Tuesday 12 March, 2024

Randwick Park

School Newsletter

Kia Tapu Kia mohio tahi tatous.

Growing and Learning Together

Tuesday 12 March 2024 Rātū tekau ma rua o Poutū-te-rangi

Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Sastrikal, Namaste, Talofa, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu,
Bula Vinaka, Salam & Warm Pacific Greetings to you all

WHAT’S ON AT RPS

Monday 11 March – Tuesday 19 March
Rimu & Totara (Year 1/2) commence Swimming at school

Friday 22 March
Whole School Assembly, Rooms 19 & 27 hosting, 1:50 pm in our hall, all welcome

Wednesday 20 – Thursday 28 March
Kowhai Team (Year 3/4) commence Swimming at school

Thursday 21 March
Paid Teacher Union meeting, 1:30 pm

Friday 29 March
Good Friday – school closed, public holiday

Monday 1 April
Easter Monday – school closed, public holiday

Tuesday 2 April
School holiday only – school closed

Wednesday 3 – Thursday 11 April
Pohutukawa Team (Year 5/6) commence Swimming at school

Friday 12 April
– Final day for Term 1
– Whole school assembly, Rooms 11 & 24 hosting, 1:50 pm, all welcome

Thursday 25 April
ANZAC Day

Monday 29 April
First day of Term 2

Monday 6 – Friday 10 May
NZ Sign Language Week

Monday 27 May – Friday 31 May
Samoan Language Week -Talofa Lava!

Monday 3 June
King’s Birthday – Public holiday

Friday 28 June
Celebrating Matariki – Public Holiday

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARENTS/WHĀNAU
PAID UNION MEETING: THURSDAY 21 MARCH, 1:30 PM

Randwick Park School teachers will be involved in a paid union meeting at 1.30 pm on Thursday 21st March. All members are entitled to attend two paid union meetings per year.

As a significant number of our teachers are attending the meeting, we will be understaffed that afternoon. We are requesting, where possible, that students be collected from school at 12.50 PM on Thursday 21st March. Children not able to be collected will be supervised at school until 2.45 pm.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 13 March, a notice will be sent home for you to complete and return to your child’s teacher by Tuesday 19 March.

YEAR 7/8 GIRLS’ SOFTBALL
Well done to our amazing Year 7/8 Girls’ Softball team who took out the Counties Zone finals! Despite the rain, they won all five games they played to take out the tournament. Thanks to Marilyn for all her coaching and support

Cultural Performance at Manu Tukutuku

Last Saturday, 9th March, Manurewa Community held a cultural event at Manu Tukutuku Park and Randwick Park School was invited to bring a performance group. There were a variety of people who attended to perform and support. Our school proudly took part. Our students only had a week to learn the dance, yet they still performed beautifully. Our first item was a Tongan dance. Felila, our guest, her song filled our ears with joy. The next dance was a graceful Samoan siva followed with another Tongan dance. It was a great community experience for our students to be part of and for the teachers and tamariki who came along to support.

Thank you to Miss Tokolahi and Miss Tangaroa for the practices and the opportunity given to showcase our cultures and talent in this event. Thanks to Mrs. Thakur and all parents/aiga and other RPS community members, who attended on the day to show their support.
Written by Grace Du Preez

EARTH DAY
Thank you to all staff and students who donated to our Earth Day.
We raised $588.00 for our school gardens.

YEAR 7/8 CRICKET

The Year 7/8 Boys and Girls Cricket Teams competed in the Central Counties Cricket Tournament. Both teams played hard, worked together, and showed great sportsmanship. The boys team finished 3rd and the girl’s team finished 4th. Ka pai to all!

YEAR 7/8 TAG TOURNAMENT

Our Boys’ and Girls’ Tag teams had an awesome day at the Central Counties Tag tournament today. Both teams were unbeaten throughout the day, winning their respective finals against Wiri Central (Boys; final score 5-3) and Finlayson Park (Girls; final score 4-2). The teams will now play at the Counties Zone finals next Wednesday.
Thank you to Mrs Savali and Whaea T for helping out today, and also to all the whānau who came to support us!

ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the students below who received a certificate at our assembly
last Friday.

Kody Double Room 3
Amythest Alene Clark Room 5
Asimah Alvi Room 10
David Nasio Room 11
Nevaeh Sula Room 12
Jay Kalapu Room 13
Ikenna Odoemelam Room 15
Fatimah Soyot Amin Room 16
Christian Pasi Room 17
Hepisipa Pouono Room 18
Mitz Nacario Room 19
Ayat Al-Mattachi Room 20
Psalms Tatai Room 21
Kalafi Osai Room 22
Henry Taue Room 23
Sukhreet Khasria Room 24
Aavya Singh Room 25
Joseph Farouk Room 31
Joy Faapito Room 32

ATTENDING SCHOOL

Parents/Whānau expectations

Ākonga | Students are legally required to attend school every day. Support is available for families of children who are struggling to attend.

Parents/whānau play a big role in helping your child/tamariki do well in school. You can do this by making sure your child/tamariki goes to school every day and letting the school know if they’re sick.
Parents/whānau must make sure children are enrolled and attend school every day.
Family holidays or taking time off for extracurricular activities are not acceptable reasons for being absent

ROOM 11’S SHOP
8:15-8:40 am daily, see you there!
$1 breakfast banana smoothies and hot chocolate, $2 snack pack – choose 3 healthy snacks

BREAKFAST CLUB
MONDAY – FRIDAY
8:10 – 8:40 AM
in Te Kahukura,
all welcome

2024 COHORT DATES FOR NEW ENTRANTS (5 year-old tamariki)
Term 2: 29 April /4 June
Term 3: 22 July/26 August
Term 4: 14 October/18 November

If you have any questions about enrolments and start dates please talk to our lovely office staff or email enrolments@randwickpark.school.nz.

HEADLICE

We are experiencing a headlice break out in some of our classes. Please check and if neccessary, treat and comb your child/rens hair thoroughly. If you need headlice treatment , please let our office staff know to refer your child/ren to our Health Nurses who can assist with this.

AFTER SCHOOL
School finishes at 2:45 pm. All students are to be off-site/off-school grounds by 3 pm unless they are attending training for a sport.
This is for safety reasons as we do not have supervision in case of an emergency, injury or incident.

Please contact SKIDS (after-school care) if you need supervision for your child/ren on 0276275001 or 0800543922.

Randwick Park School Board Casual Vacancy for an Elected Board Member

A casual vacancy has occurred on the board for an elected parent representative.

The Board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection.

If ten percent or more of eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.

Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the Board to hold a by-election should write or email to:

The Presiding Member

Randwick Park School Board

Box 331 Manurewa

by: Tuesday 19 March 2024

Email:rpoffice@randwickpark.school.nz

CHANGE OF CLOTHING FOR OUR JUNIOR TAMARIKI
If your child is in Year 0-4, please pack them a change of clothing. This is incase of accidents which can occur at their age.

KEEPING THE SCHOOL
UP TO DATE

Here are different ways you can
contact the school:
HERO App: You can view your child’s
progress and update their attendance

Call: 09 2670112 or 0800 438 777
between 8:15 – 3:30 pm

Email: rpoffice@randwickpark.
school.nz for general inquiries,
absences@randwickpark.school.nz for attendance, and enrolments@randwickpark.school.nz for
enrolment-related queries

or
Pop in to see our office staff from 8:15 –
3:30 Monday – Friday.

USING OUR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

Thank you to all our whānau who model appropriate road safety protocols to our young RPS tamariki by using our crossings on Magic Way and Riverton Drive. When dropping off or collecting your child/ren please use the drop-off zones or off-street parking. Parking on the yellow lines, in front of our school gates, or double parking creates a serious safety issue. Please support us in ensuring our students get to and from school safely.

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Email us at rpoffice@randwickpark.school.nz

66 Riverton Drive Manurewa Auckland 2105

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