3. School Notices - Week 7, Term 2 2020

QUOTE FOR THE DAY



Birthday Greetings
Alexander Roa, Mikayla Pine, Niki Zeng, Leah Kofoed, Phoebe Cogle and Lilly Kelcher.

Absences
Please record the reason why your child is absent from school otherwise they will be marked as truant when you leave a message.  Thank you.

Catholic Diocese Job Vacancies

Part time employment opportunities

Administration Assistant – 25 hours a week

Safeguarding Officer – 5 hours a week

Administration Assistant

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin is looking to employ an efficient and self-motivated Administrative
Assistant.  The Administrative Assistant will support the Diocesan Administration Manager, Education Manager
and Property Manager with filing and secretarial tasks and will be responsible for the diocese’s communication
platforms and database.

This is a permanent part-time (25 hours per week) position and is based in Dunedin.

Confidential enquires can be made to the Bishop’s secretary, Pauline Lee paulinel@cdd.org.nz or phone
474 5750. Applications close at 3.00 pm on Friday 5th of June 2020

Safeguarding Officer

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin is looking to employ a safeguarding officer to work with the bishop,
parishes and other church-based groups to ensure policies and processes adhere to the approved National
Safeguarding Guidelines and other national policy. The Safeguarding Officer will need good communication
and administration skills, and will be responsible for arranging the National Office for Professional Standards
(NOPS) training workshops for priests, religious and staff within the diocese. The ability to facilitate these
training sessions, while not essential, would be an added advantage.

This is a fixed-term (one year) part-time (5 hours per week) position. 

Confidential enquires can be made to the Bishop’s secretary, Pauline Lee paulinel@cdd.org.nz or phone
474 5750. Applications close at 3pm on Wednesday 3rd of June 2020

Lip Balm
If your child needs to bring lip balm to school for dry lips, please ensure it is the clear lip balm and not the coloured ones.

Scholastic Book Club
Book club forms have been given to the children today and orders are due by Friday 5th June.

School Social Distancing
We are still abiding by the Covid 19 Level 2 guidelines at school which means the children still enter school through the main entrance and go to their classrooms via the veranda's. Parents have to sign in if they enter the school building to drop children off and go to the office if it is after 9.00 am.  Parents are not allowed to go to a child's classroom and if they need to drop off something for their children, it can be dropped off at the office.
At the 3.00 pm bell, parents wait outside the gates and junior school children can exit via the junior school gates.

Subway
Reminder there is no Subway lunches tomorrow.

Vision and Hearing Screening Programme
The Vision and Hearing national screening programmes have been disrupted by the NZ Covid-19 restrictions.  The services that have been halted at level 4 are:
- All Before School Care vision and hearing check of 4 year olds
- All vision and hearing checks of new entrants at primary school who missed their B4SC
- All vision screening of Yr 7 children

At level 2 they are able to resume screening on a 'by appointment basis' with Covid triage and contact tracing measures in place so they will not be coming to schools or pre-schools. They are trying to clear the backlog so if you have missed an appointment, please note your child's appointment will be followed up sometime later in the year.

Waitaki District Library
During this phase of Level 2, the library will be open from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm each day from Monday to Friday at this stage.  This means the library is unavailable for students to wait for their parents after school.

Wheels Day
Last Friday there was lots of action on both courts as children were either roller skating, scootering or biking, racing one another and trying to keep out of each other's way. Tomorrow sees the fast and furious (bikes and fast scooters) stay on the basketball courts and the roller skates and slower wheels segregate to the junior school area so this keeps everyone safe and happy.
Please remember if there is no helmet, the children cannot go on their wheels.

Winter Sports
During this week and next, all sport codes will make decisions on this years season in regards to start and finish dates, Covid 19 health guidelines and the number of people allowed on a field/court etc.  The season's fees will also be discussed and we will let you know any changes.

Most of our sport teams have stayed the same minus a couple of players here and there.  We cannot field teams in the girls miniball team and our 5 & 6 year old rugby team due to low numbers.
Information regarding teams, coaches, practices etc. will be sent out for all codes after next week's meetings.

Netball and rugby use the website 'Sporty' for entering players details and registrations.  Our school will enter our school team's players names on your behalf. 

Basketball/Miniball

• season starts at the beginning of term 3 on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd July
• finish dates are Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd September (depending on numbers of entries in grades)
• all coaches are confirmed for the boys and girls basketball teams and boys miniball team

Netball

• starting date to be confirmed after next week's meeting, either end of June or start of term 3
• trials for Yr 5-8 will be held next Tuesday 2nd June from 3.15 to 4.30 pm.  Please bring sport shoes, water bottle and sports gear.
• 4 teams to be entered (2 x intermediate, 1 x Yr 3/4 and 1 x Yr 1/2)
• coaches to be confirmed when trials are completed

Rugby

• starting date to be confirmed after next week's meeting, either end of June or start of term 3
• teams will combine with another club which will be sorted out once a start date is confirmed
• 3 teams to be entered in 7/8 years, 9/10 years and 11/12 years
• we have a confirmed coach for the 11/12 year olds but require coaches for the 7/8 and 9/10 year old grades.  If we combine teams with another club, it is good to have someone from our school coaching or co-coaching as well.

Hockey

• season starts at the beginning of term 3
• please let Mrs Brien know if you are still keen to play hockey so she can confirm the names that were given to the association in term 1.

Football

• season starts on Saturday 20th June and will finish at the end of August
• held on Saturday mornings
• if you are playing for another football club, they will contact you soon regarding confirmation of playing this season and a few other details.
• in the meantime, download the app called IDme (has a thumbprint as an icon) as that is what will be used for their contact tracing (directed by NZ Football)
• Midge football details to come out later

Community Notices

• Forrester Gallery - is now set to reopen to the public from Saturday 13th June.  The Gallery was initially shut to enable mould remediation and fire compliance upgrades but due to other unexpected issues such as the discovery of asbestos, the project expanded to incorporate more.  The refurbished Gallery now features new fire, heating, lighting systems and updated galleries.  For more information about opening hours, go to the VISIT page on www.culturewaitaki.org.nz
• Waitaki Community Recreation Centre (REC) - see below

FUNFIT KIDS!! Fun and fitness for PRIMARY SCHOOL kids!
WHERE? Waitaki Community Recreation Centre
WHEN? Fridays 4 – 5pm
Starting on Friday 29 May 2020 - this is a SIX week block
Cost: $36 for 6 sessions
29 May - 3 July 2020
Register online now: www. sporty.co nz/waitakicrc
Ph 4346932 for more info!
Skills are chosen with the developmental needs of growing kids in mind. The work outs develop balance, accuracy, fitness and strength, encourage teamwork and are lots of fun!

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  VACANCY - CLEANER at the Rec Centre 
  Monday to Friday, early morning start, 3-4 hours daily (15-20 hours per week).
  Attention to detail, ability to work unsupervised, great initiative and being a team player are key attributes for the role.
  Email your CV to waitakicrc@xtra.co.nz or phone Diane 021 08150688 for more details. Applications close Friday 29 May.
  (NZ residency and valid NZ work visa required)
  
  
  BOOT CAMPS at the Rec Centre
  Mon / Wed / Fri 9-10am, or
  Tues / Thurs 6-7am, or
  Mon / Fri 6-7pm
  Contact the Rec Centre 4346932 for details / www.sporty.co.nz/waitaicrc
  
  
  Thanks
  Regards
  Diane
   Diane Talanoa - Manager
  

  ph 021 08150688

  Waitaki Community Recreation Centre