Paremata School

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Thursday 13th August

Term 3 Week 3 2026

We will sing this waiata at the mihi whakatau next week.

Ka taea e au te mirimiri i tō kurī?   

Can I pat your dog? 

With so many dogs around our kura, you can use this to ask their owner if you want to pat one. Remember to be gentle!

Road Patrollers

In the past weeks sometimes only one patroller has been turning up in the mornings which is very disappointing. Ian and I are not there to step in for you when you can't be bothered turning up. You have committed and been trained for this role and we expect you to do your job. 

Any Road Patrollers who are not sick and do not turn up to do their shift in the mornings and afternoons will be given community service in the playground at morning tea and lunchtime. This is non-negotiable and I  would like to see an immediate improvement please.

Thanks, Matua

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If you are going to the Mathswell competition please meet in Rm 16 today at 1.10pm  

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Please return swimming notices to the office. 

The library will be open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1.15pm to 1.40pm for anyone who would like to spend some quiet time there.

The TTRS New Zealand Rocks competition is still going today.

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The raffle will be drawn on the 28th of August  

Please return all raffle money and ticket stubs to the office.

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Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall in densely populated eastern China, meteorological authorities say, after the storm triggered more than 1000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert.

China's east coast has been preparing for the storm's arrival in recent days, with work and transport services suspended in some areas along its predicted path.

Maximum wind speeds near the centre were more than 150 kilometres per hour at the time it made landfall.

The effects were felt as far away as Hong Kong on China's southern coast, where the weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9C, caused by warm air pushed over the city by Typhoon Dolphin.

Hurricane and typhoon are regional names for tropical cyclones. All tropical cyclones draw heat from warm water at the ocean's surface to power horizontal, rotating wind. Over the Atlantic and East Pacific, tropical cyclones are called hurricanes. A tropical cyclone that forms in the West Pacific is called a typhoon, and in the Indian Ocean and near Australia they are just called cyclones.

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

Week 4: Isaac, Austin, Remi, Ryder, 

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.

You are welcome to check traps on other days and deal with any catches.

Kai iti: Whaea Kylie and Becky

Kai nui: Kiri and Mrs Britz 

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

Week 5: Friday 14 August - Mihi whakatau

Week 7: Friday 4 September - Tarapekepeke hui  

Check out the maths book display  in the library for Maths week.

Lots of interesting new picture books

 

BOOK OF THE WEEK
Omens by Alicia Ponder (Fiction - PON)   "I've seen a thousand futures, a million deaths. Avondale will fall." They call her Witch Queen.They say she will destroy the Seven Kingdoms.They say she will destroy magic. Sylvalla would rather fight dragons than fuss over politics. As the unexpected queen of two kingdoms, her newfound power is making the neighbouring kings nervous. One by one, the kings fall for Sir Arrant's offers of power and the beguiling butterfly jewels he offers in exchange for their alliance. Determined to save her kingdom, Sylvalla is willing to try anything, including diplomacy. Meanwhile, back in Bairnsley University, the wizard Jonathan and his father discover the evil Dothie has freed the Nameless Gods--gods that are determined to destroy the one person that stands in their way.Can Sylvalla save Avondale? Can she save her people, her brother, or even herself, from the demons who would possess them all?
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
The doorbell rang	Hutchins, Pat	H
My friends and I : a story about kindness	Urlichs, Jessica	U
All the animals were sleeping	Welsh, Clare Helen	W
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
The one and only Ruby	Applegate, Katherine	APP
Dragonfly song	Orr, Wendy	ORR
Willow Moss and the vanished kingdom	Valente, Dominique	VAL
How to stop the end of the world	Mitchell, Tom	MIT
Daisy and the trouble with shopping	Gray, Kes	GRA
FICTION SERIES
Lost socks	Poshoglian, Yvette	Ella's world