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Matariki Book Fair
Sat May 21 View PDFThu May 19 View PDFThu May 19 View PDFUpdated Maromaku Booklet
Thu May 19 View PDFMaromaku Information
Wed May 18 View PDFOyster Raffle – Yellowtail Fundraiser
Mon May 16 View PDFNga Wheturangi Matariki Kiorahi
Wed May 04 View PDFGoal-Setting Meetings
Thu Mar 03 View PDFTue Feb 22 View PDFWhanau Letter Room 3
Fri Feb 11 View PDFWhanau Letter Room 1
Thu Feb 10 View PDFWhanau newsletter Room 2
Wed Feb 09 View PDFTerm 1 2022
Wed Feb 02 View PDFPrizegiving 2021
Mon Nov 22 View PDFOffice Admin Job Description
Sat Nov 13 View PDFWater Safe Programme Newsletter
Tue Nov 02 View PDFLost Property 27 October 2021
Wed Oct 27 View PDFFlower Show Schedule 2021
Fri Oct 22 View PDFEpic TV Series Equipment Sale 23 & 24 October
Thu Oct 21 View PDFBay of Islands Swim Club – Te Papawai, Kawakawa
Tue Sep 28 View PDFSwim Club Holiday Programme – BOISC
Tue Sep 28 View PDFOne to one swim lessons BOISC
Tue Sep 28 View PDFNorthern Districts Cricket
Mon Sep 27 View PDFSailing
Mon Sep 27 View PDFManawa Tahi – Learning Support Term 4 Timetable
Wed Sep 22 View PDFHealth & Safety Moerewa School Technology
Fri Sep 10 View PDFGarden to Table Whanau Recipes – Herbed Butter
Wed Sep 08 View PDFGarden to Table Whanau Recipes – Herby Cheese Puffs
Wed Sep 08 View PDFGarden to Table Lockdown Activities – Chop It
Wed Sep 08 View PDFGarden to Table Lockdown Activities – Math Activity
Wed Sep 08 View PDFConservation Week: 4-12 September 2021
Mon Sep 06 ViewRussell School Digital Library
Sun Sep 05 View PDFGarden to Table Whanau Recipes – Apple RIngs
Mon Aug 30 View PDFGarden to Table Whanau Recipes – Lemon Honey Ginger Cordial
Mon Aug 30 View PDFGarden to Table Lockdown Activities – Food Miles
Tue Aug 24 View PDFGarden to Table Lockdown Activities – Cooking Show
Tue Aug 24 View PDFGarden to Table Lockdown Activities – Kitchen Word Origins
Tue Aug 24 View PDFPoster Competition
Mon Aug 23 View PDFDistance Learning Policy
Fri Aug 20 View PDFDelivering Online Learning Policy
Fri Aug 20 View PDFResponding to Digital Incidents Policy
Fri Aug 20 View PDFFriends of Russell School
Mon Jul 26 View PDFSchoolDocs – Policy and Procedure Review
Sun Jul 18 View PDFKiwi Spelling Bee
Mon Jul 05 View PDFGarden to Table Timetable Term 3 & 4
Wed Jun 30 View PDFTiger Worms for sale.
Sat Jun 12 View PDFPaid Union Meeting / Teacher Only Day
Fri Jun 04 View PDFGarden to Table Kitchen Volunteer Role
Mon Feb 15 View PDFGarden to Table Garden Volunteer Role
Mon Feb 15 View PDFWe Need You – Garden to Table Volunteers
Thu Feb 11 View PDFMoE School Donation Scheme
Mon Feb 08 ViewLatest Notifications
Book Fair 2022
Sat May 21 04:01pmKia ora whanau,
Kororaareka Russell School will be hosting a Matariki Book Fair from Monday the 20th to Thursday the 24th of June. We receive 20% of the value of book sales over the week to support our school library, so every book you buy helps us provide a learning environment that values and promotes a love of reading.
We would love your help to make the most of the week. If you could volunteer some time for sales, set-up or pack-up, please let me know by emaiing me at [email protected] or phoning the office on 09 403 7016.
Everyone is welcome to come and shop so please let your neighbours and friends know about this opportunity to support our kura.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Updated Maromaku Booklet
Thu May 19 01:35pmViewUpdated to reflect new draw.
Maromaku Draw – Please try again
Thu May 19 12:57pmViewWe have found a couple of errors in the draw so there will be an update later today.
