Welcome back to the school year for 2023! We hope you had a wonderful break. We are super excited to see you all and can not wait to begin the next stage of your child’s learning journey! We will see you on the first day of school on Wednesday 1st February. The following newsletter contains some information that will help you as you begin your journey in Te Hapua.

Find out about the Te hapua production.

The winners of this raffle have been drawn today and all winners notified. Many thanks for your support with this raffle.

How the School Fair went

A staff bio about Miss Thompson!

What a wonderful start to the week we have had in Te Hapua. This is a busy term full of many exciting events. Please read on to find out a little more about these events.

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Orders and payment required prior to the 17th of November 2023

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We hope you had a wonderful break from school. We have enjoyed catching up with the students this week and seeing the wonderful progress in their learning. Here are some reminders and notices for Term 4.

The students have been enjoying learning and growing in Te Hapua this week. Here are some reminders about the next two weeks.

We have had a wonderful start to the term. The students are busy learning and we have been enjoying some lovely sunny days at school. Here are some reminders for the next two weeks in the Te Hapua team.

On May 19th and 26th we have two performing arts groups visiting school to perform for our students.

Woodend School along with other local schools has been invited to help promote this opening day. We will be providing Bacon Butties on the day for sale - Sunday 7th May 10.00 am - 12.30. Come along with the family and see the new playground at Ravenswood. Weather postponement date is 14th May.

We hope you all had wonderful break from school. This term we have a number of exciting events and learning planned for the students. Here are some reminders and information for the first two weeks of school.

Kia ora e te whānau - welcome to the last week of school. Continue reading for some reminders and notices for the last week of school in Te Hapua.

Assembly & Whare Manu Afternoon this Friday.

We are looking for some amazing adults to join our Woodend Road Patrol Team for Term 2, 2023!

Wow - week 8 has arrived! The term has gone so fast and we have had a great deal of learning and exciting programmes in our learning spaces. Read on for further reminders for Week 8 and 9.

We have had a wonderful few weeks of learning and growing in Te Hapua. Read on for some reminders for the next two weeks.

We have had an exciting few weeks of learning and growing in Te Hapua. Read on to see notices and reminders for the next two weeks.

Just a quick reminder around our Bulb Fundraiser..........We are again registering with Garden Post to do the Bulb Fundraiser as in the past two years everyone has enjoyed the pleasure of buying and receiving these bulbs. Last date for orders will be Friday 3rd March. Your child will bring home an order form today.

What a lovely time we have had getting to know all the fabulous learners in Te Hapua over the past three weeks. The children have been focussing on getting to know the routines in their learning spaces as well as their peers and kaiako. Check out the fabulous Picasso Portraits from Mrs Bartletts class. The following newsletter contains some information and reminders about the next two weeks.

Our Student Leaders along with Mr Retallick have made a petition to discourage the opening of a vape store across from the school.

All about our Whare Manu afternoons that we have coming up

The above map will help you navigate your way around the classrooms.

Below is information on our School app called HERO. This year all our communication will be via the HERO app

We will have sausage sizzles up and running for the first Friday back - 3rd February. We have encountered slight price increases but thanks to New World Ravenswood - they have agreed to keep their sausage prices down for us, so the only extra charge will be in the cookie which will now be $1.50. Sausages - still $2.00. Remember please to do the online payment before the Friday so that payments can be seen. Our bank account: ASB 12 3616 0031570 00 We are always keen to hear from anyone who has a spare hour or so every now and then to help on our Parent Roster. Please email or see Brenda in the office. b.fordyce@woodend.school.nz

Please find as an attachment the Information Booklet for Woodend School.

Just a reminder…….

With many newsletters, notices, and articles about Woodend - Here are links to our blogs where we will collect them for your later convenience.