RD2 Tuakau, Ph 232 8866, FAX 232 8862 Email: office@onewhero.school.nz Number 37 26 November 2009 Forthcoming Events November 29 - Push Play Marathon Sunday 29 November, starting at Colin Fields Pukekohe December 1 - Franklin Zone Athletics at Pukekohe Rugby Stadium December 2 - Rooms 1-4 trip to Pukekohe Recreation Centre December 10 - Prizegiving at 7.00pm in the School Hall December 11 - Last day of School for 2009 February 2 - First day of school for 2010 Kia ora tatou Dear Parents River Zone Athletics On Friday our Year 4-6 students participated in the annual River Zone Athletics Day. All our students performed creditably and were great ambassadors for our school. Students who will now be representing the River Group at the Franklin Zone Athletics Day are as follows: Briar Salt 60m, 100m, 200m, 800m Alyssa Sills 60m, 100m Ricky Bingham 60m, 100m, Long Jump Tuhi Pompey 60m, 100m Jayden Turnwald 100m, 1500m Jackie Andrews 100m Renata Sawyer High Jump Jessica Bunyan Shot Put, Discus AJ Stephens Shot Put Wetere Pompey 100m, 200m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Discus Swimming Students from Year 3 and above can bring their togs to school from next Monday. Please ensure all uniform items are named as they can easily get muddled in changing rooms. Uniform There are a large number of school uniform pieces, and many pairs of shoes in the lost property box. If you are coming up to the school for any reason please call into the office and check the lost property. AMNESTY TIME “Can you help us?” We are missing some of our Junior Sports tops – they are plain blue with a V neck. Could you please check in your house and if you have one send it back to school immediately. It is also an appropriate time to clean out your bookshelves and return any school readers and/or Library books to school. We welcome them back and no questions will be asked. You can drop them into the school office. Canteen Weekly Special The special for the week to Thurs 26 November is Chicken Burritos –cost $3.00 Bible in Schools Next Tuesday 1st December Rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4 will have Bible in Schools from 2.20pm – 3.00pm. On Wednesday 2nd December Rooms 5, .6, .7, 8 and 13 will have Bible in Schools from 2.20pm – 3.00pm. These one off sessions will have a Christmas theme. Hats Please ensure that your child brings a school hat to school each day. New supplies available from the office. Please make sure your child’s hat is clearly labelled. Greenie Awards The following students gained a lunch voucher from Monday’s assembly draw: Margo Strydom Rm12 Year 7 Caitlyn Russell Rm 12 Year 7 Programming Challenge for Girls On Wednesday 18th November Anahera Popata and Grace Jeremiah from year 10 represented OAS in a programming challenge specifically aimed at year ten girls. They were one of 19 teams from 12 schools competing at MIT. There were also parts of the national competition running in Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington and Christchurch. The competition used the free program called Alice (which can be downloaded at http://www.alice.org) and was aimed at promoting Computer Science as an option for girls. It is a career field on which our society is very reliant, but which has many unfilled jobs, good pay, and lots of fun to be had. The teams trained in the morning directing a diver in an undersea scene, and then faced a 3 hour challenge where they had to program a virtual dog to go around a virtual obstacle course. Anahera and Grace won bronze medals, and gift certificates for Westfield Malls. It was a great day and the girls did fantastically well. Greg Fenton Principal Community Notices Onewhero Amateur Swim Club Welcome to 2009-2010 swimming season. We are all set to go and have a head start this year as the big pool is now operational. We would like to acknowledge the School Board of Trustees, Greg Fenton and Dave the caretaker for their commitment, which has made this possible. This year we are very pleased to welcome our coaches back, Liz Kelsey & Florence Lussi, will be coaching in the big pool. Deborah van den Berg, Angela Nesbitt & Donna Allely in the little pool. We also have Jimmy Ruiterman on board as our Senior coach. He will be training a squad of approximately 12 swimmers every Tuesday and Thursday, beginning this week. We have invited our senior club members to take advantage of this opportunity. In Term 1 2010, we will be continuing with our usual swim club lessons. At our last meeting, the committee decided to rejoin Counties Manukau Swimming Association. This will provide more opportunities for our club, in competition and other areas. The enrolment dates for Swim Club are at the following times: Tuesday, 1 December and Thursday, 3 December 2009, 3.00 - 4.30pm at the Pool If you can not make these times, please notify Donna Allely 232 8660 or Sharon Guard 232 8959 and we will post a registration form to you. For Sale 8 week old heading dog bitch $250.00 Wormed but not vaccinated. Phone Helen on 2328811 or 027 4856549. Franklin Polocrosse Club The Club is holding its first tournament the weekend at Riverbank Rd in Mercer. If you are interested in seeing this equestrian sport in action then there will be games starting from 9am on Saturday until late afternoon to watch. Food and drinks will be on sale at the grounds. The little lead rein children (including Ty and Kayla Murray from Onewhero Area School) will be playing around noon on Saturday. Everyone Welcome!