Tuesday 2 September 2025

Tuesday 2 September 2025     Rātu Rua o Mahuru

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

Friday 5th September
Pohutukawa Team Trip to Massey Park Pools
Papakura

Friday 5th September
Whole School Assembly
Rms 4&19 hosting, 2 pm
All whānau are welcome to attend

Monday 8 September
Year 7/8 Basketball
Kahikatea Team start swimming

Wednesday 10 September
2026 Year 5 and 6 Camp information evening for whānau
5 pm in our staffroom, all welcome

Thursday 11 September
Duffy Role Model Assembly, 11.30 am

Friday 12 September
Earth Day Mufti Day
Chess Championship Competition

Monday 15 September
Year 5/6 Basketball

Wednesday 17 September
Year 7/8 Volleyball

Kahiukatea Group 1 EOTC Trip to Massey Park Pools
Papakura

Thursday 18 September
Kahikatea Group 2 EOTC Trip to Massey Park Pools
Papakura

Friday 19 September
Term 3 ends

Monday 6 October
Term Four commences
8.40am
 
Friday 21 November
Teacher only day – school closed

2025 AIMS GAMES – UPDATE 

Our AIMS Futsal, Netball, and Rugby Sevens teams arrived safely in Tauranga, and have started their 2025 campaign!

Our Futsal boys played with determination over the weekend, coming away with
four wins and  three losses and – the most recent win was this morning against
Kohimarama School 2 – 1. 

Our Netball girls have hit the court running, dominating their round robin games with four wins, this morning they played against Huanui College  and won 30 – 7. 

Our Rugby Sevens boys had a rough start on the field yesterday with two losses, but have come back today full of resilence with a narrow lost to Liston College
12 -15.

All the best for the rest of the week, we are supporting you all the way!

YEAR 5-8 REHU TAI AUCKLAND FINALS

Over the past few weeks, students from Years 5 to 8 have written, memorized, and presented speeches. The school winners went on to the Manurewa finals, and three qualified for the Auckland Finals. Nova Rhodes (Flashtalk) and Inayah Aliyah (Spoken Word Poetry),presented in the Year 5/6 section last Wednesday night. The following evening,  Ames Rhodes competited at the Year 7/8 finals at Dilworth Junior Campus.  All three students represented our school with pride and made us all incredibly proud of their effort and achievement. 
Thank you to Mrs Horne and Miss Bleakley, who attended the Rehu Tai finals two nights in a row to support us.

Ames Rhodes Rm 22

TRIENNIAL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS

Randwick Park School has nine candidates standing for the five vacancies on our School Board. Most people should have received their voting papers via email, with a small number sent by post.
Voting closes at 4:00 PM on Wednesday 10 September.
Below are the candidates standing for election:

2025 TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION

Randwick Park School Hall (via Magic Way) will be open as a voting place for the Tāmaki Makaurau By-Election:

Saturday 6 September        9 – 7 pm

For more information on voting, please visit
https://vote.nz/tamaki-makaurau/about/overview/

TE HUI AKO NUMBERS

Thank you to all the whānau to came and meet with teachers during Te Hui Ako.  Overall, we had a 92% attendance rate.  A massive well done to Rooms 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 24, and 27 who all achieved our goal of 100% attendance. We had a further five classes who were one family away from our target.

WHĀNAU SURVEY FEEDBACK – PART 1

Whānau feedback is very important to us.  At each Te Hui Ako, we ask for your thoughts on an aspect of Randwick Park School. Your feedback helps us reflect on our processes and improve the way we do things as a school. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey. Below is a snapshot of some of your feedback.

DAFFODIL DAY
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST

Thank you to all our students who brought a gold coin koha for Daffodil Day. RPS raised a total of $228.90. All funds will be given to the Cancer Society to support whānau affected by cancer.

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