VOGELTOWN SCHOOL TE KURA O HUATOKI
WEEK 6, TERM 3, 2025.
A big thank you to everyone who made our school cross country such a fantastic event!
Our teachers put in a huge amount of preparation and provided excellent supervision on the day to make sure everything ran smoothly. A special mention to Lee, Laura and Rachel for their early morning set up of the course.
We are also very grateful to our parents and whānau who volunteered their time to help with marshalling. This meant our teaching team could stay with their classes to provide support and supervision. We really appreciate your help - it made a big difference in allowing the day to run so smoothly. Thanks also to those who came along to cheer on our tamariki - it added real atmosphere to the day.
Our children did us proud, giving their very best and showing real jungle tiger attitudes throughout the event. Congratulations to the children who have made it through to the interschool cross country event. We look forward to seeing you represent Vogeltown School with the same determination and spirit!
It was our first time using this new venue, and everything worked so well - we couldn’t have asked for a better day.
Get ready for a captivating journey through creativity, innovation, and imagination at the upcoming LEGO Exhibition bought to you by the Vogeltown School Home and School Committee!
We are looking for LEGO enthusiasts to create LEGO models (originals or LEGO builds) to exhibit at the Vogeltown School Hall on Sunday 31st August 2025 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
What you need to know:
- Create your entry (original or standard model), one entry per person. The exhibition is open to all LEGO enthusiasts including current students, former students and AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO)
- Drop your creation off to the school hall on the afternoon of Thursday 28th August between 2:30pm and 3:45pm (Friday 29th August is a teacher only day) or before the exhibition on Sunday from 12:30pm.
- Gold coin entry to the exhibition. We will provide stickers to families so that you can show your appreciation by adding stickers to the notes of models on display.
- Collect your creation after the exhibition from 3:00pm to 3:30pm
- There will be spot prizes for the entries.
- We will be selling tickets to our raffle (no pressure) and have a LEGO prize up for grabs by guessing the correct number of LEGO pieces in a jar - $1 per entry.
The Vogeltown School Original LEGO Exhibition is set to be a fun family day out, with a chance for the Vogeltown School community to display their favourite models and creativity.
Any proceeds from the LEGO Exhibition will go to Vogeltown School for the benefit of our tamariki.
Please direct any enquiries to vshomeandschool@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
A notice will come out today with information about the Huatoki syndicate's beach trip on Tuesday 2nd September.
There is a permission slip to be signed and returned to the senior office. Alternatively you can give permission using the Skool Loop app - just go into Skool Loop, click on Forms and then tick the box next to Huatoki Beach Clean up.
A big thank you to Tranzit Coachlines - when they heard about the kaupapa of this trip, they gave us a heavily discounted rate on our bus hire. Thanks, Tranzit!
On Tuesday 26th August at 1:30pm, a number of our staff will be attending a paid union meeting, facilitated by NZEI Te Riu Roa.
These meetings are an entitlement for all union members and can take place up to twice a year. Staff will be meeting to discuss and vote on next steps in public service pay negotiations, collective agreement matters, and the campaign to increase school staffing.
What does this mean for our school?
The school will remain open, however our teaching programmes and classroom arrangements will be adjusted to manage with fewer staff onsite.
We appreciate your support and understanding.
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.
All raffle tickets are now due back! Sold or unsold, please return them to the junior or senior office. We really appreciate your support with this fundraiser.
Out of zone enrolments for Highlands Intermediate close on Friday 22nd August 2025. Highlands would also like all in zone enrolments in at this time.
Enrolments are done online by clicking on the link below:
https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/enrol/2172/1/0
All out of zone applicants will be notified if they are successful or not by Friday 5th September.
If you require a hard copy of the enrolment form, please contact Highlands Intermediate enrolments@highlands.school.nz or 06 7584162 ext 703
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.
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
