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Redwood Primary School | Te Kura o te Rakau Whero

Newsletter No. 8 - 31 May 2018

2018 Term Dates

Term 2 - Mon 30 Apr to Fri 6 Jul

Term 3 - Mon 23 Jul to Thu 27 Sep

Term 4 - Mon 15 Oct to Wed 19 Dec

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 - Chris Els (Paerangi, Year 3-6)

Email: chrisels@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Deputy Principal - Genevieve Rae (Whakatipu, New Entrant-Year 2)

Email: genevieverae@redwoodprimary.school.nz

Contents

In Rooms 3 and 4 we read with our big buddies after morning tea every day.

by Theresa Pearson

We love spending time with our big buddies. We really enjoy showing them how good we are getting at reading books. Thanks for helping us and listening to us big buddies.

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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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Reddie Learner Tree

by Rachael Brokenshire

Mr Stackhouse wanted a 3D art piece for his office.

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EPro8 Challenge 2018

by Laura Grant

The EPro8 Challenge is the inter-school science and engineering competition. It is designed to give students a fun and rewarding introduction to science and engineering.

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Principal

Amazing learning…

by John Stackhouse

Our tamariki are doing some amazing learning.

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Redwood School

School Rebuild/Redevelopment… another update

by John Stackhouse

This really has been a frustrating process. Just as well we know that although nice teaching spaces will be great, it’s the quality of what goes on inside them that is most important!

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Developing empathy and support in our tamariki… Pink Shirt Day

by John Stackhouse

Primarily a day to spotlight bullying, Pink Shirt Day also has the important goal of developing positive child and adult attitudes towards accepting and including others different to ourselves.

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School and Zones Cross Country.

by Ashley Pearce

Swimming and Cross Country awards

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Calendar

Important dates to remember

by Pauline Prescott

Mark your diary now with these events

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Community Notices

Check what is happening in our community

by Pauline Prescott

Grand opening of Taiora QE11 Recreation & Sport Centre today, Thursday 31 May at 3.30pm. See flyer attached.

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by Maria Stevens

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CNC Project update

by Pauline Prescott

See information attached

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NZEI

Paid Union Meeting

by John Stackhouse

School Closing 12.30pm Tuesday 26 June

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School Reward

by Pauline Prescott

Your purchases of stationery packs from OfficeMax MySchool from September 2017 and February 2018 have resulted in our school receiving over $846!!

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We're fundraising with Entertainment!

by PTA

Support Redwood School and you’ll be rewarded! We are raising funds for celebration assembly prizes and book draw and you can help. The class which sells the most Entertainment Books will win a pizza lunch!!

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Lunchonline

Lunchonline - Subway and Sushi

by Pauline Prescott

We are able to order Subway or Sushi Factory for lunch on Thursdays. A full menu will be on the lunchonline website.

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Redwood Library

Redwood Library

by Pauline Prescott

Events on at the CCC Redwood Library

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Road Safety

Around Redwood School, think safe, drive safe!

by John Stackhouse

We spend quite a lot of time and energy encouraging our tamariki to stay safe on the roads and it is important that this message is backed up and role-modelled by parents/whanau.

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School App

Have you downloaded our school app yet?

by Pauline Prescott

Get alerts, check news, send us an absentee message, check the calendar and much more

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No Dogs

Dogs in school grounds

by John Stackhouse

Thank you for the almost 100% response to dogs not being on the school grounds between 8.15am and 3.30pm on school days.

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