VOGELTOWN SCHOOL TE KURA O HUATOKI
WEEK 4, TERM 3, 2025.
Our interschool rugby team put on a fantastic performance in the final against Stratford Primary School. The match was full of determination, with the team showing a never-give-up attitude, relentless chasing and tackling, and some impressive footwork and speed as they challenged Stratford throughout the game.
Unfortunately, the result didn’t go our way, but the team can be incredibly proud of their season. They’ve really gelled as a team, supporting each other every step of the way.
A huge thank you to Mr Goodwin for his time and effort with them. He brings just the right mix of knowledge, patience, and encouragement - both at practices and during games (even when things get a bit tense!). We’re excited to keep an eye on these talented players as they continue their rugby journeys next year and beyond.
Congratulations to the following tamariki who received a principal's award at our full school assembly today:
Quinton Coombe, Luca Donaldson, Emmeline Penberth, Aeva Dalleg, Frankie McLean, Trevor Daming, Taylor Scadden, Max Gatenby, Fred Miller, Tayah McLeod, Jed Nielsen, Keanu Cantlon, Leo Salisbury-Kivell, Dani Raison, Ben Croker, Kahleesi Stubbings, Jipsey Hannah, Hana Hunt, Freya Gray, Shay Tito, Arden Hunt, Carter Gibbins, Joshua Gillum, Charlie Taylor, Kaea Neho, Indiana Adsett, Fox Erickson, Lily Bromley, Maybelle Raison, Angus Johnson, Noah Doney, Season-Rose Niwa-Smith.
Ka mau te wehi!
We’re starting to think about our Term 4 hāngī, and we’d love your help to make it happen!
We’re looking for parent and whānau volunteers to support all parts of the process – from preparation, to placing and lifting the hāngī, to serving the food on the day. While this has traditionally been managed by school staff, we’re keen to build greater community involvement so that this special event becomes more sustainable for the future.
Whether you’re a seasoned hāngī hand or just keen to lend a hand, we’d love to hear from you. If you have experience and can guide others or take the lead in certain areas, even better!
We’ve still looking for more helpers - we have had nine responses. If you can help us out please add your details using the link below. We’ll be in touch closer to the time with more information.
Ngā mihi nui,
The Vogeltown School Team
We are having great success with the raffle tickets! So much so, that we are almost out of extra books! If you have a book of tickets at home that you are unable to sell, please bring them back to school and we will have them reissued. We really appreciate your support with this fundraiser.
This term our school cross country will be held on Thursday 21 August, with a postponement date of Friday 22 August. We’re still finalising the details, but the event will likely take place sometime between 10:00am and 1:00pm.
We’re doing things a little differently this year by heading to Vogeltown Park. It’s a great opportunity to make use of a wonderful community space, and it also gives our tamariki a chance to experience the course used for interschool cross country.
To help the day run smoothly, we’d love to have a team of parent and whānau helpers. With your support, our teachers can stay with their classes and support them.
If you’re available to help out, please let us know by following the link. So far we have eight helpers and are keen for more people. On the day we’ll need people to act as marshals and help record results.
We will be holding a Teacher Only Day on Friday 29 August. On this day, school will be closed for instruction.
The focus of this day is for our teaching team to continue deepening their understanding of the new national curriculum refresh, including how it will shape teaching and learning within our school. This learning is important to ensure we are well prepared to deliver a curriculum that meets the needs of our learners.
We appreciate your support in making this time available for staff.
Daffodil Day this year is officially being held on Friday 29th August, which is a Teacher Only Day for Vogeltown School. So we are going to acknowledge Daffodil Day a day early, on Thursday 28th August.
We will be collecting gold coin donations and encouraging all tamariki to dress up in yellow.
Daffodil Day is a very important fundraiser for the Cancer Society. Proceeds from Daffodil Day help fund the Cancer Society's vital support services, including transportation to appointments, cancer prevention programs, and research.
It is important that we know if you have a child starting school sometime in the remainder of this year. This will allow us to put organisation in place for new students - especially those starting school, and to understand our predicted roll throughout the year.
You can do this by contacting the office to confirm that we have your child on our records, or by completing an enrolment form (which can be collected from the school or downloaded off our website).
If you know of anyone else living in zone that may be looking to enrol then please share this message with them.
Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we really appreciate the efforts everyone makes to ensure our kura is such a great place to learn and work!
On behalf of the Vogeltown team, ka kite ano! Have a great weekend.
The VS team
