Paremata School

Montana, Dusky and Fiona demonstrated our manaaki value yesterday by taking a rubbish bin out at lunchtime to clean up our environment. What amazing role models!

Ko te Rātū tēnei rā te 

tuawaru o Mahuru


Tuesday 8th September

Term 3 Week 8 2026

This waiata embodies the philosophy of Te Reo Manawataki o Ngāti Toa Rangatira, the Ngāti Toa Māori language strategy. We are revisiting this waiata to prepare for te wiki o te reo Māori next week.


Peke whakamua!                Jump forwards! 

Peke whakamuri!                Jump backwards! 

Peke ki te taha mauī! Jump to the left!

Peke ki te taha matau! Jump to the right!

Haere tonu ki te peke! Keep on jumping!



The hall is closed today so Ian can finish putting up the stage.  

No kids allowed in the hall.

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Found: 2 wallets

1 x blue 

1 x black and cream


Please see the office and give a full description 


The United Nations voted on Friday to adopt a new world map.


The map most people recognise is called the Mercator projection, which was designed in 1569. The shapes of the land masses are accurate, but their relative sizes aren't - largely due to the challenge of drawing a three-dimensional globe onto a two-dimensional map.


It inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North America appear much larger, while shrinking Africa and South America. On the Mercator projection, Greenland looks almost the same size as Africa. In real life Africa is 14 times larger.

The new map - known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection was drawn in 2018 and aims to fix these problems. 

"Changing maps obviously doesn't change the world," a map maker said. "But correcting a distorted representation is already an act of truth."


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

Week 8: Jahzyrus, Finnley, Mitchell, Linkyn

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: Becky VP and Clare

Kai nui: Juliet and Rachel




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

Week 8: Te wiki o te reo Māori

Week 10: The Magic Kombi 2 - Who let the dogs out?

Click here for more details about the winners

                     

To find out more about these latest new books to the library Click here

BOOK OF THE WEEK
Whenua : Māori Pūrākau of Aotearoa by Te Aho-White, Isobel Joy (Non Fiction -398.2)
This title is a winner in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2026.
From sleeping giants to battling mountains, fiery sisters to adventurous trees, dig into Whenua and discover eleven tales of how Aotearoa was formed beneath our feet. Whenua takes readers back in time with each purakau, exploring the ways in which Aotearoa's land was formed and introducing children to legendary Maori figures and atua. A beautifully illustrated collection that will delight the whole whanau, from award-winning illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White.
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
The princess and the wizardDonaldson, JuliaD
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks : and other funny family portraitsPiven, HanochP
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
Forest of forbidden magic *Morris, EveMOR
Detective Stanley and the mystery at the museum *Tunnicliffe, HannahTUN
SOPHISTICATED PICTURE BOOK
Left to nowhere *Chapman, IanC
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Folk remedy : the hidden world of the Yokai. Book 1 *Yoshioka, JemYOS
KORERO PONO (NON FICTION)
Omnibird : an avian investigator's handbook *Clarkson, Giselle598
Survive Aotearoa *Wall, Bronwen613.6
Hooked : learning to fish *Brown, Al799.1
*NZ Book award 26 Finalists


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