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Hello and welcome back to 2024!
I trust that you have all had a relaxing summer break and are now ready to make the most of what promises to be an exciting year ahead. A special welcome to all of our new Year 3 students and their families, plus all of our new OSG staff. We are thrilled to have you join us at OSG and know that your educational journey will be filled with awesome learning experiences. 2024 will see us continue to build on our 3 key strategic pillars of High Performing Teams, The Learning to Learn Framework and the Campus Modernisation Programme. Many of our campuses have seen some significant work happen over the summer break and our staff and students will benefit hugely from this. A big thank you to all of our Campus Management Teams and Boards for your commitment to ensuring our campus facilities are world class.
The following newsletter contains some important information that will ensure you and your children start the 2024 school year in a stress free and positive way?. Please take the time to read through it and feel free to reach out to any of the Teaching and Learning Team if you need any more information or have any questions. As always, remember that your Campus Principal should be your first point of contact, but any of us will be only too pleased to answer any queries.
Thank you again for all your support and we look forward to working with you to ensure 2024 is a very successful year.
Matt Morrison - Regional Director of Education
Today all Yr 11 students have travelled to Auckland to meet with their teachers for the first of the VC visits.
The Yr 13’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 23rd February, and the Yr 12’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 8th 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 have been emailed to all air travellers already.
- 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.
As Mrs Hateley mentioned in her video. We have been thinking about the upcoming Athletics Day in Nelson which is scheduled for Thursday 28th March.
We would like your feedback regarding the following ideas. Athletics Day is:
- Held on the same day at the same venue.
- Senior and Junior events held on the same day, at different areas of Saxton park.
- Senior and Junior events held on different days.
In an effort to reduce the waste on our campus, we will no longer be purchasing plastic cups to be used in the Canteens. Students need to make sure they bring their drink bottles to school. There is a drinking fountain in Westport and cooled water refill stations at both Westport and Greymouth Campuses.
Once the current supply of juice has been consumed, this will not be replenished and juice will no longer be available to purchase at school.
We encourage students to be mindful of reducing the waste that we produce as a school, and try to minimise the use of single use plastics where possible.
