Tuesday 3 September, 2024

Tuesday 3 September 2024      Rātū te ra toru o Mahuru

Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Sat Sri Akal, Namaste, Talofa, Mālō e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu,Bula Vinaka, Salam & Warm Pacific Greetings to you all

WHAT’S ON AT RPS

Tuesday 3 September
Kids Sing Choir at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell
https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2024/sep/kids-sing

Thursday 5 September
Earth Day
Tamariki are invited to wear green, blue or floral clothing with a gold coin koha. Money raised will go toward getting some more garden beds.

Friday 6 September
Whole School Assembly, Rooms 23 & 25 hosting, 2 pm in our hall, all welcome

Sunday 8 – Friday 13 September
AIMS Games in Tauranga

Thursday 19 September
Pohutukawa Team Ballet in a Box at the Due Drop Events Centre

Friday 20 September
Kowhai Team Ballet in a Box at the Due Drop Events Centre

Monday 23 – Friday 27 September
Sports Camp, Camp Adair, Hunua
40 selected Year 7-8 students participating

Friday 27 September
Final day for Term 3

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 September
New Zealand Intermediate Chess Nationals in Wellington
5 RPS tamariki representing South Auckland

Sunday 29 September
Daylight Saving begins – clocks go forward 1 hour

Monday 14 October
First day for Term 4

Monday 28 October
Labour Day – Public Holiday

Friday 20 December
Final day for 2024

 Monday 3 February
Start date for 2025

EARTH DAY: THUR 5 SEPT
Tamariki can come to school dressed in blue, green, or floral clothing with a gold coin koha. Money raised will go toward getting more garden beds for RPS.

AUCKLAND NETBALL CHAMPS

Congratulations to our Boys’ Senior Netball Team for placing 13th at the Auckland Netball Champs on Tuesday! The majority of the team also competed last year, making this a remarkable achievement. They are the only Randwick Park sports team to qualify for the Auckland Champs two years in a row in any sport. Well done boys, you’ve made us all proud! Thank you to Tuilosa Lologa for umpiring on the day.

INTERSCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY – YEAR 4-6

We were so lucky to enjoy a beautiful sunny day on Monday, 2nd September when 20 enthusiastic athletes represented RPS at the Year 4, 5, & 6 Interschool Cross Country. Our students’ effort and sportsmanship were outstanding, each giving their very best. Congratulations to Leilani for a 6th-place finish in the Year 4 girls race, Arsh for 12th (Year 5 boys), Ames for 11th (Year 6 boys) and Sophie for 12th (Year 5 Girls).
Well done on your incredible results everyone.

PARENT/WHĀNAU TE HUI AKO SURVEY, TERM 3

Thank you to all those of you who participated in our community survey. We received 202 responses.

Over the coming weeks, we will share the findings with you. 

1. Has your child/ren ever experienced bullying at Randwick Park School? 

2. Have you ever approached the school with an issue or concern in regard to bullying or another matter?

PARENT/WHĀNAU SURVEY VOUCHER WINNERS

Our winner of the $50 Toy World voucher was Jasnoor Kooners family/whānau and our winner of the $50 Countdown voucher was Shaison and Tino’s family/whānau.

MID-YEAR OVERALL TEACHER JUDGEMENT (OTJ)

At the beginning of the year, we set achievement targets based on our 2023 end-of-year achievement.

The following are the targets for 2024 in Reading Writing and Mathematics 

• By the end of the year to have 70% or more of all students working At or Above the expectation in Reading. 
• By the end of the year to have 70% or more of all students working At or Above the expectation in Writing. 
• By the end of the year to have 75% or more of all students working At or Above the expectation for Mathematics. 

At the middle of the year, we looked at our targets to see if we were on track to meet our end-of-year goals.

The following are our mid-year teacher judgements. For students not yet achieving we monitor their progress to see if the support programmes we have in place are having an impact on their learning.

If at any stage you would like to come and discuss the information we share with you in our newsletters please do not hesitate to contact us.

