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tekau mā rua o Whiringa-ā-rangi
Thursday 12th November
Term 4 Week 5 2026
Another opportunity to keep learning our new waiata that celebrates the unity of Ngāti Toa.
Tō mīharo hoki!
You are awesome!
Make someone's day, and show aroha, by telling them how awesome they are!
Message from Matua
Lately some of our students have not been making positive choices at school or at Technology which is disappointing.
Over the next 5 weeks until the end of the school year, anyone who is involved in any negative behaviour will be given community service in their break and lunch times. Please remember you are role models and our expectations of you are high so keep our school safe and enjoyable for everyone.
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Luna is New Zealand’s most popular name for cats and dogs for the eighth year in a row, new data shows.
The name means goddess of the moon in Roman mythology. It topped lists from both Companion Animals New Zealand and AA Pet Insurance. Milo, Bella, Poppy and Daisy made up the rest of Companion Animals’ top five.
The ranking comes from more than 1.5 million microchip records on the New Zealand Companion Animal Register. A microchip is a tiny chip under a pet’s skin that helps lost animals get back home.
Rebecca Cameron, the interim chief executive of Companion Animals, said Luna had been hundreds, if not thousands, of pets ahead of other names in recent years. But over the past 20 years, Bella is still the most popular name, with about 20,000 pets, and Luna is only a few hundred behind. “We’re really keen to see if Luna takes it out for a ninth year in a row,” Cameron said.
Top dog names
1. Luna 4. Willow 7. Frankie 10. Coco
2. Teddie 5. Bella 8. Nala
3. Charlie 6. Poppy 9. Daisy
Top cat names
1. Luna 4. Pepper 7. Loki 10. Charlie
2. Leo 5. Nala 8. Daisy
3. Milo 6. Coco 9. Poppy
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When you take your ipu pepa to be emptied, please leave your lid in your classroom.
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Week 5: Felix, Finnley, Mitchell, Linkyn
Please collect the masks and gloves from Ursula after lunch on Thursday and return them when you have finished.
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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.
The checking and rebaiting wasn't happening towards the end of last term.
Please make sure you take you turn, or let me know if you are not keen to be part of the team any more.
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Kai iti: Avalon and Becky
Kai nui: Mrs Wall and Ursula
Tārere nui timetable is in place from 8.20am. No helmet, no wheels.
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Here is the new road patrol roster for the rest of the year. You will notice that all the experienced patrollers are buddied up with 2 new trainees. The idea is that they will get some on the job experience ready to go for it in 2027.
Kids need to be at school ready to go at 8:25 and at the end of the day they don't need to report for duty til 2:55pm.
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Week 5: Thursday 12 November - Parumoana Athletics
Week 6: Saturday 21 November - Cake and toy sale
Week 7: Thursday 26 November - Run Jump Throw
Week 8: Library closed for stocktake
Friday 4th December - Parumoana speech competition
Week 9: Year 7/8 EOTC week
Wednesday 9th December - Summer Reading Programme begins
Week 10: Tuesday 15 December - water fight
Wednesday 16 December - school finishes at 1pm
To find out more about these latest new books to the library Click here
| BOOK OF THE WEEK | ||
Brian To'o lights it up! By David Riley (Non Fiction 796.333) Meet Brian To'o, the Samoan Aussie winger who loves smashing through tackles, scoring tries, and making rugby league super exciting! Check out the stats and the stories and see why-- Brian To'o lights it up! | ||
| PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK) | ||
| Zoom | Banyai, Istvan | B |
| 365 penguins | Fromental, Jean-Luc | F |
| Actual size | Jenkins, Steve | J |
| Equal shmequal | Kroll, Virginia | K |
| How much is a million? | Schwartz, David M. | S |
| Where's the pair? : a spotting book | Teckentrup, Britta | T |
| Meri Kirihimete, Kererū! | MacIver, Juliette | M |
| Kekeno : curious explorer | Furze, Katie | F |
| FICTION SERIES | ||
| Scorpion's curse | Do, Anh | Sky Dragon |
| KORERO PAKI (FICTION) | ||
| Shrinkle | Snape, Emily | SNA |
| KORERO PONO (NON FICTION) | ||
| Maths for curious kids : an illustrated introduction to numbers, geometry, computing, and more! | Huggins-Cooper, L | 510 |
| The metric system | Adler, David A. | 530.8 |
| Samoan heroes | Riley, David | 920 |
| SPEEDY READS | ||
| Trouble at the farm | Ahmed, Sufiya | AHM |
| A dog to keep | Rippin, Sally | RIP |
| Greg's spooky suprise | Rippin, Sally | RIP |
| The farm sleepover | Rippin, Sally | RIP |
| TUHINGA PAKI-AA-KAIAKO (SENIOR FICTION) | ||
| War horse | Morpurgo, Michael | M |