Ter m 2, Week 5, 4 June, 2014

Dear Parents and Caregivers

What should Riverview School be like in five years?
What do you want included in the curriculum?
What should we prioritise in our planning?

The Board of Trustees will be hosting a Consultation Evening in the hall on the evening of Thursday
26 June, and wants to hear from all families. The evening will be a lot of fun (drinks and nibbles
supplied), and the information you give will form the basis for writing a new Strategic Plan for the
school.

Please book this date in your diaries now as it is only three weeks away.

Thank you to the Student Council Members who covered my space in the newsletter last week.
You did a great job.

Cross Country: This is planned for Tuesday of next week. It is a fun, all-school event, and we will
be going to the Landcorp farm on Takou Bay Road again. Children do spend the first part of the
morning in class so all are expected to be at school at the normal time. We will then bus the
whole school out to the event. We are very grateful to several business and individuals for
contributing to the cost of these buses.

The Rhythm Interactive Show, planned for today, has been cancelled. The company comes from
Australia and had three schools booked in Northland, but the other two withdrew, which made
coming here financially impossible. We have another show in Term 4 and, rather than refunding
the money, we are holding it as a payment for that show.

Ms Fleur Purdeu has taught at Riverview School since the middle of 2006 and has been a
valued and effective teacher during these years. Unfortunately, she has suffered some
serious health issues and has been unable to return to teaching following the birth of her daughter
early last year. Ms Purdeu has reluctantly tendered her resignation, allowing herself to focus on
her own full recovery and also allowing the school to move forward with a more settled staffing
arrangement. I wish to express the schools appreciation for her years of service at Riverview and
wish her a full recovery and happy future. Miss Sheree McCauley will continue teaching Room 4
until the end of the year.

For the Children

Ken McLeay, Principal
Phone 4077277 Mobile 0211077110 www.riverview.school.nz
P O Box 942 Kerikeri 0245 23 Riverview Road, Kerikeri
ASB School Banking - If you would
like to register your child/ren for
school banking, please see
Jo at the school office.
Mid-North Mobile Ear Clinic - Tuesday 24 June,
outside the Plunket Rooms, Wendywood Lane, 8.30am -
3.30pm.
Kerikeri Makos Public Meeting regarding developing
rugby league teams in all grades., Tuesday 10 June at
6pm at the Kerikeri Pavilion (above the grandstand).
Contact Toni Haldane (Rugby League Northland) 09
4379640 or email rin@nzri.co.nz
Have your personal details changed?
It is very important to notify the office of any
changes to your childs details. Ensuring that
the office has accurate and up-to-date contact
and emergency contact details for your
children is important. Please contact the
office. Thanks.
Scholastic Book Club

Orders are to be returned to the school
office by Tuesday 17 June.
Please make sure cheques
are written out to
Scholastic.
Do you know of any children who are turning five in the next few months who have not yet enrolled?
Please encourage their parents to start the process of enrolment in order to help our Management Team with its
planning.

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foryourchildonwetdays.
Wewillphoneparentstocometo
schoolwithachangeofclothingif
yourchildiswet.Wedonotkeep
anyspareclothingatschool.
Dogs in the School Grounds:
A reminder that Riverview School will
not allow dogs in the grounds during
the hours in which children are
normally here (8am to 5pm).
Parent Contribution: Each year, families are
requested to make a contribution to the school to
supplement the funding provided by the Government. As
a higher decile school (decile 8) we receive
considerably less funding than lower decile schools and,
in order to cover the difference, we rely on
contributions from families.
The donations for 2014 are:
One child at Riverview School: $160
Two children at Riverview School: $300
Three or more children at
Riverview School: $450
The Board would be delighted to receive donations
greater than this from families who can do so. Many
high decile schools in large centres ask for two or even
three times this amount, so please consider this if you
are able. All donations are tax deductible and a
receipt for this purpose will be issued. Some families
have already paid this donation for 2014. THANK YOU.
Our bank details are: 12-3091-0132140-00
Phone or text messages for children to the
office by 2.30pm daily please.
Cross Country Sausage Sizzle

Pre-order Sausage Sizzle notices have been sent home with the eldest or only
child last week. Sausages will be $2 each and money and forms are required
back at school by this Friday 6 June.
Parents are to purchase sausages separately from children (i.e. on the
day).

Can you help on Tuesday 10 June at the School Cross Country?
If you are able to help on the day by cooking sausages, serving food and drinks,
erecting gazebos. Please contact Sian Williams on 4071323 or email sekwilliams@xtra.co.nz
Please note - there is no Year 2 Assembly this
week.


Our School Cross Country will be held on Tuesday 10 June
between 10.30am and 2.00pm. The postponement date is Thursday
12 June. The venue is Kapiro Station (Turn down Takou Bay Road).
Children will be transported to the venue by bus.

11.00 4 yr olds Junior
11.10 5 yr old girls Junior
11.25 5 yr old boys Junior
11.40 6 yr old girls Middle
11.55 6 yr old boys Middle
12.10 10 yr old girls Senior
12.25 10 yr old boys Senior
12.40 8 yr old girls Senior
12.55 8 yr old boys Senior
1.10 9 yr old girls Senior
1.25 9 yr old boys Senior
1.40 7 yr old girls Middle
1.55 7 yr old boys Middle







The Inter-School Cross Country dates are:
Senior - Tuesday 24 June (Takou Bay Course)
Junior - Wednesday 25 June (Bay of Islands Academy)
RIVERVIEWCROSSCOUNTRY2014
Ages are as of 1 January 2014
Children are not allowed to walk around the paddock
while the races are taking place, or at any other time
(unless you are taking them to the toilet).
Children cant go home unless parents have spoken to
class teachers.
Please note that times are approximate and a guide only.
Organisers may change running times if necessary.
2014 Term Dates
Term 2. May 5 to July 4
Term 3. July 21 to September 26
(Mid-term break on Aug 22)
Term 4. October 13 to Thurs December 18
School banking promoon running Term 1 and Term 2
Students banking weekly can win a share of $10,000.00.
We want to help teach children the value of saving each
week. Every week that they deposit $1.00 or more into
their ASB Headstart account, theyll go into the weekly
draw to win either a $20, $50, or $100 cash prize. This is
sure to fast track their savings. If you are interested in
your child banking with the ASB, call into the school oce
and pick up an applicaon form.
Fuel for Schools is a school
sponsorship programme that
provides all schools
throughout New Zealand
with an innovative way to
raise additional funds.
Southfuels and Northfuels developed the Fuel
for Schools programme as a way of supporting
the rural communities where the majority of our
customers reside. They set aside a portion of
their marketing budget each year to absorb the
costs of the donations so customers are not
charged a premium on their fuel for
participating in the programme. Its Northfuels
way of saying thank you and putting something
back into the community.
CHILDREN COLLECTED BY CAR
Children must wait at the roundabout at the end of
the day, supervised by a teacher until 3.15pm.
Should children not be picked up by 3.15pm, they
then wait at the flagpole by the
school Office. Office staff will
phone you to check on your
arrival time.