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Redwood Primary School | Te Kura o te Rakau Whero

Newsletter No. 14 - 6 September 2018

2018 Term Dates

Term 3 - Monday 23 July to Thursday 27 September

Term 4 - Monday 15 October to Wednesday 19 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 - 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

Cultural Festival

Cultural Festival

by Chris Els

Hi John & Chris, Thank you both for organising & sorting out last night. I have to say that our tamariki did us proud, both on & off stage! They were all so well behaved & they all came off stage on a high. Kimiya

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Recycle and fundraise for Redwood School

by PTA

We have many recycling initiatives here at Redwood School, which not only help the environment, but also raise funds.

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Uniform

Second Hand Uniform

by Pauline Prescott

We have a BIG stock of small sizes (4, 5 & 6), plus some larger sizes. SMALL prices too!!

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Lushain

Football Success!

by Pauline Prescott

Lushain's achievements

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Save boxes

Small boxes wanted

by Christine Prattley

Please bring us your empty boxes. The children in Rooms 3 and 4 love making things out of boxes.

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Board of Trustees

Board News

by Board of Trustees

As we head into spring, the Board has been continuing to work with the Ministry of Education and our assigned architects to get the school rebuild / repair to the next stage.

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SWIMMING/WATER SAFETY

by Pauline Prescott

What a great two weeks we have had.

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10 Minutes of Reading

10 Minutes of Reading Matters

by Pauline Prescott

Have you ever wondered what difference a little bit of reading makes?

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Takahe Swim

Takahe Swimming

by Maddie Stevenson

We loved our time in the pool over the last two weeks. We had lessons everyday and we all made lots of progress with our swimming.

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Community Notices

What's happening in our community?

by Pauline Prescott

Cricket, Touch Rugby, Theatre, Wellness, Volunteering, Holiday Programmes and Roadworks ... it's all here

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Katana

Interview with the teachers

by Katana G

Katana interviewed two teachers about their choice of books.

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PTA

Working together

by PTA

Thank you all for your support of our fundraising initiatives.

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Calendar

Mark these dates in your diary now

by Pauline Prescott

You won't want to miss out ...

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Term dates for 2019

by Pauline Prescott

These are the term dates for 2019.

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2018 ERO Report

by Pauline Prescott

Attached is the link to our 2018 ERO Report.

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Head lice - Free Treatment from your GP

by Pauline Prescott

A new head lice treatment is now fully funded and available on prescription for anyone under the age of 13

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Our school is competing in the Colgate Community Garden Challenge!

by PTA

Colgate, New World and TerraCycle are thrilled to announce the launch of THE 2018 COLGATE COMMUNITY GARDEN CHALLENGE, giving New Zealand pre-, primary and secondary schools the chance to win one of two recycled community garden sets to grow their own vegetables! 🍅🌽🍉

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Guitar, piano, drums

Music Lessons at school

by Allyce Muir

Do you want to learn to play drums, guitar or piano?

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Visitor/Parent Sign In

Visitors to School Policy

by John Stackhouse

Rationale: To ensure only authorised persons are in the school grounds at any time during the school day.

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