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Breadcraft - Leading the Way in Sustainable, Innovative Future Food A focus on innovation and using locally sourced ingredients is driving Breadcraft Wairarapa’s evolution as it grows to meet demands from people who want healthier options in the bread aisle.

Launching its new brand Rebel Bakehouse in March 2019, the company has used its 76 years of expertise in bread-making to create its new range of wraps which feature healthier ingredients – hemp, cricket, spinach and purple corn wraps.

Rebel Bakehouse is an essential part of the company’s Future Food programme, as it looks to become more sustainable.

Chris Petersen, from Rebel Bakehouse, says the range was developed in response to growing consumer demand for healthier and more sustainable options in the bread aisle.

"The world's population is forecast to grow to more than 9.7 billion by 2050. Sustainably sourced, environmentally friendly proteins are the future of food, especially if we are to meet the challenge of feeding all of these people.

As well as being good for the planet, all of our wraps carry a minimum four-star rating, and we are working towards achieving five stars."

Crickets and hemp are also an excellent protein source; both are full of vitamins and minerals. Hemp is also a ‘complete’ protein, an ideal

option for people eating plant-based diets.

Breadcraft is looking to source as many ingredients as possible from the Wairarapa region. Soon, some of its flour will be sourced from Ahiaruhe farm in Gladstone, its hemp from a local farm and the company has created a pilot cricket farm, to grow and source its own crickets.

Working with its own cricket farmer, John Hart, the company is creating a market for crickets, which so far have been used in cocktails and added to restaurant menus, they will play an important role in future food development at Breadcraft.

This spirit of innovation has led to national recognition.

Rebel Bakehouse is a finalist in 2019 Sustainable Business Network Awards in the Transforming Food Category. The company was also a finalist in the Wellington Gold Awards in the Innovation Category, and won the Innovation Award at the 2019 Wairarapa Business Awards.

Local students have also won recognition for their work in transforming food using crickets.

Sarah Pitney and Lily Priest from Rathkeale College and St Matthews College developed a chocolate cricket protein shake with teacher Coadette Low targeting people looking for a sustainable, healthy protein drink. The shake won the Innovation Award for the Lower North Island and Blenheim Region in the 2019 CREST Challenge.

Judged by food scientists and technologists, the CREST Food Innovation Challenge is for secondary school students, studying NCEA Science and/or Food Technology, where they

The Breadcraft team out at Michael Williams Gladstone Ahiaruhe farm wheat crop discussing Breadcrafts local supply and their move to NZ grown wheat. L to R – Michael Williams, Chris Petersen, John Cockburn and John Hart.

develop a new food product for an industry client, following similar product development used by the food industry.

Their brief was to create a protein shake formula using cricket protein that can be easily made up using milk - meeting consumer demands for convenient, wholefood. Rebel Bakehouse and GS Hall sponsored the team, which was mentored by Hansells Masterton.

John Hart says the company was excited to sponsor the team. As well as providing the cricket powder, he worked with the team on the shake’s formulation.

“I was impressed with the team’s creativity in using cricket powder - they researched it thoroughly and conducted six trials, refining it as they went, gathering feedback on texture, smell and taste.

Their goal was to make an appealing, alternative protein shake option. As well as taste, they were also

Kiri Gill (Principal St Matthews Collegiate), John Hart (Future Foods Manager, Breadcraft), Malcolm MacDonald (Technical manager, Hansells), Coadette Low (Head of Agriculture & Agribusiness, Rathkeale College), Sarah Pitney, and Lily Priest.

interested in the nutritional benefits of crickets, especially for gut health.”

Malcolm MacDonald, Technical Manager, Hansells helped the team to develop their idea and monitored progress.

“Considering what a hectic schedule they have at school, I was impressed with how they were able to stay focused and maintain steady progress. The quality

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Breadcraft is also working with Callaghan Innovation around its pilot cricket farm.

Katy Bluett from Callaghan Innovation says it’s promising to see innovation happening so early.

“To feed the world’s growing population we need to be more inventive in terms of our food sources and production, so it’s

great to see that innovation starting early with these students and being supported by innovative local companies too.”

The first bakery in the Wairarapa to make sliced bread, Breadcraft is still working to innovate and lead food production across Wairarapa and the country, supporting local producers while delivering sustainable, healthy food to Kiwis.

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The Carterton Christmas Parade is such a wonderful family event at Preschool.

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Exploring the Mangatarere stream on our weekly visits.

Tash 2019 dawned with a change in the ownership when Tash joined Melissa in owning both Preschool and Littlies following Lynette’s retirement.

TEAM LEADERS MESSAGE The Preschool team are fantastic to work with, they are passionate about early childhood education, and always strive to make sure each child has lots of fun and the best early childhood experiences possible.

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2019 has been a transformational year for Preschool as Tash has brought her flair to the team. We continue to strengthen our connections within the community through being involved in the annual Christmas Parade, Anzac Parade, and Daffodil Day.

Our children giving their gold coin donations on Daffodil Day.

We have had many special celebrations this year including, our Matariki soup evening with our families, Grandparents morning tea, Red Heart day morning tea with Littlies and families at Howard Booth Park, onesie day, and many graduation celebrations for our children transitioning to school.

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the best programmes. We want young children to be given every opportunity to explore and set their own agenda within a safe environment.

As part of our programme we have annual bus trips to Queen Elizabeth Park, Pūkaha Mount Bruce, Fensham Reserve, and enjoy watching productions by Capital E Children’s Theatre at the Carterton Event Centre.

Over the past few months we have been transforming our front garden space into a new outdoor picnic and play area. A big thanks to Ticehurst Construction. The children have also planted miniature fruit trees which I’m sure we will all enjoy eating from in the future.

Happy School days and Graduation celebration.

We are lucky to have a park right on our door step. We visit often and love running, chasing, parachute games, and ripper rugby.

Over the year we have also enjoyed many picnics followed by a play in the playground.

We feel so lucky to be part of such an awesome small community that are always happy to help us.

Thanks again to my fantastic team of staff at Preschool.

Six years ago we adopted the Mangatarere stream as our turangawaewae. Through our weekly visits children continue to learn about our natural environment, they explore along the banks, climb the rocks, notice the seasonal changes and learn why this stream is important.

Through these ongoing visits our children have developed a sense of kaitiakitanga for the environment and have built lasting memories.

Carterton Preschool opened in 2009 and has built a strong reputation within the community.

Our Preschool is fortunate to be located by Howard Booth Park, and a short walk from Sparks Park. The environment is homely with a very spacious natural playground.

Preschool and Littlies share very similar philosophies on young children’s care and education and are forever striving to provide

Our children playing and exploring in our new front play area.

Over the year we have been focused on improving sustainability practices in our Preschool.

We use rain water for play and watering the garden, have eliminated plastic bags and glitter, and are developing the front garden to provide a wonderful outdoor dining area.

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TEAM LEADER’S MESSAGE Lynne Steele Kia ora kotou, It is a pleasure and a privilege to lead a team of dedicated, passionate teachers, and work alongside our wonderful tamariki, supportive parents and whānau. The Littlies philosophy, programme, teaching and learning environments, reflect our strong belief in Respect, Freedom of Movement and Primary Care Teachers.

As we reflect on the year, we have welcomed infants, toddlers and their whanau.

Supported tamariki to successfully transition to Carterton Preschool, as they continue on their learning journey. There have been many highlights and celebrations, Grandparents and Mother’s Day morning teas, Healthy Heart and Onesie Days. The regular visits to Fensham Reserve provided many marvellous opportunities for tamariki to learn about the natural world and develop an appreciation and respect for Papatūānuku.

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Carterton Preschool Littlies opened in June 2013, to provide high quality care and education for infants and toddlers under 3 years old and a seamless transition into Carterton Preschool on their 3rd birthday.

We have a high teacher to child ratio (1.3 for under 1 year, 1.4 for 1-2 years, 1.6 for 2-3 years). This ensures we can best support, nurture and empower our infants and toddlers to develop and learn in a caring and unhurried learning environment.

Mirrors are fascinating for infants to explore and discover reflection.

Confidence to take risks and physical challenges.

tamariki is waving to the passengers as the train to Wellington goes past and watching it pull into the station.

At Fensham Reserve the tamariki explore and engage in nature play, they create and act on their own imaginative ideas; a sloping tree trunk makes a great slide. A fallen branch is a balancing beam.

A stick becomes a fishing rod. The Dinosaur (tree) is fed leaves. It also provides risk taking opportunities and a physical challenge as the tamariki work out how to climb on to its back. Without parent and whānau support the visits would not have been possible.

We are involved in waste minimisation and native tree planting through the Paper 4 trees early childhood centres programme.

The paper and cardboard that is recycled each week is exchanged for native trees and plants once a year.

Tamariki are learning to care for and protect the environment.

The tamariki were very excited when the native trees and plants were delivered. They watered them ready for planting. Some of the tamariki dug holes, while others helped to plant them. Tamariki enjoy exploring and playing outside throughout the day. They have as much access in the winter as in the summer.

This year Bodean and the team at Carterton Wrightsons sponsored the wet weather overalls for the infants and toddlers to wear to keep warm and dry.

Open-ended resources for infants to experiment and explore.

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The neighbourhood and wider Carterton community are regularly used as a teaching and learning resource. The visits to Wyndham Street Park support the infants and toddlers’ interest in mobility and sensory experiences.

They like running around the park, playing action games, smelling and touching the flowers. A highlight of these visits for our

Tamariki learn by observing and playing together.

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Carterton School

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ACTING PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Nathan Hill

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It’s been another exciting year at Carterton School which has presented many highpoints and learning achievements for our tamariki. The school staff and Board of Trustees are a dedicated team who make a positive contribution to all aspects of school life.

Team Kawakawa is comprised of four classes that are at the Year 0-2 level. The students have enjoyed many exciting highlights and experiences across the year. During Term One, students took part in our annual Pepeha trip where we spent the day visiting local landmarks that are part of our pepeha.

This helps our students connect with the places in our Pepeha and connect to their whakapapa.

Our Three Rs values of Respect Myself (Mana Motuhake), Respect Others (Manaakitanga), Respect our Environment (Kaitiakitanga) have continued to set the tone of our inclusive school. We have high expectations of students to ensure a true sense of belonging, in which their culture and mana is valued.

With the support of a wide range of community groups our students are often out and about learning in their wider environment. In Term Three, we celebrated becoming a Green/Gold Enviro School. We are very proud of the students and staff sharing the actions and learning that they have taken to become a Green/Gold Enviro School.

Carterton School would like to take this opportunity to express their gratitude towards Alison Woollard for her commitment and valuable contributions to Carterton School during her 12 years as principal.

Alison has resigned from her position as Principal of Carterton School and we wish her all the best for her future.

Wellness/Hauora Day was held in Term Two. Year 0 -2 students from across Carterton schools were invited to take part in activities, some of which included pilates, woodwork and gardening. This event was a huge highlight for our students and we look forward to working towards making this an annual event.

In Term Three, our focus was Science. The students enjoyed many hands-on, practical activities. The highlight was sharing our learning with our tuakana buddies at school.

In Term Four, we are looking forward to our junior camp where students camp at school overnight with their families.

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Team Kahikatea has had a very busy year starting off in Term One with our team sleepover and Big Day Out in Masterton

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Our senior Year 8 students made the annual trek up to Powell Hut. It was a huge achievement for our senior students who showed real determination and teamwork to scale Mt Holdsworth.

Every Tuesday, Year 7 and 8 students travel to Makoura College to take part in their Technology programme. They rotate through four areas of learning, computer graphics, woodwork, sewing and cooking.

This hands-on learning leads to the development of fun and practical skills with very worthwhile products to bring home.

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There are two whānau classes that cater for year 0-8. The focus of Te Reo Māori, Tikanga Māori and Te Ao Māori – all experiences and opportunities are integrated and central to this culturally responsive environment. Ākonga Māori is a special learning place where Māori language, culture, heritage and identity are celebrated and essential components to our heritage and unique to Aotearoa.

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As a way of getting to know each other as a group, we went camping at Mt Holdsworth early in Term One. This successful camp was a great time for adults and children to work co-operatively together and to take on a challenge. We were also able to meet our whānau who joined us and really feel like a team. We are always grateful to our families for their support, as without them we would not be able to take our students on these fun adventures. In Term Three our school received the Green-Gold award from Enviro Schools. A lot of the hard work towards this award was carried out by one of our teachers, Mel MacGregor, and her team of student leaders.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Debi Marshall-Lobb

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Welcome to Chanel College, a future-focused college, which offers students a seamless education from Year 7-13 and a unique sense of family and community. Chanel is a great place to learn, to make new friends and to work with a caring and dedicated staff who role model life-long learning.

The way in which science and technology are applied in our twenty-first century world is based on our values.

After 38 years experience teaching and leading in Education across all levels and sectors in New Zealand I am totally committed to creating a learning environment in which student formation is a central focus and learning outcomes are equitable.

At Chanel College we provide students with a holistic education integrating the skills they will need to thrive in the 21st-century world. Through these five skills we challenge, encourage and support students to think critically, creatively, collaboratively and globally.

• Analytical thinking and innovation • Active student centred learning strategies • Creativity, originality and initiative • Technology, design and programming • Critical thinking and analysis

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Chanel College is proud to be part of a tradition of Catholic secondary education in Wairarapa stretching back over 120 years.

Our values of Catholic Community, Honesty, Acceptance, Never Giving Up, Excellence and Love are anchored in the charisms of our founding Religious Orders, the Brigidine Sisters and the Marist Brothers, and flow into our motto, “Áll Through Christ.” We look forward to working with you and your families in the years ahead.

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The way we relate to each other and treat each other is based on our values. Chanel offers a holistic, faith based education anchored in a Christian, Catholic community.

Academic Success At the beginning of the year we were very pleased to learn that once again Chanel students had achieved well above the national average in the NCEA exams through sound teaching and effective learning.

Smaller class sizes and access to specialist teachers Smaller classes allow teachers more opportunities for one-on-one contact with students to address their individual learning needs.

From Year 7, students have access to specialist teachers in Science, Technology, Languages and the Arts (Visual Art, Drama and Music). A Guidance Counsellor is also available. Additional support offered through Homework Club helps to ensure that all eligible students are ready to achieve their personal milestones in NCEA Levels 1-3.

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Gifted and Talented Opportunities In the Gifted and Talented Programme, students are selected for external mentoring in intercollegiate workshops in mathematics, science, technology, debating and creative writing and EPro8.

Leadership opportunities Leadership opportunities are provided across the school from Year 7.

Students are encouraged to develop and nurture their developing spirituality through organising the liturgies at daily karakia, Christmas, Easter and Anzac Day. At Year 13 students selected for roles in the senior leadership group have access to two prestigious intercollegiate leadership camps, the first for senior students in Catholic schools in the Wellington and Manawatu regions and the second for students in Marist based schools across New Zealand.

Cultural Opportunities Chanel students are challenged to embrace a wide range of cultural opportunities such as intercollegiate competitions in debating, public speaking, theatre sports, music, singing, mathematics, technology, Kapa haka.

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Regular performance and exhibition opportunities are provided in music and drama assessment concerts, art board displays and house competitions. In our major production, “Our Earth,” students wrote the script, chose the music, choreographed the dances, created the scenery, organised the costumes, props and a range of environmentally symbolic silhouettes to bring their ideas alive.

