Rawhitiroa School Newsletter

Tumuaki Pānui

Kia ora koutou

What a great start to the term we have had. First up was our pet day and mini gala. This was a great day and a very successful fundraiser for the school. It was fantastic seeing so many students entered in the pet day. Not only the knowledge they knew about their animal but also the bond they had created. Thank you to everyone for your help and support on the day.

This was followed by the interschool, Ngaere, Eltham and Rawhitiroa Schools, speech competition. Ethan and Arabella represented our school both speaking very well and narrowly missing out on going through to the next competition. Well done both of you.

Next up was Puanga this week. The performance the students gave surpassed anything they had previously done. Well done to all of you and a big thank you to our Kapa Haka tutors Kauby and Ajay and support teacher Carline.

Next week the sporting events for the term begin. Year 5-8 students have two athletics events, and the junior students are off to tabloid sports. We also hope to hold our annual Rawhitiroa School athletics event as well. Thank you to everyone who is able to help with transport for these events.

Our end of year testing has commenced. I have been very impressed with the attitude of the students towards these assessment tasks and the effort they are putting into reading the tasks and considering the answer.

As we look to prepare our strategic direction moving forward from 2027, we are seeking your input. There are some aspects that we are required to include from a ministerial perspective but the direction comes from our community. A short survey will come out by email next week. The questionnaire is short with only 6 questions and should not take long to complete, we would really like to hear back from every family. If you would prefer a paper copy please let us know.

Have a great weekend.

Ngā mihi

Jan

Please click HERE to watch our Puanga performance

Assembly Awards

Congratulations to all our students who received recognition for their hard work so far this term.

Pet Day Sponsors

Rawhitiroa School would like to say a big thank you to the following sponsors for their generous sponsorship / donation towards our Pet Day - Mini Gala 2026:

School Notices

Pet Day Results

Please click HERE to view the pet day results for 2026.

1.5L Drink Bottles Wanted

We are after clean 1.5L drink bottle for an end of year craft please. If you have any could you please send them into school. Thanks.

Book Week

To celebrate book week we are having a mufti day in Week 5 Wednesday11th November. Please come dressed as your favourite character.

Taranaki Milk Top Challenge

Thank you to everyone that collected bottle tops for us. We collected 108 per student and came 10th overall. Please continue to drop lids off to school as the competition runs again next year, and we can begin collecting in advance.

Celebrating Student Sucess

Congratulations to Sam for winning the Golden Boot award (most goals scored in the season) for the Eltham Junior Football Club.

Congratulations to Ethan who competed in the Hawera Performing Arts competition in the holidays on piano. He got a second and two thirds against some tough competition.

Congratulations to Arabella for winning the Heart & Humanity Award for her entry in the Art for Awareness exhibition held at the Eltham Village Gallery.