Pouhere
Kia ora koutou e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū
LAST FULL WEEK, E TE WHANAU
We have a full week this week and for the last few days of the last week. A reminder that:
– Market Day down at Paenuku this Thursday 12th, 10am, all welcomed – XMAS gifts
– Paenuku prize giving this Friday 13th
– Paetata & Paetawhiti prize giving next Monday 16th
– Paenuku off to Rainbows end next Tuesday 17th and their last day of 2024
– Last day of Kura for Paetata and Paetawhiti next Wed 18th
– First day back Monday 10th February
Last week I escorted our graduate Year 13 (girls) over to the Gold Coast for a glimpse at what life outside Whangarei can look like. Since the inception of our Kura back in 2014, we have taken our graduates over to do work at the theme parks in the GC. After Covid, all work dried up and this year the parks were still getting back into the groove and didn’t have any work available. Our kōhine asked if they could still go for the experience and to celebrate their commitment to 13 years of schooling and achievement. We agreed.
Hopefully, next year the Parks will be in full swing and jobs are back on!
Whaea Rae
POUHERE
Paenuku
Ngā mahi māmā me te hihiko i te wiki tuarua o te mutunga tau i paenuku
Kei te tata te mutunga o tā mātou tau ako, ā, kua rongo ngā ākonga i te hari i ngā mahi o te wiki nei. I te kapa haka, i ngā kiriata Moana 2, me te takahi i ngā pātea i ngā rā wera, kua tino pai te rongo o ngā mahi. I roto i te akomanga hoki, kei te hāpai i te rōpū hoko paerewa mō tā mātou haerenga ki Rainbows End. Kei mahi pai rātou hei tautoko i ngā painga mō te katoa.
Ngā rā hirahira
Rāpare, 12 o Hakihea – Rā Mākete
Rāmere, 13 o Hakihea – Tuku taonga
Rātu, 17 o Hakihea – Haerenga ki Rainbows End
Paetata/Paetawhiti
Ngā pūrongo week 8
Kia ora koutou e te whānau, nau mai anō ki te karere nei o te wiki. The wheels are still turning in both whare and as we inch closer to the end of a busy term and year, there is still mahi to be done. This week, Paetawhiti did an Auckland University visit, that provided a platform of what education can look like, after school.
Auckland University
The Haerenga to UOA was all about normalizing University Entrance, celebrating high achievement, and making university a standard goal for our ākonga. Lecturers and ambassadors commended our ākonga for their enthusiastic participation, energy, and, most importantly, their respect for tikanga at the marae.
Paetata in science
Over the last couple of weeks Paetata has had the chance to explore our science lab and create simple yet fun (and messy!) projects including slime, obleeck, hokey pokey, sherbet. As they progress through Paetawhiti and Paerangi they will learn more details around the chemistry of these experiments, at the moment it is about curiousity, trial and error, discovery and forming thei own conclusions based on observations.
Big thanks to Matua Mohi and Matua Nev for being positive role models for our ākonga in our whare. For always stepping up when the extra support is needed and for being there to support Whaea Kay as Matua Wiremu has been teaching supporting down at Paenuku. E mihi ana
Noho marae ki tāmaki
A special shoutout to Saieti for their outstanding leadership, supported by Gazelem, who was always ready with mihi and waiata tautoko. Ngā mihi to Khaznae and Aqueila for leading the waiata, with strong support from Morgan, Tina, and Reanna, our amazing year 10 ākonga. Whaea Serena and Whaea Petina are incredibly proud of our ākonga for representing TKW so beautifully. We are grateful for this opportunity to inspire and uplift.
Attendance
PLEASE NOTE:
Along with disallowing cell phones and IT devices from being used in Kura (unless part of a lesson and allowed for learning by Pouako) another Government policy being measured is Student Attendance. See below:
The Government has set a target of 70% regular attendance for every student each term for 2024
Attendance is linked to both student wellbeing and to attainment. Ministry of Education insights studies show that attending Kura regularly is, on average, associated with more positive wellbeing outcomes. Attendance is also linked to student attainment, especially in secondary students.
Although we have a good attendance rate across the Kura, it can be better. Our attendance across both sites is usually around mid-high 70s.
We understand that there are valid and important reasons for ākonga to be out of school at times and this is ok but please let the tari know when and why your child is absent.
Tari Year 7-13 ring Whaea Jackie: (09) 955 9996
Tari Year 1-6 ring Whaea Sam: (09) 438 8033
Automated text notification of absence
We have reinitiated our automated text message system for absences starting next week. If your child is marked with an unknown absence in the morning on an automatic text message will be sent to the primary caregiver(s) to notify them.
Thank you very much to all whanau who have responded to these texts either by replying or contacting the office. This has made a significant difference to the number of unjustified absences we have.
Policies
Te Kāpehu Whetū has worked with SchoolDocs to create a website for our policies and procedures.
The school works on a subscription basis with SchoolDocs to maintain, update, and review our policies. SchoolDocs provides us with a comprehensive core set of policies, which have been well-researched and align with the National Education and Learning Priorities. The policies and procedures are tailored to our school, and the school supplies specific information such as our charter, and procedures for behavior management, reporting to parents, etc.
SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to changes in legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from schools, and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team. Our school board has the opportunity to view changes/additions and comment on them before they are implemented.
We invite you to visit the site at School Docs
Kaupapa
We believe passionately in our culture, our people, our ākonga, and we know that through hard work, commitment, and focused support they will achieve within the Kura and beyond. We do this hereby acknowledging the 28 Māori Battalion and the price paid for citizenship, so that ‘we’ can “Navigate Māori Futures”.
To do this we commit to success in all its forms:
Kia Māori – Be Māori – Be
An education that validates Māori knowledge and ways of learning.
Kia Mātau – Be Knowledgeable – Know
Encouraging innovation, inquiry, the development of specialised knowledge and skills.
Kia Tū Rangatira Ai – Be Rangatira – Do
Development of strong character and personal excellence, living with mana.
Nā
Raewyn Tipene
POUHERE
Important Dates
See Calendar for Key Events