Ray White Rotorua are excited to hold a charity garage sale in September, with proceeds very generously being donated to our School! There will be lots of household items donated by the community.

Covid-19 meant the CBOP Cross Country event looked different this year with participating schools running their own timed events and sending in the results to Sport Bay of Plenty to collate. Congratulations to the following children who achieved places in the timed cross country competing against 12 other schools:

Rotorua Girls High School would like to invite all Year 8 students interested in attending next year, to their Open Day/Night on Thursday 27th August 2020. Lunch will be provided for all students. It is a jam packed fun day and we hope they will attend. Attached is a formal invitation which

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Has your Entertainment Membership expired or are you interested in obtaining a new Entertainment Membership? Love local - make a difference by supporting local business and our school… and save! For a limited time there is a newly added gift-with-purchase (valid until 13 August) for 1 or 2x Event Cinema tickets with your Entertainment Membership purchase.

If you know a child or student who falls into overwhelm more often than you’d like… it’s likely they have high sensory needs. Kylie Johnston (Heart Centred Coach), is a Certified Whanau and Teacher Coach who is passionate about helping adults better understand the needs of those with neuro-diversity and behavioural difficulties. She will be running a workshop on Tuesday, 11 August at 7:30pm, at the Kaharoa Hall or via Zoom, called “Understanding Sensory Needs”.

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CCS Disability Action are in urgent need of safe and nurturing caregivers to provide homes to some very special children across the Bay of Plenty.

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Thank you to Winston Fleming for donating the Kingfisher and Kereru to add to our Kokako display collection for the children’‘s learning.

Congratulations to Leo English and the whole U12 Rotorua Rebels Waterpolo team who won gold in the BOP/Auckland/Waikato Under 12 Tournament over the holidays!

The Sport, Recreation and Environment Team at Rotorua Lakes Council has sent us the following email: We are emailing to let you know about a survey we are running to help Council better understand what our community values about local parks and reserves. We acknowledge that the past couple of months has been a stressful time for many households in Rotorua, but it has also provided a unique opportunity for people to spend more time in their own neighbourhoods. COVID-19 Alert Levels meant people were using spaces close to home for recreation more than ever. As we reflect back on that time, we want our community to share with us what they noticed about their local parks and reserves....

Our Beach Volleyball Court and BBQ Area was officially opened on Wednesday, 1 July. PTA and Board Member, Celia Grant gave a lovely speech (parts of which are reproduced below) introducing the facility and thanking all those who contributed to the project then current Kaharoa student Hunter Weaver and Councillor Fisher Wang cut the ceremonial ribbon and declared the Community Recreational Resource OPEN. Thank you very much to all who came to celebrate with us, in particular those who represented our supporters, both financial and those who donated materials, their time and energy in helping with construction. A very big thank you to the PTA who managed the project - what a fantastic new...

The Yummy School Sticker Promotion has still got a term to run so keep eating that fruit and collecting those stickers - ask your grandparents and/or other family to save theirs too and lets see how many we can collect this year! Winter is a great time to be eating Yummy apples, there are many different varieties to choose from right now. Yummy will be running a couple of school holiday competitions on their social platforms, so look out for those on both Facebook and Instagram. No printer to print off the official sticker sheet? Well…

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The Rotorua Mini Marathon event is going ahead in 2020 on Friday 25th September. If your child would like to participate, please print the attached Permission Slip, complete and return to the office with $5 entry fee (non-refundable) before 21 August. Please note this is the last Friday of Term 3 and the event coincides with a visit to school from “Zebong Teller of Tales”, who will be performing a show and running some writing workshops with children.

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Hopefully you received a note home this week from NumberWorks’nWords Rotorua who offer online and in-centre tutoring in English and Maths. They state “From students who are struggling to keep up to those bursting to get ahead, our tuition programmes are tailored to meet each individual’s specific needs, build their learning confidence and improve their school results.”

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Unite for the recovery and follow the 10 Golden Rules for everyone at Alert Level 1. These posters have been put up around the school to remind our staff and students, we would be grateful if you could reinforce these messages at home.

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