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Celebrating Our New Tunnel House!
We’re thrilled to announce the completion of our new tunnel house, made possible by the incredible generosity of the OKE Charity. A big thank you also goes to ASB for their invaluable support and hard work during the installation and landscaping process and to Phil our caretaker for coordinating all of this. Our grounds are looking better than ever, and we can’t wait for our students to benefit from this wonderful new addition!
Kapa Haka Rōpū Shines at Tu Maia Festival
A huge congratulations to our Kapa Haka Rōpū for their outstanding performance at the recent Tu Maia Festival. Their dedication and talent truly shone through, making us all incredibly proud. Thank you to Whaea Shelley and teacher Carla Wintle for all their hard work in getting the group ready. See the beautiful pics below.
Celebrating Successes and Upcoming Changes
As we draw the curtain on our winter sports season, it’s time to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our students and extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it possible. A huge shout out to all our dedicated coaches and team managers for their hard work and unwavering support throughout the season. Your commitment has truly made a difference, and we are grateful for your contribution to our students' sporting experiences.
Reminder for 2025 Planning
As we begin planning for the 2025 school year, we’d like to remind all families that if you will be leaving us at the end of this year (excluding our fantastic Year 6 students), please inform the office as soon as possible. This information is crucial for our school’s organization and helps us ensure a smooth transition for all students.
Additionally, if you have children who will be starting school in 2025, we encourage you to complete their enrollment as soon as possible. Early enrolment helps us plan effectively and ensure that we are ready to welcome our new students with open arms.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support as we prepare for the exciting year ahead.
Enjoy the holiday break with your children - school finishes on Friday 27th September and recommences on Monday 14th October .
planned for November 15th.
Julie Hepburn
Principal
Red Beach School
ACROSS THE SCHOOL
READATHON
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our school readathon! The funds from this fundraiser are going towards our long term project of covering the courts which will provide an all weather space for our school and wider community. It has been awesome to see all our tamariki getting involved and reading lots of books.
Here are our winners:
1. Coco Sheehan
2. Kaia Kosoof
3.Morgan Welch
Our winning classes are:
1. Room 11
2. Room 12
3. Room 29
Ice Skating:
Next week our hall will be transformed into an ice skating rink! All classes will be having a session in the hall with their classes which will be so much fun!
Additionally, we have a fantastic after school Disco Ice Skating experience for the whole community on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th September 5-7pm.
Bring your friends and family and spread the word!
Please use link below for the ticketing.
https://www.trybooking.com/nz/TWH
Each session is at least 30 minutes (longer if capacity allows).
Helmets and gloves are provided, or bring your own if you wish.
Please note: socks are compulsory (they don't provide these).
Organise your session time with friends and get in quick!
International Students 2024
This term Red Beach School welcomed a group of International students from China. These students learnt alongside their peers in the classrooms and participated in a ’kiwi experience’’ programme. This programme involved learning Te Rakau Sticks and Poi movement, making pavlovas, trying fish and chips, creating clay Pounamu and completing a kiwi scavenger hunt. We all enjoyed having the opportunity to make friends and engage with new people in our school community.
Kapa Haka
On Friday the 13th of September, Kapa Haka performed at the Tu Maia festival alongside other schools from our area. The group have worked hard and put in a lot of practise to pull of a fantastic performance. They showed their RICH Hearts all day and for many, enjoyed participating in a new cultural experience.
Te Wiki o te Reo Maori
This week we celebrate Maori Language Week. Across the school we are learning to ask and answer questions around the theme of food. Tomorrow, classes will participate in Traditional Maori Games run by Kelly Sports.
Keep an eye out on HERO as we share our learning with you throughout the week.
Halloween-themed WHEELS DAY
Year 0-2 JUNIOR SCHOOL
The week was full of daily activities/competitions, as well as guest speakers reading books to the class. There was much excitement with daily quizzes, and notices announcing spot prizes. To finish the week each class decorated doors/windows, got dressed up in character and joined a parade to celebrate. Although the rain was a dampener, the sun returned and tamariki got to admire all the hard mahi that went into decorating. What a wonderful way to get tamariki inspired and enthusiastic about reading.
The rain was a good reminder of why we are fundraising - for an all weather cover over the courts! All in all, a very successful and fun filled week.
Room 10
Room 4 celebrated The Lighthouse Keeper - By Ronda Armitage and, David Armitage which has been a firm favourite of the class at The Discovery Hub. Favourite characters were painted on our celebration window along with a basket full of mustard sandwiches!
Holly Waite from Room 4 dressed as Cat Kid
Room 5's focus book for Book Week was 'Aliens Love Underpants' which the children thoroughly loved. We designed our own underpants, wrote about aliens, learned how to draw an alien and read many of the other stories in the 'Underpants' series. We had such a fun week!
