Kia ora e te Whanau Katoa. We are excited to share our ‘Film’ Te Whakatauki o Ngai Takoto – Our Retelling with you all. Students in Te Kauru created the film starting by finding out more about the Whakatauki, creating a storyboard to help with the retelling, and then using it to guide who and what mahi needed to be done. Students were the scriptwriters to retell the whakatauki, camera people, prop makers, costume collectors, sound and effects crew, film editors, and of course the wonderful actors from Te Kauru, Te Tinana, and Te Pihi. A big pakipaki to them all.

We hope you enjoy our film.

Kia ora e te Whanau o Te Kauru

We are very privileged to have Matua Hori join our Kura as our Kaiako Kapa Haka this year.

Matua Hori is working with the 3 senior classes [Te Whare Kuaka] –  Te Manga, Te Puawai and Te Kauru,  and with the year 3’s from Te Tinana from [Te Whare Kiwi].

Kaupapa – Learning a new Karakia together.

E te Atua

Manaakitia mai matou

Ki runga i tenei mahi

Kia rere te waiata

Kia kaha te haka

Tuturu whakamaua kia tina…tina

Haumie, hui e, taiki e!!

Nga mihi Matua Hori. Kia pai to mahi.

Nga mihi katoa to all the Te Kauru parents who came along to the Meet the Teacher evening. It was great to meet the new whanau with tamariki in Te Kauru, Nau mai haere mai, and to catch up with whanau who have been at Paparore School since their child/ren started at our Kura.  Nau mai hoki mai.

I look forward to sharing your child’s/children’s learning journey with you this year.

Nga mihi

Te Kauru – Term 1 Class Description 2024

The class is of mixed abilities with 30 students 

The class timetable has:- ourl learning areas include – Literacy, Math, Te Reo Māori, Inquiry / Topic study [Science. NZ history, Social Sciences] The Arts, Health and PE. We also engage and participate in a range of extra-curricula activities outside  the classroom and with specialist providers.

Times to remember

• Library time is Monday at 9.35 a.m.
• Music time: Wednesday The last block of the day is from 12.50 to 2pm. 
• Swimming: Monday (8.50–9.15am) Tuesday and Wednesday (9 – 9.35 am)

On our class site, you will see students are timetabled for Mihi and Karakia for the term. Most students can do both confidently in class and at assemblies.  Positive behaviour and good choices are acknowledged with positive praise, e-dice cards, class certificates, and students of the week. We have high expectations of the students in terms of academic achievement and behaviour. 

Nga Akonga are expected to work to the best of their abilities, to work towards being self-managing independent learners, and to follow our School Values. 

Nau mai haere mai ki te akomanga o Te Kauru 2024.

The movies have been played on the big screen at the Te Ahu Cinema in Kaitaia on Wednesday 13 September 2023. This is one of the lucky movies to be chosen from our school. Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of this movie. Please click on the link to view other Manaiakalani Film Festival movies. Please enjoy and feel free to leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment below for the students.

Our theme for the movies this year was “Northland History” The movies have been played on the big screen at the Te Ahu Cinema in Kaitaia on Wednesday 14 September 2022. This is one of the lucky movies to be chosen from our school. Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of this movie. Please click on the link to view other Manaiakalani Film Festival movies. Please enjoy and feel free to leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment below for the students.

Another activity for the Tuturu Tangata programme saw us designing and decorating plastic pots for planting.
Whaea Nat organised the pots, stickers, and marker pens for us to create a decorative pot. Firstly, we had to design on paper and then recreate our design onto the pots.

Friday 18th March – As a part of our Sea Week / Month inquiry we were lucky to travel to Waiari to spend the day investigating and enjoying a school trip to a beach with our classmates and friends from Te Putake. A great day had by all.

Waiari Ataahua

Orange Level / Masked / School trip Yay!!
Making a Merman??
Snorkling. Looking for Kina.
Kayaking with the Parents.

The Tuturu Programme is organised and run by Whaea Nat from Te Rarawa. In her second session, we made Swiss balls and Smoothies. They were both delicious. Our next task was to record our experience on a poster.
By Mihi
By Blake

This week we spent 2 sessions with Jo from St Johns. We talked about places in our school where most accidents happen, the type, and the most common injuries. We also discussed how these accidents happen and possible solutions to minimise them.