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Kia or e te whānau, Room 11 had their detective hats on this morning as they divided up in several groups and headed off to designated classrooms to find out what Tawhai Kura’s favourite foods are. They did their counting using tally marks. When they returned to the classroom they handed over their information to…

Kia ora e te whānau, We had just the one assembly for Week 3, our most senior ākonga the Ngahere Hub! Our wonderful co-presenters for this particular one was Harper & Maddox from Ruma Rua who did a great mahi coordinating the event. Mrs Poole popped in to present the Principal awards whilst Harper &…

Kia ora e te whānau, The budding writers of Room 11 have been working very hard this week on their interpretation of the classic story, ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Each of them had their published writing turned into a little story book with a sentence for each page and an illustration to match the sentence!…

Kia ora e te whānau, Next up were Tawhai White facing Kelson in the shallow end of the pool. Another fierce and competitive battle between the two sides as can be seen from the faces in the photos, but Kelson had a great first half in the scoring department despite a valiant effort from Charli…

Kia ora e te whānau, After the business of grading games completed, it is now the competition proper for our two Year 5 & 6 Waterpolo teams. First up this afternoon at the Stokes Valley Pool was Tawhai Blue playing against Waterloo. A very fiercely fought and competitive game, but our Tawhai tamariki maintained a…

Kia ora e te whānau, Our delightful tamariki in the Horoeka Hub were also having their fortnightly assembly at the same time as our most senior ākonga. When the resident whakaahua was able to drop in, they were watching a wonderful interactive story called Colour Blocked, not only learning about primary colors in a whole new…

Kia ora e te whānau, As there was another assembly happening at the same time, it was a quick drop into the Ngahere Hub assembly for the resident whakaahua. Jasper & Paige from Ruma tekau mā rima were our wonderful copresenters for this assembly. Mrs Poole dropped in to proudly present the tumuaki awards and…

Kia ora e te whānau, Kereru Hub were the first to kick with their fortnightly assembly this morning in the hall. Our very able co-presenters were Rhiannon and Keegan from Ruma whā who did a wonderful job coordinating the action packed assembly. Tumuaki, Mrs Poole was so happy, after being away on sabatical during Term…

Kia ora e te whānau, Ruma tekau mā rua had a wee bit of time until assembly and knowing that the tamariki would have a half hour of sitting still, our intrepid Kaiako Mrs Poole decided that a movement game was in order. The tamariki had so much fun that by the time they had…

Kia ora e te whānau, This afternoon Ruma ono, whitu, tekau mā tahi, and tekau mā rua of the Kopara Hub celebrated their first assembly for Term 3. After singing and signing the National Anthem, Mrs Poole presented both the Principal & ākonga awards as well as handing out a special award to Hayden from…

Kia ora e te whānau, Here we are already at the end of the first week of Term 3! This morning our most senior Hub celebrated their first assembly of the term. We had two very capable co-presenters in Heidi & Hunter from Ruma tekau mā whā who did a wonderful job coordinating the assembly….

Kia ora e te whānau, Our gorgeous tamariki in the Pumpkin Patch and Room 9a had a lovely surprise today just after they went out for their daily morning nature walk, meeting a newborn lamb! sitting in a circle under the whakaruruhau, groups of 4-5 tamariki who wished to do so, were allowed to get…

Kia ora o te whānau, On most fine mornings, our gorgeous tamariki in the Pumpkin Patch can be seen going for their invigorating nature walks! Occasionally the Room 6 tamariki will come too! They start off with a bracing run around the track, then it’s off on the walk they go! They navigate some of…

Most Mondays, (occasionally a Tuesday) Room 7 adapt their timetable and squeeze in a session with the “Science Kit”. We work together with a buddy to experiment with a range of equipment on a variety of topics: Bee Bots, Magnetic Madness, Simple Machines, Sweet & Sour, and What do you Think? The aim is to encourage an…

Kia or o te whānau, Due to the bake sale taking place later on the day, it was decided that the Ngahere Hub would have their assembly first thing this morning. Unfortunately the resident whakaahua could not be available to capture the assembly, but went around the classrooms afterwards and took photos of the ākonga…

Kia ora o te whānau, Finally it was our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub to gather together in Room 9a for the last assembly of the week! Mrs Boese happily came in to present the Principal awards and Birthday girl, Farmer Paige handed out the ākonga certificates. (Happy Birthday Paige!) Ka pai to those…

Ngahere Hub Assembly Kia ora o te whānau, The Ngahere Hub came together for the second of today’s 3 assemblies this morning. Eliyah & Charlotte from Ruma Tahi were the very capable co-presenters for this assembly! Mrs Boese happily popped in again to present the Principal awards. Eliyah and Charlotte handed over the ākonga awards….

Kia ora o te whānau, After morning tea, the Kereru Hub were the first of the 3 hubs to enjoy their fortnightly get together for assembly in the hall! Rithvik and Hayley were our wonderful co presenters for today and did a great job coordinating the events! We said a karakia and then sang the…