Kia ora Kōtuku team for a great assembly today, it was a treat to hear our junior choir perform for us in preparation for our upcoming Extravaganza! Room 4 shared all about the ways they keep their bodies healthy, we heard some fabulous collaborative writing and Mr De Barr taught us a new song. Congratulations to our Soaring high award winners this week - keep up the great learning SRP

Coming Together, Celebrating Success and Welcoming New Beginnings! It’s been a wonderful week at SRP, filled with celebration, reflection, connection and whakawhanaungatanga! We kicked off with our Monday Morning Message, where we proudly recognised and celebrated our ākonga who received SRP Bookmark Awards for their outstanding achievements and contributions across all areas of school life. Ka rawe, tamariki! We love seeing you soar high! We enjoyed hearing reflections and end of an era SRP messages from some of our current Room 13 & 14 Year 6 ākonga. You will always be a part of SRP! Our Y5 Road Patrol ākonga spent the morning with Constable Shav training to be next years team. Safety is key! Today, we warmly welcomed our newest ākonga and their whānau to our kura at our T4 Mihi Whakatau. A special ngā mihi to our amazing Kapa Haka rōpū for sharing their beautiful waiata and haka, and to Ryan for his welcoming whaikōrero. What a special way to begin new journeys and make connections within our SRP whānau. “Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.” With your food basket and my food basket, the people will thrive. A beautiful reminder that when we contribute, support and work together, we create something stronger for our school community. Ngā mihi nui to everyone who continues to make SRP such a welcoming, supportive and vibrant place to learn and grow. Together, we soar!

Gently Used Book Sale - Thanks STAR group!

🪔✨ Happy Diwali – The Festival of Lights! ✨🪔 This week, we celebrated Diwali by learning about some of the meanings and traditions behind this special festival, enjoyed by millions of people around the world, including right here in New Zealand. Special mention to Mrs Healy and our ākonga who organised our celebration Diwali day and ran our celebration assembly today: Our 2 MC's - Evan & Jaap Vara, Navi, Jazlyn, Paris and Harjot for talking about some of the beautiful traditions of Diwali, including decorating homes with colourful rangoli patterns, sharing delicious food, spending time with family and friends, and lighting little lamps called diyas. Our amazing dancers - Rabab, Kavnoor, Manreet & Ava Also ngā mihi to R9 for sharing their Diwali art, R19 for displaying their diya pinch pottery and Rooms 2 & 4 for performing a lively Diwali song - ka rawe to mahi! A big congratulations to all our amazing certificate recipients for soaring high with their manawa, whakaaro and kete. And of course, to our Diwali colouring competition winners stunning us with their design and bold colour combinations. But, most importantly, we explored the special messages behind the Festival of Lights – hope, kindness, new beginnings and togetherness. We were reminded that we don't need a lamp or candle to shine brightly. We can all be a light for someone else by showing kindness, including others, helping those around us and celebrating the different cultures and traditions that make our community so special. We saw this all around our kura during break times today where we enjoyed bouncing bubbles, delightful dancing, tremendous tunes and creating picturesque patterns all around the place. Our Diwali crew made a delicious sweet treat that was delivered to classes for every tamariki within the school. A beautiful reminder that even the smallest acts of kindness can brighten someone's day! 🌟 Wishing all our families and communities celebrating Diwali a very Happy Diwali, filled with light, happiness, kindness and hope! 🪔💛

Kia ora, a reminder that tomorrow is Wednesday Challenge day. We are currently in second place on the points table. Let's see if we can get lots of points tomorrow and take over first place!