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Term 4 Newsletter 14/20 12 Nov 2020
Phone/Absence Line 04 902 5596
office@raumatibeach.school.nz
Dear Parents and Guardians
Winter seems to have made a reappearance this week! Hopefully as we race towards the end of
the term it will improve.
With just on a month until the 2020 school year finishes it certainly does promise to be a sprint to
the finish. I have included a calendar of some key dates for you to reference later in the
newsletter. There may be some that I have missed that are team level specific. Please look out
for information from your child’s teacher through seesaw etc.
While on the topic of Seesaw, this will cease to be used from the beginning of 2021. We are
shifting entirely to our new online platform Educa. This will be used by teachers to not only
communicate with you but also share assessment information and learning. If you have not yet
signed up to Educa please ask your child’s teacher for more information.
STAFFING
We are pleased to announce that Mrs Allie McHugo and Mrs Kate Hudson-Gill have been
appointed as Assistant Principals. Allie will focus on the Year 1 to Year 4 areas of the school with
Kate’s focus being the Year 5 to Year 8 area. We are very much looking forward to having Allie
and Kate as part of the Kaitiaki team.
We also say farewell to Shona Pengelly who is retiring after 21 years at Raumati Beach School.
Shona has had many roles including:
Team leader of what was then called Team C (Year 5 & 6)
Taught from years 5 to 8
SENCO – Shona saw her role develop from what was one or two mornings a week to full
time in recent years
Reading Recovery Teacher
Run choirs and full school productions
Art Splash coordinator
Shona was also passionate about students who had dyslexia as well as other learning challenges,
she championed the use of a number of online tools such as Steps, Quick 60. Shona was also
invited to be the key note speaker at a conference in Rarotonga for teachers and teaching
assistants.
Shona has given many years to education and helping those students who needed that extra
support. We acknowledge and thank her for the dedication she has shown. We wish her all the
very best with her retirement and hope she enjoys the Tauranga climate, lifestyle and most
importantly time with her family.
2021 STAFFING We have now confirmed our 2021 staffing. We are pleased to welcome back Victoria Caines who is re-joining us after time working with the MOE as a Positive Behaviour for Learning Facilitator. Victoria will be teaching in the Year 5 & 6 area. Charlotte Kerrigan and Nicole Stark will continue to work in the Year 3 & 4 area. We are delighted to have been able to employ such experienced staff. RAUMATI BEACH SCHOOL 2021 Principal Mike Farrelly Deputy Principal Julie Morris Assistant Principal (Year 1- 4 focus) Allie McHugo Assistant Principal (Year 5 – 8 focus) Kate Hudson-Gill WHAREMAUKU Room 1 NE/Y1 Beth Brady Room 3 Y1 Rebecca Farrow Room 2 Y1 Tansy Sharp (Team Leader) Room 5 Y2 Michelle Abraham Room 7 Y2 Allie McHugo / Zanha Schulze-Rossouw Room 8 Y2 Molly Daube Learning Support Teacher Fiona Hett Librarian Dawn Taggart TE MOANA (Year 3 & Year 4) Room 23 (Yr 3 & 4) Nicola McKevitt (Team Leader) Room 9 (Yr 3 & 4) Mariee Mear Room 24 (Yr 3 & 4) Rosie Powell Room 25 (Yr 3 & 4) Jenna Clark Hannah Room 22 (Yr 3 & 4) Nicole Stark / Charlotte Kerrigan TE MOANA (Year 5 & Year 6) Room 20 (Yr 5 & 6) Paul Gilbert (Team Leader) Room 11 (Yr 5 & 6) Victoria Caines Room 12 (Yr 5 & 6) Jenni Adams (Team Leader) Room 10 (Yr 5 & 6) Kate Hudson-Gill / Zanha Schulze-Rossouw Room 19 (Yr 5 & 6) Shellee May Room 21 (Yr 5 & 6) Wendy Keating KAPITI Room 15 (7 & 8) Rose Adams (Team Leader) Room 13 (7 & 8) Karen McKay Room 17 (7 & 8) Amanda Jones Room 16 (7 & 8) Dave Clare (Team Leader) Room 18 (7 & 8) Jo Fothergill Room 14 (7 & 8) Natalie Stone
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
S.T.E.A.M Sarah Kenworthy
Lead Teacher Pip Timoteo
Textiles Mary Barclay
Workshop Andy Gibb
Foods Jo Humphries
Digital Media Simon Williams
Technology Support Teacher Ange Swank
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
Office Team Leader Julie Moody
Office Assistant / Uniform Coordinator Angela Kelly
Office Assistant / Reception Katie Scott
FINANCE
Bursar Jackie Corbett
Finance Assistant Shell Finderup
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
Shell Finderup Cushla Jaquiery
Dee Litherland Lynne Pine
Wendy Proctor Linda Wordsworth
Vicky Noon Bex Corrigan
Shona Robinson Sophie Douglas
PROPERTY
Abel Foronda Maintenance
John Renwick Grounds / Technolgy Centre Maintenance
TERM 4 KEY DATES
NOVEMBER
Friday 13th Year 5 & 6 Athletics
Monday 16th New training for road patrollers
Friday 20th Teacher Professional Development Day – SCHOOL
CLOSED
Monday 23rd - Friday 27th Year 3 & 4 activities week
Thursday 26th Year 3 & 4 Sleepover
Monday 30th Whole School Festive Crafts
DECEMBER
Tuesday 1st Wharemauku Singing
Festive Crafts
Wednesday 2nd Year 8 visit to ZEAL
Thursday 3rd Certificate Assembly
End of Year reports go home
Monday 7th KCDC School Patrol Parade
Tuesday 8th Community Xmas Morning
Helpers Morning Tea
Monday 7th - Friday 11th Year 5 & 6 EOTC week
Thursday 10th Year 8 Dance
Friday 11th Transition morning
Monday 14th Final Assembly @ 11.00AM Kapiti College
Gymnasium
SCHOOL FINISHES AT 12.30 PM
Ka kite ano
Mike Farrell
Principal
