Te Kāpehu Riccarton School

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Pānui - Newsletter - 20 February 2025 From the Principal's Desk

What a lot of water and manawa ora (fun) this afternoon! Great to see the sun out, and lots of parents supporting.
Have a great weekend everyone 😃

Big Day Back Bash - “Tomorrow” This Friday 14th February we have the Big Day Back Bash which is a lot of fun activities so that all of our learners get to experience whanaungatanga and experience our value of Manawa Ora - make connections with each other and have fun! Whānau are most welcome. Events start at 12.30 pm but you are welcome to join us any time in the afternoon. Come along and join in the fun.

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Unfortunately, we have decided to postpone the big day back bash until next Friday 14th February. This is because several water-based activities need a warm day to be successful!

Ngā mihi nui,

Matua Paul

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A great welcome to our new families and learners this morning. School finishes on Tuesday and Wednesday at 1 pm for conferences! Book conferences via the HERO app. A holiday on Thursday for Waitangi Day! The big day back bash starts at 12.30pm on Friday!

Ngā mihi nui

Matua Paul

Not long to go now! School starts on Monday with early finishes on Tuesday and Wednesday for conferences! Some of our staff have been hard at work in the classroom over the last two days learning about the latest reading and writing teaching! Everyone is super excited about getting back into it! You can book conferences via the HERO app and see this year's class. All other info is on our website! 2025 Less go!

Final preparations are now over for our Year 4 -8 final assembly at Riccarton High School, tomorrow 17th December starting at 1pm! Please note there is construction at the High School in front of their hall but you can still get in the front entrance using the footpath. Please park either in their car park or the temporary park on the field!

Monday 9th December 2024

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Through the generosity of La Vida Youth Trust and Life Church, based on Hansons Lane, we will have one Christmas Box per family to distribute from Room 2 on Monday, December 9th, from 3 pm - 3.30 pm or Tuesday 10th December from 8.30 am - 9 am or 3 pm -3.30 pm. Please come to collect your Christmas Box. Your name will be crossed off the list. If they are not collected on Monday or Tuesday, then we will assume you don’t want one, and we will distribute them to other families in the community.

It would be best for parents and caregivers to collect these boxes with a vehicle as they are heavy but if senior students have a note we will give it to them for ease of collection.

“The Christmas Box is a food hamper that will cater to a family of 4-6 people, with the idea that one Christmas Box caters for families of 4-6, helping supplement breakfast, lunch and dinner meals over a week, understanding a family’s need for the basics such as sugar, rice, pasta etc. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors we are able to put in a few treats too.”

Christmas Box is an initiative by Life (a church in Auckland) to bless families at Christmas time. Christmas Box exists because they believe no one should be deprived of the joy of sharing Christmas with their nearest and dearest, and this conviction has seen over 60,000 Christmas Boxes distributed to families in need over the last 15 years. With the generous sponsorship from businesses as well as donations from the public, this has branched out into other areas including Christchurch. Life Church at La Vida have put together 1,000 food package boxes for Christchurch and is gifting over 200 of them to Te Kāpehu Riccarton School so that every family represented at the school receives one. This is part of our partnership with Life Church and La Vida Youth Trust which provide two youth workers to the school and run an after-school programme.

On your behalf, I would like to acknowledge this gesture from Life Church and La Vida Youth Trust and thank everyone involved in preparing and distributing the boxes. What a fantastic thing to do for their local community.

Nga mihi nui,

Paul Irving

What a fantastic night last night! A great chance to come together and experience Manawa Ora and Manaaki! Te Kāpehu All Stars!!!!!! Have a lovely weekend!

Year 8 Dinner and Dance!

Learners from Space 10 and Space 2/3 have had an amazing time at Spencer Park Beach.
We are due back to kura at 3:15pm.

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Pānui - Newsletter - 21 November 2024 From the Principal's Desk

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Unfortunately, due to the forecast weather, we have postponed this evening's EOY BBQ/Picnic. This event relies on having a nice night. We have rescheduled the event to Thursday 5th December. All other details stay the same.

Ngā mihi nui

Matua Paul

Reminder - Tomorrow's EOY/BBQ - Picnic!!!!

End-of-Year BBQ Celebration Wednesday 20th November, from 5.30 - 7.30 pm at School

To celebrate the end of the 2024 school year, and provide an opportunity to meet other families and your child/ren’s teacher/s, we warmly invite you to our End of Year BBQ, on Wednesday 20th November, from 5.30 - 7.30 pm. Please bring a picnic tea for your own family to eat. You may also like to bring a picnic rug or deck chairs to sit on. The school will provide a sausage and meat pattie for those who would like it.

There will be games, and music and the pool will be open! During the evening, you will have the opportunity to provide feedback on our school. Everyone who takes part will go into a raffle draw that is drawn on the night.

We look forward to as many families joining us as possible.

Ngā mihi nui

Matua Paul