Kia ora e te whānau, For term 4 inquiry the focus for the Kopara Hub is safety. The connection to their whakatauki is that to nurture and grow they need to keep themselves safe and learn safe practices. They will be looking at Water Safety (a session at SV Pool is currently being planned), Fire…
Kia ora e te whānau, Here is the latest newsletter for Term 4 from our wonderful PTSG Committee.
Kia ora e te whānau, Our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub were also holding their assembly in Room 9a. They enjoyed a bit of singing with their friends. They especially liked the ‘sing like a unicorn’ song! Mrs Poole was very happy to pop in to present the Principal awards. There were some extra…
Kia ora e te whānau, As both the Ngahere and Horoeka Hubs were having assemblies at the same time, it was a wee bit of a mad dash between the two to capture the essence of both assemblies. Our wonderful and very capable co-presenters for the Ngahere Hub assembly were Eli and Harry. Ka pai…
Kia ora e te whānau,October is ADHD awareness month and the theme for 2023 is ‘Breaking the stigma’!A BIG thank you to Chanelle Moriah for allowing a page from her book on ADHD to be used!
Kia ora e te whānanu, Our gorgeous tamariki in the Pumpkin Patch had an opportunity this afternoon of chalking on the ground outside their classroom whilst enjoying a bit of afternoon sunshine. They had to do a little bit of mahi by writing their numbers, but then after that they could do some ‘free chalking’…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our lovely Year 2 & 3 tamariki in the Kopara enjoyed their first assembly for Term 4 on a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the kura this afternoon! Our very capable ākonga, Scarlet and Maisie from Ruma tekau mā rua were the joint co-presenters for this particular assembly and despite…
Kia ora e te whānau, To see what our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub will be doing during Term 4 and for general information please click on the link below. As always, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s classroom teacher if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards Deb Barnden
Kia ora e te whānau,This last week of Term 3 sees our Miniball/tiniball teams play their final round for the season!This afternoon our Year 3 & 4 teams were down at the Walter Nash Stadium. The Tawhai Flames had a draw against Maungaraki Hornets and the Tawhai Wekas and Tawhai Fastbreaks both posted big wins!Here…
Ni sa bula vinaka, We wish our gorgeous Year 5 & 6 ākonga all the very best and to have lots of fun as they head off to camp tomorrow at Kaitoke! Here they are in their teams (minus a few!) after receiving their shirts!
Kia ora e te whānau, The Tawhai Keas were to face Wa Ora Wekas to mark the last game of the basketball season for our Tawhai tamariki, but not a weka could be seen! Instead we saw a friendly but very competitive game between the Keas and their siblings/cousins! Some wonderful play and great goals…
Kia ora e te whānau, It was down to the Walter Nash Stadium to capture highlights of the 3 senior games played on Thursday to round off the year! A draw for the Tawhai Eagles against Normandale, 14-14! Tawhai Kereru had a narrow loss against Raphael House Gold, 10-12. The Tawhai Knights faced a very…
Kia ora e te whānau, It was an action-packed assembly for our most senior ākonga to round off a very busy Term 3! Elizabeth and Courtney were our very able co presenters and did such an awesome mahi with the numerous items on the agenda! After the karakia and the National assembly, they presented the…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our ākonga in Room 1 could be excused for wondering what happens during a whatu weaving session that takes place in their classroom on Mondays but one afternoon this week, Board Chair and Tawhai whānau, Jaydy Marsh popped in to enlighten them about what the weaving group is aiming to…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Tuesday 19th September Kōpara Hub took an exciting trip on the bus to The Dowse in Lower Hutt. We looked at the artworks from NZ artist, Raukura Turei who uses whenua from places connected to her whakapapa to create amazing art. The children created some of their own artworks…
Yesterday saw the final round of waterpolo for the season for both the Tawhai teams. Tawhai White played first against Hutt Central School for 3rd and 4th places. During the first half the team had plenty of go forward with the ball but unfortunately could not find the back of the net. However they had…
Kia ora e te whānau,Ruma whitu in these last weeks of the term have been trying their skills with the oval ball, throwing, catching passing and tapping. They have just started to try a new team game called Turbo Touch. Here are a few photos of them having a game yesterday and thoroughly enjoying themselves!
Kia ora e te whānau, Our wonderful detectives in Ruma tekau mā rua have been busy this last week collecting data! They firstly visited the other Classes in the Kopara Hub with their clips boards and charts to find out what type of cupcakes the tamariki liked the best from a choice of 5 different…
Kia ora e te whānau, During the very busy but enjoyable day, our wonderful senior ākonga came together in the hall for their weekly assembly. It was lovely to see so many of our tamariki make such an effort to dress up for ‘Star’ Day! Our very capable presenters for this particular assembly were Rosie…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our wonderful Kopara Hub came together this afternoon in Ruma tekau mā rua for their assembly (postponed from last week!) Our very able co presenters for this assembly were Connor and Skylah from Ruma tekau mā tahe and they did a fantastic job of coordinating all the items included! Apart…
