Important Dates

School Cross Country

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Come along and support your child/ren at our school cross country event. Feel free to throw in your walking/running gear and run alongside our tamariki. We are so looking forward to celebrating the progress our learners have made with their fitness.

Our Fundraising Committee are ready to serve up delicious lunches to support our fundraising efforts too. Thanks in advance for supporting this team.

More information is coming home this week in a special notice.

Maihiihi School Grounds

Postponement date - School Cross Country

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This is the date for our school cross country if we are rained out on the 13th Aug

School Assembly - Room 2

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Room 2 will be presenting our school assembly today

Maihiihi School

COPS Cross Country

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Inter school cross country event

Waitomo

School Assembly - Room 3

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Room 3 will be presenting our school assembly today.

Maihiihi School

Fathers Day

All Day

School Assembly - Room 4

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Room 4 will be presenting our school assembly

WFPS Cross Country Event

All Day

More details to follow

WFPS Speeches

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More details to follow

Year 8 Immunisations

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Immunistations for Year 8's who have signed permission

END OF TERM 3

All Day

Last day to Term 3
Have an amazing holiday break

Parent Cyber Safety Evening

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Parent Cyber Safety Evening
An essential event for parents.

The "Parent Cyber Safety Evening" covers the following:
* Cyberbullying - How bullies can reach our kids 24/7
* Social media - How social media is affecting the mental health of 3 out of 5 children. FOMO, depression, anxiety
* Gaming and the developing brain – An oversupply of dopamine leading to dopamine deficiency, synaptic pruning, and the underdevelopment of social skills and empathy
* Naked Selfies - The pressure to send nudes from intermediate up through high school
* Online predators - The methods they use, and how to spot them
* Online porn vs healthy sexuality - How consuming online pornography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are seen as normal and consent can become very blurry.
Solutions
* Filters - Which filters are best and how to install them
* Smartphones - How to lock down a smartphone to make it a safe phone
Boundaries - How to put good boundaries in place around device use
* 3 golden rules - The 3 golden rules that will keep your kids safe
* Talking to your kids - How to have difficult conversations with your kids
* Challenging our own phone and device usage - Reconnecting as a family.

Otorohanga South School

END OF YEAR PRIZEGIVING

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More details to follow

LAST DAY OF TERM 4

All Day

Final day of school for 2024

Community Notices

FREE- PreSchool Home Learning Program

 

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