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Website: www.oaklands.school.nz
Monday 15 December:
Kakano Teddy Bears Picnic
Kauri Quarry Funday
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Tuesday 16 December:
Prize Giving Assembly years 4-8
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Thursday 18 December:
Final Assembly
Friday 24th to
Sunday 26th
October
(Labour Weekend)
VISION
We are lifelong learners who aspire to excellence
VALUES
Community
Whanaungatanga
Active Thinking
Whakaaroaro
Respect
Whakaute
Excellence
Hiranga
NEWSLETTER No. 32
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22 October 2014 (Term 4, Week 2)
IMPORTANT DATES:
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Friday 24 October:
Jubilee Weekend
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Saturday 25 October
10am Offical Opening - Jarrow Place
11.30am Jubilee Production - entry by ticket only
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Monday 27 October:
Labour Day – School Closed
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Tuesday 28 October:
Jubilee Production – Kauri – 6.30pm
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Wednesday 29 October:
Jubilee Production – Kakano – 6.30pm
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Friday 31 October:
Mufti Day – Chocolate & Lollie Donations
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Tuesday 4 November:
South West Zone Athletics
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Wednesday 5 November:
Room 16 Trip
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Thursday 6 November:
Postponement date for SW Zone Sports
Year 4 Camp
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Tuesday 11 November – Tuesday 18 November:
St Johns First Aid in Schools
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Wednesday 12 November:
BOT Meeting
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Thursday 12 November:
Year 2 trip to the A&P Show
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Friday 14 November:
Show Day – School Closed
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Tuesday 18 November – Friday 21 November:
Year 8 trip to Wellington
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Friday 21 November:
Mufti Day – Grocery Item Donations
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Tuesday 25 November:
Sausage Sizzle/Juicies
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Friday 5 December:
SCHOOL GALA!
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Wednesday 10 December:
BOT meeting
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Friday 12 December:
Year 7-8 Formal
Oaklands School
50th Jubilee
Visit the school website for
registration information
www.oaklands.school.nz
TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
What an exciting week as we prepare for
our Jubilee Weekend. We look forward to
seeing as many of you who are able to
attend the activities that have been
planned over the past year.
All our
students are brimming with confidence as
they practice for their production for Saturday.
I would like to thank all the members of the Jubilee
Committee who have worked tirelessly over the past
year to make this a successful weekend in celebrating
50 years of Oakands School.
Jubilee Committee
Justine Birdling, Clive Keylard, Nigel Hanson, Alys
O’Malley, Lauren Moore, Allan Shears, Brendon
Barrow, Margaret Trotter, Hemi Peek,Callum
McDougall and Marie Hanson.
Margaret Trotter
Principal
SUN HATS FOR TERM 4:
Please remember that all children
must wear uniform regulation
sunhats in term 4 and term 1.
Children who do not have sunhats
will not be able to be outside in
the sun during breaks. We are
proud to be a SunSmart school.
WELCOME TO NEW STUDENTS:
Room 2: Jessica Fletcher
C.A.R.E.:
Community, Active Thinking, Respect, Excellence
Certificates will be presented at the assembly on
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Tuesday 28 October 2014 at 2pm.
Bronze:
Room 5: Kynan Durie
Room 11: Shannyn Oakes
Room 13: Jamie McAlister, Ngakau Te Wheoro
Room 17: Rylee Archer, Noah Blake, Robert
Davidson, Abigail King, Ben McMillan, Conlan Murray,
Taylor Scott
Room 21: Ashley Young
Room 22: Andre Simpson
Room 23: Sophie Brown, Zoe Calderwood
Silver:
Room 1: Oliver Blake
Room 2: Baxter Coughlan, Caleb Mears, Finnias
McGurk, Jack Simpson
Room 11: Hannah Hanson, Ryan Pringle
Room 19: Leah Barlow, Isabel McKay-Hatcher,
Dannielle Ratahi, Sabrina Tonkin, Emma Weller,
Logan Wilson
Room 22: Zoe Alston
JUBILEE PROGRAMME
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Friday 24 October
 9.00-12.30pm: Open Day to visit classrooms
 9.30-12.30pm: Archives exhibition in the Music
Room
 11.00am: whole school photo on the field
‘With A Little Help From
My Friends’
Rms 1,2,3,4,12,13
12.00pm
7.00pm
‘Think,’
Rms 7,8,9,18,19,22
12.30pm
7.30pm
‘Respect’
Rms 10,11,17,21,23
1.00pm
8.00pm
‘Happy’
Rms 5,6,14,15,16,20,25
1.30pm
8.30pm
Tickets are on sale now at the school office for $5.00
per person. Get in quickly as we are unable to
guarantee any ticket sales on the door.
IMPORTANT:
Your child needs to go to the classroom first on
Saturday morning, and be picked up from the
classroom by a parent at the end of the production.
