"Tūrikihia Tōu Tāumata Tiketike.”
Pursue your personal excellence. Find your passion, Find what makes you happy, and create your goals.
On Monday 26th August we were blessed to welcome Mahina Paul back to Te Kura O Te Pāroa. As an esteemed former student and current Olympian, her presence served as an inspiring example for our students. Mahina embodies the qualities of a role model, a wahina toa, and a dedicated advocate for women's rugby. We are deeply grateful for her time and the invaluable opportunity she provided for our students at Te Kura O Te Pāroa. She is an example of a student that has worked diligently to achieve her Tāumata Tiketike. We are so proud of you Mahina Paul.
Kia ora whānau
Camp Awesome in Raglan last week was a huge success. 16 tamariki and 7 adults were able to attend the Institute of Awesome Raglan residence. This bush setting was perfect for setting our minds into the Putaiao thinkers we needed to be! Thank you to our facilitators Matua Kawana and Matua Maitara for making the bi-lingual, Matauranga Maori camp possible. The three days allowed tamariki to practise team work, communication, engineering, problem solving and creativity skills. Hopefully the camp will reinforce to tamariki how amazing Putaiao is in different environments!. The highlight for many was definitely the glow worms and spotting the kereru outside the dining room. Thank you to our parents and tamariki for the support and awhi and finally getting us there! We are sad to learn that the Camp is closing, but we hope we can bring the facilitators to the Eastern Bay and create our own Camp Awesome in the coming future, so watch this space!
Review Instructions
In term 3 we are reviewing topics in the Employer Responsibility Policy section.
See the full 2024 Review Schedule and Board Assurances
Who reviews our policies and procedures?
- All reviews are open to board members, staff, students, and the school community (parents/caregivers/whānau).
- Anyone can review any policy/procedure that has a review button.
The board is responsible for board-level overarching policies. The table below shows which topics the board should review. Note that other reviewers can review these topics too; they're not exclusively for the board. See Board Responsibility.
Get started
The review opens Monday 8 July. To start reviewing, click on a topic name below, then click the Start your review button. If a link is inactive, your school doesn't have the topic.
Note that if you'd like to provide feedback on a topic that's not listed below, you can still do so if it has a review button.
Tēnā koutou katoa,
I would like to introduce myself as your new BOP Public Health Nurse. I will be taking over from our clinical coordinator Susan Jenson who has been relieving this role for the last year. I am very excited to get to know your school and community and hopefully be of assistance helping with your Tamariki’s health needs.
A little about myself – I was born in and raised in the South Island and did some of my schooling in Australia. I did a lot of travelling after school and upon return, decided to study Nursing at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Tauranga. I have been residing in the Eastern Bay of Plenty for the last 9 years and feel very much at home here. I love the outdoors especially hiking and surfing. Whānau is very important to me. I have returned to work after being on maternity leave for the past year and am delighted to be taking on new Kuras. I will be servicing Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Wharekura o Ruatoki, Tawera Bilingual School, Te Kura o Taneatua, Waimana School, Te Kura
Mana Maori o Matahi and Nukuhou North School.
So what does a Public Health Nurse do? We assist in all things ‘health’ and help to point you in the
right direction. Where you are unsure, we will give you the answer (or stand alongside you on your
journey in finding the answer). We are great at linking you up with the right services and helping to
collaborate a health care plan for your Tamariki. We can also provide certain health assessments
ourselves, routine kura visits, home visits for specific health concerns, early intervention for health
issues and communicable disease information. Part of my role is also to provide vaccination as part of the school-based vaccination program (year 7 and 8s). We work in a big team equipped with our very own ear specialist nurse, hearing and vision technicians, as well as pre-school and adolescent public health nurses. We work for Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) and have the privilege to have
access to paediatricians (specialty children’s doctors) in special circumstances as well as the child
development team which is full of wonderful health professionals who excel in meeting our Tamariki’s needs.
Jessika
Public Health Nurse
Community Health 4 Kids
Servicing Kuras: Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Wharekura o Ruatoki, Tawera Bilingual School, Te Kura o Taneatua, Waimana School, Te Kura Mana Maori o Matahi and Nukuhou North School.
Days of work: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
waea pūkoro: +64 27 253 9467 / DDI +64 73063068
| ext: 4568 |īmēra: jessika.saunders@bopdhb.govt.nz
Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty
Whakatane Hospital | PO Box 241 | Whakatane 3158, New Zealand
Tamariki pick/drop off
Please DO NOT park across the road when dropping off or collecting tamariki. You need to drive around into the bus bay area.
Drop off and pick up times in the bus bay area :
AM: Between 8am-9am
PM: Between 2.40pm and 3pm.
Some parents are still parking across the road waiting to collect their tamariki in the afternoons. We do not want to see any near misses or fatal accidents with any of our tamariki outside the kura.
Health checks at Kura
The nurse from Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa will come into the kura every Tuesday from 10am to do student health checks. If you would like your child to see the nurse, please ring the kura on 07 3086652 or go onto Skool Loop to complete the permission form.
Rheumatic Fever - Strep Throat.
Rheumatic fever commonly appears in school age children, it is a preventable disease by identifying sore throats caused by strep throat. Treatment is a course of an appropriate antibiotic. Team of trained professionals can ensure the prevention of this disease through early detection and are based in schools within Kawerau and the surrounding areas including Whakatane.
Nurses from Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauroa come into the kura every Monday from 1-2pm to do free throat swabs and basic skin assessments.
If you would like your child to see the nurse, please ring the kura on 07 3086652.
School Contact Details
Email: office@paroa.school.nz
Website: www.paroa.school.nz
Location: 34 Paroa Road, Whakatane 3191
Phone: 073086652
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