10th May 2012

Taking camping to new heights!

Our senior school students have been having a great time at camp taking part in activities such as: the high ropes course; the flying fox; archery and outdoor survival. Below are some photos to show you what they have been up to. Further articles will be available on the senior school pages in the near future.

9th April

A couple of weeks ago we were visited by Mish Mash television. If you would like to see the footage it is now available on our gallery page.   Click here

5th April

Thank you to all those parents who came along to support our Cultural Celebration Day. We had a great time. Have a look at the photos and see if you can spot anyone you know.

Have a happy Easter. We will look forward to seeing the children back at school on April 23rd.

3rd April 2012

Don’t forget our Cultural Celebration Day tomorrow. We would love parents to come and join us. We have a special assembly in the hall at 11.40am where our brand new mural will be unveiled and blessed by Mr. Jerry Samuels. Our Kapa Haka group will perform as will our choir and a local Togan Cultural group. Following on from the assembly you are welcome to join your children for a shared lunch and to visit them in their classrooms in the afternoon. The children have been encouraged to wear national dress, it would be great to see some of our parents in national dress too. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

27th March 2012

The children from Room 25 have been getting creative. For homework the children were asked to create a cultural symbol and to explain what it represents and how they made it. This tiki, made from Cortina parts, was absolutely stunning and will be on display in the school library. Make sure you go in and have a look.

19th March 2012

We had great excitement today when the crew from Mish Mash television came to film at the school. The children had the opportunity to talk to them about: our cultural display in the hall; the murals at our school; the writing we have been working on; our plans for enviro schools  and Room 17 shared a waiata. The school will be featured on the programme on the 3rd, 4th and possibly 5th of April. More details will be included in the newsletter closer to the time.

19th March 2012

Congratulations to all those children who took part in the Northern Cluster Swimming Competition. They chose a perfect day. Special congratulations go to the following children who are through to the Bay of Plenty Championships.

Year 5: Aya; Hannah N; Tommaso; Logan E

Year 6: Hunter N; Louie C; Michael N

14th March 2012

This term the children are looking at the diverse cultures we each bring to our school. Shina and her mum Uma were kind enough to come and share their national dress with the children in Room 11. Uma demonstrated how to put on a sari and Shina told the children about how she wears her sari on festival days.

Every child in the school will be given the opportunity to share their national costume when we hold our Cultural Celebration Day on the 4th April. Make sure you put the date in your diary.

23rd February 2012

This year one of our major aims at the school is to improve children’s motivation for writing and the quality of their work. Reading and writing are very closely linked so we are asking the children to look at published authors, to respond to what they have read (e.g. what was the message of the story, do you agree or disagree with the author, have you ever been in a similar position to the character in the story) and to look at the descriptions and techniques the authors have used. You could really help us at home by taking time to read your child some of the books you enjoy or share with them an article from the newspaper. Ask them what they think, talk about new words they don’t know the meaning of, let them tell you why they did or didn’t enjoy what you read to them. On our website we now have a new page under class pages specifically to display the children’s writing. Soon there will be a list of links on this page for websites that you can enjoy with your child at home.

9th February 2012

We have enjoyed welcoming all of the children back to school and an especially warm welcome goes to the families of the forty new children who have started with us this week. To give parents an opportunity to meet their child’s class teacher, we are going to have an informal picnic next Wednesday the 15th February. You are very welcome to come along and have lunch with your child from 12.50pm. The classes will all sit on the back field to eat their lunch which will give you a chance to introduce yourself to the teacher. At 1.10 pm the children will go off to play. You are welcome to stay with them until the end of the lunch break which is 1.35pm.

If you are able to make it we would love to see you. Please note that if the weather is poor we will have to cancel.