Tena koutou katoa, Kei te pai i te wiki o te reo Māori.
One of the things I am doing as a part of my journey with learning Te Reo Māori is participating in a Whatu Kākahu Wānanga being held at Tūrangawaewae, Ohakea over 4 weekends. I don’t consider myself to be a particularly crafty person so it is challenging me on many levels including adding new kupu or words to my vocabulary. What I can tell you is…time really does fly by when you are learning a new skill. We start our Wānanga on Friday afternoons and go through until Sunday afternoon, which I initially thought seemed like an incredibly long time, but it absolutely flies by! I encourage you to prioritise trying something new. We talk to our tamariki about being lifelong learners so being able to model this is an awesome challenge. The whakatauki below is a great reminder of our potential as learners.
A new Board of Trustees for Bulls School has been officially formed, thank you to those of you who took the time to submit your votes. The information as required by law has been published below and we will welcome the new members on Tuesday 20th September. I would like to personally thank the resigning members, Gaylene Simpson & Annabel Whisker for all that they have contributed to our kura in their governance roles over the past few years. We continue to be facing unprecedented times – and I have valued your knowledge, support and manaakitanga throughout your tenure.
On Friday Bulls School finally got the opportunity to host the Rangitīkei Tough Kids event. The BSSG did the most amazing job of planning and preparing for the event and then our parent community pulled their baking skills out of the hat and provided us with the most incredible variety of baked goods to sell. The final tally sits at around $5440! This is such a great effort and I personally want to thank the team that did the lions share of the work in pulling this together, having a committed BSSG makes such a big difference to the potential we have to raise funds for our tamariki. Thank you BSSG, without you we wouldn’t have had the sponsorship we had, which was also incredible and your hard work on the day was really appreciated by all.
We have managed to fill this term up with events and our calendar is bursting. We know this means we are constantly reaching out for support with transport and helpers, and again, we really appreciate the way our community bands together to help us to provide a variety of opportunities for our students.
Please keep checking the community calendar on our website to stay up to date with what is going on. Some events only affect certain groups of students so knowing what your children have ‘signed up for’ helps. By now you will have hopefully become aware of the Public Holiday for the Queen Memorial. This Monday 26th September and school will be closed.
As we head down the home straight towards the end of term 3 and look forward to the onset of summer, I have taken a moment to think about what the past few terms (and years) have taught me. I think remembering to celebrate the wins, let go of some of the losses and not sweat the small things means I can move into term 4 optimistically and know that we as a school community continue to do our very best to provide a safe and happy learning environment for our tamariki.
Thank you for the part you play in this positive energy,
ngā mihi nui, Kim Gordon, Tumuaki
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