12 Sandford Rd Ruakaka RD1 Whangarei 0171 Phone:
(09) 432-7503 Fax: (09) 432-8631
Mobile:
(021) 0233 2267 E-mail:
[email protected]
SCHOOL NOTICES
Lunch Orders - Thank you to the wonderful parents who have offered to do our lunch orders for us. We are still looking for someone to do Wednesdays, please contact the office if you are able to do this. COMMUNITY NOTICES
Kiwi North Holiday Fun - open 10am to 4pm daily. 19th to 28th April after 11am for kiwi feeding Mon-Fri. Contact 09 438 9636 ext 0 or www.kiwinorth.co.nz Action Zone - School Holiday, run out of Mardsen Bay Christian Camp, for children ged 9-13yrs (up to year 8). Contact Trish Ellis, 09) 438 0333 or
[email protected]
Waipu Community Art
April ’17 School Holidays Wild & wacky, colourful & weatherproof Garden Art Wed 26th 10am – noon – 8-12 years, Thurs 27th 10am – noon – 4–8 years. Booking and information: ph 432 0057 Crazy Critters in Clay Fri 28th 10am – noon – 8-12 years, Booking and information: ph 432 0636, welcomes ALL new & returning players, for our 2017 season. ALL ENQUIRIES TO: Kylie - 0221590778, EM –
[email protected],
WEETBIX TRYATHLON
TERM 1 7th April - Junior Tent City 11 April - Duffy books assembly 10am 13th April - End of term 114th April - Good Friday
RUAKAKA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 6th April 2017 Our mission statement He kura whakamana i ngā ahurea o ngā tamariki, tōkia, tūkia o rātou pūkenga,o rātou manakotanga o rātou auahatanga, poipoia rawatia ka whakanuia e te whānau whānui me te hāpori. "To be a rural school where innovation and cultural identity are embedded, students' individual talents, needs and abilities are nurtured, celebrated and supported by whānau and community.'
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ROOMS 5, 6, 7 and 8 CAMP SPORT NORTHLAND
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TERM DATES 2017 Term 1 - 1st February to 13th April
Term 2 - 1st May to 7th July Term 3 - 24th July to 29 Sept Term 4 - 16 Oct to 15 Dec
Whakatauki (proverb) of the Week
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari, he toa takitini. Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.
WELCOME TO CLEVE BLOOR As you are aware, I will be away overseas for all of next term as part of my Travelling Fellowship. I would like to welcome Mr Cleve Bloor who will be acting in my position for Term 2. Cleve has very recently retired from Maunu School and brings a huge amount of experience with him to Ruakaka School. Over the next few days I will continue to meet with Cleve to inform him as much as I can about our school and your children. Please feel free to come and introduce yourselves to him. It is great to know I can go away and leave the school in such capable hands and I know that with Cleve and such an awesome staff, things will just tick along as usual. I can’t wait to share all my adventures with you when I return in Term 3. POWHIRI As we will be welcoming Mr Bloor to the school, we will be holding a powhiri on the first Monday of the term at 9.00am to welcome him and all the new families to our school since the 1st February. You are all most welcome to attend. EASTER RAFFLE The school support have created 19 baskets from all of our donated goods!!! Have you sold all your raffle tickets yet? Have you returned your tickets and money to the office? These need to be handed in by Tuesday 11th April at the latest. BILINGUAL CAMP AND NOTICES Camp fees are due by Tuesday 11th April. If you are unable to meet this deadline, please contact Marilyn or Ramari to discuss options. Don’t forget iceblock day this Friday 7th April at 12.30. Bring along $1 for an iceblock. Money will go towards our camp. There will be NO stall at the Te Taitokerau Kapa Haka Festival for our bilingual classes now, due to a lack of support.
WACKY HAIR DAY We are holding Wacky Hair Day on Thursday 13th April. . This day is to support the Emergency Helicopter appeal and children are asked to bring along a gold coin donation. If your child brings a gold coin donation to the office they will receive an sticker! It is a very worthy cause and such a fun day for children and staff alike. Get creative! See how wacky you can go. SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUP MEETING There is a School Support Group meeting in the staff room at 1:30pm on Tuesday the 11th April 2017. We are making and spending large amounts of money and would like a new committee to help with both of these. Over the past few years the Support Group has had a fairly informal structure that has worked pretty well but as our school roll increases, new parents come on board and our bank account grows, we have decided now is the time to formalise the structure. We are looking to fill both Chairperson or Secretary positions so there is also an opportunity to put your name forward for either of these. The treasurer position is filled by Janet Pram who is doing a fantastic job. BILINGUAL RAFFLE The bilingual raffle was drawn and the lucky winners are listed below: 1st Prize: Sharon Ashby 2nd Prize: Allison Ripia 3rd Prize: Amy Abernethy Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who purchased tickets. TIGER WORMS We are looking for some tiger worms to restock our worm farm as our worms have all died. If you have some that you could donate to us, we would really appreciate it, please contact the office or Dennis. BEE KEEPING AT SCHOOL Some Room 8 children experienced beekeeping with Mrs Hay and Aaron last week at the school beehive. They were very lucky to find the Queen Bee who was WORLD OF WEARABLE marked with gold paint on the top of her head (like a crown) ART The hive was re-queened and re-stocked in February as the previous bees had swarmed in December. A big thank you goes to North Pine who sponsored the cost of this and to Happy Beekeeping of Waipu who supplied the bees, and to Mark Laybourne of Kamo, for supplying the Queen bee.
