Raureka School Term 2 Week 8

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Kia ora koutou katoa, Talofa lava, Kia orana,

Here we are in week 8 already and it looks as though winter has finally arrived with a cold and wet weekend. Thank you all for supporting us on Monday with our Staff Only day.

A huge thank you to everyone who bought Mama's Donuts last week, the profits go towards a bigger screen for the Hall. A big thanks as well to the RSS members who took the orders and who packed them ready for delivery last Friday.

It was great to be able to welcome our new tamariki and families this morning at our powhiri.

Our classes have been working hard completing their murals which were shared with the community today.

You are most welcome to come and have a look at the murals when you pick up or drop off your children. I know that the children are very proud of their efforts.

Please look below for photo's of the class murals and find out a little bit about the significance of the mural.

What a fantastic effort the children and staff have made to have these murals ready for Matariki and for us to all enjoy.

We are changing our transition to school process for our New Entrants. We are doing this so that the children can get used to school, know some of the children before they start, get used to classroom routines, know where the toilets are and start building a relationship with the class teacher.

If you have a new Entrant please remember that Enrolment packs and information about our school is available at the school office or on our website.

If you would like a tour of the school please book this in at the office. Uniforms (except black pants/skorts etc) and stationery are sold at the office.

Please let our office staff know as soon as possible if you are intending on enrolling your child at Raureka School. Your details are passed on to our New Entrant teachers who may contact you or your child’s ECE if they need any further information, this is so the teachers can ensure that your child has a great start to school.

We encourage all children to have three visits in the New Entrant classrooms before they start school. These are organised at the school office or with the New Entrant teachers.

More visits can be organised if needed.Normal visit days are Tuesdays 9am - 11am. If your child needs visits on other days, these can be arranged with our New Entrant teachers.

We want our New Entrants to have the best start possible, please help us ensure they get this.

3 way conferences will be held on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th July in Week 10.

3 way conferences-are an opportunity to meet with the teacher and your child and talk about how your child is progressing and to discuss your child's next learning steps.

On Monday 4th we will close at the regular time with the first conference starting at 3:15 - and the last conference finishing at 6:30 p.m.

On Tuesday 5th July school will close early at 12:30 and the first conferences will start at 1:00 and finish 5:30.

Make your bookings by following the link/QR Code below.

Remember school will finish early on Tuesday 5th July so that conferences/ interviews can start at 1:00. All children will need to go home at 12:30- OSCAR will be available on the Tuesday for our early finish.

BOB A JOB Year 6 are fundraising for their camp.

Bob a Job has started, all year 6's are trying to raise funds for their Term 4 Camp. The children will 'contract' themselves to family and friends and complete jobs for an agreed amount. Funds will go towards paying for the Year 6 Camp in October.

Unfortunately we haven't been able to run our usual Carnival this year because of Covid-19

We hope you can all support us with this much needed fundraiser for our camp.

Emergency Numbers for Sports Coaches:

Please remember to let your child's sports coach know your contact number- this is purely for any emergency contact.

IMPORTANT - If your child is away from school -

Reminder that you need to PHONE OR TEXT the school know if your child is going to be away. Because of the current covid situation, it is essential that you let us know the reason they are away - eg coughing, headache, tummy bug etc.

You can phone 06 8789766 or text 027 557 0085 and leave a message.

Thank you for this, it is so helpful and we want to ensure your child is okay.

