The PTA are running an amazing fresh produce raffle here at school on Friday for Ag Day! Tickets will be $2 each, and you'll be in to win an amazing prize of fresh fruit & veges and meat! So make sure you're here to purchase a ticket and be in to win! 

The PTA are still looking for a couple of donations of chilled or frozen meat, and some donations of fresh vegetables and fruit. If you have suitable produce, please bring it into school and pop it into the PTA fridge-freezer in the MP Room. Thank you so much for your support! 
 

Teenaa koutou, and welcome back to kura for week 1 of 10!

Term 4 is definitely one of the busier terms in the school calendar, and this year is no exception! Here are the best ways to keep up with what's going on: 

• Check your emails regularly
• Read our 'What's On' email every Monday
• Read our fortnightly Newsletter (first one is this Thursday) and keep the latest copy handy to check dates
• Download the Skool Loop App to your phone and select Roto-o-Rangi as your school - There you will find the school calendar, notices, and the most recent newsletter
• Join our Roto Parents FB group
• Take a look at the front page of our website, where you will see the school calendar, most recent notices from Skool Loop, and our FB feed.

So, let's kick off with what's on this week!

• HATS Every child must wear a hat when they are outside during Term 4. This will begin next Monday, so please dig out those bucket hats! Caps are unsuitable, as they do not provide cover for the neck area.
• SENIOR CAMP FORMS should have been handed in by the end of last term, but if you have not returned your Room 5 child's form, please do so this week
• Newsletter day is this Thursday.

AG DAY - FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER
Ag Day is finally here, this Friday! For those who have children entering a lamb or calf, I will email you separately today.

HELP NEEDED!
I am in desperate need of three Marshalls - two for Lamb rings and one for the Calf ring. Parents with children who are competing can easily do this, as they will be right there to watch their child. I'm happy to split it between a couple of parents on each ring. You will also have a student runner to run messages and results back and forth between the judges and myself. Please give me a call or drop me an email if you can help. Often, a willing grandparent will help with this task, so please ask them :D

Here's what you need to know about Ag Day:

• Baking and Gardening competition entries need to be taken to the library between 8.45am and 9.30am. Judging will take place from 10am. Please do not bring entries earlier or later than these times. You/your child will need to register their entry with the people taking registrations. If you 'drop and run' we will not know who the entry belongs to. Entries must be collected at the end of the day on Friday - any baking leftover will be eaten!
• Pets (i.e. not lambs and calves) must be taken to the child's classroom, where possible. Please keep pets appropriately contained. They must be collected by lunchtime.
• Children who are not competing with lambs and calves must go to their classrooms. They will have the opportunity to come out later and purchase a sausage/baking etc, so if you would like to send them with cash please do so.
• Lamb and Calf judging begins at 10am sharp and usually finishes by 1pm. This year we have lots of entries, so it may take longer as we have not been allocated extra judges.
• Once the competitions have finished, we will hold a grand parade and prizegiving, which is attended by the whole school.
• Yes, we WILL still go ahead in the rain! It will be up to the judges to call it if they believe the weather is too bad to continue.
• The PTA will have a stall selling food and drink.
• Property Brokers will be manning their big BBQ, and selling sausages for us!
• All sales are cash only.

An important note about Ag Day:
Families have spent a great deal of time rearing their lambs and calves for Ag Day, and whilst it is a lot of fun for everyone involved, it is also taken very seriously by families, the judges, and us as organisers. This is why we keep the remainder of the school away from the competition rings and animals during the competition period. Once the competitions are over, there is plenty of time for all the children to see the animals their friends have raised. 

Please check the newsletter on Thursday for more about what we have coming up in the next few weeks. 

Our Board Elections are now complete and the results have been announced to our voting community and displayed here at school. You can view the results on our website HERE.