Author: Troy Duckworth

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou (Warm greeting to you all) Huge thank you 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’...

Kia ora e te whānau (Hello everyone) I hope you all had a great long weekend and thanks for your tautoko (support) around our Teacher Only Day on Tuesday as we know this can inconvenience...

Kia ora e te whānau (Hello everyone) Yesterday I had another one of those ‘Proud Tumuaki Moments’ as we had the entire team of nearly 40 staff members from Porritt School in Napier come to see how we do...

Tēnā koutou katoa, (Hello everyone) Nau mai hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuawhā (Welcome back to Term 4) The term opened with our usual Mihi Whakatau to welcome our new tamariki who have recently joined us....

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...

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’...