The Year That Was 2015

THE YEAR

THAT WAS 2015 :) First with the Bay’s news

The Year That Was 2015

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GROWING GREAT KIDS Celebrating excellence in Hawke’s Bay schools

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nce again Hawke’s Bay today is proud to support Hawke’s Bay schools by help ping them celebrate their successes and infoorming the wider community about the exceptional young people, and their teachers, whoo represent the future of our region.

The Year That Was is an annual project we undertake with enthusiasm. It is a great pleaasure to produce a publication focused solely on promoting schools and giving them the opportunity to ‘brag’ to the community at laarge.

The world of education has changed beyond the imagination of many of our ders who maybe beyond child rearing read dayys and now enjoying the pleasures of grandchildren. A visit to any school or colllege today is an inspiration in itself as teaching methods have changed beyond reco ognition and continue to do so.

As centres of learning excellence we see enthusiastic children, motivated staff and a raft of learning, social, sporting and cultural activities designed to challenge our youngsters. There’s plenty of fun incorporated into the currriculum and fun equates to learning.

Our schools, city and country based, also strivve to produce caring, helpful, honest,

friendly, responsible and socially aware children. This is in addition to equipping them with the many skills necessary to compete and succeed in today’s world.

Interactive technology has been embraced to support learning and the results are quite astounding with children happily accepting technology as a learning resource which have opened up even greater more avenues for structured learning and fun.

Life isn’t all about iPads or computers and our schools celebrate success in the full gamut of activities including sports, the arts, the environment, culture, and of course academically. The introduction of academies is another initiative designed to support high achievement and channel those who have skills that need nurturing.

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Flaxmere Primary School

Te Kura o Paharakeke STUDENTS 530

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Home of Nga Tamariki TOA – Victorious Children

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nother exceptional year has almost passed at Flaxmere Primary School and it is best captured in the faces of our wonderful tamariki, staff and whanau. Visit our Facebook Page to see all of the excitement of 2015, newsletters and photos.

VISION STATEMENT “to empower and inspire our tamariki to be their best, be well and become lifelong learners.

Kia Toa, Kia Ora, Kia Ako..”

Robyn Isaacson, Principal

MISSION STATEMENT Whaia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohuKoe me he maunga teitei Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain.

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Celebrating success with Minister Parata

AIMs Netball Team

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e have had so many amazing opportunities, successes and celebration throughout the year.

We are continually amazed by the support we receive from our own and the wider community. Our students continue to grow and strive to be Tamaiti TOA. To be their best, be well and be learners.

We have the unique opportunity to be able to offer Rumaki, Bilingual and Mainstream education with a robust curriculum and high expectations of both students and staff. We are trulyy proud of who we are and strive to great in everything we do.

As the year come to an end I wish to sincerely thank our wonderful staff for their dedication and professionalism and the wide range of opportunities they provide our students. A big thanks to Whaea Linda and Mr Robson, who go well beyond the call of duty for both students and staff, whanau for their ongoing support, our Board of Trustees and Chairman Larry Jessup, who always put our kids first in every decision they make.

Most importantly our kids – you’re awesome! True tamariki TOA. We look forward to creating even more memories in 2016.

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Frasertown School CLASSES 5 STUDENTS 127

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ga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa, It is my honour to lead Frasertown School. We strive for excellence and continue to build on our successes. Our focus on collaboration sees us work as a learning to community to further develop our school curriculum and learning environment. Our community, BOT, staff and students make up this wonderful place, where individuals thrive. We have a fantastic staff who are extremely committed to our learners, providing authentic and purposeful learning experiences that have our students hooked in to learning.

I would like to congratulate all students. I am extremely proud of the progress they have made, the effort and commitment they show to their learning. The result of hard work and the right attitude ultimately is, success.

Bring on 2016! Its sure to be exciting.

Tangi Geary, Principal

VISION STATEMENT Framing the Future MISSION STATEMENT Educating rural students to prepare for their future

hey say, Time flies when you’re having fun. This certainly has been the case at Frasertown School this year. We hit the ground runningg and made sure to take up p all opportunities that came our wayy. Students have the op pportunities to develop p their skills within the sup pportive environment of our school and also comp pete with others across the Wairoa District and beyyond.

Opportunities cover the Cultural, Sp portingg and Accadeemicc corneerstoonees whicch aree highlyy valued at our school.

We had a class this year that participated iin weeklyy Mandarin sessions and learnt about the Chinese culture througgh the MCT Proggramme. This was a fantastic opportunityy for our students to develop an understandingg of a different culture and langguagge. Another class had reggular skyype sessions with schools in Kitaibaraki, Japan. This was topped off byy a visit to our school from Kitaibaraki students. Our students loved havingg time to sp peak with the visitoors and sharee our scchoool with theem foor a feew hoours.

Our school participated in the annual Wairoa Kap pa Haka Festival. Our children love learning new waiata and performing for their whanau and community. Our Kapa Haka students thoroughly enjoyed a wananga they had at Pakowhai Marae.

This visit was the beginning of a series of marae based learning days for our school.

During this visit to the marae we were very lucky to have local whanau come along to support the students learning throughout the day. It also included a walk to where our three rivers meet. This is particularly important for our school and these rivers are our school logo. A special thanks to Tarati Tohiariki, Mary Clark, Rangi Burrows, Koro Rigby and the Pakowhai Kohanga reo whanau for your support. Our students can’t wait for the next visit.

We participated in many sporting events this year. This included traditional sports such as cricket, rippa rugby, netball, and soccer through to Motor X, athletics, and cross country. Our school cross country was a highlight this year as we ventured out to the Mangapoike Motor Cross track. This venue provided the perfect terrain to challenge our children and also create a fun element as our children navigated up and over the steep mounds and through the mud. This was a perfect event to prepare for the very challenging Wairoa District event held at Ohuka School. We also had a number of sporting achievements to note as many of our children strive to achieve and continue the successful sporting traditions of Frasertown School. Will Taylor had a great season as part of the Wairoa Wakely Shield team. Ceizar Fasso was best overall senior male gymnast in the Wairoa District event. Riria Ferris-Reynolds was best overall senior female gymnast and also 9 year old Wairoa District Swimming Champ. We are enormously proud of these three students and all students for their commitment to success on the sporting front.

In terms of academic progress this year we continue to go from strength to strength as we transition to collaborative and innovative learning spaces, developing our modern learning pedagogy which will result in improved student and whanau engagement. Our learning contexts have been student driven and very exciting as the students follow their own curiosity and develop an understanding of the world around them. We had a number of students participate in the ICAS and Australian Maths exams with pleasing results.

