Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warm greetings to you all)
Getting in to you all a day earlier than usual with tomorrow being our Staff Only Day and school is closed for instruction. We appreciate your support in advance giving us this day together as a whole staff to engage in a day of learning around supporting the needs of our tamariki.
Last Sunday, we were incredibly proud of our Year 3-6 rōpū (group) for their outstanding performance at the Whānau Success Day at West End School. They represented us with mana (pride), turning heads and drawing such high praise from the crowd, that people were heard asking, “Wow, what school is that?!” A video of their bracket can be found here if you want to check it out. Thank you to the whānau who brought their kids down and watched them. We received beautiful words from their tumuaki as he sent us the following message: “Kia Ora Turitea Whānau, What a pleasure to host your amazing kura. Your tamariki were truly impressive, not only on the stage, but off it as well. Your values of Whanaungatanga, Mātauranga, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga were clearly evident. Today was a good day. Ngā mihi nui koutou.”
As mentioned last week, our Top 5 Cross Country runners from each year group have been chosen to represent our school at the Cluster Event which is next Thursday 4th June. Our Year 5/6 runners can also take part in the Palmerston North Interschool Event next Friday 5th June. All the details for this can be found in the Hero Events tab if your child was selected. Please can you respond with the permissions etc.
On Monday, we had 22 tamariki take part in the annual Tough Guy and Gal Challenge at Massey University. The weather was outstanding and it made for a fab day of fun in the mud. Mihi atu (Thank you) to all the parents and whānau who came to support them. Check on the quick reel of the day here.
Hui Ā Kura:
Our assembly this afternoon was hosted by our tuakana (seniors) Rory, Kyerin, and Ihaia. We love a full house, so thanks to those who came along to tautoko (support). We loved hearing from Tōtara and Pōhutukawa as they shared their recent learning. To top it off, we whakanui (celebrated) the students who were on the podium for Cross Country last week, and also those who consistently display our uara (values) A huge congratulations to those who earned their tiwhikete (certificate)
Rātā: Logan – Manaakitanga
Rimu: Ava – Mātauranga
Pōhutukawa: Ari – Mātauranga
Mataī: Mackenzie – Mātauranga
Kauri: Esmay – Mātauranga
Tōtara: Andre – Mātauranga
Meagan: Ayla T – Manaakitanga
Troy: Te Ahikā – Mātauranga
PTA Pool Party:
Next Saturday 6th June from 6-8pm our Turitea Whānau (including younger or older siblings) are all invited to the mid-winter Pool Party at the Lido. This is a fun event to bring everyone together, connect with others and build that community feel. Please let us know via the short Hero survey (if you haven’t already) if you plan on attending so we can stock up on drinks and sausages.
Cameron Back:
Next week we welcome Cameron back to school. We know he has appreciated the time at home to settle into life with a beautiful small human in the mix. We thank Carwyn for the time and effort he has put into the ākonga in Pōhutukawa over the past three weeks. We know they have loved having you and we have enjoyed the positive vibes you have brought to our kura. We hope to get him back in again soon.
Ngā Whakanui Ākonga (Student Celebrations):
On Tuesday, the ākonga (learners) in Rātā were doing some writing about their recent Cross Country running. I was lucky to have Reggie, Anya, Carter and Ava come and share this with me, as you can see above. Look how proud of this they are. Ka rawe koutou (Awesome job everyone)
School Murals:
I know we revealed our Year 6 leavers mural last term, but I finally got around to adding a page to our school website celebrating this special tradition that we have at Turitea. Have a look here if you are interested in the pūrakau (story) behind each of them, as it is a whole lot more than ‘paint on a wall.’
From the Community:
- Higgins Concrete are having a kids colouring competition to design their truck artwork. The winning design will be professionally wrapped. Download the form here and enter by 24th July.
- Jiu Lian Shan Kung Fu School offers half-price kids self-defence and martial arts ‘Have a Go’ sessions, designed to build confidence, respect, resilience, basic self-defence and teamwork.
- The Central Football Tiny Tot Program for 2-4-year-olds focuses on developing fundamental movement and basic football skills at Barber Hall from 8th June 8 – 6th July. Information here.
- The Palmy Brick Show is this weekend at Arena 3. Check out their page for more information.
- The Palmerston North Book Sale hits Barber Hall this weekend, opening daily at 10am.
Term 2 Important Dates:
Here are all the dates for the rest of the term.
- Week 7 (Next week)
- SCHOOL CLOSED for Kings Birthday on Monday 1st June
- Year 1-6 Cluster Cross Country at Stewarts Farm in Tokomaru on Thursday 4th June
- Year 5/6 Interschool Cross Country at the Ashhurst Domain on Friday 5th June
- PTA Pool Party at the Lido from 6-8pm on Saturday 6th June
- Week 8
- Tōtara Class Trees For Survival Planting Day at Ballance on Monday 8th June
- Hui Ā Kura at 2.20pm on Friday 12th June
- Week 9
- PTA AGM in the Staffroom at 6pm on Thursday 18th June
- Mobile Library Bus Visit at 9.30am on Friday 19th June
- Week 10:
- Year 5/6 Interschool Ki O Rahi on Wednesday 24th June
- Hui Ā Kura at 2.20pm on Friday 26th June
- Week 11:
- Mid Year Reports Live in Hero on Tuesday 30th June
- Last Day of Term is Friday 3rd July.
Next week we have a student teacher called Charlotte from Te Rito Maioha, starting with us in Rātā learning alongside Carly and her ākonga. She will be with us for the next four weeks, so we look forward to welcoming her into our kura. We also wish our Dani all the best as she is on the same course and is joining our neighbours at Linton Camp School, learning alongside Sandi (Charlie and James’ mum). We know they will look after you superbly Dani.
Kia pai te whakatā i tēnei mutunga wiki roa (Have a good break this long weekend)
Hei te Turei (See you on Tuesday)
Troy
principal@turitea.school.nz
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