Kia ora e te whaanau, 

We are excited to share that we are planning our school Book Week for week 4 of term, just two weeks away! 

DRESS UP DAY
On the attached poster, you will find details of our dress up day on Wednesday 4th November. We invited all students and staff to come to school dressed up as a favourite book character (or in their favourite dress up outfit from home). 

SHARED LUNCH
Also on that day we will be hosting a lunch for some special visitors.... we ask you to send your child with a plate of food to share for lunch, and to invite along someone who is special to them. This might be a grandparent, if they are lucky enough to have them living close by, or another person they care about. Shared lunch will be at 12.30pm. 

Book-character-and-special-persons-day.pdf

The start date for Term 1 2027 has been set for Thursday 28th January.

The public holiday for Auckland Anniversary falls on the following Monday, 1st February, and Waitangi Day will be observed on Monday 8th. School will be closed on these days.

Term dates for 2027 will be added to our website under Parent Information - Term Dates in due course. 

Lucky book club orders are due in no later than Friday 3pm please - you can order online or using the form on the back of the magazine that came home last week. Apologies for the confusion - my little 7 year old helpers got carried away with the date stamping!

Well that's that for another year!

What an epic Ag Day it was, with 47 lambs and calves! We could tell just how much effort all 47 children had put in, and their families too - without their support, the children would not have been able to do what they did on the day, so THANK YOU to all of you, first and foremost.

You will find a full list of winners attached to this email. Congratulations to them all. Please return their trophies to school for their names to be engraved. They will then get to hang onto them until Term 3 of next year. 

Now for the thank yous.
Enormous thanks goes to the following: 

Lamb Judges: Kay Hanna and Kathy Speed,
Calf Judge: Ashton McDonald,
Gardening & Baking Judges: Gillian Monks and Carol Mclean,
Gardening & Baking Registrations: Gina Graham,
Ring prep & set up: Mr D, Marty Hitchcock and others, who helped pack down too,
Marshalls: Christie Walker, John Oien and Jasmine Coote,
BBQ: Trevor Morris, who stepped in at the last minute, along with the amazing Mandy Morris, Madi, and some of the Cambridge Real Estate crew,
Sausages: Simon Boshier, Silver Fern Farms, and Christie Walker,
Prizes & Giveaways: Blue Pacific Minerals, Canter for Cancer & Jen Price, The Honda Shop Matamata & Nick Price, LIC, Teresa Moore (formerly Property Brokers) and CRV,
Roto-o-Rangi School PTA, Nicole, and Harland,
Vehicles: Aaron Judd - RD3 Contracting, Nick Price - The Honda Shop (Matamata/TA), and Greg Russo,
The families who brought additional pets to school, and the ones who supported their children with gardening and baking, 
Roxy's Runners: Hendrik, Kelly and Harper, with Hugo & Leo on cow pat bingo, and of course Kyle & Royce - our pork slider boys! 
Thank you for making our event so amazing this year! Hopefully we haven't forgotten anyone.

Pictured attached - Millie with her winning entry for our Ag Day programme cover competition, and our list of 'thank yous'.

2026-Ag-Day-full-resultsdocx.pdf

Ata maarie e te whaanau, 

Apologies for forgetting to add this to Skool Loop yesterday.

An ENORMOUS thank you to all the families who supported their children to raise a lamb or calf for Ag Day last Friday, as it is a lot of work. We had 47 entries!! It was a HUGE day and we hope it was enjoyable for all involved. Thank you also to everyone who helped on the day - we will send out a separate notice for that during the course of the day. 
Don't forget to register for Group Day at Te Miro School this Friday - it is open to any child who competed in our Ag Day with their calf or lamb, and is another opportunity for them to showcase their hard work.

There isn't much in the way of additional activities this week. We do have assembly on Friday at 2.10pm so please come along if you are free. 

HATS: From this week, it is compulsory for every child in the school to wear a bucket hat when they are playing outside. If they do not wear a hat they will need to play in designated areas with shade to protect them from the sun. 

Wednesday:
NZ Shakeout Day - In our newsletter last week there was an error, as it was reported the earthquake drill was going to be that day. It is in fact this Wednesday. We will join others across the country for the NZ Shakeout at 1.30pm. We will sound our warning signal to the students and staff, and then drop, cover and hold. Whilst we will have a discussion with our school after the event, it is worthwhile following this up with them at home. You could talk about what you would do if an earthquake occurred whilst you were at home, or maybe out shopping or at the park.