Congratulations to all our students for the progress and success you have had this year. You are all tremendous ambassadors of our school. We are very proud of all of you and eagerly await 2016.

Will, Tom, Riria, and Summer participate in the Wairoa District Technology Challenge

Nikau Pitman ponders her next move during a game at the Nuhaka School Chess Tournament

Our 9 Year old girls navigate the Cross Country track, some are still smiling!

Ben Knauf demonstrates the straddle vault with a smile

Turi Paku takes a break during our Rodeo on Wheels fundraiser

We were privileged to host a number of local War Vets as part of our Anzac Commemorations.

Nothing like a splash of colour on a beautiful sunny day! These children got into the spirit of our wacky hair day.

Tom and Mya fill the new planter boxes with soil in preparation for planting. The vege garden has been a wonderful addition to our school.

Anahera Baty prepares to take a shot during a netball game at Standring Park

Skye and Mia try out ironing in the olden days during a Living history session at the Wairoa Museum.

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Frimley School

STAFF 32 teaching staff and numerous support staff STUDENT 575

Sport and Physical Activity

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

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has been a busy, exciting and full year. There have been many highlights this year including the beginning of the year school camps, the many inter-house, school and interschool sporting events, our Matariki Week celebration, the Blossom Parade, introducing 1-1 digital devices for years 5 & 6, Optimist Yachting, Diwali Celebration and House Singing. While our main improvement focus was writing, this year we introduced a broad range of strategies as a staff. These included making learning more visible, developing greater self direction for learning, exploring collaboration as well as many classroom focused changes. In 2000, the staff and community developed the school’s Triple A. This year we have updated this to be more future focused, linked with our intended direction and written in a more student friendly way.

We support, challenge and build learners who have the Triple A~ The right ATTITUDE towards life and learning, the desire to put learning and attitude into ACTION and where ACHIEVEMENT involves making progress, being well rounded and developing the skills of self directed learning.

I would like to thank the Staff who invest a lot of themselves everyday in our students, the Whanau Advisory Group who has been established this year, the PTA who continues to work tirelessly in so many ways to support the school and your students and the Board of Trustees who ensure that our school is well governed.

We s. also farewell our Year 6 students and their families.

Thank you for your input and contribution to making Frimley what is now. All the best for your years at Intermediate; may you look back fondly and proudly on your time with us.

Tim White, Principal al

Matariki Weaving

Kapahaka Boys

Dance Group Beauties

Diwali 2015

It has been wonderful to see the interest shown by so many students to participate in a sport or physical activity. This year in addition to our on-going PE and Fundamental Movement Skills programmes, we also offered athletics, cross-country, volleyball, cricket, swimming, tabloids, triathlon, canoe polo, hockey, t-ball, mini basketball, netball, barefoot rugby, girls soccer, rippa rugby, gymnastics, dance, touch rugby and dodgeball. House Sport at lunchtime has been enjoyable and highly competitive with Capture the Flag, Rippa Rugby, Netball, Dodgeball and Four Goal Soccer games being held. Physical Activity Leaders (PALS) have organised and run many house competitions at lunchtime. Our top Rippa Rugby team won the Hastings section of their competition, and narrowly lost a National Qualifier game.

They represented Frimley with outstanding skill and pride, also being invited to play curtain raiser matches for the Hawkes Bay Magpies. Canoe Polo also achieved great success this year, one of our teams winning a grade final. The first ever Super Six competition was a great opportunity for our Year 6 students to compete successfully across a range of sporting codes. Our Gymnastics team and our Dance groups performed superbly at the inter-school festivals and also presented their routines to the school. Sincere thanks to everyone who organised and helped with the wide range of sporting opportunities that are available for our children. It simply would not happen without the support of our dedicated staff and community.

Young Leaders / House Captains

The 2015 House Leaders have been a fantastic group of children. They have represented their houses exceptionally well and made great contributions in other areas of school life. They have helped to re-vitalise the Triple A, organise fundraising days and express their views about other school developments. A highlight for our leaders was attending the National Young Leaders Day in Palmerston North. This event aims to develop student leadership and encourage children to fulfill their dreams and become great leaders. Frimley’s young leaders returned to school inspired and motivated to succeed.

ANZAC Day and the Field of Remembrance

As a school, we commemorated ANZAC Day at our Field of Remembrance. It contained 30 crosses and was set up as a silent reminder of New Zealand’s major contribution to freedom and the considerable sacrifice of our small nation. The crosses bore the names of New Zealanders who served, one of which was Captain Arthur Herrick, greatgreat uncle of two of our students, Alexis and Indie Ormond. At the ANZAC Day service in Hastings, the school was represented by our young leaders, who proudly laid our school’s wreath.

Matariki

This celebration saw the school working together in multi level whanau groups.

Our Kapa Haka group performed and we were invited to Hastings Girls High School to attend an outstanding performance by their Kapa Haka group. A special Matariki assembly showcasing the activities throughout the week, was a fitting culmination to a great week of learning.

Blossom Parade

The Blossom Parade is another exciting event for Frimley and this year was the 12th time that we have entered a float, having participated on alternate years for the past 22 years. The construction of the float is truly a team effort, with many families involved in blossom making and float building. This year our theme was “Great Kids Grow Here” and our children thought about their future occupations and ambitions, all of which were displayed on the float. Well done to everyone for the wonderful community spirit shown.

ESOL - English Speakers of Other Languages

We have a growing number of children who speak a language other than English in their homes.These students are supported in small groups or individually working on speaking, reading and writing in English. Research shows that the most successful bilingual children are those who have two languages available in a rich form … a rich home language and rich ‘outside home’language.We think our ESOL students are very clever to be able to speak two languages!

Rippa Rugby star Riley

ANZAC Kapahaka Roopu

Blossom Parade Bus

ANZAC Day Indie and Alexis

Kapahaka leader Frankie

Awesome Gymnastics Skills

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Henry Hill School

LOW RESOLUTION

STAFF 30 STUDENTS 255

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2015

has been a huge year for us!

Excellent National Standards data this year, a fantastic ERO Report, and the successful implementation of Innovative Learning Environments at the Year 3-6 levels.

So what are we all about?

We create Learning Experiences and opportunities which immerse our Can Kidz in hands on learning. They’re designed to inspire an enquiring and inquisitive mind. From these each learner draws on their funds of knowledge and develop risk taking and problem solving skills. Our Can Kidz come up with questions and not just answers.

Mistakes are learning opportunities to be reflected on, questioned, challenged and eventually conquered. Our Can Kidz understand that learning is all around us and never stops.

