A big thank you to our Vogeltown whānau for supporting our cycle skills sessions this week. Our Year 5/6 students have been having a blast learning all about their bikes and road/biking safety. We have one more week of cycle skills to come.
Tomorrow (Friday the 8th of March) is a teacher only day. On this day, our Kaiako/teachers are having Professional Development which will see them spending the day exploring the Numicon maths programme.
It has been great to see an engaged team of learners at Vogeltown this week. When you walk around the classes and chat with the kids, it is so great to hear their enjoyment of learning in class and how keen they are to share their work!
A friendly reminder: We please ask, that parents/extended whānau do not drive down the Junior School driveway to drop off or pick up their child/ren. This is a busy access way and needs to be kept clear for the safety of our tamariki. We appreciate your support with this.
The big news this week has been the announcement of our new Vogeltown Principal Ryves Hunt. We are very excited to welcome Ryves into our Vogeltown Community in Term 2. I have attached a letter of introduction from Ryves in this newsletter, which was sent out on Wednesday afternoon. On behalf of the Vogeltown Staff/Community we would like to say a huge thank you to our Board of Trustees and our teacher Board representative Ms Pretty, for the mahi that has gone into this appointment behind the scenes. Roll on Term 2!
Have a great weekend whanau, enjoy the extra day and enjoy Taranaki Anniversary!
Aroha nui whanau,
Mrs Seed and the VS team
Thank you to those who have already signed their child up for Term 2/3 winter sports. Registrations remain open in our Kindo shop! Please sign in to your Kindo account for times, dates and fees for each sport. Registrations close on Monday 18 March.
Options available are:
- Miniball (Yr 3-4) Played at the TSB Stadium on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday night from 3.30pm ** Yr 0-2 Miniball already sold out
- Basketball (Yr 5-6) Played on a Monday night from 4pm
- Hockey (Yr 3-6) Played Saturday morning at the Hobson Street Turf between 9am-1pm
- Netball (Yr 3-6) Tuesday or Thursday nights from 3:45pm
** This year we are restricted with the number of teams we can enter for Miniball & Basketball. This is due to the limited facilities available. We are sadly only allowed to enter 1 team in Year 0-2 Miniball and 2 teams in both Year 3/4 Miniball and Year 5/6 Basketball. I expect these places to be filled very quickly so please if you want to register don’t muck around!!
Fun Sticks Hockey is available for our Year 0-2 children. Please use the following link to sign up your child directly with Taranaki Hockey. https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/register/d0687d.
If you have not set up a Kindo account yet, please use the following link for first time users:
http://www.vogeltown.school.nz/kindo-shop/
If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact me on michelle.sleep@vogeltown.school.nz
It's not too late to enter the Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon which is being held on Wednesday 27th March in New Plymouth. When you enter, you can join our school group.
You can enter at
A reminder to everyone that we do not ask for a school donation/fee at Vogeltown School. The Vogeltown Board opted in to the Ministry of Education donation scheme for 2024, which means we get paid a donation from the government and we do not ask families to contribute to any 'curriculum related' costs - including transport and events like Life Education.
More information can be found on the Ministry of Education's website.
Mrs Seed
VOGELTOWN SCHOOL CONTACTS
Email: office@vogeltown.school.nz
Website: www.vogeltown.school.nz
Location: Vogeltown School Huatoki Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: (06) 753 6843