In the Otago University Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, we entered our Dreamland Pasifika version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Logan Tubman Wallis directed a successful five minute entry from “The Taming of the Shrew,” where Nicholas Penman won the Barbara Vinten Shield for the best comic performance.

In 2017 Logan Tubman Wallis wrote and directed the entry that won the national Fair Go Ad Award and in 2018 he was once again in the top ten in New Zealand.

Chanel hosts O’Shea Shield in 2020 As the 2020 host of the O’Shea Shield Competitions Chanel College will welcome seventeen Catholic colleges to Masterton.

This prestigious, annual competition in the language arts stimulates students to excellence in Drama, Oratory, Impromptu Speaking, Junior Public Speaking, Religious Questions and Scripture Reading.

Gymnasium and New Fitness Centre Our wonderful new gymnasium offers students not only a full basketball court, a netball court, a tennis court, four volleyball courts and five badminton courts, but also a classroom and a fully equipped weights room.

We also have an outside turf for sports such as hockey, netball and tennis.

Our new Fitness Centre, funded by the hardworking Chanel College PTFA, will be installed in time for the beginning of Term One 2020.

Sporting Life Sport is invaluable in teaching about team work, and growing self-esteem.

Our students enjoy a wide range of sporting opportunities including basketball, touch rugby, hockey, swimming, athletics, crosscountry, volleyball, netball, football, canoe polo, badminton, cycling and house competitions.

Congratulations to our 2019 Senior A netball team, Senior Boys Basketball, Senior Girls Basketball and Intermediate A Basketball, Senior mixed Hockey teams who won their grades and students returning from Outward Bound and Spirit of Adventure.

Celebrating 25 years of Hinerangi This year we are celebrating 25 years since our wharenui, Hinerangi was opened.

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We find it hugely rewarding to support our students in their education as they prepare for a bright future as New Zealand citizens.

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Dalefield School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Eric Daubé It is a privilege to lead Dalefield School. The success of any organisation is down to the team and I wish to acknowledge all the staff for their support, dedication and integrity in allowing Dalefield to flourish.

The school is ably managed by a dedicated Board of Trustees who have committed to a collective vision for a Dalefield student.

This support also extends to our Home and School Committee. The group of volunteers raise valuable funds that directly benefit every student, with the Kapa Haka performance focus being a reflection of this.

Finally, I wish to acknowledge the students and Whānau. Our diverse and friendly community is a source of pride for all of us.

Ngā mihi nui, Eric Daubé

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2019 has been an innovative year for us at Dalefield. The undoubted highlight has been our school’s student-run radio station going live in June.

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Students from Years 6 to 8 are involved in the programming, production, promotion and running of 107.5DFM, which broadcasts 24 hours a day. Given Dalefield’s rural location the live stream accessible through the school’s website, is a preferred listening option for many.

Student-led radio station broadcasting 24/7.

Dalefield returned to the Kapa Haka festival this year. The celebration at Kuranui College in term three was very special as we were able to showcase the first of our new Kapa Haka performance costumes.

Dalefield School at Kapa Haka Festival 2019.

Dance off during our Term 3 production.

A fund-raising focus this year, the remainder of our new costumes will be ready for all children by the end of 2020. Our children were proud to be performing and with the performance focus for the whole term, it’ll be one to remember.

This term has a strong environmental focus.

What actions we can take to improve our environment is the overarching theme; being the culmination of inquiry older students undertook into riparian planting at a local farm and ideas from our junior children.

We are proud of our children. Their belief that they can make a difference in this world is driving them to think outside the square and help set them up for lifelong learning.

A final highlight for 2019 has been winning the Design a School Newspaper Competition for the second year running. A dedicated team of students produced The Dalefield Star, reflecting the wide range of outstanding people and places we have in Wairarapa.

Radio team members with Brent from More FM.

This term will also see our younger students reading their own stories on the radio and interviews with the wider Carterton community.

In another first, the whole school took part in production last term. A Night Under The Stars took the audience to an overnight camp celebrating Matariki that was gatecrashed by a group of alien children.

Every child took part in singing, dancing and drama. The school was extremely grateful to Kuranui College for the use of their auditorium for rehearsals and performances.

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Gareth Sinton At Douglas Park School we believe the purpose of education is to develop better communities, to create awesome young citizens. We give back through Service days, community involvement and instilling our PRIDE values in the children. We believe it’s important to get to know children and whanau, to bring them into the learning at school. The world is changing, and education needs to adapt alongside it. Learning at DPS is about developing the skills our children need for their future. In an age of increasing automation, we need our kids to be better humans than the robots can be. For us the key skills are Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Learner Agency and Creativity. Children leave DPS equipped to meet their future.

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Rylan Lewis-Waitere putting his maker skills to good use.

Agency, kids empowered as learners...kids who are inside the learning. Our inquiry sharing days showed a heap of Learners with Agency at DPS.

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Our staff have high quality professional development, and are recognised innovators in how they teach.

Inquiry Sharing Days At the end of each inquiry learning cycle we dedicated a day to the final part of our process; sharing with others. Students shared their learning with others from across the school ... and whanau came in throughout the day to check it out too!

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Our DPS Pulse team, with coach Amy Williams, who won their grade.

Sporting Achievements What an awesome sporting year we have had ... For the third year in a row our Rippa team did DPS proud!

The team travelled to Wellington to compete in the National Rippa Rugby Championships, coached by Joe Dahlberg. What an awesome opportunity to compete on a national scale!

We had a successful year in our winter sports codes; our 11 a-side hockey team placed 1st equal in the Intermediate C grade, drawing the final against St Matts 1-1. As well as that, our Pulse Netball team won their grade beating St Pats in the final! We value sport at Douglas Park, not only for the pathway to success for students, but also for the skills and relationships developed along the way.

An awesome acknowledgement of all of our hardworking students and coaches, was winning the Primary School of the Year!

Core Beliefs Our Core Beliefs are the essential skills we think citizens need to have to succeed in this rapidly changing world. As work evolves, education needs to change also and these skills are as important to develop as traditional skills around reading, writing and maths.

A small group of our new entrants in their guided writing session.

Teacher-Led Innovation Fund, the only primary school in the region to get this recognition. The ministry allows schools to apply for funding to support new or innovative ideas in education and it acknowledges the cutting edge thinking here.

We talk a lot about the Core Beliefs at DPS (Agency, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Collaboration) and our project is looking at how the Maker Movement (play-based learning, project-based learning, making and creating) can promote and develop the Core Beliefs.

We want children to dream, build and explore as part of learning and to develop rich future-proofed skills to serve them well in later life.

It is exciting to be acknowledged as a school with innovative thinking and amazing that we are being resourced to explore this.

The $$$ will go towards bringing in outside experts, visiting schools, buying resources (think robotics, sewing machines, 3D printers etc), but most importantly ... give us time to test our ideas, gather the evidence and then share our findings with other schools.

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Eketahuna School

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Melinda Cowe I am proud and honoured to be working alongside some fantastic educators at Eketahuna School, where we are supported by a fantastic Board of Trustees and school community, as we “Prepare today’s child for tomorrow’s world – Whakakaha ngā tamariki mo apopo”.

Our children are immersed in rich learning, with teachers who work together to ensure they are the best they can be – explicit and highly effective. This is a place where we support, challenge and build confident, connected and actively involved life-long learners.

This year has consolidated lots of the great initiatves started last year such as building a new teaching team and establishing school wide systems. We are in for an exciting time next year as we continue our journey in effective teaching, cultural responsiveness, school wide STEM, and establish our ‘Eke School Eco-System!”

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Term 1 We started the year with a powhiri to welcome new staff and students, along with the Eketahuna Playgroup who have officially moved on to our school site. This was followed by a Meet & Greet evening, which included an official opening of our newly heated swimming pool.

Our annual golf tournament was a great success with the community and a fantastic fundraiser for our Home & School Association. We also saw Student Leaders elected, school house team softball competition, the Firewise Programme and daily swimming lessons for the first six weeks!

Term 2

Cultural Festival where our Kapa Haka troupe excelled, had our Year 7 and 8 team winning 2nd place in the Regional Jump Jam Competition, saw our poetry book “Perfect Material” officially launched, completed the classroom modifications for our New Entrants, sent Year 8 students to Palmerston North for NYLD 2019, introduced the new ‘Circle Time’ programme in all classes, had sessions with Wairarapa Hockey, and held great Parent Teacher meeting nights where the success of individual students was shared.

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Term 3 This term saw students involved in Rippa Rugby coaching, the Tararua Bush 7-Aside Tournament, Tararua Bush Volleyball Competition, win a second place in the Tararua Bush speech competition, students work selected to exhibit in the Wairarapa Schools Art Exhibition, the Zero Waste education programe and the celebration of te reo with Maori Language Week.

Enjoying time in the school garden.

This along with an amazing school production “Edge of Glory” and a new teaching space, the ‘Learning Lab’, being created in the library for senior students to accomodate our growing numbers.

Term 4 We started the last term with sessions at the Eketahuna Golf Club, followed by a fantastic Year 7 & 8 camp in Whanganui, another great Spring Show which saw all our community come together and our own ‘Eke Eco-System Week’ with a conservation focus.

We will also be involved with ‘Pushing Forward – Skate Project’ that we received through the KiwiSport Regional Partnership Fund, school athletics, a Book Week, Christmas Cruise, and an ‘Eketahuna Fun Run Day’ to end what has been another awesome year!

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Fernridge School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

The new turf in action.

Janine Devenport 2019 has been an action packed year as always. We have had a full year in our new building and absolutely love it. It is amazing to work and learn in and the children and parents really appreciate it too. This took a large number of years to get off the ground, along with that the students have designed an outdoor classroom and with the support of our wonderful Tammy have created a design that incorporates our Koru logo. The environment at our school is a key part of our learning spaces and we always like to utilise as much of it as possible.

I have the great pleasure of working with a number of staff who are dedicated and committed to their roles as teachers and coaches of our students.

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2019 has been a year in which we have all learned to celebrate the little things in life.

We now have a clear focus on teaching the children in our school and providing what they need to be successful instead of just teaching the curriculum. Celebrating what the children “Can do” and building on that is so much more successful and rewarding for all.

As always we have provided amazing Education outside the classroom with the Year 5 & 6 students heading out early in term 2 to develop themselves and take risks. Term 1 saw Tent city happen again and then in Term 3 the Māhuri team set off to the zoo for an overnight stay. All of these

Our new amazing building.

events provide rich learning experiences for all students and we really value the support that we get from parents and the community helping with this.

Our concept for the year was Connections and through this concept we have learned about connections that we have, connections in our backyard, our community and in the world. In term 2 we had the fantastic Mark from Dances with Schools come over and teach us all how to dance.

The performance was terrific and showed how many of our students have a great sense of rhythm and love to perform on stage.

Our Dances in Schools performance .

Our environment has transformed with our new building and turf which has enabled the school to get out amongst it. As I write this our new outdoor classroom is being constructed and will be another great addition to the school.

During the year we have realised how truly amazing our community is! With the sad news that one of our teachers was diagnosed with cancer the community rallied around and put on an amazing quiz night which raised $20,000 and other raffles which also added to the funds. This overwhelmed Katz and her family and demonstrated yet again the wonderful community that we live in.

2019 was the final year for our Muddy Muster, this was a brilliant event. We really want to thank the Southey family for their continued support of this fundraiser for the school and the terrific team who work so hard to put it on every year.

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Gladstone School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Enjoying the outdoors through trips and camps.

Belinda Bunny Gladstone is a rural school situated in the beautiful eastern Wairarapa Valley. Our school is one component of a tight-knit local community. We are incredibly fortunate to have Hurunui-O-Rangi Marae, the Gladstone Complex, Gladstone Pub, Church and local businesses providing wonderful support for our school and all of us connected to it.

Growing Gladstone together is our focus. We believe ‘Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari, he toa takitini - Success is not the work of one, but the work of many’. We have embarked on an exciting journey of discovery and development across many areas of our school. This year we have pulled in thoughts and ideas from our students, their whānau, staff and our wider community to provide the basis for much of what is happening.

Ngā mihi nui, Belinda Bunny

Our students represent the tuna who flow and learn through these spaces before heading out into the wide world at the end of Year 8.

Farman Turkington Forestry have helped us fell the pine tree plantation next to the school and a keen bunch of enthusiasts are in full swing developing a community mountain bike track. Our students are super excited about this project and it has been amazing to see the whole community get behind things.

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At Gladstone School we are continually working hard to provide the most upto-date, relevant teaching and learning situations for our staff and students. We have several exciting strategic and environmental initiatives under way. Our student-led inquiry team have completed a survey with tamariki, whānau and the wider community to decide on the names for our new syndicates in 2020. We are delighted to have our local awa representing these syndicates - Kourarau; Ruamahanga and Onoke.

Swimming and sports are a big focus at Gladstone School.

Tradition is important at Gladstone and we are proud of the annual events that happen each year. Many of you will visit our school during the Scarecrow Fair, Pet Day and Production times. Each year we are delighted with the effort students put into their scarecrows - you can see this year’s scarecrows on the fence as you drive past.

Our FOGS (Friends of Gladstone School)

work tirelessly in the background to make the Scarecrow Fair happen each year so that they can fund extra learning support and resources for the school.

Our students are a sporty bunch and we are delighted to see most of them participating in a wide range of sporting activities through our Gladstone Sports Complex Club and other Wairarapa Sports Clubs. We also enjoy going along to our cluster crosscountry, athletics and swimming days as it is a wonderful way to connect with other Carterton Schools. We have enjoyed several Parent/Teacher v Student sporting fixtures during 2019 and we hope to continue this in 2020.

Education outside the classroom is important to us here at Gladstone School.

We are building up a wide range of opportunities for our students to explore within our local and wider areas. These opportunities include camps; cluster sports events; day trips; music, dance and drama activities; kapa haka and other festivals; chess tournaments and technology projects.

During 2019 our Middle Hub students went to Camp Waimanaaki, the Senior Hub travelled to Camp Kaitoke and our Year 7 and 8s spent a week in Christchurch. All of these camps included a range of outdoor education activities and focuses. Students enjoyed kayaking, zip lining, paintballing, beach activities, camp fires, air rifles, archery,

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Integrating and sharing cultural performances though our Kapa Haka group.

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This year’s production ‘Cinderella Rockerfella’ was a real hit.

Students having fun with their pets at Pet Day.

Our annual Scarecrow Festival - awesome student creations.

Within school hours we are fortunate enough to have specialised tutors working with small groups for guitar, ukulele, keyboard and vocal sessions. Students are inspired by the talents of these people and they work hard to get the best out of our students.

We have re-established our school choir and were part of the Dance Splash event at the Michael Fowler Centre for the first time this year. Our Year 7 and 8 dance leaders did an amazing job of choreographing the dance for the group and we were so proud of their skills in this area.

The Kapa Haka group have practised hard during the year performing at the South Wairarapa Kapa Haka Festival and providing support for Hurunui-O-Rangi Marae at the New Citizens Ceremony at the Carterton Events Centre.

Our Aquabot group spent many hours learning about robotics alongside one of our parents and participated in the Wairarapa Competition.

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Extending our thinking with Chess and other activities.

