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Newsletter 1 February 2024
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Happy New Year to all of our DSS community
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We hope that you all had a happy summer break over the school holidays.
David Street School Staff and Board of Trustees would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new families who joined us this week.
Our school has sprung to life once again with the sounds of joy and learning echoing through our classrooms and playgrounds. It is wonderful to see our children happy and adapting well to being back at school.
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Welcome
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A Big welcome to our new children who have joined us at David Street School:
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Tyler, Zach, Carsten, Malakai, Darcie, Oliver, Sophia-Rose, Nayla, Nile, Eve, Mason, Asher, Jasmin, Zoey, Carter, Aria, Emerald, Laurelle, Amelia and Thulani.
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Nau mai, haere mai ki te Kura o Rawiri
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Powhiri - Tomorrow - Friday 2 February
This week we are having a Powhiri to formally welcome new staff, students, and whaanau to our school. If you were a new family to our school during Term 4 of 2023 or are new in 2024, we invite you to be welcomed onto our school along with your child/children.
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Any current families who would like to be part of this ceremony to welcome our new whaanau are also invited to attend.
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When: Friday 2 February
Time: 9:30am
Where: David Street School (under the covered courts)
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A Powhiri is a welcoming ceremony for new visitors. New whaanau and children to our school will meet in the hall at 9:15am and will be guided through this process with one of our local Kaumatua. Women if possible, please wear a black skirt, and men, black pants.
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Getting to Know our Learners Meetings Whakawhaanaungatanga
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Our teachers aspire every day to ensure that our learning programmes are engaging and exciting. An important part of this is getting to know our whaanau’s aspirations for their child and learning.
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These meetings are an opportunity to strengthen parent/school partnerships to help meet the learning needs of your child and to share family ideas on our children’s interests and our aspirations for them over the next year, and also answer any questions that you may have.
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Booking Times
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Thursday 15 February - 3:15pm - 7:25pm
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Tuesday 20 February - 3:15pm - 5:35pm
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Booking Your Meeting
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Bookings can be made through School Interviews
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If asked for a code enter vcmu4
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- Choose your child's teacher and a time that suits you.
- Choose your child's teacher and a time that suits you.
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If you are unable to make an online booking please contact the office and we can help book your appointment.
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Advertising Spaces available
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We have advertising spaces available for local businesses who would like to sponsor our school newsletter.
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Our School Newsletter is sent out every week and celebrates the awesome things happening in our school. It is digitally shared to our school families via email, website, Facebook and our School App.
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If you are interested in regularly advertising with us, please get in touch with Chris Marks at school to find out more. email: chrism@davidst.school.nz
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Our Home and School Ice Block Friday Fundraiser starts next week on Friday 9 February and continues on every school Friday this term.
Go to the Home and School Shop to order your child an ice block to have at lunch time. Ice blocks are $1.
• When prompted, Please change your child’s classroom from last year to their new classroom.
• Please only order 1 Ice block per child.
• If your are ordering for the term, you will need to place an order for each Friday and each child.
• Add them all to your cart and pay for all orders at the end of the transaction.
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General Information
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SCHOOL STAFF 2024
Deputy Principals
Michelle Fielding & Chris Marks
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Kowhai Team Year 5-6
Nicola Soffe (Team Leader) Jocelyn Mitchell, Aimee McGall, Kayley Martin, Dom Lock,
Kyle Storey, Kellie Scott
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Kauri Team Year 3- 4
Rm 7 - Owen Shanks
Rm 8 - Samantha Niven
Rm 9 - Emma Moscrip
Rm 10 - Jon Bettin (Team Leader)
Rm 11 - Shay Teague
Rm 12 - Caitlin Hazlehurst
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Kahikatea Team Year 0-1-2
Rm 14 – Rebecca Bracey & Lisa Clark
Rm 15 – Maia Ikinofo & Laura Robinson
Rm 16 - Debora Priest & Susan Garrud
Rm 17 – Ashley Johnston (New Entrants)
Rm 19 - Jo Keogh (Team Leader)
Rm 20 - Ashley Miller
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Release Teachers
Ange McWilliam, Julie Byers, Elysia Gunn,
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Jacky Hutcings, Krystal Roskam,
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Meryl Marks, Kellie Scott, Brenda Te Wiata
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Learning Assistants
Adele Alsemgeest, Wendy Borrie,
Deidre Hampton, Linley McMillan,
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Ang Martin, Paula Reid, Monica Ward,
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Tessa Steenhoven, Anna Dewhurst, Coralie Buser
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Office Staff
Carey Burne (Office Manager), Kirsten Woolridge, Janelle Nicholls, Marlene Foley
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Caretakers: Simone Vester
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Care for Kids Manager: Pia Doughty
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Absentees
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The absence line is available 24 hours 889-7780 ext 1 or you can use our School App to notify us when your child is away.
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If your child is unwell please keep them at home and contact the School Office before 9am to let us know.
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Download our school APP from your App Store - SchoolAppsNZ
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Lost Property
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Each Term we always have extremely large amount of lost property. We do our best to manage and ensure lost property is returned to the owner. Please name your child’s clothing, including towels, togs and goggles. This helps us get items back to where they belong.
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Any lost property not claimed each term is donated to charity.
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Bell Times
The bell times for morning tea and the lunch break have changed slightly to better suit our children's needs. Morning and end of school day remain the same.
