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                                                 Te Kura o Wairau News

Mā mātou te Wairautanga e whakaoti
                                       Our ‘Pasifika Pride’
                                     roopu and ‘He Hau Pihi
                                       ki Hine’ roopu have
                                     been working hard and
                                       learning lots of new
                                         things during our
                                       Wairautanga block.
      Te Kura o Wairau

                                                                                     Its great to see
                                                                                     so many of our
                                                                                    tamariki having a
                                                                                      go. Well done
                                                                                      students and
                                                                                      well done Ms
                                                                                       Etuale and
                                                                                    Whaea Darnielle.

                        Below is the menu for the first week of the Healthy Lunch in Schools programme
      Wairoa

                                                              Friday March 19th 2021 * Issue No. 4 *
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Kia Ora Koutou Whanau & Friends of
                                                                           Welcome
                     Te Kura o Wairau
                                                                           We would like to welcome Shardae, Nevaeh, Jahlia
                                                                           & their families to the Te Kura o Wairau
First Aide Training
On Saturday 20th March we are taking part in First Aid                     community.
training at our kura. This training will support us in our roles
at Te Kura o Wairau if there is an emergency or situation                  Assembly
where support is required. I am very proud of my staff for
being available to upskill their knowledge around safety.                  There was no assembly on the 12th of March due
Our Board of Trustees invests in this training which shows                 to the Teacher Only day. The next assembly will
their level of support for us all.                                         be held on Friday the 26th of March at 2.15pm.
                                                                           Room 1 will be presenting. Do come along and join
New Cycle Track                                                            us.
Work has begun this week on our latest school project. The
digger driver has been dismantling our fitness track and
digging out the cycle track in preparation for the concrete
to be poured. The truck driver has been placing big piles of
dirt on our field. This dirt will be used to make our pump
track and also some mounds around the trees by the
senior playground that our students can sit and play on.
We are very excited about this project and are grateful for
the financial support from the ‘Palmerston North City                                                       Last week Room
Council’ and from ‘Bikes in Schools’.                                                                         1 had some
Due to this work we have had to close the Drayton Place                                                     chirpy visitors,
gate for safety. Everyone now has to enter our school from                                                  so Room 2 went
the Somerset Crescent entrances.
                                                                                                              over to say
                                                                                                                 hello.

Sports News
Hockey
 The team has had their first game Tuesday the 23rd of
 February.
 Game times will be posted via the school app. (see the                     Coming Events
 message at back re installing the school app.). Times are                  22nd March    Public Health Nurse visits @ 12pm
 also available on the Hockey Manawatu website.                             26th March    Assembly @ 2.15pm
 All games
Healthy        are played
           Lunches            at the Hockey
                         In Schools     & Water   Turfs
                                                    Onlyby  the
                                                          School            29th March    Public Health Nurse visits @ 12pm
 Esplanade.
Next   week onPlayers
                   Monday   please
                               22nd be   there
                                      March    weat  least
                                                   are     15 minutes
                                                       receiving our        31stMarch     Board of Trustees Meeting @
 before
first     the
      lunch     game starts.
              delivery   from the Libelle company. This is such
                                                                                          5.30pm in the staffroom – all
an  amazing opportunity
 Unfortunately                   that will support
                     due to Covid-19                our2students
                                            and Level             with
                                                         there will  be
their learning and our whanau with their budgeting.                                       welcome
Ino  games
  also  wantuntil    Level
               to take   this1opportunity
                                is announced. to remind everyone            2nd April     Good Friday – Easter – NO School
 Practise    days   still  will held  be
about our kura being a ‘water only school’.every   Tuesday  at 2nd lunch
                                                       This also            5th April     Easter Monday – NO School
 in the school
supports           hall.
            our students      learning and helps to keep them               6th April     Easter Tuesday – NO School
 Fees for Hockey are $20, please pay at the school office.
hydrated    and   well.
                                                                            8th April     Mufti Day – St Johns fundraiser
I am very grateful for the support around this initiative.
 Netball & Basketball for Year 5 & 6 children –                             12th April    Public Health Nurse visits @ 12pm
 please
Ngā      get your ‘Notice of Interest’ forms in asap.
       mihi,                                                                16th April    LAST DAY of Term 1 2021
Tumuaki/Principal                                                           3rd May       FIRST DAY of Term 2 2021
Teena Johnson
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Sports                                                                        James from
Flipper ball – Wairau Warriors Flipperball team                               Room 8 - his
played two games this week, on Wednesday 17th                              korowai with the
March against West End and Riverdale. We are so                           school pepeha he
proud of the Wairautanga values our team                                  illustrated on the
display when playing and congratulate them on                                    inside.
winning both games. The player of the day for
weeks 6 & 7 are as follows... Week 6 - Isalei
Week 7 - Crusade. Ka pai Isalei & Crusade for your
awesome defence! Ka Pai Wairau Warriors
Flipperball Team for being such awesome
fairplay players!

Hockey
Last week the Wairau Warriors played the
Whakarongo Bears. The Player of the Day was
Maihi Manukura. This week Wairau Warriors
played the Riverdale Tigers. The Player of
the Day was Arapeta. We won both games.

                                                      Room 8’s Robots
                                                     have been inspired
                                                      by the novel ‘The
                                                     Lost Robot’ which
                                                       they have been
                                                      reading in class.
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Dental Treatment
                           The Mobile Dental
                           clinic will be at our
                           school later in the
                           year. You can still
                           contact them if your
                           child needs treatment
                           on 0800 talk teeth –
                           027 6695117

                            Lost Property
                            Please check the lost
                            property boxes if you
                            have lost anything. You
                            can find lost property
                            to the right of the
                            entrance to the office
                            (at the back of Room 3).
                            Please make sure you
                            name all your items of
                            clothing.

                                Girls’ Brigade
                               Looking for a fun and
                            affordable activity for your     School Facebook page
                                     daughter?               Have a look at our Kowhai, Rata and
                            Then come along and give
                                                             Kahikatea teams facebook pages. Each
                                Girls’ Brigade a go.
                           Programmes are starting           team has their own page and regularly
                                        now                  puts photos and exciting news of what is
                             We have companies in:           happening in their teams and around the
                             Milson (Thursday, 4.30-         school. Search for them: Somerset
                                  6pm) - Joanne
                                  Ph: 355-3124,              Kowhai Team, Somerset Rata Team,
                          Highbury/Takaro (Tuesday)          Somerset Kahikatea Team.
                          - Suzanne Ph: 356 1974

PLEASE remember to ring us if your child is going to be away from school for
                                    any reason.
 Contact us on 3543274 or 0800 45 44 44 or download the school app (from
         School Apps or scan the QR code below) and leave a message.
 If you do not inform us when your child/children are away from school, they
                          will be marked as TRUANT.
Also, if you have a change of address or your phone number changes, PLEASE
                               let the office know.

                                                           45 Somerset Crescent
                                                           Palmerston North 4412
                                                           Freephone: 0800 45 44 44
                                                           Phone 354 3274 Fax 355 9265

       Te Kura o Wairau                                    Principal:
                                                           t.johnson@tekuraowairau.nz
                                                           Office: office@tekuraowairau.nz
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