Tuesday 26 March, 2024

Randwick Park

School Newsletter

Kia Tapu Kia mohio tahi tatous.

Growing and Learning Together

Tuesday 26 March 2024 Rātū rua tekau ma ono 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

Have a safe, relaxing Easter weekend.

Hari Aranga

WHAT’S ON AT RPS

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

Sunday 7 April
Daylight Saving ends – clocks go back 1 hour

Tuesday 9 April
Pohutukawa Team trip – Symphony Orchestra “The Stolen Stars of Matariki” at Due Drop Events Centre.

Wednesday 10 April
Vision Screening onsite

Thursday 11 April
RPNC holding their Twilight Market, 3.15 – 5pm, all welcome

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 – Public Holiday

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

Reminder: Easter Tuesday is a school holiday and schools in New Zealand are closed. Please visit school terms & holidays

RPS Values and Dispositions

Responsible and Resilient

A responsible learner is ready for learning, focused and committed to their learning. They are well prepared for the school day, manage their emotions and behaviour, and can be relied upon to carry out all tasks to the best of their ability. They demonstrate integrity- doing the right thing, at the right time because it is the right thing to do.

Resilient

Being a resilient learner, means you understand you need to have grit and determination to learn and grow. You know that not everything will be easy and you will have some challenges, but how you deal with these challenges will determine if you learn and grow. Teaching students to see mistakes as part of the learning process helps them to develop a growth mindset and see they have the ability to learn and progress in all areas of school life.

EASTER HOT CROSS
BUN RECIPE

Ingredients:
4 cups (500 grams) plain flour
½ teaspoon (2 grams) salt
2 teaspoons (9 grams) mixed spice
¼ cup (50 grams) caster sugar
50 grams of butter, cut into cubes
1 cup sultanas
3 teaspoons (10 grams) dried yeast
1 cup milk (200 ml)
2 eggs
GLAZE AND CROSSES: 3 tablespoons flour, golden syrup for brushing

Equipment:
Mixing bowl Metal butter knives
Board Baking trays
Ziplock bags Baking paper
Measuring cups Forks
Measuring spoon Pastry brush
Jugs Oven mitts

Method:
1. Heat oven to 200°C
2. Tip the flour into a bowl and stir in salt, mixed spice and sugar.
3. Rub in butter with fingertips until it resembles bread crumbs.
4. Stir in dried fruit and yeast.
5. Fill a jug with milk and warm till hot. Crack eggs into the milk and whisk rapidly.
6. Pour egg-milk mixture into the flour and using a butter knife, mix the ingredients to a moist dough.
7. Divide the dough and then shape the dough into buns on a lightly floured surface. Buns are slightly larger than a golf ball.
8. Space side by side on a baking tray and cover loosely with cling film or a clean, dry towel. If time permits leave in a warm place until double in size.
9. Mix the 3 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of water to make a paste. Pour paste into a ziplock bag and make a nick in one of the corners. Pipe crosses on top of each bun.
10. Bake for 12 minutes or until risen and golden.
11. Brush with maple or golden syrup.
12. Serve as is or toast and serve with butter.

RPNC COLLEGIATE GRADING DAY

After a busy few weeks our young collegiate side “RP Mana Moana” managed to navigate
through a difficult day, remaining undefeated to take out Section 1 for the collegiate grade.
Thus successfully securing their team a coveted spot in the Collegiate Prem grade for the 2024 season!

With several regular players out due to their involvement in either polyfest or other sporting
commitments, the depleted team banded together showing enough resilience to clinch the
crucial wins. Thank you to Salina (RP Tumalosi) and Tuilosa (RP Ururoa) Kitana
(Livewire….and hopefully a few more throughout the season!!), for filling in today. Thanks also to our umpire for the day Sina “flash shoes” Lologa for burning up the courtside with herwhistle! Finally to our small but dedicated family support crew for helping out where needed.

#TeamSpirit #Victory #RPManaMoana

That’s 3 teams with 3 excellent outcomes from grading! No pressure RP Tumālosi (Senior team) Looking forward to April 6 to see our final team grade!

