Paremata School

Monday 9th November

Term 4 Week 5 2026

Another opportunity to keep learning our new waiata that celebrates the unity of Ngāti Toa.

Tō mīharo hoki!

You are awesome!

Make someone's day, and show aroha, by telling them how awesome they are!

The five-day celebration of Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals across India and many parts of the world. The festival of lights is the third day of Diwali, when Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, is worshipped, and diyas (clay lamps) and candles are lit. This year that was yesterday.

The origins of Diwali can be traced back to ancient Hindu mythology. When Lord Rama returned to his kingdom after defeating the demon king Ravana, the people of him by lighting diyas and decorating their houses with rangolis (coloured patterns).

Diwali symbolises the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.

In this photo diyas are placed on the banks of the Sarayu River on the eve of Diwali during an event in India.

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.

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: Emma and Clare

Kai nui: Michelle and Whaea Lisa

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

Here is the new road patrol roster for the rest of the year. You will notice that all the experienced patrollers are buddied up with 2 new trainees. The idea is that they will get some on the job experience ready to go for it in 2027.

Kids need to be at school ready to go at 8:25 and at the end of the day they don't need to report for duty til 2:55pm. 

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:  Mon 30th November to Frid 4th Dec - Library closed for stocktake

                Friday 4th December - Parumoana speech competition

Week 9:  Year 7/8 EOTC week

                Monday 7 to Wed December Library Closed for stocktake

                Wed 9 to Frid 11 Dec - Summer Reading Programme issues

Week 10: Monday 14 to 15 December - SRP issues continues

                 Tuesday 15 December - water fight

                 Wednesday 16 December - school finishes at 1pm

                   To find out more about these latest new books to the library Click here

BOOK OF THE WEEK
Brian To'o lights it up! By David Riley (Non Fiction 796.333) Meet Brian To'o, the Samoan Aussie winger who loves smashing through tackles, scoring tries, and making rugby league super exciting! Check out the stats and the stories and see why-- Brian To'o lights it up!
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
Zoom	Banyai, Istvan	B
365 penguins	Fromental, Jean-Luc	F
Actual size	Jenkins, Steve	J
Equal shmequal	Kroll, Virginia	K
How much is a million?	Schwartz, David M.	S
Where's the pair? : a spotting book	Teckentrup, Britta	T
Meri Kirihimete, Kererū!	MacIver, Juliette	M
Kekeno : curious explorer	Furze, Katie	F
FICTION SERIES
Scorpion's curse	Do, Anh	Sky Dragon
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
Shrinkle	Snape, Emily	SNA
KORERO PONO (NON FICTION)
Maths for curious kids : an illustrated introduction to numbers, geometry, computing, and more!	Huggins-Cooper, L	510
The metric system	Adler, David A.	530.8
Samoan heroes	Riley, David	920
SPEEDY READS
Trouble at the farm	Ahmed, Sufiya	AHM
A dog to keep	Rippin, Sally	RIP
Greg's spooky suprise	Rippin, Sally	RIP
The farm sleepover	Rippin, Sally	RIP
TUHINGA PAKI-AA-KAIAKO (SENIOR FICTION)
War horse	Morpurgo, Michael	M