Kia ora koutou,

What a wonderful Book Week we had, with everyone reading and sharing their favourite books. The competition this year focused on the favourite character with each of our tamariki writing a description of theirs. Classes then voted for their top favourites who then competed in front of the whole school.  The character that proved most popular was Manny from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Alice, Cedric and Sam A took out the prize as Manny was the favourite character for all three. 

We had great delight, last week seeing the range of book characters that came to school - our tamariki and whānau excelled with their efforts so ka pai to you all. Thanks to Sophie, the staff looked fabulous as the characters from ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ Check out FB and Instagram to see more. 

Our grateful thanks to those who supported the school by purchasing at the Book Fair - may you have many hours of fun and reading. 

Thanks to Te Moana for leading our Assembly this week - it was great to hear the quality of the creative writing and to find that they are exploring what their individual strengths are - Ka Pai Te Moana.

We loved having NED visit us, even though it was an online experience, we all still learnt a great deal. As Ethan explained to us in,  ‘Last week we had a visitor on zoom. His name was Ned and he talked about what his name stands for.

N is for never give up,

E is for encourage and

D is do your best.
The yoyos remind us of Ned's name and what it means.’ 

Thanks to all those who bought yoyos as this allows us to pay it forward to another school to benefit from learning about growth mindset and your child now has something to practise persistence with as they master the various yoyo tricks.

Sadly this week we took down the cross on He Atawhai facade while we wait to hear from Catholic Education as to when the facade will be repaired. By taking the cross down we are able to reopen the ramp for use. 

Ngā manaakitanga

Denise