellow lines. Please do

not park in the staff car park or in the bus-

turning bay at any time. 

Kindo

To avoid office queues please go online to

make payments through your mykindo

account.

If you haven't used Kindo before, click this link

to get started (all you need is the email

address we have on record)...

https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/handshake.shtml?

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If you already have a mykindo account, go to

www.mykindo.co.nz or via the link on our

school website.

Preferred payment is made via Kindo.

Alternatively payment can be made into the

School account. Oropi School

ASB 12-3440-0087772-00 - Please use your

surname as a reference.

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