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Kia ora e te whānau, We have an amazing opportunity for the whole kura to have their eyesight tested by the Foureyes Foundation! To find out more, please click on the pdf document below. Thank you! 4 eyes foundation

kia orana! The tamariki have been having lots of fun learning about the food, the culture, the music, the beautiful artwork, symmetry of tivaevae, the language, and the traditions of the Cook Islands to celebrate Cook Island Language Week. Here is an album of photos highlighting what they did during the week!

kia orana! This week we are celebrating Cook Islands Language Week. Today Hazel kindly brought in some doughnuts for her Kaiako and Classmates in Room 10 to enjoy! Thank you so much to Hazel’s family for sharing some food from your culture! Room have also been practicing some dancing to TE MOU RIMA NEI AU…

Kia ora e te whānau, It was an exciting morning for our most senior Year 6 ākonga when they visited Avalon Intermediate today. It was an opportunity to experience just a little of what Intermediate life has to offer. On arrival at Avalon they were taken into the hall where they were warmly welcomed by…

Kia ora e te whānau, Today is National Scouts Scarf Day! This day is all about encouraging all active and former scouts to wear their scout scarves in public to make the “Spirit of Scouting” visible: Once a Scout – Always a Scout! The date of the event commemorates the very first Scout Camp on…

Kia ora e te whānau, This morning as the weather wasn’t in our favour, the Mihi Whakatau took place in the hall with just our most senior ākonga present to welcome our newest ākonga to the kura. Mr McGarry gave a whaikōrero on behalf of the tengata whenua and Mr Syph spoke on behalf of…

Kia ora e te whānau, The PTSG will be having their monthly hui in the staffroom at 7.00pm on Wednesday 26th July. If any of our Tawhai Whānau have some spare time, and would like to help this wonderful group, please come along. You will be very warmly welcome!

Kia ora e te whānau, The first week of Term 3 has certainly gone by very quickly and here we are getting ready to wind down during the last day of the school week! The resident whakaahua decided to get some fly-on-the-wall captures of the tamariki enjoying a very chilled day!

Kia ora e te whānau, Our 3 amazing ākonga, Madison, Isaac, and Joel have really done themselves, their whānau, and their kura proud with their fabulous results from their races, at the Regional Cross Country Event which was held at the Solway Showgrounds in Masterton yesterday. Here are the results as follows: Madison, 14th in…

Kia ora e te whānau, There has been such a hive of activities celebrating Matariki across the kura as we have come to the end of Term 2. As the Matariki New Year falls on the 14th July this year during the school holidays, all the classes have been doing different things to acknowledge Matariki…

Kia ora e te whānau, Early this morning our Tawhai Kura came together under the whakaruruhau to celebrate a special Values assembly. This is to acknowledge those students who consistently show their best Tawhai kura values. The teachers selected one child from their class and the chosen student was presented with a special T-shirt and…

Kia ora e te whānau, What a splendid turnout of Tawhai whānau who came to the Kura Open Afternoon yesterday! Each class had some wonderful examples of the term’s enquiry to show their families. The older ākonga had very informative and thought-provoking displays and it could be seen how much mahi has been put by…