Community Pānui  
​Wednesday 6th July 

                                                      Kia ora              Talofa lava               Bonjour               Greetings  
                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    Ngā Uaratanga o Te Kura O Ritimana - Our School Values

                                              Whāia te iti kahurangi - Aim High                       Kia ngākau māhaki - Compassion and Empathy
                                Tū māia, tū rangatira - Bravery and Resilience       Whaowhia te kete mātauranga - Educational Achievement                                                                                                          Te Kotahitanga - Togetherness and Inclusiveness
                                 Tiakina ngā tāngata, tiakina tō wairua, tiakina te taiao - Respect for Others, Self and the Environment 

First of all thank you for your participation in our Learning Conversation afternoon and evening this week. It sounds like it was great, for teachers and parents, to be able to meet and talk about our tamariki and just to meet after so long. Unfortunately, due to Covid, I missed out on these evenings and am not able to be at kura for the last week of term. Thank you to our leadership team and all of our staff for finishing off our term well at kura. I am one of 3 staff members currently with Covid who are out this week. It just shows that we are still in this cycle of uncertainty and why I am so very glad for us all that we have still been able to remain open, for our tamariki and our whānau, and have had our children onsite learning and socialising this term. We finish at 3.00pm on Friday and here are a couple of notices to finish off our term together.

Friday Assembly - Cancelled
We had planned to have a whole school assembly this Friday but due to the rising cases in the community, and gradually again in our kura, we will not be going ahead with this now. We would prefer to err on the side of caution and have everyone leave for the term and hopefully be able to travel, see family and friends and enjoy the holidays, rather than isolating. 

Whakatau - Welcome for New Families - Term 3 - 9:30am - Monday 25th July
We will be having a Whakatau, a less formal version of a Pōwhiri/Māori welcome, for our new whānau next term. This is for those families who started in Term 2 but were not formally welcomed to our Ritimana whānau yet, or are starting early in Term 3. We will be sending an email to these families by the end of the week so they can RSVP if they are able to attend.
Masks will be required and other details of the day will be provided.

Update - Carey Park Adventure Camp for Year 5 and 6 Tamariki - Across Rōpū Event Monday 12th September to Wednesday 14th September
Thank you to all of our parents/caregivers and whānau who have volunteered to help at our camp this year.  Without your support and generosity of gifting us your time, EOTC (Education Outside the Classroom) events such as these would not be possible. 
There are still some opportunities available to help during the day and Tuesday 13th September is our fullest day of activities. If you are available please email David at david@richmondroad.school.nz  
Our venue is Carey Park Adventure Camp which is located at 397 Henderson Valley Road, Waitakere, Auckland. The costs of the camp are built into the donations for 2022 and all documentation has been sent to all Year 5 and 6 students. If you have not received this documentation please contact your child’s teacher for a copy. Thank you to those families who have already paid this amount as part of the donation and are paying in instalments. 
Medical and Health Documentation for Carey Park Adventure Camp will be distributed via email and in paper form on Tuesday 26th July. This is due back to your child’s classroom teacher by Friday 5th August.
Our Parent/Caregiver/Whānau/Parent Helper Hui will be advertised in our first newsletter of Term 3. This is an information evening and will outline the main features of the camp for our tamariki. 

Ski Team - Interest for Term 3
Thank you to all the parents and Peter McKinnon for his organisation for the ski team this term. The kids really enjoyed it. Here is the notice for interest for term 3. Please make contact with the parent liaison named only, not the school office. All communication and organisation for the ski team goes through the parent organiser which is very much appreciated. It is weekly on Tuesdays 1pm to 2pm (leaving school at 12pm and returning by 3pm. Transport is by own arrangement/carpool a possibility). The cost is $36 per child per week. Note: Ski equipment included and any ability level accepted. If you would like to express interest, please send your child’s name and the best email address to our Ski Team Liaison Parent who is Anthony Wadge Anthony.wadge@hotmail.co.uk by the end of Term 2 who will contact you.

Our office is not staffed during the holidays so responses to emails or to phone calls will be delayed. A community notice will be sent out near the end of the holidays to update about anything. At this stage it looks like we will be staying at our Orange settings at school but there will hopefully still be some things we can do i.e Book Fair, Arts Festival evening, rōpū hui on site next term, especially with our Canopy nearly completed. Either way we will confirm these things closer to the end of the holidays. 

For now, be safe and although the office will be closed if you need to reach out for support because of Covid and/or support for your whānau, text the Covid phone no. 0272463668.

Our Ngā Whetū o Te Wiki has to be awarded to our Richmond Road School Community as a whole. Our staff, parents, whānau and our tamariki. Definitely a team effort again this term. Ka rawe!

Ngā manaakitanga

Jacqui Tutavake
Tumuaki/Principal

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