Greg


Room 1 Room 1’s mural is a Tapa Cloth. Tapa Cloth is an important part of Pasifika culture. Tapa cloth is traditionally made from the inner bark of a mulberry tree so Tapa Cloth is made from a natural resource. Each child has decorated their own flower. We are on a Pasifika journey at Raureka School and we all have a hand to play in building on our legacy. Our Tapa Cloth also has maunga for us to strive to the top and waves that represent our ocean, moana which plays a major part in feeding our people.	Room 2 In Room 2, they shared ideas on what makes Raureka School special. They talked about the values, being responsible and respectful and the importance of sharing and making friends. Their mural reflects them as a class supporting each other and working together. Kotahitanga not only represents what they strive for in Room 2 but also what we strive for as a school, coming together as one.	Room 3 In term one Room 3 looked at who they are, their identity and where they come from. They decided for their mural that they would create a visual pepeha to represent part of our school pepeha. Ko Kahuranaki te maunga Ko Ngaruroro te awa Ko Te Aranga te marae

Room 1

Room 1’s mural is a Tapa Cloth. Tapa Cloth is an important part of Pasifika culture. Tapa cloth is traditionally made from the inner bark of a mulberry tree so Tapa Cloth is made from a natural resource. Each child has decorated their own flower. We are on a Pasifika journey at Raureka School and we all have a hand to play in building on our legacy. Our Tapa Cloth also has maunga for us to strive to the top and waves that represent our ocean, moana which plays a major part in feeding our people.

Room 2

In Room 2, they shared ideas on what makes Raureka School special. They talked about the values, being responsible and respectful and the importance of sharing and making friends. Their mural reflects them as a class supporting each other and working together. Kotahitanga not only represents what they strive for in Room 2 but also what we strive for as a school, coming together as one.

Room 3

In term one Room 3 looked at who they are, their identity and where they come from. They decided for their mural that they would create a visual pepeha to represent part of our school pepeha.

Ko Kahuranaki te maunga

Ko Ngaruroro te awa

Ko Te Aranga te marae


Room 4 Room 4’s mural is about Raureka. One side of the Mural represents what life was like in Raureka before the Early Settlers arrived. Here you will see lovely untouched native bush, the makirikiri stream, some kiwis foraging and you will see meandering moa. On the other side of the Mural it represents Raureka after colonisation. Here you will see some sheep and a European style house and a tree stump where a beautiful Native tree once stood.	Room 5 Room 5’s mural is a representation of what the children thought the area of Raureka may have looked like pre European. The trees, ferns and flax that would’ve grown here and kiwis in abundance! They have used every child’s thumb print to create the feathers on our kiwis. Our maunga is standing proud in the background and the koru designs represent the people past, present and future.	Room 11 Room 11’s mural is called Nga Kaitiaki- The Guardians, as a class they researched the history of the people, places, and symbols that made our whenua special and intertwined them within the school house colours. Kakariki is represented by the footprints of Rongokako and Raureka as they cross our maunga Kahuranaki. Kahurangi is represented by Mokotuararo who is the guardian of our Ngaruroro Awa, he is looking up to represent the tamariki upholding our motto Tohea - To Strive. Whero is represented by the battles that were fought between Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, in front of our marae Te Aranga where learning and knowledge is shared. Kowhai is represented by Kahu who is the hawk that protects Hawkes Bay. He is facing away to symbolise our tamariki flying off onto their new journeys after they leave Raureka.

Room 4

Room 4’s mural is about Raureka. One side of the Mural represents what life was like in Raureka before the Early Settlers arrived. Here you will see lovely untouched native bush, the makirikiri stream, some kiwis foraging and you will see meandering moa. On the other side of the Mural it represents Raureka after colonisation. Here you will see some sheep and a European style house and a tree stump where a beautiful Native tree once stood.

Room 5

Room 5’s mural is a representation of what the children thought the area of Raureka may have looked like pre European. The trees, ferns and flax that would’ve grown here and kiwis in abundance!

They have used every child’s thumb print to create the feathers on our kiwis.

Our maunga is standing proud in the background and the koru designs represent the people past, present and future.

Room 11

Room 11’s mural is called Nga Kaitiaki- The Guardians, as a class they researched the history of the people, places, and symbols that made our whenua special and intertwined them within the school house colours. Kakariki is represented by the footprints of Rongokako and Raureka as they cross our maunga Kahuranaki. Kahurangi is represented by Mokotuararo who is the guardian of our Ngaruroro Awa, he is looking up to represent the tamariki upholding our motto Tohea - To Strive. Whero is represented by the battles that were fought between Ngati Kahungunu and Rangitane, in front of our marae Te Aranga where learning and knowledge is shared. Kowhai is represented by Kahu who is the hawk that protects Hawkes Bay. He is facing away to symbolise our tamariki flying off onto their new journeys after they leave Raureka.


