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Kia ora o te whānau, Yesterday we were fortunate in having a visit from Virginia Van Dooren, and Jen Sytsma, who are Animal Control Officers from Hutt City Council, along with Floyd to take some dog handling sessions, firstly with Room’s 1, 11, and 12, then Room’s 4, 14, and 15 . (They will be…

Kia ora o te whānau, It was down to the Walter Nash Stadium yesterday to capture one of our Year 5 & 6 Tawhai teams, the Tawhai Knights in action against neighbouring kura, Koranunui Rima! The action was fast and koraunui were very competitive, and worked very hard, but after a shakey start when the…

Kia ora o te whānau, A few fly-on-the-wall photos of our gorgeous tamariki enjoying themselves on a rain-free Winter’s day! Lots of happy smiles as they enjoyed a number of activities. Lovely to be able to capture some of the chess club too!

Kia ora e te whānau The Upper Hutt Cluster, of which Tawhai is part of, is currently undertaking a whānau survey.  The major focus across all Upper Hutt Schools is ensuring that students are fully engaged in their learning.  This is a reminder that the survey closes off this coming Saturday 10th June. This survey…

Tālofa lava, The highlight of Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa, Sāmoa Language Week had to be not only a visit from the wonderful Sione families to the kura, but for the whole kura to come together in a special assembly to see a beautiful Samoan dance performed by Lina, sister Vera, and cousin Hazel, with…

Kia ora o te whānau, 52 of our Year 4-6 ākonga were selected to attend the Northern/Central Zone Cross Country at Trentham Memorial Park this morning under the care of Mr McGarry and Miss Page assisted by several parent helpers, and Student teacher, Paige Anderson. Despite the challenging conditions, the ākonga showed the Tawhai values…

Kia ora e te whānau The Upper Hutt Cluster, of which Tawhai is part of, is currently undertaking a whānau survey.  The major focus across all Upper Hutt Schools is ensuring that students are fully engaged in their learning. This survey gives us whānau perspective on student engagement in our kura across Upper Hutt and…

Kia ora e te whānau   My apologies for the short notice but we have just recently been informed by the NZEI Primary Teachers’ Union of Paid Union Meetings (PUM) happening for all primary schools across the Hutt Valley on Wednesday 31 May.  As a condition of their employment contract with the Government, primary teachers have…

On Tuesday our very excited Tu Rangatira attended the National Young Leaders’ Day at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Wellington.  They were fortunate enough to hear from some inspirational speakers and to have a special musical performance with Georgia Lines in the afternoon.   The speakers included: Brad Smeele – Former pro wakeboarder/quadriplegic/communicator Julia Grace…

On Tuesday Karen Johnston took 2 teams of senior students to our first STEMM challenge hosted by Hutt Science. STEMM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Manufacturing. The challenge consisted of 3 rounds of questions and 3 practical rounds, which included using a pendulum, labelling organs in different animals, and making a small rocking…

Kia ora o te whānau, The kura was saturated in kindness today, but we also had kindness in waves from our wider Stokes Valley Community! The 10 Ladies who come together once a week on a Wednesday as a knitting group at the local Koraunui Stokes Valley Community Hub have been knitting up a storm…

Kia ora o te whānau, It was a sight to behold today as the tamariki turned out in full ‘pink’ for Pink Shirt Day! It didn’t matter either for those who decided not to wear pink as they thoroughly enjoyed the day too! The resident whaakahua could feel the full force of kindness everywhere she…