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Good Beginnings Educare Centre

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OWNER’S MESSAGE Nicola Burling It is my pleasure to own and manage Good Beginnings Centre’s along with my husband Joe. We have a team of qualified and specialised teachers that have a passion for working with children under the age of five. This year has seen teachers attending many professional development courses, from language and literacy to leadership. Teachers work alongside the children to install a love of learning, fostering independence and school readiness. Our curriculum is based on children’s interests and during 2019 we have been on many learning journeys, continuing to make links with the local community, and continuing to develop our Infants & Toddlers’ playground. As you can imagine each day brings delight as a child develops a new skill or discovers something for the first time. The teaching team looks forward to continuing our support for families and whānau in helping their children to become confident competent learners.

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Good Beginnings Educare Centre was established in the early 1990s and continues to be in high demand. The centre is housed in a refurbished villa and is open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 5.30pm, 50 weeks of the year. The Centre is spacious, homely, and the inviting environment supports childinitiated play, catering uniquely for children aged 2 to 5 years of age. The Centre’s programme is developed in consultation with parents and children and based strongly on children’s dispositions, individual needs and interests.

part in an inclusive programme and teachers support children’s seamless transition to school. Teachers are very reflective and collaborative. Internal evaluation guides improvement and sustains best practice.

Throughout the day children can chose from a vast range of learning experiences in a carefully prepared environment. Teachers and children interact in responsive reciprocal ways to support learning experiences that are meaningful to all.

If you would like further information about our centre please visit www.goodbeginings. co.nz or contact Nicola on 06 378 9969 or gbec@xtra.co.nz.

The full report can be found at www.ero.govt.nz.

Teachers are committed to supporting children and families in their transition to school. Our robust transition procedures ensure children have the appropriate skills for the best possible start at school.

The Education Review Office visited in 2018 and found the centre is well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for children. Teachers are responsible and encouraging and support children’s engagement in learning experiences.

Children confidently and actively particpate in rich learning opportunities which increase their understanding of reading, writing and mathematics and are successfully included in programmes in meaningful ways. Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are intergrated throughout the programme.

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Good Beginnings Infants & Toddlers opened in 2006 and has built a strong reputation within the community. The indoor and outdoor environments have been specifically developed to cater for children less than 3 years of age. The Centre is open Monday to Friday between the hours of 7.00am to 5.30pm, 50 weeks of the year.

Teachers believe continuity between the home and the centre is paramount. Teachers work within Magda Gerber’s Educaring Approach with each child is allocated a primary caregiver to ensure strong relationships are formed so children and parents feel a sense of belonging.

Individual books support communication between the home and centre and teachers take great pride in providing informative portfolios of each child’s learning journey.

ERO visited the centre in 2017 and found infants and toddlers benefit from warm relationships with teachers who are sensitive to their cues. They work alongside children, supporting their developing interests and independence. Teachers liaise closely with whānau to align activities and care

routines to those children experience at home. Children are offered a rich playbased programme that includes a range of active exploration opportunities. Children’s transitions into and out of the centre are well considered, parents and children are well supported at these times. Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are clearly evident in the environment and interactions. Children with diverse needs are well supported. Internal evaluations are collaborative and result in improvements for the benefit of children.

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Greytown School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

At Wings over Wairarapa.

Patrice O’Connor

Kowhai Syndicate Year 1 and 2 Kawaka Syndicate Year 3 and 4

2019 has continued to be an exciting year for Greytown School with a big team effort from children, staff, parents and our Board of Trustees. Our S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), CREST and EOTC (Education Outside the Class) programmes along with many others have expanded and gone into top gear, with our school providing even newer and diverse learning opportunities for our children. We strive to always improve what we do to ensure that all our children can find their own place to shine while opening up their eyes to the world around them and igniting new possibilities or interests. Children have continued to take increased leadership in their learning; with many making a positive impact on others and their local community with clever and innovative ideas.

At the beginning of the year, we did swimming sports. First the big kids, then little kids. Parents came to watch us race and play games. We did this all in the school pool and it was really fun.

We are looking forward to 2020 as we are stepping even closer to the start of our new Senior Building being built. Together we make Greytown School a place that we love and are proud of.

In Term Two we did a Talent Show. Everyone was doing something they loved like gymnastics, mimes, clowns and musicians and they all did great. We did it in the hall and it took a whole block. This year the Kuranui Clowns came to visit. They were really funny.

They did plate spinning and hit each other with rubber bats. They did six acts.

Kowhai syndicate also had a visit from The Dad’s Band. There was a guitarist, drummer, keyboard and singer. The first song was called Deluxe. At the end of the first song, there were smoke machines which set the alarms off. During the last song, we could get up and dance. They played seven songs. At the end, we asked questions. It was really fun.

We went out to the Barton’s Farm for the school cross-country. First the boys went then the girls. The hill was really steep. It was muddy.

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Greytown school have an enthusiastic group of students from the Kawaka syndicate, who learn about the environment and care for the gardens. They have also built gardens and have plans to landscape the school in the future. We also earned the renewal of our green gold status.

Book Character day was amazing. It’s when everyone dresses up in their favourite book characters. There is always a parade near the end where each class gets called up to show each other their costumes. In the end, each class takes a photo to make it a great memory.

This year’s choir has been practising lots so we can perform eg: at the old people’s home. There are 30 kids from Kawaka syndicate taking part. We learnt lots of songs and we all loved it. It was a great opportunity to perform on stage singing.

Mackenzie and Jamie, student reporters.

Kahikatea Year 5 and 6 2019 was a busy and exciting year at Greytown School. We had many things

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THE YEAR THAT WAS 2019 Rafting the Ruamahanga River.

Our School Leaders.

going on including, regional cross-country, EOTC, disco, book character day and dance splash. The year started with Wellington regional cross-country.

For EOTC the Kahikatea syndicate went to Wellington to visit the Beehive and Parliament to have a tour. We also visited Weta Workshops where there were many movie props. Many of the props were from Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and the Narnia series! We also got to hold some props too.

Kahikatea had a really fun experience and learnt so much on the EOTC. In Term Two we had the opportunity to sign up for Dance Splash. We practised for hours and finally perfected it before the day came and everyone seemed pumped and ready.

Then we performed at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Ella, Grace and Sammie, student reporters.

Kauri Syndicate Year 7 and 8 In term three, Kauri syndicate had a production about performing arts through time. The production was student based and led with the help of our Kauri teachers.

The students played all the roles, this

included writing the script, making songs, painting and designing the backdrop, lighting, leading the kapa haka group and choreographing dances. We were very proud of what we did and had a great time bringing it all together.

Starting term 3, Kauri syndicate participated in Aquabots. While the competition day was in term four, the two teams of five constructed their AquaBots in the weeks leading up to it. Equipment and instructions were supplied in kits. They had to cut up PVC pipes and drill holes in them to make the frame. We received a soldering lesson then soldered our motors to a cable and fixed a control panel. We waxed our motors so they didn’t get wet. Once the motors were waxed inside their film canisters we tested the AquaBots buoyancy. Unfortunately, we didn’t wax the motors correctly and they weren’t working. Luckily after they had dried out during the holidays they worked again and we managed to have two working AquaBots on the day. Both teams had a lot of fun and can’t wait for next year.

School Cross-country at Bartons Farm.

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Greytown Early Years

Our four year old Explorers in O’Connors Bush.

CHAIRPERSON’S MESSAGE

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Gretchen Saulbrey Our passionate teaching team and enthusiastic board worked together throughout 2019 to ensure we continue to provide a rich and responsive curriculum to nurture each child’s passions and sense of self.

At Early Years our greatest resource is our professional, expert and longstanding team.

This year we celebrated with Rochelle, one of our wonderful teachers. She has been with us for 15 years. Teachers are what makes Early Years the amazing place it is, and we feel privileged to have teachers of this calibre committed to our centre and our children.

I wish to thank our fundraising committee, our community, especially Greytown Trust Lands Trust and local businesses for their continued support. Without you, we would not be able to continually improve our environment and resources to support our children’s learning through play.

STUDENTS

Our four-yearold Explorers in O’Connors Bush

After more than three years of planning and fundraising we have our new Childspace designed outdoor area! The children love the new sandpit and can now independently access water with the new pump – watching the co-ordination, team work, communication and planning is a beautiful thing! Our new shallow, stony landscaped water course is a safe way to provide for the urge to play with water for all our age groups. We also have the ability to control the ˜ ow of water which is important from an environmental perspective.

We are also enjoying the large open paved area – this is a great space for setting play invitations for children. It has also become a place to meet, share kai, and practise yoga.

We can climb, balance, swing, run, jump, crawl and of course PLAY in the new bark area! The poles provide the framework for many di° erent attachments and the open space lends itself to so many di° erent activities. Children love loose parts to

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Celebrating Matariki around a ÿ re under magical twinkling lights.

create their own challenge courses, seesaws, games, and practise their skills. We have also used this space for large group games and music sessions. Having a soft fall area means children can explore, test and challenge their bodies in a safe environment. Our hammock provides a fun space to swing with friends or a quiet spot to relax and watch the world go by.

Rochelle celebrating 15 years at our Bingo Fundraising Event.

We had a wonderful evening at our annual celebration of Matariki. Children made soup to share with wh˛nau . We practised special waiata to share with wh˛nau . It was wonderful to see so many people join us for this special celebration. It is very evident that the children feel a huge sense of belonging to Early Years and this sense of belonging contributes to their well-being and gives them conÿ dence to try new experiences - like coming to Early Years in the dark!

We continue to build and strengthen our curriculum as we respond to children’s interests, passions and learning dispositions and parents’ aspirations.

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Fred Rogers

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Wairarapa’s Schools growing great young people Term four is rushing to its conclusion and another school year is almost over. And what a year of achievement it has been. It seems only yesterday that I was looking through NCEA results and feeling proud that our schools had supported so many of our senior students towards educational excellence.

Hero’s Award for young environmental leader Carys Gibbs. It is particularly pleasing to hear of many more young people who have supported charitable and community events through the year. Well done to each of you for stepping up.

It was a great pleasure to host St Matthews Collegiate pupil Amelia Gordon, the country’s top painting scholarship award winner at Parliament recently. All the best to students for the 2019 NCEA exams. Good luck as you leave secondary education and start a new journey.

And of course the efforts of so many school students don’t make the front-page of the newspaper. Success for some students is making it through the day without incident. Life journeys are challenging for some of our young people. Our schools play a huge role in supporting our children and their families. I thank each staff member for your compassion.

Our students have gained local and national recognition for their endeavours in many spheres. On the stage thespian Jackson Burling has shown a talent for Shakespeare taking him a world away to the London Globe. School choirs, musicians and orchestras, Kapa Haka and dance teams have kept us entertained throughout the year.

So alongside the business of delivering the curriculum our schools and school communities have cared for, supported and inspired our young people to be the best they can be.

They have delivered a programme of learning alongside school productions, sports events, environmental projects, fundraisers, competitions, cultural activities, driver education and many educational experiences.

The quality of nominations at the recent Wairarapa Secondary Schools Sports Awards continues impress, with top honours going to Noah Boyce of Rathkeale College for his talent on the football pitch. There are so many sporting achievers in our region’s schools it is impossible to acknowledge them all.

New Zealand’s triennial Youth Parliament was a highlight for me with my representative Lily Lewis of Makoura College participating in a six month programme. It has been a pleasure hosting many school groups at Parliament and visiting many more across the electorate through the year.

It has been encouraging to see young people joining together to have their voices heard through School Strikes for Climate Change. Community service was recognised with a Local

Teachers and school staff across the electorate should be celebrated for the contribution they have made to growing great little Wairarapa people into independent, capable New Zealanders. I know that many families will join me in thanking teachers and school staff for your commitment in 2019.

There are changes ahead across the education sector. I, and my colleagues in Parliament, will continue to advocate for more resources and small class sizes. I believe local communities need to have a say in how schools are run.

All the best for exams, prizegivings, celebrations and school reports. Reflect on the work achieved this year, and enjoy the long summer break with friends and family.

Please get in touch to share your ideas and opinions with me:

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Kahutara School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Pet day lambs fight through the cold to win.

Charmaine Taplin We are a rural school with great heart.

At Kahutara we have 5 classrooms and a wonderful team providing a quality education for all our children. We believe in a balanced curriculum using technology and play based learning where appropriate.

We have extensive park like grounds that include fields, swimming pool, a sports stadium and a large BMX track.

This year we have had a focus on our new school values; ‘Critical thinking’, being ‘Connected’ to our learning and other people, showing ‘Confidence’ in ourselves and displaying Manaakitanga ( respect, hospitality, generosity and care for others) These are celebrated regularly.

Tuakana-teina is one of the strengths of our school – older students happily working with and supporting younger students.

I am extremely proud to be the principal of such a wonderful school.

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At Kahutara School we have a strong belief that children’s learning happens both inside and outside the classroom. Along with strong classroom programmes we encourage our children to participate in a variety of activities in our local environment and community.

Wetland/DOC Thanks to the Donald family we have our own wetland within walking distance of the school. The students have planted and weeded and we now have wildlife making their homes in this wetland environment.

In Term 3, Kahutara Hub 1 & 2 went down to a dried up wetland/paddock near Onoke Spit, with the hope to restore it alongside the Department Of Conservation. With a lot of effort and determination, we planted 700 trees, the first step to a fully working wetland. Wildlife were already settling in and the changes we made were sure to welcome more.

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Special Needs Modification The new building has been well under way for several weeks now. This new installation includes a new medical room, a room for Eli, and an all-access bathroom. The new room for Eli will have a hoist to lift him to and from his bed. Getting this completed will be exciting for us as Eli will then be able to attend school full time.

Pet day Pet day was a rainy day, but that didn’t stop the fun. There were a wide variety of pets being led around in front of the crowds.

Children’s creations, flowers, and baking filled the hall. The Hopkins family won the bulls-for-schools fundraiser with the heaviest bull. The cake auction went really well with the highest bid for a cake being $152 and altogether the auction raised $1119 for next year’s school camp.

In Term 2, a talent show was held over a few weeks to determine the child with the best talent. Top three places in both age sections got prizes for showing off their skills. From dancing and singing, to comedy and magic, the variety was fantastic. Everyone did their very best, each winning a participation prize, with the winners winning slightly better ones. Overall, a fun few weeks and a fantastic competition.

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Kuranui College

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Our Showquest performers gained first place for the second year running.

Simon Fuller Kuranui College’s vision is to create an environment where each individual is nurtured, inspired and prepared to take their place in a changing world.

Our production Peter Pan raised money for Wellington’s Children Hospital.

This is underpinned by our values Manaakitanga (respect), Mana tangata (integrity), Aroha (empathy), Auahatanga (creativity) and Te hiringa (determination).

Our IGNITE curriculum focuses on allowing students to follow their passions by giving them the opportunity to study subjects within contextual courses.

Over 20 local businesses initiated conversations with our students during Inspire Me!

These courses are diverse and designed to be highly engaging. They cover all curriculum areas and prepare students with the key skills needed in the 21st Century.

Kuranui College has always been an exciting and vibrant place to teach and learn, and we are very proud of our results we have achieved over the years.

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From cultural success on the stage, sporting success on the field to academic success in the classroom, when we look back over 2019, it is easy to see how our students thrive within our kaupapa.

Good luck to our ‘Class of 2019’, we wish you the very best for the future.

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Nina Gelashvili was runner-up in the National Race Unity Speech Awards.

Design, Visual & Communication assignments were displayed in Greytown’s Town Hall.

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Jack Lewington placed first in the AWD NZ Schools Cross Country Champs.

