Paremata School

Ko te Rāapa tēnei rā te 

tua ono o Haratua

Wednesday 6th May

Term 2 Week 3 2026

This waiata is sung by Ngati Toa Rangatira to welcome visitors from all places and cultures to Porirua. 

Kua puta a iho  - you have all succeeded!

Use this kīwaha to praise people who have done really well.

Ngā Kaitiaki Ara (Road Patrollers)

Please come to Room 9 at 10:50 on Thursday morning for a quick meeting.

This week is New Zealand Sign Language week. 

Kaua e wareware:

• Please remember to walk your bikes and scooters on school grounds before and after school. These are very busy times of day and this rule is to keep everyone safe.
• Please no running around corners. This includes when you are playing team tag.
• You cannot use the Mobil Station after school unless you are accompanied by a parent, grandparent or college age brother or sister.
• The deck outside the Junior Classrooms is for Year 0-2 only to play on during morning tea and lunchtime.

Spider webs have covered parts of the North Island in recent days, leaving homes, fences, trees and parks draped in fine silk. The webs have been seen from parts of Auckland to Hawke’s Bay. 

The phenomenon is called ballooning. It happens when young spiders release thin threads of silk into the air and use the wind, and even tiny electric currents, to travel to new places. Arachnologist Dr Fiona Cross said spiders do not have wings, but this is one way they can “fly”. Some spiders can travel very long distances this way, including from Australia to New Zealand.

In Havelock North and Napier, people described the silk shining in the sunlight like frost or a “silver sea”. 

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

Week 3: Havish, Will, Temes, Boston

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. 

If you have not yet been taught how to rebait the new black rat traps, make sure you check with Clare before going out.

Kai iti: Rachel and Mrs Sutton

Kai nui: Mrs Wall and Ms Cameron

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

Week 4: Friday 15 May - pink shirt day

Week 5: Thursday 21 May - cross country