Newsletter 26 August 2016
Tena Koutou, Talofa Lava, Malo e Lelei, Namaste, Ni sa bula, Noaia'e mauri, Fakalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Ni Hao, An Nyung Ha Sai Yo, Nay Ho. Greetings to our school families. There is a [...]
Newsletter 12 August 2016
Tena Kotou Katoa, Talofa, Mauri, Greetings to our school families. Hopefully we can look forward to some drier times ahead - it did feel a little ironic this morning, as I watched a pair of ducks splashing [...]
Yr 6 Camp Tongariro
Our Year 6 Students had an amazing time at Camp Tongariro again this year. They took on the challenge of the High Ropes at Taupo, crawled through the Okupata Dropshaft while caving, threw snowballs on [...]
Jane Gifford Trip
Our Year 3 and 4 students from Manawa 1 and Puriri 2 headed off travel the seven seas recently.........by chugging down the Mahurangi River on the beautifully restored Jane Gifford. As part of their scientific [...]
Kapa Haka perform at the Sandspit Marina Opening
We were so very proud of our Kapa Haka performers when they were invited along to perform at the opening of the Sandspit Yacht Club Marina. Our amazing group of children gave up some of [...]
Planting Days 2016
We were blessed with the weather as we headed off to our annual planting days. Our Year 4 students and Mrs Bish worked hard, planting over a thousand plants at the Solways Deer Farm. Shelley, [...]
Thanks for the apples More FM!
Puriri 2 had a nice surprise recently when they were delivered a large box of juicy apples, courtesy of More FM Rodney and Fruit World Silverdale. A huge thank you to Gemma's Mum, Michelle, for [...]
Manawa 1 Test Their Boat Designs
Manawa 1 and Ms McDonald traveled down to Snells Beach recently, to test if their boat designs actually floated. With reasonable success, who knows? Maybe some future America's Cup, or super yacht designers may have [...]
Newsletter 29 July
Tena Kotou Katoa, Talofa, Mauri, Greetings to our school families. Welcome back to Term 3! It was a little frightening when I was writing key dates for this term, to note that August is here next week! How [...]
Newsletter 1 July 2016
Tena Kotou Katoa, Talofa, Mauri, Greetings to our school families. Our newly elected Board of Trustees met for the first time last week, and duly elected Jemma White as their new Chairperson, with Jarrod Dove voted into [...]