MANUREWA REHU TAI INTERSCHOOL SPEECH COMPETITION – YEAR 5-8

It takes nerves of steel and a whole lot of bravery to perform a speech in front of a room full of peers, adults and judges.  Our amazing Kahikatea and Pohutukawa students all prepared and presented a speech, spoken word, flash talk or rap to their classes.  Finalists were chosen to represent RPS at the Manurewa Rehu Tai finals.  Congratulations to Ames Rhodes who placed 1st in the Year 5/6 speech and will go on to represent Manurewa in the Auckland finals.  A huge well done to Isaiah, Aiyana, Roland, Tuilosa, Tausinga, Joseph, and Sala’a for all your preparation and hard work.
Thank you for representing RPS, we are very proud of you.

DROPPING AND COLLECTING YOUR CHILDREN/TAMARIKI

When dropping your tamariki off in the morning please use our yellow coned drop-off area. This is for the safety of you and your tamariki. If you would like to walk your child/ren to class, please park on the road.

Our school gates are closed from 2 pm. Only parents/whānau who have a parking permit are allowed through the gates as we have limited parking spaces.

If you have any questions, please contact our school office on 09 2670112 or 0800 438777. Thank you for your ongoing support and cooperation with this. 

HELP OUR SOUTH AUCKLAND INTERMEDIATE CHESS CHAMPIONS GET TO THE NATIONALS IN WELLINGTON!

Chess has taken off at our school as a break-time club. After a year of growing, the skills of our students (thanks to our chess coach Ronald), we entered two teams in the Regional Interschool Competition. Our Primary team came third and our Intermediate team WON.

Five students will be competing in the National Competition in Wellington.

Funds raised will be used to cover flights, accommodation, and meals.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-south-auckland-intermediate-chess-champions

Thank you to those who have already supported our Givealittle page.

CYBERSAFETY – PROTECTING OUR TAMARIKI ONLINE

As parents/whānau, you do everything you can to keep your tamariki safe.

Being online is no different, but the strategies to keep our tamariki safe are. How can we protect them from online bullies and from seeing inappropriate content online? 

Here is this week’s Cyber Safety tip to ensure the online safety of our tamaiki.

Know who your children’s online friends are

As adults, we know that some people online aren’t who they say they are, but children and young people can be naïve about who they are chatting with especially if they are not taught to be cyber-wise from an early age.

Make sure you become friends and contacts within your child’s social media circles and ensure you monitor posts. Your children/tamaiti may resist but tell them that is one of the conditions for you to allow them access. 

Discuss with your tamariki that whatever they do, say or respond to online, must be the same as if they were in real life. Teach them that if they wouldn’t say it to someone in person then they should not be writing it online. 

KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE 2024

During this week (2nd to the 6th of September) RPS is doing a Keeping Ourselves Safe unit. Teachers/kaiako and the School Community Officer will teach in class sessions.

Our junior classes (Year 1 to 4) topics will include My Body Is My Own, Unwanted Touch and Behaviour, and How To Say “No” Confidently then move away and report what has happened. 

The Year 5 and 6 tamaiti will identify potentially unsafe situations in both the real world and the digital environment. What abuse is, including that it is wrong and should be reported, it is not their fault.

Our Year 7 and 8 student’s focus is on choosing appropriate options to keep themselves safe. Their main topic is ‘No Excuses for Abuse’ and includes why it is important to report abuse – who and how to tell.

If you have any questions or aspect of this you would like to discuss you are very welcome to contact me via our school office or talk to your child’s classroom teacher.

Noho ora mai 

Mrs Shashi Thakur 

RPS Health Co-ordinator

TERM 3 LUNCH MENU

Protect yourself, your whānau and your community. Immunise

Immunisation saves lives. As well as protecting yourself from dangerous diseases, getting your tamariki vaccinated is one of the best ways to set them up for a healthy future. Lots of vaccines in New Zealand are free.

For more information visit www.immunise.health.nz.