Kia Ora Whānau
What a busy couple of weeks we have had since our last newsletter!

Last week, the Hamilton City Council supported us with an outstanding week of Transport Safety activities. We had Ruben the Safety Bear, Scooter Safety, Bike Safety and WOW day where the students won spot prizes for walking or wheeling to school!  Thanks so much to Barbara and Cameron for their very valued support of our kura.

The PTA Colour Run was a fantastic event with lots of very colourful and happy students. A massive thank you to the PTA for their never-ending energy and enthusiasm in creating some wonderful events for our community.

The Year 6 team have enjoyed two successful days at Mount Maunganui participating in Beach Education. I have received reports from both trips of how well behaved and responsible the students have been. This makes me very proud of Rototuna Primary School.

How cool is it having a bunch of Year 5 students who are so keen to show their support of our Culture of Manaaki! This group of students have spent their lunchtimes getting fellow students to sign a Maanaki chart that said "If you are kind, then sign!" There are SO many signatures! It was the best way to end the week having this delivered to my office with a hand written note. I have put it on the wall directly outside my office and look at it often during my day to remind me of how lucky I am to work in a kura that has so many kind students!

The Year 3 and 4 Athletics event was a hit yesterday! The students were so encouraging and gave every activity their very best. A big thank you to all the parents who came to support our athletes and to Anna Beveridge and the Year 3 and 4 team for their organisation. 

To our whānau who are celebrating Diwali... May the festival of lights brighten your life and bring you moments of joy. Happy Diwali to you and your family from the Rototuna Primary School staff and students.

Kia pai tō ra koutou 
Enjoy your day everyone,
Kylie 

Congratulations to the following students who have shown manaaki and kindness over the last couple of weeks.

 Week 3 Manaaki Stars:

Saniya R35, Asha R5, Kevin R1, Aieza R2, Chankrisna R7, Leo R18,, Haider R15, David R6, Aslan R8, Madina R13, Adam R31, Mikayla R32, Adam R30, Mia 35/36, Keira R35, Rock R17, Chase R34, Sameer R11, Tianxiang R23, Aarzu R24, Tazmann R12, Dawn R16, Aaliyah R16, Kayven R19, Amelia R38, Kristian R20, Ryon R39, John R39, Angel R40/41, Lilia R40/41, Anna R14, Elizabeth R21

Week 4 Manaaki Stars:

Nihira R13, Sophie R10, Giuliana R34, Amelia R8, Lexi R31, Gurpratap R30, Tianjiao R32, Mikayla R17, Zackson R15, Alya R11, Karman R6, Emmy R7, Dean R33, Fransi R2, Riddhi R14, Pia R1, Agam R13, Antinea R12, Emma R23, Thomas R16, Sandwinder R16, Thea R9, Arvin R20, Pragyan R19, Mickey R18, Rynhardt R21, Ava W R40/41, Mia R40/41

We get asked from time to time what extra opportunities we offer our students at Rototuna Primary School. At Rototuna Primary School we pride ourselves on providing a range of rich opportunities that allow ākonga to thrive by pursuing their different 'smarts' - their passions, interests and talents.

You can find out more about our Extra Learning Opportunities by clicking on the link below: 

Class Placement organisation for 2024 has begun. We have a robust process that includes using a clustering model which supports the relationships that students have already formed with their peers. This means, that we cluster groups of students from each class together when organising the new class for the next year. 

Team Leaders and classroom teachers will be working in collaboration to organise placement of students for 2024. This process takes time and will be finalised at end of an 8 week process as they give careful consideration to many different dimensions of organising classrooms within a school. 

If your child is not going to be attending Rototuna Primary School in 2024 can you please let the office know by emailing Delwyn at reception@rototunaprimary.school.nz

Thank you! 

Below are the dates of the upcoming Board meetings this term:
1.30pm Monday 20 November 2023
1.30pm 11 December 2023 - Data Meeting
You are welcome to attend. 

The following policy are being reviewed this term:

You are able to contribute to our policy review by visiting schooldocs. To read our school policies and procedures, click on this link. It will take you to www.schooldocs.co.nz

To access our Policies and Procedures on Schooldocs:

We have had notification of an Education Review Office (ERO) Te Ara Huarau Evaluation.  ERO began implementing a new approach to school evaluation in February 2021. Although ERO’s accountability function has not changed, the focus of the approach is school improvement with ERO and our school working together to ensure all learners in our system are successful. Our school evaluation partner is Judith Smallbone. Judith will be working with us and our school community over the next couple of years.  

Judith is visiting our school for the first time on Tuesday 21 November. 

The main purpose of Judith’s first visit is to introduce herself, hear about our school and have a quick tour to help her understand the context we are working in. Judith would also like to hear what the focus of our school has been over 2023 and how we think this has gone, and what our early Strategic planning for 2024 could be looking like. ERO's evaluation focus will be aligned with the identified needs of our school. We look forward to working in partnership with Judith. 

At Rototuna Primary School we use OfficeMax for our school stationery orders. Click on the link below to find  information about setting up your OfficeMax account:
OfficeMax Information

OfficeMax also have a Get back to School offer if you place your school stationery order in December. See below for details:

If you require any further information about how to order school stationery, please contact one of us in the office. We are more than happy to help!