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Welcome to Selwyn Ridge School

We had an awesome Week 8 assembly, despite the weather today! We celebrated a super week of learning across the school, there was a theme of demonstrating kindness. It was nice to see so many of our learners recognised for their big hearts and the way they support one another. The spotlight was on Room 16 this week, who did an amazing job sharing their creative writing and vibrant artwork with us all. We also enjoyed a catchy song that Mr. Price taught us, he had the whole hall buzzing. Our EPro8 teams were celebrated with the winning team heading off to Ōtūmoetai Intermediate to represent our school. And we sure do have some incredible swimming talent from SRP, our team took home many top placings at the recent Cluster competition. To top it all off, we enjoyed a fabulous video put together by Miss Stevens capturing the highlights of our recent duathlon. You will be able to view the video yourselves in our newsletter, due out next week. Listen out for the lyrics of the personalised song that accompanies it!

Wow!! What an awesome duathlon event today at Waipuna Park. Thank you to our amazing SRP Events Team, teachers and the year 6 dynamo leaders for ensuring the day was fun and ran smoothly for everyone. A huge thank you to our duathlon sponsors, Ramlose family, Leighton Builders, Specialised Constructive Solutions, Cohesive Interiors, Vercoe family, Pippy’s Pantry & Hell Pizza for sponsoring our event this year.

Thank you to everyone who donated towards the Easter raffle. There were so many donations that we have three prizes to win! Raffle tickets go on sale in the office before and after school, from Monday 23 March until Thursday 2 April. Thank you STAR group

🏃‍♂️ Selwyn Ridge Duathlon: This Tuesday! 🚴‍♀️ We are so excited for a fantastic day at Waipuna Park! The weather is looking awesome and we have a great number of entries. Here is everything you need to know for the big day: 🎒 The Basics Arrival: Children come to school at the normal time dressed in their sports gear. After: Children will walk back to school with their teachers. Transport: Teachers will walk students to and from Waipuna Park. Presentations: Held after each year level finishes. 🚲 Bike & Helmet Info (Important!) Drop-off: Take bikes/helmets directly to Waipuna Park (NOT school). Labeling: Clearly mark everything with your child’s Name, Year Level, and Gender (e.g., Year 2 Boys). Pick-up: Parents must collect bikes from the park between 11:45 am – 11:55 am or after prize-giving (before 3:00 pm). Children cannot walk bikes back to school. Walking School Bus Dropping off a bike early? Save a trip to school! A "Walking School Bus" will leave the Waipuna Park gazebo at 8:00 am to take children to school. Event Start Times Year 4: 9:45 am Year 5: 10:25 am Year 6: 11:05 am Year 3: 11:55 am Year 2: 12:25 pm Year 1: 12:55 pm See you all there for a great day! More details including a map and course details are in the information attached.

Our senior classes are enjoying being engineers as they learn through EPRO8 challenges. The EPro8 Challenge is an inter-school science and engineering competition. Every year over 35,000 students from throughout New Zealand take part. Students participate in a series of events: firstly within their school and then inter-school. These events are designed to promote science, engineering and problem solving. Great to see our 'Kids on the Ridge' learning and creating!

Thanks to all those who have supported by dropping chocolate goodies in for our Easter raffle! Tickets will be going on sale soon, but we'd love to add more to the prizes. Simply drop in to one of the team at the office. Thanks!

Kia ora, great to see so many appointments made for our up coming learner conferences. If you haven't made an appointment, now's the time. Looking forward to meeting with you all.

Kia ora, Congratulations to the recipients of this week’s bookmark awards. These learners have been ‘caught’ soaring high and demonstrating our school values in action. Tino pai tō mahi! At our Monday Morning Message this week, we talked about what we can do if things aren’t going how we’d like in the playground. Tamariki shared some great strategies, including walking away, choosing to do something else, talking things through, ignoring the behaviour, or seeking help from an adult or the duty teacher. We also reminded ourselves of the importance of treating others the way we would like to be treated. Duathlon next week: We shared information about the upcoming duathlon. This week is a great time for whānau to check bikes and helmets, making sure everything is in tip-top condition and ready for the day. Finally, we wished our Southern Cluster swimmers the very best of luck for their swimming event tomorrow. Ka mau te wehi!