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School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 10, 2024

SCHOOL CENTENARY - 5TH AND 6TH APRIL 2024 By the time you receive this newsletter celebrations will be underway. T...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 9, 2024

SCHOOL CENTENARY - 5TH AND 6TH APRIL 2024 Thank you very much to our kapa haka roopu and the choir who are providing ‘live...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 8, 2024

At the Board meeting earlier this week our Board reluctantly accepted the resignation of Mrs Helen Griffin who has decided to go in...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 7, 2024

RAMADAN I would like to take a moment to extend our warmest wishes to all of our school community who observe this special ...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 6, 2024

It is with great excitement that we can let you know that work commences on the replacement of the senior playground NEXT WEEK! The anticipated fin...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 5, 2024

t’s been lovely to see many of you supporting trips and or sports events over the week. Thank you so much, we appreciate your support and help. Next week i...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 4, 2024

We’ve got a really busy week next week with swimming displays and/or sports planned, along with the kete visits to Te Manawa starting. Please make sure you have re...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 3, 2024

Welcome to Friday - and what a great week we have had for swimming. Let’s hope we have a few more yet too. The mornings have been getting a little cooler, however the love...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 2, 2024

We’ve noticed a pleasing reduction in the number of tamariki arriving at school before 8.30am. Thank you so much for your support with this. aPlus are open from 7am and can provide before...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 1, 2024

Welcome to the new school year. It was lovely to see the excitement from the tamariki as they entered their classrooms and met up with friends again. (I might add there were some ...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 4, Week 10, 2023

Listed below are the teaching teams for next year. We operate in collaborative spaces at our kura and it is likely that all the ākonga will be taught by each of the kaiako in their kete at some ...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 4, Week 9, 2023

Listed below are the teaching teams for next year. We operate in collaborative spaces at our kura and it is likely that all the ākonga will be taught by each of the kaiako in their kete at some ...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 4, Week 8, 2023

Welcome to the first official day of summer - let’s hope someone ‘in ch...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 4, Week 7, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 6, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 5, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 4, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 3, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 2, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 4, Week 1, 2023

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Newsletter - Term 3, Week 10, 2023

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 9, 2023

Nau mai ke Te Wik...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 8, 2023

What a fantastic buzz the...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 7, 2023

Next week we start up our final N...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 6, 2023

We wish our Jump Jam teams well this week...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 5, 2023

Next Friday is the nationally celebrated daffodil...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 4, 2023

DISCO Congratulations and thank you to the stude...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 3, 2023

DISCO Everyone will have received details/information vi...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 2, 2023

This term’s inquiry concept is ‘Whenua’ (Earth). Each kete will h...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 3, Week 1, 2023

Welcome to Term 3 everyone! A very special welcome to the tamariki/whāna...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 10, 2023

Wishing all our Muslim whānau a blessed Eid al-Adha filled with celebration, com...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 9, 2023

TE PAE TAMARIKI We congratulate our senior Kapa Haka roopu as they represent our kura b...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 8, 2023

At our meeting this week, the Board started to unpack the responses received in our recent commun...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 7, 2023

Sadly, I need to let our school community know that Gaylene Thompson passed away suddenly last weekend. M...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 6, 2023

Just a brief message from me this week, not having to read an extensive newsletter may extend your weekend just a...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 5, 2023

POSSIBLE STRIKE ACTION In addition to yesterday’s email explaining potential strike action next week. NZEI - the primar...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 4, 2023

SAFETY CONCERN Following on from yesterday’s notice advising you that we had a child offered lollies from a stranger on their w...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 3, 2023

COMMUNITY SURVEY Every three years our Board consults with our school community as widely as possible to get YOUR voice and ideas on th...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 2, 2023

COMMUNITY SURVEY Every three years our Board consults with our school community as widely as possible to get YOUR voice and ideas on the strate...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 2, Week 1, 2023

Welcome to the new school term. I hope everyone managed to spend some time over the Easter/term break doing things that made you feel good! A very specia...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 10, 2023

What a fabulously ‘busy’ term this has been. There has been so much happening. Starting with the fantastic EOTC week early in the term to our Cultural Celebratio...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 9, 2023

CULTURAL CELEBRATION Over term 1 we have been inquiring around Tūrangawaewae - the place where we feel especially empowered and connected. Tūrangawaewae is our found...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 8, 2023

Congratulations to all the Year 1 - 3 tamariki who participated in the duathlon event yesterday. It was great to see the perseverance and determination shown - even for those wh...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 7, 2023

You will have seen in the upcoming events section of this newsletter that we have Goal Setting evenings coming up. At goal setting evenings the tamariki (children) are given a ‘...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 6, 2023

You will have seen in the upcoming events section of this newsletter that we have Goal Setting evenings coming up. At goal setting evenings the tamariki (children) are given a ‘run shee...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 5, 2023

Earlier this week everyone received an invitation to our Whānau hui evening being held next Tuesday evening in Te Kete Pounamu (TKP). This hui is to speci...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 4, 2023

If you have been into the school recently, you will likely have noticed the improvements we have made around the school since the end of last year. The PTA directe...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 3, 2023

I am sure that you will all join us in sending ‘we care about you’ thoughts and our best wishes to the people in the many areas of the North Island that have suffered deva...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 2, 2023

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to come to the Seesaw parent education session and/or the Pool Party last night. It’s great that we are able to have these community e...

School Newsletter

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 1, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 school year. It was lovely to see the excited faces pouring in the gate on Tuesday morning. A special welcome to all whānau (families) who are new to Hokowhitu School...