Room 19 Room 19’s mural is called Our fingerprint- Makaurangi. Makaurangi means fingerprint in Māori and also another word for spiral. Each spiral on our mural represents the different cultural patterns and symbols from our various ancestor’s origins. In pairs the class designed and completed a section of the spiral each. They did a lot of planning and research about different cultural patterns, symbols and colour and what represented each country. The spiral (koru) shape represents us all coming from different places and cultures and then being together (connected) as one at Raureka School.	Room 7 and 8 Room 7 and 8’s mural depicts the arrival of the Maori coming from Polynesia to New Zealand during the 1300s. They travelled thousands of miles in their waka to discover new land. They set the scene by portraying a sunset background to highlight the waka travelling on the horizon.	Room 21 Room 21’s mural is based on our school Value Whanaungatanga. As a school - even though we are all different tamariki with different backgrounds - we work together to support each other to be the best we can be. The fish swimming in our mural are all different just like us. They are swimming in the same direction and working together to swim in the current and keep each other safe. Room 21 all painted their own fish and gave them their own individual flair!

Room 19

Room 19’s mural is called Our fingerprint- Makaurangi. Makaurangi means fingerprint in Māori and also another word for spiral. Each spiral on our mural represents the different cultural patterns and symbols from our various ancestor’s origins. In pairs the class designed and completed a section of the spiral each. They did a lot of planning and research about different cultural patterns, symbols and colour and what represented each country. The spiral (koru) shape represents us all coming from different places and cultures and then being together (connected) as one at Raureka School.

Room 7 and 8

Room 7 and 8’s mural depicts the arrival of the Maori coming from Polynesia to New Zealand during the 1300s. They travelled thousands of miles in their waka to discover new land. They set the scene by portraying a sunset background to highlight the waka travelling on the horizon.

Room 21

Room 21’s mural is based on our school Value Whanaungatanga.

As a school - even though we are all different tamariki with different backgrounds - we work together to support each other to be the best we can be. The fish swimming in our mural are all different just like us. They are swimming in the same direction and working together to swim in the current and keep each other safe. Room 21 all painted their own fish and gave them their own individual flair!


Room 20 Room 20’s mural is called ‘Mākoha’, the poupou represents the tamariki of Raureka kura, the rainbow represents how unique we are, and the kete with the feather represents what you take away with you from Raureka.	Room 14 Room 14 and Room 15 have painted murals that link and they are placed next to each other to represent the past and the present. Room 14 has painted the Makirikiri Stream that used to run through Raureka and the surrounding bush that was here when Ngati Kahungungu had a settlement next to the stream.	Room 15 Room 14 and Room 15 have painted murals that link and they are placed next to each other to represent the past and the present. Room 15 has painted the Makirikiri Stream as it is now in the present, flowing underground with many houses built above it. Makirikiri roughly translates to stony stream or cleansed by stones, which is why there are large stones at the bottom of both murals.

Room 20

Room 20’s mural is called ‘Mākoha’, the poupou represents the tamariki of Raureka kura, the rainbow represents how unique we are, and the kete with the feather represents what you take away with you from Raureka.

Room 14

Room 14 and Room 15 have painted murals that link and they are placed next to each other to represent the past and the present. Room 14 has painted the Makirikiri Stream that used to run through Raureka and the surrounding bush that was here when Ngati Kahungungu had a settlement next to the stream.

Room 15

Room 14 and Room 15 have painted murals that link and they are placed next to each other to represent the past and the present. Room 15 has painted the Makirikiri Stream as it is now in the present, flowing underground with many houses built above it. Makirikiri roughly translates to stony stream or cleansed by stones, which is why there are large stones at the bottom of both murals.


Room 12 and 13 Room 12 and 13 have created Te Ura o te Kowhai (The Glow of the Kowhai). Kowhai trees are best known for their yellow flowers that appear in Spring. When Raureka was a place where people came to collect kai, there were many kowhai trees amongst the forest greenery. Te Ura o te Kowhai shows a tui that has come to Raureka to explore the honey-laden blooms of the kowhai tree.

Room 12 and 13

Room 12 and 13 have created Te Ura o te Kowhai (The Glow of the Kowhai). Kowhai trees are best known for their yellow flowers that appear in Spring. When Raureka was a place where people came to collect kai, there were many kowhai trees amongst the forest greenery. Te Ura o te Kowhai shows a tui that has come to Raureka to explore the honey-laden blooms of the kowhai tree.

Three Way Conference Bookings

Our Booking link is now open. Thank you to those parents who have already booked in.

Follow the link below/ QR code to make your booking.

Step 1 Enter your details and fill out your child/ren's names then click go,

Step 2 choose the teacher, then click go, choose the time click go and you will get your time confirmed as well as an email to let you know that it is booked.

BOOKING LINK

Use this booking link in electronic media, like your website, school app or an emailed newsletter:

http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/q7dv5

Values Certificate Winners

Our four values are :

Respect/Whakaute, Responsibility/Haepapa, Resilience/Pakari, Relationships/Whanaungatanga.

This week we are focusing on - Respect/Whakaute. - which means: believe in yourself, value the feeling and rights of others and show regard for the environment.

The expected behaviour during this week is: listen to and follow instructions

The following children received awards at our last assembly:

R1 Skylah-Jade Singer, R2 Kathrine Gibson, R3 Bryden Keegan, R4 Eden Figgess-Jury,

R5 Harlen Jensen, R7 Cooper King, R8 Teina Craig, R11 Harlyn Hema, R12 Brooklyn Taylor-Brown, R13 Leah Searl, R14 Hunter Te Whaiti, R15 Skye Hape Osborne,

R19 Hunter MacGregor-Calder, R20 Cyrus-Jay Uncles, R21 Henry Bayley.

Photo:

Back Row:

Teina Craig, Hunter MacGregor-Calder, Bryden Keegan, Henry Bayley, Harlyn Hema.

Front Row:

Skye Hape-Osborne, Hunter Te Whaiti, Cyrus-Jay Uncles, Kathrine Gibson, Skylah-Jayde Singer, Leah Searl, Brooklyn Taylor-Brown.

Senior Assembly Certificates

Room 1 Mykah Muir

Room 2 Imeldah Seilala

Room 3 Cedric Heath

Room 4 Tai Khumalo

Room 5 Echo Worsley

Room 11Connor Lean

Room 19 Zain Hassan

Caught being good:

Emma-Rose Tonge

Players of the day

NETBALL

Raureka White v St Matthew's, won 8-6; Player of the day - Edie.

Raureka Black v Mayfair, won 9-1; Players of the day - Laylah, Aaysia.

Raureka Blue v Ebbett Park, won 9-6; Player of the day - Kathrine Gibson.

Rugby

A's v Parkvale, won 25-0; Player of the day - Cooper H.

B's v Kimi Ora, lost; Player of the day - Paka.

Rippa Rugby

Raureka 1 v Raureka 2, lost; Player of the day - Emma.

Raureka 2 v Raureka 1, won 9-2, Player of the day -Sophia

Raureka 3

BASKETBALL

Goings v Te Mata, won 14-2;

Hunters

Upcoming Events

Friday 24 June School Closed for the new Matariki holiday- no school for students
Friday 1 July School Disco
Monday 4 Three Way Conferences- from 3:15- 6:30
Tuesday 5 July Three Way Conferences School closes at 12:30 conferences- 1:00-5:30
Friday 8 July End of Term 2 - Mufti Day ... gold coin donation
Monday 25 July Start of Term 3
Friday 30 September End of term 3
Monday 17 October Start of Term 4
Friday 21 October Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
Monday 24 October Labour Day- no school for students
Monday 21 November Teacher Only Day - no school for students
Friday 16 December Last Day of Year

Covid19

Covid19 -We are at Orange level Orange now. We are seeing that cases are declining due to high levels of vaccination and natural immunity after infection.

