Principal's Newsletter

Check out the final newsletter of the year from the Principal's Desk

Steve Ostermann
Principal

School Closes

Don't forget school closes for the year at 2pm Friday 14 December.  Please make arrangments to pick up your child at this time.

Wearable Arts

Room 12 put together a fabulous event showcasing their wearable arts designs. Check them out on the video and slideshow below.

Photo Gallery

Check out some photos of recent events from Woodstock School including Cluster Athletics and Senior Camp

Uniform Consultation

Should Woodstock School have a compulsory school uniform?

The Board of Trustees has formed a uniform sub-committee to investigate whether the parents of students at Woodstock School would like:

 a compulsory school uniform;

 no uniform; or
 retain the current voluntary uniform.

This notice outlines some of the common arguments for and against the introduction of a compulsory school uniform. We have included a sample of arguments to introduce some of the issues that may arise during the consultation process.

 

Arguments for a uniform:

1. A feeling of belonging.

2. Minimise differences, teasing, competition about clothing/appearance.

3. Practical and easy to look after.

4. Less fuss in the morning.

5. Teacher focus on learning, not lost property.

6. A quality uniform may not cost more than mufti.

7. Smart group presentation for outings or gatherings.

Arguments against a uniform:

1. The cost up front.

2. Reduced opportunity for children to learn about self care and self management.

3. Hassle of keeping on top of uni-form laundry.

4. Teacher time taken up “policing” uniform.

5. Lost property will all look the same.

6. Enforced conformity.

7. Tradition of mufti at our school dating 50+ years.

 

The other option is to keep things just as they are; families who want their children to wear the voluntary school uniform can continue to do so.

 

Your opinion counts!

We want to hear from the whole school community about this issue. It’s important to understand all perspectives before any decision is made. Although it’s near the end of the year, we’d like you to think about it over the summer holidays, because consultation happens in Term 1 2013. More in-formation on that soon. If you’ve got something to say now, we’ve set up an email account so you can tell us how you feel about the options.

woodstockuniform@gmail.com

Cluster Athletics Results

Fairfield Cluster Athletics Day
On Tuesday 27^th November, 41 students represented Woodstock School at the Fairfield Cluster Athletics day.  It was a beautiful sunny day with impressive Woodstock results!  We are so proud of all the children that took part and thank the parents who gave up their time to assist and support.  It is much appreciated J

Woodstock received the following places –

 

Long jump

·         1^st – Lucy Vellenoweth (Year 5 Girls)
·         3^rd – Noah Hotham (Year 5 Boys)
·         2^nd – Maria Sartin (Year 6 Girls)

High jump

·         1^st – Ratu Kuruduadua (Year 6 Boys)

Track

50m

1^st – Lucy  Vellonoweth (Year 5 Girls)

 

100m
1^st – Lucy Vellenoweth (Year 5 Girls)
2^nd – Maria Sartin (Year 6 Girls)

 

800m
3^rd - Sasha Judson (Year 4 Girls)
2^nd – Maria Sartin (Year 6 Girls)

 

Relays
1^st – Year 4 Boys
1^st – Year 5 Girls
1^st – Year 5 Boys

 

Pasifika Raffle

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL PASIFIKA GROUP

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE TICKET FUNDRAISER

$2.00 PER TICKET

Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Bula Vinaka, Greetings.

The Woodstock School Pasifika Group are fundraising to upgrade costumes and resources.  With Christmas just around the corner this PRIZE would make a fantastic gift which includes a 24” LED LCD FULL HD TV and a NINTENDO MARIO KART Wii BUNDLE (Wii console, Wii remote plus Nunchuk, Wii Wheel and Mario Kart Wii game).

Please support our Woodstock School Pasifika Group by purchasing raffle    ticket(s).  The last day for purchasing tickets will be 11 December 2012.  The raffle will be drawn at the last school assembly on 12 December 2012 so be in quick and order your ticket(s) today and return the below slip and money back to the school office.  Your raffle ticket(s) will be sent home with your child/ren.

Fa’afetai lava, Malo ‘aupito, Meitaki maata, Vinaka, Domo-Arigato, Thank You.

 

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL PASIFIKA GROUP

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE TICKET FUNDRAISER

 

Name: _______________________

 

How many tickets would you like @ $2.00 each: _______________

 

Total amount enclosed: ___________________

 

Name of child who tickets are to home to:____________________

 

Room: _______________

PTA Meeting

Don't forget the PTA meets Monday 3 December, 7.30pm in the staffroom.  All welcome

Principal's Newsletter 22 November

Steve Ostermann
Principal

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Year 4 Camp

Year 4 children completed their camp last week.  Thanks to all the people who helped support the children and especially to Mrs Turner and Mrs Crawford who organised the event.