At Henry Hill School we live and breathe our motto … Where kids CAN achieve anything!

Jason Williams, Principal

SCHOOL MOTTO Where kids CAN achieve anything!

Assemblies-Celebrating our awesome-ness!

ILE-Creating our own learner spaces

House Challenges-We overcome barriers and hurdles

Can Kid Philosophy-’I am a CAN KID!’

Houses-Making connections with the environment

ILE-Using devices to create and share learning

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CAN KIDZ Philosophy ur Can Kidz have total self-belief (or are developing it). They understand that they own their learning, own the choices and decisions they make, and take responsibility.

They own their awesome-ness and acknowledge and celebrate the awesomeness of others.

We want our Can Kidz to live in the ‘grey area’ or on the ‘edge of their comfort zone’ as this is where the real challenge and often the real learning lives.

Our Can Kidz are proactive, recognise opportunities, and see any obstacles and barriers as challenges they step up to meet head on, and opportunities to take responsibility and demonstrate perseverance and resilience. We don’t do ‘‘can’t’ here!

Experiences

Our Can Kidz learn best when taking part in hands-on or virtual experiences.

The Learning Experiences are designed to excite, inspire, and challenge our Can Kidz to ignite their natural curiosity. That means not spoiling the fun aspects of learning through telling our Can Kidz what they are going to learn; instead they discover the learning themselves!

We provide real world contexts that are rich, engaging and promote risk-taking, exploration, and problem solving.

The Experiences are flexible and provide a springboard to further learning opportunities, allowing for student agency and ownership that encourages true questioning and inquiry learning.

Assemblies Our Assemblies are fun, interactive and are all about celebrating the achievements and growth of our Can Kidz. We sing songs, dance, classes present learning, and we also have special guest presenters. Assemblies are a time to reflect, share and celebrate our school’s successes.

and 1:2 access to devices in Years 1-2. We have ILE furniture that is flexible to ensure collaboration and to assist students in creating their own learning spaces based on their needs. Our teachers use devices to assist their teaching delivery and are beginning to explore collaborative teaching with multiple teachers delivering learning in open learning spaces.

Academies

The Academies programme creates opportunities for all Can Kidz and exposes them to activities and experiences outside of the typical curriculum experiences we offer. The Academy programme also provides an opportunity for staff to facilitate and share activities and experiences with our Can Kidz that they are passionate about and are skilled in.

Houses

We have four school houses here: Tuhirangi, Otatara, Heipipi, and Kohuekete; all named after local maunga/mountains in the Napier region. We packed all of our Can Kidz on buses a few months ago and travelled out to our maunga. We were greeted by kaitiaki and kaumatua who explained the history and stories behind the maunga. Our Can Kidz sang waiata and performed haka at their maunga. Great to know that the stories of these maunga will continue to live on through the next generation.

House Challenges

Our Houses system celebrates whanaungatanga, encourages tuakana/ teina, and inclusiveness. It is a major component of our student management strategy. Can Kidz are awarded house points in class, at assemblies, and in the playground. They are collected and tallied each week and the winning house is celebrated in assembly. We have had House: Swimming, Singing, Spelling Bee, Tabloid Sports, Haka Challenge, Technology Innovative Learning Environments Challenge, Cross Country and many more We are committed to providing learning exciting events! On House Challenge days experiences and opportunities for the 21st the school comes dressed in their House Century Learner. colours. Houses design their own flags, Our classes are modern learning spaces chants, and face paint designs and the with 1:1 access to devices in Years 3-6 atmosphere is electric!

Learning Experiences-Learning through doing

Academies-Working to our strengths and passions

Heretaunga Intermediate School STAFF 23 STUDENTS 210

2015 started with a hiss and a roar, and has not let up since.

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e have continued our focus on positive relationships, and have revamped our school values to promote Respect, Pride, and Commitment amongst students and staff.

Learning programmes are our top priority. We are proud of the way our timetable runs so that the core learning subjects are uninterrupted. Along with this, our talented Art, Music, Materials, Food, Fabric, and Science staff create purposeful and engaging programmes to develop a balance in our students’ academic development.

Weaving our school values through our learning programmes has students leaving Heretaunga Intermediate ready for the challenges of secondary school and beyond.

Our inclusive culture allows us to host Kowhai Special School students aged between 11 and 15. While these students do not follow our school curriculum, they embrace all other areas of Heretaunga Intermediate, including cultural, musical, and sporting events. Our inclusiveness has been recognised by Dr Russell Wills, New Zealand’s Children Commissioner about a student in the Kowhai Satellite class,“Her parents

are impressed at how other children from Heretaunga Intermediate greet her both at school and out of school. The inclusive culture is greatly to the school’s credit.”

Our positive development was also highlighted in our report from the Education Review Office in May. A glimpse of what ERO had to say: “Heretaunga Intermediate is well placed to embed and build on new initiatives, and continue to improve its performance. It has: • made significant improvements to governance and leadership • improved communication and collaboration with staff, students and their families • focused on and enhanced the effectiveness of teaching to increase student engagement • revised and re-emphasised school values and expectations to create a positive school climate and relationships.”

“A school-wide focus on increasing student engagement is clearly evident. The principal and senior leaders have led a considered approach which emphasises:

Room 1 in their digital, differentiated learning space.

• teachers inquiring into and improving their practice to motivate and engage students • grouping students for instruction to improve how learning needs are met • using teaching and learning resources that are relevant and interesting for students • increased opportunities for students to use digital devices.”

As a staff, Board, and community, we are excited about the journey we are on to make Heretaunga a quality learning environment for our students.

The year that was - 2015 at a glance…

• 6 students receiving scholarships for 2016 • 11 students making representative honours for their respective sports • Visit from Shaolin Monks • Year 7 Canoe Polo Grade Champions • Year 7 Netball Tournament winners, and Grade Runner’s Up • Sport exchanges with Fergusson and Monrad Intermediate • Successful ERO school review • Successful Quiz Night • 1:1 digital classrooms • Introduction of different modern learning furniture

Year 7 Canoe Polo grade champions

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Art room upgrade Ski Trip Fire station Team Building Activities Specialist Enrichment Tutorials (open to all students) • Retirement of Rosalie Thompson and Kim Whittington • Introduction of new staff to Heretaunga • Competing in the Tough Guy and Gal The year that will be - 2016 plans: • Opening of two classrooms due to roll growth • All rooms going digital • All classrooms with new, modern furniture to cater for various learning styles • Professional Development focusing on Writing, Mathematics, and e-Learning • Quality Technology and Art specialist programmes for all children – Art, Music, Food, Wood, Plastic, Metal, • Fabric, Science • New staff • Musical showcase • EOTC/Camps Michael Sisam Principal

Keyboard lessons during S.E.T Time

On the slopes at Whakapapa

Aroha, and Jared with Mr Sisam cooking up a storm!

