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Pānui - Newsletter - 19 March 2025

Create your Parent Account - HERO

Click on either of these links to create your own parent account

Google Play

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This is an online sharing platform where you can keep up to date with your child's progress, receive important notices and advise us of an absence.

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School Office Information

Office hours are

8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Phone: 348 5700

office@tkr.school.nz

enrol@tkr.school.nz

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Absences

Report absences before 9.00am

Report your child as absent everyday until they return.

It is a Ministry requirement to have a reason for absences, please leave a reason with your message.

2025 Term Dates and Public Holidays

Term 1

Mon 3 Feb – Fri 11 Apr

Public Holidays 

Waitangi Day - Thursday 6 February

Term 2

Mon 28 Apr - Fri 24 Jun

Public Holidays 

King’s Birthday - Monday 2 June

Matariki - Friday 20 June

Term 3

Mon 14 Jul - Fri 19 Sep

Term 4

Mon 6 Oct – Thu 17 Dec

Public Holidays

Labour Day — Monday 27 October

Show Day - Friday 14 November

Contents

From the Principal's Desk

by Matua Paul

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Video: Pātītī Newsletter T1 Video

Team Pātītī

by Whaea Beka

Team Pātītī would love to share a video of what we have been up to this term.

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Garden to Table

Garden to Table

by Whaea Jenn

Garden to Table has been amazing this term! There have been lots of opportunities to harvest our autumnal fruits and practise our cooking skills as we turn what we harvest into delicious kai.

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Video: Swimming Race

Monk Cup and Competitive Swimming

by Whaea Zoe

Last week we had our competitive swimming, including the Monk Cup.

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Writing

Numicon

by Whaea Maria

Numicon is a really fun way of learning mathematics.

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Video: Compass Points

Te tūrangawaewae me te taiao / Place and Environment

by Whaea Jenn

We have been having a lot of fun in Space 10 learning about Te tūrangawaewae me te taiao / Place and Environment.

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Team Kahikatea

by Whaea Zoe

This week in team Kahikatea, Year 6 learners explored building structures while Year 7 and 8 learners attended technology.

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Writing

Writing

by Whaea Maria

As part of our writing this term, Space 2/3 has been learning about procedural writing (a text that provides instructions in a step-by-step format).

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