Athletics Results

Follow this link to the Senior Athletics results.

Congratulations to all children who participated and those who gained places in the various events.

PTA Pizza Fundraiser

10% of any full price purchase from Hell  Pizza Beerescourt between November  12th – 15th (Mon-Thurs) by Parents, Students, Teachers and friends of Woodstock school will be donated back to the school. So come on down and treat the family. Simply send your receipt to Woodstock school or place in the Box provided at the store.

 

 

Book Fair Information 2012

Dear Parents/Caregivers

We are holding our annual ScholasticBook Fair during Week 6 of this term.  It is to be held in the school office foyer.

There will be a wonderful variety of books and other products available.  All Book Fair purchases benefit Woodstock School and our library, with twenty percent of all sales being donated to the school. 

You are invited to view and purchase your books at the following times:

Tuesday 20th November	8.00am – 8.45am
Wednesday 21st November	8.00am – 8.45am 2.45pm – 3.45pm
Thursday 22nd November	8.00am – 8.45am Adult Only Purchasing Buy those Christmas presents without the children !  2.45pm – 3.45pm

For your convenience, EFTPOS facilities will be available.  Sorry no credit cards or cheques.

Please note that school bags need to be left outside under the covered walk way.

To coincide with our Book Fair theme, the school is holding a Book Character Day on Friday 23^rd November.  The children are asked to come to school dressed as a character, from any book that they choose.

The Book Fair creates an enjoyable opportunity for your whole family to get excited about books, reading and learning.   We look forward to your support of this event and our school library. 

Library Team

NZEI Stop Work Meeting

Important Notice:

Dear Parent/Caregiver

The school has been advised by the NZEI Te Riu Roa that it is holding a Paid Union Meeting for teachers on Wednesday 14th November. Accordingly, the majority of the school’s teaching staff will be unavailable after 1:00pm on that date.

NZEI is the union that represents primary teachers, primary principals and support staff.  Under the Employment Relations Act, paid union meetings are a legal entitlement to discuss union business.

The meetings are part of a national initiative to seek feedback from teachers about their employment agreement and the Government’s public education policies which NZEI believes will have a negative effect on teaching and learning.

In our experience, NZEI calls paid union meetings infrequently and only when it believes that there is urgent and important business to discuss with its members.   NZEI is particularly concerned that the Government appears to be moving towards the privatisation of education and the introduction of a competitive model of schooling and teaching.  Other countries that have adopted this model have seen a decline in their overall educational achievement ranking.

I encourage you to either keep your child at home or make some other arrangements for the duration of the meeting. However, if you are sending your child to school at this time an alternative programme will be provided for her / him for the duration of the meeting. We apologise for any potential disruption to you and your child's routine on the day of the meeting.

Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.

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Don't forget this PTA Fundraiser

Come along with some friends, relax and learn

5 Things you should know about your Car - Tickets $10

How to Change a Tyre

How to Jump Start your car

How to Check your Tyre Pressures

How to Check your Water and Oil

What the Gauges on your dash mean

Tuesday 30th October 2012 at 7pm

Hamilton Tyre and Battery

136 Ward Street, Hamilton

Goodie bags for first 50 tickets

Raffle for Bridgestone Motorsport products otorsport products raffle


YES I would like _______________ tickets at $10 each

Parents Name:______________________________________________________

Childs Name to bring home tickets:______________________________________

Childs Class room:__________________________

Please return form in envelope with money to office for this PTA fundraiser

ICAS Maths

Well done to the students who achieved the following results in the ICAS Mathematics Exam.

