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Redwood Primary School | Te Kura o te Rakau Whero

Newsletter No. 11, 4 July 2019

Term 2

Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July

Term 3

Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September

Term 4

Monday 14 October to Wednesday 18 December

Contact Details:

Website: www.redwoodprimary.school.nz

Email: office@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Ph: 03 352 6739

Absence Text: 027 784 1473

Absence Email: absence@redwoodprimary.school.nz

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Principal - John Stackhouse

Email: principal@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Deputy Principal - Genevieve Rae

Email: genevieverae@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Deputy Principal - Ellie Cherry

Email: ellie@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Contents

Climbing High at Redwood School

50th Anniversary Booklet… A record of our story, our place!

by John Stackhouse

Climbing High at Redwood School

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Gunn family

Introducing Nick Gunn

by John Stackhouse

Our new Deputy Principal, from Term 4.

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House Day

House Day - Matariki Celebrations

by Pauline Prescott

What a beautiful day we had on Wednesday!

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CDHB

Prevent the spread of Flu

by Pauline Prescott

Please read the attached notice from the Canterbury District Health Board

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The Guys Inc

The Guys Inc - Stationery Packs

by The Guys Inc - Papanui High School

We are a Year 12 business studies group from Papanui High School called The Guys Inc. As a group project, we are making stationery packs.

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Maths

Kahui ako - maths event at Casebrook

by Elliot A

On Monday 2 teams of students went to CanterMath.

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ICAS

ICAS Assessments 2019

by Pauline Prescott

ICAS Assessments have been reimagined with an emphasis on academic achievement and recognition.

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PTA

Thank you to all our parent helpers at the Discos last week.

by PTA

Next meeting Tuesday 23 July 7pm in the Staff Room

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Library

DIARY OF A MINECRAFT ZOMBIE BOOK 9

by Emily W

Zombie’s Birthday Apocalypse Written by Zack Zombie

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100 days at school

Whakatipu 100 days shared lunch

by Genevieve Rae

The lovely tamariki in the Junior School have now been at school for 100 days! It is time to celebrate!

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Ryan

2019 School's Trampoline Championships

by Amy Johnston

Ryan J represented Redwood Primary School at the 2019 Schools Trampoline Championships.

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Whitcoulls

Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 Books

by Sandra Matai

Voting is open now - Vote for your favourite kids book

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Netball

Redwood Stars Netball Team

by Jo Bayliss

Recently 8 players from the Redwood School year 3/4 netball team played in the Rainbow Tournament in Rangiora.

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Lacy

Canterbury Primary Gymnastics Competition

by Lacy N

Being a bit nervous I was competing in my second year at Canterbury Primary Gymnastics Competition for Redwood Primary School. I was determined to improve my overall score from last year.

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Kindo

PTA Kindo online school shop

by PTA

We are excited to introduce our PTA Kindo online school shop.

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Community Notices

Holiday workshops, shows and more

by Pauline Prescott

Check out what's on in our community over the holidays, and during next term.

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Library

"The more that you read, the more things you will know

by Sandra Matai

Frequent reading improves a person’s empathy and emotional intelligence.

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RayWhite Playground

Matt & Nic at Ray White Real Estate

by Pauline Prescott

Proudly supporting our Playground Fundraising.

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Harcourts

Harcourts Redwood

by Pauline Prescott

Margaret Danzer of Harcourts Redwood supporting Redwood School

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ASB

Rush to get your School $500.00!

by Megan Lowe

If you're a parent, staff member or a member of the school community and draw down a new ASB home loan of $250,000 or more, ASB will donate $500 to your chosen participating school.

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Calendar

Keep up to date

by Pauline Prescott

With what's coming up

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Terracycle

Dental hygiene, Glad (or similar) plastic products and coffee capsule recycling

by PTA

You can help keep these products out of landfill and help the school at the same time

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Police

NZ Police recently launched a new non emergency number, 105.

by N Z Police

We’ve done this to make it easier to get hold of us in the event of non-urgent situations or ‘Things which have Already Happened’, which don’t require Police assistance immediately.

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Casebrook REP

Casebrook Intermediate Open Night

by Pauline Prescott

Wednesday 31 July from 6pm.

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Dental

Dental Care during the School Holidays

by Community Dental Service

The Community Dental Service will be providing dental care for children enrolled with our service during the upcoming school holidays.

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