Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa – warm greetings to everyone
Kia ora, Nameste, Talofa, Konnichiwa, Guten Tag , Gidday, Vannakkam, ni Hao, Kia orana, Hola, Salam, Sa wat dee kha, Dia Dhuit, Goeie Dag, Bonjour, Hello, (please let us know the greeting in your language if it is not here)
Korero from the Principal:
Yesterday the schools in the Reporoa Kahui Ako had a Teacher Only Day at Lake Rerewhakaaitu School. We met together with Reporoa College, Broadlands, Mihi, Waikite Valley, Rerewhakaaitu, and Galatea. Murupara Area School has also joined our Kahui Ako (Community of Schools) and will attend future learning.
It was amazing to see all of the teachers and support staff learning and collaborating together for better outcomes for all students across Reporoa and the surrounding areas. We did some learning around the curriculum refresh, assessment for learning, trauma informed teaching practice, structured literacy, incredible years teaching, interventions for students who are learning English, ADHD, and the teenage brain. What a full on day of learning.
I would like to acknowledge Nikkole Fell, our DP for helping me organise the day. I would also like to give a big shout out to Bridget and Kate, our teacher aides, for catering. They did an amazing job!
He waka eke noa – We’re all in this together
How can we stop entitlement in our children?
A few things at school lately have got me thinking about entitlement and how we, as parents and grandparents, avoid the risk of fostering it. As a mum, I certainly got very frustrated with this attitude when it snuck in with my boys (now 20 and 23).
True entitlement arises not from an occasional extra gift but from a consistent pattern where children’s every need is met without them learning to respect limits or solve problems on their own.
Here are some typical ways entitlement can sneak in:
Not enforcing set boundaries: Like bending bedtime rules too often.
Solving simple problems for them: Such as dealing with school issues that they could handle themselves.
Yielding to every whim: Constantly giving in can indeed be problematic.
This parenting guide delves into strategies to keep entitlement at bay while still allowing for those special moments of indulgence.
Kids Greening Taupo:
We loved spending time with Reporoa Primary School tamariki, teaching them about our special native plants and helping them with their Koru Garden . We weeded, infill planted, mulched, and made a bug/lizard hotel with logs. They were excited to find different fungi on the logs, including a pretty cool purple one. It led to discussion about how important fungi are to break down our dead animals and plants. 
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Star of the week:
Ka rawe te mahi to Chozyn for amazing writing this week!
Other Notices:
!IMPORTANT REMINDER!
Please remember if your child catches the bus, you must always remember to let us know if there are to be any changes.
eg. If you are intending to pick your child up we must be notified in advance, We need to know, it is our job to know our tamariki are getting home safe. Please let the office know and also speak to their class room teacher when collecting them.
If you have to collect your child early for any reason PLEASE sign them out through the office on the ipad.
Please call or message the office: 027 660 2281
Ka Pai Kai
Just a friendly reminder can you please let us know if your child has any dietary needs etc. Please get in touch with us or pop into the office to fill out a dietary form so we can let Ka Pai Kai know asap.
Sports:
School and Cluster Cross country
Wow, what a jam packed week of running it has been for our tamariki. Cluster cross country very quickly followed our school cross country. A big mihi to Reece and Jamie for setting up our cross country track and also Matua Wiremu and his senior students from Reporoa College for being marshalls on the course and helping to hand out hot chippie sammies after.
We took 33 kids in total to the cluster cross country event held in Rerewhakaaitu, from our 5 years old through to our year 6 students. All of them represented our kura very well, showing their REPS for the entire day. It was a stunning sun shining day and the whanau support was awesome, it made the day run very smoothly. There were some very challenging competitors that our tamariki came up against, we did manage to come away with a few placegetters, which is fantastic.
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Ngā mihi nui kia koutou
Tanissha McNeil
From the Board of Trustees:
We have our next board meeting on Tuesday the 25th June in the staffroom at 11.30am. Visitors are always welcome to attend but will not have speaking rights unless requested to the presiding member 3 days prior to the meeting.
Nga Mihi
Kate Bowron
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Other Notices:
School Account Details:
Account payments can be made directly to our school ASB account using online banking. The account number is: 123155 0134517 00
Details:
Remember if you change address, get a new cell phone number or email address to notify the school so we have up to date records. The office needs your up to date email address so the newsletter can be emailed out – thanks.
LUNCHES:
We are part of the governments healthy lunch programme. Children are provided lunch everyday. If they have any allergies, please let the office know so that allowances can be made. Children still need to bring a drink bottle (water only please) and morning tea every day.
Absences:
Reminder – if your child is absent either text, phone and leave a message, or fill in an 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.
Car Parks:
Please use the car parks provided at the front or back of the school. No vehicles are permitted on the school grounds except for staff or service vehicles.
Nãku i runga i aku mihi ki a koe – Yours with thanks
Richelle McDonald
and our team – Nikkole, Gemma, Tanissha, Steven, Pip, Jenni, Julie, Kylie, Maureen, Abbey, Bridget, Kate, and Stephen.
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