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We will also be welcoming back Kate Winiana part time for the remainder of the year as our Ange Hampton will be moving into Room 11 for a new, New Entrant class. We also welcome two new Teacher Assistants, Cushla Summers in mainstream and Carla Bertoldi in the Unit.
Julie Hepburn
Principal
Red Beach School
During Week 5, RBS opened Samoan Language Week with a Celebration Assembly. There was a joyful vibe throughout the school as students experienced a taste of Samoan Culture. Our Pasifika Group performed and shared about Samoa. The celebration of the Samoan Language continued in classrooms and lunchtime workshops. A huge fa’afetai lava to the Trafford family for their time and support in teaching us dances and donating lavalava to our school. A special thanks also, to Sarah O’Malley for her awesome sewing skills.
Matariki celebrations TONIGHT
Come out tonight at 5 - 6:30 to Celebrate Matariki with us. All whanau are welcome to come along to share soup and listen to stories and performances of Matariki. Remember to bring a mug for your soup.
Jumping June
Our Jumping June charity fundraiser for the Heart Foundation has been a huge success so far! Throughout the month, students have participated in various skipping activities, all aimed at promoting fitness and raising funds for a great cause. The enthusiasm is contagious as everyone has been jumping during their class fitness time and for many tamariki, in their own time at lunch and home too! Thanks to the generous donations and spirited participation, we have so far raised $8,000 (at time of writing) for the Heart Foundation. Jumping June has not only helped Red Beach School support a worthy cause but also highlighted the importance of staying active and healthy.
You’ve done a sterling job this term and you’ll be back ‘on duty’ in Term 4. Next term we will welcome back our Term 1 Road Patrollers. Ms. Hedstrom will meet with you all next week.
Kapa Haka
On Friday the 21st of June, 8 students were selected to participate in ‘Te Kotahitanga Day’ at Silverdale School. This is an opportunity to be immersed in Te Ao Maori through powhiri and workshops, as well as fostering whanaungatanga amongst local schools. This term's focus was learning the legend and the game of Ki-o-Rahi. Our students represented our school well and are excited at the prospect of an interschool Ki-o-Rahi competition.
Following our day out, we visited Pinehaven Cottage to perform as a part of their Matariki celebrations. The students performed well and were grateful for the opportunity to practice with an audience before our own Matariki event.
Mathex
Wednesday, June 19 saw 16 students represent RBS at the NorthCross Interschool Mathex competition. It is always an adrenaline filled event as our 4 teams of 4 students competed against 55 other teams from across North Shore and Rodney.
All the teams competed with focus and RICH hearts. This was exemplified by Vibhav Perla who received an award for “his upholding of school values of respect and resilience” while being his team’s runner.
Water Confidence
In Week 5 Year 0/1 attended Northern Arena for 4x water confidence lessons. Northern Arena is renowned for delivering swimming lessons that teach the strength, ability, confidence and technique to be safer in the water, whilst having heaps of fun along the way.
The children were amazing! The confidence that grew over the week was incredible and it was great to see the varying abilities persevere to achieve their goals. We saw floating on our back/front, kicking using noodles and boards, arm strokes, blowing bubbles, diving down, and smiles all around! We also did an awesome job at managing ourselves when getting changed and taking responsibility for our belongings.
Ka pai Year 0/1, you are all superstars!
The children in Year 2 took part in the Water Safety Programme in Weeks 6 and 7. Swimming and water safety skills are so important when we live surrounded by water and many of our leisure activities involve water. The instructors at Northern Arena were amazing and the children learned a lot going everyday for two weeks. Our last lesson included Boat and Water Safety skills. The children learned how to wear a life jacket and some ocean survival techniques. We learned a lot and had fun too!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Swimming and Water Safety LessonsDuring Week 8 and 9 Year 3 & 4 have been attending swimming and water safety lessons at Northern Arena. During this time we have learnt to self-manage by remembering to bring all my swimming equipment daily and getting changed by ourselves. We have been developing ourselves as a lifelong learner by taking a risk, persevering with our swimming and reflecting on our swimming and water safety skills. We have had so much fun and each session we had a big smile on our faces!!!
Creating Habitat Tri-amas for Scientific Art
This term our team have been learning about Habitats and in particular New Zealand bush Habitats.
