Newsletter Term 3 Week 8

NEWSLETTER

TERM 3 WEEK 8 2025

Kia ora e te whānau,

Exciting times as two of the Board of Trustees property projects move another step closer towards completion.

The renovation of our school hall, which will become an awesome multipurpose space, has now gone through the tender process and final adjustments are being made to the plans and the finances.

The second project, that is due to sart next week, is remodelling of the junior hub breakout space to create a larger teaching space for our Junior school.  This will be a more versatile space for all of our Junior Hub to enjoy.  

Its important decisions like these that our BOT is constantly making that helps make our school the amazing place that it is.   

We are very grateful that 7 of our parents have put their hands up to be on our Board of Trustees.  You have all received voting papers so please make sure you complete them and return them to the school office.  Every vote counts and is an important part of our process.  Being a BOT member is a very important job.  So is voting, so please make sure you have voted.  We will welcome our new BOT at our next meeting next term.

Kia pai te rā – Have a great day,

Megan Syme

REMINDER

All Board of Trustees voting forms must be returned or posted to the returning officer Diana Jensen by 4pm on Tuesday 16th of Septmeber. 

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Scooters & Bikes at School

We are happy that our children use these methods to get to school. Once they reach the school grounds, we expect them to push their wheels to the bike stands to avoid accidents and mishaps. If your child is unable to adhere to these guidelines, we may have to ask them to discontinue bringing their bikes or scooters to school.

Students must place their wheels in the stands as soon as they arrive. We discourage ‘other’ types of wheels as this can create unnecessary issues. Our bike track is for everyones enjoyment. Helmets must be worn at all times.

Uniform Code

All students wear the Bulls School polo shirt, polar fleece, a Sports & Cultural top, and the logoed red bucket hat available from Academy Apparel in Palmerston North. Their ‘bottom’ is non-regulation other than a colour restriction to plain black (no writing, logos, stripes or other colours). Shoes need to be suitable for school wear.

Please name ALL clothing and shoes.

• In Terms 1 and 4 of each year, red Bulls School bucket hats must be worn when outdoors.
• If hair is long, we request it be tied back for safety, hygiene and practical purposes.
• Hair styles and colours should be as natural as possible and avoid extreme ‘trends’
• which may be seen as threatening.
• Jewellery should be kept to a minimum and not pose any health or safety dangers.

SUBSCRIBE TO APP GROUPS 

Di has refreshed this and named each group with 2025 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.