Tuesday 26 November 2024 Rātū rua tekau ma ono o Whiringa-ā-rangi
Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Sat Sri Akal, Namaste, Talofa, Mālō e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu,Bula Vinaka, Salam & Warm Pacific Greetings to you all
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WHAT’S ON AT RPS
Welcome to Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week
Monday 18 – Friday 29 November
Rimu and Totara Team start swimming
Thursday 28 November
Earth Day Mufti – Students can wear green, blue or floral clothing for a gold coin donation
Friday 29 November
Whole school assembly, Rooms 10 & 15 hosting, 2 pm, all welcome to attend
Deposits due Fri 29 Nov 2024 for 2025 Kahikatea Camp
Year 8 Learner day at Alfriston College
Tuesday 3 December
RPS Celebration in the Park 4pm-7pm all welcome
Thursday 5 December
Rimu and Totara Team trip to Massey Park Pools
Friday 6 December
Year 8 Graduation Trip to Rainbows End
Wednesday 11 December
Appreciation trip to Super Strike Manukau
Friday 13 December
Year 5-8 Arts and Sports Awards
Whānau welcome to attend
Monday 16 December
Year 8 Graduation Dinner
Tuesday 17 December
Values/Cultural Assembly
All welcome to attend
DATES TO REMEMBER
Friday 20 December
Final day for 2024, 12:30 pm final bell
Monday 3 February 2025
Class Learning commences for 2025
Tuesday 18 March – Friday 21 March
Kahikatea (Year 7 & 8) Camp to the Christian Youth Camp, Ngāruawāhia
Deposits due Fri 29 Nov 2024
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Rimu/Totara Cross Country
Last week Wednesday, our Years 0-2 students ran their Cross Country. There was a little bit of rain but that did not stop them from giving their all, showing resilience and amazing sportsmanship.
Thank you to all the whānau who came to support our tamariki, and congratulations to the following students who placed in the Top 3 of their age groups:
7 Year old Boys
1st : Drestar Nansen
2nd: Kobe Mataroa
3rd: Mankirat Singh
7 Year old Girls
1st: Amythest Alene-Clark
2nd: Aavya Singh
3rd: Athena Fortes-Kereopa
6 Year old Boys
1st: Kingston Toia-Tawhai
2nd: Uzayr Alam
3rd: Lamryn Taotua
6 Year old Girls
1st: Itania Peapea
2nd: Jaismeh Kaur
3rd: Adi Litova
5 Year old Boys
1st: Aj Falanisese
2nd: Nathan Dang
3rd: Kyson September
5 Year old Girls
1st: Talisa Vagana
2nd: Lei-Ana Tom
3rd: Jaylee Ouk Sean
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Year 7/8 Counties Zone Athletics
Congratulations to the 16 Year 7/8 students who competed in the Counties Zone Athletics finals yesterday. The following students achieved outstanding results:
Tania Savali – 2nd Year 8 Girls’ 100m final, 2nd Year 8 Girls’ Shot Put, 3rd Year 8 Girls’ 200m final
Isaiah Rhodes – 2nd Year 7 Boys’ 400m final
Cecilia Sua – 3rd Year 8 Girls’ Discus
Year 8 Girls’ Relay team (Melody Faumuina, Petra Fosi-Fenger, Tuilosa Lologa, Tania Savali) – 3rd Relay final
Other Top 5 placings – Petra Fosi-Fenger 4th 200m final, Christian Pong 5th Discus, Makaela Tusi 5th High Jump
Our individual place-getters have qualified for the Auckland Championship Inter Zone finals.
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PASIFIKA ART MURAL – WATCH THIS SPACE!
Artist Rowena Rooney is working with students from Room 32 to paint a Tapa Mural as part of a project with the Pasifika Wayfinder Pacific Project run by the Manurewa Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) Cluster last year. The students designed a square based on their cultural background and now our mural is almost complete!
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RPS Celebration in the Park 2024
We are thrilled to announce Celebration in the Park 2024, Randwick Park School’s very own version of Christmas in the Park. This festive celebration is a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together with friends, whānau, and neighbours to reflect on and celebrate our successes this year.
Details of the event:
Date: Tuesday, 3 December
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Randwick Park School
The evening will feature entertainment from our tamariki, food stalls, games, and plenty of singing to create a fun atmosphere.
Let’s make this another memorable evening and celebrate the amazing talents within our RPS community.
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Community Alert! Public Meeting Invitation
Join us for an important public meeting to discuss the proposed Randwick Rise development, which includes 500-800 new homes on Porchester Rd, opposite Alfriston College. This is your chance to hear directly from the developers and voice your concerns.
Date: 10th December
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Manu Tukutuku, 32 Riverton Drive
Bring your questions about how this development might impact traffic and more. This meeting is organized by the Randwick Park Residents Association.
For more info, call Dave: 0800 409 409
Your voice matters—be informed and get involved!