Hanging out with the ‘Canes

‘Photo Op’ with Mike King after sharing his positive and helpful message to the students.

Leaders team building at the Hastings Fire Station

Andrew investigating acids and alkalines in the Science Lab.

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Kowhai School

STAFF 55 STUDENTS 97

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owhai Special School is a leading specialist school in Hawkes Bay, catering for 5-21 year old students with ORS funding. Our school community is spread around the greater Hastings and Central Hawkes Bay districts and our roll has grown this year to reach 96 students. We have a fantastic set up that allows our students to have a supportive, inclusive education between our Base School and 9 satellite classes in local mainstream schools. This allows our students to have a supportive pathway throughout their education according to their age and ability. The inclusion of Kowhai Tec for our 18-21 year olds has been an exciting next step in this pathway.

Sarah Roil Principal www.kowhaispecial.school.nz

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owhai Special School is an exciting place to come to school! Our unique school curriculum, high levels of specialist staffing, small class sizes and on site therapists mean our students experience an enriched and individualised learning programme.

We welcome visits from any new parents/ whanau to see if Kowhai’s specialised programmes would benefit their child.

2015 has once again been a year of highlights.

hosted by Flaxmere Primary School. Our intermediate and high school students worked really hard to prepare for the event, under the expertise of our Pasifika tutor Caroline Fiu. A highlight of the day was the amazing support we got from the crowd and mainstream schools, as well as loving the opportunity to perform on stage! We are already looking forward to the 2016 Polyfest!

Kowhai turns 40

At Kowhai, we appreciate that our families often face unique challenges and therefore we like to help in any way we can. Some of the highlights this year have been: • Sibling Evening- we took many brothers and sisters of our students to Ocean Spa for an evening of fun and food • Pamper Evening- a highlight for many of our Mums, Aunties and Grandmothers with an evening of manicures and massage by EIT students • Inter-agency meeting so our parents can learn what support is available to them in the community • A family disco

Kowhai Special School was officially opened in November 1975, 40 years ago. Before this time, our students attended a special school in Napier, and then used some empty classrooms at Hastings Central School. 40 years ago our school was considered to be modern and spacious, but all these years later, we are about to undergo a major renovation of our Base School to once again make our teaching spaces modern and suited to the needs of our students.

Maori festival

Tenei enjoying the Pukehou School pet day

Kale Taylor ready to perform at Polyfest 2015

Sam and Skye working hard on their literacy programme in our Flaxmere College satellite

Outreach service

This year for the first time, some of our students entered Polyfest, this year

It has been a privilege to be able to support students at Hastings Boys High School, Hastings Girls High School, Haumoana School, Havelock North High School, Heretaunga Intermediate, Pukehou School and Te Mata School. Our Specialist Teacher Outreach Service (STOS) assists mainstreamed ORS funded students and their teachers with a specialist teaching programme. We also appreciate the opportunity for our school to strengthen links with other local primary, intermediate and secondary schools.

Joemie was placed 2nd in her RDA event at the Hawkes Bay A & P Show

Kaipau,Xavier,Zak,Tenei and Rihari after finishing the Hastings Central School Cross Country race

Polyfest

Briar at our family disco held to celebrate Kowhais 40th year

Gabriel,Tane, Sam and Jill are immersed in a sensory based learning activity in our Raureka School satellite class

To celebrate Maori Language week this year we hosted a Maori festival Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Students led the powhiri, followed by activities such as weaving and mahi toi, and a big hangi which had been laid very early in the morning. The support of our whole school community from the planning stages to the actual day was hugely appreciated and certainly helped make the day a great success.

We had a number of students perform at the Nga-ti Kahungunu Kapa Haka Festival held this year at Richmond School. They were part of the Heretaunga Intermediate School’s Kapa Haka Group.

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Mahora School

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t’s an absolute pleasure to share the Mahora School page with you in 2015. This year our page has been put together by some of our senior students…they decided on the topics and wrote the pieces themselves.

It’s been another fabulous year and one page doesn’t really do it justice. As principal I think I am most proud of the variety of learning our school provides. We are determined to ensure children get as many opportunities as possible and believe it is important to develop the ‘whole child’. Just have a look at our school facebook site to see the outstanding learning that occurs in our school. These comments sum it up really… “I love the spirit of the school”, “Mahora has the best stuff!!”, “Great atmosphere today. Love how supportive everyone is of each other and awesome to celebrate those who win but all those who show resilience and strength. Well done team Mahora!!!” e do have a fabulous ‘Team Mahora’ who make it all possible…this includes our staff and our community. We all live our school motto of Piki Haere - Keep on Climbing.

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Shop Day

Yay! Tomorrow it’s Shop Day! The Year 6s get to sell things like: cupcakes, lolly cake, face painting, cookies, competitions, games and soooo much more! My buddy and I are doing Pony Rides. It’s going to be a popular “shop” and we need to make sure we take care of the children and ponies. All the money the Year 6s raise will go to a charity that we choose...like the S.P.C.A, Riding for the Disabled or Starship..this year the money we raise is going to Bellyful. There’s so much learning in it for us as Year 6s and leaders in our School. We are looking forward to hosting Shop Day and growing our Tuakana Teina relationship with the younger children.

The learning won’t stop with us. The other children will learn important money skills like deciding what they want to spend their pocket money on and keeping track of their change. One thing’s for sure, it’s going to be a fun-filled, happy day for all...and leading the ponies is going to be so much fun! I can’t wait!

By Shona Jenkinson, Year 6

Technology to support our learning

Technology...do not get me started! I could talk for hour over hour about how it makes our learning pop up...out of our books...and takes us into a whole new world of learning.

No more dull learning here...the world is our oyster; it’s up to us to find the pearls!

B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) is an excellent learning option that will completely change the way learning happens in our Senior classes. It will open brand new doors for us and connect us with the rest of the world. We’re excited and wish it was here sooner! As a Senior, I am looking forward to using my own technology - anytime, anywhere, any place (that the teacher gives us permission). I am a coding whizz! I am currently running an ‘Hour of Code’ within the School for other children to improve

their coding skills. It’s the closest thing to a superpower that we have! I’m excited about the potential of coding and how it will bring about changes we need in the world.

