PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Tena Koutou, Talofa, Namaste, Hello and Greetings
It is hard to believe it is March already and we are half way through the term.
We are packing a few things into this term. Our theme this year is get out and about in our community, as we feel we haven't been able to do this in the last few years. How great was it to have our Athletics day on Friday. It was wonderful to see so many parents here cheering on all our students throughout the day. There are a small number of students who are going on to compete in Eastern Athletics on Tuesday. We held our 'meet the teacher' on Wednesday night and it was great to see families along to this. This is the first time we have held it since pre-covid times. The highlight for me was watching families try and work out the scavenger hunt questions... I think some people were a little surprised by some of the answers. Thanks for supporting both of these events.
For the second half of the term we have some more out the classroom experiences across the school. Notes will come home closer to the time for the different events. Our next topic is Planes, Trains and Automobiles where we will be looking at the older style, current styles and potentially future styles of these. The year 5 and 6 students will be walking up East Peak to hear the story of Te Rakitauneke and Matamata in a couple of weeks time and the whole school will enjoy Mr Yipadee (the author of Nee Naw) later in March.
This term we are focusing on manners across the school. We will be working on greeting people when we see them with a good morning/afternoon, the basics of please and thank you and letting people that are older than us to use a door (or the front gate) before us. We find that using basic manners can put a smile on anyone's face.
On athletics day we held a BBQ where all proceeds were going to be donated to a school in Tairawhiti/Gisborne area. We raised $500 from this BBQ (woohoo) and have made contact with Hatea a Rangi Kura in Tokomaru Bay.
Kia pai tō rā whakata (have a great weekend)
Wendy Kitto
Principal
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