Check out week 5’s percentages, well done Rooms 5 and 6 for getting 100% activity this week, people taking part in the school cross country really increased our activity level – well done (this comes from our Feet First Google Spreadsheet).

Also check out the graphs below from the ‘Feet First’ website showing our data for [...]

A Big Breakfast / Fundraiser for the Breakfast Club will be held on Tuesday next week. As the finals of the Super 14 will have finished we are holding a gold coin mufti day on this day. Come dressed in the colours of your favourite sports team. We will be giving out prizes.
For the Breakfast [...]

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This week we held our Annual Farm Fun Run. Our thanks to Mr Scherrer for allowing our farm fun run to take place on his farm. Robbie organised a great event. Our children got into the spirit and had a fantastic afternoon. Thanks also to Kylie Bentley for taking care of our first aid [...]

Take a look at some photos below and movie footage underneath the slides from the What Now Games day on Tuesday 19th May.

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There has been a fantastic response to World Vision 40 Hour Famine this Weekend. 12 students are taking part over the weekend. Please support your children.

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The Breaky Club would love some fresh fruit donations. If you are able to help out, could you please send it along to Room 4. Many thanks. On the 2nd of June we are holding our next Big Breakfast. As the finals of the Super 14 will have finished we are holding a gold coin [...]

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Thank you for your input into last weeks Education Review Office visit. Our staff are delighted with the report and now have identified areas that we will develop together as a school. The ERO Team produced large charts displaying evidence of good practise and our next steps. These are available for you to view [...]

Room 3 have been looking at Tukutuku Patterns in Art and designing their own with a story that reflects on their culture land upbringing in New Zealand. Here is Baylee W’s pattern with a story that explains the meaning behind the Tukutuku Pattern.
My Tukutuku pattern represents Waihi Beach. You can see the fish that swim [...]

This week’s Habit of Mind is
“Taking Responsible Risks”.
Successful people are not
afraid to try new things
even if they might fail at first.

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This week our students, Board of Trustees, parents and staff had the opportunity to share with the Education Review Office (ERO) our journey in Teaching and Learning since 2006 and our goals for our future. All classes were viewed, meetingsheld and documentation shared. This afternoon the ERO Team has feed back to the BOT [...]