RPNC FUNDRAISER

$2.00 ICE BLOCKS, MORNING TEA & LUNCHTIME DAILY,

OUTSIDE ROOM 7

YEAR 7/8 TAG TOURNAMENT

Last week our Boys’ and Girls’ Tag teams competed in the Counties Zone finals. Both
teams acquitted themselves well in a long day of games, with our Girls’ team placing third
and the Boys’ team fourth overall. Thanks to Mrs Savali for her coaching as well as Whaea
Tiriana and Whaea Lin for helping out on the day. Thank you also to all the whānau who came and supported us.

The University of Auckland Optometry Clinic

Lisa Silva runs the vision screening program at the University of Auckland Optometry Clinic.
The clinic offers a vision screening service where they come to the school with a team of

optometry students and assess the kids for vision problems.
The screening will take place on Wednesday 10 April in the school hall.

The ideal scenario is that students who fail the screening would be seen on the vision bus for a full eye test and glasses if required.

The full eye test and glasses are fully funded. There is no cost to the family.

CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the students below who received a certificate at last Friday’s school assembly. Keep up the great work RPS.

Faith Moeono Room 1/2
Ishanvi Maharaj Room 05
Maninder Singh Room 09
Akaea Matangi Tengu Room 10
Celina Nguyenvu Room 12
Fofoa Siilata Room 13
Nova Rhodes Room 15
Perry Tilaulelei Room 16
Nathan Mabalot Room 17

Scotty Maxwell-Crichton Room 18
Giovanna Matalave Room 19
James Mafi Room 20
Kasey Bloomfield Room 21
JJ Morehu Room 24
David-Zane Luatua Room 26
Kingstyn Uele Room 27
Hosanna Sula Room 27
Seini Havea Room 31

EYE ON NATURE AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN

30 Year 5 and 6 students had the opportunity to attend the Eye on Nature learning experience at the Botanic Gardens. They caught insects to identify; found solutions for flooding stormwater drains and brought back native saplings which have been planted within the school grounds.

READING EGGS
Exciting news! If your child is in Year 1 or 2 they will now also have access to Maths Seeds using their Reading Eggs password. See your child’s teacher if they have forgotten their password to log into Reading Eggs at home.

SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
WHAEA BRENDA

Whaea Brenda is on site for 3 days this week
Mon, Wed & Fri. If you need support for your
tamariki please email our SENCO/ Assistant
Principal Sandra Booth.
s.booth@randwickpark.school.nz

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
What can I do to make sure my child is going to school?

To make attending RPS a priority, there are things you can do at home, and things you can work alongside our school on:

talk to your children/tamariki about why it is important to go to school every day – ask them what they want to be in the future. Their education is the key to doing well in life
be positive about coming to school
set good habits about going to school from day one
prepare your children the night before school – have they done their homework, do they need to take anything along tomorrow?
have a consistent good morning routine, so it’s not too rushed and they have time to get everything they need
don’t let them have the day off just because they would rather be at home
don’t keep them at home when you know that they are just nervous about school – talk to your child and talk to their kaiako/teacher about how they are feeling
check in regularly with your child, listen to what they are telling you or not telling you – this may make it easier to pick up on any worries they have
keep family/whānau holidays outside of term time, every day at school is an opportunity to build their knowledge and skills, and repetition is critical for learning – especially for primary school children
don’t overload them – school may be exhausting for some children so make sure they have some downtime after school to relax and have a break.
Thank you for your support with attendance.

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.

MANGAHIGH ONLINE MATH

TUTORING

All of our learners in Years 3-8 have been
given a paid subscription to MangaHigh an
online Maths tutoring programme. Each week teachers assign students tasks to complete
that build on their maths learning in class.
Tamariki are also able to complete a range of self selected tasks to build their strategies, knowledge and understanding in maths. Students who regularly completed tasks for atleast 30 minutes three times a week had significantly higher results at school. Where possible, please support your child to spend time whizzing up the levels on Mangahigh at home! Mangahigh can be accessed on any digital device (chromebook, laptop, iPad, phone)

Log on here: https://www.mangahigh.com/en/

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.

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

KEEPING THE SCHOOL
UP TO DATE

Here are different ways you can
contact our 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.

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.

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

HEADLICE

We are experiencing a headlice breakout in some of our classes. Please check and if necessary, treat and comb your child/ren’s 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.