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Newsletter 8 February 2024
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Welcome
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A Big welcome to Zaia and Haniz who have joined us at David Street School:
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Nau mai, haere mai ki te Kura o Rawiri
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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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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:
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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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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Please check your Hero Financial account as hat fees have now been loaded.
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For those that had a credit on their school account, hat fees have been taken from this.
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Statements will be emailed out to those families with outstanding balances of hat fees.
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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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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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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 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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Poowhiri and Blessing
Last Friday morning we held a Poowhiri to officially welcome new staff members, new students and families to David Street School. We appreciated the support of our many kaumatua, parents and whaanau who were able to attend.
We wish all new members of our David Street School family a happy and rewarding time with us.
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Who are the Home & School?
The DSS Home & School Committee is our school’s PTA Group. Being a member of the Home & School is a meaningful way of supporting your children’s learning.
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What Is Our Role?
It is our role to support the school and teachers in matters outside of the curriculum such as organising fundraising for special projects (like the upgrade of the playgrounds/ sunshades/sports dome etc), co-ordinating events like Ice Block Fridays, Pizza Lunches, Discos, and basically having a better understanding of day to day life at school.
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Who Can Be On The Committee?
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Any mum or dad, caregiver can join Home and School at any stage of their child's schooling. Being on the committee does not mean you are solely responsible for every fundraising venture that arises. We bring thoughts forward, discuss fundraising ideas and put our collective skills together to come up with some awesome ideas.
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Look out in future school newsletters for the next meeting date, and pop along to see what they are all about. The Home and School always welcome new members.
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Home and School Fundraisers
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Coming Soon
Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser
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The Home and School will be selling Hot Cross Buns! This will run through our Home and School Shop as we did with the licorice fundraiser last year.
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Look out for this in our newsletter soon.
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Starting TOMORROW, Friday 9 February and every school Friday this term the Home and School Committee will be selling lemonade ice blocks for $1 each.
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You can order your child's ice block for specific days or for the whole term from the Home and School Shop
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- 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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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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Morrinsville Junior Cricket Club
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