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term 4 week 8 wednesday 14th december 2011 our school vision to provide a platform which launches enables students to make their own limitless choices tena koutou katoa greetings to you all as this is the final newsletter for 2011 on behalf of our school community i would like to thank our year 8 students for their contributions during their time here and wish them all the best for their secondary education this friday the 16th we farewell aimee butterfield sophie crowley georgia davies bethany gray paige haig-buck rebecca meehan scott mitchell te ahu munro-keefe aidan o connor daniel o rourke olivia simson mckayla southerwood ted sullivan scott thomas kayla trusler and olivia webber with their departure we also farewell and thank the following parents for their support and association with haup school sonia de thierry and kevin crowley eleanore and dean buck jody and perry meehan hannah keefe adrienne and matt o connor andrea and mark simson kelly southerwood dianne and brian sullivan and susan and campbell thomas for some of you this will be the first time in ten years that you have not had a child at haup school to those of you who have made substantial contributions to our school with time action and resourcing my sincere thanks parent support is a significant factor in the variety of learning possibilities students are offered at haup school national standards schools are now required to report the achievement of their students in relation to the standards in reading writing and mathematics while these standards are untried and untested this data is based on teacher professional knowledge and experience from overall teacher judgements otjs by observation teacher student conversations and national assessment tools this data does not include students who have not been at school a year i.e not 6 years of age the mathematical national standards are split into three strands number and algebra geometry and measurement and statistics all students 2011 number algebra geometry measurement statistics literacy 2011 all students 2011 reading writing above 20 18 23 above 35 19 meeting 62 70 72 meeting 48 59 below 18 12 5 below 17 23 today all year 3 4 5 6 7 8 students will receive their end of year summaries these summaries give an indication of individual students in relation to the standards guidelines for the standards are available on the ministry of education website http nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/national-standards finally on behalf of the staff i thank you sincerely for your support and assistance this year have a very merry xmas and a happy new year take time to enjoy your time with your children these holidays be safe and all the best to you and your family well for the new year ka kite sue mclocklan principal week 8 thursday 15th dec parent helpers morning tea 10:30am friday 16th december 9:30am prizegiving assembly 10:45am year 8 morning tea 6:30pm pta disco week 9 tuesday 20th dec end of term 4 lessons end 12:30 school closes for 2011 at 1:30pm 2012 term 1 starts on tuesday 7th february 2012 see term dates on page 2 reminders no bus service on tuesday 20th december last guitar lesson tomorrow thursday 15th dec phone 07 823 6736 fax 07 823 6732 email office@ohaupo.school.nz

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news a huge thank you to staples rodway and cliff nightingale our bot treasurer for their gift of an interactive whiteboard this will be a wonderful addition to the facilities of our school offering the students online learning opportunities school will close for the year on tuesday 20th of december at 12.30p.m all children who are 12.30pm being collected in cars must be picked up promptly at 12.30pm all walkers and bikers will be monitored across west road those students attending kids zone will report to the hall at 12:30 pm book direct with robyn 0276 258 032 there will be no staff on site to supervise students after this time apart from the after school club the last full school day for 2011 for room 2 room 2b and room 3 students will be friday the 16th of december monday 19th december and the morning of tuesday 20th will be spent cleaning classrooms shifting resources and ensuring the school is physically prepared for 2012 it will be easier and safer to complete this re-organisation without the younger children the last day for the ohaupo school bus run will be monday the 19th of december 2011 there will be no local bus service on tuesday the 20th of december 2011 end of year procedures starting roll for 2012 is 180 pupils if there are any families moving away or intending to join ohaupo school next year please contact the office we have reviewed the year levels of our students and will now operate 8 classrooms the classrooms will also be renumbered see information box we would like to extend an open invitation to attend the end of year prize giving assembly on friday 16th december at 9:30am in the school hall sue mclocklan principal prize giving st stephen s tamahere christmas festival christmas carol concert today a group of ohaupo school carol singers brass and guitar players performed at a christmas concert `carols in the church at st stephen s church in tamahere thank you to all the parents caregivers teachers who came along and everyone who took transport classroom renumbering 2011 2012 2011 rm 1 rm 2b rm2 rm3 rm4 rm5 rm6 2012 teacher rm1 rm2 rm3 rm4 rm5 rm6 rm7 mrs boyes mrs church mrs clarke miss hawkins mrs langridge mr harrop mr mitchell yrs 2+3 1+2 0+1 2+3 4+5 4+5 6+7 stop press look out for more photos in tomorrow s waikato times on monday 8 students joined mrs mclocklan and mrs roberts for morning tea at the olde creamery café in kaipaki road these students were lucky enough to be drawn the winners from term 4 s pool of merit award recipients well done to kaylee kite kaysha whiu nathan mcnamara kadin kete isobel taylor daniel webber jordan reid and connor francis-farrelly.