Credit: John McLean (Yr4), Kirani Pritchard (Yr4), Ciaran Watson (Yr4), Sian Cavanagh (Yr5), Rachel Major (Yr5), Ko Lohrer (Yr5), Sarah Pitts (Yr5)

Distinction: Oliver Barris (Yr4), Sebastian Morgans (Yr5), Jared Clarke (Yr6)

Year 4 Production Photos

All good things take time!!
Here are some "belated" photos from the Year 4 Production - Lights, Camera, Action

Syndicate Updates

Find links to the latest syndicate newsletters

• Rimu (Rooms 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4)
• Kowhai (Rooms 5, 6, 7, 8, 15)
• Pohutukawa (Rooms 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
• Rata (Conductive Education)

Principal's Newsletter 24 October 2012

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Steve Ostermann
Principal

 

Rimu Syndicate Newsletter

Here is the term update from the Rimu Syndicate (Rooms 1, 1a, 2, 3 and 4)

PTA Fundraiser

Come along with some friends, relax and learn

5 Things you should know about your Car - Tickets $10

How to Change a Tyre

How to Jump Start your car

How to Check your Tyre Pressures

How to Check your Water and Oil

What the Gauges on your dash mean

Tuesday 30th October 2012 at 7pm

Hamilton Tyre and Battery

136 Ward Street, Hamilton

 

Goodie bags for first 50 tickets

Raffle for Bridgestone Motorsport products otorsport products raffle


YES I would like _______________ tickets at $10 each

Parents Name:______________________________________________________

Childs Name to bring home tickets:______________________________________

Childs Class room:__________________________

Please return form in envelope with money to office for this PTA fundraiser

Principal's Newsletter 18 - 27 September

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Uniform Sub Committee

The Board of Trustees has received several requests from parents within our school community to consider a compulsory uniform for the school. 

In regards to this request, a sub-committee will be established to manage the process, ensuring a wide consultation with the school community. The information will be gathered by this committee, shared with the school community followed by a presentation of findings to the Board.

If you would like to be part of this sub-committee please register your interest at the school office by 28 September 2012.

ICAS Certificates

There will be a special assembly for the Senior School on Thursday 1.30pm to present ICAS certificates.  Parents are welcome to attend this assembly.

Pirates of the Curry Bean

Here are some photos from the Senior School's recent production - Pirates of the Curry Bean

Sports Tournament

Year 5-6 Winter Sports 2012 Tournament
On the 18th of September 65 Woodstock School children were involved in the Year 5-6 Winter Sports Tournament at Southwell School. We entered a hockey team, two netball teams, two rippa-rugby teams and two soccer teams.

 The games were played in a pool play competition. The winner of each pool played off in the semi-finals. The two winning teams of each semi-final went on to meet in the final. Our Yr5-6 hockey team played extremely well and made the finals, coming runners up to Southwell.

All children played with lots of enthusiasm and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A big congratulations to Kate Monkley, Ben Rowe, Ratu Kuruduadua, and Lela Ieremia who received Fair Play Awards.

Thank you to the following coaches/managers: Natalie Campbell, Lisa Steed, Ann Monahan, Darren Namua, David Cashmore and Suzanne Brown. Without you we wouldn’t have been able to compete at the Winter Sports Tournament. Also thank you to David Wolfe for taking all the fantastic photographs for us.

 

 

PTA Meeting

To all parents/caregivers

Monday 24th September
Just to remind you that the PTA meeting is on Monday 24 September at 7:30pm in the staff room. Anyone who is interested in attending is very welcome to come along.

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Cluster Cross Country

On Thursday 6^th September, 21 energetic children from Woodstock School ran in the Fairfield Cluster Cross-country at Porritt Stadium. All our runners did very well and should be proud of their achievement. A big congratulations to the following students who were in the top ten for their year group:

Year 4 Girls

Mary Allen 1^st
Sasha Judson 9^th

Year 4 Boys

Oliver Barris 7th

Year 5 Girls

Lucy Vellenoweth 10th

Year 5 Boys

Oliver Main 4^th
Daniel Hayward 9^th

Year 6 Girls

Maria Sartin 1^st

Congratulations to all who participated, and thank you to all the parents and whanau who supported and cheered on our runners.

 

Don't Forget - Team Photos

Don't forget Team / Sports are taking place on Friday

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We need your vote

In case you tried last time, the link is now fully working.  See below for details

We had 34 votes as of Wednesday 5.30pm.  We will need a lot more to stand a chance of winning

We have registered for a competition to win a classroom full of’ Parmco kitchen appliances for Woodstock School. We now need your votes. There are also opportunities to win iPads, laptops, Let’s Cook aprons and a there are cookbooks by Masterchef Brett McGregor up for grabs. The website will also have weekly cooking challenges, new skills to learn and great easy recipes that can be cooked at home.

Access the website by visiting: www.letscookwithparmco.co.nz

Enter Woodstock School and cast your vote.

Click on vote for your school

Type in school name:Woodstock

Select region: Waikato

Catergory: 300-499 pupils

We would love it if you could take the time to vote for us in this competition.

that can be cooked at home.

