Newsletter Term 4 Week 5

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 5

Kia ora koutou,

I’m not sure what was in the air last week but it felt like a whirlwind of 5 days and I am choosing to blame the moon! This week has felt a lot more settled which is a bonus as we still have a lot on before term 4 is done. We have loaded up our calendar so it is possible the children are responding to the constant disruption, but we are all doing our best. We strive to provide rich and engaging activities for our tamariki both inside and outside the classroom, but sometimes we tip the scales a bit!

Lurgies…we can no longer call them winter lurgies, but we appear to have some lingering cases of tummy bugs about the school. We have also had our (un)fair share of unwell staff, which all adds up to doing our very best on a daily basis. There are not a lot of relievers around but we always try to book them in as soon as we know a teacher is away. We also share our support staff out across the school – we consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have 3 highly capable and dedicated support teachers always willing to pitch in anytime we need them.

It feels like the end of term is hurtling our way super fast! Please keep checking the calendar on the website as we are constantly updating it with information relevant to our tamariki. Not ever event will imvolve your child, but keeping an eye out for what’s going on helps things run smoothly.

Quick reminder: Teacher Only Day is this Monday. Staff will be working from home finishing off assessment data entry and working on report writing.

There is A LOT of great information in today’s newsletter so keep scrolling,

Noho ora mai,

Kim Gordon, Tumuaki.

CONGRATULATIONS –

OUR KIND KID THIS WEEK IS EVITA

ENVIRO GROUP

The enviro group planted beans and peas recently which they grew from seed. We are hopeful that they will sprout before the end of term so that we can add them to the Kapata Maanaki.

TOKOMANAWA

Tokomanawa has been planting sunflowers as part of the Crombie Lockwood competition. They have done lots of learning about sunflowers and are enjoying watching them grow.

NGĀ KĀKANO

The vibe in Ngā Kākano is busy and joyful. There is so much happening in Term 4 with Cross Country, Talent Shows, Community Concerts as well as lots of learning, of course! We have had some new friends join us which gives the older children an opportunity to step up into a leadership role and teach our New Entrants all about our PRIDE values. With the warmer weather comes more opportunities to take our learning outside which the tamariki love.

Please return all overdue library books

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

16/11 Xavier B, 18/11 Levi,

22/11 Imogen, 22/11 Charlie W,

25/11 Libby

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.