Nau mai, haere mai and a warm welcome to all new whanau to our school. We also extend our greetings to all children who have returned for the 2014 school year. Our school year started [...]

To celebrate a fabulous year, karaka whanau had an afternoon of fun water activities. The most popular activity was the water slide. A big thank you to Mr Healey. The children also enjoyed trying to [...]

Kate, from Footsteps Dance Company, came to our school to teach us about dancing.  She spoke to us about different types of dancing and how dance can impact on one's life.  Footsteeps Dance Company "uses dance as a [...]

Our surfing lesson took place on a beautiful day in a beautiful setting, Matapouri. Most of us were able to get up successfully and our water confidence improved immensely. Look out mums and dads, maybe [...]

Today the Year 4 classes started their two day outdoor education programme. The classes were split in half. Group A went surfing at Matapouri, and Group B went to the Adventure Forest in Glenbervie. The [...]

Our school received an Environmental Curriculum Award earlier this year because of our plans to start a prayer garden and an orchard. We received a grant to buy trees and pergolas for these gardens.

In Term 4, Year 3-6 classes have cricket coaching with Northland Cricket coaches. Our batting and fielding skills are beginning to improve.

One of the highlights of our Culture day was the performance of this group of Year 2/3 girls. They performed an Indian "Bollywood" dance and were really polished. We all loved their costumes!

As part of our Immersion week for Celebration, we held a Culture Day. Some of our cultural groups in our school community performed for the school. Mrs Iamafana performed a traditional Samoan dance used when [...]