They will be supervised by a teacher.
Students will need to be in clean uniform for all
performances, and also bring a bottle of water and
piece of fruit.
Children are unable to view the show unless they
have a paid ticket, due to limited seating.
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Saturday 25 October
 9.00-9.45am: Decade photos in the Music Room
 9.00-11.30am: Archives exhibition in the Music
Room.
 9.00-11.00am: School tours.
 10.00am: Official opening ceremony at Jarrow
Place entrance: all welcome.
 11.30-1.30pm: JUBILEE PRODUCTION
Your child’s teacher will confirm with you with the
time your child needs to be at school for the
production.
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Sunday 26 October
 10.30-11.30am: Morning tea in the hall
 11.30-12.00pm: Church Service on the hall
PRODUCTION - All students ARE involved:
As per the letter that was emailed out and sent home
in paper form on 18 September regarding the
Oaklands School Jubilee, this is to remind you of your
child’s participation in the upcoming school production
performances.
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Saturday 25 October: ALL children will be
involved in the Jubilee performance of the school
production - each class is involved in singing a
song as a part of the show.
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Tuesday 28 October: all KAURI children will be
involved.
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Wednesday 29 October: all KĀKANO students
and the main cast will be performing.
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Approximate performance times for each song are:
Sat
Oct
25
Tues 28 &
Wed 29 Oct
In classroom by
11.00am
6.00pm
Performance begins
11.30am
6.30pm
ICAS EXAM RESULTS:
At the next whole school assembly the following
students will be presented with certificates for the
ICAS Maths Exam, sat in Term 3:
Alexandra Maxey & Ryan Pringle received a high
distinction for finishing in the top 1% of students who
sat the exam in NZ & Pacific Region.
Jonathan Jun & Alex Wang received a distinction for
finishing in the top 8%.
Other excellent results were:
 Logan King received a credit - top 21%
 Jessica French received a credit - top 28%
 Tomasz Lin received a credit - top 16%
 Ella McFarlane received a credit - top 25%
 Rebecca Keylard received a credit - top 34%
 Rakai Stone received a credit - top 29%
 Jack Pitman received a credit - top 20%
 Annabelle Yee received a credit - top 21%
 Taylah Peek received a credit - top 16%
 Lily Pitman received a merit – top 43%
 Nicholas Tan received a merit - top 37%
 Victor Song received a merit - top 41%
All other students who took part in the exam will
receive their participation certificate at the next team
assembly.
PTA EVENTS THIS TERM:
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 Friday 31 Oct: Mufti Day, bring lollies/chocolate
donation
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 Friday 21 Nov: Mufti Day, grocery donation
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 Tuesday 25 Nov: Sausage sizzle
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 Friday 5 Dec: SCHOOL GALA
FROM THE SPORTS DESK:
For everything to do with sport at Oaklands take a look
at: http://sportoaklands2014.blogspot.co.nz/
CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to Ella Wilson
(Room 2) who took part in the
Highland and National Dancing
competition during the holidays.
She received a range of awards
and was place first in the Sword
Dance Under 14 Years Special Event. Ella has been
doing highland dancing for 3 years.
2014 SCHOOL YEAR
TOUCH RUGBY: Touch begins this Friday. Please
remember to pay your $20 to the school office, if you
haven’t already.
Term 1:
Term 2:
Term 3:
Term 4:
PARENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
You are welcome to come and have a cup of coffee or
tea from 9.00–9.45am on Wednesday 29 October in
the school library. Mrs Kingston and I look forward to
seeing you again and following up on our meeting at
the end of last term. If you and your family are new to
our school, please come along and meet other
families. The number of English Language Learners at
Oaklands is increasing so please join our group.
Preschool children are welcome to come with you.
- Chris Smith, ESOL Teacher
THE CHICKENS HAVE ARRIVED!
We are very excited to announce the arrival of our 3
chooks – Mrs Brown, Mojang and Hot Wings arrived
at Oaklands on Monday and on Tuesday morning
Yarek had the wonderful surprise of 3 eggs!!
Term 4:
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Monday 13 October to Thursday 18 December
Holidays:
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Labour Day: Monday 27 October
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Show Day: Friday 14 November
2015 SCHOOL YEAR
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Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April
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Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July
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Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
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Monday 12 October to Friday 18 Dec
Teacher Only Days: 2 dates to be confirmed
COMMUNITY NOTICES
--DISCLAIMER: Oaklands School does not
necessarily endorse or support any of the services
advertised in the newsletter.
NGA PUNA WAI SPORTS HUB CONSULTATION
Residents and sporting groups from around the city are being
asked to have a say on the proposal to develop a sports hub at
Nga Puna Wai in southwest Christchurch. The special consultative
procedure will run from Friday 10 October - Friday 12 December.
www.ccc.govt.nz/HaveYourSay
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