Community Pānui Wednesday 15th July

                                                                  Ngā Uaratanga o Te Kura o Ritimana - Our School Values 
                                                                        Te Māia me te Manawaroa - Bravery and Resilience
                                                              Te Ngākau Aroha me te Atawhai - Compassion and Empathy 
                                                    Te Kanorautanga me te Kauawhitanga - Diversity and Inclusiveness
                                                                  Te Ngākau Whakaute hoki ki te katoa - Respect for All

​​Kia ora, talofa, bonjour and greetings, We hope you have been able to spend some time with your children during the school holidays. We also appreciate a lot of our whānau would have been working during this time. We look forward to welcoming back our tamariki on Monday for the start of term 3.

School will open from 8.30am on Monday 20th July. Our Pōwhiri/whakatau will commence at 9.30 in the hall for our new whānau and tamariki. All whānau are welcome to join us in the hall.

Term 3 Overview - for all events and updates
The term 3 overview is below - please ensure you check it each week to see what is coming up. We have added extra colour coding in the overview as an  ‘alert/reminder’ to remind whānau about due dates for different events/forms/money etc. We hope this extra reminder is helpful for you. We will continue to add to this overview each week so please check it regularly. RRS Parent Overview Term 3 2026

Creative Fridays in Term 3
We start our Creative Fridays in term 3 which are clubs our tamariki can join. They are an opportunity to work with a different teacher and with other children across our kura. They will have five Creative Friday sessions in term 3 and will have a focus on Arts, Music, Dance, Drama, Writing, Technology or Culture. A great way for our children to be with other kaiko and tamariki and be in a  learning group based on passion or interest. These will start on Friday 24th July.

Term 3 communication
We will send our usual communication every Wednesday as a community notice or newsletter. Please make the time to read through these. Thank you.

For now, take care and see you all back on Monday.
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Ngā manaakitanga, 
Jacqui Yearsley
Tumuaki/Principal
Te Kura o Ritimana/Richmond Road School