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A boost of nearly a million dollars from the Provincial Growth Fund will see rangitahi (young people) from across Wairarapa benefiting from the Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna (‘the strengths & talents of the ancestors’) programme. The programme targets rangatahi and youth to ensure they develop the skills and habits necessary for success in the world of work.

The Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna initiative is a joint venture between the Youth Education, Training, and Employment partnership (YETE), The Wairarapa Rural Education Action Programme (REAP), and the three Wairarapa councils, as well receiving strong support from both Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Wairarapa. The two years of funding will enable the programme to target the development of up to 60 rangatahi per year from across Wairarapa.

We are also continuing to work with those outside the school system with the Youth Placement programme, which uses Licence to Work as the basis of its work, as well as life skills. Licence to Work is a crosssector, business-led initiative, designed to respond to business and industry concerns that young people may not be developing the “soft skills” needed to succeed in the workplace.

What we’ve achieved this year: Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna programme underway with first 25 students Year 11 industries Big Day Out held in July involving 10 Employers and 80 students Inspire Me day held involving nearly 450 secondary school students, 40 school staff, 41 business people and 21 businesses Licence to Work programme undertaken with nine groups at Wairarapa College, Mākoura College, Wairarapa Teen Parent Unit, Te Kura Correspondence School, Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and Kuranui College.

Rangatahi to Mahi with two employers involving seven students.

Quick Fire Connections with 15 employers and 80 students successfully held.

Employers Think Tank held.

Around 40 young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) supported in the programme, with many transitioned into either fulltime or part-time work.

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Lakeview School

Teapot Valley Camp.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Matharapa.

Tim Nelson Welcome to the Lakeview School Year That Was. We have had another wonderful year, which has led to the greatest ever roll increase that the school has had in a calendar year; we truly appreciate every family that makes the decision to have their children at our fabulous school! This can be attributed several factors, but it essentially boils down to the people; our staff, students and families. Together we are doing all we can to provide and make the most of all of the opportunities that have our children working towards their potential to be the very best that they can be.

On this page you’ll see several highlights, but there is so much more to our school than these snapshots. I would welcome anyone to visit us to get a first-hand experience of everything that makes up our school, a place that I consider it an honour to be the pri ncipal.

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We are extremely fortunate to employ Maree Eastwood, our sports co-ordinator to organise and manage all sports across Lakeview School. She is invaluable and the results speak for themselves:

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• Elite Sports competitions – 1st place in Volleyball and Netball. 3rd place in Touch Rugby and Rugby.

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• Soccer – Our 7/8 girls team were placed 2nd in the Intermediate competition.

• Swimming – 4 students qualified for the Interschool comp with our best result being 2nd in the 11 yr Boys 50 metre Freestyle race.

• Cross-country – 64 runners competed at the Interschool competition at Solway Showgrounds. This included 5 runners with disabilities, of this, 14 went to the regional competition against Wellington.

• Softball/Mod Softball and Tee Ball – 65 students are involved in this competition. One of our Softball teams won their division.

We also released 1 Lakeview player to play for the Giants.

• Touch Rugby – 60 students played touch rugby in term 4.

Sporting Achievements:

STUDENTS

• Kio Rahi Classic – Lakeview defended the title again this year.

With Year 5/6 coming 1st.

• Netball – 3 of the 5 teams made the semi-finals with 1 team going on to the finals in Grade 1 (the top) primary division. This team took out the Wairarapa Netball award for the most goals scored. 3 Lakeview students made it into the Wairarapa Player Development Programme.

• Miniball – 4 of our 5 teams made the semi-finals with 3 teams winning their grade.

• Rugby and Soccer – 5 players from Lakeview playing for their Clubs went on to being selected for the Wairarapa-Bush age group teams and 1 soccer player played weekly in a Wellington League for Wairarapa.

• Hockey – We had 3 teams playing across different grades.

• Tapu Ae: Lakeview hosted the inaugural Tapu Ae Tournament for Masterton schools, with one of our teams winning the tournament.

Cultural achievements: • Kapa Haka – Jimbo Ratipu continued this year in his role as kapa haka tutor. The groups recently performed in the Kapa Haka Festival and did our school proud.

• Our Band – performed in the Intermediate Battle of the Bands on October 29. We are fortunate to have Courtney Naera work with our band and choir. Courtney is a very talented singer in her own right.

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• Enviro Group – Students tend our school garden producing an array of vegetables and learning to propagate under the guidance of a teacher.

• We celebrate Book Week, Maori Language Week, Conservation Week and Samoan Language Week throughout the term.

• Ie Faitaga (Lava lava) – This was introduced to our school uniform as an option for the boys and has been very popular.

Board of Trustees:

• Principal’s Day Out - This is a special day which happens once a term where children whose behaviour has been exceptional are selected. The students get to spend a day with our Principal – movies and lunch at McDonalds is a favourite.

Student Support

Our new board were elected this year; Stella Lennox (Chair), Kirsty McCarthy, Brent Mackenzie, Kate Riddell and our newest members, Rauweti Strickland and Erena McCann (Staff Rep).

• Kids Can programme – supplying rain coats, shoes, healthy snacks and health products.

Extra Curriculum Activities/EOTC

• Fruit and Milk in Schools scheme – healthy bodies, healthy minds

• The FAB Lab continue to operate from Lakeview, which enables our students to attend sessions and be creative.

• Duffy Books in schools programme • Breakfast club – support from Breadcraft Wairarapa/ Harvest Electronics.

• Our Enrichment Programme (Gifted and Talented students) run by Deidre Hodgkinson one day a week has been very successful. This year Lakeview won the Wairarapa Matharapa Competition.

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• Senior Camp to Teapot Valley in Nelson. This was a huge undertaking by our senior syndicate; Students had the opportunity to travel to Nelson for a week camp. The camp was an absolute highlight for our seniors, which included sailing on the

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Makoura College 280 STUDENTS

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Paul Green Looking for deeper levels of engagement in learning led us to implementing project-based learning this year. Each Friday, students worked on a communityconnected challenge of their choice leading to a termly presentation. Through their endeavours, students have come to understand more about the life/ employment/learning skills of goal-setting, initiative, planning, teamwork, problemsolving, time management, and completing what you have focused on doing. Across a range of inspired authentic projects, we’ve watched our young people grow in confidence and capability as they have set about achieving their aims. The expectation is that this strengthened sense of purpose will flow through into their approach to the demands of more conventional school work and their personal and working life beyond school. There’s an interesting journey ahead as this enterprise evolves.

An action-packed year In 2019, Makoura College students have demonstrated their talent, creativity in determination across a range of fields – academic, cultural, sports, performance, and community representation.

Some of the most exciting developments on our school calendar have been our exchange programme with Shinjo Higashi High School in Japan, now in its second year, and our upcoming volunteer experience with the Campus of Hope in Samoa. A group of senior students and their whanau have been hard at work throughout the year, fundraising for both trips. We’re sure the students, many of whom are travelling for the first time, will be enriched and enlightened by their experiences overseas.

Our sports teams and athletes have performed with aplomb – highlights include matches between our rugby teams and players from Club Atletico Estudiantes in Argentina, top placings at the Intercollegiate

Congratulations to Shai, Jade-Stacey, Tiare and Aislin - Kia Manawanui 2019 recipients.

“A Starry Night” Senior Ball.

Athletics, our Ped300 class representing at the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, and a finals win for our senior boys’ soccer team. No less outstanding have been our performing arts students: a win for our band Fresh Noiz in the Tangata Beats section of the SmokefreeRockquest Wairarapa regional final, several dance crews competing at Dance NZ Made, a performance from our Level 3 Dance students at Stonehenge Aotearoa, and stunning presentations from our Kapa Haka group and Poly Group at the Wairarapa Schools Kapa Haka Festival (hosted at Makoura). We also congratulate Year 13 student Sasha Hart, who had the starring role in MATS’ production of Ladies In Black.

Poly Group performing at Wairarapa Schools Kapa Haka Festival.

This year, our students have become more active in the social, political and community spheres. Under the direction of student leader and Wairarapa Youth MP Lily Lewis, students have participated in local climate change awareness events, and a gathering to tautoko the protesters at Ihumatao. A group of senior students helped organise Tu Whakahi, an event celebrating cultural diversity; Seni Iasona made a sensitive and compelling documentary film on youth mental health; and our college radio station, 88.1 Hit Student Radio, ran its second annual 24-hour marathon for mental health, organised by Alex Dahlberg – who was also awarded Junior Official of the Year at the Wairarapa Times-Age Sports Awards. Finally, congratulations to our Services Academy on another year of excellent leadership, endurance under tough conditions, and representing our school with pride at various events.

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In 2020, we look forward to further developing our project-based learning programme to help create more deepseated and authentic learning experiences for our students.

We will also begin planning for a crosscurricular learning programme for our junior school, to be launched in 2021, and will be looking at developing a student mentorship service – helping our students not only succeed academically, but to learn more about themselves and find purpose in a rapidly changing world.

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Martinborough School

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Craig Nelson Martinborough School’s 2019 has been amazing. Sta˜ and students certainly make it a pleasure to work here.

Students and parents have been involved in several activities and opportunities to develop life long skills and to reinforce the Martinborough SPIRIT values.

Connecting with our community, ensuring relevant and active learning, as well as create a sense of hauora and well-being remain a focus for us as a community.

Year 7 and 8 Camp at the Hillary Outdoor Education Centre.

Students seeing the connection between their learning and how it is applied to the real world is an important motivating factor for learning. Using the environment to help students ‘connect the dots’ gives real contexts for reinforcement.

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Year 7 and 8 camp –the Snow Cave experience was amazing.

Zoo trips, Dance Splash, Arts Splash, Camps, Police Education programmes, EPro8, Kapa Haka, Cross-Country, Athletics and Swimming Sports are a few of the events our students participate in to connect with our community and other schools.

The Year 7 and 8 Activity week to Hillary Outdoor Centre was certainly a highlight for the senior students, an experience they won’t forget in a hurry.

We have continued our Parent Information Evenings as a way of supporting the professional development here at school, but also a way of empowering parents to support learning at home.

Joe and Jackson battle over the chessboard, a battle of wits and concentration.

They have been appreciated and very well supported by our parent community.

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Wairarapa College Hostel – Pōto College House

Pōto College House The Jewel in the Crown

Achieve with us Poto College House is the Wairarapa’s only coeducational boarding house, in fact it is the only co-educational boarding facility on the East Coast of the North Island! This makes it unique and incredibly special particularly given that in 2020 it will be turning 94 years old!

It almost didn’t reach that grand old age after the shock announcement by the Wairarapa College Board of Trustees that it would close the hostel at the end of 2019. Thanks to the commitment and tenacity of a group of parents, business owners, former boarders and a community who see the value of this hostel to the wider community, a charitable trust, Poto College House Trust, was established and from 2020 it will be the financial manager of Poto College House.

The Poto College House Trust along with the wider hostel family would like to thank the community for its overwhelming support since the closure announcement. We still need plenty of support moving forward, but we would like to genuinely offer our heartfelt thanks. Sponsorship, donations, labour, pro bono advice, to name a few, have all been gratefully received by the Trust and they have all helped getting us to this point of being able to reopen the boarding houses on 8th January 2020.

What you need to know Poto College House is built on strong values and beliefs and boarders gain a sense of its immense tradition for over nine decades. Parents and caregivers enjoy the genuine family friendly environment of belonging where brothers and sisters are able to board on the same campus and access all that the college has to offer, just a short walk across the oval to the school.

At Poto College House our philosophy is to encourage students to co-operate, participate and become independent, while developing true values of discipline, honesty and good manners. Students are encouraged and supported to achieve high academic levels through supervised, structured prep times and are helped to forge a pathway for their future beyond the school and hostel gates.

Poto College House has a very strong tradition of celebrating cultural diversity and appreciating fellow boarders’ different backgrounds. This continues today. Being culturally and socially responsive is key

to building knowledge of others and establishes life-long friendships that in our new global lives are so very important.

Poto College House will cater for 70 students from 2020 onwards for 5½ days a week, Sunday evening through to Saturday midday.

Facilities include: • Girls Accommodation (Wellwood House) • Boys Accommodation (Blackwood House) • Dining room and commercial kitchen • Co-educational common room • Digital suite • Study nook • Dispensary Recreational facilities – weights room, swimming pool, tennis court, volleyball court, trampoline, basketball court, mini gym, expansive sports fields.

Together with the internal facilities and the outside recreational facilities set in the spacious grounds of Wairarapa College, Poto College House boarders are kept busy and are well catered for.

Boarders are under the direct supervision of a team consisting of both teaching and non-teaching staff.

We believe striking a balance is a strength at Poto College House and allows for academic and pastoral support to be provided by some staff and a total break from the rigours of school by other staff – getting the balance right encourages well-being and overall health and happiness of boarders. All staff have high expectations of hostel students’ behaviour and their ability to work as a team to build strong friendships across all year levels.

Poto College House parents are also encouraged to form strong friendships with each other and celebrate and support one another as their children navigate the teenage years together. The triangular relationship between parent, child and hostel staff is very special. Parents are entrusting their children into the hands of others, many miles away from home in most cases.

Open communication and trust are vital to the success of this relationship and management and staff at Poto College House are acutely aware of their responsibilities to provide a happy, safe and nurturing environment for all boarders.

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Masterton Intermediate School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Russell Thompson

iwi k˝inga o te Wairarapa.

Ko te m˝uri o runga Ko te m˝uri o raro Ko te m˝uri o tˆnei ariki Ko te m˝uri o Ranginui Ko te m˝uri o P˝p˝tuanuku Takoto nei i raro i nga tapuwae o T˝ne Tˆnei te p°, nau mai te ao…

Tˇhei m˝uri ora!

We have almost completed the ‘20teens’ years at MIS with many highlights achieved through high levels of involvement for many, many students. The word often used to describe our kura taka waenga is “opportunities” and there are almost 80 extra curricular activities listed on this year’s school report form for terms three and four only! Our massive appreciation is extended to all sta˜ , parents, other adults and college students who have contributed towards this huge number of choices that our tamariki are able to consider.

Student leaders attended the Leadership Camp at Kaitoke in March and then met regularly to plan activities such as mufti days, presenting assemblies and involving themselves in community activities.

On behalf of everyone at Masterton Intermediate, I would also like to personally thank Janine Devenport, principal of Fernridge School, for her outstanding leadership of our Whakaoriori K˝hui Ako this year.

All classes contributed towards the $18,000 that enabled stage three of the adventure playground to be erected in July. Our playground is a feature that is enjoyed not only by MIS students but also the school community outside the hours of 8.45am to 3pm.

Tena koe, Janine. Ka nui to mana, ka nui to kaha e p˝ ana ki te mahi nei.

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E m˝tahi ana, e mataara! (Work together and be onto it!)

Russell Thompson (Tumuaki)

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Our school’s values Active brain Dependable Managing self Interactions Relationships Excellence Masterton Intermediate School will have been operating for six decades at the completion of the 2019 school year.

At the start of this 2019 school year, all new students and sta˜ were welcomed by p°whiri through our waharoa for the ÿ rst time.

Opened in November, 2018, this MIS taonga was carved by Wayne Pitau and Karl Rongonui who were both previous students at Masterton Intermediate. It symbolises many aspects of our school and is representative of both Ngati Kahungunu and Rangit˝ne, nga

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“This has been a great opportunity for me to learn about leadership and how to work co-operatively with others.” (Keri Lumukana, Year 8).

