Category: News

Kia ora e te whānau, (Hello everyone) Ngā mihi (thanks) for your support last Friday in allowing us to have the day as a staff to focus on the implementation of Te Mātaiaho (our refreshed curriculum). As always, when our staff get together, we have many robust conversations about our path forward, as we are all very passionate about education and want to ‘keep ahead of the curve’ with these changes.  It was mīharo (outstanding) to see our kids shine on stage at Pae Tamariki on Wednesday. Their performance really was incredible, showcasing their hard work and dedication to kapa haka. What was even...

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou (Warmest of greetings to you all), Getting this out to you a day earlier than usual since we are closed for instruction tomorrow because of our Staff Only Day. As mentioned, our day is centred around the continued implementation of Te Mātaiaho (our refreshed Curriculum) and PB4L, our school wide focus around improving consistency in our expectations across the school. We would normally have Hui Ā Kura tomorrow, so we will have it next Friday 6th June instead, at the usual time of 2.15pm.  Hopefully you noticed that our final uara (values) sign was...

Tēnā koutou katoa (Hello everyone),  Firstly, I want to apologise to our incredible support staff for not acknowledging them in last Friday’s pānui, as we celebrated Support Staff Day last week. We are very fortunate to have a group of incredible wahine; Aimi, Julie, Dani, Kirstin, Meryl and Mitzy. They are the unsung heroes of our kura, always there to give extra support in the classroom, helping out wherever needed, having their role change on a dime and doing those jobs that often go unnoticed. Thank you for being on Team Turitea! On Monday, We welcomed Thomas to Rimu on Monday morning, joining Anna and the...

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warm greetings to you all) The energy is high here whānau, as we wrap up yet another week filled with plenty of action...  Over the weekend, we made a new employment with Kristin Moore joining Team Turitea from next term working alongside Anna in Rimu. Kristin comes to us from Massey University where she is in the process of completing her Post-Graduate Diploma of Teaching, making Turitea her first kura, which is exciting! We welcomed Margot to Rimu on Monday morning, joining the 13 other tamariki in that space, Nau mai haere mai (welcome) to you and your...

Tēnā koutou katoa (Hello everyone) My apologies for the parking situation this week with the works going on in our rear carpark to replace our septic system. I appreciate your understanding of this job being done. As you can see above, our tamariki thought having an excavator and HIAB truck coming to school and craning in the new tank was pretty choice! This week, our tuakana (seniors) embarked on the Wonder Project with Dr. Amal Punchihewa from Massey University sharing his expertise with them. He was impressed with our learners' curiosity and intelligent questioning skills and would love to continue a partnership...

Nau mai hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuarua, (Welcome back to Term 2) We have certainly hit the ground running to start the new term. We opened with our usual Mihi Whakatau on Monday to welcome our new students and I am always beyond proud of our tamariki for just how normal this process has become for us at Turitea. Nau mai Haere mai (Welcome) to Penelope and your whānau as you have joined our hāpori (community) as the newest member in Rimu with Anna. Michaela from Netball Manawatū started the first of her six sessions of Boys Netball with our Year 2/3 students on Tuesday,...

Ka nui te mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warmest greetings to you all)  And just like that, the last day of term is already here! Despite the miserable weather last Friday night, it was great to see so many of you at our Easter Event. Thank you to the PTA for the organisation and to you all for your attendance, there were plenty of smiles from many happy tamariki. Quite the contrast in weather this Friday with the sun lately making for a glorious day!  We were able to make the most of it by holding an Anzac Service just...

He mihi tino nui ki a koutou, (Warmest greetings to you all) Didn’t Cameron do well on the pānui last week? He really has a way with words and I could even hear him saying some of the things out loud as I read them, with a ‘Oh that’s so Cameron’ here and there. Hope you enjoyed a nice break from me giving you the lowdown on the week that was. This week however has been a rough one for me, I’ve spent most of it in bed with flu-like symptoms, so that might be why you haven’t seen me...

Ngā mihi maioha ki a koutou (Warmest of greetings to you all) It seems like all of a sudden nature has woken up and decided it’s Autumn! We’ve started getting those dark chilly mornings, and with Daylight Savings (who came up with that idea??) ending next Sunday we’ll start getting those dark chilly evenings too. But there’s no doom and gloom at Turitea School - we’ve had too much going on! Troy and Anneliese have flown the coop and spent the latter half of this week attending a conference in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. We can’t wait to hear how...

Ngā mihi maioha ki a koutou (Warmest of greetings to you all) I’ve been really enjoying mucking in and working with our Year 6’s on our leadership projects in the micro forest every Friday. You can see the native trees again, which is just what we want! Today I had Ben, Blake, Leo B and Leo S support us down there and they did a fantastic job of leading our teina (juniors) from Mataī and Pōhutukawa. We are so lucky to have many tuakana (seniors) who are so supportive and willing to step up and lead. Ayla, Kyerin, Kazuri and...