December 4 2024, Week 8

Principal's Message

Term 4 Week 8

Kia ora koutou

Thank you all for supporting our reunification drill on Monday. It was good to carry this out to see if our procedures were effective, communication on HERO and text message were sent and received and the community were able to follow the plan. We are now gathering feedback from you, staff and students so we can make adjustments to improve our plans. It is important you know where to meet your child in an emergency and that our plans are clear. 

Last Friday there was much excitement at the park when team Ruru had their Cross Country and Athletics. Everyone took part and loved the older students from Kākā helping  and cheering them on. It was great to see a number of our Year 8s run with them to ensure they followed the Cross Country route.

In Tieke today, I had the pleasure of listening to Year 4 students confidently share their presentations on creatures under the sea and how we need to protect them. Ruru iti were also in the audience and  listened with interest then had some great questions to ask.

Tieke will be going to have an overnight experience at the Zoo tomorrow and this opportunity will be a great way for the class to conclude the focus on animals and habitats. A huge thank you to Alex for all the preparation and organisation involved when students are staying away from home for a night. Thank you to parents who are also staying the night, we hope everyone manages to sleep!

If you would like to come and chat or have any concerns please get in touch with any of the senior leadership team, Andrea, Judith and Grant.

Ngā mihi nui

Andrea

End of Year Hui for Teams and the School

Tieke/ Kōtare/ Kākā 16th December at 2:15pm in Te Kōhanga

Ruru Tuesday 17th December at 9am in Te Kōhanga

We will have our final school assembly on Wednesday 18th December from 9:30-10:30 at the Northland Community Centre. We will celebrate all the mahi from 2024, farewell our leavers and enjoy a final performance from the Kapa Haka and the Music performance group. School finishes midday on Wednesday 18th December. 

Stationery for 2025

From feedback within our school community we have reverted back to families providing stationery for the school year.   We will be posting each Year group's stationery requirements on the school website next week and on HERO.

You can also order through OfficeMax or you can make a day of it and take the lists to whichever stationery provider you like, we will have a small supply at school for students to purchase as they use up the books throughout the year.   We have some items (code books, book bags) that the school will purchase and enter onto your Hero accounts.   

** New entrant students, starting school in 2025, stationery will be purchased by the school and ready in their classes for the year to begin. 

From Year 5 onwards children are encouraged to have their own pencil cases with their named pens and pencils, erasers etc. 

Any queries please let us know, thank you

Cross Country - Ruru Team

NORTHLAND KIDZ CLUB -LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

MEETING THE KIDS AT 12 NOON ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WEDNESDAY 18/12/24

We'll be meeting the kids as usual at the Tiger Turf, at 12 noon on this day. The kids need to bring their lunch – we'll provide afternoon tea and will be having our usual end-of-year Christmas Party. We'll be finishing at our usual time of 6 p.m.

Our fees are the same as for our usual afternoons : Regular ($16 per child), Casual ($20 per
child).

Contact Lisa on 022-680-3075, Jan on 022-140-2612, or e-mail ( nkc.jan@gmail.com ).

Enjoy your Christmas holidays !

HERO

We would like to provide you with a brief outline of all the functions that we are now using on HERO. Please make sure that you are signed up and have notifications on so you can access all the information.

As we progress in our upgrades with HERO we are adding new features to streamline communications.

• Attendance
• Enrolment
• Sharing of Learning
• Community notices
• Group, Class, Team notices
• Trips and request for parent help
• School event reminders and parent information evenings
• Finance 
• Medical/Injury/Sickness Notification

In the financial section you will notice we have added  Before School Care (BSC), Pizza payments and all our Western Zone Bus payments.   You can check your school account at any time through the App and we  will send statements at the beginning and end of each term.

Please come and talk to us if you need help navigating the  HERO App.

Goodtime Music Academy

Get ready to ignite your child's musical passion! Exciting News! Goodtime Music Academy is coming to Northland School in 2025, offering award-winning in-school music lessons. Say goodbye to post-school commutes! Dive into the world of music in a vibrant group setting with the following instrument lesson: Drums, Guitar, Keyboard, Ukulele, or our 'Intro to Music' course. But the excitement doesn't stop there! Your child will have the chance to shine in our thrilling concerts!

Act fast, as spots are limited. Enrol now at www.goodtimemusicacademy.co.nz/learn-at-school or call us at 04 568 2237. Your child's moment in the limelight awaits!

Michael Brown

General Manager

04 568 2237

www.goodtimemusicacademy.co.nz

50 Victoria Street, Lower Hutt 

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Last Request for Sport Shirts - Cleaned and Returned

Can we PLEASE have all sports shirts returned to the school office.  Can you please check bags, draws and under the bed - we are missing many many shirts, thank you.

School Lunch Options for Subway & Sushi Last day Tuesday 10th December

Subway  - Every Monday - order online through  www.lunchonline.co.nz

Sushi  -  Every Tuesday - order online through  www.ezlunch.co.nz

Apps available for Subway and Sushi through the school website.

Term Dates

2025 Dates

We have confirmed the dates for 2025. We will have an open afternoon for families on January 29th to help the transition back into school, see the class space and meet the teachers in the learning space.

This is prior to the first day of school on 30th January.  We are yet to confirm Teacher Only Days and once these have been decided we will let you know.

Term 1 - 30 January - 11 April  

Public Holiday- Thurs 6th Feb- Waitangi

Please note Easter and ANZAC day are within the Term holiday in 2025

Good Friday - 18th April

Easter Monday - 21st and Easter Tuesday 22.

ANZAC Friday 25th April

Term 2 - Mon 28 April - 27 June 

Kings Birthday - Monday 2nd June

Matariki - Friday 20th June

Term 3 - 14 July - 19 September 

 Term 4 - 6 October - 17 December    Labour Day- Monday 27th October

Community Notices