Kapa Haka group tried their best...and that’s all anyone can ask. Kapa Haka and Pasifika are great opportunities to learn about different cultures and of course to have a whole heap of fun. If it wasn’t my last year at Mahora, I would love to do it all again!

By Ishtar Cornes, Year 6

Black Caps (ARNIE)

Our Year 6 leaders are known as Black Caps. They are role models for our younger students and have duties to carry out around the School. From helping kids with their smaller problems in the playground, to greeting special visitors and making sure everyone is playing safely and well together. To me being a Black Cap means a lot! I see myself as a leader and role model for others. It has given me confidence and pride. Since I was 5 years old and first started at Mahora, I have looked forward to having the privilege of being a Black Cap. We also get involved in helping the community in different ways. One of the ways we have helped the community this year has been planting native plants at the Hawke’s Bay Showgrounds. This will help our local ecosystems for years to come.

It’s a cycle...if we look after them, then

they will look after us. I believe that being a Black Cap is an important role within the School. I think it’s a really good way to learn important leadership skills at a young age.

By Arnie Cave, Year 6

J Rock Stage Challenge (GRACE)

We were backstage and the nerves in my stomach were like there were a thousand butterflies trapped in there. The person in charge told us to go on and we tippedtoed as quietly as we could into our positions. Arnie started talking and the crowd erupted. The curtain went up and the light shone in our faces, blinding us. The audience was silent as the music started.

We hurried off the stage, literally bouncing with excitement. “That was great!”

I cried. “We were fantastic!”

In this year’s competition our theme was ‘Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?” There was some tough competition from other schools, but it was a fun experience and we walked away with three awards!

By Grace Sayer, Year 5

By Mathias Hansen, Year 5

Dance, Drama, and Music (COURTNEY)

It is almost impossible not to become involved in music at Mahora School. We have such a wide variety of musical instruments we can learn to play; Percussion, Keyboard, Recorder, Guitar and Glockenspiel. Our other instrument options are; Flute, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and Trumpet. We have a fabulous orchestra led by our talented music teacher, Mrs Denise Pearse. On top of all this we also have a very talented ukulele group who perform at our weekly assemblies and whole School events. But it all doesn’t stop there...there’s so many dance and drama opportunities too! For someone like me who has grown up in the Arts, school is made even cooler because of all the other chances we get to become involved.

By Courtney Walker, Year 6

Kapa Haka and Pasifika (ISHTAR) At Mahora School we have several cultural performance opportunities during the year.

This year Mahora participated in both the ‘Ngati Kahungunu Kapa Haka Festival’ and the ‘One Love’ Pasifika Festival. It was the first time that Mahora had entered the ‘One Love’ Pasifika Festival and we thoroughly enjoyed giving it a go. Pasifika was an amazing experience especially when we got to perform in front of a warm-hearted crowd. As for Kapa Haka, oh where do I even start! Judging by the cheers from the tent of people we performed to, I know we impressed and amazed them. They could definitely tell we were singing our hearts out and by the end we were so extremely exhausted and so hungry! Everyone in our

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Napier Central School

STAFF 28 STUDENTS 327

SCHOOL MOTTO Lay well thy foundation.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEE

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ay Well Thy Foundation” is Napier Central School’s hool’s visio vision. ionn. We io We be believe b bel elilieve li the primary school years are important to provide children with the best possible start in literacy and numeracy. We ensure this is balanced out by providing physical PE/ Sport programmes, encouraging the creative talents in the Arts, and wide range of experiences in student inquiry.

Napier Central School is central to a vibrant community where there is a strong partnership with parents and family. Families are constantly involved in school activities throughout the year. We appreciate and encourage this participation. A great example of this was the school’s and PTA’s Matariki week, a rich tradition gathering together whanau and providing an opportunity for families to remember their whakapapa.

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Charlie Nash taking 1st place,Y5 boys Interschool Cross Country.

Room 4 in all their Art Deco splender.Thanks to Bruce Golding for the vintage car

PTA’s Dad’s and Kid’s breakfast – speaker Dr Russell Wills, NZ Children’s Commissioner

Year 6 Opti Yachting

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he vision“Lay Well Thy Foundation” remains strong in an effort to ensure that our students gain the best possible start.

Throughout 2015 this has continues as our goal both though our curriculum and involvement in the school community as a whole.

Learning Enquiries

Each term students study an integrated theme throughout the school – topics this year have included: Machines,ANZAC, Disasters and the Rocky Shore. Classes have visited the Napier MTG and Faraday Science Centre. During April we honoured those New Zealanders who fell during WW1 by laying a Field of Remembrance, im mpressing the importance of the meaning of ANZAC on our future generation.

Here destruction and disaster fall on poor soldiers and crushes them like autumn leaves.

Here, there is no limit, our lives are trauma.

Here, the food is inconsumable and here, at Anzac Cove we leave the fallen behind as we disappear into the night Poem by Elle Uttley Aged 10

Culture and Further Learning

Music and culture is a significant feature of our school and we have a strong choir, orchestra and Kapa Haka group, sharing their practiced talents with the school and greater community.

The September school production “Pirates of the Curry Bean” was a huge success and gave all 325 pupils, Year 1-6, a chance to experience the thrill of performing before an audience of 1,000 appreciative and supportive family and friends.

During 2015, students at Napier Central School have continued to have

Forming a star for Matariki Celebrations

All 83 NCS competitors in the Weekbix Tryathlon

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Inquiry Learning at the Rocky Shore.

Laying a poppy for Rememberance

the opportunity to learn chess and play at competition level. Students also enjoy taking on other Hawke’s Bay Primary schools in the Primary Schools Technology Challenge coming an impressive first this year.

Year 6 student leaders look forward to the privilege of going to the annual ‘Young Leaders’ Conference in Rotorua to be inspired by a variety of speakers. This year 21 had that opportunity bringing back may key ideas which will help them as young leaders and developing as good people.

Sports at NCS

On the sporting front, we are always involved in a variety of sporting activities - basketball, swimming, cricket, netball, tennis coaching, hockey, volleyball, gymnastics, softball, T-ball and optimist yachting. Year 5 and 6 students had a very successful camp at Stoney Creek Ranch. February’s Swimming Sports for Year 4-6 students was once again at Ocean Spa to challenge our many strong swimmers in a large pool. At the Interschool Cross Country at Park Island we had stirring result with the Year 3 girls team placing 1st overall and the Year 5 girls team placing 2nd. The Weetbix Tryathlon saw 83 of our pupils taking part either individually or as part of a team.

