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COMMUNITY NOTICES
SPORT NORTHLAND
Phone:
(09) 432-7503
Fax:
(09) 432-8631
Mobile:
(021) 0233 2267
E-mail:
Web: www.ruakaka.school.nz
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Ruakaka Primary
School Friends
Website
www.ruakaka.school.nz
12 Sandford Rd Ruakaka RD1 Whangarei 0171
NORTHLAND EQUESTRIAN PETTING ZOO - Inside the stables, Sunday 17th July at
2760 State Highway 1, Ruakaka, a fundraiser for the SPCA. All sorts of animals on show,
face painting, bouncy castle, candy floss, sausage sizzle, coffee to go For more information
contact Maryke 021 066 8546 or www.northlandequestrian.co.nz
Huanui College Open Evening - Thursday 30 June, tours from 5pm, presentation at 6pm.
Phone 09 459 1930 www.huanuicollege.school.nz
Mac Wood Creations - makers of rustic macrocarpa furniture. Outdoor seara, coffee
tables, full sized tables, children’s table & chair sets. Contact James on 021 395 106, email
[email protected] or visit the web site www.macwoodcreatios.co.nz
Waipu Community Arts School Holiday Programme - Clay Modelling 11-12th July,
Outdoor Art 13-14 July, 10am to 12 noon each day. Primary school children, limited
spaces, bookings essential. Cost $20.00 per workshop, book 4 and get one free. Contact
Claire 432 0636 or Rosie 432 0057.
Cycle and walkway team bring you a family Treasure Hunt in the Waipu village on
Tuesday 19 July. The treasure hunt is geared to all ages and will have an art theme.
Correct entries will go into a draw for prizes and there will be spot prizes along the way.
Cost is $4.00 per entry. Enquiries to Jan 432 1442 or Rosie 432 0057.
Respite Carers Wanted for Whangarei Barnardos - Barnardo’s needs people to provide
respite care for children of all ages. As a carer you will provide a safe supportive home
for a child usually for a few days. We provide all training, support, resources and financial
reimbursement. Call Fae Allen on 09 556 0812, 027 408 0408 or email on
Have you found dub dub yet?? If so fill in a form at the office and pop it in the box.
Congratulations to Sophie Pram who found dub dub last month and won a $50 voucher!
SCHOOL NOTICES Old Mobile Phones - Calling all old mobile phones to help Sustainable Coastlines who look
after NZ’s coastlines and waterways. After the $2.5 million was donated to the Starship
Foundation from the sale of unwanted old mobile phones, it is time for a new multi award
NZ Charity to benefit from this scheme. Please drop your old unwanted mobile phones
into the collection box in the reception area at school.
Mā te whakaaro nui e hanga te whare; māte mātauranga e whakaū.
Big ideas create the house; knowledge maintains it.
Whakatauki (proverb) of the Week
23rd June 2016
RUAKAKA
SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Tēna koutou katoa As I am writing this, it is the shortest day of the year. Believe it or not, summer is on its way! I always love this day although we notice no difference in the length of the day until next term. The winter so far has been amazing.
TERM 2
20-24 June - Life Education
28 June - Tsunami evacuation practice
7 July - Talent Quest
7 July - Learning journals\Portfolios home
25 July - Start of term 3
28 July - Powhiri
2 August - Board of Trustees Meeting, 4:30pm
3 August - Grandparents day
15 to 19 August - Book week
18 August - Dress up as a book character day
19 August - School cross country
25-26 August - Get wise ASB programme
26 August - Daffodil Day
1 September - Interschool cross country
TERM DATES 2016
Term 1 - 3 February to 15 April
Term 2 - 2 May to 8 July
Term 3 - 25 July to 23 September
Term 4 - 10 October to 15 December
What an amazing day again. Heaps of kai was cooked in the multi kai cooker and it was beautiful. Wonderful to see so many whanau here to share with us.
MATARIKI
TALENT QUEST CHANGE OF DATE
CONTACT DETAILS
ERO REPORT
ITEMS ROOM 1, 2 AND ENVIRO GROUP
We have just received our final ERO report which makes great reading. Very soon it will be
published on the Education Review Office website and we have put it onto our school
website. Here is just a short exert from the report.
How effectively do the school’s curriculum and other organisational processes and practices
develop and enact the school’s vision, values, goals and priorities for equity and excellence?
The school promotes a welcoming and inclusive learning environment for children and their whānau.
The principal and trustees work in partnership with whānau Māori and staff to enhance Māori student
success, and to promote bicultural and bilingual learning opportunities for all children. Children take
advantage of the various co-curricular opportunities available in sports, culture and the Arts, and in
leadership. The school's values-focused curriculum helps children to be confident, self-managing
learners. The school's vision is strongly evident in the school's approach to curriculum design.
Children and staff are encouraged to be innovative and take on challenges in their learning. In line
with the school's whakatauki, teachers and school leaders work collaboratively to plan learning
programmes that promote children's confidence, and that focus on their strengths, talents, interests
and needs. The curriculum provides children with very good opportunities to learn about and within
their local area, and to experience innovation and real world problem solving. They especially enjoy
increasingly rich learning in science. Teachers and teacher aides adapt learning programmes to the
interests, strengths and needs of individual children. Teachers' enthusiasm and energy engages and
motivates children. They respond well to the high expectations teachers and staff have for their
learning and behaviour. Older children especially have a very good understanding of their own
learning and achievement, setting and evaluating their learning goals and next steps.
ILLS AND CHILLS
Please – I can’t stress enough just how important it is that we have up to date contact details
for you at all times as it is very scary and frustrating for us if we cannot contact you if there is
an emergency involving your child. We have responsibility for your precious children for a
large part of every day and we take this very seriously. Have your contact details changed?
Have you told us?
EVACUATION PRACTICE
Although this has been in the last newsletter, I apologise if any of you missed this. The date
for the Talent Quest is the last Thursday of term – the 7th of July at Bream Bay College
Auditorium. We were unable to have the original date due to exams being held at the college.
I hope this has not inconvenienced any of you and look forward to seeing you there.
Next Tuesday we are planning to have an off-site evacuation practice as part of our tsunami
emergency plan. The idea of this practice is just to test the plan and to let the children know
what we would do in the very unlikely event of a tsunami. Once we have done this, we will
adjust our plan to ensure it is correct. We will inform you about the plan once it is finalised. It
would be great if all children wore shoes to school on that day as we will be walking on
gravel.
It is that time of the year when both children and staff and coming down with all sorts of
illnesses. At the moment we have sore throats and tummy bugs going around. We have also
has chicken pox but we are hoping this is coming to an end. Please keep your children at
home if they are unwell in the morning as we usually have to end up ringing you to come and
pick them up sooner rather than later.
Room 1 are after different coloured clean milk bottle tops and Room 2 are looking for jars of all
shapes and sizes for their trash to treasure unit. Jars need to be clean, with labels removed
and must have lids that fit, baby food jars, jam jars. The Enviro group are looking for chutney
jars for the Enviro table at Gala day. Please take them to the class teacher or into the office.
WORLD OF WEARABLE ART
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Congratulations to James McCullough, Steve York, Bruce Martin, Missy Armstrong and Henry
Coll who are now the Parent Trustees for Ruakaka School.
Thank you to those Board members who have worked so hard for our children over the past 3
years - Aaron Therkleson, Ari Carrington and Gillian Roberts. There were also two nominees
who many of you voted for, who unfortunately could not be Board members as they have
worked at the school for a length of time.
Our Teacher Trustee is Ryan Green.
LIFE EDUCATION
BUILDING UPDATE
DESCRIBING A MOMENT IN TIME WRITING
My Grandad
I heard my family crying and the surf life-saving jeep roaring.
I heard the surf life-saving people say, “Sorry he’s dead.”
I saw a cold white face on the sand.
I felt my heart slowing down and I felt terrified.
I felt the sand scratching my hands and
knees.
I wondered if I would be lost without him.
I wondered if my worst nightmare would
come true.
by Hayley Bryers - Room 3 Aged 8 years
As you are all aware, Sarah Sade is leaving us after over 16 years at Ruakaka School. We will farewell her officially on the night of our Talent Quest. If you would like to contribute some money towards a gift for her, please just drop this off at the office. If you know of any past families who may like to do this, please let them know.
You will also have noticed that we have started a new building project. The toilets behind
Rooms 3 & 4 are being revamped and will become a “superloo” for the whole school to use,
plus there will be a Special Needs bathroom on one end. You can be assured that we have
enough toilets available for all children - rooms 4 & 8 children will be using four porta-loos and
the rest of the children will use the other existing toilets between rooms 5 & 6 and those
behind block 1. It will take at least 8 weeks to complete the work.
The builders are starting on the ramp outside the multipurpose room. This shouldn’t take to
long to complete but while renovations are underway access to the multipurpose room will be
through the library. If you are picking up your children from After School Care please go
through the library.
FAREWELL MISS SADE
If you have been into the school this week you will have noticed lots of exciting things
happening! You will be greeted at the front gate by the huge “Life Education Trust” trailer. All
classes will visit the trailer this week.