Kia ora koutou,
Congratulations to all of our students who ran our Cross Country last week. The weather was awesome and so were our children’s attitudes! Well done to those who gained a place and good luck to our Interschool team heading to Hunterville tomorrow.
You may have noticed this newsletter is late. Aroha mai – I was relieving in a junior class yesterday so our junior teachers could be released to do Literacy Professional Development. There is a Ministry of Education expectation that by the beginning of next year, schools will be delivering the new Literacy and Numeracy curriculums which we are about to receive in their completed forms over the coming weeks.
Our recent Teachers Only day had a numeracy/maths focus so we can all be on the same page with regards to the maths programmes Bulls School has chosen to complement our maths journey into 2025. We have chosen Numicon for Years 0-3 and Maths No Problem for Years 4-8.
This term is BUSY! You may have noticed this already and we are always grateful for the support of our whānau with transport, sports coaching, fundraising, and more!
As we continue to tick off the various events and activities taking place, we will soon find ourselves in December! We have our first-ever Whānau Camp Out, the Community Concert, Prizegivings, and the Bulls Christmas parade. Keep a close eye on the calendar so these events don’t sneak up on you.
Speaking of our Camp Out…we have closed off registrations and are now working through the responses to work out who needs what equipment. We are now developing a plan for this fabulous event. Watch this space.
Finally – please support us with this being a hat term. Sun safety is something our tamariki find difficult to reconcile with but we know that it is a preventative action due to the harshness of our UV index. There is a notice below about our compulsory hat expectations from 2025.
Ngā manaakitanga, Kim Gordon, Tumuaki.