Paremata School

Ko te Rāmere tēnei rā te 

tua waru o Haratua

Friday 8th 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.

Remember your road patrol etiquette! Wait for the patrollers to tell you to "Cross now" - don't just walk straight across when the signs go out. Remind your parents if they forget to wait.

And don't forget to say thank you to our fabulous patrollers when you cross. They are out there in all weathers keeping us safe.

Updated rosters for road patrollers are available from the table outside the office. Please collect a copy today or Monday.

These pest trapping tunnels are around our school to protect our native birds. Please do not move them, do not open them, and definitely do not take any of the traps out of the tunnels. We want you to keep all your fingers! If you know where the mouse trap is that was in the trapping tunnel by the sandpit, please let Clare know.

This week is New Zealand Sign Language week. 

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.

A human handprint found deep inside a limestone cave on Indonesia’s Muna Island may be the oldest rock art ever discovered. Dating back nearly 68,000 years it is roughly 30,000 years older than the earliest known cave art found in France in 1994. 

The newly found handprint also has a unique feature. The tip of one finger was altered to look sharp and claw-like. This suggests early humans began showing imagination and creativity far earlier than scientists had previously thought. 

The discovery also offers clues about early human migration. Muna Island lies along a likely migration route out of Southeast Asia toward Australia.

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: Alex and Mrs Britz

Kai nui: Whaea Lisa and Juliet

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

Week 4: Friday 15 May - pink shirt day

Week 5: Thursday 21 May - cross country