Community Pānui  
​Wednesday 7th April 

                                                         Kia ora              Talofa lava              Bonjour             Greetings  

                                                                       Richmond Road School - Te Kura o Ritimana Values

                                    Aim High     Compassion and Empathy        Bravery and Resilience         Educational Achievement

                                               Togetherness and Inclusiveness            Respect for Others, Self and the Environment 

We hope your Easter Break was an enjoyable one. We have a short week ahead with a lot going on.

                                                                             Whānau Open Morning - Thursday 8th April
We invite our parents/grandparents and whānau to come and visit their child's classroom tomorrow Thursday 8th April, from 11:30 -1:00pm to get a sense of what your children are learning and doing during a school day. We hope you can make some time to pop in to the school anytime between 11:30 and 1:00pm. Feel free to eat lunch with your child at lunch eating time from 12:50pm to 1:00pm.

                                                                    Blessing and Opening of Our New Administration Block
We have some set dates and are ready to transition into our newly refurbished administration building. The building and surrounding area will be blessed this Friday morning where a few invitees will gather to join our staff and local Kaumātua. This means we will then be able to move our admin area, library and one of our classrooms into this space.

As next week is the last week of school we have decided to move in the school holidays to allow for us to move without any disruption to our school. You can imagine the technical and logistical issues there are in uplifting an administration block whilst trying to fully function for our school community. This means that this block will be open for everyone on the first day of Term 2. We will have our school pōwhiri as usual at 9:15am on the first day of term and then if people would like to walk through our new areas it will be an 'Open Day' to do so. This refurbishment has been going on for over 18 months now and we are grateful it is coming to an end when we can use it as the central hub of our school.

We are thankful to past and present staff, board members and all that have been involved in this project from design and planning stage to the opening. We are also thankful to our parents and community for being patient as the entrances to our school have been limited and problematic. We look forward to seeing you all on Open Day on the first day of Term 2.

                                                                Richmond Road School - Te Kura o Ritimana - School Ap
We now have a Mobile App for important School messages. To download the app click this link: https://richmondroad.apps.school.nz/install/ You will be able to subscribe to Alert Groups for school newsletters,  rōpu newsletters, absentee alerts, school events and sports events once our School App has been downloaded. 

Ngā mihi
       

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