We had Sally Sutton visit Room 3 and 11 on Tuesday, she has been writing picture books, children's novels and plays for two decades. She has also been awarded several Storylines Notable Book Awards for her work, and in 2009 she and illustrator Brian Lovelock won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Roadworks. The children were familiar with a lot of her books and The Cat From Muzzle is a favourite for Room 11. Micah was lucky enough to dress up in Road Workers gear although it took a while to find the appropriate clothing which Room 11 and Room 3 found extremely funny.
Looking forward to next year's Book Week already!
Room 12
The children in Room 12 had a great time celebrating Book Week. Book logs were filled in and Bingo boards were completed. We read lots of books from the Hairy Maclary series by Lynley Dodd and had great fun drawing our own versions of Hairy Maclary. We thought our pictures looked amazing and they are now part of our door display. . To top it all off we came second in the fundraising competition so we are all looking forward to a pizza lunch.
Room 30
The children in Room 30 loved doing a ‘deep dive’ into Julia Donaldson’s books. We loved doing door displays for The Gruffalo as well as The Smeds & the Smoos. It was also great to see the children dressed as their favourite book character. Thank you to the parents who supported this fun event and well done for the great fundraising efforts.
Room 2
For Book Week room 2 focussed on books on Elmer the Patchwork Elephant written by David McKee. Elmer talks about how “Everyone is unique and we should embrace our differences”, furthermore the books promote inclusivity and friendship. Thanks very much parents for supporting your child in their choice of character, they all looked amazing - we even had an ‘Elmer’.
Room 13
For Book Week in Room 13, our class text was Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. The children did some lovely giraffe art for our door, and we learned about the author’s purpose for this text. The children came up with some lovely ideas, such as “Persevere” and “Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do.” We also had lots of fun participating in the daily reading challenges and filling out our bingo boards. It was so lovely to finish the week off seeing everyone’s book character costumes.
Four Fabulous Mrs Wishy Washy's
Year 3/4 MIDDLE SCHOOL
On Thursday, September 5th, Year 3/4 had an amazing day at the Auckland Zoo! Our visit was a fantastic extension of our Term 2 and Term 3 focus on animal evolution, food chains, and habitats. We had a blast designing our own habitats in the zoo classroom and were thrilled to see the adorable baby chimpanzee and tiger cub. It was an unforgettable experience that brought our learning to life!
Year ⅚ SENIOR SCHOOL
Speeches:
This term in Year ⅚ we have focused on persuasive writing and speech writing. Tamariki have worked really hard and it was wonderful to see everyone challenging themselves, getting involved within their class competition, supporting their classmates, and enjoying the wide range of speeches presented.
Last week, we were thrilled to hold our annual Year ⅚ speech competition with the top two speakers from each class. Students had the chance to showcase their creativity, public speaking skills, and confidence in front of their peers, teachers, and parents. Whether they spoke passionately about a topic or aimed to persuade the audience on an important issue, the event celebrated the unique voices of our students.
Well done to our top speech winners:
Year 5: Connor Ashforth, Amelie Cummings, Chloe Currie
Year 6: Daisy-Mae O’Brien, Sydney Schiltknecht, Maddison Findlay
Motuora
In Motuora we want our students to grow into confident and capable members of society, which is why we prioritise learning life-skills as well as academics. This term our students have had turns going to the local supermarket once a week to purchase ingredients needed for our cooking session the following day. Students have learned how to use signs to locate items, converse with supermarket staff as appropriate, identify which item has the best value for money, and pay for the items at the checkout, as well as how to conduct themselves appropriately in public. We have been blow away by how well this has gone this term and are excited to continue into Term 4!
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.
For all sports enquiries, please email Julie Bluck - julie@redbeach.school.nz
COMING UP NEXT TERM
Year 5/6 TAG Festival: Thursday 14th November (no save date for this event)
Summer Footy: 21st Oct to 16th Dec
Silverdale Touch Rugby: 23rd October to 11th December
Netball Spring League: 23rd October to 19th December (registration form below)
Basketball/Mini-ball: 15th October to 27th November (registration form below)
INTER-SCHOOL HOCKEY
After Monday night downpours for most of the winter season, the sun came out for a great day of hockey down at Millwater for the Inter-school competition. The boys were in a very competitive pool and after warming up they got 3 wins under their belt. The girls B team played really strongly and ended in joint First Place with Kingsway B- even after some golden goal minutes, there was no splitting the two teams. The A team played so well together - great communication, passing and positive energy.They came out on top in the final with the rest of the RBS teams cheering their hearts out for them on the sidelines. Great job all!
