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Newsletter 15 February 2024
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Welcome
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A Big welcome to Payton, Frankie, Pene-Ray, Baylee, Elayna and Wayan who have joined us at David Street School. Nau mai, haere mai ki te Kura o Rawiri
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Covid-19
With the resurgence of Covid-19 in our community and school if your child is unwell and tests positive for Covid-19, we ask that they stay home for 5 days to avoid the spread through our school and to protect our students with high health needs.
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Please see our website for information regarding illnesses at school
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Getting to Know our Learners Meetings Whakawhaanaungatanga
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Have you booked your Whakawhanaungatanga / Getting to Know Our Learners meeting with your child's teacher?
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Booking Times:
Today - Thursday 15 February - 3:15pm - 7:25pm
Tuesday 20 February - 3:15pm - 5:35pm
Please note:
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Room 17 (New Entrants) will not be hosting these interviews. Please get in touch with Ashley Johnston if you wish to talk to her.
Room 15: Maia Ikinofo and Laura Robinson will be in touch with parents regarding booking interviews, they are not using the online booking system.
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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. Phone: 889-7780
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Found
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This cuddly pig was found in our senior school block after our Poowhiri and is missing his owners and at the moment living in our school office.
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If this little pig belongs to you pop in to our school office to collect.
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Upcoming Events in Term 1
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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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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 - Pizza Lunch & 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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Thursday 28 March - Pizza Lunch
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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 New Zealand)
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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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Home and School Fundraisers
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Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser
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We will be selling Coupland's Hot Cross Buns from next week,
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Monday 19 February to Friday 8 March
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There will be 3 different flavours available to purchase: Traditional/Choc/Cranberry
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This fundraiser will run through our
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Home and School Shop as we did with the licorice fundraiser.
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Pick up for Hot Cross Bun orders will be prior to Easter. We will confirm the pick up date as soon as possible.
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You can order your child's ice block and Pizza lunches from the Home and School Shop at the link above.
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- When prompted, Please change your child’s classroom from last year to their new classroom. This ensures the order gets to your child's class.
- Please only order 1 Ice block per child.
- Add all orders to your cart and pay for it all the end of your transactions.
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YUMMY Sticker Promotion
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Thank you for supporting us last year in the Yummy Sticker Promotion.
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We received $855 worth of free sports equipment for our school.
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This is such a great promotion we are doing it again this year!
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Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers and drop them to the school office.
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The more stickers you collect, the more sports gear our school get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!
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Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores.
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Look out for the sticker collection sheets coming home over the next week.
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Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors
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Cricket Pitch Opening
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We are excited to announce the opening of our new concrete astroturf cricket pitch and the refurbished cricket nets on the top field.
This project was initiated by our students who identified the need for repairs in the nets and the outdated, uneven cricket pitch.
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We are grateful to Power Farming for fully funding this project. Power Farming’s commitment to their vision, 'We keep you growing' is exemplified in this substantial contribution, benefiting our students, grassroots cricket, and the wider community.
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Both the cricket pitch and nets are now open for use to all, and we extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to Power Farming for their generous contribution and ongoing support.
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Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors
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New Entrants
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Our newest students at David Street School in Room 17 have been getting to know each other and creating some wonderful self portraits as they settle into school".
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Road Safety
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Ruben the Road Safety Bear visited the Junior Team on Friday.
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Ruben reminded us all to 'stop, look, listen, and link' when crossing the road.
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We learned about sneaky driveways and how we need to check the driveway in case the cars can't see us over the fences.
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Clicking our seatbelts and our helmets on tight was another key message. We were so excited that Ruben visited us and generously gave us many resources to help us remember how to be safe around the roads.
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Every junior child received an invitation to join Ruben's club for free.
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What a great resource available to schools across New Zealand.
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Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors
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Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors!
Please support the businesses that support our school!
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A big Thank You to those businesses that support our school by advertising in our newsletter:
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Danielle Callaghan-Harcourts Morrinsville, McLarens Rural, Morrinsville Decor,
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Hunt Building Limited, Odlum Hire, She Moves, Container Works, CooperAitken.
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General Information
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Sun Smart Policy
School Hat Fees
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Our Sun Smart Policy requires that children must wear school sun hats (supplied) in the playground during Terms 1 and 4.
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The School charges a small fee of $5 per annum. This fee goes towards maintenance (cleaning and purchasing new hats).
We are able to charge this minimal fee because the Home and School Committee put towards the cost of hats from money raised through fundraising.
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Payments
Internet Banking to our school account is a convenient way for many parents to make payments for our after school care program (CFK) and school related items like sports fees etc...
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When using internet banking to pay for school related items/fees please remember to reference what you are paying for and if applicable your child's name and reason for payment, so we can allocate your payment to the correct place. e.g Johnny Smith / Hat
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Or reference CFK if you are paying for your child's after school care programme.
Your help is much appreciated.
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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, or 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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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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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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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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