Community Pānui  
​Friday 23rd July 

                                                         Kia ora              Talofa lava              Bonjour             Greetings  

                                                                          Richmond Road School - Te Kura o Ritimana
                                                                                          Our School Values
                                    Aim High       Compassion and Empathy          Bravery and Resilience           Educational Achievement

                                               Togetherness and Inclusiveness              Respect for Others, Self and the Environment 
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                                                                         Kia ora           Talofa lava          Greetings           Bonjour

We hope you are having some quality family time during the school holidays. We are looking forward to welcoming back our tamariki on Monday 26th July.

Our fortnightly newsletter will start again in Week 2 on Wednesday 4th August. Rōpū leaders will be sending some communication to you all by the beginning of next week about the term ahead.

Some important dates coming up this term so you can plan ahead:
Week 2: Friday 6th August - First whole school assembly hosted by The Village
Week 5: Thursday 26th August - Disco 5.30-7.30pm
Week 5: Friday 27th August - Teacher Only Day (part of our Accord days allocated by NZEI and MOE)
Week 10: Friday 1st October - Last Day of School and End of Term Assembly 2.00pm

More important dates will be entered on to our website calendar and will feature in upcoming newsletters and communication.
Have a wonderful last few days with your children and we look forward to seeing you during the school term.

                                                                                                     Property Update
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​During Term 3 we will be closing down the old temporary office as we prepare it to be demolished by the Ministry of Education. This is in preparation for the Ministry to provide appropriate learning spaces for our tamariki that are currently in classrooms on the field.
These spaces are temporary classrooms and are past their use-by-date. We have tried to speed this long-awaited process up by lobbying for support from our local MP Chloe Swarbrick who has been into our school twice this term to discuss and walk-through these buildings. She has written to the MoE and Chris Hipkins as the Minister of Education about this and we have asked for support from Minister Kelvin Davis and Minister Aupito William Sio.
​Please feel free to support our tamariki and school community by sending your messages to these ministers and the Ministry of Education. The letter from Chloe has been added to our school website under the tab ‘School Board’ and then the tab ‘Property Updates’ page.

Our School Canopy is scheduled to start in August of Term 3. We have Board and Community support to try and keep this on track so that this starts on time. We will update more during the term.
                                                                                                
Ngā manaakitanga                                                                                          

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