School Newsletter Week 1: Monday 6 May 2013
Greetings everyone!
It is great to be back for another productive term. The winter weather has finally hit us! Thank you for being so understanding
on the last Friday of the term when we had to close the school due to having no power, water or phones.
Education Review Office School Report
Please find attached Hautapu School’s wonderful report which endorses the great things happening here.
School Photos Thursday 16 May
8.30 am Kowhai Class
8.40 am Family Photos
9 am onwards Class Photos for remainder of school
B.O.T Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 15 May at 6pm. All welcome!
School Newsletter and Updated Website
Our newsletter is printed every two weeks and can be downloaded from our new updated website; www.hautapu.school.nz .
Our next newsletter will be on Monday 20 May with Term Two Calendar of events. Winter Sports eg Netball Soccer, Rugby, or
any other sport played, results for students can be published in the FLASH. Please email results to [email protected]
each Sunday night then they can be held on file for publishing.
School Assembly/Easter Raffle Draw Friday 10 May: 1.30pm
Tawa and Kauri Classes will be sharing their learning this week and Rata class are scheduled for next week.
New Entrance Fence on Forrest Road: What an amazing job done on our entrance fence and new gate way!! Thanks to Rachel
and Brian Greig, Richard Hargreaves, Craig Johnson, Graham and Jo Baldwin , Daryl Henwood and several of the PD workers!
Towel Washing Duty
Each family is asked to have a turn to take the school towels home to be washed. You are rostered on in alphabetical order so
you will only have to do the washing once every 136 school weeks.
Spencer Cleland your family have a turn this week(10 May)
Friday 17 May
Alex Cooper your family will have turn.
Please arrange to collect the basket of washing from the school office on Friday afternoon and return on Monday. We thank you
for sharing this duty.
Winter Bugs
Just a friendly reminder as Winter approaches us, how important it is to keep unwell children home from school to stop the
spread of bugs. If they are unwell in the morning don’t send them to school and see how they go as 9 times out of 10 we need to
send them home before morning tea break.
Pies are back this Friday - Order in the office foyer from 8.15am
Sausage Rolls at $2.50
Mince or Potato Top $3. 50
Ordered fresh every week 
: James and Max Greig, Spencer Cleland, Siena Lowry, Kacey Scown, , Cameron Natta, Alysha and Grace
Gill
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS
You will all have received your nomination forms. If you are wanting to be nominated or are nominating a person please drop
the completed nomination forms in the box on the School Office counter.
If you want to get involved in our schools governance, please consider standing for our board! If you want more information
about what being a parent trustees entails, there are information pamphlets in the school foyer. Or you can come along to our
next meeting, which is Wednesday 15 May at 6pm in the staffroom. Alternatively feel free to call me to discuss any
queries/questions you may have....... my number is 0274 594668
Tim Montgomerie - BOT Chair
Message from Public Health Nurse – Whooping Cough
New Zealand is still experiencing an increase inpertussis (Whooping Cough) cases and Waikato continues to see a high number
of cases. Whooping cough can be severe in infants and young children and can be very dangerous in young babies. It is easily
spread, and it is possible that there may be cases of this illness already existing in your school or childcare. Exclusion of cases
may be required to prevent on-going spread.
Symptoms
Whooping cough is not always easy to recognise, and symptoms can vary according to the age of the person affected. Usually in
the early stages the signs and symptoms can be similar to a common cold and include a runny nose, sneezing, low-grade fever,
and a mild cough. The most common symptom is continuous, rapid coughing often characterised by a high pitched whoop. The
whoop is not generally seen in infants or adults. Young babies often do not have the "whoop", but may stop breathing during
coughing.
The cough may persist for up to three months. The disease is usually milder in adolescents and adults than younger
children, consisting of a persistent cough similar to that found in other upper respiratory infections. However, these individuals
are still able to pass the disease to others, including unimmunised or incompletely immunised infants.
Prevention
Suspected cases of whooping cough in schools and early childhood centres should be encouraged to visit their doctor and may
require antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to prevent the spread of the disease, but do not stop the coughing unless given at onset.
Exclusion is important for the prevention of the spread of whooping cough. Those children diagnosed with whooping cough
should stay away from school and early child care for the first five days of the course of antibiotics, or for three weeks from the
start of the symptoms if antibiotics are not used. No exclusion is required if it has been longer than three weeks since the onset
of symptoms as they are no longer infectious. Immunisation is the best protection against whooping cough. We recommend that
children’s immunisation be kept up to date. Up to 90% of non-immune household contacts of a whooping cough case will
acquire the disease.
Due to the epidemic, the whooping cough vaccine is being offered FREE to pregnant women over 20 weeks of pregnancy to
reduce the risk of new-born babies catching whooping cough. More information is available from midwives, GPs and Practice
Nurses. We highly recommend and encourage regular cleaning in schools at this time. It is also recommended that children
practice good cough and sneeze etiquette and hand hygiene. If you require further support or information please contact your
public health nurse or Population Health.
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards,
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FREE EAR CLINIC SERVICE FOR CHILDREN
For enquiries regarding this service, please contact the phone numbers listed for each area or
Hamilton Phone: (07) 838 3565 or FAX: (07) 834 0039
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All children must be accompanied by Parent or Caregiver
Glue Ear Assessment and Management , Wax/Foreign Body - Removal Grommet Check, Treatment of discharging ears
CAMBRIDGE
Monday 20 May Cambridge Primary school – Wilson Street 9.15am – 2.30pm
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Thursday 13 June Leamington Primary School – Lamb Street 9.15am – 2.30pm
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Thursday 27 June Cambridge Primary School – Wilson Street 9.15am – 2.30pm