Hi team. Firstly I want to extend another massive welcome to all new staff, tamariki, and whānau to Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School. We are really looking forward to reconnecting with you all over the course of the 2023 school year. It was great to officially welcome all our new staff, tamariki, and whānau at last Friday's mihi whakatau.

On, Tuesday 21st February from 6 pm-7.30 pm (tonight), we will hold our Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School Community Picnic. We would like to hold this event in the Rata Playground area. This way we can provide shaded options under trees or along the decking. This will be an awesome event to reconnect or meet with staff and other members of the school community after the summer break. Pre-COVID we had a large turnout of families and we really hope that we can get even more this year!!! It would be great to see you all there. Our wonderful PTA is provide ice blocks for all our tamariki.

EARLY CLOSURE NOTICE: We have just been notified by NZEI that all NZEI Te Riu Roa members at our school are required to attend a paid union meeting, TODAY, Wednesday 20th March to discuss their ongoing collective agreement negotiations.

The Ministry of Education is providing schools with an additional Teacher Only Day in 2023 to continue to work on the revised NZ Curriculum. The Board of Trustees would like to advise that Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School will be closed for instruction on THURSDAY 16th NOVEMBER.

Over the summer break, the team from Action Signs were busy rolling out the initial revisioning visuals. We are absolutely thrilled at the results that have brightened up the main entrance into the school.

This term we are giving whānau and tamariki the opportunity to come and meet with your teacher for 2023. We see home and school as an important link in your tamariki’s education and the meeting will assist the classroom teacher in learning more about your child.

Welcome to Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School. Below are the links that will support you to set up, navigate and edit your own HERO ACCOUNT. It is VITAL that you set up your account ASAP to remain up to date with school information and at a late date your children's learning progress. HERO can be accessed via your phone or any device that gives you access to the internet (computer and/or iPad).

The BOT would like to highlight the procedures to follow if you have an issue or complaint you would like to discuss. We are all working towards the same goal of ensuring that all our students are safe, happy and learning at Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School. These procedures ensure that we can work through any issues in a respectful way rather than talking about it in the community or on social media.....which does not solve the issue.

We continue to have a higher percentage of students who are bringing cell phones to school. We understand that cell phones are an important tool students use to communicate with parents/caregivers before and after school. As we know Cell Phones can also be a Health & Safety Risk if used inappropriately, especially with growing national reports of online bullying.

In 2023 we will continue to implement the KIVA - Anti Bullying Programme at Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School. This programme strengthens our PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) approach and further develops our E Tū Tāngata mindset.