Paremata School

Monday 19th October

Term 4 Week 1 2026

This is our waiata hou for term 4. It is a call for unity, kinship and whakapapa among Ngati Toa descendents.

E poho kererū ana mātou i a koe.

We're all so proud of you.

Show tautoko with this kīwaha. It literally translates as saying that we all have the puffed up chests of a kererū thanks to you.

The cake and toy Sale is happening again on the 21st of November

As part of the cake and toy sale, please remember to bring in chocolate bars for the Chocolate Raffle.

Dentists are calling for a sugar tax to help stop a tide of tooth decay in children.

Last year, almost 8000 children aged between 0 and 14 were hospitalised to have more than one tooth removed. Most of the children were aged between 3 and 8.

That is an increase from 5540 in 2021/22.

Dr Robin Whyman said dental decay was to blame. "The more sugar and more sugar-containing diets that children have, the more we tend to see in some young children very high levels of dental decay" 

He said 140 countries have a sugar tax, and the latest figures showed New Zealand should join them. While a sugar tax was likely to increase the cost of high sugar foods, it would also encourage food producers to reduce the sugar in some items.

The UK has a sugar tax, which has brought down dental decay levels and tooth extractions under general anaesthetic.

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

Week 2:  Niamh, Brooke, Isla G, Elizabeth

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.

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.

Kai iti: Juliet and Rachel

Kai nui: Kendra and Kiri

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

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. 

Week 2: Wednesday 26 October - Shakeout

                                                       - Year 4-8 athletics

Week 5: Tuesday 10 November - Parumoana Athletics

Week 6: Saturday 21 November - Cake and toy sale

Week 7: Thursday 26 November - Run Jump Throw

Week 8: Friday 4th December - Parumoana speech competition

Week 9: Year 7/8 EOTC week

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
Kiwi health heroes by William D Adams (Non Fiction - 610.93) Kiwis have a long history of great achievements. Everyone knows we were the first to split the atom and give women the right to vote, but did you know that we've achieved a lot of things in health and medicine, too?  For a start, it was a Timaru inventor who created the first ever disposable syringe. And a doctor from West Otago made a world-first discovery about chronic fatigue syndrome. How about the amazing Kiwi who introduced air-based search-and-rescue missions after witnessing a disaster? And let's not forget the clever minds behind the high-tech medical imaging that helps to save lives every day. There have been so many amazing achievements by our very own KIWI HEALTH HEROES over the last hundred years. Forge your own path through this fascinating book and discover them all!
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
The Boo Zoo	Mewburn, Kyle	M
I love you every colour	Lewis, Caryl	L
Pukapuka	Unka, Vasanti	U
Wiggling words	Rolfe, Kate	R
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
Dawn of the dragons : a New Dragon City (prequel novel)	Mancusi, Mari	MAN
Santa & son	Walliams, David	WAL
The secret of the blood-red key	Farr, David	FAR
FICTION SERIES
Magic gifts	Avatar, Eliana	Roblox princesses
KORERO PONO (NON FICTION)
What's the actually factually difference?	Wilsher, Jane	030
Explore science : a visual journey through our world	Woodford, Chris	500
Big Bad Wolf investigates fairy tales	Cawthorne, Catherine	502
Wild life : an animal history of Aotearoa	Werry, Philippa	591.993
100 things to know about sport	James, Alice	796
Football skills	Daynes, Katie	796.334