Paremata School

Ko te Rāapa tēnei rā te 

rua tekau o Haratua

Wednesday 20th May

Term 2 Week 5 2026

Purea Nei is a gentle and reflective waiata often used for healing and clearing emotional burdens. It speaks about releasing pain, sorrow, and negativity, allowing us to be carried away and transformed. 

Singing this waiata helps create a sense of renewal and lightness, supporting people to feel uplifted, comforted, and ready to move forward with a clearer mind and spirit.

He rōreka koutou - You all have sweet voices

Use this kīwaha to compliment people you hear singing their hearts out.

Cross country and Colour Run this Thursday

The colour run:

• starts at 1.50pm
• will be like last year with an obstacle course and people throwing colour on the home stretch
• wear white or black for the best effect
• bring sunglasses or goggles to protect your eyes if you want.

Kaua e wareware:

People waiting on the court after school, please do not touch the PE gear left outside the PE shed. This is not for you to play with - it is waiting to be put away.

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will soon fly by Earth, coming as close as 91,593 kilometres - equivalent to about one quarter of the distance between Earth and the Moon. Despite the proximity, the space rock poses no danger, according to Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences.

"2026JH2 will pass safely by the Earth," he said. "This is actually a rather normal occurrence, car-sized objects pass between the Earth and the Moon every week. We are only recently developing surveys that are sensitive enough to see them," he added, noting that before these surveys, objects of this kind would simply zoom by completely unnoticed.

An object at least 10 times bigger than 2026JH2, called Apophis, will pass much closer to Earth, at a projected 32,000km, on 13 April, 2029.

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

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.

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: Rachel and Fiona

Kai nui: Mrs Wall and Miss Cameron

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

Week 5: Thursday 21 May - cross country

Week 6: Thursday 28 May - Parumoana cross country

               Friday 29 May - Teacher only day

Week 7: Monday 1 June - King's Birthday no school

               Thursday 4 June - school photos

Announced today (14 May 2026 NZT) at Eden Park Stadium in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, the venue where the team qualified in March 2025, the full squad is: 

1: Max Crocombe (22/0) Millwall FC, England

2: Tim Payne (50/3) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand

3: Francis De Vries (18/1) Auckland FC, New Zealand

4: Tyler Bindon (23/3) Nottingham Forest, England

5: Michael Boxall (61/1) Minnesota United. USA

6: Joe Bell (31/1) Viking FK, Norway

7: Matt Garbett (36/5) Peterborough United, England

8: Marko Stamenić (37/3) Swansea City, Wales

9: Chris Wood (88/45) Nottingham Forest, England

10: Sarpreet Singh (26/3) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand

11: Eli Just (42/9) Motherwell FC, Scotland

12: Alex Paulsen (6/0) Lechia Gdańsk, Poland

13: Liberato Cacace (35/1) Wrexham AFC, Wales

14: Alex Rufer (24/0) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand

15: Nando Pijnaker (23/0) Auckland FC, New Zealand

16: Finn Surman (17/2) Portland Timbers, USA

17: Kosta Barbarouses (74/10) Western Sydney Wanderers, Australia

18: Ben Waine (30/9) Port Vale, England

19: Ben Old (22/2) Saint-Étienne, France

20: Callum McCowatt (30/4) Silkeborg, Denmark

21: Jesse Randall (9/2) Auckland FC, New Zealand

22: Michael Woud (6/0) Auckland FC, New Zealand

23: Ryan Thomas (25/3) PEC Zwolle, The Netherlands

24: Callan Elliot (9/0) Auckland FC, New Zealand

25: Lachlan Bayliss (2/0) Newcastle Jets, Australia

26: Tommy Smith (56/2) Braintree Town, England

NZ Football