Dear Parents and
Caregivers
We continue to enjoy the
Olympics both as learners and as spectators here at Riccarton. The cast has
been selected and the classes are about to get going in their preparations for
Maui and the Sun
This term we are teaching
our children to avoid conflict by following this process based around the word SWITCH.
Meaning;
Stop
Walk away
Ignore
Take a breather
Chat to someone.
Please talk to your
children and reinforce these concepts at home.
Last week we had over 70
teachers from our ICTPD cluster schools come to Riccarton to share the work
that has been happening across the schools in using ICT. This was a fantastic
sharing experience and it was very pleasing to see the excellent work that our
teachers were able to present to the other teachers. Thanks to the club
captains who assisted with the running of the day.
Congratulations to all of
our teams who took part in the Winter Tournament early this week. Special
congratulations to our rugby team which won all of their games and who will go
to the Central Zone tournament representing the west zone.
A reminder that all parents are welcome at all
of our assemblies. These take place on Tuesdays at 12 noon in the hall and
include items from the host class, class awards, gotcha draws, the Principal’s
award, a welcome to new students and songs. They are a great way to celebrate
with and share ion the learning of our children.
We currently have two
policies up for review which can be accessed via the school website. These are
the Complaints policy and the Behavior policy. Please take the time to review
these and if you don’t have internet access you can get a copy from the office.
Our analysis of variance
of last year’s data is currently with the Ministry of Education. If people
would like a copy of this they can collect it from our office.
At the Board of trustees
meeting last week Anita Breach was coopted onto the board.
The start and end of year
dates for 2013 are as follows; Start Monday 4th February and finish
Thursday 19th December. Please note that there is a variety of
starting and ending dates among local schools but we all open the same amount
of days. Some schools opt to take teacher only days through the year where the
school is closed; hence they may start earlier to get in the allocated days.
Have a great week and
encourage your children to be respectful responsible real learners.
Kindest regards
Paul Irving
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