🎟️Last chance to purchase disco tickets via Kindo today before 8pm🎟️. No cash or door sales. Disco is this Friday 🪩

Coming Up

• Sibling Photos - Thursday 08 May

• Whanau Hui - Thursday 08 May - 5.30pm

• FOTS Disco - Friday 09 May (Theme Is Glow With The Flow)

• FOTS/PTA Meeting - Monday 12 May - 6.30pm (Staffroom)

• Y4 Camp (Rms 30 & 32) - Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 May - MERC

• Y4 Camp (Rms 31 & 33) - Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 May - MERC

• Y5/6 ECB Rugby Tournament - Thursday 15 May

• Travelwise Day - Friday 16 May - Road Safety Heroes

• Teacher Only Day - Friday 30 May (School Closed)

Contents

Principal News

• Attendance at School

Awhi Update

• Students Demonstrating Our School Values

School Notices

• Updating Student Records

• Second Hand Uniform Sale

• Scholasatics Book Club

Friends of the School/P.T.A

• FOTS School Disco

Principal News

Attendance at School

Last year, the Ministry of Education established attendance targets for schools as part of a wider strategy of raising achievement. Attendance at school can effect both progress and well-being for students, and the Government has set a target for raising achievement. The Stepped Attendance Response (STAR) is explained in the graphic below.

There is a clear connection between attending school regularly and doing well at school. If your child is going to be absent for any reason it is essential that you report this through the @school app every morning. The office team check that all children are accounted for and contact you if we were expecting them to be at school and they have not arrived.

We acknowledge that there are genuine reasons students may occasionally be absent. We appreciate that when children have been unwell, that you help keep everyone at school safe by keeping your children home until they have fully recovered.

If your child is going to be absent because of sickness or a medical appointment it is important that you let us know.

If your child is going to be absent for a non-medical reason, please advise us as soon as possible through the @school app or through the school website. It is important to remember that permission from the Principal is required before taking your children on holiday if the dates are in term time.

The content of the new Curriculum for Maths and English means that teachers will usually only cover the content once every year, so it may be that your child does miss parts of the Curriculum if they are away. The nature of teaching means that teachers are unable to provide work for your child while they are away.

Awhi Update

Students Demonstrating Our School Values

This is Oliver from Room 9 spending time with Trimper for showing Personal Excellence in his Writing.

This is Jason from Room 20. He received Trimper for showing the school value of Manaakitanga (Respect) and Takohanga (Taking Responsibility) in the way he supports other students and helps to find solutions to problems. Ka pai Jason. 

School Notices

Updating Student Records

To make sure that the information we have recorded for your child is correct they will be given an Updating School Records form to bring home today.

Could you please check the information recorded for your child, especially the following:

CAREGIVER DETAILS - Name, address, email, and contact phone number(s).

EMERGENCY CONTACTS - Name, contact phone number. We do ask that you provide at least one Emergency Contact for your child who can be contacted if we have been unable to get in touch with the primary caregivers. Also, if someone regularly collects your child from school it can be useful to have their information on record.

MEDICAL DETAILS - Please check that any information we have recorded for your child is current and correct. 

DOCTOR - Name, practice, phone number.

If information is incorrect or incomplete, please make any changes needed on the form.

ALL FORMS should be dated and signed by a parent/caregiver and returned to the school office as soon as possible.

Second Hand Uniform Sale

If you are looking to buy second-hand uniform items, please see attachment at the bottom of this newsletter to view the second-hand sale list. Please contact sellers directly to inquire about purchases.

Scholastics Book Club

Parents wanting to order scholastic books, to do so online by Friday 09 May. 

There will be no cash orders at school.

Online Book orders:www.scholastic.co.nz/LOOP

Friends of the School/P.T.A

FOTS School Disco

The FOTS "Glow with the Flow" disco is happening this Friday. Ticket sales close on Kindo at 8pm tonight. You can find all the information on this and past newsletters on the @school app. Click here for a reminder on everything you need to know about the @school app.

Thank you.

The FOTS Team.

School Events

Peer Mediators and the Wheel of Choice

This week, some of our Peer Mediators, pictured at the top of this newsletter, learned how to use the Wheel of Choice in the Junior and Senior playgrounds. While on duty, the Peer Mediators can now more confidently help students learn about different strategies that they can use to solve problems which may arise during lunch playtime. 

Community Notices