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Whānau Picnic
Join us on Wednesday, 12 February, for our annual whānau picnic! Bring your picnic blanket and some kai, and enjoy a relaxed evening connecting with the Tawhai whānau and staff. Teachers will be available for an informal meet-and-greet before our more formal event in Week 5 (details to come). We look forward to seeing you…
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Teacher Only Day
Teacher Only Day – tomorrow, Friday 7 February. Teachers will be learning about our new Maths programme, but our wonderful tamariki get an extra long weekend. See you on Monday!
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Newsletter Week 1 2025
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Back to School
Welcome Back to Tawhai School! We can’t wait to see everyone back at school on Monday 3 February! Our teachers have been hard at work over the past few days preparing for an exciting term ahead. A few things to remember: Arrival Time: Please aim to arrive around 8:30 am so your child has time to…
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Newsletter Week 9
Kia ora e te whānau Here is our Week 9 newsletter.
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Bring a Can Week
Next week, December 2nd – 6th is “Bring a Can Week” to restock our Emergency Civil Defence supplies. Families are asked to bring canned goods to update the food we keep on site for the children in case of an emergency. Items could be placed in the box by the office or given to the…
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Term 4 Week 7 News Update
Kia ora e te whānau, To view the latest Tawhai Kura news, please click on the pdf document below:
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Blue Day Friday 22 November
Hi, my name is Liam, I am a Year 6 student at Tawhai School. I am organising a Diabetes Blue Day. Money raised will go to Diabetes New Zealand and will support the funding of insulin pumps and other cool stuff including camps and technology to help people. I would like to help people know…
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Final Reminder to Order Calendars!
kIa ora e te whānau, TodaySunday (17th November) and tomorrow is the last chance to order calendars and other items from KidsArtworks! The Kidsart Website will be closing off orders TOMORROW 18TH NOVEMBER AT 11.30PM. The deadline will NOT be extended as it takes 2-3 weeks to process orders, and we are getting very close…
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Sausagae Sizzle Next Friday!
Kia ora e te whānau, The PTSG will be organising a sausage sizzle next Friday 22nd November. $3 EACH OR 2 FOR $5 To order them please use the link for kindo below: https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/app/login Kindo will be open during Nov 16 – 21 (at 9 am) PTSG Committee
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A Reminder about Kids Artwork Calendars
Kia ora e te whānau, Over the last few days your tamariki will have come home with a calendar notice which includes their name & own unique code at the bottom of the page so that the whānau can view their tamriki’s artwork online. It will also include what’s on offer and prices. The site…
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Term 4 Week 5 Newsletter
Kia ora e te whānau, To view the Tawhai Kura Newsletter and introduction to our new Learning Support Coordinator, please click on the pdf documents below.
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Calendar Art Notices Out Today
Kia ora e te whānau, Either today or in the next couple of days, your tamariki will be sent home with a calendar notice which includes their name & own unique code at the bottom of the page so that the whānau can view their tamriki’s artwork online. It will also include what’s on offer…
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Kapa Haka Group Perform at Harcourt Park
Kia ora e te whānau, Here are some photos of our wonderful Kapa Haka Group performing in the Upper Hutt Cultural Festival at Harcourt Park yesterday afternoon! You did yourselves, your whānau, and the kura proud! We are so glad that the rain held off! Many thanks to Mr Whiteman and Miss Page for organising…
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Northern Zone
Tawhai School had a fantastic showing at the Northern Zone athletics, with 40 of our students taking part across a range of events, including sprints, quoits, vortex, long jump, and high jump. We are proud to share that several of our athletes performed really well, showcasing their hard work and talent. As soon as we…
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Kōpara Hub Athletics (Rms 11, 12, 5,6,7)
We have been practicing our athletics events for the last 2 weeks. The events we are doing are high jump, long jump, vortex, quoits and sprints. On Monday 4th November we will have our Athletics event. The children will participate in their year groups in each event between 9.30am and 11am. They will then have…
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Mihi Whakatau
Kia ora e te whānau, On Monday 4th November we will be having our mihi whakatau for term 4. This is an opportunity for our school to welcome any new students and their whānau to Tawhai school. Any new whānau are welcome to attend this Friday (anyone who has started at Tawhai school in terms…
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School Photos
Kia ora e te whānau, Just a reminder that school photos will be taking place at school starting tomorrow 1st November! The pdf docuement below shows the timetable of when the classes are having their session. The photos do need to be prepaid as our photographer takes her time getting the perfect portrait for your…
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Term 4 Week 3 Newsletter
Kia ora e te whānau, To view the latest Tawhai Kura news please click on the pdf document below:
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Teacher Only Day Tomorrow!
Kia ora e te whānau, Just a reminder that our kaiako will be having a teacher only day tomorrow therefore the Kura will be closed until Tuesday 29th October ( Labour Day Monday 28th October) Thank you!
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Year 4-6 Athletics
Kia ora e te whānau, We were very fortunate in having a dry but overcast day for the annual Year 4-6 Athletics and that the tamariki didn’t get too overheated whilst competing during the morning. There were 6 rotations comprising of: sprints, long jump, high jump, quiots, vortex, and the added fun of gumboot throwing!…