Kia Manawanui - Have a Heart

Kia Māia - Be Courageous

Kia Kaha - Do Your Best

Kia Ora - Be Well

Ngā mihi ki a kōutou mo tō kōutou awhi i tenei ata.

Thank you to everyone who helped at our working bee on Saturday morning. We managed to get the front entrance and driveway gardens all full with mulch, cleaned up a few internal spaces and moved the bike racks to their new home.

Our next working bee (date and time TBC) we will be looking for helpers to tidy up our vegetable gardens, bike pump gardens and our Dillon Drive alternative entrance garden. If you or someone in your whānau are interested in helping out during a school day just email me at nwalker@puketapu.school.nz.

Ngatai Walker

Principal

Thanks 'Stumped' for helping out once again!

Thank you to our Board of Trustees for the ice blocks! Thanks to Home & School for the sausages and thanks to Flo, Brody and Avon for running the sausage sizzle - they raised $459 towards the Kauri and Kōwhai camps!

Our guest of honor Miss Sowman was dressed in yellow to represent her whānau group Kiwi

The "other" Puketapu School is in Hawkes Bay and has been very much affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Take a look at this video about how some Puketapu kids get to school now:

If you would like to help more, check out the Puketapu Cyclone Relief page.

Kia Manawanui - Have a Heart

Kia Māia - Be Courageous

Kia Kaha - Do Your Best

Kia Ora - Be Well

We love spotting our tamariki showing these values and we have two kinds of certificates to acknowledge this.

MAKO Certificates (small certificates) are for everyday recognition of our Values. They are handed out by members of staff any time they spot our values in action - some days there are a lot of certificates! Tamariki bring their certificate to the office to get it signed by a member of the leadership team and have their photo taken. A selection of photos make it to the newsletter each week!

Te Mako Matawhero Awards (big certificates) are awarded one per class every two weeks and are chosen by each teacher as recognition to one student who has particularly embodied our Values. These are presented to the student in front of the whole school. As well as a certificate, these students receive a special mystery treat the following week.

Mahi pai Imogen Papprill, Nivahn Clarry & Rhikyda Pirini

Liam Wilson and Hamu Adams are future leaders and heroes already, helping Whaea Rachel with Rimu set up every day! He toki korua!

Te Mako Matawhero Awards

Congratulations to our Te Mako Matawhero Award winners this week:

Rimu: Asher Greenfield, Faith O'Brien, Lily Ponting & Rory Meijer

Tōtara: Keaton Feather-Smith, Sophie Engels, Jayden Tamati, Hoani Adams & Brynley Smith

Kōwhai: Dylan Bublitz, Harleyah Kipa, Addyson Chalenor & Claire Asai

Kauri: Ayaan Azad, Conrad Hobin & Evie Roberts

We are so grateful for our wonderful kai team and the meals they make with aroha for us every day.

On the menu for next week...

Monday: Mac n Cheese

Tuesday: Macho Nachos

Wednesday: Chicken Tacos

Thursday: Bread Day

Friday: Burger Day

Butter Chicken was a HIT again this week!

It's free, it's delicious and it's a great way to start the day!

Orders must be in by Friday 17 March.

BINGO NIGHT

Get your friends together and register!

Register by clicking here now!

SCHOOL POOL

Look at our amazing sign! We appreciate every business and family that has helped us reach our goal to heat the School pool. The students have been excitedly enjoying heated swims this term, and the feedback has been nothing but positive. We value their contribution and this is a small token of our appreciation.

Thanks Andrew!!!

Learning Assistant Jay Lane with Tyde Simpson, Clara Wallace, Tui Robinson and

Fletcher Bublitz

Vinnie in a box! We were wondering how this box was moving, then realised it had a human inside!

Karen Thompson brought Pony's Chino & Jazz to pick up Jade & Dylan Christmas from school.

Jade & Dylan with Chino & Jazz

One bee sting + kind hearts = Kia Manawanui

Thanks boys for taking such good care of Michael Phillips

The tamariki in Whaea Laurie's class show our values all through the day for Whaea Corinne.

Kia Kaha - Trying their best in their learning.

Kia Maia - Being courageous in trying new things and meeting the visiting Weta!

Kia Manawanui - Being kind and helpful to Whaea Corinne.

Kia Ora - Having fun playing games outside while wearing their hats.

Two of our amazing Puketapu kids won trophies at the Fitzroy Surf Life Saving Club end of season prize giving.

Summer Wilkinson: Nipper 10 girls - Most Improved

Oscar Nicholas: Nipper under 9 boys - Excellence

Please check the Hero App for more dates specific to your child's class.

Monday 13 March

• Taranaki Anniversary Day - SCHOOL CLOSED

Thursday 16 March

• NZEI Industrial Action (Strike)- SCHOOL CLOSED

Sunday 19 March

• Last day to order school photos with free delivery

Monday 20 March

• Year 7 & 8 Vaccinations
• BOT Meeting

Friday 24 March

• Puketapu Swimming Sports (Senior School @ Bell Block Pool)
• Bell Block School Gala Day 5pm-7pm

Tuesday 28 March

• Year 6 leave for Camp (Te Wera)

Friday 31 March

• Year 6 return from Camp

Wednesday 5 April

• End of Term Assembly @ Northpoint Church 9.15am

Thursday 6 April

• Last Day of Term 1

TERM 2

Monday 24 April

• First Day of Term 2

Tuesday 25 April

• ANZAC Day / School Closed

Monday 1 May

• Staff Only Day / School Closed

15-25 March 2023, evenings @ 7.30pm, Sunday Matinee @ 2.00pm, no show on Monday

Tickets: Early Bird (Wed 15- Sat 18) $20.00; General admission (Sun 19-Sat 25) $25.00 pp & $23.00 for groups of 10+

Book online www.cuetheatre.co.nz OR FunHo Phone 06 7567 030

Winner of the 2018 Offie (Off West End) Award for Best New Play and nominated for a 2018 Olivier Award

The Revlon Girl is a story of grief, hope, guilt and make-up in the aftermath of the 1966 Aberfan disaster. In this tragic incident 144 people, including 116 children, were killed when a mountain of coal waste crushed homes and a school in the small Welsh town. This play is set eight months after the disaster and depicts four bereaved mothers who meet with a Revlon makeup artist in the local pub one evening to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty – all while navigating how to cope with heart-breaking loss.

You are invited to our:

OPEN DAY

Wednesday 22 March

Visit us anytime between 10 am and 2 pm

We look forward to meeting you and showing you our school

*Weekly Boarding, Part Boarding (2/3 nights), Day Students

*Daily transport options from and to New Plymouth and Hawera

*Contact us for a prospectus package

*Take a Virtual Tour via our website

Broadway North, Stratford

Telephone 06 765 5333

Email: office@taranakidio.school.nz

www.taranakidio.school.nz

Here are some of the many ākonga who have been spotted showing one or more of our school values this week: