TERM CALENDAR – Put all these dates in your diary or your phone!
Remember to check the school calendar on our website. We will put all updates on Facebook & the website. Link to school calendar: http://www.vogeltown.school.nz/calendar/

TERM 4

November

28 November - Road Patrollers swim at the Aqautic Centre

29 November - Starting School the VS way (5.30pm @ Junior School)

30 November - Yr 5 Road Patrol training day with Constable Gary and Brent

December

1 December - Four Year Old Friday (9:00am to 11:00am)

1 December - Whānau Athletics

5 December - BOT Meeting

5 December - Highlands Orchestra performance at VS

6 December - Junior dress up and dance afternoon (2pm)

7 December - IROCK Cultural Evening (6pm in school hall) - Caines arcade open at 5.30pm on this night

8 December - End of year summative reports come home

8 December - Whānau Tabloids

11 December - Wheels day - Huatoki and Taranaki teams

12 December - Water Day - Paetoki, Huatoki and Taranaki teams

13 December - Yr 6 Leaving assembly 10:30am

13 December - Yr 6 Leavers evening (6:00pm)

14 December - Golden Bat finals

14 December - Whānau 'Sing Off'

15 December - Last day of 2023! School finishes at 3pm

2024

TERM 1

29 January - Mahitahi meetings (meet with the teacher) - online booking will open in December

30 January - Vogeltown School begins for the 2024 year

Kia ora whānau, welcome to the end of week 7 - it is hard to believe we have 3 weeks left of the term and the year! We have had another busy week at Vogeltown, and it is only going to get busier as we come to the end of the year.

On Monday we had put talent quest final - it was an amazing event - a big thanks to Miss McLean and Mrs Lewis who organised the event - Ka mau te wehi whanau.

The talent quest is a great way to celebrate all the amazing talents at Vogeltown - we certainly create amazing, talented kids! Well done to all of our learners who performed in the heats, and a special well done to all of our finalists - what a great day!

On the performance front, we have our cultural evening coming up on the 7th December - we are calling this night the 'IROCK evening' celebrating all the talents we have seen over the year. We will begin this night in then hall at 6pm. Before this celebration, we will have all the Paetoki rooms open from 5pm so whanau can come and see and play the 'Caine's arcade' games in the rooms.

Today we celebrated our Vogeltowner awards. These are our most prestigious awards we celebrate at Vogeltown - we only have 4 per class per year. We have had, since 2012, 662 learners receive this award. See the wonderful learners who received this today below - Ka mau te wehi whanau!

Please check with all the dates below and lock them in to your diaries/phones. There are a few 'syndicate events' happening - a tradition for the end of year. We have 'water days' and 'wheels day' - these days will require some gear, we will send reminders out as we get closer.

UPCOMING NEXT WEEK:

* Whanau Athletics - Friday

* Four year old Friday - Friday 9 - 11am

Have a great weekend whānau!

Mr O and the VS Team

Ka mau te wehi to our Vogeltown learners who received a Vogeltowner award today:

TARANAKI TEAM: Lincoln Brears 1, Finn Cowley 1, Rosie Bird 2, Myra Salle 2, Viviana Navas Daal 3, Eli Jones 3, Lumi Fromings 4, Ivy Kinge 4, Milla Scott 5, Quinn Gray 5, Violet Atkins 6, Zachary Muller 6, Penelope Boynton 7, Jake Holland 7

HUATOKI TEAM: Alia Darbyshire 13, Harper Newland 13, Ella Mackie 14, Taya Ransfield 14, Charlie O'Connor 15, Jipsey Hannah 15, Kaiaa Papuni-Moore 16, Mila Donaldson 16

PAETOKI: Cooper Scott 8, Chael Smith 8, Noah Carley 9, Ameliah Jones 9, Pearce Donnelly 10,

Siti Khadijah Binti Sharafuddin Shah 10, Hunter Keat 11, Mia Vooght 11, Bailey Smith 12, Jeronimo Navas Daal 12

What an amazing bunch of Vogeltowners - you all deserve this award and wonderful accolade! Ka Rawe whanau!

Well done to all our Vogeltowners who performed in the talent quest heats over the last 2 weeks, you all showed originality and resilience! Well done to all the finalists who did an amazing job at the finals on Monday - Ka Rawe team!

Special mention must be made to our 'MC's' on the day Billie and Emilie - you guys were fantastic and kept the show on the road - well done whanau.

Big thanks again to our organisers - Mrs Lewis and Miss McLean, showing great leadership and courage. Also to our judges on the day Mrs Anderson, Mrs Tooley and Mrs Debrecini.

The results finalists were:

Bay Belton, Jeronimo Navas-Daal , Sarah Venables, Jaela Hannah, Jipsey Hannah, Mia Vooght, Rm 5 girls (Milla, Aubrey, Quinn, Amore, Harper), Rock n roll band - (Luke Johnson, Riley Beattie and Noah Jones) Cocone Hiyama, Rm 14 singing group.

The overall winners were:

3rd place: Cocone Hiyama (dance)

2nd place =: Jeronimo Navas-Daal (Quattro and singing)

2nd place =: Sarah Venables (dancing)

1st place: Mia Vooght (singing)

'Schooldocs' login:

Username: vogeltown

Password: huatoki

If you would like your child to be part of the Weetbix tryathlon in 2024, then please enter below. We have set up a Vogeltown School group entry site to make it easier and even get the race pack delivered to Vogeltown School for your child(ren).

• After you enter the participants details on the entry form, you will be asked if you would like to "join a School Group". Search for your School Group when prompted and click on the group to add the participant to it.
• When joining your School Group we will be notified that you have entered and it will help make our school eligible to win prizes.

The day of this event is Wednesday 27th March 2024.

Use the link below to enter:

Hari Huritau, to these awesome Vogeltowners this week:

CHRISTIANSEN Carter

We hope you all had, or will be having, a great birthday! From all the VS whānau!

OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS 2024:

Enrolment at Vogeltown School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from the school office or from our website.

Next year there will be two enrolment periods.

The first enrolment period will run from 30 January 2024 to 12 April 2024.

The second enrolment period will run from 29 April 2024 to 5 July 2024.

The Board has determined that 0 places are likely to be available for out of zone students turning 5 in the first enrolment period. The Board will determine how many places are likely to be available for out of zone students turning 5 for the second enrolment period by Wednesday 14th February 2024. The exact number of places will depend on the number of enrolments received from students who live within the school's home zone.

For students seeking enrolment within the second enrolment period, the deadline for receipt of out of zone places is Friday 23rd February 2024. Application for enrolment for an out of zone student is made by completing an out of zone application form (available from the school office and from our website). Applications can be sent via email to office@vogeltown.school.nz or delivered directly to the school office.

Parents and whanau who live in the home zone and intend enrolling their child for 2024 should apply by Friday 6th October 2023 to assist the school to plan effectively for the 2024 school year.

For the second enrolment period, if the number of out of zone applications exceeds the places available, students will be selected by ballot in accordance with instructions detailed in the enrolment scheme. If a ballot is required, it will be held on Monday 26th February 2024. Parents and whanau will be informed of the outcome of the ballot on Tuesday 27th February 2024.

Vogeltown School Board of Trustees

Stay safe and be kind to each other. Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we appreciate the community we live in!

On behalf of the Vogeltown team,

Ka kite ano

Jeremy Ogle - Principal/Tumuaki

Email: office@vogeltown.school.nz
Website: www.vogeltown.school.nz
Location: Vogeltown School Huatoki Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 753 6843