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Class Introduction Evening 14/2/24

Just a reminder that class introductions (a chance to meet your child’s teacher and hear about the class) are on tonight at the following times:
7.00pm Piwakawaka Year 0/1 syndicate (Rooms 17, 19 and 20) – Meet in Room 20.
7.00pm Tui Year 1/2 syndicate (Rooms 12 – 16) – Meet in Room 13.
7.30pm Takahe Year 3/4 syndicate (Rooms 6-9 and 11) – Meet in your child’s classroom.
8.00pm Karearea Year 5/6 syndicate (Rooms 1-5 and 10) – Meet in your child’s classroom.

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2024 Stationery

2024 Back to school stationery – order now!

We’ve teamed up with OfficeMax to make getting school ready faster! Your child’s class list is available now on Office Max My School

We encourage you to order early to ensure your child has all their stationery requirements ready to go for the start of Term 1.

2024 stationery packs for Rooms 17 and 20 (New Entrants) are available to purchase all ready made up from the school office. These are currently $42. Packs for Room 19 (Year 1) are also available at the school office for $35. Eftpos available at the office.

At the end of each year class stationery list will be handed out with your child’s final reports along with details of the teacher and room number for the following year. Stationery is available online via Office Max and will be delivered to your door. Parents may also purchase the stationery at any retail outlet.

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Book Week – 26th to 30th August

A reminder that it’s BOOK WEEK this week. Lots of things happening including
• BOOK FAIR in our old dental clinic by the hall. Tuesday – Friday. 8.30 to 9.15am and 2.30 to 3.15pm
• BOOK CHARACTER DAY on Friday. Dress up as a book character.
• BOOK CHARACTER PARADE around Richmond on Friday, starting at approx. 9.30am.
• Lots of COMPETITIONS including GET SNAPPED READING. Get your entry in to Jane Mitchell in the library.

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Road Closure – Church Street

In the 8th June 2023 newsletter I included the following:
“In an effort to improve safety for pedestrians and our school children the TDC has designed some street modifications. School management and the Board have been in discussions with the TDC about the dangers of vehicles travelling the wrong way down Church St (against the law). Our main concern is around our children crossing the street to the back field. The back field belongs to Richmond School (yes it is very strange we have a street through the centre of our school).”

On average, 35.4 cars a day have been travelling down the ‘One way’ part of Church Street even though the signs clearly state ‘No Entry’. Our student’s safety is paramount.

So what is happening?
• The one-way part of Church Street behind the library will be closed from 8:00am – 4:00pm on school days (as per the sign – photo attached). We can vary this to suit the school (such as 8:30am in the mornings).
• 5 movable yellow bollards will be in place for a trial 12-month period at the crossing by the main PE shed/bike enclosure entrance (refer to the photo attached).
• The parking in the one-way part of Church Street behind the library is now designated as ‘Staff parking’ from 8:00am – 4:00pm on school days (as per the sign – photo attached).
• Please abide by the new roading conditions.
• My advice is for parents to park on Waverley Street and walk along Church Lane to school – a lovely 100 metre stroll.
• Only 34 cars are permitted in the Church carpark. We need to abide by this otherwise the church will not allow us to use their carpark. Please don’t park on the grass or yellow lines.
• Please don’t park or wait on yellow lines around the school – that’s illegal.
• We have a few parents starting to park in our staff carpark off Oxford Street – please don’t as it creates an issue at the entrance way (a single driveway) and often means there aren’t carparks for our support staff who usually start work at 9:00am.

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