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14 Cambridge Street Phone: (03) 544 8959
http://www.richmondprimary.school.nz
Richmond, Nelson 7020 Absence Text: 021 135 7891
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Student Council 2019 with the help of Mrs Armstrong will listen
to the student voice at Richmond School and help make our school
the best it can be. President for 2019 is Nicoya McBride, Vice
President is Gemma Armstrong and Secretaries are Monique Higgins,
Anahera Sproul and Belle Pearce. Room 1 Anahera Sproul, and Shaylih
Sanders
Room 2 Freya Childerhouse and Gemma Armstrong Room 3 Franca
Cresswell and Ami Bruce
Room 4 Nicoya McBride and Chloe Burnett
Room 5 Jacob Heal and Monique Higgins
Room 6 Belle Pearce and William Connor
Room 7 Liam McLeod and Lauren Connolly
Room 8 Sam Schwass and Lara Bradford Room 9 Azlyn Holland and
Zoey Burnett
Room 10 Quayde McIntyre and Stella Carppe Room 11 Darwin Thomas
and Emme Strange
Friday 17th May 2019 we are holding a powhiri at 10:00am for our
new pupils and staff. Parents are welcome to attend. If you haven’t
been to a powhiri before at Richmond School – please assemble
outside the main doors at 9:50am and enter with the new staff and
pupils there (manuhiri). If you have been to our powhiri before
then please enter from the western door and sit with the main
school group (tangata whenua). Please remove shoes before entering
the hall. Ladies to wear a dress/skirt please.
There’s always new and exciting challenges and happenings at
Richmond School. On Tuesday, about 9:30am, I had my first
ever ride in an ambulance to the hospital. A new but not
necessarily an exciting one! After I turned up at school for the
day,
I soon developed excruciating pain in my lower back. Shortly
afterwards the office staff rang for an ambulance. After a dose
or two of pain-killers I was admitted to the hospital’s A&E
department. After copious tests the prognosis was that I had a
kidney stone which luckily shortly discharged via one’s urine. I
immediately stood up and was given the all clear to return to
school feeling better than I had for a few weeks! I can’t speak
highly enough of our office staff, the ambulance crew and
hospital staff for their care and specialist assistance. The
children and staff were very concerned about Mr Brenton and
how he was taken away to the hospital with a sore back. I can
assure you I feel very healthy once again and even though it
was my first experience in an ambulance, it’s not one I wish to
repeat in the immediate future!
9th May 2019
STUDENT COUNCIL
POWHIRI
On Saturday I went to my rugby game. I scored two tries and I
tackled four people from the other team. I
was so happy that my team won. I got player of the day. Then I
went home. I was exhausted.
By Angus, aged 6
NEW EXPERIENCES AT RICHMOND SCHOOL
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This term our annual, school-wide ‘Rich Topic’ inquiry is
the ‘Solar System’. Our Rich Topic team has devised a
range of outstanding ‘hook-ins’ to switch the children
onto the topic. The first hook being a visit to the space
control centre (hanger) set up in Room 16. The children
have loved it. All the classes visited and watched a shuttle
launch and a journey through the planets. WOW!!!
The Space Shuttle is open for parents to visit after school
today and
Friday until 3:20pm.
A very big welcome to Alice Tuck who is in Room 4 for the next 7
weeks. Thank you to Jess Drummond for
being her Associate Teacher.
TRAINEE TEACHER IN ROOM 4
Cawthron Atkinson Observatory Our Rich Topic school wide focus
this term is Our Solar System. The Cawthron Atkinson Observatory
in
Atawhai, situated on the Clifton Terrace School grounds, runs
public outreach sessions every clear Friday
night from 7.00pm from May through to August. The sessions
continue through September at 7.30pm and
October at 8.00pm. We highly recommend that families take the
opportunity to visit this fantastic resource
and have a close up look at the night sky.
Where: 888 Atawhai Drive, Clifton Terrace School grounds –
behind the school hall (plenty of parking
available on the road).
When: Every clear Friday night.
Cost: $5 per person, or maximum of $15 per family.
The public outreach sessions are run by the astronomy section of
the Nelson Science Society.
OUR ANNUAL TERM 2 ‘RICH TOPIC’ – SOLAR SYSTEM 2019
MATARIKI EVENING
As part of our Rich Topic we will be holding a Matariki
evening on Thursday 13th June (week 7) from 6.30pm –
7.30pm. Families can come along to the Outdoor Area
(by Room 1) to participate in an hour of waiata.
The Parent Techer Committee will be selling hot drinks
and a slice from 6pm onwards.
More details in next week’s newsletter.
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GROWING SUCCESSFUL
LEARNERS
Week 3 Friday 17th May – Full school assembly 11.50am (Room 6
taking it)
Friday 17th May – School Powhiri 10am Week 4 Wednesday 22nd May
– Board of Trustees meeting 7pm
Friday 24th May – Year 0/1 & Year 1/2 syndicates
cross-country on the back field from 1.45pm (postponement date
Friday 31st May)
Week 5 Tuesday 28th May – Middle & Senior syndicates
cross-country at Rabbit Island (postponement date Wednesday 29th
May) Year 0/1 & 1/2 syndicates to join the rest of the school
at Rabbit Island from 12.30pm.
Friday 31st May – Full school assembly 11.50am (Room 7 taking
it). Week 6 Monday 3rd June – Queen’s Birthday holiday
Friday 7th June – Full school ART assembly 11.50am (associated
with our Term 2 Rich Topic – Solar System)
Week 7 Wednesday 12th June – Middle & Senior pupils
representing us at the inter-schools’ cross-country event
(postponement date Friday 14th June)
Thursday 13th June – Mataraki evening 6.30pm – 7.30pm. Outdoor
Learning space
Friday 14th June – Full school assembly 11.50am (Room 8 taking
it) Week 8 Wednesday 19th June – Board of Trustees meeting 7pm Week
9 Senior Syndicate Production Week. Junior and Middle syndicates to
attend the dress
rehearsal Tuesday 25th June in the afternoon. Main shows
Wednesday 26th June and Thursday 27th June
Friday 28th June – Full school assembly 11.50am (Room 9 taking
it).
OUR TERM 2 WHAKATAUKI
“Happy learners are more likely
to have better working memories,
are more engaged, develop a
sense of competence and
agency more readily, can self-
regulate, are more autonomous,
and have extended attention
spans.” Peter Johnston (NZ Literacy Association
Conference, 2018)
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