• Monday 8th March - Taranaki Anniversary (school closed)
• Tuesday 9th March - School Swimming Sports
• Wednesday & Thursday 10th & 11th March - Whanau Learning Conferences (School finishing at 2pm)
• Friday 12th March - Mt Spa Triathlon
• Monday 15th March - Marae Visit
• Monday 15th March - Senior Block Opening & BBQ - 12:30pm
• Wednesday 17th March - Kaponga Athletics (Please note date change)
• Friday 19th March - Mt Spa Swimming Sports
• Thursday 25th March - SPA AGM, 1pm
• Friday 26th March - Junior School Triathlon (Years 1-4)
• Thursday 1st April - Teachers Only Day
• Friday 2nd April - Good Friday
• Monday 5th April - Easter Monday
• Tuesday 6th April - Easter Tuesday
• Friday 16th April - Last day of Term 1

RAISE Goal: use encouraging words to support our peers

Te reo phrase of the week: kia tere (be quick)

Kia ora,

Well I am absolutely stoked to say that as of Tuesday 9th March Rooms 1, 2, and 3 will be back in their classrooms! We are wrapped with the look of the refurbished learning spaces and I know our students will love them. It’s one of those projects where so many people and organisations came together to make it such a success. Our builders (Livingstones) stuck to their timeframe and have done a great job, the Hall Committee have been fantastic in allowing us to use the hall for so long, and our teachers have done an incredible job of teaching in a very different environment than what they’re used to.

Swimming Sports and Demonstration

On Tuesday 9th March we will start our swimming programme with Rooms 5 and 6 performing a swimming demonstration for their whanau at 11 am. This will run for approximately half an hour. We will then start our school swimming sports at 12:30 pm. The SPA Committee will be putting on a sausage sizzle, with sausages being $2 each. All of this is based on a shift to Alert Level 1 by Tuesday. The data is looking good so we’ll just see what announcements come up and update you accordingly on the spectator plan for our swimming sports if we stay at Alert Level 2.

Whanau Learning Conferences

We still have a few parents/caregivers who have not booked a time for our upcoming whanau learning conferences. These conferences are very much about meeting the teacher, goal setting, and discussing how your child has settled in. Please click on the following link to catch up with your child’s teacher next week Whanau Learning Conferences. Thank you to the large number of people who have already made an appointment.

Cleaning Vacancy

We are currently in need of a cleaner to partner up with Jacque Hollenback and work 7.5 hours per week, 1.5 hours per day, Mon - Fri. This is a permanent part time position. If you are interested please pop into the office and catch up with me.

Lastly, I would just like to again thank our wonderful community for being so supportive when we are at Alert Level 2. You always just quickly adapt to the latest alert level, which helps us to ensure that we are meeting all of the criteria and keeping our students safe. Have a fantastic long weekend! Celebrate the amazing region we live in and we’ll all keep our fingers crossed for a shift down to Alert Level 1 next week.

Ngå mihi nui

James Willson

Miss B has been away Tuesday and Wednesday on an Apple PD course, learning to effectively engage students using apps on the iPad. She is excited to introduce and use new and different apps with our learning.

We continue to work on coding with the iPads, and practice our technique and speed ready for swimming sports.

We are really moving forward on our learning journey now. We have started our home learning worksheets and the feedback has been positive so far. It’s amazing what that little extra does to your child’s learning, so I am very grateful to have such supportive parents to work alongside.

We have learnt about numbers 1, 2 and 3 this week. We are learning to recognise the number and its name, as well as what they look like on a tens frame or with our fingers.We explored our body for number two...we have a lot of pairs on us!

SPA have our annual Easter Raffle coming up and would appreciate donations towards the prizes.

Could families please hand donations into the office; it doesn’t have to be chocolate as anything is very much appreciated.

Tickets will be sent home soon, with the raffle getting drawn on Tuesday 30th March.

Also an order form for our annual Spring Bulbs Fundraiser has been sent home today. Orders are to be returned by Wednesday 24th March.

Funds raised from these two fundraisers will be going towards the new Makerspace Area at school.

For more information contact the office or Angela Burke (SPA Chairperson) 021 257 0095

If your child would like to play netball for Matapu School on Saturdays in Hawera, commencing the week starting 3rd May 2021. You will need to click on the link below and fill out the form individually for each child. Forms need to be completed by Friday the 12th of March 2021. This is to allow us enough time to register teams at each age group.

E huri to aroaro ki te ra tukuna to ataarangi ki muri i a koe.

Turn and face the sun and let your shadow fall behind you.

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