RUAHINE SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Term 4 Week 1

IMPORTANT

DATES

Monday 22 October

Labour Day School

Closed

Tuesday 23 October

Keeping Ourselves

Safe Parent Meeting

9.00am

Monday 29 October

Craft Day

Tuesday 30 October

Lamb Day

Wednesday 31 October

Lamb Day

Postponement Day

Friday 16 November

Ruahine School

Athletic Sports

Monday 19 November

Ruahine School

Athetic Sports

Postponement Day

Wednesday 21

November Interschool

Athletic Sports

Wednesday 28

November Interschool

Athletic Sports

Postponement Day

Thursday 13 December

Ruahine School

Prizegiving At The Hub

6.00pm

Tuesday 18 December

End Of Term 4 School

Closes At 12.30pm

Ruahine School Bank Account Number

ASB 12-3442-0045840-00

Wednesday 17 October 2018

Kia ora koutou,

Welcome back to school for the final term of 2018. It is amazing how quickly this year is flying by!

I spent a few days in Nelson with our daughters and their families. There is nothing more special than grandchildren! We enjoyed a lovely afternoon at https://natureland.nz/ at Tahunanui Beach, had lots of cuddles and played lots of games. Bliss!

During the October break a number of teachers attended maths and literacy conferences. One clear message that came through from the literacy conference was the importance of reading to children every day. At school we have “read and eat” each morning and teachers often look for other times during the day to read to, and with, the children. We encourage you to take time daily to read to your children - no matter how old they are. Research has shown that reading to children helps them to become better readers, it supports their oral language development, their thinking and reasoning. It is also a wonderful way for you to bond as a family and helps children (and adults) to relax and unwind.

Our website has been updated so it is looking great! However there are a few teething problems. There are a couple of pages we can’t edit and we are having problems accessing our website when searching for it online. Hopefully these can be fixed up soon.

The building work has been completed and the painting is part way there. The new weatherboard has been painted and the painters will be back in a week or so to continue painting the rest of the school. The office block looks very smart! Hopefully we will see lots of you on Lamb Day and you can check out the progress!

The PFK have Lamb Day (Tuesday 30 October) organisation in hand, and they are doing a fabulous job! The craft day, with a focus on sustainable creations, will take place the day before lamb Day (Monday 29 October). You would have received a notice about this last term. Feel free to contact us if you have misplaced yours or if you have any questions.

This Thursday 18th October is the nationwide Shake Out Day. Yesterday the eldest child in each family was given a booklet for you to keep at home and work through the challenges that help you prepare for an earthquake or other emergency. Once you have completed all the challenges please cut off the tick box section and return to school for your child to receive a Shakeout prize. We encourage you to fill in your family’s emergency plan sheet and pin it up at home. http://www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz/

This term I will be running a Master Chef challenge for Years 6-8. Later this week a notice will go home with any children who are interested in participating. Master Chef will run for about 5 weeks, with between one and two challenges a week held over lunchtime and some class time. Children will need permission from parents to participate and there will be a commitment of providing ingredients and some equipment for each challenge. If we have more children entering than we have room for then we will give preference to Year 8’s and ballot Years 6 and 7.

Nga mihi nui

Sarah McCord

Principal

RUAHINE SCHOOL UNIFORM

For all unifrom requirements please

contact StitchMe. Sharlene and David

Curtis stock our entire range and have

the option of embroidering your child’s

surname on the back of shirts/fleeces so

things don’t get lost.

NEW TO OUR UNIFORM RANGE!

We are pleased to introduce this black

Podium Water Resistant Softshell

Jacket with our Ruahine Logo to our

uniform range. Please note that this is

an optional extra. Our model, Ollie,

tells me the jacket is really comfortable

and warm to wear! For more

information please contact Sharlene or

David at StitchMe on 374 9947.

2019 New Entrant

Pre-Enrolment

If you haven’t done so

already, please contact

the school office to

register your child’s

details on our 2019 New

Entrant list.

TOOTH BOOTH

Our Tooth Fairies will be here at Lamb Day & welcome any new preschool enrolments on that day. So if your pre-schooler is not yet enrolled with the Dental Therapist then call in & speak to Shannon & Shona.

A StichMe Ruahine uniform list has been

attached to this newsletter.

2018 Ruahine School Athletics

Sports

Friday 16 November 2018

ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP US?

Our teachers need to be with their

students which means we will need

help running the events. If you are able

to give some of your time we would be

extremely grateful. Please contact the

school office if you are able to be of

assistance.

Thank you.

We would like to say a huge congratulations to Josh Augustine

who has been selected for the 2018 Hawkes Bay Ross Shield

Team. We are super proud of you Josh and wish you all the best

for the games ahead.

2018 Touch Rugby

The goal posts at Coronation Park will not be taken down until this weekend so Touch will now start NEXT FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER. There will be a draw out next week.

From The PFK Lamb Day Tuesday 30 October 2018 Postponement day: Wednesday 31st October 2018 All lambs entered must be born after 1 August 2018. An entry form is attached to this newsletter or kids can pick up a form from the school office.

Are you able to help the PFK out on the day? We will need help with the following: Sausage Sizzle, gate keepers & kitchen helpers. If you are able to give us a hand please contact Rachel Bowie on 0273628359.

CALENDAR PHOTOS DATE CHANGE These make fabulous Christmas Presents! Photos for calendars will now take place on Friday 26 October 2018. Please return all order forms to the school office no later than the end of this week.

PFK Contact Details:

Lisa Charmley

027 578 9220

Jo Passey

027 2853637

CRAFT DAY Monday 29 October 2018

All crafts will be made AT SCHOOL on Monday and all children will participate.

This year the emphasis will be on SUSTAINABILITY so kids should only be using materials they already have at home. Please don’t go out and buy materials.

Please refer to the Craft & Lamb Day Information Sheet attached to this newsletter for more information about the Photography Competition, Craft Competition, Cake Decorating & the time table for Lamb Day.

Tuesday 30 October

School starts at 9.00am as usual for those children not participating in Lamb Day. Teachers will supervise classes when out viewing the Lamb Competition. There will be rural fun day house activities for all these students during the afternoon.