As many of you will be aware, there have been Band Quest auditions this week. We are so incredibly grateful to Whaea Vicki, who not only has an incredible passion and talent for music, she also gives up a lot of her own time to make this happen for our tamariki. 

Much like the Kapa haka team, there are limited spaces available for our School Rock Band and there are many reasons why children are selected. Vicki has the overall professional knowledge and judgement for not only who will perform the best when the time comes, but who will merge best together as a group for the Band Quest competition. 

We are so proud of all who have put themselves forward, and wish to congratulate the tamariki who are selected. The band members will be notified tomorrow. This is a difficult decision and we ask you to support Vicki’s judgement as we do. Any questions or queries can be directed to Fiona Gott 

CALLING ALL YEAR 5 and 6 NETBALL PLAYERS!

Quick action needed. We need 5 more players ideally. 

We have a few keen players that are currently looking at joining a team from over the hill, but if there is enough interest here, we could make our own Year 5&6 team! This is exciting. We would also need a parent to step up in the coaching role. 

Games are Wednesday nights 4, 5 or 6pm depending on the roster. There would also be a practice afternoon ... most probably a Monday arvo after school.

There will be a team registration fee, split evenly amongst the members. We are thinking that our Te Mata t-shirts will be great, but a black skirt and bibs will need to be sorted as well - we can sort details as soon as we know we have a team.

If you have a keen player from Year 5 & 6 please email/call Kristy Shaw
Kristy_friend@hotmail.com or 0275241221

Exciting news everyone, the classrooms are on their way with the groundwork being completed over the next few weeks. This leaves us with the HUGE task of resourcing the new rooms with up to date and effective equipment for the teachers and students. The Ministry of Education do not include basic teaching equipment such as whiteboards, T.V’s and speakers etc, so we are going to be raising money through our  ‘buy a brick’ fundraiser.  The details are below, so let’s get on board and cement your brick forever and create some lasting change for our new classrooms. Thank you all for your continued support. Spread the word far and wide to the greater community. Order forms will come home shortly.