The children were challenged with a task to create a tri-ama habitat for an animal of their choosing. Their habitat had to include the four essential elements to survive shelter, space, water, and food. They then used clay to model their animal to sit proudly within their habitat creation. They look amazing and the children are very proud of their success.
SENIOR SCHOOL
Ki o Rahi
In the lead up to Matariki, Year 5/6 have been learning to play Ki o Rahi. Supported by Kelly Sports coaches, our Ki o Rahi P.E. sessions have been a fantastic addition to our physical education program, introducing Year 5/6 tamariki to this traditional Maori game that combines elements of rugby, tag, and strategy. The students quickly embraced the rules and tactics, showing great teamwork, agility, and enthusiasm. Ki o Rahi has certainly been a favourite activity this term and next we want to start a class vs class tournament!
Term 2 Genius Hour
This term, Year 5/6 students opted into their second round of ‘Genius Hour’. See below the fun focus areas we had:
Sport: Students enjoyed getting extra physical education into their week and doing different games and activities to what they usually do.
Rockets: Students who opted into the Rocket lessons learned a little about Forces and experimented with variables before moving on to create rockets. In small groups, students designed, created, and launched water rockets. Launching was a lot of fun, and we saw one rocket reach 28m in distance.
Coding: This group have had an exciting Genius Hour, diving into coding with Code.org. They started with the basics, creating 'Hello World' programs, and quickly moved on to programming Dance Parties and designing their own Minecraft games. Through these activities, they have become skilled in block coding, showcasing their creativity and problem-solving abilities.
Art: Our art focus this term was on creating our own graffiti style name and painting this onto a ‘fence’. We learnt about the history of graffiti, how the movement has changed to a form of artistic street art and practised different styles of lettering, symbols and designs. Individually, we all constructed our own 'fence' and painted our final graffiti name onto it before mounting onto painted blocks. The whole process was so much fun!
Chess: It's been great to see such enthusiasm for chess this term from students who were just learning to move each piece through to confident players with excellent tactical understanding. The students could play either OTB (over the board) or online against each other which allowed a dozen or more games to play concurrently. Well done to all the students for their sportsmanship and desire to improve.
Music: In music, students have been focussing on beat and rhythm. We have loved using boomwhackers to pop songs and creating our own tunes on xylophones.
UNIFORM
Link below for our uniform, to order visit: www.argyleonline.co.nz - find Red Bach School in the Upper North Island region schools.
A FRIENDLY REMINDER
Please don't park in our Staff Carpark. We need these parks to be available for staff. We have many itinerate and special needs staff who come and go throughout the day transporting resources and sometimes students.
If you need to collect an unwell child, you are most welcome to come down close to the office for pick up.
Thank you for your understanding.
AFL
Years 3-6 students have been lucky to have coaches from AFLNZ come to school to teach us AFL rules and skills. It’s always great to learn new physical education skills and make connections about what we can apply to other sports we play.
Below is an extra from a Year 5/6 class:
*In our first session we did a few warm up games and learnt how to do a hand pass in AFL. A helpful tip from the coach was to do the 'pirate dance' so we could feel the movement with our arms before contacting the ball.
*In our second session, we learnt an AFL drop punt. The demonstration included great tips such as holding the ball with 'laces away from faces' and holding your hands on the ball in an 'M' like McDonald’s'. We then practised two ball-catching techniques, either a 'digger scoop' or a 'W'. We had a lot of fun, especially when we were allowed to have a drop punt competition at the coaches and Mrs Hansen joined in too.
*During our last session, we revised our skills and then learnt how to run and correctly hand pass while on the move. In addition, we practised running while pausing to drop punt. This was tricky! The AFL balls are light and it was easy to over kick.
We then applied all our skills to a mini game and it was so much fun, especially trying to drop punt to a teammate to score in the goal area.
RIPPA FESTIVAL
On Thursday 20th June, Mrs. May, Phil, and Neicia took two boys teams, and one girls team to compete in Interschool football. The sun was shining, the smiles were beaming, and it was a fantastic day!
