Newsletter 10, Term 4 Wk 3 2022

Welcome back to the last term of 2022. We have been so excited this year to hold 6 community hui evenings and welcome whanau back onsite. This term there will be a whole-school outing to Kilbirnie, mixed year group/teacher cultural workshops and our Yr 4–6 performers will participate in the local kapa haka festival. So, there is a lot to keep celebrating.

Bike and Athletics Tracks Development

Thank you all for your support this term to help raise funds for this amazing development. This term we have:

• Xmas Raffle – keep selling those $2 tickets and donating items for raffle prizes
• Pizza Day – buy pizzas from Domino’s Johnsonville tomorrow, Thursday 3 November. $1 from every pizza sold is donated to the school – please let them know which school you belong to.
• Juicies Tubes Sales – $2 every Friday. This is a Student Leaders initiative to purchase a new bike for our school’s bike fleet.

Student Leaders using maths to help them.

Friday Juicies Tubes sales are very popular!

Each year we also support a wider community charity. Notices will come home about this collection next week

• The Breeze Pack the Bus – Supporting the Wellington City Mission to help families enjoy Christmas.

Reporting to Parents

This year there have been 6 annotated online Seesaw posts for reading, writing and maths. Printed End of Year Reports for all children who have been at school longer than 10 weeks will be sent home on Friday 9 December to summarise your child’s achievement this year.

2023 Stationery, Class and Teacher Organisation

All families will be notified of their child’s 2023 class teacher, year level and stationery list on Friday 9 December. We will also be holding a Meet the Teacher day the day before school starts in 2023, for those who would like to meet their child’s teacher and visit the classroom. Booking details will be sent out later this term.

Community Support and Volunteers

Behind the scenes it takes continual work to make our school a better place for learning and one to be proud of. Individuals and groups work on projects such as the Bike & Athletics Track development, fundraising, road patrols and gardening. We now need the next layer of support volunteers:

• 2 volunteers who can meet two mornings each week for the next 3 weeks or so to organise raffle returns, following up late returns
• 1 volunteer to organise The Breeze Pack the Bus items into boxes and remind classes to bring items
• More garden volunteers for various plots around the school
• Road Patrol volunteers – 15 minutes of your time makes such a difference!

Our huge thanks to the regular volunteers we already have for PTP, Road Patrols, Scholastic Book Club, swimming help and our gardens – you are amazing!

Padnell Crescent Traffic Solutions

Last term we met with representatives from the WCC to discuss ways of reducing traffic congestion near our school, as well as road signage for Padnell Crescent. Whilst we wait to hear back from the council, they have asked those in our community to consider how they manage school drop-offs/pick-ups.

Questions for your family:

• Do you need to drive your child to school? Can you all walk to school once or twice each week?
• At the end of the day, can you park on one of the streets adjoining Padnell Crescent and meet your child/ren there?
• Can your child be part of a walking bus group who walk to school together?

Board News

We welcomed our new school board at their first meeting this term. One of their key tasks will be to find ways of engaging with the different groups within our community. Expect to hear from them soon!

Horokiwi Principals’ Cluster

This week our local cluster intermediate and primary principals are attending a 2-day retreat where we will discuss common educational themes and ways we can work together in 2023 to promote student learning and engagement.

Curriculum Term 4

This term we are exploring our Cultural Diversity, Active Learner skills and Wellbeing through The Resilience Project. The arts curriculum will be a large part of this experience, as well as there being opportunity for students to work with a range of teachers and other students.

We welcome HaiZhen and Rhia to Rewa Rewa School, along with their families.  We hope you enjoy learning with us!

Friday 11 November

Monday 14 November

Thursday 17 – Wednesday 30 November

Friday 18 November

Monday 28 November

Monday 05 December

Tuesday 06 December

Wednesday 14 December          11am

Thursday 15 December              12 noon

Monday 30 January 2023

NIS Orientation Morning – pre-enrolled Y6s only

School Photos

Bee Healthy Regional Dental Service Onsite

Kapa Haka Festival at NIS

The Breeze Pack the Bus

Last school swimming day

Whole School EOY Trip

Leavers Assembly

School Final Assembly

Meet the Teacher – note, this is the day before school starts.

Term 4

Monday 17 October – Thursday 15 December (School closes at 1pm on the last day)

Mon 24 October—Labour Day, School Closed

Term 1

Tuesday 31 January—Thursday 06 April

Monday 06 February – Waitangi Day Observed, School Closed

Friday 07 April—Good Friday, School Closed

Term 2

Monday 24 April – Friday 30 June

Tuesday 25 April—ANZAC Day, School Closed

Friday 02 June—Teacher Only Day, School Closed

Monday 05 June—Queen’s Birthday, School Closed

Term 3

Monday 17 July – Friday 22 September

Term 4

Monday 09 October – Friday 15 December (School closes at 1pm on the last day)

 Monday 23 October—Labour Day, School Closed