Paremata School


Ko te Rāpare tēnei rā te
tekau mā rima o Whiringa-ā-nuku


Thursday 15th 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! 



The Room 9 Boys toilets are being left in a very messy state which is disappointing and upsetting Mark our cleaner.
Anyone who is caught leaving the toilet area unclean and throwing the toilet paper into places it doesn't belong will be put on community service and this will involve cleaning the loos. Please show more respect for our school property. 
Matua

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Someone playing at the school on the weekend has lost their pounamu. It is green with a black cord, in the shape of a cross. He was on the field and in the bushes around the edge, so if you are playing there please keep your eyes peeled.

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.


More than 150 high-speed prospectors converged on Central Otago for the 49th annual World Gold Panning Championship, with competitors putting a centuries-old goldfields skill to the test.

Panners from more than 20 countries faced off over troughs of water and buckets of gravel, racing to extract minuscule flakes of gold as accurately as possible.

An immense amount of work had gone into hosting the event, not least sourcing 20 tonnes of gravel and building water troughs that adhered to strict World Gold Panning Association codes, he said.


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: Whaea Kylie and Mrs Sutton

Kai nui: Kiri and Clare




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 2: Wednesday 26 October - Shakeout

                                                       - Year 4-8 athletics

Week 5: Tuesday 10 November - Parumoana Athletics

Week 6: Saturday 21 November - Cake and toy sale

Week 7: Thursday 26 November - Run Jump Throw

Week 8: Friday 4th December - Parumoana speech competition

Week 9: Year 7/8 EOTC week

Week 10: Tuesday 15 December - water fight

                 Wednesday 16 December - school finishes at 1pm



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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