Community Pānui - Wednesday 1st April

                                Ngā Uaratanga o Te Kura o Ritimana Our School Values 
                                                             
                                                                    Te Ngākau Aroha me te Atawhai - Compassion and Empathy

                                                                      Te Māia me te Manawaroa - Bravery and Resilience

                                                         Te Kanorautanga me te Kauawhitanga - Diversity and Inclusiveness

                                                                    Te Ngākau Whakaute hoki ki te katoa - Respect for all

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Greetings and Bonjour

We are nearly at the end of our first term and we have squeezed a lot of great mahi and events in, in a short timeframe. Thank you to all those children and whānau who brought along some baking and kai for the bake sale on Tuesday for the PTA event. And thank you to Aria for running our Climate Rally on Tuesday too. A great kaupapa and awesome signs made by our tamariki!

Tomorrow, we have our final Whole School Assembly hosted by Kiwi Connection starting at 9:20 in our school hall. Everyone is welcome!

If you are around tomorrow morning, we also have a coffee cart here from 8.30am for our parents/caregivers. Feel free to come and grab a free coffee sponsored by Luke Crockford from Ray White tomorrow morning. Luke has been a long standing supporter of our community for many years donating at least $10 000 each year to our school and doing lovely things like this for our kura.

We hope to see you around on the last day of the school term. School will finish at 3:00pm as usual tomorrow. We return on Monday 20th April with our usual termly pōwhiri to welcome our new whānau. A community notice will be sent to whānau late in the second week of the holidays before we start back for term two giving further details to start the term.

Please note our Staff Only Day is in Week 2 of Term 2 following when Anzac day is being observed.
Monday 27th April is a Public Holiday and Tuesday 28th April is our allocated Ministry of Education Maths PLD Day.
​Please organise care for your child/children on this day.

Please click on the link below to see what is coming up in Term 2. We will be adding to this overview throughout the term and featuring it in upcoming communication to keep you up-to-date. 

Term 2 2026

Assembly and Tumuaki Awards - Ngā Whetū o te wiki/Stars of the Week
The Ngā Whetū o te wiki certificates will be presented at school assemblies and the names of these students will feature here after assemblies have been completed. Here are our stars after our last Whole School. Assembly hosted by L’Archipel.

Te Whānau Whāriki
Emi Nickles: Ahakoa te aha, ka whai whakaaro koe, ka pā tō reo aroha ki a tātou katoa.
Kymani Peauvale: Ka nui te mihi i tō taera whakatauira, he mea whakaatu i te ngākau aroha me te atawhai.
Karioi Aspinall: Mo tōna ngākau aroha me te atawhai ki ngā tamariki, me ngā kaiako katoa i te Kura. Ka mau te wehi!

Kiwi Connection
Isabella Vickery: For showing compassion to yourself when you keep trying, even when learning feels tricky.
Willow Tongatama: Always being compassionate and empathetic to others, with her words and actions.
Rayyan Khurram: For showing compassion and empathy to students in our class when they need support in their learning.
Otis Tetzlaff: For the outstanding way he shows compassion and empathy in learning when working with his peers.

L’Archipel
Hugo Miller: Showing compassion and empathy by being kind and inclusive.
Sofia Da Ros: For being a caring friend who listens thoughtfully to others and always offers help.
Jack Marceau: Being always so gentle, kind and compassionate towards others in our class and beyond.

Mua i Malae
Izzy Fahitua: E maua le agaga o le loto alofa e fesoasoani ai i tamaiti fou o lana vasega.
Christian Filipo: E fa’aalia le loto alofa ma le agalelei i lona fesoasoani i so’o se tamaitiiti.
Talamua McCauley: E fa’aalia lona alofa i lona fesoasoani i isi tamaiti i galuega i le vasega.
Waimarie Paul: E loto fesoasoani ma fa’amalosi i tamaiti o lana vaega.

Building Update for Space by the Douglas Street gates – Community Support Invited
Many of our whānau, especially those connected with Mua i Malae and Te Whānau Whāriki, will be aware of the proposed building for the fenced grass area by the middle court. This project was intended to help meet the needs of our growing school community, including our Māori and Samoan pathways, and to provide fit-for-purpose learning spaces for our tamariki.Following consultation and early design work, including work with Design Tribe and Lama Tone, the next stage of funding has not proceeded.

The Board has continued to engage with the Ministry of Education over an extended period and is seeking a clear decision and pathway for the project. The Board remains committed to advocating for this development. The project is important to the school because it would support the removal of temporary rooms from the field, help bring the school together on site, improve equity in learning spaces, and support future growth across all of our pathways.

Whānau who wish to support this kaupapa are welcome to send correspondence to the Minister of Education and relevant Ministry of Education staff, asking that the project be reconsidered or progressed.

Send to:
Erica Stanford – [email protected]
Gary Anaru – [email protected]
David Bos – [email protected]
Jason Swann – [email protected]

Please copy all of the above into any correspondence. Thank you for your continued tautoko and support for our school community.

Thank you for all of your support so far this year. We wish you a safe and happy break.

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