Newsletter for Wednesday 6 September

Kia ora koutou,

Our Kapa Haka students have been practicing hard for the performance at the Taoipenga Festival next Tuesday. A special thanks to Bonnar Hall, Will Hunter, Harry MacLeod, Charlie Tatere, Eden Coomber, Harlan Vadnjal and Hui Harvey-Rameka - who were a huge help supporting teina roopu/group with learning their haka. These boys were a huge help to Mrs Watts and Matua Grant.

If your child is in Kapa Haka, please read the information sent out via HERO this week regarding the organisation on the day. With almost 240 students participating in the festival, there is a lot of organisation that goes on behind the scenes so please ensure you have read the information sent out so that you know what is required on performance day. The information is also included in today’s newsletter. The code for the live feed will be sent out on Friday so that whanau who can’t attend are able to watch it online.

Thank you to the parents/caregivers who attended the parent information evening on Structured Literacy last Wednesday evening. Mary-anne pulled the name out of the kete and the winner of the $50 voucher goes to Kirsteen McDonald.

The students of whanau who attended the evening will have a morning tea provided before the term ends. Our teaching teams were very competitive when it came to displaying some of the resources they use to teach literacy!

We have decided to have a whole school Literacy Mufti Day to coincide with the Pizza Day - next Thursday 14 September.

Have a great week!

Ngā mihi nui,

Andrea Hunter

Principal

Taupō

Kia ora whānau

Thank you for organising your child’s needs for the Taiopenga Tūwharetoa. We have quite a few named paper bags with plain black shorts or skirts in the classrooms. Black tape works well to cover logos.

Updates, please read:

Please note that the hair on the day for all akonga/students who have hair long enough will be half-tied up in the front and worn down at the back. Please ensure that your child comes to school with their hair styled in this way on Tuesday 12th September.

Tuakana ngā kotiro (Year 4-8 girls) will wear a moko and they may wear black eyeliner on the day. They will need to have their own black lipstick and eyeliner and apply this themselves. The temporary tattoo will be sent home with instructions on Monday (the day before the festival). The tattoo needs to be applied at home after the students have had breakfast and brushed their teeth.

There will be no sharing of lipsticks.Teina/junior ngā kotiro/girls also each need their own.

All akonga/students will come to school in their school uniform on the 12th and get changed at school. Please check that your child has covered shoes and a school jacket or fleece to wear on the bus.

Reminders:

Your tamariki/child needs to bring the following to their class before Thursday 7th September- in a named paper bag with their class number written on it:

All boys need plain black rugby-type shorts. These need to be named.
Year 1,2,3,4 and 5 girls need a named plain black knee-length skirt to wear under their pui pui.
All girls (including teina/juniors) may wear their own black lipstick which can be purchased at the $2 shop. We have a very limited supply available for purchase from the school office.
All the akonga (students) will need to wear their school fleece or puffer jacket and covered shoes on the bus.

Where: Taupō Events Centre (A.C Baths complex)

Entry: Gold coin koha upon entry to the complex

When: Tuesday 12th September 2023

When: Teina (Years 1,2, 3) 11.15 am

Tuakana (Years 4,5,6,7,8) 1.20 pm

How: The akonga will travel by bus to and from the Events Centre.

If you wish to take your child home after their performance they can be picked up from Hilltop School and signed out as soon as they have returned by bus and changed out of their costume.

Nga mihi