Nga miji
Maromaku Draw
Thu May 19 10:26amKia ora,
Please find attached the most up-to-date Maromaku information including the draws. Some changes may be made on the day but this is the information we are working from tomorrow.
FRIENDS OF RUSSELL SCHOOL
Wed May 18 03:22pmHello Russell School Community!
The Friends Of Russell School (FORS) would like to invite you to our upcoming meeting Monday, May 30th at 5:30pm, 9 Wellington street (Ms Fulton’s house)
We will be discussing the planning of potential events including a quiz night and a Kids Disco.
Nibbles will be provided, hope to see you there.
Erin
Well done Yellowtail Team and supporters!
Wed May 18 03:17pmOur Yellowtail Team raised $165.00 today from the sale of kiwifruit and worm wee today. We still have 5 bags of kiwifruit left at school for $5.00 each.
Oyster raffle tickets are selling quickly and you can buy them from the school office or from Butterfish. The prize is a whopping 5 dozen oysters and tickets are limited to 100. Your ticket is eligible for either draw.
Tickets for the Butterfish dinner are available from the Butterfish counter. This is a prepay system to make sure the night goes smoothly.
Many of our children who aren’t in the team this year are pitching in and helping which we are very pleased to see.
If you have any items you would like to donate for a raffle, please contact Ange on 094037016.
Lastly, thanks to Simon who spent his lunch hour with the team and their kiwifruit stall.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Maromaku Information
Wed May 18 11:29amPlease read especially if you are planning to attend as some things have changed from previous years.
Maromaku – Friday 20th
Wed May 18 11:20amKia ora whanau,
On Friday children will need to bring their own food, a filled water bottle, clothes suitable for the weather and a plastic bag for any muddy gear.
The bus leaves school promptly at 9.05 and returns before 3.00.
If your children require medication for hayfever, bee stings or asthma they need to come prepared on the day as we don’t have any currently in storage. They can hand them to the teacher in charge of their team or care for them if they feel able.
We will take our new tent, so look for the penguins to find our home base.
If your child is travelling by private car on Friday they will be sent home with their sports shirt on Thursday so that they can arrive prepared. We do not have many spares, especially in the larger sizes so please make sure your child remembers theirs.
If you take your child early please let the team co-ordinator know…
Ms Higgins and Miss Jackson – Year 7 and 8 Netball
Mr Graham and Mrs Maioha – Tear 7 and 8 Rugby
Miss Starr – Year 5 and 6 Netball
Simon – Year 3 and 4 Netball
Mrs Cooke – Year 3 and 4 Rippa Rugby
If children bring money they will need to buy tickets to use at the food stalls. Please look for signage at Maromaku.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Melissa
Kiwifruit for sale – $5 per dozen
Wed May 18 10:01amAvailable from Russell School students outside the Four Square between 1.15 and 2.30 today.
Orders will also be accepted at the school office.
Many thanks to Raumati and Miriam for their support of our Yellowtail Team.
Butterfish Dinner – Yellowtail Fundraiser
Mon May 16 08:11pmKia ora whanau,
Butterfish are hosting a fund-raising dinner for the 2022 Yellowtail Team. The flyer attached will also come home with the children tomorrow.
We are very grateful to Colin and Amy for their generous support and we hope to see as many of you there as we can.
Please book your seats through Butterfish but remember you can buy raffle tickets for the oysters through the school office.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Oyster Raffle – Yellowtail Fundraiser
Mon May 16 03:55pm
RUSSELL’s ULTIMATE CAKE BAKE OFF
Fri May 13 11:15am
Year 5 – 8 Surf Day
Thu May 12 01:13pmKia ora whanau,
We have been offered a day with the New Zealand Surf Academy on Thursday the 26th of May. The tide is perfect! Our year 5 – 8 students will walk over the hill and spend the day at the beach. A permission slip will come home to you early next week. we will be looking for parent volunteers who are happy to spend a little time in the water. All gear is provided.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Dungeons and Dragons expert needed
Wed May 11 09:12amIf you have any experience with setting up and running Dungeons and Dragons games and you would like to help us set up an eager group, please email me at [email protected] or call on 09 403 7016.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Maromaku Permission Slips
Tue May 10 09:18amKia ora whanau,
can you make sure these get back to the office as soon as possible.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Nga Wheturangi Matariki Kiorahi
Thu May 05 12:50pmAnother date for your calendar whanau – Wednesday 22nd June – Ki-o-rahi Tournament at Simson Park in Moerewa.
