Newsletter Week 6 Term 1

Kia ora koutou, As-salāmu ‘alaykum, Dobro došli, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Faka’alofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Taloha ni, Namaste, Nimen Hao, Konnichi wa, Anyoung haseyo, Salam, Yassas, and warm greetings to all.

Teacher Union Strike Day - Thursday 16 March

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Whānau,

The teacher unions, Primary-NZEI and Secondary-PPTA, have organised a teacher strike day for Thursday 16 March as part of their campaign to improve conditions and pay in their collective employment agreements with the Ministry of Education.

The majority of teachers at Rangeview Intermediate School are covered by the NZEI or PPTA union and will therefore be withdrawing their labour on this day. Our school will be unable to provide our normal teaching timetable and ask you to keep your child at home. We will have a few staff on site if you are unable to do this and will send more information about this next week.

Every school will be affected by the strike.

We regret this disruption to learning and the inconvenience this may cause for families.

Correction

Correction from our last newsletter. Our last newsletter shared the news that Mrs Koefoed has resigned and will be leaving us after seven and a half years, it should have said she is leaving us after eight and a half years as she joined us in October 2014. Apologies for the error.

Congratulations to our Student Leaders for 2023. We look forward to seeing what you bring to your roles this year!

Head Boy - Pranav Kumar

Head Girl - Charlotte Martell

Deputy Head Boy - Tom Bui

Deputy Head Boy - Lincoln Menezes

Deputy Head Girl - Janisha Manikkage

Deputy Head Girl - Riley Bishara-Pattison

School Leaders

Anthony Neal

Huia Wanoa-Urquhart

Mikayla Mulder

Raniya Ali

Gareth Deo

Desindu Mallawa Arachchige

On Thursday 9 March, 19 enthusiastic boys travelled to the Western Zone Softball Tournament held at Brains Park.

All of our boys demonstrated our RISE values and played with determination. The Year 8 team had a few close battles and managed two wins to place 6th.

Our Year 7 Team won every game through to the finals. In the final they came up against a tight team from Henderson Intermediate, but our boys were too good and came away with a solid win. This means they will go on to the Auckland Champs Tournament in a couple of weeks.

Congratulations to: Hantz Muller 7GRi, Riley Grace 7NH, Jakob Hollier 7GRi, Leo Murphy 7KD, M-Jay Patten Wickliffe 7GRi, Cruz Sorenson 7SL, Ezra Sorenson 7PS, Zach Tolley 7KD and Agape Tuigamala 7GRi.

The Rangeview Intermediate School Leaders spent the day supporting our local primary schools at their Ultimate Frisbee Event.

Blair Curtis, the sports coordinator from Tirimoana Primary School said it was, " a late summer scorcher and all the teams played with great heart. Many thanks to our Rangeview helpers, as the first from our Kahui Ako support.”

Well done Peninsula Primary on taking out the Competitive Mixed grade (round robin) with Rutherford Primary finishing runner-up. Also, a big congratulations to Freyberg Community School for the Fair Play School of the Day.

Riley Bishara Pattison is one of our school leaders and she wrote this about the day:

When we attended the Ultimate Frisbee Competition, we had a great experience helping younger tamariki for their zone day. We also had the opportunity to show our leadership skills by helping and supporting students as they played. We showed great teamwork when there were challenges such as when we found a dog named Buster. He was a big dog but friendly, we took care of him when the owner wasn’t answering their phone. We also looked after a girl called Nicola from Rutherford Primary who had a frisbee fly into her nose. She had a massive nosebleed. We fixed her up and she was good to go for the rest of the day.

In the end, we all had an enjoyable time sharing our skills and knowledge with one-another. Hanging out with each other was a great way to bond with one-another as a group. We hope we get to do more things like this in the future.

• 09 March Whānau Hui - Postponed to Term 2
  

• 15 March Western Zone Swimming

• 15 March Pasifika Talanoa Evening
• 20 March Western Zone Tag
• 20 March – 24 March Girls Self Defence Program
• 23 March Kahui Ako Community Picnic
• 24 March KiwiTag
• 27 March Whole School Athletics Day
• 28 March Orienteering
• 30 March Western Zone Cricket
• 3 April – 6 April Girls Self Defence Program
• 5 April Parent Teacher Interviews
• 6 April - Last day of Term 1
• 24 April Teachers Only Day
• 25 April ANZAC Day
• 26 April First Day of Term 2
• 1 May School Photos

See our website for all 2023 Term dates and Teacher Only Days.

For all Technology classes our students, as per OSH ruling, need to wear hard covered shoes to protect their feet. Sport shoes are soft topped so are not suitable.

If you have changed your contact details, e.g. phone or address, can you please notify the school office by phoning 838 9468 or you can email the office@rangeview.school.nz.

Parents/Caregivers are asked to report to the office first if they need to speak with their child or to a teacher during class time.

If you need to speak to your child's teacher, please email them directly to organise a suitable time.

Acc Number: 12-3071-0227935-00

Acc Name: Rangeview Intermediate School Board of Trustees

Ref: Students Name

Code: What payment is for.

Students are required to hand in their personal phones to their homeroom teacher in the morning. Students will return to their homeroom in the afternoon to collect their phones. The school has organised for locked and secure storage of the devices throughout the day in the classroom. If a student comes to school late they are to hand their phone in at the office and collect it at 3pm. Urgent messages can be sent through the office. We would like to thank all our parents for your support in this matter.

Music Education Centre

Do you want your child to learn a musical instrument but find it difficult to make time after school? Convenient Music lessons available here at school.

Our school partners with the Music Education Centre to offer students specialist instrumental music lessons here on the school grounds each week. Lessons are suitable for all students and can be arranged directly with the Music Education Centre.

Please follow the link - https://forms.gle/V6nDkeG8TEovt2GA7 to find out more information about lesson fees and to enrol your child.
There are limited spaces still available for new students to start in Term Two. If you have any other questions about

the programme, it is best to contact the Music Education Centre directly on 0800 89 39 39.

Free coding holiday activites

In-Line Hockey

Netball Waitakere Whānau Hui

Email: office@rangeview.school.nz
Website: http://www.rangeview.school.nz/Site/Latest_News.ashx
Location: P O Box 83-161, Edmonton Keru Place, Te Atatu South
Phone: +649 838 9468