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Celebrations at Whītau School

Jacinda Black —

Weekly Principal's Awards

Literacy and Numeracy

Congratulations to these students who were awarded Principal's Awards for achievement in Literacy and Numeracy

Room 2: Ronan Geraghty for his enthusiastic approach towards learning to write new words

Room 3: Ryan Jaffari for his positive attitude towards his learning of reading and writing

Room 4: Kiana Himmel for her effort in Maths while learning about fractions

Room 5: Manaia McDonald for working very hard to learn new sounds and use them in his writing

Room 6: Esther Sandys for her imaginative writing about space travel

Room 7: Farida Al Ahmad for demonstrating her hard work and focus in Reading

Room 8: TeArohaTahi Crown-McMahon for taking pride in her handwriting and creating growing patterns in Maths

Room 9: Jason Bhatti for helping the teacher solve multiplication using repeated addition

Room 10: Alfred Lavaiamat for his focus and determination in his Literacy learning

Room 11: Fawaz Al Ahmad for having a good attitude toward the literacy games and activities, even when they are a challenge

Room 12: Zahrius Wallace for his enthusiastic and determined attitude in progressing his reading

Room 13: Gulled Farah for his growing confidence in sharing his learning in Maths

Room 14: Tauloa Tauaolfa for sharing his ideas and working as a team member during ESOL group

Room 15: Violet Exeter for her focus and determination when she is writing

Congratulations to these students who were 'Caught Being Good', showing our PB4L values

Room 2: Raiden Dass for his kind and respectful manner towards others

Room 3: Heather Nakaora for showing kind manners towards others

Room 4: Skyla Seddon for always using her manners and kind words

Room 5: Anaya Shah for always smiling and using kind words

Room 6: Zaylah-Rose Terry for always using kind manners with others

Room 7: Lorraine Tavake for always making the right choices at the right time

Room 8: Levi Ayers for using excellent manners and having a kind mouth

Room 9: Liyahna Go for kind manners in school and class, being brand new to school and country

Room 10: Scarlett McDonald Fisher for showing beautiful manners in all situations

Room 11: Taryn Masaga for always having something nice to say about others

Room 12: Monti Masiu for all the kindness and care he shows his friends

Room 13: Essence Sofai for consistently showing kindness and empathy towards others

Room 14: Riley Mason for the kindness he show others, especially younger children

Room 15: Karl Basal for saying positive things about others

Attendance

In 2025, the Ministry of Education has a special project in the Tāmai Kahui Ako of schools to ensure all of our students get to school each day and on time for class. We want to make a difference in our students' learning and we need all of our students here each and every day at school to make this happen.

Please help us be successful by ensuring your children are at school every day and before 9.00am.

Last Week's Schoolwide Attendance

The class with the highest attendance for Week 3 was Room 9 with 93% attendance and punctuality. Well done, to this class.

To advise student absences, please use the Hero App to inform the office.

Alternatively please phone 389 8112 and press 1 when prompted and leave a message or TEXT ONLY to 027 758 1467 BEFORE 9AM PLEASE. If leaving a message, please advise name and reason for absence. 


Haere mai ki te kura o Whītau

Ra Whānau ngā Tamariki - Happy Birthday to these Students

Winning House For Week Three

The winning house for Week Three was Woodham House. Congratulations to Woodham House!