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Kia ora koutou,
As this is the last formal newsletter for the school year, I want to take this opportunity to thank you one and all for your support.
It has been a good year made better, with the gradual lifting of Covid restrictions - slowly but surely we are getting back to normal!
Sadly at this time of the year there are a lot of goodbyes - but in many cases goodbyes are accompanied by messages of congratulations. Such is the case as we celebrate the retirement of Mrs Helen Williams, Mrs Camille Cornelius and Mrs Denise O’Reilly. They are most definitely part of the strong successful history of our school.
Many of you will have had your child/children or perhaps even yourself been taught by one or even maybe all three teachers!
Much has been written about what makes a successful teacher and when you really reflect on this - put simply, they have made a difference!
Such is the case for Camille, Denise and Helen.
All three have held key roles in our school and have dedicated themselves to the profession. We are so going to miss them and wish them all the very best for all that they have planned for the future.
They have worked tirelessly for our profession - now is the time for them to focus on enjoying the next chapter of life! Tomorrow at midday we will be having a special assembly to honour our retirees. All are welcome.
Also leaving us at the end of the year is:
Mrs Angela Hunt - taking up a promotion at Kingsway, Janet Lloyd on maternity leave, Chrissy Price, Adam Strickland and Tina Henry who are taking a break from fulltime teaching to pursue other interests and Emily Furr as she heads off overseas.
Thank you one all for all that you have contributed to the life of our school -we will miss you!
Joining our team in a full time capacity is:
Bianca Walker, Kirsten Thorne, Briony Hansen and Anna Hedstrom (all currently on the team here at RBS). They will be joined by Kate Winiana (from Lower Hutt) Carla Wintle (Bailey Road School) and Chelsea Phipps (Albany Primary). We also welcome back Natalie Braithwaite who will be working one day a week.
This Friday we have our two Celebration Assemblies - the Years 3-6 is at 9.30 and the Year 0-2 has theirs at 1.45pm.
Our Graduation Assembly for our Year 6 students is happening next Wednesday 14 th December at 1pm.
Farewell and all the very best to all families who will not be with us next year. We wish you well as perhaps your child moves on to Intermediate or you move out of the area.
I will be sending home a short newsletter next week.
Principal
Red Beach School
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Athletics Carnival
We were very fortunate to be able to hold our RBS Athletics Carnival on Thursday. The students rotated around 16 fun activities in their Community groups. From three legged races, to obstacle courses and gumboot throwing there was a lot of variety on offer. It was amazing to see everyone participating and giving all of the events a go. After lunch all the children had a turn at running in class relay teams and we finished the day with an egg and spoon race where the students raced against the teachers and parents. The learners were buzzing! A huge thank you to all of the parents that came down to support the day.
CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR AND GRADUATION LIVE STREAMS
We will be live streaming our assemblies this year on the below links through Facebook. Click below and join the group to get links to the 3 below events so are ready to watch them all.
| Year 3-6 Celebration of the Year | Friday 9th Dec 9:30am - 11:15am |
| Year 1-2 Celebration of the Year | Friday 9th Dec 1:45pm -2:55pm |
| Year 6 Graduation | Wed 14th Dec 1pm - 3pm |
MOTUORA ARTS
As part of an art unit in Motuora, we decided to make our own replica of the book ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. Over a term, we read the book and each week during an art session and students re-created a scene from the book. Once it was finished, it was collated into a book (cardboard was donated by Bruce Chapman from Attwoods). The students each got to complete their own book and take it home – the parents were so proud of their child and what they produced. Here are some photos of some of the scenes that students created and a group photo of some of the students showing the finished product.
Support our families this Christmas
StepsForward have been providing free, wrap around supports to families on the coast for over 25 years. We would like invite Red Beach School to partner with us to spread some Christmas joy to local families who are doing it tough this year. Donations of new toys, Christmas treats or grocery vouchers can be dropped at the school reception.
Check out this great pic, taken by Mr Crump during term - perhaps there's a pot of gold on the field ?
Link below for our uniform, to order visit: www.argyleonline.co.nz - find Red Bach School in the Upper North Island region schools.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
On behalf of Red Beach School, I would like to thank all the parents, grand-parents, family members, teachers and friends of the school who have helped in so many ways with our sports teams and sports events this year. You are all very much appreciated and absolutely amazing! It has been wonderful getting back to near normality this year and I'm looking forward to a full four terms of sport next year. Have a wonderful Christmas and summer holiday and we’ll see you in 2023.
COMING UP IN 2023
Term 1:
Mini-ball/Basketball
Senior Swim Carnival
Inter-school Cricket
Inter-school Swimming
Term 2:
Mini-ball/Basketball
Netball
Hockey
RBS Cross Country
Year 1 Water Confidence Programme
Year 2 - 4 Water Safety Programme
Inter-school Football
Yr 5/6 Rippa Festival
Term 3:
Mini-ball/Basketball
Netball
Hockey
Inter-school Hockey
Inter-school Cross Country
Term 4:
Mini-ball/Basketball
Yr 5/6 TAG Festival
Inter-school Athletics
Athletics Carnival
YUMMY STICKERS:
Well done everyone. We have $1200 to spend on sports equipment for the P.E. shed this year. We will be receiving our fabulous new sports equipment from Yummy stickers at the beginning of next year so watch this space! Don’t forget to keep collecting those stickers over the summer for next year’s promotion. Sticker sheets are available from the resource room, in our school newsletter or through the Schoolzine App.
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SPORTS UNIFORM
The Red Beach School unisex sports uniform is available for purchase n KINDO. Due to increase in cost from the supplier, our RBS sports shirts are now $38 and the sports shorts are $22. The sports shirt is compulsory for students involved in a Red Beach School sports team however, the sports shorts are optional. Both items are available through KINDO.
For all sports enquiries, please email Julie Bluck - julie@redbeach.school.nz
TWILIGHT FAIR SPONSORSHIP
We’ve got some fantastic sponsorship opportunities for local businesses keen to support our school and promote their brand to the wider Hibiscus Coast community at our Twilight School Fair. Please email community@redbeach.school.nz for one of our Fair Sponsorship Packs.
Good as New Pre-Loved Kids Market
