Tuesday 29 July 2025

Tuesday 29 July 2025     Rātu rua tekau ma iwa o Hōngongoi

Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Sat Sri Akal, Namaste, Talofa, Mālō e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu, Bula Vinaka, Salam & Warm Pacific Greetings to you all

WHAT’S ON AT RPS
Netsafety Week

Wednesday 30 July
Year 5/6 Girls Football

Friday 1st August
Counties Zone Year 7/8 Girls Netball
(postponed from Tuesday 29 July)
Netball Manurewa

Monday 4 August
Year 5/6 Netball

Tuesday 5 August
Pohutukawa Team (Year 5/6)
 School Cross Country

Wednesday 6 August
Kids Sing Choir Competition
6.30pm
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Parnell

Thursday 7 August
Year 7/8 Book Battle
Greenmedows Intermediate

Friday 8 August
Whole School Assembly
Rooms 9 & 23 Hosting
All whānau are welcome to attend

Monday 11 August
Year 7/8 Rugby League

Tuesday 12 August – Thursday 14 August
Te Hui Ako
A meeting to share learning
2pm finish for Tuesday 12 August & Wednesday 13 August

Tuesday 12 August
Year 5-8  Rehu Tai (speech) Finals
RPS School Hall
9am-10.40am
all whānau welcome to attend

Wednesday 13 August
Manurewa Mathex Competition
Manurewa Intermediate

Friday 15 August
Mid Term Break
School Closed

Manurewa Rehu Tai (speech) Finals
Reremoana Intermediate
Year 5/6 9am-10.40am
Year 7/8 12pm-3pm
all whānau welcome to attend

Monday 18 August
Staff Development Day
School Closed
No tamariki on site

WELCOME TO OUR NEW ESOL TEACHER MRS CHEN

Kia ora koutou, my name is Li-Chen (Agnes) Chen, and I’m excited to join the team as a ESOL teacher at Randwick Park School.
I come from Taiwan and recently completed my
Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL)
at the University of Waikato.
I have over nine years of experience teaching primary-aged students and am
passionate about supporting learners from diverse language backgrounds.
I look forward to getting to know the students, whānau, and wider school community.

KEEPING OUR TAMARIKI SAFE

At Randwick Park School, the safety of our tamariki is our top priority – before, during, and after school. We’ve noticed an increase of whānau parking on yellow lines, particularly at the end of the school day. This creates a serious safety risk for our students.

Please remember:
You must not stop, wait, or park on yellow lines
Vehicles must not park within one metre of a driveway.

To help keep everyone safe, staff have been asked by the police to take photos of cars and licence plates that are parked illegally. We ask that you do not get upset about this, they are simply doing their job to protect our students.

Thank you for your cooperation and support in keeping our school community safe.

YEAR 7/8 NETBALL

Last Monday, Randwick Park had four teams participate in the Central Counties Cluster Netball tournament. We had some outstanding results:
Year 7 Girls 2nd place
Year 7 Boys 2nd place
Year 8 Girls  2nd place
Year 8 Boys 4th place
Randwick Park also received the Sportsmanship Award.

Our Year 7 and Year 8 girls teams have qualified for the Counties Zone Finals this Friday 1st August.
Our Year 7 boys have qualified for the Counties Zone Boys Finals on
Tuesday, 5 August.
Thank you to all the whānau who came to support us during the day! 

                                         YEAR 7/8 CROSS COUNTRY

On Friday 25 July Randwick Park School was represented by four teams at Central Counties Cross Country. As well as individual placings, there was also a team competition based on the overall placings of each team member. There were approximately 40 runners in each field. The following runners placed in the top 20 in their events:

Year 7 Girls:
11th: Sophie Rm 22
15th: Seini Rm 22

Year 7 Boys:
11th: KJ Rm 22
15th: Ames Rm 22
17th: Cooper Rm 22

Year 8 Girls:
Third in the team section (all runners in the top 21 placings!)
11th: Grace Rm 21
13th: Gurbani Rm 12
14th: Jesiya Rm 21
15th: Chrizia Rm 12
16th: Faith Rm 21
18th: Shavarn Rm 21
20th: Makaela Rm 21
21st: Gem Rm 21

Year 8 Boys:
First in the team section (the first time RPS has ever won the teams section at Cross Country!) Their team has now qualified for the Counties Zone Cross Country meet.
2nd: Isaiah Rm 21
5th: Mohammed Rm 21
6th: Mafu Rm 21
12th: Walter Rm 21
18th: Jeevanjot Rm 21

CARROT HARVEST 

Room 10 have been busy in their class garden. Samuel was part of an enthusiastic team that planted and weeded their garden bed. Last week, he harvested a fantastic crop of carrots.

MAINFREIGHT CALENDAR ART FOR 2026

Congratulations to the talented students, whose artwork has been selected and will be published in the 2026 Mainfreight calendar. Well done

Christina Soosemea Rm 5
Julie Sok Rm 5
Keane Mataroa Rm 5
Lei-Ana Tom Rm 5
Meikyla-Rose Tamaiparea Rm 18
Vaiuinita Vaiaku Rm 32
Mariah Tusi Room 21

SCHOOL CLOSED
 FRIDAY 15 AUGUST AND MONDAY 18 AUGUST

Just a reminder that Randwick Park School will be closed on Friday, 15th August, for a mid-term break, and on Monday 18th August, for a teacher-only day. We hope everyone enjoys the break, we look forward to seeing our tamariki back at school on Tuesday, 19th August!

2025 BOARD ELECTIONS

A reminder that nominations for our school board close at noon Wednesday, 6th August. More information about what is involved in being a Board member is available on www.schoolboardelections.org.nz/ or please feel free to make an appointment through our office to meet with Miss Bleakley, our Acting Principal.

DROPPING AND COLLECTING YOUR TAMARIKI/CHILDREN

When dropping your tamariki off in the morning please use our yellow coned drop-off area. This is for the safety of you and your tamariki. If you would like to walk your child/ren to class, please park out on the road, avoiding the yellow lines/ residential driveways.

Our school gates close at 2pm. Only parents/whānau who have a parking permit are permitted through the gates, as we have limited parking spaces.

If you have any questions, please contact our school office on 09 267 0112 or 0800438777,  or email rpoffice@randwickpark.school.nz. Thank you for your ongoing support and cooperation in keeping our tamariki safe.