Paremata School



Te Wahi Tautoko 


Update: Henry came 18th in the Inter-regional cross country!


And Tāne Leggett came 7th out of 27,000 students in the NZ Rocks times table competition recently.

Ko te Rāmere tēnei rā te 

rua tekau mā rima o Mahuru


Friday 25th September

Term 3 Week 10 2026

Let's close out the term the same way we started, with the national anthem.


 

Kia pai te wā whakatā!

Have a good break! 



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.

Could the solution to the reading crisis lie in paying people to put down their phones and pick up a book? That’s what the Singapore government is trying: this month, it launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website.

It’s unlikely to make you megabucks – you have to rack up 50 reading sessions of at least 15 minutes to earn one Singapore dollar, with only one logged session allowed per day. But people hope such a scheme could still help boost reading, which is in decline.

They are hopeful the gamificiation of reading - logging reading time, accumulating points and building streaks, will help people make reading a habit.


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

Week 10: Elizabeth, Chloe, Isla, Niamh

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: Lila and Mrs Moore

Kai nui: Whaea Wendy and Alex




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

Term 4

Week 1: Tuesday 13 October - 9.30am Road patrol training



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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