“Hi everyone. My name is Liam and I’m the Principal today. Already today I have walked around the school with the real Principal Mr McLeod. We have said ‘hi’ to lots of parents and had a talk with Mr Thomson the caretaker about extending the sandpit, paving repairs and the burglar alarm. I’m looking forward to morning tea with the staff and having some of mum’s banana cake. Mr McLeod tells me that it is going to be a very busy day.”

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Liam Harkness – Aged 8, Principal of the Day

Onga Onga School

STAFF 14 STUDENTS 128

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE GE

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ngaonga School has had a fantastic year. Children can have a rural education and have as many opportunities as possible as part of our ACE Programme.

Our children have been successful in a wide range of activities from sports to academic to cultural activities. The opportunities the school provides for its children are outstanding.

The children have achieved success both in Central Hawkes Bay and on the wider Hawkes Bay front.

At Ongaonga the children are exposed to a number of languages including Spanish, French, and Te Reo from Year 4 upwards. The children are involved in Maths Challenges, Science Fairs and Literary Competitions.

Sport is a huge part of school life with a number of representatives at CHB, Hawkes Bay and National levels. We are the only school in Central Hawkes Bay and Hawkes bay that take part in the National First LEGO League Competition in Auckland.

One liners from Room 4 At pet day there were horses, calves and lambs everywhere. Some children performed Vick Wilson style. Abbey and Claudia For Ag Kids I was blind folded. I ate raw vegetables. The third was Broccoli, I didn’t know the others. I definitely got three disgusting things. By Eilidh and Sarah.

We are proud of everybody who takes part in interschool events. We came second at

Ripper Rugby. Cheering our school mates on, running fast, not giving up until we’re finally done. By Jasmine and Riley I love the sports teams. We would love to become All Blacks. Rueben and Benjamin.

We are Onga Aces, Accepted, Challenged, and Encouraged. Alice and Andy help us.

Callum.

SCHOOL MOTTO At Ongaonga School we provide ‘Quality Education with Country Values.’

75th anniversary concert of the Central Air Force Band in the Dannevirke Town Hall

Toni Kelly, Ellen Rolston, Dominique Pryor, Onga Onga School, after Ellen scored the winning goal, 2-1 against Argyll School - hockey at 41st annual 7-a-side

Onga Onga sevens sports day

Millie Holden carry tourch for 7 aside

Onga Onga School 3 pictured during the dance evening at the Waipawa Primary School

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Logan Nichols 9, Ben Janssen 11, Harry Nash 10 , From Onga Onga School Olympics

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Pakowhai School

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE GE

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akowhai School is a fantastic little school tucked away between the two cities of Napier and Hastings. We have a huge swimming pool and large grounds with plenty of room for children to play and learn.

We have a huge heart for children and base all our programmes around their social, emotional and cognitive development. Children are included in decisions about units of work with an emphasis on goal setting and making constant progress within an environment of challenge and fun.

Teaching is personalised to the needs of all children and supported by interested parents who have close relationships with the teachers.

This year all children have actively involved themselves in a their learning and in a range of sporting and educational opportunities.

I have given the descriptions of “The Year That Was” over to the children. Here is how they saw it!

“The Year That Was.” Anecdotes from our children.

I built a hut in the bushes with Kaz. It was small and it was like 30 centime-tres taller than me. We played “Call of Duty Zombies.”

It took 2 days to build and 5 to get out!

– Antonio We were at camp and in the morning. Mr Mitchell came into the girls’ cabin and woke us up with the mega phone! –Amber This year, I was on level 2 for read-ing. Now I’m on Orange 16!! – Miharo We went to see the vintage cars at Taylor Corp, as part of our community inquiry. In the first couple of minutes Kelvin’s phone turned on and it played the “Wap, Wap Gangdum Styles” song. Embarrasing!

– Amber.

We did hop hop with Teish on Wednesday.

It was funny watching the boys dance.

— Rhyzia We went to Taupo before the Young Leaders Conference in Rotorua. We stopped at the lake, at a place that had hot water in it and there was a really nice bit that made the water really warm. It was a cold beach though, with green slime in the water. When we got to Roto-rua it smelled like rotten eggs because of the boiling mud pools everywhere. We, first, went to our cabins to drop off our stuff. We went to Pak ‘n’ Save to

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get some food for lunch. We got back to our cabins and then got changed to go out for dinner at Lone Star. – Maxine My Mum pushed Mr Mitchell into the pool at Top Team. She fell in too! – Lily At the Patoka Cross Country, I ran down the hill and I slipped over in the mud and my clothes got wet and really muddy. I was shiv-ering. My jersey was wet too so I couldn’t wear it. I didn’t stop for long and ran on. I saw the finish line. I sprinted and sprinted and I came in 4th place. Not too bad. – Sonny My friend Josh and I were playing soccer on a rugby field. My friend Josh kicked the ball and it bounced back off the post then I kicked the ball over the post for a conversion. Yes! – Deacon The Hurricanes were at Resenes. We all painted something on a cardboard. We could paint “Go the Hurricanes” or “Try!!”

I got to meet Conrad Smith and Jeremy Thrush. We all played kicks and passes and we also got a flag and a ball. It was really fun.—Robyn When Mr Mitchell goes to a meeting, Miss Coley hides the bell in the microwave so no-one can ring it. We get to have long playtimes! – Josh

Peterhead School

STAFF 44 STUDENTS 532

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE GE

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nce again I have been extremely proud to lead Peterhead School in 2015 – ably assisted by a supportive Board of Trustees, a hardworking management team and dedicated teachers and support staff.

Our shared vision for the continuing success of the school ensures that the students receive the best educational opportunities available in a caring, nurturing environment.

Advances in Technology have meant different approaches to learning and this is reflected in the increased use of electronic devices in classrooms. During 2015 our school has made a considerable investment in providing additional digital devices for classroom use. This provides exciting challenges for teachers and students as they progress in the digital world.

Throughout the year we have celebrated the remarkable achievements of Peterhead students, as they continue to achieve both academically and in cultural and sporting activities. I look forward to seeing continuing outstanding success for our students in 2016.

2015 began with a large number of student enrolments and the roll remained high throughout the year. Community involvement is important within our school culture and February saw a large team of staff, students and parents supporting the Relay for Life. We had a huge response to the 24 hr event and the support of parents in providing food etc was exceptional.

Senior students participated in the Bike to Work day – riding their bikes into town to participate in the Council’s special promotion for cycling in the Hastings area.

Junior pupils carried out a study on ‘Wheels’ and simple machinery during term 2. A highlight of their study was a visit to the Faraday Centre in Napier, where they experienced a number of great activities which were connected with their study unit.

These children also had a fantastic day at Keirunga Gardens, riding on the miniature trains and learning about different types of movement.

