Nelson Campus Newsletter 8 February 2024

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Nelson Campus Newsletter 8 February 2024

Introduction from Mr English
Campus Principal Address
VC Visits to Auckland – Yr 11, 12 & 13
Yr 12 & Yr 13 Students Work from Home
New Year 3s
Nelson Professional Staff 2024
OSG Links
Give Some Kudos
Campus & Co

Dear Parents and Students

It is my distinct pleasure to formally welcome you all back to OneSchool Global, Nelson. Trusting you all have enjoyed a magnificent summer holiday and are ready for a successful and enjoyable 2024.

This year promises to be a truly fantastic and exciting year. Parents, Staff and Students have already spent many hours preparing for the new academic year, and whilst there are still some things to come and do, learning, exploring and discovery is already well under way.

I have had the pleasure of meeting a few parents in the last couple of days, I look forward to meeting hopefully all of you over the coming weeks. Till then, perhaps a brief overview of my background.

My name is Wayne English, and I have been Campus Principal of Wellington since January 2019. I have been asked to work alongside the Nelson Campus team for Term one of this year whilst OSG recruits a permanent Campus Principal. To this end, I will be on campus for 2-3 days a week, with Mrs Michelle Jacobs being point contact when I am in Wellington.

I have been in teaching and education for more than 30 years and my passion for education remains as strong as ever. My wife, Marina, and I arrived in New Zealand around six years ago, originally hailing from South Africa. Prior to our arrival in NZ, we spent 10 years in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan, where we were both worked as principals and leadership coaches and advisors. Prior to this, we were both principals of schools in Cape Town, South Africa.

I really look forward to engaging with you over the coming weeks and supporting your sons and daughters in their educational journey and wish each of you a fruitful and successful year ahead.

New Year 3s

Nelson Campus would like to extend a special word of welcome to our brand new Yr 3s to our campus. They are: Demi Field, Macie Smith, Wynslo Ivory and Amy Woodman.

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Uniform & Punctuality

Your sons and daughters will hear and see much about our Learning to Learn Framework, Personas and Positive Culture this year, and I thank you for the support that you will bring to this from within the home.

A key part of this is setting the tone, and as such I request that all students arrive at school properly dressed and prepared each day. This means:

Full and correct uniform (including the new OSG sunhat for ALL students);
necessary equipment;
arriving punctually; and
possessing a positive attitude.

Punctuality is an important starting point. In fact, being on time for school and for class is not about being late, it is more about respecting one’s own commitments. Becoming more self-directed towards this is, of course, an integral part of our objective!

Please be reminded that all students are expected to be on campus between 08:30 and 08:40 each day.

Whanau classes commence at 08:40

End of school day Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday is at 15:00

End of school day on Wednesdays is 14:10

Please ensure that your child/ren has/have the correct school uniform, and that s/he wears the full and correct uniform to and from school each day.

All students are required to wear the new OSG uniform sunhat (baseball cap-style hats are not acceptable) when outdoors during Term 1 and Term 4.

All parents are requested to ensure that each item of uniform is labelled with your child’s/ren’s full name.

ZOOM Lessons & Headphone Requirements

This may be your child’s first year on Zoom. While this may be daunting for some, we want to ensure that the transition from face-to-face classes to Zoom is as seamless as possible.

If the teacher is from an offsite campus, your child will be joining different Zoom classes several times a week for that subject.

To ensure your child has the best learning experience via Zoom, it is a requirement that all students own a quality headset to participate in these classes. There are many options available on the market and we recommend students make their own choice of headset which will also help them take ownership for the care of their headset.

We highly recommend headsets with the following specifications to get the best audio quality and learning experience:

Must have a microphone
Over-the-ear or earbuds style
Connects via USB (preferred) or a single 3.5mm stereo input - Bluetooth is NOT recommended
No distracting bright lights or themed models (should be simple headsets)

Below are our recommendations of suitable headphones from our IT team, with the price of the item if purchased from UBT:

Logitech H340 USB Headset
Jabra Enterprise Evolve 20 professional USB (Wired) Stereo Headset UC 4999 -829 -409
Logitech H390 USB Pure Digital Headset

Due to the important part these items play in your students learning, we recommend careful consideration, and a quality investment is made, and if your student does not yet own one of these, it is important a set is purchased to ensure the student can attend their classes.

Parents are responsible for ensuring students have these purchased for the school year.

Please feel free to email our IT team for any questions, or further headset recommendations: it.support@nz.oneschoolglobal.com.

We look forward to engaging with you over the coming year and wish each of you a fruitful and successful year ahead. Please feel free to contact me directly or via the office, should you wish to discuss anything with me.

With kindest regards and best wishes

WAYNE ENGLISH

Campus Principal – Wellington Campus

Acting Campus Principal – Nelson Campus

VC Visits to Auckland – Yr 11, 12 & 13

On Friday, all Yr 11 students will be travelling to Auckland to meet with their teachers.

The Yr 13’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 23 February

The Yr 12’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 8 March

Please see details and expectations below.

Uniform

Students are to attend in formal school uniform
The no-hat, no-play rules will be enforced; please remind students to bring sun hats
Smartwatches are not permitted, per normal school rules

Mobile phones

Students travelling by air ONLY are permitted to bring mobile phones
These must be handed in at registration at the beginning of the day, and may be collected again on departure
It is the students’ responsibility to collect their phones on departure
Phones will not be accessible during the day

Laptop devices

Students must not bring their laptops. All course material will be supplied in printed form.

Travel itineraries (AIR)

These will be emailed to all air travellers today
Travellers are responsible to get themselves to and from their origin airport at the beginning and end of day

Travel – ROAD

Excursion transport protocols must be followed for all road transport, and the responsibility for this lies with the CP
Students and staff are to make their own trip arrangements to Auckland Campus

Media

In the unlikely event that you are approached by media for comment, please do not comment, but politely direct them to one of the Events team, who will handle the query.

Yr 12 & Yr 13 Students Work from Home

All Yr 12 and Yr 13 students are being encouraged to WORK FROM HOME , tomorrow, FRIDAY, 9 February. This is because many teachers, and all Yr 11 students will be travelling to Auckland for VC visits. Year 12s and Yr 13s will have the opportunity later this term.

Whilst working from home tomorrow, Yr 12 & 13 students will be expected to:

Join any lessons you may have (should your teacher not be involved in the VC visit)
Complete CAP Unit 1 (Excel)
Complete any work set by your teacher during your study sessions

Should working from home not be possible, students will be appropriately supervised on campus.

New Year 3s