Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warm greetings to you all)
We couldn’t have asked for better weather this week! Check out the amazing photo of the sunset that Trish took after school on Wednesday… Just gorgeous! It set the stage for an awesome day today and there’s nothing quite like a rural Cross Country when the sun is shining and the air is crisp. Ngā mihi (Thanks) to Julie, Meryl, and Tim for all of their mahi (work) behind the scenes to make this event such a success. A huge thank you also to the parents/whānau who stepped up to marshal or helped us pack down at the end. We loved seeing such a fantastic turnout, thank you all for coming along to tautoko (support) your tamariki!
The results of the day can be found here. All ākonga (students) who placed 1st – 5th are eligible to take part in Cluster Cross Country on Thursday 4th June (Week 7) at Stewarts Farm in Tokomaru. Please let us know if they do not want to compete, so we can ask the next placegetter. Our Year 5/6 top 5 are also able to take part in the Palmerston North Interschool event, which is the very next day at the Ashhurst Domain on Friday 5th June. Keep an eye on Hero Events for more details on these.
We have a small but mighty group of Year 3-6 tamariki taking the stage this Sunday morning for the Whānau Success Day at West End School. The day is a collaboration event run by Kia Ora FM and Ora Konnect. They will be on stage performing at 10.35am – 10.55am, so will need to come in their full Turitea Uniform to meet me at the school entrance on Botanical Road at 10am. You can collect them from Room 14 after they have performed. Please let me know when you have taken your child. Hope to see you all there.
Staff Only Day Next Friday:
Please ensure our Staff Only Day is on your calendar for next Friday 29th May, as school will be closed for instruction. Our entire staff are engaging in a day of learning with child protection training from the NZ Police, growing our PB4L understanding and alignment across the kura and have a sensory processing workshop with an occupational therapist from the Ministry of Education.
Turitea School Merch:
Thank you to those who placed merch orders last week, we had just over 70 orders, which is so cool! These are off with the printers now and we hope to have them back to you to start ‘rocking’ in the first week of June.
From the Community:
- Join Sport Manawatū for Palmy’s first ever Glow Walk tonight from 6pm-8pm. Meet at He Ara Kotahi Bridge. Bring your whānau and friends and make the river pathway glow!
- Jiu Lian Shan Kung Fu School are offering 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 hosting a Pokémon building competition with prize packs and the chance to have your creation displayed at the show. Entries must be submitted by today to palmybrickshow@well-lug.nz and the event itself will take place on May 30th and 31st at Arena 3.
- The 35th Palmerston North Book Sale hits Barber Hall King’s Birthday weekend! Browse 100,000+ books, games, and music with free entry. May 29th – June 1st (opening daily at 10am).
Term 2 Important Dates:
Here are all the dates for the rest of the term.
- Week 6 (Next Week)
- Year 3-6 Tough Guy/Gal Challenge at Massey on Monday 25th May
- Hui Ā Kura at 2.20pm on Thursday 28th May (Day earlier than usual due to Staff Only Day)
- SCHOOL CLOSED for Staff Only Day on Friday 29th May
- Week 7
- 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 **Date/Time has been changed
- 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 look forward to welcoming back Savannah and Jessica into Rimu and Tōtara. They are our Massey Teachers that spend every Monday-Wednesday with us. Savannah has been teaching at College Street and Jessica was at my old school, Russell Street. It will be great having them with us again.
Kia pai tō rā whakatā (Have a great weekend)
Troy
principal@turitea.school.nz
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