Tēnā koutou te whānau o Tuapapa,

Another beautiful week with such warm weather.  It is lovely for our tamariki to continue to enjoy being outside during breaks and karakia.  Our whole school starts each morning with karakia either on the court or in Rooms 5 and 6 if the weather is wet or very cold.   I would like to invite you to join us for karakia.

Next week we farewell Mrs. Kathryn Lynsky who has been our school bursar for the past four years.  Kathryn has worked hard to ensure good systems are in place around finance and payroll.  Whaea Te Rina will be taking over this mahi, and on a Tuesday and Thursday Whaea Ata will support with administration and library. 

At hui-a-kura this morning I shared my love of maps, and how I can spend hours planning trips into the hills with maps spread over the floor.  I find my starting point, then where I am going to and how I am going to get there.  Our learning conferences are like having a map for our learning.  We will be sharing where your child is at with their learning now, their learning goals, and share a plan to achieve these goals.  Coming to learning conferences shows your tamariki that you value their learning.  So with that note just a reminder that kura will finish at 1pm next Thursay the 16th of May with our first parent conference ready to start at 2pm.

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Term 2 – 2019 EVENTS

Events coming up

MAY                                                                                                                      

Wed       15^th Learning Conferences Interviews                                            

Thurs      16^th Learning Conferences Interviews School closes at 1pm     

Tues        21^st School Photos                                                                              

Wed       22^nd Te Aranga whanau hui                                                              

Fri           24^th Rippa Rugby

Fri           24^th Trivia Night

Mon-Fri  27^th – 7^th June  Keeping ourselves Safe

JUNE

Mon        3^rd Queen’s Birthday (NO School)

Fri           13^th Gymnastics

Wed       19^th Whānau Hui (Whole School)

JULY

Wed       3^rd School Reports home

Fri           5^th Last day Term 2

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Kayla Robb-Lucas      

Jevarhn Ngarotata

We hope you had a lovely day.

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REMINDERS

Tavistock/Scallywags

Just a reminder that Term 2 bus fees are due please. $20 per child or $40 per family. This fees are very important if we want to keep the Tavistock/Scallywags bus running.  Thank you to our whanau who have already been in and paid these fees.  If you would like to set up an automatic payment then please come in and see us and we will be more than happy to help.

BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER

Update of our school bank account number please update your information to the following.

Account Name: Terrace School Board

Bank: Westpac

Account number: 03- 0779- 0126749 -00

Please still your child’s name as reference.

A MESSAGE FROM WHĀNAU WHĀNUI O TERRACE SCHOOL

Thank you to all our whanau who contributed to our Mother’s Day Raffle.  Thank you also to all our whānau who brought tickets we raised $118.  Congratulations to Tama Joseph on winning our hamper we do hope you enjoy. 

Our Whānau Whānui team met on Monday the 6^th of May and we would love to hear your ideas about what it is you would like to see in and around our kura.  We are asking for parent’s voice.  Any ideas you may have we would love to hear.  We will have a box in the office where you can put your suggestion in.  We look forward to hearing our whānay's ideas.