Paremata School

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tekau o Hereturikōkā

Monday 10th August

Term 3 Week 3 2026

We will sing this waiata at the mihi whakatau next week.

Ka taea e au te mirimiri i tō kurī?   

Can I pat your dog? 

With so many dogs around our kura, you can use this to ask their owner if you want to pat one. Remember to be gentle!

Kaua e wareware:

• Term 2 and 3 - Please stay off the field before school to give it a chance to dry out and avoid mud and grass through the classrooms.
• Stop and check before crossing drive through entrances and exits.
• The hall is out of bounds at lunchtime. Please use the outdoor areas and other designated spaces instead.
• When playing tag please slow right down and walk around corners.

A submission from a group of primary school students resulted in Wellington City Council voting to make road-safety changes outside their school a permanent fixture.

The Year five and six students at Lyall Bay School visited Wellington City Council on Wednesday to deliver their submission on a trial that had made going to and from school safer for them.

The trial first began after safety concerns were raised by the school around traffic speeds, volumes and the use of local streets as shortcuts between the city and the beach.

During the trail parts of Freyberg Street had been blocked off to create a cul-de-sac outside the school, meaning cars could travel one way down the street, before having to turn around.

In their submission, the students made it clear to the council why it was so important to keep the changes, which they said had made them much more confident to cross the street.

Lyall Bay principal Melanie Dean said the students were ecstatic to have made a difference.

"[There were] huge grins and fist pumps, they were excited that they'd had some influence."

Dean said she was incredibly proud of the students' submission, which all came from them.

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

Week 4: Isaac, Austin, Remi, Ryder, 

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: Emma and Jacqui

Kai nui: Michelle and Lila

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

Week 5: Friday 14 August - Mihi whakatau

Week 7: Friday 4 September - Tarapekepeke hui  

 

BOOK OF THE WEEK
Omens by Alicia Ponder (Fiction - PON)   "I've seen a thousand futures, a million deaths. Avondale will fall." They call her Witch Queen.They say she will destroy the Seven Kingdoms.They say she will destroy magic. Sylvalla would rather fight dragons than fuss over politics. As the unexpected queen of two kingdoms, her newfound power is making the neighbouring kings nervous. One by one, the kings fall for Sir Arrant's offers of power and the beguiling butterfly jewels he offers in exchange for their alliance. Determined to save her kingdom, Sylvalla is willing to try anything, including diplomacy. Meanwhile, back in Bairnsley University, the wizard Jonathan and his father discover the evil Dothie has freed the Nameless Gods--gods that are determined to destroy the one person that stands in their way.Can Sylvalla save Avondale? Can she save her people, her brother, or even herself, from the demons who would possess them all?
PUKAPUKA PIKITIA (PICTURE BOOK)
The doorbell rang	Hutchins, Pat	H
My friends and I : a story about kindness	Urlichs, Jessica	U
All the animals were sleeping	Welsh, Clare Helen	W
KORERO PAKI (FICTION)
The one and only Ruby	Applegate, Katherine	APP
Dragonfly song	Orr, Wendy	ORR
Willow Moss and the vanished kingdom	Valente, Dominique	VAL
How to stop the end of the world	Mitchell, Tom	MIT
Daisy and the trouble with shopping	Gray, Kes	GRA
FICTION SERIES
Lost socks	Poshoglian, Yvette	Ella's world