The major annual fundraiser for MIS is the Fun Run. This was held on Tuesday, March 12, and generated $42,000 in sponsorship donations. The event culminates with the Masterton Fire Brigade cooling o˜ students and several sta˜ as they come back into the school grounds through the York Street Kindergarten entrance.

Ebony Wills made the decision not to board a bus to Havelock North for the winter sports exchange on Thursday, June 27, but to compete instead at the Wairarapa Year Eight speech ÿ nal which was held at St Teresa’s School in Featherston. Her choice proved to be a very good one as Ebony won this event with her k°rero about climate change.

Relationships are a key ingredient in the recipe for success at MIS. We encourage positive interactions among sta˜ , students, parents and our wider community.

Three new members and two returnees to our Board of Trustees took o˙ ce in June.

Matt Boggs will equal Mark Brown’s previous e˜ ort of six years as Board Chairperson at MIS in 2022 while Andy Freeman (Finance), Beks Hudson-Lowe (Property), Liz Polley (Personnel) and Matt Shaw (Health & Safety) are all excited about their areas of responsibility as well as the role of governance here at Masterton Intermediate.

One of the things that I will always remember about my time at MIS is: • “Coming in through the waharoa for the MIS p°whiri on the ÿ rst day of school.”

(Frankie Morrison, Year 8) • “My e˜ ort, passion and pride in kapa haka this year.” (Jodeci Apiata, Year 8) • “Getting selected in the boys rugby team made me feel very proud of myself.”

(Hugo Rutherford, Year 8) • “Being captain of the First XI Girls football team.” (Willow Innes, Year 8) • “The preparation to go to Rarotonga and share the M˝ori and Polynesian cultures.”

(Murphy Henricksen, Year 8) Nearly all the students at MIS achieve an attendance rate percent of 90 per cent or more throughout the year. We feel proud that kids want to turn up every day and are engaged in their learning.

In term two, we entered the Design a Newspaper Competition which is promoted by the Wairarapa Times-Age. Brooke Medlin and Kendra Fox gained second place and received a $1,000 prize for our school. The girls decided to allocate these funds towards saddle blankets and other items for the MIS riding team which will be enjoyed by students in future years.

“I was very surprised when we won this amazing prize. I am also very excited for the MIS equestrian teams in the future.” (Brooke Medlin, Year 8) Niheta Veale was the teacher in charge of our annual Writers’ Camp that was once again held at Castlepoint on October 17 & 18.

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Term two ended with the syndicate dance competition which was very closely contested by all five teams.

Waingawa (Rooms 7, 8, 9 and 10) backed up their term one success as haka champions by also winning the dance event.

These competitions are designed to develop a sense of pride within the individual, class and syndicate, forming an important part of the MIS culture.

“Winning Waingawa was our syndicate motto when we won the haka and dance competitions this year. We did the mahi and deserved the treats.” (Ella Robinson, Year 8) Exchanges with Havelock North Intermediate are also a real highlight of the school year. In June we retained the winter sports trophy for the fourth consecutive year, winning 10 of the 17 events with one being a draw. In November we celebrated 30 years of cultural exchanges with strong performances from our choir, kapa haka, Poly Club and Rock Band groups.

Rivers of Wairarapa are the names of each of our five syndicates with 3 or 4 classrooms: Tauwharenikau, Waiohine, Waingawa, Waipoua and Kaituna. Inter-syndicate competitions are held for haka, dance, singing and a general knowledge quiz to develop a sense of belonging within all of these teams.

“I felt very proud when Waipoua won the Jeffries Cup for the singing competition in term three.” (Sophie Alexander-Hodson, Year 7).

Many students say that some of the best things to do at MIS are Options in terms one and four, as well as Arts Enrichment in terms 3 & 4. They are able to select one of approximately 20 programmes to participate in each term.

“I enjoyed Going Loco for Mexicoco in the Cooking Room. We made a lot of delicious dishes that we could share at home with our families.” (Jadah Jonassen, Year 8).

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During the 2019 winter sports season we had 6 teams competing in Wairarapa Hockey, 12 teams in Netball, 2 Girls football teams in the mid-week league and 1 boys football team in the Saturday competition.

We were proud of many achievements with trophies accepted for winning the Wellington Regional Intermediate Schools Sports Association (WRISSA) tournaments in both boys and girls hockey, girls volleyball.

In July, we held the second Trash To Flash competition which was again organised by Year 8 student, Maddison Porter.

Oliver Memelink was the winner with a very comfortable outdoor seat design: “I felt very happy, proud but also surprised to win this competition.”

August signalled the arrival of 24 students and two teachers from Shijonawate Gakuen Junior High School all the way from Osaka in Japan. The aroha and manaakitanga expressed by all host families was once again an important feature in the huge success of this exchange. The same hospitality was extended to our MIS group for the reciprocal visit at the end of term three.

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“I loved learning about the stories behind the temples, shrines and castles in Japan” (Charlotte Cusack, Year 8)

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“Everyday life in Japan is so different to ours. Their friendliness and hospitality was fantastic.” (Marella Day, Year 8)

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“Meeting and forming strong relationships with my host family was the best part of the trip for me.” (Chloe de Lara Bell, Year 8)

Technicraft programmes in Cooking, Design Technology, Music and Science continue to be a strong feature of our school curriculum.

Purchases this year included a laser cutter, a laser printer and telescope for stargazing.

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Each year, the Matharapa competition is held in term three for Wairarapa schools. Our MIS teams gained some excellent results.

The Year Eight team of Murphy McCullum, Eli Murphy and Charlie Petrovich were the 2019 winners giving us our third success at this level in the past four years.

School productions had not taken place at MIS since the early 2000s until this year. The 79 members of the Lion King Junior cast presented three outstanding performances in mid-September.

Feedback was extremely positive which was just reward for the highly committed students as well as the three directors, Siobhan Choat, Maggie Jeffries and Jo Jaquiery. The time that Maggie dedicated towards making all the costumes was a fantastic example of the MIS whakatauki in action.

“I really enjoyed the reactions on the faces of the people in the audience when we performed for them. The hard work and the time that we put into our many rehearsals paid off in each of the performances.” (Ayla Wright, Year 8).

“I felt so lucky to come to MIS this year and have the chance to be in the show. I feel so much more confident now.” (Cody LaingBayley, Year 7).

Community support for our students was an important feature during our twoday Careers Expo that was also held in September.

Students were surveyed early in term three to find out which occupations they would be interested in learning more about and 18 careers were offered.

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“I really enjoyed the Interior Design group because we were able to create rooms using our own imagination” (Jayde-Ann Carlson, Year 7).

High levels of leadership are displayed by many of our students in a wide variety of aspects of school life. At our assembly on Wednesday afternoon, September 18, James Church was acknowledged as a recipient of

the Westpac Young Leaders Award for 2019.

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“I felt very privileged to receive this award. It was a surreal experience to have our school haka, Ko Wairarapa, performed to me by my peers.” (James Church, Year 8)

October was the month in which 32 Year Eight students and 4 staff headed to Rarotonga for our first-ever kapa haka & Poly Club overseas adventure. The 8-day trip was an amazing experience for all involved.

“I liked how our whole group worked together as a family. I am glad that I made new friendships with people that I did not know that well before the trip.” (Jorja Southon, Year 8).

“I learnt many things in Rarotonga such as how to husk a coconut properly. I also enjoyed not having my cell phone which helped me to communicate in person with other people.” (Max Setu, Year 8) .

Our final assembly for the 2019 school year will be held at the Wairarapa College hall on Thursday, December 12 starting at 11am.

This will be the final time that the rock band, Poly Club, choir and kapa haka groups perform together.

Looking forward already to the 2020 school year. This will start with 30-minute discussions for new students, their whānau and class teacher on February 3 and 4 before the opening day for everyone on Wednesday, February 5.

The 2020 school year excites us with the introduction of the KiVa programme to assist us all to minimise bullying incidents in our school, the Footsteps Dance Company providing high quality dance teaching in term two, as well as the introduction of the next 10-Year Property Plan to include more decking areas to extend our learning environments, removal of the no-longerused boiler system, replacement of the Rooms 15 and 16 block as well as the possibility of a hall upgrade.

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Masterton Primary School 315 STUDENTS

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Wings Over Wairarapa was a great event at the beginning of the year.

What a great place to learn. At MPS we value individuals and celebrate diversity, offering a welcoming, inclusive school environment. We hold high expectations for student achievement and work to ensure our students are knowledgeable and skilful, as they become motivated, independent, self-directed learners. We want our students to be excited and interested in their learning and for learning to be fun, challenging, meaningful and relevant to their lives.

We have attractive, well maintained grounds which provide a place for students to take pride in their achievements, where they can learn and play safely. Our students enjoy their involvement in the native plantings, fruit trees and vegetable gardens. Student art is visible in and around the school in the form of hall and classroom displays, with pou and murals situated around the grounds.

MPS encourages students to be involved and have a say in their lives and in their community. We recognise leadership potential and foster development of individual skills and talent. Students are offered a wide range of opportunities to participate in the arts and gifted and talented programmes. We also recognise that some students will need extra support and we ensure remedial programmes are matched to the needs of students. The Masterton Primary School community works together in partnership and all who come here receive a warm welcome.

Three pou were designed and painted by students and placed strategically away from the school gate so parents can drop their children off safely, but close enough for them to walk to and from school. Great for health and fitness as well.

Each morning begins with our Breakfast Club, run by volunteers, which opens at 8am for those in need of some cereal and a chat to start the day (school starts at 8.45am).

Later in the day we have ‘Fruit in Schools’ and school milk during ‘Feed and Read’.

Sitting under the shade sails or the verandas, students’ lunch eating time is supervised by staff to make sure everyone eats before they go off to play or take part in lunchtime practices. Our 40 minute lunchtime is just enough time to have a break without being too long, so problems are less likely to arise.

Our comfortable, well stocked library is a great place for students who like a peaceful playtime reading or playing a board game.

Finishing at 2.30pm means we get the best part of the day for learning.

Masterton Primary School staff – 2019.

Positive Behaviour for Learning, MPS expectations, are taught throughout the school so students feel safe and supported in class and at play, and Circle Time offers opportunities for them to discuss problems they may have.

During the year we have EOTC (Education outside the Classroom) Tent City, school camp and class trips, providing opportunities to learn about our local area and environmental issues. We hold a Silver Enviroschools Award and integrate Education for Sustainability throughout our curriculum planning and student inquiry learning. Each term we hold a Whanau Day and families join in with whanau group activities.

Kapa Haka costumes look great.

Student involvement in extra-curricular school life includes Choir, Kapa Haka, Jump Jam, sports teams, School Librarians, Road patrol, running assemblies and working with whanau/buddy classes.

Our Friends of School (FOS) raise funds through school discos and raffles to purchase additional resources, including ipads and laptops, so all students have access to modern tools for learning.

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Mauriceville School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

This photo is from Treemendous Project article which was written

by Eli Hill earlier in the year.

Kim Lupo

A busy year

Mauriceville School is an amazing little country school with dedicated staff and wonderful students who are well supported by the community. The students are creative, enthusiastic and curious about the world around them. As an Enviro-School we have a strong focus on caring for our environment and providing our students with the skills to become knowledgeable about sustainability, work co-operatively and take action on issues of importance.

We started our year with a trip to Riversdale Beach for Beach Education.

We encourage our students to use and develop their talents, to collaborate and share their knowledge with each other.

There is a great whanau feel to the school with children of all ages playing and learning together. The students enjoy and are proud of sharing their learning with each other and their families at celebration evenings.

Treemendous Competition

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Early in 2019 we entered the Treemendous Competition, an initiative by Project Crimson and the Mazda Foundation that is committed to protecting and enhancing New Zealand’s natural environment for future generations. The top four schools get $10,000 to enhance their outdoor environment.

Here we learned how to spot rips in the sea, what to do if your caught in a rip, and how to look after yourself in and around the water.

Our next trip was to Te Papa’s Te Taiao exhibition where students developed an understanding of the history of Aotearoa, learning Maori myths, finding out about the creatures that have and still do live in our country, discovering the impact that nature’s forces, such as earthquake and Tsunami can have on us, and learning about how they can help protect and care for our unique environment.

Shontae and Noah doing buddy reading.

To help us to understand the types of plants, birds and insects that live around us we visited Pukaha Mt Bruce in Term 3.

This enabled our students to understand what conditions they would need to create if we want to encourage native fauna to live here.

This trip linked into the work done previously by our children around tracking and trapping of pests to protect our native insects and birds.

Quade and Ailec feeding Emily the lamb.

This can be done by creating habitats for birds and insects, making seating areas for children to observe and interact with nature and planting of native trees and shrubs.

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Quade, Ahniya and Jacob enjoying the sandpit.

Out of 80 entries nationwide Mauriceville School was one of 10 schools selected to go through to the finals. In November we will find out if we are one of the four winners.

If not, we still receive $500 from the competition, which will be used to plant native trees around the school.

Planning for this project provided students with an authentic purpose for learning and sparked their interest and curiousity.

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Dot Kids and the CubbyHouse

REGIONAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE Michelle Mortensen Michelle was excited to take on the role of Wairarapa Regional Manager in May this year. She has had over 20 years teaching experience including managing The CubbyHouse in Masterton for the past eight years.

Quality care and education is very important to Michelle with a particular focus on under twos. The first 1000 days is a critical time for children where they are learning about the world they live in, key concepts such as the development of relationships, language acquisition and a passion for life-long learning.

Michelle supports the Centre Managers and teaching teams in four Wairarapa centres, The CubbyHouse, Dot Kids Carterton, Dot Kids Greytown and Dot Kids Martinborough. She is committed to developing positive, reciprocal relationships with the teaching teams, families and children.

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Every child deserves an opportunity to be cared for by passionate committed teachers who are well supported by their leaders.

Emma Thompson was recently appointed as Centre Manager in Martinborough. She has been a key teacher at Dot Kids in Greytown and relished the opportunity to stretch her wings and lead the wonderful team at Dot Kids Martinborough.

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We are fortunate to have four very capable and inspiring managers in the Wairarapa centres all with varying levels of experience

Sam Gordon is the Manager at Dot kids Greytown. She is currently the longest serving manager of our Wairarapa centres and brings a wealth of experience with her from previous leadership roles.

Donna Harper has been in the Manager role at Dot Kids Carterton for just over 12 months, stepping up from a teaching role.

She prides herself on developing strong partnerships with the centre children and parents.

Kerry Le Roux has been in the role as manager of The CubbyHouse since May this year taking over from Michelle Mortensen.

Kerry also prides herself on developing positive, strong connections with the families in the centre.

Our Wairarapa centres have all seen tremendous growth as a group over the past 12 months with most of the centres close to capacity. Dot Kids Carterton has increased their licence and are now able to take an additional 5 children.

This has been a result of the hard work and dedication of the team to provide a positive and nurturing learning environment where every child has a place.

The Wairarapa centres all provide cooked meals for the children in their care. We take the nutrition of the children very seriously with all centre cooks developing delicious healthy meals.

The CubbyHouse has the Gold Healthy Heart Award, with the other three centres working towards achieving theirs. As part of their journey Carterton and Greytown have vegetable gardens, which are utilised when preparing meals.

