COVID-19 Restrictions

New Zealand is now at Covid-19 Alert Level 1. This means that life at school has returned to normal.... al-most.

At school we will continue to focus on:

personal hygiene, hand wash-ing and coughing/sneezing eti-quette, and disinfecting high touch surfaces;

insisting that all students and staff stay home if they are sick or unwell;

filling in the visitors register if you need to visit the school of-fice or your child's classroom (can be done using Skool Loop or filling in the paper copy at the office).

We are looking forward to adding a few events to our school calendar over the next couple of weeks and seeing you around in the mornings before school and at the end of the day.

Student of the week Last week the Stu-dent of the Week Award went to: Rimu Room: Amaya Ellis for working really hard on difficult math problems and not giving up.

Well done! Keep up the great work! Absences If your child is absent from school, please make sure you let the school office know before 9am.

Sign Out Sheet If you need to pick your child/ren up before 3pm for any reason, please sign them out in the office. Music Lessons Christine Cambie will start her piano and ukulele lessons again in Term 3.

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Onaero Planting Trip On Monday, 15th June we have been invited by the NPDC to take part in a planting adventure at the Onaero River Mouth. We have 1000 plants to get in the ground so it should be fun! We will be joined by the staff from the NPDC and Ngati Mutunga. We will leave school at 10am, start planting at 10:30am, have lunch when we are finished and maybe a bit of play and then head back to school. Students and parent helpers need to bring gumboots, a rain jack-et, lunch and a water bottle. We also still need more parents to help with transport and planting. Please return the permission/transport slip on Skool Loop ASAP.

Parent Teacher Inter-views Parent Teacher Interviews will take place on Wednesday1st July and Thursday, 2nd July. You will re-ceive your child/ren’s midyear report at the interview as well. Please choose your timeslot with your child/ren’s teacher/s on the Skool Loop app. Should none of the available slots suit, please let us know and we will try to accommodate this.

Lucky Bookclub Term 2 issue of the Lucky Bookclub is out now. Ordering is recommend-ed before Friday, 19th June, however you are able to place your orders un-til the end of term. If paying by cheque, please make cheque out to Scholastics NZ. You can also order online at www.bookclub.scholastic.co.nz.

2020 Camp Surveys Please find enclosed a survey about the 2020 Tainui Cluster Camp for year 5 and 6 students. Also enclosed is a camp survey for our year 0-4 stu-dents. Please return these to school ASAP.

Netball/Basketball Netball and Basketball competitions are still happening this season, with netball starting first week of term 3, and basketball start date still to be confirmed. We have now entered your children into the netball competition, you should have received a confirmation email from Netball NZ (Sporty). Please let us know if any information is incorrect.

Mimi Home & School Fundraiser As a fundraiser for the Home & School we are collecting orders for Canterbury CCC clothing at a dis-counted price. Orders are due Fri-day, 19th June and these should be ready for pick up before the end of term 2. Please contact Karen on 027 684 8456 for any questions or queries.

Mimi Trackpants and Fleece Tops We’ve got a selection of old Mimi track pants and fleece tops free to a good home. We have the following sizes available: Pants: size 6, 8, 10, 12 Fleece: size S, L (adults sizing) First come, first serve. Pick up from Sibylle’s office or txt/phone and we can send home with your child.

A Message from the Community Oral Health Service The effects of COVID-19 have been widely felt, and as a nation we have had the opportunity to protect those we love by being in lockdown. Alt-hough the Community Oral Health Service is an essential service and worked through lockdown, we were severely restricted in Levels 3 + 4 by the Dental Council of New Zealand (DCNZ), and we were only permitted to provide emergency and urgent dental care which we did from two clinics, one each in Hawera and New Plymouth. Now that we are in Level 1, DCNZ have advised we may see more chil-dren, providing we adhere to new restrictions which affects the number of children which may be seen each day. In order to comply with these restrictions, as well as ensure we are able to provide care to those who need it the most, we have had to pri-oritise children according to their clin-ical need. This means that we will be continuing to see those who were under treatment before lockdown and those who have teeth that are sore or need treatment. Unfortunately for the

time being we will not be able to complete routine exams (check-ups). As soon we are able, we will be con-tacting parents and caregivers to of-fer appointments for exams, but until then our teams are working very hard to care for the children who need dental treatment to manage pain and infection. However if any child has any dental pain or concerns, parents should phone 0800 825 583, and they will be able to speak to some-one who can help them.

Lunch Orders Fridays are lunch order days.

Here’s the roster for lunch order pick ups for the next few weeks: Friday, 12 June: Sibylle Friday, 19 June: Donna Ellis We are always on the lookout for some more parents who are able to a help with the picking up of lunch orders from Urenui Four Square (only about once per term). Please let Sibylle in the office know if you can help.

Pita Pit Lunch On Thursday, 25th June we’re hav-ing Pita Pit lunch. Please find en-closed order forms. They need to be handed in by Tuesday, 23rd June 3pm..

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TERM 2 CALENDAR

*PLANTING AT ONAERO BEACH Mon 15 Jun

LIFE EDUCATION TRUST Wed 17—

Thur 18 Jun

CANTERBURY & LUCKY BOOKCLUB ORDERS DUE Fri 19 Jun

PITA PIT LUNCH Thur 25 Jun

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Wed 1—Thur 2 Jul

LAST DAY OF TERM 2 Fri 3 Jul

* Trips out of school grounds, transport may be needed Please contact Jared or Sibylle at school for further information.