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Monday 17th August | Vol 36 Issue 25 | Term 3 Week 5
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Kauri Akomanga Contribution
Kauri ākonga
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In akomanga Kauri, we love handwork and making things so we thought we’d show some of the things we have been making this term.
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Sewing book covers out of fabric for our work journals and spelling pukapuka.
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Wet-felting pictures of leaves and then needle-felting on top of the details to show the different parts.
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Wet-felting balls to show the layers of the Earth – cutting them open was so fun!
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We love learning how to knit, but it can be hard sometimes and takes so much practice!
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This is a model of a Pouakai made out of paper.
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We’ve been working on this class tukutuku panel for a while, still a bit to go…
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WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING ĀKONGA & THEIR WHĀNAU STARTING THIS WEEK...
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Kat Taua-Wagner - Rewarewa
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E WHAI AKE (Coming up) . . .
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Tuesday 18th August Drama Club (9-12 and High School ākonga), 3:15pm - 4:15pm, T2
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Wednesday 19th August Maths Club, 3:30 - 4:30pm, Tāwari
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Wednesday 19th August BOT/Council Hui, 7pm - 10pm, Tāwari
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Thursday 20th August PTA Meeting, 7:30pm, Zoom
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Monday 24th August AREA SCHOOL CLOSED for Teacher's Only Day (PRESCHOOL OPEN AS USUAL)
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Tuesday 25th August Drama Club (9-12 and High School ākonga), 3:15pm - 4:15pm, T2
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Wednesday 26th August Maths Club, 3:30 - 4:30pm, Tāwari
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Teacher Only Day (AREA SCHOOL)
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Next Monday (24th August) is a Teacher Only Day for the AREA school. This means that the Primary and High Schools will be closed for instruction. Preschool will remain open as usual. School will resume as normal on Tuesday 25th August.
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Tāwari Food Bank
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A reminder to please support Tāwari’s food bank,
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so they can make meals and baking for the community's needs.
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Save the Date - Parent Education Evening
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Drama Club
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Following a little hiatus for the Primary production, Drama Club is up and running again on Tuesday afternoons, from tomorrow.
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P.T.A (PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION)
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Coming Up
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Upcoming Meetings:
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Thursday 20th August, 7:30pm (Zoom)
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A Rainbow-Filled Thank You!
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A huge thank you to our wonderful PTA for putting on such a fantastic Rainbow Disco on Friday night! It was brilliant to see such an amazing turnout and Wā Ora bursting with colour, music, dancing and plenty of happy faces. A huge amount of mahi went into organising the evening and bringing all those colourful details together, and it certainly showed!
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A very special thank you also to the High School rangatahi who volunteered their time to help on the night. You were an invaluable part of the team, pitching in wherever needed and helping everything run so smoothly. We are incredibly grateful for your support.
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And, of course, thank you to all our whānau who came along and supported the evening. Events like these take a huge amount of work behind the scenes, and it was wonderful to see that effort rewarded with such a fabulous turnout.
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Ngā mihi nui to everyone who helped make the Rainbow Disco such a fun and memorable night for our tamariki! 🌈✨
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Online GP Care – Another Option for Whānau
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With winter bugs doing the rounds and GP appointments sometimes difficult to get at short notice, we wanted to make whānau aware of Online GP Care, available through Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
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The service connects you with registered healthcare professionals for non-urgent health concerns via video or phone, with online GP services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Online GP Care can help with many common health concerns, including coughs, colds and flu, allergies, tummy bugs, skin irritations and rashes, as well as prescriptions and medical certificates. It's free for tamariki and you can register with any available online consultation service.
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Base 5
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Last Friday, we had Craig from Softball Hutt Valley visit our school to show our 9-12 tamariki how to play Base 5 for the upcoming Base 5 Festival. This festival is an event where our years 5&6 children had the opportunity to volunteer themselves to represent our school. So what is Base 5?
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Base 5 is like softball. However, the batter hits the rubber ball with their hand, fist or arm. Rules are similar to softball. A batter needs to get around all 4 bases to score a point. They can only have one player per base. A batter can be out if they are caught on the foul, a fielder receives the ball on the base before the batter gets there, a batter is tagged with the ball while not on a base. Three outs and there is an innings change - five innings per game.
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Term 4 After School Sports Sign Up
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Netball Years 1-4 (Includes preschool tamariki who have turned 5)
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Touch Rugby Years 1-8 (Includes preschool tamariki who have turned 5)
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Floorball Years 1-8 (Includes preschool tamariki who have turned 5)
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Weetbix Kids TRYathlon 2027
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We will be entering a school team into next year’s TRYathlon.
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Distances are approximate and are as follows;
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- 6 year olds 50m swim / 1.5km run
- 7 year olds 50m swim / 4km cycle / 1.5km run
- 8 – 9 year olds 100m swim / 4km cycle / 1.5km run
- 10 – 15 year olds 150m swim / 8km cycle / 1.5 km run
- Splash & Dash - 6 year olds only. Swim and run.
- Individual TRYathlete - 7-15 year olds. Swim, cycle and run.
- Teams of Two - 7-9 year olds (Juniors) and 10-15 year olds (Seniors). One team member does the swim, the other does the cycle, and both do the run.
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