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The most memorable of our celebrations this year was Matariki (Maori New Year). Each of the centres who celebrated the event had fantastic support from their families to acknowledge the significance of the celebrations.

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Opaki School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Our Kapa Haka group has gone from strength to strength and is now over 80 strong.

Dave Finlayson When I look back over the year it’s amazing to see what the children of Opaki have achieved.

The children of Opaki are very lucky that they have a staff who go beyond the call of duty to develop programmes that will inspire children to want to learn.

Children are selected by their teachers to attend the principal’s morning tea each term for adhering to the school’s Aroha values.

Once again we have had tremendous support from the community, as a lot of what we do at Opaki is reliant on that support and the children and staff are very appreciative of this.

Congratulations to all those ex-Opaki pupils who have done so well in their respective schools and tertiary institutions. We are all very proud of you and to have played a part in your development.

I continue to enjoy coming to Opaki School because of the enthusiasm shown by the children towards their learning. I’m also lucky to have a focused, dedicated staff to work alongside.

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Opaki students, staff and community have all been part of another busy year, full of opportunities and events to remember.

Students have taken part in a wide range of activities crossing academic, sporting and cultural fields.

On the cultural and academic scene we have provided our students with many chances to be involved in a variety of their passions.

• Dance Splash • Otago Maths Problem Solving • Kapa Haka • EPRO 8 • Matharapa Our enviro group has gone from strength to strength this year. We have once again been involved in a lot of community projects; Double Bridges clean-up, Rubbish clean-up of the surrounding community, predator

trapping on site and the development of our own enviro garden. We are very proud of our enviro warriors.

Some very happy students just after completing the Tongariro Crossing as part of the senior camp.

On the sporting front, we have been very pleased again with the huge numbers participating in sport. For the size of our school we punch well above our weight and we are very lucky that we have staff and community help in supporting our students in a huge variety of sporting ventures.

As we count down to the end of the year and saying goodbye to our amazing year 8s we find ourselves reflecting on a year that has seen a lot achieved.

Emphasis has been placed on the development of our collaborative spaces, with our junior syndicate hoping to be upgraded early in the new year. This will complete the transformation of the school. Staff and students have placed real importance on the development of our Aroha values and we are seeing real changes across the school due to this.

Our whole school annual trek to the top of our mountain, Rangitumau.

One of the things we treasure is how our senior students care for the younger ones. They are buddied up with a new entrant for the year and create a strong bond.

New staff have settled in well and we are looking forward to an exciting 2020.

A big thank you to the Opaki community for their continued support and input into making our school what it is today.

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Solway College

Equestrian Academy student Elyza McDonald and Soul.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Janine Tupaea Solway College has a commitment to ‘Making Excellence Happen’ and ‘Every Student Counts’. Learning thrives in a caring Christian environment, creating selfmotivated, confident young women, who are successful, and prepared for tomorrow’s world.

Learning programmes are designed to cater for each individual student. These programmes are made up of an extensive range of curriculum options, academies, sporting, cultural, service and leadership opportunities, which guide students along their pathway, towards their own aspirational outcome.

The school hostel has flexible boarding options, providing a nurturing second home for each of our local, nationwide and International student boarders. The hostel is excited to be expanding and building two new dormitories in 2020, all located within our beautiful grounds, alongside our on-site equestrian academy facilities.

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Solway College is an extremely special place to be.

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2019 has been another stellar year for Solway College. Our 2018 NCEA results were the best they have ever been with 100% pass rates in levels two and three and large numbers of students gaining merit and excellence endorsements. Our school roll is increasing and enrolments for 2020 are very exciting. Plans are under way for the building of two new dormitories and the classrooms will be refurbished early next year.

Our junior students had success in intercollegiate debating, EPro8 and Matharapa. A group of 10 students boarded the Spirit of Adventure for a challenging five-day voyage in June and many students have gained Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

In cultural pursuits, our performance of Macbeth in the Sheilah Winn Intercollegiate

Shakespeare competition was very special, since it was Mrs Rogerson’s last time as director. We also had two winners in the Intercollegiate Music Competition and Performing Arts students wrote and performed the very entertaining “Mystery at Salt-rock Saloon.”

We were Sports College of the Year for 2019 for our incredible sport programme.

Twenty students gained “Excellence in Sports” awards for achieving representative honours or high levels of performance at regional or national level. Alongside the mainstream sports, the programme also includes waka ama, lawn bowls, road cycling, surfing, skiing, boxing fit, golf and rugby sevens development. Four afternoons a week, the van loaded with surfboards heads to Castlepoint for the popular surfing programme. The Health and Wellness programme makes sure we are meeting every students’ needs.

At the end of term two, we said goodbye to Mrs Elizabeth Rogerson, who has been Solway’s much-loved principal for 20 years.

She was farewelled with a formal poroporoaki which ended with a presentation of a pounamu and korowai. The girls learned the ‘Wahine Toa’ haka, composed for the school to show the love and respect the Solway community has for her.

Mrs Rogerson was presented with a pounamu and korowai by prefects Noemi Leinfellner and Travanna Graham.

House competition is a fun part of life at Solway College.

In term four, we welcomed our new principal, Mrs Janine Tupaea. Already, she has shown an appreciation of what we like to call the “Solway-way” - our philosophy that every student counts. We look forward to the future development of the school under her leadership.

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Our Equestrian Academy is in its second year on the premises and has continued to expand. Four students qualified for the prestigious ‘Horse of the Year’ competition.

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Solway Primary School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Solway School, Learning Together.

Mark Bridges Solway School has had a wonderful last 12 months and after 101 years continues to thrive. Every term is packed with activity, all with a focus on creating rich learning experiences for our students.

Solway remains both little bit town and a little country, we are a school that lets kids build huts and climb trees, a school with our community at the heart of all we do.

Solway enjoys tremendous support from our families who come out in force for everything from our school ‘Dancing with the Stars’ to our 6am Matariki celebrations.

Solway children develop a strong sense of self belief, they stand out as well rounded citizens of the world who are proud of their cultural identity. At Solway we focus on what matters.

We are currently experiencing a season of growth with the ministry developing plans for future expansion, by the time this goes to print the Railway land next to the school, ‘Butlers Field’, will be open for use. This land will add around 2 acres of additional play area for our children.

At Solway we learn together in a collaborative environment that focuses on what really matters. We have a fantastic team of highly dedicated, expert teachers who assure academic excellence across all curriculum areas. Our students overall achievement in Reading, Writing and Numeracy is consistently higher than the national average.

Our School is made up of three teams, Rangitumau, Remutaka and Tararua.

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The Rangitumau team at Solway, which is made up of 4 classes from New Entrant to Year 2, have had the most amazing year of learning.

We are into our fourth year of Learning Through Play and can see the beneÿ ts for the children with their social, academic and creative development. Highlights of 2019 include experiencing the excitement

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of Wings over Wairarapa, our second community Matariki Celebrations, a popular Grandparents day and our whole school production – ‘Dancing with the Solway Stars’.

We started Term 4 o° with Flower and Pet day and have been lucky to be able to swim in our own swimming pool in Terms 1 and 4.

We continue to have huge wh˛nau support from our school community for all these and many more exciting moments in time, during 2019.

It’s been another great year for the Year 3 & 4 Remutaka Syndicate. We developed an idea around independent activities in Literacy Time. Ako Stations were set up promoting agency and empowering student choice.

We strengthened relationships within our Community with support from local businesses who supplied tools and materials for our new construction area.

Digital Technology has been a key focus.

Students have learnt about coding and algorithms while using robots and a range of ipad apps.

The ‘Have a Go’ Day in Term 3 was a fun and energetic way for our tamariki to experience

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THE YEAR THAT WAS 2019 Kauri’s Dancing with the Stars rock n rollers.

and learn new skills with PE and Sports.

The Tararua team year has been full of sporting, cultural and learning experiences.

The year started with the presentation of Solway School’s first prize in the Colgate Community Garden challenge.

Our annual year 6 camp at Brookfield outdoor centre was once again very successful. The children and adults that went came home with lots of stories to tell about all their exciting outdoor experiences.

The sporting year has been full with teams, groups and individuals competing in school events, inter-school and regional events with distinction.

The children have taken part in mini sticks and Run, Jump and Throw programmes this year to build and develop their skills. This year saw the Ka Rewa resilience programme continue, and the children built on their knowledge of resilience and learnt strategies and had learning experiences which helped to continue their development in becoming more resilient.

and recited their own pepeha in front of their peers.

They were all involved in the Wonder Project’s Rocket Challenge. This involved outside experts coming in to help the students learn about lift, thrust, aerodynamics and other aspects of rockets.

Pohutukawa ready for the jungle.

They all designed and built a bottle rocket and had lots of fun while launching, modifying and relaunching them. The Kapa Haka team represented Solway at the local Kapa Haka festival and impressed with their energy and enthusiasm.

The children in the Tararua team are our leaders. They are role models to the younger children and lead the way. They do a fantastic job and are involved in all aspects of school life, along with caring for younger children entering school.

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The children visited Papawai Marae in Greytown, learnt some of the local history Solway Kapa Haka Festival.

Remutaka and Rangitumau teams America’s Cup R&D.

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South End School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Clare Crawford Kia ora As I write, South End School is about to celebrate achieving green-gold EnviroSchool status, of which we are extremely proud. South End is a vibrant primary school in the heart of Carterton – and the only school in the Wairarapa offering both Mainstream and Montessori education. We pride ourselves on catering for all students’ needs. We promote student health and wellbeing and emphasise the importance of being physically active. Recently we completed a new, asphalted pump track, which has proven a great asset. Our beautiful and expansive grounds provide a wonderful space for children to grow and develop their imagination and individual skills.

We welcome you to come and visit at any time to see how we could support your child.

Nga mihi Clare Crawford

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South End has vibrant gardens and a food forest.

As we look back at the many and varied activities engaged in by our tamariki so far this year, it is clear that a big part of our job as primary school educators is to help build our children into citizens of a community.

Joey Williams in the combined Carterton Schools Rock Band.

Arguably the most valuable and enjoyable activities have been those with our local schools, with schools in the Wellington region, with groups in our community, with parents, and with kaumatua.

A group of our children, along with others from the South Wairarapa Kahui Ako, attended weekly Kaitiaki Academy workshops where they have increased their skills in te reo and tikanga Maori. Our singing group recently attended Artsplash – Singing in Wellington.

Another group, with children from other Carterton schools, have formed a rock band that had its first gig at Daffodil Day. Our seniors were involved, for the first time, in the Tournament of Minds Challenge – where teams of students from the greater Wellington region were “given the opportunity to solve authentic, open-ended challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking whilst developing collaborative enterprise, excellence and teamwork”.

In April we held a very successful Book Character Day.

As they realise that there is a world beyond themselves, and engage with others, it is hoped that our children will be connected and caring globally-thinking citizens.

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St Mary’s School

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Baptism.

Karen Goodall A real highlight of 2019 for me has been the way the local schools have worked together to provide extra opportunities for students.

Year 7 and 8 students have had four days of electives, there has been a combined rock band from the Carterton schools and all South Wairarapa schools have been able to send students to the Kaitiaki group.

We also took part in the Town versus Country sports exchange with Brooklyn school travelling from Wellington to compete against us.

A big thank you from all of us at St Mary’s to our community who have helped make this year’s activities possible - we are blessed to have the support of some great people who put the sprinkles on top for us.

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2019 has been a busy and fun year packed with learning activities around our topic “Being the best we can be”.

We have covered the four aspects of Well-being - physical health, mental and emotional, social as well as our very important spiritual health.

fairies, gnomes, unicorns as well as trees and bunnies on dress-up day. It was also Production year for us and each class chose a Roald Dahl story to perform.

Book Week.

This year we introduced Celebration of Learning evenings where families could come into the school and take part in the activities that students had been learning about recently.

Pet Day was another great occasion and we were thrilled to see so many members of the parish and school community involved.

We enjoyed great success in the local EPro8 and Matharapa competitions this year.

We had another good year with sporting success with good numbers making it through to regional cross-country and our year 5 and 6 miniball team winning their grade.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Year 5 and 6 students camped at Mangapairi and made the most of the local environment by walking Patuna Chasm, the Pinnacles, seal colony and the lighthouse.

The senior class have been working hard this year to develop their entrepreneurial skills and have run fundraising events at Daffodil Day, Pet Day as well as the school disco.

Eleven members of our school community chose to be baptised and then another six were confirmed recently by Cardinal John.

We celebrated Catholic Schools Day with the other local Catholic schools earlier in the year and have recently introduced a small school choir that is involved in the singing at Sunday masses.

We have had a big focus on science this year with Mrs Crow teaching each class different science topics each week.

We were lucky enough to have the House of Science kits each week as well as take part in the Celebration of Science display and the Science Roadshow and the senior classes went to Wellington to see the NanoGirl show Our Book Fair theme this year was The Enchanted Forest which saw lots of

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St Patrick’s Primary School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Steve Wheeler ‘Preparing for the future in a Catholic environment’ We are a Catholic Integrated School catering for children from new entrants through to year six. We aim to provide every child with a high-quality education within a caring, respectful and Catholic environment.

At the heart of everything we do is the school values of ‘Strength & Kindness & Excellence’. Our school curriculum gives opportunities and experiences for all children to meet the ever-changing future with resilience and confidence. We highly value and promote all aspects of school life including sport, culture, environmental issues, performing arts and academic success.

“We are always keen to hear from families with a Catholic connection to join our amazing school community.”

Student-led conferences were held throughout the whole school in Term 3.

breakfast with the school community finished our morning celebration of Matariki.

The cultural links between Chanel and St Patrick’s are growing stronger as we shared our knowledge, kapa haka and te reo with each other.

Our senior cultural leaders have had the opportunity to take part in Poi Porotiti Tapara Patua and Nga Tama Toa programmes. This gives these students opportunities to develop Maori leadership skills and using the poi and tira.

Sport Sport is always a huge part of what we do.

Children have participated in many different sports including soccer, hockey, netball, basketball, cross-country, rippa and touch rugby, swimming and athletics. School activities have included a biathlon, crosscountry and athletics events.

St Patrick’s Biathlon brings out their fitness and competitiveness.

Students are experiencing being on stage and performing in a whole school production.

Performing Arts

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Daily life at St Patrick’s School brings many varied opportunities for our wonderful children to develop and learn in line with our school vision of: Through Strength & Kindness, we aspire to love all of God’s creation and strive for excellence in everything we do.

Some of the main highlights this year have included:

Cultural Events Continuous emphasis was placed on celebrating our Māori culture this year.

The Senior Syndicate celebrated Matariki by gathering early in the morning before sunrise.

The students and parents wrote their good intentions for the year and placed them into the burning brazier as a symbol of an offering to the Matariki stars.

Waiata and the sharing of gifts between Year 5 & Year 6 students took place. A shared

Children have always enjoyed taking part in a wide range of opportunities and this year has been no different. These have included our whole school production called “Looking Back”. The students experienced performing on stage with lights, microphones, curtain calls and all the theatrical elements that make a stage performance.

Kapa Haka festival, choir performances and whole school Monday morning singing keeps the arts alive and well.

Special Character As a Catholic school, we enjoy being able to celebrate our unique special character.

This includes daily classroom prayer, as well as an ever-growing Baptismal and First Communion programme. We take pride in our Patron Saint Patrick, as well as recognising the work of the Brigidine Sisters in the history of our school. We also take great delight in watching our children develop and live our motto ‘Strength & Kindness’ through their daily interactions, as well as the support of CARITAS, food bank appeals, and other worthy causes.

