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Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,

We’re all set for a busy few weeks so here are the highlights!

We wish our Super 10 Rugby players all the best in their tournament held at Coley Street in Foxton tomorrow. We are sure they will have a fabulous day! Parents are welcome to go and support our team.

Waiata for the Kapa Haka Rōpu Teina group has been added to the Kahurangi blog to practice at home . Please encourage your tamariki to become familiar and confident with these and give them the opportunity to ‘perform’ for you at home.

On Wednesday we will be making a start on our food wraps. Just a reminder that we are asking students to bring in a piece of 100% cotton fabric (30cm by 40cm) to use for this project. If you are unable to supply a piece of material, please contact your child’s pouako so we can organise additional material.

Orders for the PTA Cheeseburger lunch on May 23rd are available online at www.mykindo.co.nz. There will be no order slips going home this time.

Homework will continue to be exploring their independent Chapter Chat tasks. In addition to this we asked our students to upload their Whakarongo Kid goals onto Seesaw today. Please take the time to look at these together and support your tamariki in reflecting on their learning habits. 

Cross Country - We are looking forward to Cross Country which will be held on Friday 8th June. Our students are training extremely hard and displaying loads of perseverance in, and positive attitudes towards their training. Please find all additional information in the attached newsletter.

Disco - This will be held on Friday from 7:30 - 9pm. We look forward to seeing our tamariki outside of school and getting their groove on :) Please find additional information in the newsletter.

Cycle Skills - Our Cycles in Schools programme will take place in week 4. Students are asked to bring bikes to participate in this programme. Helmets are mandatory. Please take the time to read over this notice with your child and contact your homeroom teacher if your child is a complete beginner, does not have a bike or does not wish to participate in the road ride.

Science Fair - Due to the interest we have had from students wanting to participate in the Science Fair this year, we will be holding an ‘in-school’ competition before nominating projects to represent our students at the Manawatu Science and Technology Fair. We have attached an updated newsletter below. Please note that if your child wishes to participate you will need to email rplank@whakarongo.school.nz by tomorrow, Tuesday 15th of May.

Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako