Paremata School


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Friday 16th October

Term 4 Week 1 2026

This fun waiata helps us learn te reo and move our tinana at the same time. There are no lyrics provided, so whakarongo pīkari (listen attentively). Karawhiua! Give it heaps!


 

Nau mai, hoki mai ki te kura!

Welcome back to school! 


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.

Two people in green jackets gently hold a kiwi bird outdoors. One person supports the bird’s body while the other holds its legs, showing the bird’s long beak and claws.


Archaeologists working off the coast of Turkey have found a shipwreck dating back around 4700 years, making it the oldest in the world.

A number of ancient storage vessels known as amphorae, shaped like huge vases, were recovered during excavations at the wreck, which was found at a depth of around 30m off the coast of southern Turkey.

The vessels are thought to mainly have been used for transporting olive oil or wine. However, one amphora features a distinctive set of marks and two holes in its body, which suggest it could have been used to make cheese or butter.

Researchers said the presence of this amphora may mean that sailors took goats with them on their voyages, using their milk to make dairy products.


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

Week 1: Emmy, Elizabeth, Chloe, Olivia

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: Alex and Whaea Wendy

Kai nui: Mrs Bassett and Becky




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.

After speaking with Bryce and Ian, we have decided that the 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. This is a bit later than usual, remind your keen kids they don't have to leave class at 2:45, 2:54 will give them plenty of time! They can stay and help clean up! :)

The new roster will start next week.


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



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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