Paremata School

Ko te Rātū tēnei rā te 

tua rima o Haratua

Tuesday 5th May

Term 2 Week 3 2026

This waiata is sung by Ngati Toa Rangatira to welcome visitors from all places and cultures to Porirua. 

Kua puta a iho  - you have all succeeded!

Use this kīwaha to praise people who have done really well.

Whole school kapa haka is this afternoon in the hall. Please be seated ready to start by 2pm. Performance group will stay from 2:30 for a more focussed session. Please show amazing respect and manaaki towards Piata as it is a big task for one person to be teaching our whole school. 

This week is New Zealand Sign Language week. 

There are approximately 4,600 Deaf people who use NZSL as their primary form of communication and approximately 23,000 people in total who use NZSL.  This includes parents who use NZSL to communicate with their Deaf child. 

2026 marks 20 years since NZSL became an official language of New Zealand.

Kaua e wareware:

• Please remember to walk your bikes and scooters on school grounds before and after school. These are very busy times of day and this rule is to keep everyone safe.
• Please no running around corners. This includes when you are playing team tag.
• You cannot use the Mobil Station after school unless you are accompanied by a parent, grandparent or college age brother or sister.
• The deck outside the Junior Classrooms is for Year 0-2 only to play on during morning tea and lunchtime.

Elusive street artist Banksy confirmed that a new sculpture that appeared in central London is his work.

In a humorous video posted Thursday on his Instagram account, Banksy showed snippets of how the sculpture was put up in the dead of night. The sculpture appeared to have been erected in the early hours of Wednesday near Buckingham Palace.

Statues are not what Banksy is primarily known for. He is far more famous for his spray-painting on buildings, with his first creations appearing in the early 1990s in his hometown of Bristol in southwest England. He has since gone global and his paintings and installations have sold for millions of dollars at auction. His street art is often targeted by thieves and vandals.

When you take your ipu pepa to be emptied, please leave your lid in your classroom.

Week 3: Havish, Will, Temes, Boston

Please collect the masks and gloves from Ursula after lunch on Thursday and return them when you have finished.

Please collect bait from Rm 5 after lunch and check and rebait traps. Remember to wash your hands afterwards. 

If you have not yet been taught how to rebait the new black rat traps, make sure you check with Clare before going out.

Kai iti: Michelle and Clare

Kai nui: Whaea Sonia and Jenny

Tārere nui timetable is in place from 8.20am. No helmet, no wheels.

Week 3: Tuesday 5 May - school photos

Week 4: Friday 15 May - pink shirt day

Week 5: Thursday 21 May - cross country