Kia ora e te whānau, The lovely Tamariki from Room 4 had a lovely idea after one of the reading groups read a story about a writers walk in one of the school journals they were reading. They decided to do something similar, choosing to write some poems about their life in Wellington and beautifully…
Kia ora e te whānau, During the summer break our wonderful Farmer Paul and his wife Sally have been keeping up with the gardening duties! ( despite losing a few gardening gloves along the way thanks to the thieving and opportunistic, local black cat!) Today he decided that it was time to share some corn…
This term the Kopara Hub have been learning all about fire safety, road safety. Yesterday Rooms 6 and 11 went down to Stokes Valley pool to learn about water safety. With the summer break and good weather coming up, it is so important for us to practise keeping safe in and around the water. Living…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Thursday our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub had a fun session of 4 rotational activities involving some dribbling and goal scoring skills, flying an aeroplane, running under a colourful parachute, going through a few obstacles, and diving onto a high jump mat! The tamariki had so much fun…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Thursday it was the turn of the Kopara Hub to enjoy the thrills and action of the popular Tawhai Cup Tournament. As with the previous 2 tournaments, the tamariki went through a series of 5-minute round robin games during the middle block, followed by the knockout round also lasting…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Wednesday it was the turn of our Year 3 & 4 Kereru Hub to take part in the Tawhai Cup Football Tournament. It followed pretty much the same format as the Year 5 & 6 Tournament that took place the day before, with the usual 4 trophies up for…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Tuesday the first of the 3 days of tournament kicked off with our Year 5 & 6 tamariki playing for the prestigious Tawhai Cup. The round robins were played before morning tea, then it was straight into the finals to decide who were the winners of the Plate, bowl,…
Kia ora e te whānau, A few fly-on-the-wall photos taken of both the Ngahere & Kereru Hubs celebrating the end of Week 8 with assemblies just before lunch! Our wonderful co-hosts for the Ngahere Hub were Abby and Ava who did a fine mahi of presenting this particular assembly! We had the usual Principal and…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our lovely Kopara Hub held their fortnightly assembly this afternoon in Room 12. Our hosts for this assembly were Tallulah & Ryder from Room 11 and they did a fantastic job coordinating the events. Mrs Boese dropped in to present the Principal awards and Mrs Lynley Poole handed over the…
Kia ora e te whānau, It was the turn of our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub to enjoy their assembly in the afternoon. Mrs Poole was happily on hand to present the tumuaki awards, and Mrs Bui presented the student awards. Ka pai to all the tamariki who received their awards. Unfortunately due to…
Kia ora e te whānau, The weeks are moving so fast that the Friday Naghere Hub assembly was suddenly upon us again today! Harper & Fletcher were our very capable co presenters for this particularly busy assembly and did a fantastic mahi! Mrs Poole as always, was so happy and proud to be able to…
Kia ora e te whānau, Tuesday 21st November was the big day for our 25 ākonga as they represented not only their kura but the Northern/Central Zone in the Interzone Athletics at Hutt Rec! They were fortunate in the weather being nice and mild as they took part in their chosen event. All the tamariki…
Kia ora e te whānau, It was down to Fraser Park yesterday to capture our 7 teams in action for Round 3 of the touch season. Lots of great tries seen (though not always captured!) and some fantastic play witnessed across the age ranges! It was so lovely to see the touch referees giving our…
Kia ora e te whānau, The Kopara Hub came together in Room 12 this afternoon for their fortnightly assembly. Our wonderful co presenters for this assembly were Noa and Ashton from Room 6. They did a fantastic job of not only saying their mihi but also coordinating the events and being able to go with…
Kia ora e te whānau, Ngahere Hub came together for their weekly assembly rounding off a very busy week! Our wonderful co presenters for this assembly were kear and Jesse from Ruma tekau mā rima. Mrs Poole dropped in to present the Tumuaki awards and Kear and Jesse did the honours with the Student awards….
Kia ora e te whānau, Our wonderful Farmer Paul was super excited today and couldn’t wait to share his joy with the resident kaiwhakaahua! This morning he and his wife Sally were inundated by volunteer wouldbe gardeners who were happy to spend morning tea time, either weeding, digging over, or planting in the veggie garden….
Kia ora e te whānau, What better way to mark the end of her four terms at Tawhai Kura for our lovely Student Teacher Farmer Paige Anderson, supporting the kaiako and tamariki in Rooms 9 and 10, then to enjoy a shared lunch in the Pumpkin Patch together today! A BIG thank you to the…
Kia ora e te whānau, Yesterday was the first round of touch for our tamariki up at Fraser Park. There were 3 teams playing in the Year 1 & 2 grades, 2 for the Year 3 & 4 and 2 for the Year 5 & 6 grade. Our oldest ākonga faced off against each other…
Kia ora e te whānau,Our wonderful Kopara Hub came together this afternoon in Room 12 for their fortnightly assembly on an absolutely beautiful but very hot day!After singing and signing the National Anthem, Mrs Lynley Poole presented the Student awards. Ka pai to the worthy recipients!Unfortunately Tumuaki Mrs Poole could not attend to present the…
October is ADHD Awareness Month and the theme is ‘Breaking the Stigma’. The te reo Māori kupu/word for ADHD is Aroreretini meaning ‘attention goes to many things’. There is a growing understanding that ADHD seems to be more about having an abundance of attention, rather than a deficit of it. ADHD shows up for different people in different…