At Orange, face masks are no longer required at school. However public health advice is that masks continue to be strongly encouraged when indoors. Wearing a mask is a key health measure that slows the spread of COVID-19 in indoor settings. For that reason, we ask that visitors to the school, including parents and whānau, wear a mask whenever they are indoors on school grounds.

We also ask that your child (if they are Year 4+) continues to bring a mask to school every day. There may be times that we’ll ask them to wear a mask, too – for example, when we are having an assembly in the hall. If there are a high number of cases at school or in the community, we may ask that masks are worn in classrooms for a time.

We will continue to keep all the other health measures in place at school that we know slow the spread of COVID-19. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette, appropriate physical distancing whenever we can and, most importantly, staying home if we are sick.

Remember if your child is feeling sick please keep them home until they are well.

If your child does need to isolate either as being a household contact or for testing positive please let us know.

Symptoms of COVID-19:

A new or worsening cough
Sneezing and runny nose
A fever
Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste
Sore throat
Shortness of breath

Less common symptoms include diarrhoea, headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, malaise, chest pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, or confusion/irritability.

We know how hard the impacts on COVID-19 have been for many families in New Zealand. If you know of a family in your community who is struggling, please encourage them to reach out for support for example to access food, medicine, or access financial support: Help is available – COVID-19 Health Hub.

If you have any concerns, please do get in touch. We are here to help.

Other Notices

School Uniform – this is compulsory. No exceptions.

All children are required to have the school royal blue polo-shirt, royal blue hat, and on colder days the royal blue polar fleece jersey. All of these are available at the school office.

The lower half of the uniform (short, longs, skorts, skirts) must be plain black and can be purchased in town No stripes, no flowers etc, can

be purchased in town.

· Do your child’s records need updating?

moved house?
phone/cellphone numbers changed?
living arrangements changed?
emergency contacts changed?
medical details?

Medical Reminders

IMPORTANT: Children are NOT to carry any form of medication in their bags etc. All medication must be held in the office. Parents must complete a Medical Form to enable staff to administer medication.

We often have a few ‘bugs’ around the school.

· A common one is a nasty cough/flu type illness. Keep your children home if they have symptoms of this as it spreads easily.

· If your child has had vomiting or diarrhoea, they MUST stay home for 2 days after the last event. This illness definitely spreads quickly around the school.

· Headlice are always around so make sure that you check your child’s hair regularly (we suggest weekly) and treat the hair if necessary. We have treatments available from school for free. Just pop in and we can give you some.

· If your child is at all unwell, please keep them home so that they don’t pass bugs on to other children. Also if a child is feeling unwell they are not able to learn easily and are much better off at home snuggled up in bed.

Don’t forget to contact the school office to let us know when your child is unwell please.

Volunteers needed for supervision of our school patrollers.

The children are well trained, it is just a matter of having an adult supervise from 8.30-9.00. Please contact Chris in the school office if your are able to help (even if you have helped in the past, please confirm).

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Raureka School Term 2 Week 8

Newsletter 22 June 2022

Raureka School Term 2 Week 8

Newsletter 22 June 2022

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Our Murals

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Room 11

Room 4

Room 5

Room 11

Room 19

Room 7 and 8

Room 21

Room 19

Room 7 and 8

Room 21

Room 20

Room 14

Room 15

Room 20

Room 14

Room 15

Room 12 and 13

Room 12 and 13

Three Way Conference Bookings

Photos of last weeks action

Hello Room 20 - what have you got to share with us this week?

Values Certificate Winners

Senior Assembly Certificates

Players of the day

Upcoming Events

Covid Information

Covid19

Other Notices

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