EDUCA A reminder to parents and whanau to ensure you have access to Educa-our new information sharing and communication platform. Educa is a digital platform that enables students to share their learning with parents and whanau, providing 'real time' learning information. Last term, students shared a writing learning story with their families via Educa. This term they will be sharing a mathematics learning story. The term four learning stories will be shared with you during week 6. Teachers will also be sharing end of year progress and achievement reports with parents, through Educa. The reports will be available from Thursday 3rd December and will include class placement information for 2021. Finally, from 2021 Educa will become our main communication portal between home and school. We will be posting all class and school information on Educa, so please make sure you are connected and have access. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any queries. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS MORNING Please mark this date in your diary: Tuesday 8th December- 8:45- 10:00am. As the 2020 school year draws to a close, we would love you - our community to join us on Tuesday 8th December to enjoy some festive fun. Our attempts at community events have been somewhat thwarted this year by a certain pandemic, so fingers crossed we can join together this time! We will have the coffee cart onsite at school from 8:45am and bacon will be sizzling on the BBQ so you can grab a coffee and a bacon buttie on arrival at school. We invite you to stay a while - perhaps join in with some carol singing and view the team Christmas trees, which will be on display in the learning street. We also hope to have the garden in bloom for you to admire. There will be spot prizes for those in fancy dress. Fancy dress can be either something Christmassy or a NZ summer theme...families here is your chance to get creative! We will also be collecting cans and other non-perishable food items to donate to the food bank so any items you may be able to donate would be greatly appreciated. We are really looking forward to coming together as a community, so we hope to see you then. TREE DONATIONS At the end of 2019, Team Kapiti was donated 100 native trees by the team at Kapiti Explorer after our trips to Kapiti Island. After a year of care at Mrs Keating's home, and the last few weeks in John's shed, they were finally big enough to plant. We had a strong team of Year 7s, who had a great time learning how to plant correctly, use a spade, and the wonders of compost. Big thanks to those parents who were able to lend a spade for the day. YEAR 3 & 4 AUGUSTINE FUNDRAISER The Year 3 & 4 Team is passionate about teaching and learning and preparing students for their future ahead. They are currently raising money for a pod of Chrome books in each class so they are able to diversify and widen the range of learning experiences they can offer your children and help prepare them for Year 5 & 6. Augustine, a popular women's clothing label, has kindly offered to put 20% of the proceeds of any of their 'Alaska' products purchased with our schools code towards the Chrome books. There are 100s of beautiful designs to choose from and Christmas is coming fast! Help support the Year 3 & 4 team by purchasing an 'Alaska' product. Go to: https://www.alaskatees.co.nz/ and put in the code: raumatibeachschool in the coupon code box.
WHAKAARO HOU TRUST The next Chromebook rollout will be 25th November 2020. Pricing and details can be found on the Trust website: https://whetrust.weebly.com/. The cut off for expression of interest forms is 20th November 2020. 9-13 Nov Book Fair 17 Nov Senior Athletics Day 20 Nov Teacher Only Day – School Closed 26 Nov Yr 3&4 Sleepover 30 Nov-1 Dec Christmas Crafts 4 Dec Takiri o te Ata Kapa Haka Festival 8 Dec Christmas Celebration Morning/Parents Thank You Morning Tea 10 Dec Y8 Graduation and Dance 11 Dec Transition Morning 11 Dec Y8 Gardasil 2 Immunisation 14 Dec Awards Ceremony/Final Assembly 14 Dec End of Year 12.30pm (The community advertisements are provided as a service to our community. Raumati Beach School does not endorse the following organisations or services and advises due diligence on the part of those employing their services and/or goods.) Bigair Gymsports Kapiti Is your child wanting to learn how to handstand, cartwheel or flip? Do you want them to feel strong and confident, and learn in a safe and encouraging environment? Come to Bigair! Our experienced coaches run classes such as Gymnastics, Tumbling, Trampolining, Parkour and Cheerleading! Our classes support children of all skill levels to learn and develop new skills and abilities, improving their fitness and co-ordination, and boosting self-esteem! BOOK NOW for TERM 4! Bigair Gym Kapiti: leanne@bigairgym.co.nz Scavenger Hunt- Raumati Village Street Party Friday 20th November, 5-8 pm Raumati Village Hello Raumati community, Sotheby’s are running a Scavenger Hunt for children on the night of the Raumati Village Street Party. Children will be given a sheet of paper (to be collected outside our Sotheby’s office on Margaret Road) with participating shops written on. They will need to go around and find a numbered token in the participating shops windows around the village. Record the number on the sheet and once completed, return the sheet to Southeby’s. Meet at Reddins at 7.30pm when we will announce the winners. Looking forward to a fun evening!
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