Updates to Newsletter – Bulls School

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

2023 Term 1 Week 2

Kia ora mai tātou kātoa,

Yipeeee! The 2023 school year is finally here and we have started off with two short weeks to help us all get back into the swing of things.

If you are new, welcome! If you are not, welcome back! Remember newsletters go out fortnightly on a Wednesday. We will endeavour to let you know via our facebook social media page when it goes live and Di will also upload it to the new app. It will also be super easy to view via our school website: bulls.kiwischools.org. Simply open up the website, scroll to the bottom of the home page and click Latest Newsletter link.

There are so many ways you can access this treasure trove of information to help keep you up to date with what is going on in our kura. The programme we use to create the newsletter is best suited to mobile devices such as phones and tablets, but you can view on a laptop, it just might not be a pretty format. Either way, we encourage you to log-in in whichever manner suits you best.

I’m going to avoid talking about the weather BUT we are working very hard to get our swimming pool leak sorted and hopefully we will be able to open it by the end of this week.

Finally, we have changed our morning routine as we have always been aware that it felt less welcoming even though we were focused on the health and wellbeing of our students. Please feel free to come onto school grounds with your child/ren. I think the past 3 years have taught us that if we have to change or adapt to match what is happening on the global or local stage – we can do it and ultimately our tamariki sit at the centre of our decisions.

I look forward to catching up with you at the beginning and/or end of the day but if you have anything you would like to chat about, pop in and see me. My door and mind are both open!

Noho ora mai, Kim Gordon, Tumuaki.

One of the blessings we do in the morning with the tamariki helps settle their nerves and ready them for the day ahead.

It was written specifically for young children by Mere Irihapeti. Here it is if you would like to use it at home as well:

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.