For all sports enquiries, please email Julie Bluck - julie@redbeach.school.nz
COMING UP NEXT TERM
Inter-school Hockey - Thursday 22nd August (save date Tues 29th August)
Inter-school Cross Country - Thursday 19th September (save date Thurs 26th September)
Cross Country
On 22nd May, we held our annual cross country at Te Haruhi Bay, Shakespear Park. It was a beautiful sunny day filled with energy and enthusiasm. Students from every year level participated, showing great determination and sportsmanship as they ran their course. Cheers and encouragement from teachers, parents, and fellow students filled the air, making the event even more special. Each student gave their best effort, and many achieved personal milestones. After the races, there were some very tired children but it was great to see RICH hearts on display as they continued to support others. It was a fantastic day that highlighted Red Beach Schools commitment to fitness and fun.
Congratulations to the following students who came in the top three for their year group:
Yr 0/1 Girls
1st - Sofia Kent
2nd - Freya Waller
3rd - Eden McRae
Yr 0/1 Boys
1st - Ashton Silich
2nd - Kohan Miller
3rd - Taika Felise
Yr 2 Girls
1st - Lexi Smith
2nd - Aria Silich
3rd - Stella Delaney
Yr 2 Boys
1st - Cameron Osborne
2nd - Fletcher Blackwell
3rd - Koa Williams
Yr 3 Girls
1st - Ciera Lee
2nd - Harvey Stephenson
3rd - Tara Williams
Yr 3 Boys
1st - Manaia Peters
2nd - Campbell Smith
3rd - Charlie Blystak
Yr 4 Girls
1st - Florence Blackwell
2nd - Fern Owen
3rd - Saskia Vuletich
Yr 4 Boys
1st - Lachie Hansen
2nd - Travis Henwood
3rd - James Thompson
Yr 5 Girls
1st - Sierra Woodward
2nd - Jessica Snelgrove
3rd - Maddison Walker
Yr 5 Boys
1st - Aaron Van De Sandt
2nd - Harvey White
3rd - James McGregor
Yr 6 Girls
1st - Sadie Taylor
2nd - Daisy O’Brien
3rd - Megan Freeman
Yr 6 Boys
1st - Riley Barnes
2nd - Zach Bengtsson
3rd - Cooper Shirkie
A huge congratulations to the following Yr 5 & 6 students who have qualified to represent RBS at the HBC Inter-school Cross Country Champs coming up next term:
Yr 5 Girls - Sierra Woodward, Jessica Snelgrove, Maddison Walker, Georgia McComb, Sarah Trafford, Esther Farmer, Amelie Cummings
Yr 5 Boys - Aaron Van De Sandt, Harvey White, James McGregor, Sam Ware, Caden Smith, Marley Kovacevich, Sam Fourie
Yr 6 Girls - Sadie Taylor, Daisy-mae O’Brien, Megan Freeman, Paige McGregor, Mila White, Eva Wilkins, Sydney Schiltknecht
Yr 6 Boys - Riley Barnes, Zach Bengtsson, Cooper Shirkie, Harry Davy, Tom Kilian, Leo Frost, Vibhav Perla
MINI-BALL/BASKETBALL TERM 3
All players are welcome to join a RBS team to compete at the Leisure Centre.
Registrations for players are available via the following Google form:
RBS Term 3 Basketball Registration Form
MINI-BALL/BASKETBALL - Superstar Required!
We require a volunteer to take over the role of our RBS mini-ball/basketball delegate for 2025. This role includes organising and registering RBS terms each term. Training with our current delegate will be available. If you are interested in taking on this role, please email me - julie@redbeach.school.nz
CONGRATULATIONS
Netball:
RBS Swifts v Kingsway 5/2. RBS won 27-2
RBS Swifts v Whangaparaoa 5/2. RBS won 26-0
SPORTS UNIFORM
The Red Beach School unisex sports uniform is available for purchase through the school. Due to an increase in the cost from our supplier, our RBS sports shirts are now $40 and the sports shorts are $22. The sports shirt is compulsory for students involved in a Red Beach School sports team however, the sports shorts are optional. Both items are available through KINDO.
YUMMY STICKERS
Keep on chomping and collecting those stickers then return your completed sheets to the school office. Remember, the more Yummy Fruit you eat, the more free sports gear we receive for the school! - forms below.
