TERM CALENDAR – Put all these dates in your diary or your phone!
Remember we will put all updates on Facebook, Skool Loop and Seesaw.

2024

MARCH

29 March - Good Friday - SCHOOL CLOSED

APRIL

1 April - Easter Monday - SCHOOL CLOSED

2 April - Easter Tuesday - SCHOOL CLOSED

3 April - Starting School the VS Way 5:00pm

4 April - Home and School meeting 6:30pm

5 April - 4 Year Old Friday

10 April - Hoods Up Wednesday - Autism Awareness Month

12 April - Last day of Term 1 2024

TERM 2

29 April - Powhiri @ 10:00am

29 April- Mr Hunt's first day at Vogeltown

29 April - Progress reports go home

29 April - Cohort #1 starts

1 May - Learning Conferences 2:30 - 7:30pm (School ends at 2pm)

2 May - Learning Conferences 2:30 - 6:15pm (School ends at 2pm)

15 May - NYLD day in Palmerston North

17 May - Pink Shirt Day

20 May - Road safety week

29 May - Rippa rugby tournament

31 May - Teacher Only Day - NO SCHOOL

3 June - King's Birthday - NO SCHOOL

4 June - Cohort #2 starts

21 June - Dads and daughters breakfast

26 June - Starting School the VS Way

27 June - Vogeltowner Assembly

28 June - Matariki Day - NO SCHOOL

1 July - Vogeltown School's birthday

5 July - Term 2 ends

TERM 3

22 July - 27 September

TERM 4

14 October - 13 December

Kia ora koutou Vogeltown whanau, welcome to the newsletter for Week 9 of Term 1.

We have had a great week at Vogeltown with a lot of learning and of course a sprinkling of Easter activities towards the end of the week.

On Monday we were very lucky to have a visit from our new principal - Mr Hunt and his whānau. It was great meeting Ryves in person and sharing our wonderful Vogeltown culture with them all. We cannot wait to have him join us on day 1 in Term 2.

Wednesday was an annual highlight for a huge group of our students who chose to participate in the Weetbix Tryathlon. Events like this are very special. Our students showed grit and determination during the race - a run along the sand, a big bike ride, and finishing with a run. I am sure you all enjoyed your day. A big thank you to Mr Ransfield for taking some photos. Tu meke!

We are now heading into our big Easter break. A reminder that our school is closed tomorrow - Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Easter Tuesday! We cannot wait to hear about all of the Easter adventures you have during this time.

Have a great Easter break.

Aroha nui,

Mrs Seed and the VS team

Our school policies, like many schools, are now in an online system through a portal called 'Schooldocs'. Any time you want to bring up a school policy, just log in to schooldocs and you can access the policies.

The login is: vogeltown

The password: huatoki

The website link to Schooldocs is below.

Congratulations to all of our Vogeltowners who participated in the annual Weetbix Tryathlon on Wednesday. You should all be proud of your wonderful efforts and it was great to see so many medals being worn with pride today.

Big shout out to Mr George and Mr Ransfield for taking the time to set up our Vogeltown gazebo as a base for our students/whānau.

Our learning conferences are being held on Wednesday 1 May from 2:30pm to 7:30pm, and on Thursday 2 May from 2:30pm to 6:15pm. We will arrange for supervision of our learners on both of these days from 2:30pm until 3:00pm. You can book your interviews using the Skool Loop App - instructions on how to book are below. These learning conferences are really important to discuss your child's progress for Term 1 and set their learning goals for Term 2. We always aim for 100% attendance at these learning conferences.

If you have trouble using the Skool Loop app then please call the school office to book a time.

The online shop is open at ‘GameChanger’ if you would like to order an awesome Vogeltown hoodie before the winter months begin.

The link is below to order. You can pop into the GameChanger shop just up on the corner of Huatoki and Carrington Sts if you would like to try them on. GameChanger have an order minimum of 10 hoodies so once they reach 10, they can get production underway.

On Wednesday 26th April (the last week of Term 1) we are asking everyone to wear a hoodie and wear the ‘hood up’. This is in support of Autism NZ. If you can provide a gold coin to support the great work that Autism NZ does, that would be awesome too! We are also going to participate in the hour of silence from 10am to 11am. Let’s hope we are all up for this challenge!

Room 1 are amazing at sitting on the mat and listening to Mrs Williams

We loved seeing Cruz start the Karakia on Tuesday morning. This was very speical.

Now all of our summer sports have finished, can I please ask those who still have Vogeltown sports tops and gear bags at home to return them to school as soon as possible please.

We still have a few spots available in our winter sports teams. Please register your child through our Kindo Shop.

• Basketball (Yr 5/6) - 3 more players - played on a Monday night
• Miniballl (Yr 3/4) - 1 more player - played mostly on a Wednesday after school with the occasional game on a Tuesday
• Netball (Yr 3/4) - 3 more players - played on a Thursday night after school ** FREE TO ENTER
• Hockey (Yr 5/6) - 2 more players - played on a Saturday morning

Please sign in to your Kindo account for all times, dates and fees for each sport. 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/

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 any questions at all please feel free to contact me on michelle.sleep@vogeltown.school.nz

Michelle Sleep

Junior School Administrator & Sports Co-ordinator

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

Stay safe and be kind to each other. Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we appreciate the community we live in. Have a great Easter break with your whānau and friends.

On behalf of the Vogeltown team,

Ka kite ano

Laura Seed - Acting 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