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Celebrating our Past Student Achievements
Congratulations to the following former students who are taking our Randwick Park values with them to High School and are achieving amazing results
Haylo Anderson (AC) Māori Success Awards – Ahuatanga and Matatau, Junior Waka-Ama Bronze Medal
Joyce Lamese (AC)Junior Girls Futsal
Korekoreko Warid (AC) Māori Sucess Awards recipient, 2024 UNISS Squad
Taiana Lamese (AC) 2024 All Round Junior Sports Person of the Year
Lauryn Harris-Houia (AGGS) Premier Junior Touch Rugby – 1st Place Central Zone,3rd Place Auckland Championship
2nd Place 9B Blue B Grade Auckland Netball
Kiani-Lee Harris-Houia (AGGS) 2nd Place SIngles Badminton Internal League
If any other whānau have acheivements for their tamariki whom used to attend Randwick Park, please send an email to l.lio@randwickpark.school.nz (please include a name and a photo) so we can celebrate their accomplishments.
These tamariki are role models for our current academic and sporting talent coming through RPS
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ATTENDANCE DRAW
Thank you for ensuring your tane/kōtiro arrive at school prior to the 8.40 am bell. Students arriving after this time are to sign in with Miss Dot. They receive a late pass to take to class. When students enter class after the bell it can be unsettling for them and disruptive for the rest of the akonga.
Please try to ensure your son/daughter are able to be here before 8.40am.
As of the end of last week, RPS has 205 students with 100% attendance so far this term. Keep it up, in our final week all students with 100% attendance will go in the draw for our basket of balls.
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USING THE ROAD PATROL CROSSING
There have been several sightings of students running across the road to get into cars or to walk in and out of the school gates.
We encourage our parents and whānau to help our tamariki with road safety, so please ensure when you are dropping off and picking up your tamaiti they use the road patrol crossing to safely cross the road.
Thank you for your ongoing support
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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 permitted 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 in keeping our tamariki safe.
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Please visit their website for more information on SKIDS.
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Health and Safety
NO CROCS or JANDALS permitted
For health and safety we ask that students do not wear crocs or jandals – they are not practical when tamaiti are participating in physical education and other activities. They are especially unsafe for our Year 7-8 tamariki due to their technology programme. If you have any questions to this, you are welcome to contact us.
Thank you for your support
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2025 COHORT DATES FOR NEW ENTRANTS(5 year-old tamariki)
Term 1:3 February & 10 March
Term 2:28 April & 26 May
Term 3:14 July & 18 August
Term 4:6 October & 10 November
If you have any questions about enrolments and start dates please talk to one of our lovely office staff or email enrolments@randwickpark.school.nz
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OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
Matua Chad Robertson is our School Social Worker. He is loving working here at RPS and we are loving having him as part of our RPS whānau.
If you need assistance or to chat you are welcome to pop in to see him through our school office or call him on
0220139535 or 09 2691009
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BREAKFAST CLUB
MONDAY – FRIDAY
8:10 – 8:30 AM
in Te Kahukura,
all welcome
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SCHOOL HOURS
School starts at 8:40 am & finishes at 2:45 pm. If tamariki arrive after 8:40 am they are late and need to sign in at the back of our office with Miss Dot, our School Liaison Officer.
All students are asked to be off school grounds by 3 pm unless they are attending a sport training.
This is for safety reasons as we do not have supervision in case of an emergency, injury or incident.
AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Please contact SKIDS (after-school care) if you need supervision for your child/ren on 0276275001 or 0800543922.
Thank you for your support with this.
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SUMMER UNIFORM
We are now enjoying lighter mornings and warmer days, our summer uniform consists of school shorts, skirt, polo shirt, and school shoes/sandals/sports shoes.
Please ensure your son/daughter come to school in our full school uniform. It is great to see some of our tamaiti already being sun safe wearing our school sunhat.
If your child is wearing a piece of jewellery as part of their culture, please advise either their class teacher or our school office. Jewellery, nail polish, jandals and crocs are not part of our school uniform.
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LABELLING CLOTHING ITEMS
We regularly have lost clothing. As you are aware school uniform items are expensive. To assist us in ensuring that we can return any lost items, please clearly label all clothing.
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READING EGGS
Well done to this week’s top 3 students who have completed the most lessons on Reading Eggs
1st Ellah Madera Rm 12
2nd Khalias Tini Rm 17
3rd Irene Schuster Rm 4
If you are unsure of your child/ren’s Reading Eggs login please see their class teacher or Mrs Tina Lindsay (our Learning Support Co-Ordinator) through our office.
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CHANGE OF CLOTHING FOR OUR JUNIOR TAMARIKI
If your child is in Year 0-4, we ask that you please pack them a change of clothing. This is incase of accidents which can occur at their age.
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OUR SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
Whaea Brenda Paschke is our school counsellor. She works four days a week. She can be contacted through our school office or by email counsellor3@randwickpark.school.nz
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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
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Call: 09 2670112 or 0800 438 777
between 8:15 – 3:30 pm
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Email: rpoffice@randwickpark.
school.nz for general inquiries,
absences@randwickpark.school.nz for attendance, and enrolments@randwickpark.school.nz for
enrolment-related queries
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Pop in to see our office staff from 8:15 –
3:30 Monday – Friday.
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