Tuesday 19 August 2025

Tuesday 19 August 2025     Rātu tekau mā iwa o Hereturikōkā

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
CELEBRATING TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

Wednesday 20 August
Year 7 Auckland Champs Boys Netball
Netball Waitakere

Thursday 21 August
Year 7/8 Mathex Competition
Barfoot and Thompson Stadium
Kohimarama
Doors open at 6.30 pm
Competition starts at 7 pm

Friday 22 August
Whole School Assembly
Rooms 32&6 hosting
All whānau welcome to attend

Wednesday 27 August
APPA Year 5/6 Rehu Tai Auckland Finals

Thursday 28 August
APPA Year 7/8 Rehu Tai Auckland Finals

Saturday 30 August – Friday 5 September
AIMS WEEK
Boys Futsal
Girls Netball
Boys Rugby Sevens
Tauranga

Monday 1st September
Pohutukawa Team swimming commences

Friday 5 September
Pohutukawa Team Trip to Massey Park Pools
Papakura

Friday 5th September
Whole School Assembly
Rms4&19 hosting
All whānau are welcome to attend

Monday 8 September
Year 7/8 Basketball

NOTICE FOR PARENTS – UNION MEETING

All Primary schools will be open tomorrow, Wednesday, 20th August. The strike action applies only to secondary school teachers.  We ask that older siblings do not come onto school grounds between 8:40 am and 2:40 pm, as classes will be in learning.

On Tuesday, 26th August staff, including teachers and learning assistants who are members of NZEI (the Primary Education Union), will attend a union meeting from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm.

Randwick Park School will remain open during this time. We have sufficient staff on site, and classes will be buddied up for the afternoon.  More detailed information about our organisation will be sent home via Hero early next week.

Thank you for your support and understanding.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.  

YEAR 3 – 6 CROSS COUNTRY

Well done to our Year 3-6 runners who represented our school yesterday at an Interschool Cross Country. We had some great top 20 results:

RPS REHU TAI SPEECH COMPETITION

Nga mihi to the Year 5-8 Rehu Tai finalists who stood in front of their friends and presented their speeches last week in the school hall! Congratulations to the top three place winners in their category:

Year 5/6 Traditional Speech
1st: Mosese Vakalahi 
2nd: Kaedyn O’Carroll 
3rd: Julia Lui 
Year 7/8 Traditional Speech
1st:  Ames Rhodes 
2nd: Adaeze Odoemelam 
3rd: Daniel Sinaki 
Year 5/6 Flash Talk
1st: Nova Rhodes 
2nd: Emmanuel Ncube 
Year 7/8 Flash Talk
1st: Aarush Raj 
2nd: Isaiah Rhodes
3rd: Sala’a Lologa
Year 5/6 Spoken Word Poetry
1st: Inayah Aliyah
2nd: Yisrael Ailima
Year 7/8 Spoken Word Poetry
1st: Aiyana Narayan
2nd: Makaila Muriwai
Year 7/8 Rap
1st: Audrina Tofa

Year 5/6 Rehu Tai Overall Champion
Mosese Vakalahi

Yr 7/8 Rehu Tai Overall Champion
Aarush Raj

MANUREWA REHU TAI FINALS

A special shout-out to the following students who also placed in the Manurewa Rehu Tai Finals! We are very proud of you. First place winners now represent Manurewa at the Auckland competition next week.

Nova Rhodes: 1st place Year 5/6 Flash Talk
Inayah Aliyah: 1st place Year 5/6 Spoken Word
Ames Rhodes: 1st place Year 7/8 Traditional Speech
Audrina Tofa: 2nd place Year 7/8 Rap
Aarush Raj: 2nd place Year 7/8 Flash Talk

YEAR 7/8 RUGBY LEAGUE

Well done to our Girls’ and Boys’ League teams who competed at a tournament last Monday. Both teams played well and finished second in their respective grades. Ka pai teams!

YEAR 7/8 MATHEX TEAM

Congratulations to our Year 7/8 Mathex Team, who have added another trophy to our cabinet, achieving first place at the Manurewa competition. We wish you all the best at your next competition on Thursday.

TE HUI AKO

Thank you to all our families who were able to meet with teachers last week for Te Hui Ako. If you were unable to attend, teachers are available for meetings after school this week.  Please contact our office to arrange a suitable time. Our goal is to connect with 100% of whānau.

HEARING CHECKS AT RPS

Randwick Park School and Painga Project are working together to offer free hearing screening for all tamariki at Randwick Park School.
Your child will have their hearing checked at no cost to you. If you child requires further hearing support, we will let you know what is involved.
Please inform the school if you do NOT want your child to be screened, by this Thursday at 3pm.

KEEPING OUR TAMARIKI SAFE
Teaching Kids to Be Stranger Smart

Tamariki must know what to do if there is an issue walking to and from school, especially if it involves an adult they do not know.  Having conversations and reminding them regularly will help them make smart decisions if they are ever in a difficult situation.  Please speak with your child/ren about what do if they are approached, offered lollies or asked to get into a car –  focus on how to be safe, rather than the danger.  Your conversation may include:

• Don’t accept ride or go with an adult unless your family has said you can
• Never accept gifts such as lollies from people you don’t know without permission
• Ask before going to friends’ homes after school
• If there is a problem yell and shout for help, if you can get away to a safe place, if you can’t get away you are allowed to hit, kick and scratch.  
• Most importantly, they must tell a trusted adult what happened

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.