Principal’s Message

Tena koutou katoa,

I hope this post finds you all well and settled into the new school year. The Curriculum topic for 2021 is ENTREPRENEURSHIP- Being faithful with the little. The Inquiry topics for term 1 include Te Tiriti o Waitangi and School Beautification. In Devotions our children are exploring 1 Corinthians 13: 4-6 and have been learning about LOVE being patient and kind over the last few weeks. Here are the children who have received Principals Awards in the last few weeks:
For showing PATIENCE:
Caleb Alo -Room 1
Brianna Herringer-Tomuli- Rm 4
Denzell Tapu-Rm 4
Beckham Taufa-Rm 5
For showing KINDNESS:
Cairo Tapu- Rm 1
Hemowai Popata- Rm 2
Pedro Seniloli- Rm 3

Thank you for ensuring our children have their hats, water bottles and bibles ready for learning and well-being this term. They are enjoying the FREE lunch scheme and expanding their taste palates with the new menu’s. Please be mindful of the leftovers that may be unsafe to eat after school i.e. chicken salad wraps.
The Board of Trustees have plans for a junior playground later this term and are in ongoing communications with the Ministry of Education with regards to our permanent school location.
Term 1 BOT meeting dates:
Thursday 4th March
Thursday 9th April

The Komiti Tupu Mai provides support to the Board and it is now time to rekindle this team of amazing people. Please watch out for meeting dates if you are keen and have time once a term to meet and contribute to Komiti Tupu Mai.
Term 1 TOPICS:
Home learning policy
Playground working bee

Enjoy the sunny days ahead of us and thank you for your continued support to encourage our children with their learning and well-being this year.

1 Corinthians 13: 4- 6 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

Malo aupito,

Sita Selupe MNZM

Principal

The Calendar

Recent Events

FED Lunches

What a blessing it is for our whanau to receive these FREE lunches as its one less thing to think about when getting your children ready for school in the mornings and its all HEALTHY!

Should you find that there is something that your child cannot eat e.g. muffin please liase with your child’s classroom teacher and they can remove this from the lunch however you may need to provide a healthy top up alternative for them to ensure their tummies are satisfied at lunchtime.

SCHOOL STATIONERY

Due to COVID last year and our inability to venture out on any EOTC (Education outside of the Classroom/school trips) we were able to bless our children starting at the beginning of the term 1 with FREE School Stationery as well as the contributions from Kristin School. What a great start to the year for our whanau!

WELCOME TO THE RUA TEAM MR C.

We warmly welcome Corey Rasmussen to our staff team. He will be part of the Learning Support team in our Senior School. In Term 4 of 2020 Corey also worked alongside some of our team as a fitness/wellbeing trainer – helping us demonstrate to our students the importance of having a Strong Body and looking after ourselves.

WHANAU NOTICES

PATH PLAN SESSIONS

Whanau the path plan timetables have been emailed out to you please book in a time for this term to complete the path plan. Also PLEASE parents we have Andrew working part time on our programmes so we would appreciate not having to cancel any path plan sessions that have been booked unless it is an emergency or please let us know in advance so that we can book in another whanau.

Our Tuesday evening path plan sessions will be delivered through zoom online

HEARTS & MINDS:

Kia Ora whanau! As part of our special character we have a declaration of commitment in which any new whanau who would like to enrol their child to Rise UP Academy will need to complete the Hearts & Minds programme. We believe this programme equips parents with the tools that will help set up their child for learning and it also helps parents understand our mission statement ‘when you enrol your child you enrol your whanau’. Parents if you know of friends and family who would like to enrol their child in 2022 then they will need to register for the Hearts & Minds this year. Our Hearts & Minds programme is delivered only in Term 1 & 2 this year. Hearts & Minds was meant to start Wednesday 17th February 6:15pm-8.30pm, however with the Level 3 Lockdown we will need to relook at our dates.

PERSONAL SUMMER CARE PACKS

SAMOM (Smith Ave Mind Over Matter) Trust kindly donated 20 personal care packs for our whanau. We would like to thank SAMOM Trust for the donated care packs in which our families were very blessed to receive. SAMOM Trust CEO Mel Browne and the governance team are Nerina Howe, Anna Holloway and Cecily Taufelila, Violet Slade.

GOOD TO GO VOLUNTEER ARM

Thank you to all our parent volunteers who were able to help out with our After School Swimming on Tuesday. We are so very grateful for your time taken out of your busy day to come and help supervise. Without your help we are unable to have swimming for the After School Programme. Looking forward to seeing you all again next week as we go into lessons.

Just a HEADS UP with volunteers – we have a whole school trip on Friday 26th March – SAVE THIS DATE, parent volunteers will be needed.

AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMME

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest team member – Mr C who is cool enough to join our team this year. Please take time out to say hi and show him the Rise UP way of whanau aroha.
(insert photo of Mr C with kids)

Below is an overview of our programmes for the year. Just a reminder in regards to attendance. This is compulsory for all children 6yrs and over unless they have committed to other extracurricular activities or music lessons outside of school. Please keep us informed if your child/ren cannot attend the programme/s. Also pick up time is 4.30pm Mon-Wed if you are going to be late, pls let us know. If your child is picked up after 4.45pm without any communication then you will be given a warning and the next time your child/ren will be removed from the programme. Please understand that the After School Programme although compulsory is a privilege and comes at NO cost for your whanau BUT is of GREAT VALUE to your child/ren’s cognitive development.

IMMUNISATION NOTICE

A gentle reminder that our Year 7 & 8 students have a Gardasil/Boostrix Immunisation Talk with the DHB Nurses on Tuesday 23rd February after morning tea at 11.30am

SUMMER SCHOOL UNIFORM

HATS are now compulsory in Term 1 as it’s a great way to protect your child’s hair,

eyes and skin from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. No hat means no playing on the field so please ensure your child brings a hat to school.
In Term 1 we are back in shorts or skorts however your child may still wear long PLAIN BLACK pants/tracks if they would like to. Plain black shorts may be purchased from Kmart, The warehouse or Postie Plus from $5-14

WATER BOTTLES

Water bottles are a MUST! Although we have the water fountains at school we also encourage our children to bring water bottles to school because this prevents them having to leave the classroom when they are thirsty but can have a water bottle inside the classroom.

SICK CHILDREN/ATTENDANCE

If your child is unwell please keep them at home. If your child has these symptoms for COVID-19 it is important that they get seen by a Doctor:
• New/worsening cough
• Fever (at least 38)
• Shortness of breath
• Sore throat
• Sneezing and runny nose
• Temporary loss of smell
If your child is away for 1 or 2 consecutive days we just need to be advised via phone call/text or email however if they are away 3 consecutive days they must
provide a medical certificate. If they have been tested for COVID-19 please keep
them at home until they have received their test results back—negative.

Devotions

WHANAU DEVOTIONS

Devotion topic: LOVE IS KIND

Scripture for the term:
1 Corinthians 13: 4- 7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Scripture for the week:
1 Corinthians 13: 4- 7 …..love is kind…..
Specific Learning Intention:
We are learning to love others by being kind

Success Criteria
I can speak kind words
I can show kindness by helping others

Prayer requests:
– Priority students
– Sustainability plans for BLC, for God’s continued favour.
– Whanau programmes Term 1
– New whanau
– Stakeholder relationships

God’s love and protection over all our board, staff and whanau

Praise be to God for answered prayer