Community Pānui  
​Wednesday 18th May 

                                                    Kia ora              Talofa lava               Bonjour               Greetings  
                                                                                         
​                                                                                          Our School Values
                                   Aim High        Compassion and Empathy          Bravery and Resilience           Educational Achievement

                                               Togetherness and Inclusiveness              Respect for Others, Self and the Environment 
                                                                      
                                                                                           CURRENT LEVEL STATUS: ORANGE
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We hope everyone has had a great week. We continue to love having your children on site but as you may have seen, if you have been sent notices to your class, COVID-19 is still hovering around and in some cases increasing. There are also other illnesses featuring lately therefore continue to be vigilante with handwashing and hygiene practices. We will continue to do so at school. We have had 3 of our Leadership affected by COVID-19 and sickness this week after having alot of office staff not able to be at school last week. This puts a strain on some areas of our school so I would like to thank all of our staff who continue to do what they do best and teach our kids and continue to show them manaaki and still have a laugh with them at kura. Thank you once again to our whānau. It makes a big difference with you continuing to follow the guidelines and allowing us to get on with our mahi and tautoko your tamariki too. Please have a read through our newsletter as there are alot of important events coming up and great mahi to see from each rōpū.

Friday 20th May - Rōpū Assembly - Kiwi Connection at 10:00am
We are excited to invite our KC parents on site for this week’s rōpū assembly. If you are attending you may enter through the (higher) Brown Street gate by the office between 9.50-10.00. Please wear a mask and go straight to the seating in the hall. Do not mingle with classes before or after assembly. As part of the assembly we will let you know when we have finished and you are able to leave the hall and exit through the higher Brown Street gate by the office. It will be great to see some parents on site.

Main Gate on Douglas Street and other Gates
From tomorrow we will be opening the Main Douglas Street pedestrian gate for a couple of classes, this is to alleviate the congestion at the Higher Brown Street gate by the office. Beatrice’s, Oliver’s and Uala’s class can use this gate from Thursday to enter and exit the school between 8.30 and 9.00 and 3.00-3.10. Vesna’s class will continue to use the higher Brown Street gate. If there are siblings from Beatrice’s and Vesna’s classes they may go out either gate. If there are siblings in the Village and the Hub they still may use the Village entrance which is the first gate on Douglas Street. Note: There is still work going on by the Main Douglas Street gate so we are still limiting use. Please be aware of any traffic or trucks at certain times of the day. Hopefully at most times in the morning or afternoon it will be accessible. At ALL gates please move away quickly after school and before school to ensure pathways are clear for all parents to use. 

Term 2 Important Dates:
Week 3:  Friday 20th May - KC Rōpū assembly at 10.00am (details above)
Week 4:  Friday 27th May - TWW Assembly
Week 5:  Monday 30th May - Samoan Language Week
    Thursday 2nd June - MiM Assembly
                Friday 3rd June - STAFF ONLY DAY
Week 6:   Monday 6th June - QUEEN’S BDAY
Week 7:   Friday 17th June - L’Archipel Assembly
Week 8:   Friday 24th June - MATARIKI HOLIDAY
Week 10: Mon 4th July - Report afternoon
                Tuesday 5th July - Report evening
                Friday 8th July - End of term 2 - School Assembly TBC

We will continue to add to our important dates in each newsletter and on our website.

Tumuaki Awards (Principal Awards)
We continue to emphasise our School Values and these will be acknowledged in multiple ways during the term by all staff. The Tumuaki Awards will meet with Whaea Jacqui and focus on these school values, and the recipients will be published in the newsletter each fortnight.

Mua I Malae
Joel  Petaia - Great work in the class     Lilly Rose Ah Mau - Helping in the class
Ally White - Great attendance, works hard, responsible and helpful to teachers and students
Joshua  Fong, Rainbow Eder-Taihia    and Israel Farani-Faga (super stars when in a split-class)

Kiwi Connection
Vera Streeter - Writing        Ondine Harvey-Smith - Writing and construction of paper plane
Mele Vitali - Writing instructions    Lewis Toamaka - Listening and looking to follow the teacher’s instructions
Etta Brindle - Wonderful helper and worker

L’Archipel
Cali Johnston - working hard and following the school values
Felix Lachenal - wonderful with the French language         Jade Martin - a wonderful helper and worker

Te Whānau Whāriki
Majar Tafutu -  Tino pai tuhituhi
Lylah Buckman -Pou - Ka rawe! kupu me ngā pūriki

Update of Positive Cases at Ritimana and update on isolation times
There have been 12 children that we have been notified about that have tested positive this week. We have had 3 staff members test positive so they are unable to be at school for this week.  It is 7 days for the isolation period. So after your 7 days, if you have no further symptoms, you can self-release the next day. Use the link above to calculate your release date.
https://howlongtoisolate.co.nz/
Thank you to our families for being vigilant with monitoring themselves and their children and also contacting the office or texting our RRS COVID-19 Alert number - 0272463668 if you have a child that is positive. It has really helped us stay on top of things as much as we can.

Ngā manaakitanga 
 
Jacqui Tutavake
Tumuaki/Principal  ​

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