Paremata School

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Monday 18th 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.

Lost:

Bianca has lost a precious pink velvet scrunchie. If you see one lying around please bring it to Rm 5.

Kaua e wareware:

Remember your road patrol etiquette! Wait for the patrollers to tell you to "Cross now" - don't just walk straight across when the signs go out. Remind your parents if they forget to wait.

And don't forget to say thank you to our fabulous patrollers when you cross. They are out there in all weathers keeping us safe.

An extremely rare ingredient used in high-end perfume has washed up on a tourist beach on Western Australia's south coast. The solid waxy material - known as ambergris - is essentially sperm whale vomit.

It's a highly prized ingredient in the world's most expensive perfumes that takes decades, sometimes centuries, to produce. Ambergris sells for over $10,000 per kilogram.

Marine biologist Pia Markovic said sperm whales mainly eat squid, but squid beaks don't break down in the whale's stomach. To protect the animal from the hard beaks as they pass through, its insides are lined with a waxy substance.

The whale eventually vomits up this foul-smelling substance and over decades, it is slowly cured by the ocean as it floats on the surface.

Ambergris was used in perfumes to make the scent last longer. A synthetic version has replaced it as a fixative in almost all perfumes today.

Ambergris is so rare that Markovic knows of only two recorded finds in Western Australian history.

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: Alex and Jacqui

Kai nui: Avalon and Mrs Britz

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