"I have really enjoyed learning about the history of Monrad Tirohanga and where our classroom and building names come from. I liked learning about the legend of Okatia and the creation of the Manawatū river. We have also been learning waiata from our own iwi and how they relate back to the stories of our own whakapapa. My favourite part of this inquiry has been learning about where I come from, who I come from, where others come from and how we connect through whakapapa".

At the core of our values are ‘whanaungatanga’ and ‘tūrangawaewae’. We believe strongly that the foundation of our identity comes from who we come from. We acknowledge that every child brings with them, first and foremost, their own ‘identity’ to be treasured and nurtured for their own well-being. We see ‘whanaungatanga’ as a sense of family connection - a basis for working together which provides people with a sense of belonging. We want our students to be proud of their school and feel a real sense of belonging.

In 2018 after an extensive consultation process with iwi, whānau, tamariki, kaimahi and hapori (community), our kura was honoured to be gifted names from Rangitāne o Manawatū for our kura, buildings and learning spaces.

Mā te Atatū is our tomokanga (entranceway) was carved by Charles Matenga (Rangitāne Kaumātua) in 2018.

Te Piri Mai o Rangi Tikitiki is the pou toka whakairo (stone carving) that sits at the front of our kura, which Charles Matenga (Rangitāne Kaumātua) carved in 2018.

Wiki 10, Wāhanga 1 (Week 10, Term 1)

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All students have worked extremely hard throughout the term displaying our school values. Many have already received values bands and badges. In acknowledging everyone's efforts in receiving yellow PB4L tickets, we had our first whole school PB4L reward day. We were meant to have a water tabloids sports event, but we celebrated with movies, indoor games, technology, and treats due to the weather.

This week we celebrated our first group of Tirohanga values badge winners 2022.

A special acknowledgement to our values band winners.

Monrad Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga has been invited to enter a team in a competition created for high school engineering students.

Congratulations to Izzy Brown for winning the Manawatu Interschool triathlon and placing 5th in the New Zealand Schools under 13 Championship event in Taranaki on the 27th March.

Thanks, Jono Hurley and Cam Pita for coaching our boys and girls cricket teams this year.

Our competitive kapa 'Ngā Iti Rearea' has begun preparing for the regional 'Ko Whiri Tika Mai' kapa haka competition in November.

Awesome result for Mokomoko. Diana Young has had her first win as an interclass coach in her 21 years at Monrad. A very special occasion.

The first Under The Lamp evening went ahead at The Stomach last Wednesday and our Kura was represented by 4 singers.

Feedback from whānau "Thank you so so much for the box of kai and toiletries. It is amazing, and we are so so grateful". "Thank you very much for the RATS test and kai we received, and it was greatly appreciated" "Shout out to the kura for organising us some kai".

Next term we see the popular reintroduction of hot lunches for our tamariki Mon/Wed/Fri.

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