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St Teresa’s School

Year 7 & 8 camp at Riversdale.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Jennifer Muth “To develop confident, life-long learners within the Catholic faith.”

2019 consolidated our vision for the school where every child is supported to achieve their best academically, spiritually, physically, emotionally and socially. The wide range of activities supported both within school and within our community shows the diversity of talented students who learn creatively and digitally. I would especially like to acknowledge the support of the South Wairarapa community for the Donald Creek project; our teachers who so willingly share their talents and our families who support each other and our school so generously.

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Some of the amazing activities we have participated in this year: Term 1 • Monty’s Minders –walking Father Don’s dog every morning • Camp at Riversdale • Swimming sports • ANZAC Day Service • Ka Rewa Programme • Donald’s Creek project • Wings over Wairarapa • Harvest Festival Term 2 • Booktown writing • Speech Competition • Participation in the Teacher-led Innovation Fund • Brass band & ukelele lessons • Cross-Country • Catholic Schools Day • Basketball • Matariki Celebrations Term 3 • Hockey tournament • Football tournament • Rippa Rugby

• Production – “Rock the Boat – the Return of Noah’s Ark” • Dance Splash • Kapa Haka festival • Photography competition • Grandparents Day • Miniball • Matharapa Term 4 • House sports • Painting a mural of Noah’s Ark • EPro8 Challenge • The Gift of Giving • Athletics • Hands of Christ Homework Challenge • First Communion

Year 5-8 students at DanceSplash.

Year 6 students planting the banks of Donald Creek.

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Tinui School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Coasties hockey.

Richard Lennox I am very proud to be the principal of Tinui School. We are in the unique situation of being a small school offering smaller class sizes and personalised learning for our students. We are very lucky to have a very supportive board of trustees and a community that is always willing to engage with our school and participate fully in our school events. As we come to the close of 2019 and I reflect on the year that was, we have many, social, cultural, sporting and learning related successes that we can be very proud of at Tinui School and we are looking forward to ripping into 2020

The year started off with a fantastic Whānau afternoon picnic where our entire school community invaded the school on a Friday afternoon and mixed and mingled for a couple of hours, played student-led games and cooled off in the pool. It was also a chance for parents to catch up with staff.

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Whanau afternoon.

At the end of term 1 Amanda Cottle, our second Room 4 teacher, headed off to Australia and half way through term 2 we were joined by Mieke Couling who teaches 3 days per week in Room 4. In Term one our junior classroom headed off to Mataikona to study the rock pools and the whole school went to Wings Over Wairarapa which was a fantastic experience for students, parents and teachers who attended. We continued with the Ka Rewa resilience programme for years 4-8 which deepened our student’s understanding of tikanga Māori and Māori culture.

On the learning front we have continued to develop play-based learning in our year 0-3 class and have further developed individualised independent learning plans for our year 4-8 students, which was of great interest to the Canadian teachers who visited Tinui School this year to have a look at the way we learn at Tinui School.

In Term 2 we pinked it up for Bully Free Week and concentrated on preparing for cross-country. Four of our students qualified for the regional cross-country event on the Kapiti Coast. Our Coasties hockey team also punched way above their weight with our team comprising of year 4-8 students coming runners-up in the year 7/8 primary hockey grade and 3 Tinui School students from our team were selected for Wairarapa representative hockey teams.

Looking ahead, our junior roll is growing and going from strength to strength and we are very excited about the refurbishment of Room 2, which will become a maker learning space in 2020. This will enable us to fully utilise our STEM equipment which was won last year and will give our year 0-3 students a larger learning space. We would like to wish our school community all the best for the upcoming festive season and thank them for being so supportive of our awesome school.

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Hadlow Pre-School

SENIOR TEACHER’S MESSAGE

Wheels day.

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instantly through our Storypark eportfolio system allowing them to be actively involved in their child’s learning.

2019 has been an exciting year of growth this year as we have welcomed new sta˜ , many new children and their whanau.

Building work has started at the pre-school and the children are enjoying watching the diggers and the progress being made. We are looking forward to returning at the start of 2020 to a newly renovated pre-school and outdoor environment.

So far this year we have celebrated our annual sports day, Matariki and Grandparents morning tea together with our wh°nau. We have had trips to the Carterton Events Centre to watch Capital E perform, Aratoi and Mandy’s Gym. We have also hosted the Little Dog Barking Company to perform to us.

Our waiting list continues to grow so if you are interested in your child coming to Hadlow Pre-School please visit us or ÿ ll out a registration form on our website.

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Phone: 06 370 6961 Email: preschool@hadlow.school.nz www.hadlowpreschool.nz Like us on Facebook.

Hadlow School sharing their caterpillars with us.

We continue to enjoy our regular visits to Hadlow School joining Hub one in a te reo session and visiting the library weekly.

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Hadlow Pre-school welcomes three-and four-year-old children from throughout Wairarapa to our welcoming environment on the grounds of Hadlow School.

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We are part of the Trinity Schools, and welcome pre-schoolers who wish to enrol in Hadlow School as well as alternative schools.

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Children actively participate in a range of experiences, both planned and spontaneous.

The development of literacy and mathematical skills, along with our virtues, form the basis of our programme.

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Hadlow Preparatory School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Prep School Exchange.

Andrew Osmond 2019 has been an exciting year for staff, students and families at Hadlow School. Having been principal at Hadlow for nearly 18 months and being principal of two schools previously, I feel incredibly excited and privileged to lead the staff, students and our school community.

At Hadlow, traditions and values are blended with a clear, future focus to grow great people. This year Hadlow celebrates 90 years. I look forward to adding value and further developing the great work that has been achieved over the past 90 years.

There have been many highpoints and achievements for our students in a curriculum that offers depth and endless opportunities. At Hadlow, our students shine, grow and have success, in an environment that is supportive and positive.

We are also part of a family of schools that starts with the preschool and then after Hadlow, on to the secondary level at St Matthew’s Collegiate School and Rathkeale College.

is amazing what our passionate teachers and students accomplish every day. When the bar is set high, it is staggering what they can attain. Student achievement is always at the forefront of our learning, and so is developing the skills our students need for the future. Learning at Hadlow is personalised to meet the needs of each learner. Pastoral care and really getting to know each of our students is our number one priority.

Below are a few highlights from 2019.

-Sport and EOTC

As educators (and schools), we have the responsibility of teaching soft skills, such as creativity, collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking, communication and relational skills, to ensure our children are well prepared and can function and interact competently and confidently in our changing world. Hadlow has created the “Hadlow Learner Attributes”, this is a framework to ensure our students develop these ‘soft skills’; these are woven into our teaching and learning. Digital learning, learning styles and being a self-directed learner continue to play an important role for our students and teachers.

At Hadlow, we are incredibly proud of our students and teachers and what they achieve on their journey each year, and 2019 has certainly been another fabulous year in so many areas. In the learning hubs, on the sports field, with music and the arts, expectations are always high, and it

As well as teaching our ‘Hadlow Learner Attributes’, our school values play a pivotal role in the way we think, act and interact with each other. We all understand that building respectful and positive relationships is important at school, at home and in all our interactions now and

-Student Achievement -Teaching and Learning -Self-Directed Learning -Special Character and Anglican Ethos -Options, CAFE and Passion Time -Digital Technology and ICT -Leadership -Music and Performing Arts

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Learning and developing ‘Soft Skills’.

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Hadlow Preparatory School

School Disco – 80’s Rock.

Cricket at lunchtime.

in the future. Our six values of respect, kindness, creativity, teamwork, resilience and responsibility are the foundation for growing great people.

In Term Two this year, Hadlow had a ‘Special Character Review. This was conducted by the Anglican Schools’ Association. Like an ERO review, as Hadlow had last year, it is a great opportunity to look at areas you can celebrate as well as areas you can improve in. The review was incredibly positive and reinforced how ‘Special Character’ is an important part of the tapestry at Hadlow.

This year, our ‘Options, CAFE and Passion Time Programmes’ have seen our students engaging and making real life connections with interests, passions and people in our local community and further afield.

These programmes are designed to encourage and develop a range of skills and values for students, including innovation, critical thinking, entrepreneurial spirit, problem solving, teamwork and confidence.

This is one initiative that aligns with future-focused learning and making learning real. Our students absolutely love being involved with ventures and working with a range of people in different contexts.

In Digital Technology, our students use 3D printers, learn to code, make robots and are involved in electronics.

As well as ‘Digital Technologies’, STEM and Science are important parts of our school curriculum. Our students are also involved and compete in EPro8.

At Hadlow we believe in ‘Growing Leaders’ and giving our students, particularly our older students the opportunity to learn about leadership. They learn about the different qualities leaders have and also develop an understanding how people can develop these skills and qualities. Our students learn about goal setting, having grit, having empathy, service, making mistakes and having a growth mindset; all important in becoming a leader, or when following their dreams. Our Year 7 and 8 students are also involved in the William Pike Challenge Award when they move into the senior part of the school. The award is a primary school equivalent to the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The William Pike Challenge Award Vision is “to grow a world of young explorers who are ready to take on our rapidly evolving world.”

thrive and grow. In 2019 they have regularly performed in concerts and school events. Hadlow’s House Cultural Competition is a fiercely contested ‘House Music’ Competition held in Term Three. This year was a stunning year of performances from across all four houses. Our musicians learn a range of musical instruments and sit their music grade examinations each year. Hadlow’s Kapa Haka group also represented Hadlow at the Wairarapa Festival and our students enjoy being a part of this group. Hadlow also travelled to Wellington after preparing for Art and Dance Splash at the Michael Fowler Centre, where our choir and dance group were involved and performed, in a celebration of the arts. Many of our students enjoy speech and drama and work towards their New Zealand Speech Board Assessments.

Public speaking and learning to present a speech are also a part of our curriculum, with all students from Year 3 to Year 8 doing speeches each year.

Public speaking, like riding a bike, or kicking a ball or reading, is a skill, the more you practise and the more you are exposed to such opportunities, you will grow and develop these skills.

Music and the Performing and Visual Arts are areas where our students

Hadlow has always punched well above its weight in a range of sports.

This year, some of the sports our students have participated and competed in, for 2019, have been hockey, football, netball, swimming, cross-country, chess, cycling, touch, rugby, basketball, cricket, tennis, athletics, equestrian and golf. A lot of our fixtures are exchanges with other prep schools, where our teams get to travel around the lower North Island and experience travelling and playing together as a team. Some of these exchanges are billeting exchanges and the billeting experiences are often the highlight of the exchange and are treasured by our students, long after they leave Hadlow.

At Hadlow we have clear progressions and opportunities for all our students, when it comes to ‘Education Outside The Classroom’ – EOTC throughout the school year. Our students enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities and overnight trips and camps. Getting outside in nature and learning outside of the classroom, is nothing new, however, the benefits for students in our increasingly digital and busy world is huge.

Looking back at 2019, there have been many accolades to celebrate; above are just a few. Hadlow – The Year that Was – 2019. What a wonderful year!

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to the Natewa Peninsula conducting ecological research to benefit the development of a national park in the area.

• The ordination of Masterton Maori Priest Archdeacon Waitohiariki Quayle as the first Maori woman Bishop to Tikanga Maori, was held at Rathkeale.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Martin O’Grady The 2019 year has again been one we can look back on with considerable pride.

Developments both inside and outside the classroom continue to ensure that the College enjoys high levels of achievement and success.

The College remains at the forefront of initiatives. It continues to be a Microsoft Showcase School, a Duke of Edinburgh School and a School of National Character.

Academically it has been named as one of the country’s leading Decile 9 performers.

Culturally, spiritually, in sport and in community service we are determined to proudly represent Wairarapa.

Great teaching, widespread staff involvement in all aspects of school life and strong student leadership permeate the whole school and contribute immeasurably to the success the boys, and the girls in the Senior College, enjoy.

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We congratulate those who have achieved to their potential and are proud to acknowledge the accomplishments of many individuals and groups.

The prospects for 2020 are very bright.

Throughout the year the College community has experienced a plethora of highlights and significant achievements. They include: • Jacob Osborne was selected as a member of a group of young actors at the National Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival to go to the Globe Theatre, London.

• Joe Quinn (Y12) won the Wellington Regional U18 Shotput now 2nd best in the country.

• The 1st XI Cricket had an excellent season in 2019, wins against St Peter’s School, Francis Douglas Memorial College, and Wairarapa College. The outright victory against Wairarapa College in their annual two-day fixture is especially note-worthy as most of the first day was rained off, meaning that Rathkeale achieved an outright win in under a day and a half.

• Future Beef Expo - Liam Quirke first place Intermediate Maiden Handler Class, reserve Champion Handler, second intermediate Stock Judging, and member of the Rathkeale team (which also included Archie Woodhouse, Jurgen Schwanecke, Joe Quinn and Freddie Eschenbach) which won the award for Excellence Across the Competition and was also named the Allflex Future Beef Intermediate Ambassador for 2019.

Students attended Ngā Manu Kōrero 2019 National Secondary School Speech Contest.

• 1st XI Football finished 14th in New Zealand at the Premier Lotto Football Tournament in Napier.

• Jonty Roubos selected for the Tasman United Men’s Football team to play in the National League.

Viva Camerata - Recipient of The Big Sing 2019 Cadenza Excellence Award.

• 1st XI Hockey won the Johnson Cup in Invercargill – regaining entry to the Rankin Cup for 2020.

Service project - Helping out at Queen Elizabeth Park.

• Gus Borren and Michael Caldwell gaining selection into the Capital U18s Hockey team.

• Wairarapa Intercollegiate Swimming Finals. 36 Top 3 placings, including 18 1st placings, retaining the Jesse Bucknell Flying Squadron Trophy.

Biology students engaged in a practical assessment.

• Hillary House winning both the Winter House Sport, the Annual Gate Run and Cross-Country.

• Viva Camerata performed at Big Sing Cadenza in Wanganui in late August.

• Halberg House triumphant at House Music this year.

• The Major Production Guys and Dolls enjoyed a good season and reviews.

The venue at Lighthouse Church was a suitable replacement to the Auditorium.

• 2019 Wairarapa Secondary School Sports Awards - Sports Personality of Year Noah Boyce, Sportsman of the Year Noah Boyce & Sports Team of the Year Rathkeale 1st XI football.

• Level 2 Biology students travelled to Fiji

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St Matthew’s Collegiate School 310 STUDENTS

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Our service team deliver donated items from the ‘Green Trolley’ to the Masterton Food Bank.

Kiri Gill St Matthew’s Collegiate is an Anglican boarding and day school for girls from year 7 to year 13. We have the beneÿ ts of the urban vibe but within reach we have the tantalisingly rural serenity.

We retain the expectation of ensuring that all students are digitally ° uent. Being an integrated school, the daily encounter with Christ promotes compassionate, just and global students who contribute to the community.

Our endeavour is to engage in learning which embraces collaboration across learning areas developing self-directed learners who strive for personal excellence.

Our teaching and learning focus are the well-being of the learner, supported by a ° exible and welcoming learning environment enabled by technology.

2019’s word is Change Family Zone’s mobile app to assist parents to keep their children safe online, became a part of our norm. Social media issues reduced at school, but social media issues are hard to eradicate; they simply change.

