Month: September 2024

Tēnā koutou katoa, (Hello everyone) Didn’t Anna do a great job of writing the pānui while I was away in Ōtautahi (Christchurch) last week? I had the most amazing time at my tumuaki conference there, it really filled my bucket! As I’ve mentioned previously, communicating to you all every Friday is one of the best parts of my job. I’ve heard of some principals who outsource their newsletter to save time, but I just couldn’t do that. I hope you can hear my personal voice when you read this and get a strong sense of our school vibe and feel....

Mihi atu ki a koutou, (Greetings to you all) This week the pānui comes to you from Anna in Troy’s absence. He’s in Ōtautahi (Christchurch) for Tau Mai, Tau Tahi! (The Trans-Tasman Principals' Conference). I’m sure he will come back with many exciting ideas and stories to enrich our tamariki at Turitea.  Spring Fling The Spring Fling was unbelievable. That was my first experience of it and it far exceeded my expectations. Our amazing tuakana from Totara and Kahikatea let their creativity fly with their creations and in my opinion should be running their own stalls at many markets around...

The last two days have probably been the most satisfying and rewarding in all my time here at Turitea School. And from the kōrero (conversations) that we had at our Staff Hui last night, it seemed I wasn’t alone in thinking this way. Our kaiako shared their whakaaro (thoughts) about their experience at Te Rangimārie Marae and I just had to share some of these with you:

Perhaps we need a dress up day every Friday? Our kids love it and it is really ‘bucket filling’ seeing them arrive at school looking so bright, happy and pumped as you can see above! The perfect way to come to kura if you ask me... Today’s theme around spring colours was to keep building the hype for our Spring Fling which is on next weekend. Our Facebook event tells us we could expect upwards of 500 people coming along, which would be absolutely amazing! Hope this date is locked in your calendar and you’ve told your friends, colleagues and neighbours all...