Horoeka Hub 2023

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly 19.2

    Kia ora e te whānau, Our gorgeous tamariki in the Horoeka Hub came together yesterday afternoon for their fortnightly assembly in Room 9a. They sang along to; Hey little heart, Le Aute, and Kindness is free! Mrs Poole popped in to do her favourite job and present the Principal awards and Miss Sissons did the…

  • Tawhai Cup: Horoeka Hub

    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…

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly

    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…

  • Shared Kai in the Pumpkin Patch for Farmer Paige

    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…

  • Fire Safety

    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…

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly 27.10

    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…

  • Enjoying some Chalking Time in the Pumpkin Patch!

    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’…

  • Horoeka Hub Term 4 Newsletter 2023

    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

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly

    Malo e lelei’ At the same time our most junior ākonga were enjoying their time together for their fortnightly assembly in Room 10 just before lunch. Mrs Poole was very happy to be able to come along and present the Principal awards. Ka pai to all the students who received awards. They got to have…

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly

    Kia ora e te whānau, Our lovely tamariki in the Horoeka Hub were the last to have their assembly in Room 9a just before lunch! Our Ruma 9a hosts were all in pj’s (as they were celebrating a dojo milestone so were having a pj party!) Mrs Poole once again was so happy to pop…

  • Pottery Fun for our Younger Tamariki

    Kia ora e te whānau, A few weeks ago we shared some photos of the older ākonga having a great time at their pottery sessions. The younger tamariki also got to have their turn with guest potter, Magrita Freie . Here are some fly on-the-wall photos of Rooms 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, and 10…

  • The Budding Writers of Room 11!

    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!…

  • Horoeka Hub

    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…

  • A Lovely Start to the Term for the Pumpkin Patch

    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…

  • Our Nature Walks

    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…

  • Horoeka Assembly 16.6

    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…

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly 2.6

    Tālofa lava, Lastly it was the turn of our gorgeous tamaiti in the Horoeka Hub to have their fortnightly assembly before lunch! Mrs Boese was able to pop in to proudly hand out the Principal Awards and Miss Sissons did the honours with the student awards. Ka pai to the awards winners. We had some…

  • Horoeka Hub Assembly,

    Lastly it was the turn the our younger tamariki from the Horoeka Hub to have their assembly in Room 9a. Mrs Boese did another pop in to present the Principal Awards (one of her favourite jobs!) Mrs Burney did the honours with the Student Awards. The tamariki got to watch the wonderful video and listen…

  • Horoeka Hub Newsletter Term 2

    Please find attached our latest newsletter from the Horoeka Hub.  As always, do not hesitate to contact your classroom teacher if you any questions regarding the attached. Kind Regards Horoeka Hub

  • Cross Country Training

    Cross Country Training! Kia ora o te whānau, The resident whakaahua just had to check out how some of our tamariki are going on the track in readiness for the much anticipated annual Cross Country next Wednesday! It was lovely to capture some of the classes really putting in the mahi to better their times…