The ANZAC celebrations presented great learning opportunities for the older children. Our school leaders created a Field of Remembrance within the school and students laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Anzac Day. Intermediate students enjoyed a memorable trip to Wellington, where they visited Te Papa and the Peter Jackson WW1 exhibitions.

Peterhead students enjoy incredible success in their chosen sporting codes. Our rugby teams showed real strength – the 1st XV were undefeated throughout their season and the Super Sixes competition saw Peterhead coming through to win the

tournament. 9 students were selected for inclusion in Hastings West Ross Shield squad and 6 for the Wakely Shield team.

Netball teams were also highly successful within their competitions. Magic (Yr 5/6 age group) were promoted to the Intermediate competition due to their outstanding skill levels. Basketball was another sport in which teams dominated the competition and 7 reps were selected for the Hawke’s Bay representative squad.

In Term 3 all classes completed a study on Emergency Procedures – “What’s the Plan Stan?” A 1st aid course, visits by emergency services (fire, Rescue Helicopter etc), a whanau evening and emergency drills helped to raise awareness of the need for everyone in our community to be prepared for any type of emergency. Visits to the MTG in Napier to learn about the 1931 HB earthquake were another highlight.

It was a terrific opportunity for the community to come together and to make their own family emergency plans.

Four kapa haka groups participated in the annual Festival in November – staff and parents were incredibly proud of the high standard of all performances by the Peterhead students. The hard work and commitment of the children showed through in all age groups.

The year finishes with our school roll at its highest peak – this bodes well for 2016 and we look forward to another highly successful year. The school and parent community will continue working together to provide the best possible educational outcomes for every student.

Pupils practising on the new basketball hoops

Juniors at the Rocky Shore

Fire Services visit for the Peterhead ‘Shake Out’

Fun at the Faraday Centre

Senior Kapa haka group ready for their performance

Lowe Walker Rescue Helicopter visit

Relay for Life 2015

Riding the trains at Keirunga Gardens learning about ‘Wheels & movement’

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Sherenden & Districts School

STAFF 9 STUDENTS 57

At top team our school enjoyed watching the Principals’ getting pushed in the poolespecially Mrs Egan! Maggie

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 2015 has bought many exciting learning opportunities for the students at Sherenden & Districts School. 2016 is our centenary and there is certainly a lot to celebrate, with our rebuild currently occurring.

Our steadily growing roll has seen us change from a U1 to a U2 School, with three classrooms and a teacher supporting Literacy.

Students at Sherenden are immersed in a caring environment, looking after one another and appreciating the differences all children bring to the school.

It is with a real sense of pride that I reflect on where our school was 8 years ago, when I arrived here as the Principal and compare it to today.

We have fantastic children - an absolute pleasure to teach. We are all looking forward to another amazing year here at Sherenden.

Confident Country Kids Building

This year sees some exciting times at Sherenden. We are having a full re-build of our school. We are hoping that the buildings and site works will be finished in time for our Centenary in 2016!

“This year we are getting brand new buildings. All the buildings are here. We are really excited and can’t wait to go into them” Oscar S “We busted a big wall by the tennis court.

The tennis court got busted too because the new classrooms are going there.” Jimmy T

Art Deco Day

In Term 1 the whole school went on the Art Deco Train and to Oruawharo Homestead In CHB. It was an amazing day for all!

Edible Fashion

Sherenden & Districts School entered the Edible Fashion competition for the first time. The theme was ‘Legends of the Silver Screen’. A group of students supported by Kelly, got together and created a dress inspired by Carmen Maranda, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Munroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

Houses

This year it has been great to see the return of the houses: Korimako, Piwakawaka and Miro Miro. Each of these houses are named after a bird. The houses have a Captain and a Deputy which host house meetings and give out house points. They each have a colour; Miro Miro is gold, Piwakawaka is red and Korimako-green. The houses mainly come into play when we are doing something against each other or in house sport. The house shield is awarded to the house with the most points. It is wonderful to see the houses return and help create a happy school community. Oscar P

Incredible Years

This year two staff members, Leonie Egan and Kobi Reid participated in The Incredible Years Training. One of the strategies that the Junior Room has learnt to use is the ‘Turtle Technique’. This strategy teaches students to stop and think about the emotions they are feeling, take a slow breath and withdraw into their shell, just like a turtle does when it feels unsure of a situation. Here is what students have to say about this strategy in their own words.

I use the Turtle Technique when I’m feeling grumpy. I stop what I’m doing and take a deep breath. I tuck into my shell and wait in my shell until I have calmed down.

Once I am calm, I get back up and go back to what I was doing. Duncan

It took us 12 weeks to make the dress using our lunchtimes. It was made of food from local food products. We made the finals and although we didn’t get a placing, we were still very proud of our dress!

Nina and Matilda

Production

This year the students are performing a production at our Prize Giving. This was designed by the senior room. The main characters are Nina, Maggie and I Angus.

We are practicing but we haven’t quite got it right yet. See you on the 14th December!

Angus

Cluster Sports Events

Cluster Cross Country was an exciting day. This was held out at Kereru and we were hoping to win the cup for our school. Many of us wanted to achieve well and go to Inter-School or Hawkes Bay Regionals. We gained lots of placings and came second school overall.

At Swimming Sports a number of us won certificates and our relay team got 2nd for freestyle. We are all proud of each other.

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Tiaho Primary School

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et another year has flown by, but the speed of its passing is a testament to the many events that have kept us busy and engaged in learning across the curriculum. “Time flies when you are having fun!”

Once again our amazing tamariki and staff have astounded us with their capacity for new learning, their ability to rise to a variety of challenges and the enthusiasm and energy they bring to all that they do.

Our BOT and whanau have been outstanding in their support of the school, enabling us to take on more challenges than we would have been able to do otherwise, and strengthening the team approach to learning at Tiaho that contributes to the success of our tamariki, and our goal of a ”School of Excellence”.

Principal Diane McCallum

SCHOOL MOTTO Strive for excellence – Whatorohia nga whetu Reach for the stars – Whaia te iti kahurangi

Rippa 2015. The Tiaho rippa team won the Hawkes Bay tournament earning them the right to play in the Rippa Nationals in Wellington, where they made it through to the semi finals.

Blessing the pou. Our new pou were installed at the front of the school, and blessed by Rev. Jackie te Amo. Created by Teacher Lisa Grant the pou reflect the five values that underpin all we do at Tiaho… Te hiringa I te mahara: Pursuing Excellence, Manaakitanga: Respect and caring, Kiatiakitanga: Caring for our Environment, Whanaungatanga: Relationships and family, Ako: Seeking knowledge together.