Thanks to all the parents and coaches who helped, both on the day, and putting the teams and season together.
INTER-SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
Good luck to our team of 28 students who will be competing in the HBC Primary Schools Cross Country competition this Thursday at Te Haruhi Bay, Shakespear Park.
HOCKEY:
It has been a great season of Hockey with record numbers of players across the ages. Big thanks to the coaches and managers who helped make it such fun and promote great sportsmanship and developed hockey skills.
NETBALL
Well done to all our netball teams for representing RBS with pride over the last 16 weeks. And thank you to all our coaches, managers, parents/caregivers and supporters for being there coaching, assisting and cheering our teams on week after week.
By the end of the season, three RBS teams came out on top winning their grades at the HBC competition and receiving their cups at the Netball North Harbour prize-giving on Monday.
Yr 6 RBS PULSE
What an amazing season the RBS Pulse team has had. After winning tournaments throughout the season, they took on the top Kingsway team in the Yr 6 grand final and came away as comprehensive winners taking out the game 19 - 10. What an amazing achievement for these girls, the majority of whom have been playing together since Yr 3. Congratulations team. You have done RBS proud.
Yr 5 RBS SWIFTS
The RBS Swifts drew their last game of the season against Kingsway in the grand final for their grade. It was a nail biting game with it staying close throughout all four quarters.
Our Red Beach girls left it all out there and played their hearts out. This season they have demonstrated true team spirit and commitment. The draw has left them top of their grade, congratulations Swifts! We are proud of you girls!
Yr 4 RBS STEEL
The RBS Steel team kicked off a great netball season by winning the Mid-Season Tournament in the Yr 4 grade. They carried on their winning way throughout the rest of the winter netball season, taking out 1st place in the Yr 4 grand final. Congratulations RBS Steel.
Yr 4 RBS MYSTICS - with admiration from their coach .... a little brag about the RBS Mystics.
Not only were 4 out of our 9 newbies to netball but we had two year 3’s in our team and they all deserve praise. They showed up, played fairly and beautifully, focused on teamwork and fun, encouraged each other and went from probably near the bottom of the table to 3rd in our grade with 5 out of 7 wins - they are all amazing little netballers. So proud of you girls!
SILVERDALE TOUCH RUGBY: kindly note that registrations have closed.
Teams have now been finalised and team managers have been contacted.
If you have not heard from your child’s team manager by this Friday 20th September, then please contact: brionyh@redbeach.school.nz
The fee of $50 can be paid via KINDO by Friday 11th October.
Please use 'RBS' and your child's name and Year level as the reference.
HBC SUMMER FOOTY: kindly note that registrations have closed.
Teams have now been finalised and team managers have been contacted.
If you have not heard from your child’s team manager by this Friday 20th September, then please contact: julie@redbeach.school.nz
The fee of $40 must be paid to your team manager by this Friday 20th September (details to be supplied by the team manager).
NETBALL SKIRTS
These need to be returned to Mrs Bluck in the resource room before the end of this term.
Please make sure they are returned in a clean condition in order to receive the bond back. Refund forms will be given to your child when they hand their skirt in.
All refunds will be via bank transfer, so please enter your bank details on the form so we are able to process this for you. Refund forms will need to be returned to the school office no later than FRIDAY 1st NOVEMBER please.
NETBALL SPRING LEAGUE - registrations close Wednesday 16th Oct
Where: Edith Hopper Park, Manly
Date: Wednesdays from 23rd October to 27th November (6 weeks)
Who: Year 3 to Year 6
Teams for this module are not entered through the school.
Please use this link if you would like to enter a team: HBC Netball Spring League
RBS MINI-BALL/BASKETBALL TERM 4 - registrations close next Wednesday 25th Sept
All players are welcome to join a RBS team to compete at the Leisure Centre, Stanmore Bay. Games are played on Tuesday's Yr 5/6, Wednesday's Yr 0/1/2, Thursday's Yr 3/4 from 3.40pm - 7pm at The Leisure Centre starting in Week 1 Term 4 (Tues 15th, Wed 16th, Thurs 17th Oct).
The module runs for 9 weeks. Players must play at their own year level and attend RBS.
Please complete this registration form by next Wednesday 25th September:
RBS Term 4 Basketball Registration Form
Late registrations cannot be accepted
The fee of $65 must be paid via internet banking or on KINDO by Wed 25th Sept.
Team compositions will be advised by the end of the school holidays
N.B. Team's will not be registered to play unless all members' fees have been paid by the due date - Wednesday 25th September
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
SPORTS UNIFORM
The Red Beach School unisex sports uniform is available for purchase through the school. Our RBS sports shirts are $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.