What we have learnt is to encourage the value of family relationships because they provide the greatest safety.

The outbreak of measles in Christchurch caused widespread concern. Measles became a big issue again in term three, and in term four we are reminding folk of the need to be sure of their immunisation status as we move into National Exams. We have been prompted to make another sensible change with a School immunisation register for students and sta˝ .

Wellness has been a school focus. Life is not perfect – that’s how we learn; through those imperfect times. Someone’s desire to create separation in Christchurch this year actually pulled people together. It has woken us up, because Belonging, Inclusion and Acceptance should be the norm. In living our school value of Inclusivity, we also turned out in our gumboots to take note that ‘for many, having depression or anxiety can feel like walking through mud every day. We want our community to know that it’s important and normal to talk about the things that they’re dealing with internally.’

Year 9 students enjoy boating for their beginning of year camp.

Forums around changes to Tomorrow’s Schools and NCEA – have been a national focus. We have had our say to changes to NCEA; to be rolled out over the next 5-6 years. Some of the kinks will be sorted, but more it will look towards a more robust and equitable system – that is certainly the expectation.

Dame Silvia Cartwright once said: ‘World events have overshadowed a great deal of what happened in our country but today, as every year at Waitangi Day, we stop to look at ourselves as New Zealanders and where we ÿ nd ourselves as a nation.’ As our government looks to make NZ History compulsory in education; I say Ka Pai, tino pai.

The ÿ rst Global #Climate Strike in NZ on March 15 saw us unable to condone student absences, but it was di˛ cult not to be sympathetic to the voices of youth in the issues around Climate change and the impact of the world’s environment.

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Girls rehearse for this year’s Junior Production of ‘Legally Blonde’.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Conservation Week – cleaning up our beach, September.

Alistair Morrison A big thank you to all in the community for the warm welcome, at the start of the year.

It has been an exciting year at Tuturumuri School, with lots of big changes. It has been a real privilege to be part of this small community throughout this year and see some of the great learning that goes on in a small-class, rural environment.

Being able to witness the power of oneon-one learning and personalised learning programmes has been eye opening, with the great strides that all the students have made in their self-development in 2019.

None of this, of course, is possible without a very supportive community and fantastic parents.

robotics, circus arts and construction challenges peppered throughout the term.

Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, May.

Term 4: We started this term with a day class at Aratoi museum, looking at photography, as well as some water painting lessons. Pet day came and went with much fun. With the pool opened again in the warmer months, and the sun shining, we have spent a lot of time making the most of the summer. The first harvests from our garden vanished before lunch had finished, with grins all around.

A great year of learning and laughs at Tuturumuri School.

Weaving harakeke at Hau Ariki Marae for Matariki, June.

Exploring our local environment, July.

Another year goes by

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Term 1: Starting the year off with seven students and a brand new principal. We spent a lot of time out in the garden and in the pool, making the most of that summer sun. A trip to Wings over Wairarapa was a highlight, with lots of STEAM activities to partake in.

Term 2: Training for the Cross-Country and the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge took up the start of the term. In Term 2 we were excited to bring in a school lunches programme, which had the children planning, budgeting and cooking their own breakfasts, morning teas and lunches every day. Movie making and papier-mache saw the term out.

Term 3: A very art focused term. The students wanted to learn how to do spraypaint art, which became the focus of the term, cumulating in a beautiful mural being painted at the very end of the term. More food, as students continued to perfect the art of cooking, and beginning the garden and green house for spring. A few trips down to the beach and our river, to clean up and explore the environment. Not to mention

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Whareama School

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Giving everything a go and giving it your best is what we value as a Whareama School RURAL learner.

Darren Kerr This year has been another very successful year at Whareama School, with even more enrolments and the continual growth of our third classroom. Our students have been involved in a wide range of opportunities over the year. Whether it be inside or outside the classroom, the learning experiences that the students are involved in, are a special feature of our school. We have many students achieve at a high level in many curriculum areas and are regularly chosen to represent Masterton and Wairarapa in their area of talent. 2020 will be another big year for us with continual development of the work we have done in the creation of our new curriculum and curriculum redesign. We want to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and safe new year.

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THE YEAR THAT WAS -

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Bryana Jenkins and Kaitlyn O’Neale

Term 1

STUDENTS

The Whareama School students had a jam packed term one full of fun events.

A highlight for the year 7 and 8s was the William Pike Challenge that we did with Wainuioru. This was a beach audit at Riversdale and all the Year 7 and 8s loved learning about picking the rubbish up, how to categorise it and weigh it. The annual Kio-rahi tournament was hosted by our school and the students competed against other schools to win their section.

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This term was jam packed with many other cool activities like the Te Papa Trip and swimming sports to keep us busy in Term 1.

Term 2 In Term 2 the activities just kept coming.

Some of these included Cross-Country, where we had many students go on to regionals and Take a Kid Fishing Day which

was a fun experience for Oscar, Emily, Seth and Kaitlyn. We also had part two of the William Pike Challenge and we went rock climbing with Wainuioru. Winter sports started as well as Design Technology for the Seniors. Chinese with Iris started and all the students enjoyed learning new Chinese vocabulary and culture. Charlotte also gave us French language lessons, which was awesome. Our Matariki Day was a great way to celebrate all that we had achieved throughout the term with entertaining speeches and a community hangi. Term 2 was a busy, but really fun term.

Term 3

Caring for each other and our environment is important to us all.

Things didn’t slow down in term 3! In fact they seemed to speed up. We started music lessons and Kapa Haka practice with Hemi Walker, the Year 7 and 8s took part in Rural Kids and Learning Ambassador Programme.

We took part in weeding at Riversdale in the sand dunes. One of the highlights for the Y7 and 8s was the William Pike Ski Trip. All of us had the time of our lives learning a new skill that taught us about resilience.

Planning for Pets’ Day started and the students were excited about running their stalls. The Year 3-8s took part in the KapaHaka festival at Makoura College which was a really proud moment for us all.

Another part of the William Pike challenge was the beach clean-up at the local beach Riversdale. Term 3 was an awesome term and now we can’t wait to see what Term 4 has to offer.

Our Take a Kid Fishing Day is always a highly anticipated event.

Term 4 In the first week of Term 4 we had our annual Pets’ Day where everyone brings a pet to school and participates in class competitions. We also do athletics with Mark Harris and the Rural Cluster Athletics day.

This year has been really fun and our school just gets bigger and bigger! We are all looking forward to the last of this year’s activities and wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Cooper and Henrik at Pet’s Day.

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Tēnā koutou katoa!

The fabric of our community is woven together with a range of traditional activities. These activities, such as Pet’s Day, Anzac Day, working bees, and Rural Cluster sports, enable our community to unite and celebrate everything that is special about rural life. It also gives students and community members a sense of pride and satisfaction.

- Working with Oliver from Sustainable Coastlines with the Riversdale litter audit

This year we were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to make life long connections with the residents of Lansdowne retirement village.

- High ropes course

As the end of the school year draws near, I reflect upon all of the wonderful experiences and opportunities that have enabled my students to thrive in 2019.

I lead a talented staff who care deeply about their students and their well-being.

I have no doubt that having a great staff underpins a successful learning journey for our students.

This year has been a time of change. The introduction of our ‘Wai Kids’ values have provided a real focus for our learners to aspire to.

We celebrate these every week and challenge our students to live by our unique rural values.

Our new school vision and values ‘Wai Kids’ is one where ‘through our influence, example and efforts we aim to help our children to be respectful, have an active mind, invest in well-being, display Kaitiakitanga, ignite a passion for learning, be determined to succeed and to strive for excellence.’

The school values are blended with those from the New Zealand Curriculum to underpin students’ holistic development.

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Harry Oliver on the Remutaka incline.

We were excited to share our school with the Education Review Office (ERO) during Term 1.

This gave us the opportunity to celebrate our unique rural flavour, reflect on all of the positives occurring, as well setting new goals for the future.

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Our senior class spent a lot of quality time with their respective Pen Pals, and after some initial shyness, they really embraced the new experience.

We held a special lunch in the hall, which the students prepared themselves, and the residents enjoyed.

Rural School Connections Every year we spend a lot of time with our other rural counterparts - Tinui, Whareama, Mauriceville and Opaki. Our students have forged many friendships from these associations. This year we joined forces with Whareama to complete the William Pike Challenge.

Some of the activities the students

enjoyed were:

- Attending the Yr 7 & 8 ski trip at Tukino - Biking the Remutaka Incline - White water rafting - Camp Kaitoke

A Fresh Start In May, we embarked on an exciting journey to refurbish three of our classrooms. This was a huge undertaking for our community, as we had to utilise the local hall for a classroom for the entire term, as well as the school playgroup house. Although this was a novelty at the time, our children and staff were keen to get into their new classrooms. We took a cultural approach to the build, so the colour scheme was based around “Wairarapa ki uta, Wairarapa ki tai” (Wairarapa from the mountains to the sea), and a subtle colour scheme in the flooring flows through the three classes which represents the Ruamahanga River. It was an honour to have our Kaumatua Mike Kawana to bless our new learning spaces. This, in itself, was a rich cultural experience for our students and community to be involved in.

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Shelley Power

Head Girl Brooke Robertson and Head Boy Jackson Burling.

desire to see well-being as a central focus.

It has been another year of huge successes for Wairarapa College.

Amongst other highlights was a very successful visit from the Education Review Office in Term 2 who were full of praise for the changes that the school has been making in adapting its curriculum, teaching and learning to meet the needs of our students better. We are very proud of the changes that we have made. We continue to work with a forward-thinking and proactive Board of Trustees, very capably assisted by Helena Barwick as Limited Statutory Manager.

As the school moves forward, I would like to add my personal thoughts as I complete my Principalship here at Wairarapa College.

This is an amazing school; the students, the staff, our parents and the community work together in ways which truly offer our students the very best possible education, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Once again, we have had a year of considerable success on the sporting and cultural side. It has been superb to see so many of our students so successful. Tournament week, again, was a highlight with the success of our 1st XI Boys’ Football team, taking out the Trident Trophy for the second year running.

I look forward to hearing about the continuation of great work and, with the return of the Board after the elections this year, to see them continue the work they are doing in forming a new Vision and Strategic Plan, based on the extensive stakeholder consultation that was undertaken throughout Terms 2 and 3.

We would also like to acknowledge the successes of all our sporting teams and students across a wide range of codes and disciplines throughout the year. The cultural side has seen fantastic events for our students, such as ‘The Big Sing’ where our all-male choir, the Pogonologists, attracted the attention of MP Chris Bishop; WaiCol’s Got Talent; bands Signs of Life and She for the Smokefree Rockquest; Cantate, making the reserve list for the Cadenza Festival, and many other successes. Most recently, the student-written and student-led production of ‘Bus Stop’ by Head Boy Jackson Burling, has again shown the depth and breadth of talent we have here at Wairarapa College.

We are delighted that Poto College House, our boarding facility, will now remain open next year. The Board’s decision to close the hostel earlier in the year had been a very difficult one. However, it was amazing to see the way the community rallied around to find a viable alternative. We look forward to the reinvention of a key part of our school and the continued opportunities for our students to be part of a vibrant, family oriented boarding environment.

Year 9s enjoying learning map skills.

I have no doubt that Wairarapa College will continue to prosper, with a strong focus around our community and meeting the needs of the community and our students as they develop into great citizens.

I know I will continue to hear splendid things as I continue my own journey and I would like to thank all the people who have made me so welcome and who have supported Wairarapa College over the past three years.

Ms Shelley Power Principal

A strong team of equestrians represents the college at many events, including showjumping and dressage.

The heart of Wairarapa College and its mana were truly to the fore with the passing of Sir Brian Lochore, a well-respected student, Board of Trustees’ Chair and friend of the school. Many of our staff and students were involved in the organisation and support for the funeral, which was a fitting tribute for a man who made such a huge contribution to our nation and community. Once again, we were proud of our students and the dignity and respect which they brought to their various roles.

2020 will see a continuation of many of the changes that have come into being over the past couple of years, with the introduction of a second Year 9 digital class and digital options in Year 11 English, Maths and Science. Academic Mentoring will continue to develop, with more of a focus on the well-being of our students. This is increasingly an area that all schools are wishing to address and is part of our vision for the school moving forward, reflecting our The annual House Singing competition was fiercely contested and was an amazing occasion.

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WaiCol held many whole school events where house spirit was strong, like at the Athletics Championships at the beginning of the year.

WaiCol’s Got Talent was organised by the prefects, this event again showcased the depth of talent at the college.

Students enjoying cooking up a storm in Food & Nutrition.

Students from all areas of the college enjoyed competing academically against their intercollegiate peers, including this group at Epro8.

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Jack watches the butterfly drying its wings.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Pauline Harter It has been a wonderful learning journey since establishing our Montessori Centre in 1995. We moved to our present site 9 years ago, a former villa in Lincoln Rd, and this lovely home has become the ‘Children’s House’ I had dreamed of: A home for busy, confident and connected learners, teachers and children (parents too!) all learning together.

We have regular Parent Evenings to share the ‘magic’ of the Montessori learning materials the children use, and to discover the philosophy that guides us as teachers. A priority for us is to communicate with parents in order to share their children’s learning at our centre as well as in their home. We aim to follow the children’s needs and interests, nurturing their love of learning, being a friend and being part of a community.

Our Montessori Children’s House is an inviting, peaceful learning environment carefully prepared to engage our children in purposeful activities. This leads them to become independent and responsible for themselves and each other.

Our Montessori curriculum provides the children with specially designed Montessori learning materials and these activities are set out on open shelves to support place and order. It is this structure that enables the children to choose purposefully and maintain an orderly consistency in their learning environment. We incorporate children’s individual interests into the

curriculum on a daily basis as this is important across all learning contexts.

Throughout the day the children can choose from a wide range of learning experiences, from a range of curriculum areas such as biology, botany, geography, art, and maths to practical life including food preparation, baking, washing dishes and windows.

We have an established indoor-outdoor flow that follows the seasons and connects the children to daily changes in Nature.

Indoor activities include children working with colourful puzzle maps, construction materials, moveable alphabets, and a ‘bank’

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Marcus and Braxton explore the puddles with basters.

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Seb is working with the screwdriver.

Isaac and Mario grinding eggshells to put on the garden.

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Sophie listens to the letter sounds with the moveable alphabet.

with thousands, hundreds, tens and units for children to manage. Model animals are classified into biological families, diurnal or nocturnal, and world geographical areas. Tamariki study life cycles of the frog, butterfly, corn and apple. Children use real tools and objects to engage in real work.

Hammers and saws are for woodwork, while rakes, brooms, and spades are for the vegetable and flower gardens. Kaiako incorporate children’s individual interests into the curriculum on a daily basis.

Each year we have community festivals and evenings such as the Harvest Festival so that our tamariki can share our produce with

Adiah explores the golden beads.

their families, including walnuts, hazelnuts and Nashi pears from our lovely trees. We celebrate Matariki with a Lantern Parade so our children experience the beauty and excitement of the night sky, while singing and walking with their lanterns and later returning to the centre to share kai.

Marcus practises pouring through a funnel.

Each day is a celebration of who we all are: Growing, changing, caring for ourselves and each other as well as our beautiful Mother Earth, being well prepared for the children’s next educational and social steps in their lives.

Max counts all the quantities from zero to nine.

A lamb comes to visit.

Niya matches the cylinders with the holes.

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