Banana tree. Big excitement when our banana tree came to fruition. Yum – custard and banana for afternoon tea in Room 21!

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Gymnastics: Tiaho entered 7 teams in the district Gymnastics festival, taking out 3 first places, 3 seconds and a third. Shannon Tahuri and Leearna Gray were first equal in their divisions with Leearna scoring an astounding 50/50. Well done teams and co-ordinator Mrs Doole and helpers!

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Amazing Opportunities for Learning hat a mad, crazy, wonderful year we have had at Tiaho! There has been something on the go all the time and our tamariki have had some amazing opportunities for learning across the curriculum that have seen them engaged, provoked and challenged.

Learning contexts have been wide and varied across the school as children follow their inquiry questions with the guidance of teachers and teacher aides.

Our learning has seen us out on the marae, planting native reserves, digging iin our gardens and eating the results, recycling, pulling apart engines, playing with traditional tales and exploring myths and legends. We have debated the flag, placed in maths challenges, designed and created scarecrows, and produced our own advertisements. We celebrated whanau days and wrote and presented speeches on a variety of topics. We problem solved our way through maths, and used our knowledge to create tukutuku panels, and a basketball court – authentic learning in action!

We began 2015 with our colleagues from Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Ngati Kahungunu o te Wairoa on site, using spare classrooms while their new kura was being completed. The children enjoyed having new playmates and extended whanau in the playground, and the increased use of te reo across the school was a delight to hear.

Other highlights of 2015 include the success of the Rippa Rugby team, once again winning the Hawkes Bay tournament and earning a place in the Rippa Nationals in Wellington. An excited bunch, with Coach Stephen Huata and Manager Yvonne Doole made the semi finals of this massive tournament.

All seven teams entered in the Wairoa District gymnastics competition event were well placed to the delight of whanau

and teachers who coached them, and Coach Makere Christie entered 2 teams in the district basketball tournament for the first time, taking out a first and third placing.

ERO visited with us early in the year and the reviewers celebrated recent achievements with us. They celebrated the increased engagement and input of families and whanau in the school.

Miss Vivvy and her Reading Together programmes have been a hit with whanau and we are excited to hear of their increased confidence and enjoyment in reading with their tamariki.

Mid year we had a visit from Japanese students, on tour in New Zealand. These inspiring young people left an indelible impression on us. Room 31 and Miss Bennett have continued to skype with schools in Japan.

Miss Doole joined our teaching team this year and along with Mrs Ratcliffe and Mrs Brooks-Hider have added strengths to the teaching pool, as the roll grew.

Mr Tattersall and Miss Bennett had a huge impact in getting the school “google competent”, while Miss Grant created stunning pou for our entrance.

Mrs Eksteen has provided valuable insight into writing practice through her work in the Accelerated Literacy Learning project, and Mrs Johnston and Mr T. set us up to use learning maps to capture our learning journey.

We congratulate students and staff for seizing all opportunities with both hands. They have all been incredibly active inquirers and learners. Their determination to succeed, ability to persevere to meet a challenge and their respect and support for colleagues is truly amazing.

They are the brightest of stars in our eyes.

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Te Awa kids are Knowledgeable, Enthusiastic, Empathetic and Nurturing 2015

has been another fantastic year yet again for Te Awa School. We have been focusing on raising our student’s engagement and the desire to learn and our National Standard scores support. We are a leading school in PB4L (Behaviour Management) and we remain committed to recognizing the individual needs and strengths of each child while working together with parents to ensure that each and every child reaches their full potential.

In 2016 Te Awa School continues to bring the newest Teaching and Learning innovations to our students. KiVa is evidence-based Whole School Positive Relationship programme from Finland.

This new programme works closely with the teachers, parents and students to build positive relationships with each other.

In 2016 Te Awa School will start an open space classroom.

This new style of teaching will start in the new entrant/ Year 1 class with an

open environment linking the current two classrooms together into the new ‘Tui room’. We will have two teachers teaching in the one learning space, carrying through the teachings of the early childhood curriculum Te Whariki and linking them with the New Zealand School Curriculum. This will make a smoother transition into the primary school system. The focus is on ensuring learning and engagement is central, it creates a social and a collaborative learning environment and provides the opportunity to withdraw small groups of students to allow for more personal learning opportunities.

The ‘Tui Room’ moto will be to “Engage, Enrich, and Empower”, this underpins our teaching practice and school vision of innovative learning environments that ensure that students at Te Awa School will have the skills to be successful in the 21st century.

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Waipawa Primary School

STAFF 26 STUDENTS 172

Term 3

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here has the year gone?

Waipawa Primary School has been very busy developing our Student Ownership of Learning (SOL) programme and imbedding this throughout the year. Our unique programme has made a significant positive impact on our learning environment and achievement overall.

We can proudly say that the ‘SOL’ programme has created motivated independent learners. This success is thanks to all staff and students involved and in particular the Senior Management Team.

Farewell to our fabulous Year 8’s, we wish you well for your Secondary Education and beyond. To all the other children and their families we will see you back ready for learning on 1st February 2016.

Merry Christmas and safe travels everyone!

Term 1

• Swimsafe • Police Challenge • Swimming Sports • Interschool Swimming • Meet and Greet • Sports Academy • Multicoloured Mayhem Day • Road Patrol Training • Ambassadors and House Captains selected.

• Konica Minolta Roadshow • Onga 7’s Tournament • Movie Night • HB Schools Orchestra • Room 1 Camp to Wakarara • Disco • Cross Country • Interschool Cross Country • Mathletics • Rotary Speeches • Interhouse Kapahaka • Netball • Miniball

Term 4

• National Shake Out Day • HB Ukulele Festival • Pet Day • Scholastic Book Fair • Waipawa School Literacy Quiz evening • Cricket training with GC Pretorius • School Photos • Centralines Technology Challenge.

• CHB A&P Show Science Club • Norm Hewitt SPCA Ambassador • Waipawa’s Got Talent • Athletics • Interschool Athletics • R3 & R4 Overnight camp at school • R2 Camp at Mataweka Marae • Leaders Dinner • Splash Planet Road Patrol fun day.

• Board thank you morning tea • Year 8 Farewell Dinner • End of Year Assembly

Term 2

• Life Education Trust • ANZAC Day Service • PALs Training • Hui @ Mataweka, • Road Safety week • Sir Richard Hadlee Fundraiser • Zero Waste • Electives • Ripper Rugby • Gym Festival • National Young Leaders Day • Funky Fridays • Wearable Arts • French lessons

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