Kia ora, Kia orana, Talofa, Bula, Greetings

What an amazing start to our term 2. The smooth transition in to Orange traffic lights level has meant we have some normality to school life. The remainder of the year is going to open a few more opportunities for us. The year 7 & 8 camp is booked, other teams in our school have outdoor education excursions coming up, winter sports has begun and the cultural festival is planned to go ahead. This brings a new lease of life and excitement in to our learning, as it feels like forever since we were able to even think of these type of events occurring.

Health and Safety preventative measures continue to be in place as we continue to navigate the Covid-19 virus. As you know the virus it is still in our community and so we continue to ask that you test and keep your tamariki home if they are positive or are unwell. You can let us know if you have a positive case in your household by filling out this survey below where the office will record the absence. Please once your child/ren are well or have completed their isolation, send them back to school. A barrier to a child's learning can be their absences. It is harder for a child to catch up and reconnect with their peers and this only puts them on the back burner. If your child is well enough during their isolation and are able to do school work, we have options for them to continue their learning - just ask their teacher.

Household contact form

https://forms.gle/y3fDL6yU921i3SQz8

Positive case form

https://forms.gle/XTAZPYLS212enFtK9

I mentioned last term that a few years ago Raukawa worked with our school and gifted some amazing names to us that we could use for our learning spaces. These names associate with parts of a waka (canoe). We already use Te Tauihu, Te Rauawa and Te Taurapa. We now have used further names for some of our classrooms. Each name carries with it significant information and history.

We no longer have CC2, we have restructured and reinvigorated these flexible learning spaces and now have:
Aukaha - Mr Sanson, Mrs Downes & Ms Pohatu
Paewai - Mrs MacKinnon
Manaia - Mr Ngatipa
Taumanu - Ms Smythe
This team is known as Te Rauawa
Here is a link Waka Names showing how these names fit in. We will be renaming other spaces in our school soon as well. Watch this space.

Next week is Support Staff Week - we celebrate all our amazing support staff who add value to our school life every single day. Without these key people our school and our tamariki would definitely miss out.
SHOUT OUT TO:
Shirley Tuakana
Ange Ross
Diane John
Taoma Tamanu
Unuka Tamanu
Lisa Whaanga
Ema Trainor
Dywane George
Andrea Moore
Tralyse Sutton
Ayla Carter

Sandy Ah Siu

Please remember we don't always get things right and so if we have done something that needs to be looked at and rectified; let us know, we won't know unless you have told us and we are open to this. Come in and see us about any concern or issue. Our doors are open.

A reminder that we take enrolments at anytime from anywhere.
Stationary is free and no school fees required.
Pop in and see us.

💛 Ngā mihi Tainui Whānau. Stay Safe. Be Kind. Enjoy your long weekend.

Talofa Lava.

How can you add to the sustainability of a language?

You can do this by learning a little bit of the language.

Here we have our Ambassadors, Patience and Vienna who are both of Samoan descent sharing with you a small portion of what you could learn.

Ko te ahurei o te tamaiti aroha o tātou mahi, Let the uniqueness of the child guide our work.