At our most recent board meeting Sally Grylls-Thomas (Deputy Principal) presented an analysis of the 2019 achievement results in the core areas of reading, writing and maths.

Why do we do what we do?

A reminder of our upcoming Nearest & Dearest Day next week the 20th March. Please ask your child's 'nearest and dearest' to come along between 10am & 12pm.

Our team is growing! This term we have had a number of new staff join our school. The addition of extra teaching staff means that we have been able to maintain very low class sizes, which we are delighted about. As a new school with rapid growth this is sometimes hard to plan for, but we are appreciative of the support from the Ministry of Education and the strong relationship we have with them. Our Board of trustees have also committed a lot of additional funding for inclusive learning, to support the learning, behavioural, social/emotional, health needs of our learners.

Many of you will be aware that three of the five cases of COVID-19 confirmed in New Zealand have had links to four school communities. We appreciate this could be unsettling for some of you so wanted to provide you with an update.

This week our lunch option is a 6 inch sub + cookie for $6.00. We do need orders by Thursday, please. Gluten Free wrap option available.

Our Kererū Tahi learners visited the Waikato Museum earlier this week and were lucky enough to be the first students in New Zealand to see the Dinosaur rEvolution exhibit.

“Have you done your homework?” ~ One of those questions which can cause awful tension between parents and their children. As a school we’ve done our own homework on the matter to ensure that we take an evidence-based approach to any decisions around what we will do….and as importantly what we don’t do.

This Friday, 13th March. Bring along a picnic or pick up some takeaways. It will be a very informal get together and chance to meet others. Whiria te tāngata ~ Weave the people together

Next week is our annual Scholastic Book Fair. This will be set up in the Te Aroha space (next to the office) all week & children will have the opportunity to purchase books before and after school.

Thank you to our families who have already paid their 2020 school donations & activity fees.

A great example of our vision (Inspire ~ Challenge ~ Empower) in action last weekend with a team taking part in Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ki Tainui - Te Rekamauroa.

Please remember to let us know if your child is away from school. It is really important that we know by 8.30am on the same day, if possible.

The YMCA offers a before and after school care programme at Te Ao Mārama School. This programme is run between the hours of 7.20-8.20am and 2.30-6.00pm.

To reflect our growing diversity and cultures represented amongst our students, we’ve added to our Welcome Wall 🌎🌏🌍

We are looking for registrations for Hockey players for Te Ao Mārama teams. The season runs from 2nd May to 29th August and games are played on Saturday mornings.