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Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa – warm greetings to everyone

Welcome back to term 3! I hope you all managed a lovely break with your whanau before calving started!

Competition winner: 

Congratulations to Glennis Reweti. Thank you for reading the newsletter. The $20 voucher for Awaken Cafe is coming your way!

Thank you to others who read the newsletter in week 10 last term and responded to the question to enter the draw. Keep an eye out for more coming up this term 🙂

Newsletters will now be coming out every fortnight – still on Wednesday’s

Rich talk grows children’s brains – Talking Matters

This is a wonderful video clip to share with whanau with new babies and preschoolers.  Rich talk grows children’s brains and provides vocabulary to support early language acquisition to read, write, think and communicate. Click on the link and scroll down until you see this picture to view.

http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/

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Uniform:

Thank you to those who voted for the uniform. The winning votes were the following designs shown modelled by Felix. This will now go to the BOT for further decisions to be made about expectations and timing.

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BOT (Board of Trustees):

Ever wondered what the Board of Trustees is all about? What do they do? The Board of Trustees help to run our school.  We are in charge of the overall governance, vision and direction of the school. The Board is made up of 5 parents, Mrs Engel, our staff rep and the Principal, Mrs McDonald. Our main duties are looking after student achievement, property, finance, policies and the Charter document and Annual Plan you can find on our website. We also help keep Mrs McDonald in line and make sure she’s doing a great job managing the school!

Aside from that, we are currently working on a Hautu review, which will tells us where we are with cultural inclusion in our school. Also, we are doing an internal review of Board practices and procedures, to make sure everything is ship- shape.

The Board is your voice and we work hard to provide quality education for all children at Reporoa Primary.

We would love to see more parents sitting in on our meetings and finding out more about what we do, everyone is welcome, don’t be shy! Anyone who is interested can also have a look the Board minutes on the wall at the office to see what we get up to. Check out this quick video about what a school Board is and does and about becoming a trustee http://Vimeo.com/120984849 or just ask one of our friendly Board members.

Nga Mihi, Hayley Hathaway, Board Chair

Pet Day:

IT’S COME TO THAT EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN….

REPOROA PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNUAL PET & FAMILY FUN DAY 2018

TIME TO GET YOUR PET’S PREPARED FOR

SUNDAY 14th OCTOBER 2018

9am – 1:00pm

Due to the current risk and uncertainty surrounding Mycoplasma bovis it has been confirmed that we will not have calf judging at this year’s Pet Day on October 14th.  This is the current recommendation from MPI and DairyNZ and not only includes Calf Club Days but A&P shows also.  Therefore, calves have been cancelled out for Group Day this year too.

The Pet Day Committee realise this news will come as a big disappointment to a lot of our families.  We expect that a number of children may decide to take a lamb instead. For those children who need help finding a lamb to rear we have made the following arrangements with Landcorp’s Sheep Milking Farm.  Newborn ram lambs will be available towards the end of August.  The breed will be East Friesian X or Awassi X.  For more details or to register your interest contact Kyle Brennan  3338664.

 

LAMBS & KIDS (GOATS) MUST BE BORN BETWEEN 25th  July & 25th September.

Lamb/Kid rearing booklets are available to collect from the school office or ask your teacher if you would like one.

Domestic Pets can be of any age. Dogs must be small.

Postponement date is Tuesday 16th October.

Group Day Friday 19th October at Lake Rerewhakaaitu School.

Any enquiries ph/txt Hine 027 307 2915, Kyle 07 333-8664 or Kylie 027 254 1488

Outdoor Classroom:

A huge thank you to all those people who have organised and done the heavy lifting in weeding and spreading our mulch over our outdoor garden. We APPRECIATE your efforts. Thanks from the team.

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Ka Rawe te mahi (awesome work) to everyone involved in our Matariki visit to the Matarae marae on the last day of term 2. We had an amazing time!

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Sports-1Sports:

Netball:

Netball Rotorua Code of Conduct
Introduction
As a member of Netball Rotorua you are part of a team which is responsible for the co-ordination, administration, success and enjoyment of Netball for the Primary, Intermediate, Secondary, Club and Teams for netball within the Rotorua Area.
The requirements outlined in the Code describe the way we go about our business. It sets our standards and conduct that provide protection and benefits for you as a member and a player of netball.
Purpose
The Code of Conduct sets outs the standards and behaviour expected of all members of Netball Rotorua. These standards reflect the basic requirements of courtesy, professionalism and integrity to ensure the provision of a quality service to our members and players and a pleasant and enjoyable arena for playing netball.
This Code is intended to provide:
A guide to minimum standards of behaviour and practice
A sound basis for you to judge your own behaviour and the conduct of others

Player Conduct on and off the court
As a player for Netball Rotorua you must ensure that your conduct respects the rights of other players, your team members, your club, the umpires and members of the Executive.
In particular you must:
Respect others
Provide a safe environment
Encourage peers and younger persons to enjoy the game
Encourage sportsmanship

Calendar:

Tues 31st July School Photos
6th Aug Peace Week
Wed 8th Aug College Open Day
Thurs 9th Aug Kids Can
Mon 27th Aug Junior Team Bike Taupo
Tues 4th Sept Winter Sports pp. 6th Sept
Thurs 27th Sept Loud Shirt Day
Fri 28th Sept Teacher Only Day
Sun Oct 14th Pet Day pp Tues 16th Oct
 Fri 19th Oct Group Day – Lake Rerewhakaaitu School
Fri 28th Sept Term 3 finishes
Mon 15th Oct Term 4 begins

School Account Details:

Account payments can be made directly to our school ASB account using online banking.  The account number is: 123155 0134517 00

FRIDAY LUNCHES: 

Due to less parent help for lunches in term 3, the menu has been scaled back. More lunch options will be back in Term 4 – Thank you. Click here for the lunch order form…

https://www.rep.school.nz/lunches/

Absences:

Reminder if your child is absent either text, leave a message fill in an or on-line absent form. We also are required to fill in the reason they are away, so remember to include this in your message – thanks.

 Breakfast club:

We are after a couple of parents to run the breakfast club for this term. Without parent help this cannot happen. Thank you to Puti and Jen for running it for us for last term we really appreciate your help.

Photo Day Tuesday 31st July

Photolife arrive here first thing in the morning.

All pupils at school, on the day, get individual photos , a family photo and a class photo taken. If you would like your pre-schooler in the family photo please phone the school 3338350. We will not know what time the family photos will be taken until the day, and it can be a bit of waiting around.

The envelopes are then sent to us to send home – you can view the photos of your children and then you are able to purchase the photos at this stage.

Nãku i runga i aku mihi ki a koe – Yours with thanks

Richelle McDonald

and our team –Jill, Phil, Debs, Susannah, Rachel, Julie, Maureen, Heather, Tracy, Mary, Sarah, Ross & Linda.