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Redwood Primary School | Te Kura o te Rakau Whero

Newsletter No. 1, 13 February 2020

Term 1

Tuesday 4 February to Thursday 9 April

Term 2

Tuesday 28 April to Friday 3 July

Term 3

Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September

Term 4

Monday 12 October to Friday 18 December

Contact Details:

Website: www.redwoodprimary.school.nz

Email: office@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Ph: 03 352 6739

Absence Text: 027 783 1473

Absence Email: absence@redwoodprimary.school.nz

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Principal - John Stackhouse

Email: principal@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Deputy Principal - Ellie Cherry

Email: ellie@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Deputy Principal - Nick Gunn (Matua Nick)

Email: nickgunn@redwoodprimary.school.nz 

Learning Support Coordinator - Jan Manawatu

Email: janmanawatu@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Contents

Thank you

We have a wonderful supportive community

by Pauline Prescott

Thank you to these businesses for their generosity

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Road Patrol

Safety reminders

by John Stackhouse

Keep all our tamariki safe

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Welcome

Mihi Whakatau

by Lynda Selwood

A welcome to all our new tamariki, whanau and kaiako

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Keeping in contact

Keeping in Contact:

by Matua Nick

Home-School Communication

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Parent Workshop

Parent Education Workshop: Building Our Kids’ Resilience

by Matua Nick

Wednesday 4 March - We are excited to be able to provide our community with a parent education opportunity facilitated by Anna Mowat and Dean Sutherland from Real Parents.

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Te Reo Kapa Haka

Te Reo Māori and Kapa Haka Performance Group Lessons

by Lynda Selwood

Weekly, Wednesday mornings

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Principal

2020… a new school year and a new decade

by John Stackhouse

I do hope you had a very pleasant Christmas and New Year. I caught up with quite a few of our tamariki last week and found out what they got up to over the holiday break.

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School donations and contributions

School donations and contributions

by Megan Lowe

If you have not yet received your statement, please email: finance@redwoodprimary.school.nz and Megan Lowe will sort that for you.

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Library

The Library is open for 2020

by Sandra Matai

Students have been visiting to issue books to take home and read.

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PTA

Annual General Meeting

by PTA

Monday 17 February 7pm in the Staff Room

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PB4L

Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L) 2020

by Maddie Stevenson

At Redwood School we have 3 Reddie Learner Values. These are Responsibility, Respect, and Relating Well. Each term we focus on a different value. We incorporate our values into everything that we do at school.

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Entertainment Book

The early bird catches more savings!

by PTA

Get your new Entertainment Membership today to support Redwood School and receive these early bird bonus offers.

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Lunchonline

Lunchonline - Thursdays

by Pauline Prescott

Subway and Sushi Factory

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Summertime Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Competition

by Sandra Matai

The Christchurch City Libraries Summer Reading Competition continues until 29 February.

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Calendar

What's coming up at Redwood School

by Pauline Prescott

Remember to mark your diary

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CDHB

Coronavirus

by Emma Gee, Nick Gunn

Update from the Ministry of Education to Schools

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Community Notices

New Year, New Opportunities

by Pauline Prescott

What's happing in our community?

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Rau and Mandeno Kelly

Past pupils

by Pauline Prescott

Mandeno and Rau Kelly came into the school office at the end of last year.

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Music

Itinerant Music Lessons

by Kate Norman

Piano, Guitar and Drum lessons during school hours.

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