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

Strike: 

A reminder that next Wednesday the 15th August school will be closed as the teachers will be on strike. Full information about this from the teaching staff and the board of trustees was sent home on Friday last week. If you missed it, here is the link:

https://www.rep.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OPEN-LETTER-TO-PARENTS.pdf

Makerspace/STEAM:

We are very fortunate this term to have Megan Smith teaching in the whanau room on Wednesdays. Every Wednesday the room turns into a “Makerspace” where the children problem solve and create. Teachers are taking their CRT (Classroom Release Time) in blocks and the children are getting 6 sessions with Megan per term. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths. Last week the students enjoyed problem solving by making bridges and working out how to strengthen them. I have heard wonderful reports from teachers and students about the programme. Keep a look out for Megan’s BLOG on our website to see what they are up to!

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 & 25^th 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

Stars of the week:

Ka Rawe te mahi (awesome work) to Piri, Kahn, Cullen, Braxton, Stephen and Bailee for awesome focus in writing over the last two weeks!

Sports:

Youthtown and Sport BOP:

We are fortunate this term to have Youthtown working in our school on Mondays. They are focussing on improving our football skills to get ready for the winter sports competition. The GO4IT programme is on a break this term for us and will be back in term four working with years 3-6.

Calendar:

Supporting Kids Can

Next week, in support of the national organistion Kids Can, we will have a coin trail here at school where we are all invited to bring along a gold coin(preferably) and put it on our big K.C. in the foyer. This will run for the week and we will hopefully send in excess of $100.00 off to this very worthwhile organisation.

This is only one of two days that we support as a school, the other being Loud

Shirt Day. These two days resonate with our school, and are chosen as our positive action to contribute to supporting N.Z. children to flourish.

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.

School Photos

Photo envelopes have been sent home. These can be paid online or by returning the envelope to school with money enclosed.

 Scholastic Book Orders

All orders back to school by Friday 10th August – there is always the option of buying online through Loop.

Rubbish Bins

Please ensure when putting your rubbish bins out that the buses can still pull off the road to pick up children – if you are unsure ask your bus driver.

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.