Paremata School


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tekau mā toru o Whiringa-ā-nuku


Tuesday 13th 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! 


Kids' University meeting in Rm 16 on Tuesday at 12.40pm. 

This is to discuss graduation and passport hours. PLEASE do not miss it, as the information that will be discussed is very important. 

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Road Patrol Training is on tomorrow! 

If you put your name down for this last term and brought back a signed permission slip, please meet Constable Steve in the hall this Tuesday at 9:30 am. Dress for the conditions (raincoat), as part of the training will be outside. 

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Kapa haka is on today in the hall. Please be seated early so that we are ready to start at 2pm. Performance group tamariki can stay on at 2:30pm.

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If you would like to help with weeding the gardens outside Room 5 and 6, come along at lunchtime today.


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.

Are you kind, calm, strict (but not too strict), sporty, not on your laptop the whole time, able to do magic and memorise students' names? The children of Hokitika Primary School are looking for you. After their principal left at the end of last term, they have made a recruitment video to entice a new principal to their school of just under 200 Year 1-8 students, with a wishlist of things they want in a school leader.

“Basically, don't hide in your office,” one child adds.

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: Juliet and Rachel

Kai nui: Ursula and Mrs Britz




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

Roster
This roster is very similar to last term, but there will be a new roster out soon which will include the new recruits. 

If you are unable to do your rostered duty, please find someone to replace you. If you can’t, please email Rachel rachelh@paremata.school.nz or pop into Room 13. 

Also, let me know if you are happy to be a "super sub" and do a few extra shifts.

Thanks for doing an awesome job to help our community!

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

Week 2: Wednesday 26 October - Shakeout



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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