Thanks to Dan the Puppet-man and his very talented puppeteers – Radar and Matt, we were entertained and educated with a Road Safety show.  Sgt Jacko, Porangi the Pukeko, 3 excitable possums and a few other characters, made sure that we knew the road rules and consequences of not following them.

We all learnt a lot and through their amazing skills, reminded ourselves of what we should be doing around roads.

Posted: May 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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On Friday 30th April Rooms 6, 7 & 8  left school to walk single file along Plummer’s Point Road towards the wharf and estuary. It was going to be a long way. Mr Barthow led the long snake and wore an orange fluorescent vest so he could easily be seen by any traffic coming towards us. He made sure that we stayed right over on the grass verge so we were safe.  Will called out “Watch out for that sneaky driveway”, as we passed each of the letterboxes.  At one part the grass verge got so narrow we had to cross the road to a wider place to walk. We each looked right, left and right again as we looked and listened for any cars. Each of us had to decide if it was safe to cross. We linked hands with a friend as we smartly crossed the road.

After about half an hour we crossed the road again and arrived at the beautiful beachside reserve. We were tired. What a beautiful sight as we looked across the calm and peaceful estuary. We sat, relaxed and munched away on our big lunches. We were hungry.

Now it was time to head back to school. More safe walking. Listening for traffic. Looking for cars. Looking right. Looking left and then right again. Some needed plasters. The trip back to school in the long snaky line seemed slower and longer as we stopped and waited for those who had shorter and tired legs. Mr Barthow congratulated us on walking 4.2 kilometres which is a long way for 5 and 6 year olds on a lovely warm autumn day.

Thanks to all the mums, dads and grandmas who helped us be safe walkers. It was a great day!

Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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We hope everyone had a safe and satisfying holiday over Easter! This term is full of exciting happenings, so make sure you keep up-to-date with your class teachers and class webpages.

Please let the office and teachers know if there are any changes to emails, as this is becoming a popular way to send notices home.

Let’s all have a fabulous 11 weeks of learning!

Chris Broadhurst and Staff

Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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School swimming sports was held the the Greerton pools on the last day of Term 1. It was a fantastic day with lots of speed and enthusiasm!

Well done to all that participated!

Congratulations to the house winners – Mauao with 307 points!

2nd: Matakana – 256 points

3rd: Rangiwaea – 235 points

4th: Motuhoa – 191 points

We hope everyone has an enjoyable and relaxing Easter and holiday, before starting an exciting Term 2!

Check out our swimming results: School Swimming Sports Results 2010

Posted: March 31st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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All the Room 6, 7 and 8 pupils keenly showed how confident they were in the Junior SwimmingSports held at the school pool on 30 March.

They were washing machines, floaters and kickers as they enjoyed themselves swimming widths and lengths. Lots of parents and grandparents came out to watch.

We are very proud of our students and it’s great to see their confidence in the water growing, seeing them being safe in water and developing skills on which to build their swimming strokes.

Posted: March 30th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Well done to all those who received certificates in the Whole School Assembly on 30 March.

Children received certificates for Dynamos, WBOP Swimming, Tall Poppies, Kiwi Tag and of course, the Principal Awards!

Way to go everyone!!

Principal Award Recipients:

Back: Tegan (R4), George (R5), Jessica (R2), Giorgia (R1), Alexandra (R3), Casper (R12)

Front: Harrison (R10), Zoe (R10), Oscar (R11), Zach (R8), Jack (R6), Sydney (R7).

Absent: Kyle (R9)

Posted: March 30th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Year 5/6 staff hard at work with National Standard Data Collection.

Posted: March 28th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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The School Councillors organised ‘Wheel Days’ for both the Senior and Junior schools during the week. It was a lot of fun, excitement and everyone had a great time!  Check out the Wheels Day Movie below to see just how awesome these days were.

Posted: March 27th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Room 9, 10 and 11 have recently returned from an amazing camp at Waihi Beach.

We learned a lot about the local area and its gold-mining history, as well as how gold is mined today. We rode on the old Waikino Train and went on the beautiful and historic walk through the Karangahake Gorge. The tunnels were exciting!

We were very lucky with the weather and managed to swim in the surf each evening. The parents who accompanied us were brilliant, as were the children. We hope next year’s camp is as good as this one!

Posted: March 23rd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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This week, Omokoroa No’1 School was lucky enough to have Wendy with labrador puppy Gill to inform us about Red Puppy Appeal Week. Gill is a one year old puppy, who is about to begin his training as a Guide Dog.  He will then go to a blind or partially sighted person to help be their eyes.

The children donated a gold coin onto the Guide Dog picture. It costs the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
over $22,500 to breed, then train a guide dog.

Thanks to Wendy, Gill and the RNZFB  and we hope that our contribution helps towards raising more amazing ‘Red Puppies’!
Further donations can be made through the RNZBF website: Red Puppy Appeal

Posted: March 21st, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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