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8.15am Children may enter school
8.55am Start of the school day
11.00am – 11.30am Morning interval
12.45pm - 1.30pm Lunch interval
2.45pm Bus Bell
3.00pm End of the school day
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Note: For safety reasons, pupils should not arrive at school before 8.15am.
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Those arriving before this time, must wait in the shelter at the main gate.
We do have Before School Care available in our Care for Kids programme from 7.00am each school day.
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Contact Pia Doughty on 0273 691 263 or for more information see our Before and After School Care Programme:
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Upcoming Events in Term 1
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Friday 2 February - David Street School PÅwhiri 9.30am
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Tuesday 6 February - Waitangi Day Public Holiday
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Friday 9 February - Ice Block Friday
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Thursday 15 February - Getting to know the Learner (Parent /Teacher meeting) 3:15-7:25pm
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Friday 16 February - Ice Block Friday
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Tuesday 20 February - Getting to know the Learner (Parent /Teacher meeting) 3:15pm - 5:35pm
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Wednesday 21 February - Hearing and Vision Testing 9:00am
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Friday 23 February - Ice Block Friday
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Monday 26 February - DSS Competition Swimming at Morrnisville Pools
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Tuesday 27 February - Senior school Carnival Swimming at Rec grounds & Middle School Carnival at DSS
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Friday 1 March - Ice Block Friday
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Friday 1 March - Kahikatea Water Fun Day at Morrinsville Pools
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Monday 4 March -Teacher Only Day School - Closed to students
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Tuesday 5 March - Inter-school Swimming sports @ Morrinsville School
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Friday 8 March - Ice Block Friday
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Tuesday 12 March - Japanese students visiting from Morrinsville Intermediate School & Junior Parent Info Afternoon 3.15pm -4pm
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Friday 15 March - Ice Block Friday
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Friday 22 March - Ice Block Friday
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Friday 29 March - Good Friday
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Monday 1 April - Easter Monday
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Tuesday 2 April - Easter Tuesday (Although it is not a public holiday, Easter Tuesday is a recognised school holiday in NZ)
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Friday 5 April - Ice Block Friday
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Friday 12 April - Ice Block Friday
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Friday 12 April - End of term 1
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After School Messages for Students
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If you have an after-school message for your child, please phone these through by 2.20pm so we have time to get the message to your child before the afternoon bells.
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We do discourage sending emails or private messaging of absences for after school messages as we are not constantly checking these forms of communication during the busy school day, and important messages may be missed or not relayed to your child on time.
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Late to School/Appointments
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If your child is late for school, they need to come to the office and sign in before going to their class.
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It is important for students to arrive at school between 8:30- 8:45am so that they can settle and get ready for the start of school at 8:55am.
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Children who need to leave school for any reason during the day eg: doctor or dentist appointment, must be signed out at the school office by a guardian.
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If someone else is picking your child up you must first phone the office and let us know who that will be.
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Communication to Parents
Our School App is our main way of communicating important information to our school community. If you have not done so already we encourage you to download our App now. Parents can also notify the school of any absences via our school app.
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· Please also like our facebook page another way of communicating news, photos and information to our school community.
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· Our school website is a great place to go for general information about our school. e.g staff, Care for Kids (our before/after school and holiday programme), enrolment, school calendar and general information like term dates etc...
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· The school newsletter is distributed online via our School App and also Facebook, Hero and email It can also be found on our school website every Thursday.
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This will contain school news, events, photos and information.
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Thank You Stevenson Family
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Last term the Stevenson family, were presented with a $500 cheque for selling their property with Danielle Callaghan and Kevin Deane Real Estate. (Harper and Levi Stevenson pictured receiving the cheque)
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The money is to go to the Home and School Committee for their Playground Fundraiser.
Danielle Callaghan, from Danielle Callaghan Real Estate and Kevin Deane Real Estate, have been running a promotion for families from David Street School.
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'List and Sell your property with Danielle and receive $500 to donate to the Home and
School Committee's Playground Fundraiser'
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Thank you Stevenson family!
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A big THANK YOU to Danielle Callaghan for her continued support of David Street School.
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The students, staff and community of David Street School appreciate the wonderful donation.
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Swimming Term 1
ALL students are to have their Togs – Towel. Goggles are optional.
Please have clothing named including togs, towels and goggles (if using them). This helps us return items to where they belong. Togs and Towels should be in a waterproof bag.
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Swimming Juniors and Middle School
The Junior and Middle school team are swimming most days using our school pool, please ensure your child comes to school prepared. If you are unsure, check with your child’s teacher regarding swimming times at school. The best way to do this would be via email.
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Teacher emails can be found on our David Street School website (click on the teacher profile to view their email address) www.davidst.school.nz go to tab Our School/ Staff or alternatively on our School App.
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Swimming Senior children
For this week only, the seniors will be swimming in the school pool to help with grouping the students.
After this week, senior students take the bus down to the town pools for swimming lessons.
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There is an Olympic sized pool for confident swimmers, and another pool shallow enough for those less confident in the water, where the focus is to build confidence and have fun.
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Senior Swimming Days at the Morrinsville Pools:
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Week 2: Wednesday and Thursday
Week 3: Tuesday and Thursday
Week 4: Tuesday and Thursday
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Scholastic Book Club issue 1 is out now. Online orders GET $5 CREDIT for orders over $35 on Issue 1 to help keep the reading rolling! To take advantage of this special go to the link below to place your order.
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Community Notices
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Morrinsville Junior Cricket Club
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