Kia ora koutou,

Firstly, we would like to thank you for your patience and support as our teachers have worked through their contract negotiations over the last couple of months.  Your support today was appreciated, especially due to the late notice we received about this.  This has been challenging for everyone to navigate, and we are hoping that the latest offer is closer to the mark than the last one and will resolve the claims process for the next few years. 

45% of our families completed the Board's triannual survey.  We thank you for the time you took to do this.  Our next steps are to review and summarise the responses and after that time we will provide you with a breakdown of the key ideas and themes from the whānau, student and staff surveys.

King's Birthday Weekend is coming up, which means that next Monday 5th June is a public holiday, so school will be closed.

In two week's time, we will hold our much anticipated X-Factor event.  We are really excited to be holding this again.  Auditions have been taking place over the last few weeks at lunchtimes and will conclude at the end of this week.  Then finalists will be chosen for the big show.  There are some pretty incredible entries.  Tickets will be on sale from 12th June from outside the pavilion, from 8:15 am each day.
Ticket Prices

Our Inquiry Learning focus on Forces is going really well.  We have been so impressed with the depth of learning the students have been doing right across the school.  If you are able to, please call into your child's class before or after school and ask them to show you what they have been doing.  

Enjoy the remainder of your week.

Ngā mihi
Juliet Dickinson

The change of season and weather has brought about a multitude of different bugs.  These range from Covid, to stomach bugs, colds, the flu and a range of other viruses.

As many of these are highly contagious, we ask you to be vigilant about monitoring your child's health.  If they are unwell, they are to remain at home until better.  Please err on the side of caution and carry out tests if you suspect Covid at all. 

A reminder that the following Covid rules from MOH are still in place:

NB. We have supplies of RAT tests here at the school office if you require them.

If you have any questions about anything, please don't hesitate to make contact with the office.

Also refer to the home page of the school website

Please resist the temptation to park in the bus bay - it is to be kept clear for the bus.  If either of the two parks are free you are welcome to park there, otherwise park in the main carpark or in the hall carpark.
If you like to do a quick drop off please use the main carpark quick drop off.

These people help ensure that each team has a Coach and Manager, as well as uniforms and gear bags. They are the people that spend numerous hours ensuring that their code runs smoothly. 

We would like to thank the following parents who hold these roles currently…

We would also like to thank the previous Netball Convener, Nadine Stewart. Nadine played a huge part in increasing the number of tamariki we had signed up to play netball. She also helped seek sponsorship for the new netball uniforms. (see below as to how flash the new uniforms look). 

Earlier this year Nadine stepped down from the role of Netball Convenor and Colleen has now taken on this role. 

Thanks for all of your mahi Nadine.

A thank you also goes to Mel Connick and Ryan Preston (previous Cricket Conveners) for their support with Cricket

We appreciate the work and support you give to ensure our tamariki have a positive experience when playing team sports. 

We  would like to acknowledge these sponsors of the new netball uniforms, which players from this season and future seasons will benefit from:

Appreciation also to Eastside Refrigeration for sponsoring the jackets.
Thank you too to Nadine Stewart for instigating the sponsorship.

Check out these photos to see how awesome our players look!

Brand spanking new Players uniforms as per the photos are thanks to:

Player of the Day shirts are made possible due to the support of these businesses:

We'd also like to acknowledge the financial support from:

As you can see in the photos below we have lots of very happy players who look great in their sports gear.

Our thanks to the sponsors of Te Kowhai Football: