School will commence on Thursday 4th February at 8.55am.

The teachers will be having a Teacher’s Only Day on the 3rd. After the morning session (up till lunchtime), teachers will be in their classes for you to meet and introduce your child.

Stationery Packs are available on Monday 1st, Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd from 9am-2pm.

If you are unable to pick up your pack, they will be given to your child’s teacher on Thursday 4th.

Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Well done to all the amazing performers in the Junior School. You should be very proud of yourselves.

Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under School Events, performance.
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Posted: September 8th, 2009 under School Events.
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On Monday 31 August our school speech competition was held. It was obvious from the quality of speakers, the teachers had helped in many ways to improve the standard of speech writing and delivery. Thank you also to all the parents who have encouraged their children in their learning.

We were entertained with stories from Dad and their fishing, to looking at names and some embarrassing moments we all have.

Congratulations to all the speakers and especially our winners:

Year 3 and 4:       1st Gemma Bateman (Fishing)

Year 5 and 6:       1st Gemma Thorp (Names)

Year 7 and 8:       1st Jacob Reyland (Embarrassing Moments)

Good luck to the people who will be representing the school at the cluster speech competition.

Posted: September 6th, 2009 under School Events.
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Tuesday 4 August 2009

It was truly a night to remember. The live band roared to life and the students proudly sang ‘School Stinks’. The 377 people in the audience were cheering and stamping their feet with the music.

The main character Smithy, played by Jonty, was an energetic and funny boy who was perfect for the role.

The crowd laughed and cheered as the muscial carried on. The mistakes in the first act were bearly noticeable, if people were late on their lines it did not matter when they were on stage. Alex who played Ms Byrde was a fantastic nervous wreck. Her singing was bold and proud.

Smithy is about a boy who turns the whold school upside down. With Smith in the school play things can only get worse! But in the end when the glamorous critic saw the play (and the fire) she thought it was ‘Wonderful Darlings!’

Smithy was presented by Omokoroa No 1 School and was fantastic. The director Liz Webster really brought the characters to life. Choreography and music was all done byt the superb Natalie van Dijk and of course Christine Birchall and the wonderful live band.

Smithy is one of the best shows Baycourt has ever seen.

Reviewed By Alana

Thank you Robert Cross for taking some great photos. D.V.D’s will be on sale soon.

Posted: August 9th, 2009 under Photos, School Events.
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Making the world a better place one tree at a time!

Posted: June 13th, 2009 under School Events.
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I have been teaching for almost twenty-five years, the last fourteen at Omokoroa No1 School. It has been an amazing experience being part of the growth of the school during this time. I believe we are meeting the challenge of retaining our country feel and values whilst the roll constantly increases and are lucky as professionals to have such an involved and supportive parent community.

I live in Bethlehem and am married to Adrian. We have three children, all of whom attended this school for the whole of their primary years. They are aged 17, 18 and 19 and look back very fondly on their time at “No1.” I have had many other jobs in my life, but enjoy the constant variety of challenges and rewards that teaching brings.

I am part of the management team and am also the Year 3 & 4 syndicate leader. I am passionate about books and language and am the senior school literacy leader. I also have a particular interest in computer literacy, as well as using computers to streamline assessment and other data collection.

As the staff representative on the Board of Trustees, I often prepare and present data on student progress. I enjoy engaging children in discussions about their learning and am always interested in learning how to be more effective in the classroom…….teachers never seem to stop learning!

I have taught at every primary level but more recently have been working in the middle school. This year I am teaching a wonderful Year 4 class “up the hill” in Room 10.

Posted: April 25th, 2009 under Staff Profiles.
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Today at school we held a Wacky Hair day to help support two mothers in our school community who shaved their heads to raise money for child cancer.  Marion and Michelle raised over $3000 and we think they look fab.  Well done ladies

Posted: April 2nd, 2009 under School Events.
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From Variety Bash

Just before 2 o’clock we put on our variety club hats and went out to sit on the bank above the top field. The whole school came outside to watch. We waited and waited. Then finally along came the fun filled painted vehicles. They each hooted and tooted as they came racing across the field.

Wow! There were so many free giveaways. Stickers, bookmarks, popcorn and chocolate bars, plus more___________________

One machine squirted foam and wet people. Even Mr Barthow and Mrs van Dijk got soaking wet.

We clapped and cheered as the cameras filmed for the Prime TV show. It was a fun afternoon and raised money for those with needs.

Stayed tuned for more on the Variety Bash

From Variety Bash

From Variety Bash

Posted: March 31st, 2009 under School Events.
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I have been teaching at Omokoroa No1 School for ten years, at first part time and now full time. I have three teenage boys and live locally.

I believe in creating a fun, stimulating environment which fosters in children a desire to learn whilst feeling safe and secure. Nurturing both their social and academic wellbeing is paramount.

Along with Chris Broadhurst and Rae O’Hara I am responsible for organizing our annual Pet Day and usually end up looking after anywhere between 50 and 120 day old chickens! I am also responsible for organizing the Peer Mediators within our school and coordinating our Values programme, both of which I feel add to the wonderful, positive and supportive feeling of our school.

Community contact is also an area I feel strongly about and, in this role, I am responsible for our articles in the Omokoroa Omelette, our foyer displays and other art displays. I am coordinator of our Gifted and Talented resources and am at present coordinating our whole school Whoppatunity Day as a lead in to enabling children with a passion and talent for visual arts to participate in an eight week extension drawing programme.

I am extremely interested in any way in which children’s learning can be enhanced. This has led me to having a very keen interest in our handwriting, reading and spelling programme THRASS, and becoming a resource person for this. I also coordinate our art supplies within the school.

Until this year, I have been teaching in the middle school here at Omokoroa No1, particularly in the Yr 6 area. This year I have had a change and have gone back to my previous area of experience, the New Entrant class. I believe that change is healthy for us all and provides the opportunity to revise and refresh our teaching. As much as I miss my relationships with the older children I am really enjoying the enthusiasm and ‘spongelike’ attitude of this age.

I think we are all very lucky to be involved in such a positive and dynamic school.

Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Staff Profiles.
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