10 Nov 2026

Hi Friends and Whanau! 

This term we are doing a fundraising raffle with the support of New

World Foxton, the same as last year.  Tickets went home Monday 9th November

There will be two winners, each will get a 60 second Grocery Grab. This means you’ll be

given 60 seconds to go around the store and fill your trolly with as many goodies as you can,

for FREE!

Every student will be given a booklet of 10 tickets to take home and sell.

The raffle will be drawn on the 25th of November and the Grocery Grab will take place on

the 2nd of December, in Foxton at 6:55am. Perfect timing to stock up on everything you

need for Christmas Day! All tickets need to be into school by the 18 th of November, sold or

not.

We are fundraising to upgrade the sports shed at our school. We want to sell as many

tickets as possible to raise as much money as we can! More raffle tickets are available at the

school office when you sell your first booklet of ten.

The two kids who sell the most tickets will partner up and do their own Grocery Grab down

the lolly, chip and biscuit aisle at New World Foxton. They will get 30 seconds to grab

whatever they can from that aisle. They will then split everything 50/50.

Alcohol is not available; you can only grab two of any one item. All terms and conditions of

the Grocery Grab are available at the school office.

 

Thanks in advance for your support

Friends and Whanau of ODS Fundraising Group

 

4 Nov 2026

A message from Paul, Himatangi Bus Driver.

For those students that get picked up in Himatangi Street, this afternoon can they please be meet at the Church as he cannot get the bus down due to roadworks.

Thank you

3 Nov 2026

Kia Ora Whānau

We are looking forward to athletics day tomorrow. The weather could be a bit showery, however, we will keep progressing through events until it becomes to hard for the athletes.
Students wear house colours and clothes that they can run, jump and throw in.

 

Here is the timetable:

8:30 Set Up
9:10 School to assemble outside Room 4 – ready for explanations and expectations
9:30 Sprints Year 1 & 2’s 80m, Year 3 up 100m
10:10 – 10:50 Rotation 1
10:50 Break
11:10 – 11:50 Rotation 2
11:55 – 12:35 Rotation 3
12:35 – 1:05 Lunch
1:10 – 1:50 Rotation 4
2:00pm Relays –

 

We should move through the events quite quickly, so please take these times as apporiximate.
If the weather does not end up being on our side, teachers have been recording students efforts throughout training and we can make the team up from those results.

Looking forward to a great day.

28 Oct 2026

A huge thank you to our Friends and Whanau of ODS for all your support with our fundraising efforts over the last couple of years. Because of this we have been able to support school with:

2025
Gazebo sign written with our school logo
Getting children to camp
An Ice Cream truck
The Disco
Year 8 Dinner

2026
Learning Books
Outdoor Bench setting
Year 8 Dinner
Lamb and Calf Day Lunch

We are also doing the Grocery Grab Fundraiser again this term which was popular last year. Keep an eye out for more info around this and the raffle booklets coming home first week of November. All money raised will go towards upgrading the sports shed.