Your tamariki know which house group they are connected with (Awa, Kainga, Maunga, or Waka), or you can speak with the classroom kaiako. We are organising an events calendar that will see the ākonga interact and participate with/within their house group. At these events, ākonga will be required to wear their house group T-shirts. These can also be worn during P.E activities and on Mondays.

The T-shirts are available to purchase via Kindo. We encourage you before you purchase to come in and try the samples that we have available so that your child can wear them for many years to come. The cost of the T-shirts is $25.00.

A waste-free lunch means only packing items that can be composted or recycled. That means, no plastic wrap, no foil, no zip lock bags, and no packaged foods.

Hobsonville School only has organic waste bins. The waste is composted or fed to our worms to help support the growth of our vegetable gardens and fruit trees in our school garden. Through this process, we are teaching the ākonga to be responsible for the waste they create, and how they can make a difference in the environment we love. If ākonga bring waste to school, we ask them to please take this home.