Newsletter week 5, Term 4 2022
Term 4 Week 5 - 17th November 2022
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Tena Koutou, Talofa, Namaste, Hello and Greetings
How fast is this year going, it is hard to believe we are nearly at the end of November.
Thank you for making alternate arrangements while we had our Teacher Only Day today, the staff have appreciated having the time to sort assessment information for the end of the year.
We are continuing our class programmes as usual and this will happen until we begin our swimming programme in the week starting 5 December. When we have the times from the pool we will let you know when your child's class will be there.
As the end of the year approaches we are starting to look ahead to 2023. If you have or know of someone wanting to enrol at East Gore School, in 2023 please make contact with the office or send us a message so we can add them to the class lists. If you know someone who is undecided on a school for their child and think they would to visit our school, please encourage them to give us a call to see if it is the place for them. If you would like to discuss your child's class for 2023, please pop into the office.
Thank you for everyone who has sold the Grocery Grab raffle tickets, we appreciate your time and energy to get these sold. If you haven't returned your raffle book yet, please bring them back on Monday (sold or unsold) so we can draw the lucky winners on Wednesday and then have some fun running around the supermarket. Watch our Facebook page to find out who the winners are.
Wendy Kitto
Principal
Kia pai tō rā whakatā (have a great weekend).
Assembly 17th November 2022
Principals Cup
Citizenship Cup
Awards
School Photos
A laptop has been set up in the office for ordering for those who don't have access to a laptop. This will be available to use 8.45am - 3.15pm.
SCHOOL NOTICES
CONTACT DETAILS
Please keep the office updated with any changes to address/cellphone number and emergency contact details. We need to be able to contact someone in case of an emergency at all times.
STUDENTS LEAVING
If you are picking up a student during school hours please come to the office to sign them out.
If they return they must sign back in ie: going & returning from an appointment.
Remember, students must sign in at the office if they are arriving to school late .
We need to know where students are at all times incase of an emergency so we appreciate your support with this.
HEAT UPS
We are unable to heat up lunches for students at lunch times. Staff use this time getting ready for the afternoon programmes and having their own break. We appreciate your support by not sending pies/noodles etc to school. School lunches are provided to every student in the school.
HEADLICE
Headlice cases have popped up across the school this week. If you could all check your child/rens hair and treat if necessary. We appreciate you help with the control of this.
ILLNESS
If your any student is unwell we will ring home to ask them to be picked up.
Ministry of Health guidelines say that students must stay away from school 48 hours after the last vomit or diarrhoea episode.
Breakfast Club will open in the hall at 8.35am and finish at 8.50am - weetbix followed by toast will be on offer.
Ministry of Health Guidelines
A reminder from the MOE and MOH
If a child has been unwell with a respiratory illness other than COVID-19, they can return to school 24 hours after they have significantly improved and are behaving/ eating normally.
Following vomiting or diarrhoea, a child should be symptom free for 48 hours before returning to school.
If they still have a runny nose or dry cough without any other symptoms such as fever, vomiting or diarrhoea, then they are unlikely to be infectious and can be considered well enough to come to school.
In general, a doctor's certificate or clearance should not have to be provided for a child to return to school after being unwell.
The Ministry of Health has recently updated its definition of a household contact.
You are a household contact if you:
normally share a residence with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 (either on a permanent or part-time, or shared custody basis)
spent at least one night or day (more than eight hours) in that residence while the person with COVID-19 was infectious
don’t normally share a residence with the positive case but have spent a night together in the same room.
TERM DATES 2022
2022
Term 4: October 17th - December 15th
Upcoming events
18th Nov - Teacher Only Day - no school
2nd Dec - Assembly
5th - 9th Dec - School swimming lessons
13th Dec - Final Assembly 6.30pm
15th December - Last day of the school year finishing at 12.00pm
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Contact Us
Email: office@eastgore.school.nz
Website: https://www.eastgore.school.nz
Location: East Gore School 3 Wentworth St, East Gore, Gore 9710, New Zealand
Phone: +64 03-208 5331
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastgoreschoolgore