Congratulations to the students who have received recognition this week.

Principals Awards

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

Room 2: Mya Churchill for her efforts in learning to write her name independently

Room 3: Alexander Gillespie for always being focused and trying his best in Reading

Room 4: Jay-Jay Neame for great listening and learning this week

Room 5: Leo Geraghty for an awesome improvement in Handwriting

Room 6: Miah Hira-Johns for brainstorming lots of rhyming words and using them in poetry

Room 7: Blake Pullen for his efforts in Writing

Room 8: Savannah Christian for always putting 100% into her writing

Room 9: Isabelle Gourley for taking her time and effort in her writing

Room 10: Violet Exeter for her effort in Maths and showing her working out on the board

Room 11: Logan Shannon-Groom for his effort in understanding place value in Maths

Room 12: Alphonzio Aualii-Fidow for his progress in multiplicative thinking

Room 13: Lailah Managuelod for the very clever way she 'fractured her fairy tale'!

Room 14: Annabel Elliott for being a focused and engaged learner

Room 15: Jazmine Penman for enthusiasm and great ideas when writing stories

Congratulations to these students who were 'Caught Being Good'

Room 2: Rebecca Fletcher-Murray for being organised with her belongings before mat time at 9.00am

Room 3: Azariah-Grace Rangiuia for always showing school values and a willingness to help others

Room 4: Nevaniah Fiaui for always listening and doing the best she can

Room 5: Carson Gardiner for using his Whītau School WITS in the classroom

Room 6: Noah Forbes for using his words and finding the teacher when someone is bothering him

Room 7: Arlo Thian for showing care and kindness towards his peers

Room 8: Noah Maguire for showing kindness and thoughtfulness to others

Room 9: Harley Marnoch for showing his school value of being a learner in class during Writing and Reading

Room 10: Max Dawson-Ropata for always showing 5 on the mat and reminding others to show the school values

Room 11: Laylah Shannon-Hoare for the kindness she shares with everyone in Room 11

Room 12: Siuannah Palu for consistently showing our school values

Room 13: Jaxon Faulks for making good choices for his and other's learning

Room 14: Anna Kumar for supporting others during learning time

Room 15: Armani Allen for always being a calm and supportive member of Room 15

Attendance

In 2023 the Ministry of Education has a special project in the Tāmai Kahui Ako of schools to have all of our students 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.

As an incentive for our students, we are announcing a weekly attendance and punctuality award to the class or classes with the highest attendance for the previous week. Classes that achieve 100% attendance each week will receive a special treat of an afternoon tea of biscuits to share together. Over the year we will track winning class information and we will have an overall winner. For the year please help each of the classes by ensuring your students are at school every day and before 9.00 am.

The class with the highest attendance for Week 8 was Room 15 with 87% attendance and punctuality.

Well done to this class.

To advise absences, please phone 389 8112 or text only to 027 758 1467

Mathletics Results from Week 8

The School Board funds Mathletics for each child to access online in class and at home. This means that learning can be ubiquitous as learning can happen at home, at school or anywhere.

If your child does not have access to Mathletics, please see your child’s teacher for their login details.

The top Mathletics Classes were:

Kākano & Kehakai: Room 6

Karawhā: Room 9

Kōrari: Room 15

The top Mathletics students were:

Kākano & Kehakai: Yunah Oliva (Room 6)

Karawhā: Jason Smith (Room 9)

Kōrari: Sadore Alemeneh (Room 15)

Haere mai ki te kura o Whītau

Ra Whānau ngā Tamariki - Happy Birthday to these Students

Winning House For Week Eight

The winning house for Week Eight is Woodham House. Congratulations to Woodham House!