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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Photos from the week Term 2 Term Events
Principal’s Award Jack
FIRST Award Recipients
Lachlan & Skyar
Attendance Award
Room 10
Week 8, Term 2
Tuesday 2nd June
School Photos
with Photo life
Photography
FIRST Award Recipients
Marama & Georja
Tidy Kiwi Award
Room 11
Week 12, Term 2
Friday 3rd July
Last day of Term
2
FIRST Award Recipients
Jackson & Jahziah
CONGRATULATIONS!
Week 1, Term 3
Monday 20th July
First day of Term
3
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the
Kāhui Manu Tāiko/student leaders
Student Interview by Jax & Reid
Student this week Interview questions
Name: Ari Age: 7 Class: Room 2 Teacher: Mrs Norton How long have
you been at Rotokawa School? 3 Years What are 3 things that you
love about Rotokawa?
There's lots of space and lots of places to play with your
friends.
I like the pool, because I love to swim.
You get to play with your friends all the time.
Is there anything that we can do to improve our school? I would
change a thing. It is great how it is.
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the
Kāhui Manu Tāiko/student leaders
Our Place
By Wiki & Jethro
School Values – Ngā Uara
By Patrezcija & Maia
Our Canopy area
Our canopy is used for kids to go under when it is raining and
gives us a sun-safe place for when the sun is shining.
Our canopy was created when Briar Stewart was the principal.
Under the canopy, we always use our school values:
Have fun - Tū Koakoa ai - Our canopy area can be used to play
games like netball, basketball and tennis
Include others - Tū Mana - We include others under the canopy
area by always allowing people into our games
Respect others - Tū Mana - We show respect by taking care of all
of our equipment that we use when under the canopy
Be Safe and Responsible - Tū Tapu - We always stay safe by
staying within the fence boundary
Be Truthful - Tū Pono – When equipment goes over the fence, we
are truthful about what happened
Have Fun – Tū Koakoa ai is one of our school values. This values
means a lot to our school. At Rotokawa we can have FUN by…
Riding the bikes on the bike track
Swimming in the pool in the summer
Playing games on the court
Taking turns on the swing Having fun in our school looks
like…
Smiling children, families and staff
Children engaged in their learning
Teacher’s loving what they are doing
People laughing
Working with each other
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the Classes
Learning from Room 2 – Science
When Room 2 students were in lockdown, they shared with Mrs
Norton that they were interested in Sea Creatures and showing
Manaakitanga for the
ocean/land. With this in mind, this week Room 2 were making
observations with shells using: I notice (observations), I think
(inference) and I wonder. They
identified and compared similarities and differences. As they
move forward with this learning, they will delve into scale
drawing, measurement, labelling and
ocean esterification (e.g. when we have pollution, it can causes
acidity in the water).
Manaaki whenua, Manaaki tangata, Haere whakamua
Care for the land,
Care for the people, Go forward!
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the Board of Trustees (BOT)
BOT member Who am I / Ko wai au
Name: Talia Wahapango Role: BOT member Children who attend/have
attended Rotokawa: Oceanbreeze, Damiah-Rose & Ozias-Reign Tell
us a little bit about yourself Ko Putauaki te Maunga, Ko Orini te
Awa, Ko Mataatua toe Waka, Ko Ngati Awa, Tuhoe me Whanau-A-Apanui
nga iwi. Ko Talia Wahapango toku ingoa.
My partner Gabriel and I have three children at Rotokawa School.
Oceanbreeze is 9 in Whaea Lavinia's class, Damiah-Rose is 7 in Mrs
Norton’s class and Ozias-Reign is 5 in Mrs Partelow’s class. They
have been at Rotokawa for 18 months. We chose Rotokawa as our
school when we moved back from the Gold Coast because of the
whanaungatanga and school values.
I grew up in Whakatane where I attended St Josephs and Whakatane
High Schools. While at high school I travelled to Phillidelphia,
Pennsylvania and spent my senior years at Springfield High School.
After high school I ventured out into the world and lived all over
the place.
We live in Rotoiti and we are so lucky to have the lake as our
front door and the bush at the back door. We love staying in
Rotoiti because there is a lot to do. On the weekends we enjoy
catching up with family, going on bush walks, travelling and
hanging out on our bikes and scooters and playing soccer. Why did
you want to be on the Rotokawa BOT? I chose to be on the BoT was to
have a voice for the parents and to be able to make a difference
for our school and our students. Our tamariki are our future and we
need to give them the best start at life.
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the Staff
Staff Member Who am I / Ko wai au
Name: Christina Roberts Known as: Whaea Christina Role: Teacher
– Room 1 (Alongside Whaea Janine), Assistant Principal Tell us a
little bit about yourself Ko Kapowai te maunga, Ko Waikare te awa,
Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua te waka, Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi, Ko Te Kapotai te
Hapū, Ko Te
Paa me Te Huihuinga ōku wharenui, He uri ahau ō Te Taitokerau,
Ko Christina Roberts ahau Kia ora koutou katoa, My name is
Christina Roberts - known to many as Whaea Christina. I am a wife
to Ross, a mother to Pounamu (14), Te-Tohu-ō Wiki (5) and Ross
Junior (1 year 6 months) and a caregiver to our niece, Jodesey
(13). In addition to Teaching, I have a passion for the world
around us, the people within it, sports, weaving and spending time
with my family. I am one of the Year 2/3 Classroom Teachers in Room
1 for 2020. Over the past 8 years, much of which has been at
Rotokawa School, I have had the privilege to teach all Primary
School year levels as well as work alongside other schools and
Early childhood centres within the Eastern Rotorua Kāhui Ako. In
2020, I will be in our school 3 days a week and will job-sharing
alongside Mrs. Paget in Room 1. Some of my other roles within our
wonderful school include Assistant principal, Assessment and Data,
and Digital Technologies. I am passionate about students and their
whanau having confidence to share who they are and where they have
come from. I am passionate about every student achieving to their
best potential by taking hold of their learning. I am passionate
about students and whanau knowing and feeling that we genuinely
care about them and their learning!
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Have Fun Include Others Be Respectful Be Safe and Responsible Be
Truthful Tū Koakoa ai Tū Mana Tū Tapu Tū Pono
6 Rotokawa Road, Rotorua, New Zealand Phone: 07 345 6129 Email:
[email protected]
Rotokawa School Week 8, Term 2, 2020
Kōrero from the Staff
Hīkoi for our Hauora Term 2 Term Events Rotokawa staff have laid
down a challenge to
the local Rotokawa community to virtually
walk/run/cycle the length of New Zealand.
As of Monday this week, we had so many more
KM added to the list! This will definitly be
contributing to our Hauora! At that point in
time, the staff were in the lead with 561.8 km
and the community were on 254.6km.
Check out our ROTOKAWA SCHOOL
FACEBOOK PAGE for more details.
You can log your kms by logging into
the school Facebook page and
commenting on the post.
WHAT MIGHT THIS WEEK LOOK LIKE?
Week 8, Term 2
Tuesday 2nd June
School Photos with Photo life Photography
(SIBLING PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN
LATER IN THE TERM)
Week 12, Term 2
Friday 3rd July Last day of Term 2
Week 1, Term 3
Monday 20th July First day of Term 3
