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Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,

Firstly, a big thank you to all of those parents who were able to help out on Friday for our Food For Thought supermarket trip. Our tamariki had a fantastic experience and really got to put all their learning into practice in an authentic context. It was wonderful to see them hunting out healthy options to incorporate into a balanced diet. Check out seesaw for some fabulous pictures of them on their trip.

Learning plans have been sent home today - please ask your child for them if they have not already proudly presented them to you!

Great Kiwi Mathematics Competition - will be held on Friday 29th June. Students need to ensure that they have devices charged as the competition will be carried out digitally. Good luck to all those taking part!

Learning Celebrations will be held on Wednesday, 27th of June from 2-4pm. This is a change to the advertised time of 1:30-3pm. We invite all whānau in to share in our tamariki’s learning. We will start the celebration at 2pm with a small welcome (or paepae - the way we start off our days in Kahurangi). A few students have requested that they share some items they are particularly proud of and then you are welcome to look around our pod, share in your tamariki’s learning, and have a go with some of our favourite activities! We hope to see you there.

A union meeting will be held on Thursday 28th of June (this week). As all staff are members of the NZEI, we would appreciate if you are able to take your students home at the beginning of lunch to allow us to attend the meeting. If you are unable to do so, please let the school office know by tomorrow - Tuesday 26th June to allow us to ensure we have provisions in place to supervise those students staying at school. Email cdurham@whakarongo.school.nz. Aplus will be available from 12.30 on this day.

2018 Reading Challenge - Whakarongo School are taking part in the Hell’s Pizza Reading Challenge. This is a great initiative to encourage children to read more. To check it out go along to our library blog. Let the reading begin!

Assembly this week will be hosted by Tautoko pod. All whānau are welcome.

Homework continues to be the Chapter Chat independent tasks. These have been shared with our tamariki and are available on the blog.

Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako