Newsletter No. 3, 12 March 2020

Please consider volunteering on the kea crossing once a week to supervise and support our awesome School Traffic Safety Team.

Our lovely worm farm has been munching through fruit and vege scraps at school and has produced 10 litres of worm tea.

Public Health Nurses are Registered Nurses with knowledge and experience in child and family health.

A big thanks to the parents and caregivers who attended our parent workshop on the 4th of March.

We had a great day at Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre for our Year 4-6 swimming sports.

A great number of Redwood School tamariki took part in this year's event. Read what they had to say:

On Thursday March 19th, our junior learners will experience a 45 minute workshop run by the Christchurch City Council around keeping safe with dogs.

We have a mobile app for important school messages and reminders.

We have a number of groups who use our hall during the week. There may be something that interests you.

Hi my name is Maria Boddington, I am the new chair of the PTA

We have integrated technology which the students have found motivating and hilarious! We gave our students a scenario of the consequences of doing something wrong. The consequences can be seen in their photos. Many of the students enjoyed creating their own dilema and seeing what they would look like as an old person. Some think they looked as old as Mr Thurlow!

Redwood school would like to thank Belfast Rugby Club for nominating our school to have a visit from the Canterbury Rugby Union.

Are you handy with a sewing machine? Are you able to hand sew buttons?

The Southern Trust granted us $5,000 to purchase 17 new chromebooks for the year 5 & 6 students.

We have many ways you can let the office know your child is going to be absent

Have your contact details changed? Please let us know ASAP to ensure we have your current details.