Newsletter Term 4 Week 7

Bulls School School Newsletter Positivity-Respect-Integrity-Determination-Excellence NEWSLETTER TERM 1 WEEK 3 Kia ora e te whānau, What a fantastic start to the term we have had! It has been wonderful to see the energy, enthusiasm, and teamwork across our kura as our tamariki, staff, and whānau continue to achieve amazing things together. There is a real buzz around the school and it has been great to see everyone getting involved, supporting one another, and celebrating success. A special highlight recently has been our Aspiration Conversations. It was fantastic to see such amazing attendance from our whānau — thank you to everyone who made the time to come along. These conversations are a wonderful opportunity for us to learn from one another as we share ideas, hopes, and goals for the year ahead. By identifying the aspirations of our whānau, students, and staff together, we can build a shared pathway forward. This combined and unified approach reminds us all of the important role we each play in supporting our tamariki to flourish. Last week’s Swimming Carnival was a highlight! It was a fabulous day filled with smiles, encouragement, singing and fun. Our tamariki showed amazing team spirit as they supported their houses and peers. It was fantastic to see so many whānau there cheering them on. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day such a success. We’re also looking forward to our TRY-athlon tomorrow. The excitement is building already and we know it will be another fun-filled event where our tamariki can challenge themselves and support their friends. The Pizza lunch, organised by our amazing BSSG, is also definitely going to be a highlight for the day. Remember sausages, drinks and juicees will also be on sale during the event for our supporters. Keep an eye out as well for Rangitīkei Reads. You never know when or where you might spot a great book somewhere fabulous. It’s all part of the fun of celebrating reading across our school and community, so stay curious and see how many you can discover. Thank you whaea Leigh for yet another of your fabulous initiatives. As always at this time of year, there are quite a few bugs making their way around. Please take care of yourselves and your whānau. If you or your tamariki become unwell, the best place to be is at home resting and recovering. And please remember to contact the office if your tamariki is absent. Thank you for the wonderful support you continue to show our school. Together we are creating a positive, supportive place for our tamariki to learn, grow, and thrive. Ngā mihi nui Megan Syme Changes to Our School Newsletter We have been increasing the number of school events, updates, and reminders shared on our school Facebook page to help keep our community informed in a more timely way. We are also transitioning to the Hero platform in Term 2, which will allow us to share important information directly with whānau in a more streamlined and accessible format. As a result of these changes, we are considering removing our fortnightly school newsletter. Our goal is to ensure communication with our whānau remains clear, relevant, and easy to access, while avoiding duplication of information across multiple platforms. Before making any decisions, we would value feedback from our whānau. Please feel free to share your thoughts, suggestions, or any concerns about this proposed change. You can send your comments to the school office or speak with a member of the leadership team. Thank you for your ongoing support as we continue to improve the way we communicate with our school community. Copyright © Bulls School 2026 Click here to unsubscribe. Powered by KiwiSchools 4.0 Call us on 06 322 1184 Email us at office@bulls.school.nz 200-202 Bridge Street Bulls 4818

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Positivity-Respect-Integrity-Determination-Excellence

2022 Term 4 Week 7

Kia ora whānau,

The past few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind of activities. You will see we have attached posters for some of the BIG up-and-coming events.

Up first we have our Community Concerts. One during the day and one after school – our way of giving back to a community that is so supportive and giving of their time and energy to our kura. (Poster below)

The we have our Sports and Cultural Prize Giving – where we acknowledge and celebrate the many opportunities our tamariki have to shine. We look forward to seeing you at that. (Poster below)

Later that day we have the Formal Prizegiving – there isn’t a poster for this one – but their is a reminder below. We encourage all whānau to attend and we try hard to keep it short and focused around celebrating our tamariki. (See notice below)

On the last Wednesday of term we have our Camp Fundraiser Fair followed by other opportunities for our whānau to mix and mingle, including the opportunity to participate in the whānau race in the BSSG Colour Fun Run event taking place in the afternoon. You can come along to all or part of the day – either way we would love to see you. Don’t forget to pack your running shoes! (Poster below)

In this newsletter, we have shared with you our staffing plan for 2023. In your child’s school report which comes home on the 12th of December, you will have a slip explaining the hub and whānau teacher your child will have next year.

Noho ora mai, Kim Gordon, Tumuaki.

STAFFING PLAN FOR 2023

We farewell Sarah Bush and Ashleigh Hall – who we have been so lucky to have worked alongside us.

Sarah is moving back up to Auckland and Ashleigh is concentrating on her whānau while working a little closer to home in 2023.

We are lucky to have Vanessa McDowell return for the first part of Term 1 before heading off on maternity leave. She will be onsite as a release teacher before her leave (and baby) arrives!

We welcome on board Leah Hurley and Deborah Erickson. We are excited to be working with Leah again and we just know Deborah will fit in perfectly at our kura.

Finally, we welcome back Megan Syme. Her study leave has come to an end and we are super excited to have her back with us!

2023 STAFF

Year 1-4

Ngā Kakano – Whaea Jo Darling & Whaea Amie Brown

Pou Tahu – Whaea Jen Weir (Hub Leader) & Whaea Claire Dunlop

Year 5-8

Tokomanawa – Mrs Leah Hurley & Mrs Deborah Erickson

Tuarongo – Ms Kerri Guard (Hub Leader) & Mrs Nikita Brown

Release Teacher – Leigh Hanson

Classroom Assistants – Coral Sleator, Sarah Thoms & Di Murray

Office Manager – Diana Jensen

Grounds Manager – Rob Fenn

Deputy Principal – Megan Syme

Principal – Kim Gordon

Monster Christmas Raffle tickets are on sale now for $2 each or $20 per card. Please return all ticket cards and money to the office by Friday 9th of December. The raffle will be drawn on Tuesday 13th December.

OUR HUNTERVILLE CROSS COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALL AMAZING BUT SOME OF THE RESULTS WERE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!

Junior Boys: 1st Carson H, 3rd Quinn M, 4th Jack K

Intermediate Boys: 5th Gus H

Intermediate Girls: 6th Pippa T

Senior Girls: 7th Emily S

CONGRATULATIONS –

OUR KIND KID THIS WEEK IS LINCON

TOKOMANAWA

Tokomanwa has been busy planting their sunflowers for the Crombielockwood Challenge. They were able to plant one of their sunflowers in our school garden and take the other two home with them.

NGĀ KĀKANO

Ngā Kākano are practicing hard for our performance at the community concert and our cute factor is high!

You do not want to miss it!

RUNNING SHOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY

We have a number of good quality second-hand sports shoes available for our whānau/community. We will have these out beside the Kapata Manaaki on Thursday. After that, we will take the leftovers to another school in the Rangitikei to distribute.

Covid is raring its head again in our school and the wider community. Please continue to be vigilant about testing & basic hygiene so that we can do our best to keep our school operating as we make our way to the 2022 finish line.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

29/11 Lucy B, 29/11 Genevieve, 29/11 Aanvir, 02/12 Xavier H, 03/12 Alexandra, 07/12 Xaevieer, 10/12 Felix

Lunch in School

The Ministry provides free healthy lunches daily, you will need to provide morning tea and a water bottle for your child. Please let the office know of any dietary requirements, alternatively, you can opt-out of the Lunch Scheme by contacting the office and then provide your own healthy lunch.