Access the website by visiting: www.letscookwithparmco.co.nz

Enter Woodstock School and cast your vote.

Click on vote for your school

Type in school name:Woodstock

Select region: Waikato

Catergory: 300-499 pupils

We would love it if you could take the time to vote for us in this competition.

Year 4 Production

Dont' forget the Year 4 Production - Lights, Camera, Action (Rooms 13 and 14)  takes place on Thursday 6^th September Matinee 1.15pm and Evening Performance 6.30pm: Thursday 6^th September.  (All children will need to be back at school by 6pm)
We look forward to seeing you there.

Well Done Mia!

Congratulations to Mia Downing winner of the Westfield's 5 Minutes of Fame



Watch Mia's performance from the Good Morning TV Show by clicking on the link above.

We need your votes

We have registered for a competition to win a classroom full of’ Parmco kitchen appliances for Woodstock School. We now need your votes. There are also opportunities to win iPads, laptops, Let’s Cook aprons and a there are cookbooks by Masterchef Brett McGregor up for grabs. The website will also have weekly cooking challenges, new skills to learn and great easy recipes that can be cooked at home.

Access the website by visiting: www.letscookwithparmco.co.nz

Enter Woodstock School and cast your vote.

Click on vote for your school

Type in school name:Woodstock

Select region: Waikato

Catergory: 300-499 pupils

 

We would love it if you could take the time to vote for us in this competition.

 

Enrolment Information 2013

The Woodstock Board of Trustees invites applications from parents who wish to enrol their children at Woodstock School for the period 29 January 2013 to 12 July, 2013.

 

Enrolment at the school is governed by an Enrolment Scheme, details of which are available from the school office (this includes a description of the Home Zone)

 

The Board has determined that a total of 20 places are likely to be available for Out of Home Zone students during this period. The exact number of places will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s enrolment zone.  Application forms are available from the school office ph (07) 855 6686, fax (07) 8537056, email frontoffice@woodstock.school.nz . 

The deadline for receipt of application for Out of Home Zone places is 4pm Friday 26th October, 2012. Parents who live within the home zone and who intend enrolling their child at any time should notify the school by Friday 12th October, 2012 to assist the school in planning appropriately for this period. Students in the home zone are entitled to enrol at the school. If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot (except in the case of special programmes, where the criteria in the enrolment scheme apply). If a ballot for out of zone places is required, it will be held on Tuesday 30th October, 2012. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.

 

Principals Newsletter - 31 August

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Don't forget the Junior School Production

The Junior School Production – Kiwi Music Through the Ages (Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 15) is on this week.

• Matinees 11am: Tuesday 28^th August and Wednesday 29^th August. 
• Evening Performances 6.30pm: Tuesday 28^th August and Wednesday 29^th August (All children will need to be back at school by 6pm)

The show goes for approximately 1 hour.

Quiz Night

Woodstock School PTA present

'Our Annual Quiz and Auction Night’

 

Friday 31 August 2012 @ Hamilton Bridge Club

Richmond Street @ 7:30pm sharp!!

 

Wine, Beer and other beverages will be sold on the night.

Winning team prizes, lucky ticket prizes and raffle tickets

 

So...

Get a team together or we can place you in teams on the night! Dress up, theme it, whatever you like but do come along for a night of trivia and auction excitement.

Enquiries to:

Megan Smith 021 796 033,

megan.smith.ms1@gmail.com

 

Marina McMahon-Ieremia, 027 210 4295 or 853 7500,
marina_ieremia@xtra.co.nz

 

PS: We would still welcome your help to get more fabulous experiences for kids & families that we can auction on the night.

PTA Quiz Night

Woodstock School PTA present

'Our Annual Quiz and Auction Night’

Friday 31 August 2012 @ Hamilton Bridge Club

Richmond Street @ 7:30pm sharp!!

Wine, Beer and other beverages will be sold on the night.

Winning team prizes, lucky ticket prizes and raffle tickets

So...

Get a team together or we can place you in teams on the night! Dress up, theme it, whatever you like but do come along for a night of trivia and auction excitement.

Enquiries to:
Megan Smith 021 796 033,

megan.smith.ms1@gmail.com

Marina McMahon-Ieremia, 027 210 4295 or 853 7500,

marina_ieremia@xtra.co.nz

PS: We would still welcome your help to get more fabulous experiences for kids & families that we can auction on the night.