Month: October 2025

Kia ora e te whānau o te kura nei, (Greetings families of our school) Apologies for the early Hero post this morning informing you that school was still open for business today. There were some misleading posts doing the rounds on social media about some schools being closed because of the fire at the old Fitz building last night. I’m lucky to be well-connected to ‘the goings on’ at other schools in Palmy, so I made the call that if schools closer to town were open for business, then there was no risk to us if we did the same....

Kia ora e te whānau, Mihi atu ki a koutou (Big thanks everyone) if you came along to our annual Lamb, Calf and Pet Day last Friday. This is one event that helps us retain our ‘rural school’ status and was a beautiful way to spend a sunny Friday evening. It was also a great showcase of some of our students' commitment outside of school to our uara (value) of kaitiakitanga by looking after their animals. Pictured below are some of my favourite photos. Our winners were celebrated this afternoon at our Hui Ā Kura. Monday marked the first day...

Ngā mihi o te rangi (Greetings today) There's been a definite buzz around our school this week as we get ready for our Lamb, Calf and Pet Evening tonight. The gingerbread decorating began this morning, miniature scenes (below) were created in our junior classes, along with the ‘rock on’ challenge in our middle classes and the scarecrows in our senior classes. Despite some less-than-ideal weather earlier in the week, the day is looking beautiful so far, let's hope it holds for our 4pm start. A separate Hero post was sent out on Wednesday with the logistical details, so hopefully, you've...

Nau mai hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuawha (Welcome back to Term 4) I don’t want to jinx it whānau, but how much better has the pick up/drop off been with no road works on Old West Road? Somehow we are into our final term of the year and if the previous three terms were anything to go by, this one will also fly by too and I’ll be writing you all my final pānui in no time! As usual, we began the term with a mihi whakatau (informal welcome) for the new whānau members who have joined our kura...