Tuesday 3 December 2024 Rātū toru o Hakihea
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
Tuesday 3 December
RPS Celebration in the Park 4 – 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
Thursday 12 December
Year 5-8 Arts and Sports Awards
Whānau welcome to attend
Monday 16 December
Year 8 Graduation Dinner 4.30pm – 7pm
Tuesday 17 December
Values/Cultural Assembly, whole school
All welcome to attend
Friday 20 December
Year 8 Graduation Assembly, 10.30am in our hall, all welcome
Final day for 2024, 12:30 pm final bell
DATES TO REMEMBER
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
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Sunny Soccer Memorial Match
On Thursday 28 November we played our annual Sonny Shakham Memorial Football matches against The Gardens School. Thank you to all who participated, helping us keep Sunny’s football legacy and memory alive here at Randwick Park School. The results of the games were:
Year 5/6 loss 0-1
Year 7/8 Girls win 3-0
Year 7/8 Boys win 3-1
Thank you to Mr McNaught for preparing our soccer superstars, and Whaea Marilyn for her mahi helping out to get the field ready to play on.
We look forward to continuing this tradition in the future in memory of Sunny.
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Celebrating Books Week
Last week, Randwick Park School celebrated books. Adults read books in the library at morning tea times, and there were fun activities at lunch, including making brackets, caterpillars, and slugs! Learning programmes were based around a book or books, with classes choosing different authors, genres, and themes. This was a chance for tamariki to get creative and have some fun with books.
Room 17 delved into the enchanting tale of Hansel and Gretel, reimagining the story with themselves as adventurous characters and crafting vibrant new book covers.
Room 18 read The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and created amazing pop-up forests with the characters from the book.
Room 19 focused on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, they designed and made bookmarks and ties.
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Earth Day Mufti 28 November
Seeing all our tamariki in bright florals and the deepest earth blues and greens to support our Earth Day was awesome. Our total amount fundraised was $439.60. All proceeds will be used for our school gardens
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Congratulations Swapna!
Congratulations to Miss Swapna Narayan, one of our Office Admin Team who delivered a healthy little tane (Te Hiraka) on Saturday. Miss Swapna will be on maternity leave until mid 2025.
Replacing her we have welcomed Miss Lolita Lio. Miss Lita is looking forward to meeting and welcoming you as part of her admin role.
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Assembly Certificates Friday 29 November
Congratulations to the following students who received a certificate at the whole school assembly last Friday
Nga Kakano: Jacob Farouk
Room 2: Malia Fonua
Room 3: Michael Lakua
Room 4: John Heimatoto
Room 5: Siu-Rose Fonoifua
Room 10: Ayraman Prasad
Room 11: Josiah Tafuna
Room 12: Sophia Maglacas
Room 13: Tanisha Kumar
Room 14: Viera Falanisese
Room 15: Lance Witton-Hati
Room 16: Dwayane Lam
Room 17: Lupe Latu
Room 18: Scotty Maxwell-Crichton
Room 19: Rony Ross
Room 20: James Mafi
Room 21: Audrina Tofaeono
Room 22: Mafu Roberts
Room 23: Rashi Gounder
Room 24: Krishav Singh
Room 25: Inaeanui Moeauri
Room 26: David Zane
Room 27: Topiese Henry Jr Tafolo
Room 31: Mia Pita
Room 32: Kapeli Leafa
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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 Alfriston College and are achieving amazing results!
The Top Senior Academic and Zest for Learning successors for 2024 were:
Lily Du Prezz
Theodora Vakalahi
Joel Nucube
Logan Waterworth
Adarsh Singh
Bhavneet Kaur
George Karan
Skyla-Rose Tuhura-Tana
Antariksh Swamy
Faith Simi
Tanishka Vijay
Amy Ukufia
Anmol Singh
Jayziah Clendon
Joy Tunidau
Arseen Chiba
Barry Fau
Jared Mounga
We also have Brooke Calverley on board as Staff at AC, as the Sports Coordinator.
If any other whānau have achievements 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 child arrives 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.
Keep it up RPS! in Week 10, all students with 100% attendance will go in the draw for our basket of balls.
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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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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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READING EGGS
Well done to this week’s top 3 students who have completed the most lessons on Reading Eggs
1st Samuel Rungarunga Rm 19
2nd Viti Patia Rm 26
3rd Lei-Ana Tom Rm 7
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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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
or
Call: 09 2670112 or 0800 438 777
between 8:15 – 3:30 pm
or
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.
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