Week 11

Where has the term gone?

Well it is so hard to believe that we have nearly reached the end of the term, looking back there is so much to reflection upon.  Some of my personal highlights have been, working with highly skilled & like minded colleagues, seeing students transition from primary to intermediate with ease, confidence and maturity, taking the whole syndicate on camp to the beautiful Omaio, building a syndicate that promotes & displays our core school values - Respect, Intergrity, Self Management, Excellence as well as our syndicate values Kotahitanga (being as one), Manaakitanga (looking after one another) and Whakawhanaungatanga (building relationships) and finally feeling privileged to spend everyday with some energising, inspiring & truely fantastic students who make coming to school each and everyday a real pleasure.

Check out our certificate winners from last week

Hayley, Aria, Carlos, Monaro & Junior .  Aria and Monaro were our classroom award winners while the others were apart of the gisborne Intermediate touch teams who travelled to the BOP last week to compete in the touch tournament.  These players were also the first to receive an official touch rugby badge for their efforts.  Tu Meke!


Last week we visited the museum as part of our studies on ANZAC.  It was very powerful to hear the students reflect on what they learnt from the lesson and to see them make connections with some of the soldiers on display by matching their last names.  Hopefully this has inspired them all to learn more about these very important people who fought for us to live the life we do today.

Writing Extension

Hayley, Mairangi, Kiwa, Rongomai & Caleb were fortunate enough to be apart of the Turanganui writing extension group for this term.  With the theme being ANZAC the group used the dove as a symbol to express their writing.  This masterpiece was created by the whole group and is visual reminder once again for our fallen soldiers.

Please check out our Turanganui Blog for more detail on our week ahead, as there is lots going on this week.

Week Ahead

MONDAY

• School Anzac Ceremony
• Tech

TUESDAY

• Learning Conferences start - From 3pm
• School Photos Class & Individuals

WEDNESDAY

• Learning Conferences continue starting at 1.00pm
• Creative Challenge performances

THURSDAY

• Learning Conferences continue starting at 1.00pm

FRIDAY

• Kapa haka extension
• Turanganui Celebration Brunch.