Ormond School

INQUIRY CELEBRATION : POSTPONED
With the amount of illness and number of students absent from school over the past few weeks (meaning they have not been able to practice / prepare) - we are postponing our Inquiry celebration scheduled for tomorrow until NEXT Tuesday (25th of August). Please take note of the changed date. Nga mihi.

Year 3&4 Cancelled for today due to the weather. Keep warm whānau, and we’ll see you all next week!

FRIDAY SPORT

RUGBY - This game has been cancelled - no rugby today.

NETBALL - UPDATE - Now cancelled also...

Nga mihi!

We were so excited and super lucky to have Commonwealth Games Judo Gold medallist🥇and local Gisborne legend, Sydnee Andrews, visit us at Ormond School yesterday.

It was a privilege to meet you Sydnee and hear about your sporting journey and your success representing Aotearoa New Zealand in the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. You are such an inspiration for our tamariki! Thanks for showing Ormond School that dreams can come true when you put in the mahi! Bring on the Olympic Games in 2028! 🖤

Thank you to Kōkā Emily for organising this for us.

Top House Competition.
Tomorrow Afternoon. (Weather Permitting)
Wear your house colours!
❤️💛💚💙

CROSS-COUNTRY - SUCCESS
An awesome afternoon at our school cross-country… a quick post to say well done to all our amazing students (more details in our newsletter this Friday). You all put in the effort, you all supported one another and you should all be very proud of yourselves. The photos we have chosen for this post reinforce what our kura is about - solid friendships, supporting others, facing the challenge, never giving up, community. Growing great people.

CROSS-COUNTRY!
We are all set for our school cross-country tomorrow afternoon!

A reminder for students to bring:

A change of clothes / towel
Covered shoes for running (Prickles on the course).
Full drink bottle.

Venue is 200 Ngakaroa Road and race times are as follows:

Timeframes - approximations.
12.15 Depart school to venue.
12.30 Walk the course.
Racing will start from 1:10pm.

Each race will be split into year group / gender categories and start at intermittent intervals.
Race 1 = Y1 & Y2 (Y1G, Y1B, Y2G, Y2B)
Race 2 = Y3 & Y4 (Y3G, Y3B, Y4G, Y4B)
Race 3 = Y5 & Y6 (Y5&Y6G, Y5&Y6B).
Each race will increase in distance and difficulty.

Event debrief: At the conclusion of the last event (approx 2:10pm), we will hold a short debrief with the full school to congratulate students on their efforts. It is expected that all students are present for this and stay to support their fellow peers.

Approx 2:20PM - event conclusion and return to school / head home with whanau.

TOP JOB!
Our fortnightly top dojo point (positive actions) winners from last week (two students from each class)! Dojo (positive) points are awarded to students who consistently display our school values in any context. These students, among others, are contributing to our positive school culture through their actions, words and behaviours. Well done, we are proud of you!

FRIDAY RUGBY & NETBALL

Rugby:
AWAY vs Nga Uri a Maui @ Nga Uri a Maui - Start time 12:15pm (please note earlier start). Students will leave Ormond 11:30am.

Netball:
AWAY vs Rural mixed @ Waerenga-o-Kuri - Start time 12:30pm - Students will leave Ormond at 11:30am.

CROSS-COUNTRY PERMISSION FORMS

Kia ora everyone,

To date we have approx 50% of our cross country permission forms submitted.

If you are still to do so - can you please fill it out ASAP - we need responses by Thursday at the latest so we can effectively organise this event for next Tuesday.

The cross-country panui has been re-emailed to everyone this afternoon for ease of access - should be at the top of your inbox.

Thank you!