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a warm welcome to dixon kete kadin s brother who has joined room 2 we would like to extend an open invitation to all parent helpers caregivers and friends of the school who have supported or assisted our school during 2011 to join us at our special morning tea on thursday 15th december at 10:30am please come along so we can thank you for your support during the year to help us with catering please reply to the office thank you invitation to morning tea bring your library red cross first aid over the last few weeks students from rooms 4 5 6 and 7 have participated in a basic first aid course courtesy of the red cross thank you to maria for coming to ohaupo school to enable our students to learn these very important life skills here are some comments by 2 of the students and the general feeling by most from room 7 students i think the first aid lady was very helpful with my learning by teaching me the recovery position she also taught us the doctors abc s drsabc which will remind me of my order of thinking in an emergency connor farrelly yr7 i feel better now because i know most of the first aid that i need to know i learnt the drsabc and how to put people in the recovery position after an accident if the person is unconscious if something happens on the farm now i will know what to do scott thomas yr8 books back to school all library books and readers must be returned to school urgently pta news end of year disco .black white theme friday 16th december please bring a plate and a gold coin donation 6-30pm 8.30pm9pm year 7&8 funds raised from this disco will be donated to ohaupo plunket as they lend us cups and platters for speech nights throughout the year scrap metal drive february 2012 a great holiday occupation to keep the children busy proceeds will benefit our school it is time to empty out your sheds and start collecting all those aluminium and stainless steel cans pots and pans old bicycles white ware fridges freezers ovens and washing machines car/tractor batteries old fencing wire old gates brass broken swing sets stainless steel old bbq s lead corrugated iron pipes aluminium old hot water cylinders cast iron baths brass taps gas bottles car parts old car bodies electric motors old lawn mowers tin cans room 1 5 sleepover camp at ohaupo school last friday rooms 1 and 5 had an awesome sleep-over camp at school everyone brought their tents and cooked marshmallows over the camp fire played games like cutting chocolate with a knife and fork burma trail and spotlight thank you to all the parents caregivers and teachers because we couldn t have done it without you drop off point and date to be advised in the new year anything metal finally thank you very much to everyone who has been involved in our fundraisers and activities throughout the year and we wish you and your families a very merry christmas and happy new year ohaupo terms 2012 1 2 3 4 start date tuesday 7 february monday 23 april monday 16 july monday 15 october finish date thursday 5 april friday 29 june friday 28 september tuesday 20 dec

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payment of school accounts the ohaupo school asb account number for direct payments of school accounts is 12 3134 0056759 00 please ensure you note the name of the student any enquiries to the office kaipaki ohaupo sports holiday programme january 2012 to be held at kaipaki hall 530 kaipaki rd ohaupo the holiday programmes are designed so children get a good kiwi grounding in as many sports as possible monday 30th january tennis tuesday 31st jan cricket wednesday 1st february mystery day thursday 2nd feb hockey friday 3rd feb athletics please register with john parker mob 021 930 145 or email johnp@sportmt.co.nz by friday 27th january funds raised from these programmes will go towards upgrading of sporting community facilities at kaipaki hall 530 kaipaki road ohaupo after school club book early for the last day of school school finishes at 12:30 on the 20th december the last day of school you will need to book early if you need your child/ren to go to the asc phone robyn 0276258032 nzcu banking don t forget it s school banking tomorrow if you would like to open an account for your child please send a note to the office phone 07 823 6736 fax 07 823 6732 email office@ohaupo.school.nz

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