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  • Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

    Kia ora e te whānau,Despite a busy week of filled with other activities, the Kura also continue to add te reo in all we do during our day and in our kerero. The Kereru Hub even managed to find the time do some amazing artwork with koru involving lots o paint, glue and glitter!Here are…

  • The Stars Shine on Tawhai ‘Star’ Day!

    Kia ora e te whānau, What an absolutely amazing day was had by everyone for our very special ‘Star’ Day on Friday! An overwhelming amount of tamariki and just about all our kaiako put in a huge effort to come to the kura dressed as a star, whether it be a sporting one, a movie…

  • Lea Faka-Tonga

    Malo e lelei’This week we have been celebrating the Tongan Language week at Tawhai Kura!It was so lovely to see Alisi from the Ngahere Hub and Tafinga our newest Tawhai ākonga come to school today in traditional Tongan clothes.Some of the classes have been enjoying creating some wonderful turtle artwork using patterns and layers, backgrounds,…

  • Spring is in the Air! Some Lunchtime Captures!

    Malo e lelei’Spring is certainly in the air now! So good for our well-being to get out there and enjoy some rays! so the resident kaiwhakaahua decided to get out in the playground too and capture some good old fashioned happiness as the tamariki either got on bikes or skates, kicked a ball around, used…

  • Footsteps Dance: Week 7!

    Malo e lelei’ Our wonderful Tamariki has just completed their seventh week of dance sessions with Harika. The lessons allow the ākonga to explore fundamental movement skills as well as developing balance, coordination, and body awareness. They have also been introduced to the 5 elements of dance which are space, time, energy, relationships, body awareness…

  • Mathswell Competition

    On Thursday evening Tawhai School sent 2 Year 5/6 teams to the Mathswell competition in Wellington. This competition challenges students to a range of problem solving and multi choice questions. There were 50 teams competing from all over the Wellington region.Our Tawhai students worked hard as a team to get through as many challenges as…