Newsletter Term 2 Week 6

NEWSLETTER

TERM 2 WEEK 6 2024

Tālofa lava,

Last week was Samoan Language Week and we were especially fortunate as Miss Hewitt lead our school with a week of exciting new learning opportunities with the help and support of our Samoan tamaiti a’oga and their āiga. We learnt so many new things about the language and culture of Samoa – it was a fabulous week which ended in a celebration assembly on Aso Faraile. Many of us were inspired and are eager to learn more! A reminder that you can learn something new at any age!

Next week our Senior Hub is off to Whanganui for a visit to the awesome Whanganui Museum, followed by a walk along the river to spot places of significance related to our Tutaeporoporo pūrakau and ending up at the infamous Kowhai Park. Huge thanks to Mrs McDowell for organising this, we can’t wait to hear all about it.

Bulls School are hosting the Kāhui Ako Cultural Festival this year and our kapahaka roopu are busy practising.

The end of term presents us with another opportunity to celebrate with our whānau, with an end of term concert. There will be a flyer with more information in the next newsletter.

The remainder of this term is turning out to be super busy – so keep an eye on the calendar of events to keep yourself up to date.

Finally, with regards to the attendance data I shared last time, I will be spending the next few weeks following this up. If your child has absences of between about 10-15% you will receive an email to ensure you are aware of this. If the absense is higher I will give you a call to discuss how we can work together to improve this. Even high, justified absences can impact our children’s academic progress.   Attendance information will form part of our action plan as we support whānau to overcome barriers to attending school. Ultimately we are seeking to work as a team to impact positively on attendance because we know this can sneak up on you, often without you even realising.

Everyday matters.

Manuia lava le aso, Kim Gordon, Pule A’oga.

These fellow students participated in the

Palmerston North Lego Competition.

Bulls School Support Group meeting Friday 14th at 8.45am in the staffroom, all welcome.  

Alistair from the RSA called in to show us we have gone National (maybe even International) in the latest RNZRSA newsletter. 

SUBSCRIBE TO APP GROUPS 

Di has refreshed this and named each group with 2024 so you know it’s relevant and up to date. You will all need to join the groups specific to your tamariki.

This has important notices for either the whole school or specific groups eg: Bus Students, Sports, Cultural, Hubs, etc that you can join according to what your child’s involved in.

Many notices or reminders go out via the APP so it is an important tool for parents to be aware of what is due eg: permission slips and dates for events offsite, transport required etc. This is also an efficient way to provide absence notices.

In many cases, parental permission may be given via the app as well.

UNIFORM EXPECTATIONS

Our uniform and the way we wear it is connected to our PRIDE values. Taking PRIDE in our kura and our appearance as well as acknowledging the necessity to be sunsafe sits behind our decision to introduce a Bulls School Bucket Hat as a part of our regulation uniform. This has been an expectation since the beginning of 2023. Hats are available online or in-store for $20 and they come in 2 different sizes. Once you have yours PLEASE clearly name/label it. Matching 175 potae to 175 heads is much simpler when they are clearly named.