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Drawing strength from our cultural diversity, and sharing responsibility with the community for the well-being of our children, Otahuhu School has high expectations that all children will achieve to the best of their abilities and develop the attitudes and skills to grow as lifelong learners and successful members of New Zealand society.
After careful consultation with students, staff and the community, we have created a refreshed version of our school values. These values are reflective of our community and shape the behaviours we embody at Ōtāhuhu Primary School. Students will be learning about the new values through the eyes of 2 "new students" - Mānawa & Ngākau. We will be celebrating the values at assemblies and regularly through our school news!
Otahuhu Primary School is the oldest school in the Otahuhu district and celebrated its 150th Jubilee in 2008. We have a proud history of serving our students and community well.
Today we have over 600 students who attend our school and more than 50 adults working on our staff.
The school has a history, which extends back to 9 August 1858 when classes were conducted for the first time in a building belonging to the Church of England. Since that time there have been many changes which have seen the school change from a District High School catering for both primary and secondary school students to the primary contributing school it is today catering for Y0-6 students only. Today we have over 500 students who attend our school and more than 50 adults working on our staff. The school continues to serve a diverse community and students attending are mainly drawn from Pacific, Māori, and Indian cultural backgrounds. Students are offered bilingual programmes in the Māori, Samoan and Tongan languages.
Bell TimesWe ask parents and caregivers to please make every effort to ensure your children attend school everyday. School starts at 8:45am and finishes at 2:45pm. It is very important that unless your child is sick or has a very good reason to be absent from school that they attend during these hours. Students who arrive late and leave early can disrupt learning time for the whole class. 8:45am - School Begins 8.55am - Fitness 9:10am - Learning Block 1 10:15am - Brain Break 10:20 - Learning Block 2 11:20am - Morning Tea Eating 11:25am - 11.40am - Morning Tea Play 11:40am - Learning Block 3 12:45pm - 1:20pm - Lunch Play 1:20pm - 1:30pm - Lunch Eating 1:30 - Learning Block 4 2:45pm - School Ends |
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Kia ora whānau!
As shared in our recent newsletter, we're going to be celebrating our Whakapuāwai Healthy Hearts Inquiry, by holding the Healthy Hearts Snack-Attack event!
This is taking place next week on Thursday 27th August.
Classes have been planning to create some healthy snacks to share with whānau, and show off their knowledge of nutrition. Throughout the day students will visit our pop-up grocery store in the hall to collect their food items and prepare their meals.
Classes will be open from 2:30-3:30 for visitors. Flyer below!
Kia ora whānau,
Our Read Together workshops have started up in the library on Wednesdays after school.
We are so lucky to have volunteers joining us from King's College to read to our students and role model a love of learning. This is a great chance for students to meet new friends and enjoy the wide range of books we have in our library.
We would love to see more and more students coming with their whānau - grandparents and toddlers are also welcome!
OPS
Kia ora Whānau,
Thank you to everyone who has completed our OPS surveys - we've had some awesome feedback and lots of insightful ideas coming through!
We also ask that you take a couple minutes to complete the Manaiakalani Whānau Questionnaire using the link below. This questionnaire is related to learning literacy at OPS, and the information is used with our cluster schools to develop pathways for better teaching and learning. We've had about 40 whānau complete the questionnaire already (thank you!) but we would love to see this number reach the hundreds - the more data the better!
Kia ora whānau!
Our Read Together workshops start again this afternoon.
Join Whaea Tania in the Library from 2:45-3:45 to enjoy our wide range of books and develop a love of reading with your tamariki!
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