This is for our Year 7 and 8 class only.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Lovely Worm Tea
Mon May 02 03:38pmKia ora whanau,
We have some delicious worm tea available for sale from the school office. All of our funds are going towards the Yellowtail Fishing Team’s fundraising.
While the price of everything else is going up almost daily, our Worm Tea is still $2 for a 2-litre bottle. Please call into the office to get yours.
Nga mihi
Yellowtail Fishing Team
Yellowtail Fundraising – Book Sale
Wed Apr 13 03:05pmKia ora tatou,
Well done to Bernie, Hope, Nixon and Vidar who set up and ran a fund-raising stall for this year’s Yellowtail Team.
Over the past 12 months, we have done a library stocktake and have taken books off the shelves to make way for more updated texts and series that are of high interest to our current students. This has left us with some books that we are selling to raise funds for the team. Today the team raised $245! They will be back in their spot outside the Swordfish Club entrance from 10 – 12 tomorrow. They are asking $5 for as many books as you can carry away in your arms.
Thanks you to Ange and Amy for their support for this. Ka mau te wehi, team!
Melissa
PALYCENTER EASTER RAFFLE
Thu Mar 31 11:38amPlaycenter are having a Easter Raffle, They welcome your support.
View PDFThank you
Ange
Bay of Islands Swim Club Holiday Programme
Mon Mar 28 09:37amHoliday Programme – BoI Swim Club
Health and Safety at Russell School
Sun Mar 27 03:00pmKia ora whanau,
With three more weeks in the school term to go, we want to remind you of the procedures we use that have so far kept us safe and mostly healthy. Please help us by following these, and reminding your children to follow their procedures too.
If you are coming into school for any reason, you must sign in at the office.
Parents are asked to use the front entrance on Baker Street, not the classroom doors or the door by the staff room.
Children arriving at the usual times use the classroom entrances or the back doors by the field, leaving the front entrance free for whanau and visitors.
If children are late for school they need to come to the office and let Ange know that they have arrived.
If you need to drop anything off to your children, such as lunch, medication or sports gear, please come to the office and give it to Ange or me. We will deliver it to your child.
If you are picking your children up early they need to be signed out at the office. They will wait for you there.
If your child is away from school for the day, or longer you must notify the school office by 9.30. You are able to contact us each day they are away or tell us a date at which you expect them to return. We are obliged to try and contact you about absences so we would appreciate the courtesy of hearing from you first. This saves us considerable time and money.
Any child using the bus either permanently or occasionally needs to have a bus form signed by a parent or caregiver. You will need to see Ange for one of these.
Most of these procedures have always been our way at Kororareka Russell School so I know that you and your children will be used to them. We have been very careful to maintain good hygiene, social distancing and mask use and we are very happy that our efforts are paying off, allowing us to keep our school open and full of happy, healthy children ready to learn and play.
Thanks for all your efforts and our staff thanks you for your courtesy and support.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Room 3 Goal-setting
Wed Mar 23 08:54amKia ora whanau
Just a quick reminder that if you are coming to goal-setting meetings with Mrs Fulton today, she will be in the library. Mrs Fulton will make sure the children are ready.
Nga mihi
Melissa
Board of Trustees Meeting
Wed Mar 23 08:03amKia ora tatou
The following agenda has been set for tonight’s meeting. A BoT meeting is a meeting held in public and all members of the public are welcome. If you would like speaking rights on an agenda item please email me at [email protected] or our Presiding Member, Rachel Holland at [email protected]
If you are planning to attend please scan in and wear a mask.
Russell School Board of Trustees
Agenda for Wednesday 23rd of February 2022
Apologies
Minutes from the previous meeting
Correspondence – Inwards, Outwards
Budget & Finances
Principals Report
School Docs and Policy review
Property
General business
Nga mihi
Melissa
Mathletics Achievements
Sat Mar 19 10:36amKia ora whanau
Our children have been developing some great habits using Mathletics for regular practice and review.
Eva, James, Stevie B., Sophia and Erana have all been awarded Silver Certificates in the past few weeks. It takes 5 Bronze Certificates to earn a Silver, and 4 Silvers to earn a Gold.
We are looking forward to seeing the number of certificates grow. Don’t forget that teachers set activities so that our children can share their learning at home with you too.
Nga mihi
Melissa
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