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Nau mai, haere mai!  We are loving the warmer weather and it is great to see all of the student wearing sunhats or caps.

This week our Year 4 team are at their annual overnight Marae trip at Maungatautari Marae. They have been having the best time and we are super grateful to all of the parents who have kindly attended as parent help. 

We have a great few weeks ahead of as we head towards the end of the school year... Year 6 Waimarino Trip, Year 3 and 4 Athletics, Year 5 and 6 Athletics, Year 0-2 Athletics, Interschool Athletics, 2025 School Leader Interviews, Year 1 Zoo Trip, PTA Colour Run, Choir Trip, Year 6 Leaders Day, Christmas Celebration and our Year 6 Leaver's Ceremony. 

We look forward to sharing in these celebrations with you. 
Enjoy the rest of your week,

Ngā mihi, 
Kylie

A couple of weeks ago the whole school got involved in WOW week which was kindly supported by the Hamilton City Council. Our student leaders were busy giving out tickets for all those students who biked, walked or wheeled to school and they went into the draw to win some incredible prizes that the Hamilton City Council provided - thanks Cameron! These prizes included Family Zoo Passes, Waterworld Passes, Duck Island Icecream Vouchers, Umbrellas and some prize packages which included drink bottles. Massive thank you to Miss Anderson for organising this week and it was incredible to see everyone choosing to walk or wheel to school. Classes had great fun having a wheels day at school to celebrate WOW week too!

What a fabulous cultural evening we had two weeks ago. Congratulations to all the students who took part. It was fantastic to have this event back on our annual calendar. The hall was packed and teachers and students showcased their talents! We even had a parent who supported the band by playing cello!

Massive thanks to Ngahuia Nuri, Vanessa Matai'a, Bethany Mitchell, Morgan Lewis and Emma Douglas for their commitment to providing extra opportunities for our students. It was a very proud moment for our kura! 

One of the most awesome things about putting on an event like the cultural evening is the support of staff. It really brings one of our guiding whakatauki alive: He waka eke noa. Without us all being in this together, events like the Cultural event would not be a success. Big thanks to the following staff who gave of their time to support our students and their colleagues: Amber, Anna P, Steph (and her children), Anna B, Jane, SInead, Kayla, Sophie, Sherrin, Deanna and Piper and Stacey. THANK YOU!

Lastly, a massive thank you to Georgia Robb for her organisation of the event. She did a fabulous job!

We were super proud of our Amazing Race team who represented Rototuna Primary School last week at the WILSS Amazing Race which was held at the Hamilton Rose Gardens. There were 75 teams from across the Waikato demonstrating their team work, and problem-solving skills, led and facilitated by secondary school students from Hillcrest and Hamilton Girls High Schools. OUr incredible team took out 3rd place which is an outstanding result! 

Our school uniform will be available to purchase from The Brand Makers, either in store or online from January 2025. 

Check out the PTA fundraiser for precious labels! 

Last week, Sarah Hansen and her Enviro leaders were awarded the SILVER Enviro Schools award for their mahi (work) in our school environment and beyond. The school leaders took us on a school tour where they shared their incredible mahi and projects. We are super proud of their efforts and connects with the Mangaiti Gully team, Enviro School team, Hamilton City Council team and Bernie (our past Enviro leader). The students proudly represented our school and the silver award was well deserved!  

Congratulations to Bruce Wang for. achieving High Distinction award in the ICAS Mathematics Competition . High distinction is awarded to students who achieved in the top 1% of participants. This is a remarkable achievement - we are very proud of you Bruce! 

Class Placement organisation for 2025 has begun. We have a robust process which 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 will be starting school in 2025 please enrol your child as soon as possible. This helps us organise our class sizes for 2025. You can do an online enrolment - refer to the link below. 

If your child is not going to be attending Rototuna Primary School in 2025 can you please let the office know by emailing Delwyn at reception@rototunaprimary.school.nz

Thank you! 

Below are our school dates for 2025:
 

Our Puna of Manaaki lesson for this week is focused on being flexible. 

Congratulations to this group of wonderful Manaaki Stars for Week 2 of Term 4:
Mikel R9, Dhrisha R17, Asna R28, Cole R15, Queenie R26, Meiqi R3, Magdalena Rm22, Matija R14, Mumu Bai R30 

Kaimarnie R5, Huy R12, Freddie R20, Devin Gray R29, Rider R16, Hudson R18, Avinoor R11, Sophia rm 35/36, Luka Rm 35/36, Sebastian R34, Braxton R3, Richelle R23, Sasha R8, Celine R33. Tokoarangi R7, Salomé R1, Ivania R21, Sachi R22, Ben 24, Sameer 19, Ava 27, Iniyaa R2, Eveleen 10, Aaron Rm 4

Harley R18, Aieza R8, Thea Booth R20, Chris R4, Mehraan R10, Navya R3, Ryan R26, Falcon R5, Mikeila R28 

Emily Camoin R24, Hargun R15, Eason Tong R25, Polina R13, Miraya R13, Jane R9, Phoebe Wellwood - Rm 29

Aarib R14, Kridha R16, Wren Rm 12, Le rm36/36, Aanav rm 35/36 Morne Rm 33, Saniya R 34, Kate R30, Mario Rm 23, 

Samreet Rm 17, Lena R31, Niya R7, Gurniwaz R11 Carey R27, Harriet R21, Alex R1, Kyle Rm 22, Elena R2, Kylie R19

Our sunhat policy comes into effect on Tuesday 29 October (after Labour Weekend), for the rest of Term 4. We require students to wear hats whenever they are outside and involved in school activities. Students without a hat must remain in an allocated shaded area at break times. 

Remember, our sunhat policy is a little bit different this year.  Hats must be legionnaire/bucket hats or caps. Caps must be worn so that they provide protection to the eyes. Students who wear cultural head dress (eg hijab and patka) are exempt from wearing a sunhat, if their parents choose this for them. 

Next year, students will be required to the school uniform hat or cap. 

To read our school policies and procedures, click on the link below. The link below will take you to school docs.

To access our Policies and Procedures:

Good luck to all the Rototuna Primary students who have signed up to participate!  You can register by clicking on the link below.