Te Kura o Te Pāroa

“Mā te ngākau aroha koe e ārahi”

“Let a loving heart guide your decisions.”

I want to express my gratitude to our community and staff for entrusting me with the role of acting principal while Erin Te Pou is on study leave. With the support of Erin our staff and board of trustees, I am confident in my ability to continue making positive decisions for the benefit of the students at Te Kura O Te Pāroa. This week, we initiated the Tūmuaki pūmanawa o te kura awards during our school assembly to recognize students who exemplify our school value of Mauri Tangata through Manaaki, awhi, and aroha. Notable students include Milly Te Naiti-Archer for delivering fruit buckets, Raniera Keepa-Montgomery for starting the day by giving Whaea Ramia a hug, Summer Merito for daily smiles and hugs, and Logan Anderson and Manaaki Winitana for their role as bus monitors.

Our staff have been delivering exceptional learning experiences for your children and grandchildren. Please check your child’s class dojo and class facebook pages to see all of the amazing learning opportunities that have been planned. Please show your tamaiti and their kaiako your appreciation for their hard work and dedication by responding or writing a message.

I am pleased to officially welcome Ken Henry to Te Kura O Te Paroa as our new Year 7-8 Auraki teacher in Awarahe. The appointment committee was highly impressed with your qualifications, experience, and dedication to helping our senior students transition smoothly to secondary school. We have full confidence in your abilities to fill this role until the end of this year. We are excited to see the positive impact you will have on our students.

Nau mai, hoki mai Mr Henry.

Reminder whanau we have a Teacher only Day coming up on Friday 31st May and also Kings birthday on Monday 3rd June. School will be closed for all tamariki from Friday 31st May to Monday 3rd June. All tamariki will return to kura on Tuesday 4th June. Our school buses will be running as normal on Tuesday.

For some school parents and caregivers, the cost of mobile data can be a barrier to accessing school information and communications!

Not anymore!
We are excited to announce Skool Loop has aligned with Zero Data removing this barrier by providing free access to your school app.

Follow instructions below to turn off your data.

We have an extreme stomach bug going around, cases of shingles and covid 19. Please remind your tamariki to wash their hands and keep themselves healthy. Reminder whānau that if your child is unwell keep them at home to recover. Please contact the kura with the reason of absence and how long they will be off.

On Thursday 23rd May we had our kura Omanga Roa - Cross Country.

He maha nga mihi kia koutou.

1. Whānau o Te Kura o Te Pāroa.

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to come tautoko our tamariki. We had whānau help from the warmups, to marshalling, to manning the road, to taking photos and videos. We can’t express how grateful we are for all of you who arrived today!

2. Poroporo Womens Rugby.

Whāea Ihi put a tono out to her Poroporo Womens Rugby team to come tautoko. An extra pair of hands meant an extra pair of legs to run with the kids and man the corners of the paddocks. Nga mihi kia koutou. Hera Eruera we thank you for being our safety pair of eyes on the track.

3.The whānau who own the paddocks.

Without having access to the paddock’s whānau mā our middle/seniors tauira wouldn’t have had a long track to run. This meant our kids were exposed to: uneven surfaces, potholes and long grass… Nga mihi Rikki Tauroa me to whānau, Whāea Reremoana Hiha Ranapia me to whānau, Aiden me to whānau!

4. Kaiako mā/kaimahi o Te Kura o Te Pāroa.

Thank you all for playing important roles in yesterday’s events! From William setting up the speakers, to managing the kids, to marshalling, to fixing the Slip n Slide, to fostering little cheerleaders. We cannot thank you all enough!

When running around with the Junior kids, it was nice to see EVERYONE HI-FIVING!

This carried on onto the Middle and Senior track - all the kids were hi-fiving each other!

It reminded me of why we do what we do.

Results will be announced next week and our top 5 tauira for each age group will move on to Inter-schools Country held in Ohope Tuesday 4th June.

Proud of our tamariki, proud of our kaimahi, proud of our whānau and most definitely proud of our day!

Huri noa i tō tātou nei kura, nga mihi nui mo o tautoko i te rā o te Omanga Roa 2024.

It is important to use digital technology safely and responsibly. Parents and caregivers should monitor their child's interactions on social media platforms to prevent cyberbullying incidents. Even though these incidents may occur outside of school hours and off school premises, the repercussions are still felt within the school community. By keeping an eye on how your child behaves online, you can help prevent these negative behaviours from occurring.

Safe and responsible use of digital technology policy.

In keeping with our whole-school approach to student wellbeing, Te Kura o Te Pāroa promotes safe and responsible use of digital technology as a shared responsibility.

At Te Kura o Te Pāroa, we maintain a safe and responsible digital environment by:

· Setting and sharing clear requirements and expectations about acceptable and unacceptable digital use.

· Ensuring that members of the school community commit to these guidelines by signing the appropriate use agreement outlining requirements and expectations.

· Reviewing the digital technology use agreements annually.

· Educating students about the digital world, including understanding privacy and copyright laws, staying safe online, and protecting digital devices

· While at school your child’s interactions are monitored by the classroom teacher.

Review Instructions

In term 2 we are reviewing topics in the Employer Responsibility Policy section. See the full Review and Board Assurances Schedule

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.

Get started

The review opens Monday 29 April: 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.

Safety Checking

At Te Kura o Te Pāroa, we have a responsibility to ensure the safety of our students under the Children's Act 2014, Education and Training Act 2020, and Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. One of the ways we meet this responsibility is by carrying out safety checking to limit the risk of harm to students. Safety checking involves a risk assessment of a person's suitability to have contact with our students.

Under the Children's Act 2014, the board of Te Kura o Te Pāroa is responsible for ensuring all children's workers employed or engaged by the school are safety checked before their employment or engagement begins, and then every three years. We may also safety check others as appropriate.

Who we safety check

We safety check core and non-core children's workers as required by the Children's Act. The Children's Act defines children's workers as those working in, or providing, a regulated service that may involve regular or overnight access to a child/children without a parent/guardian present. The board determines whether a children’s worker is a core or non-core worker at Te Kura o Te Pāroa based on their role. Part of the safety checking process involves police vetting.

We may use our safety checking procedures for others employed or engaged by the school (even if not required by the Children's Act), including those we are required to police vet under the Education and Training Act 2020 (Schedule 4). See Police Vetting.

How we safety check

The board or their delegate is responsible for completing the following safety checking within the required timeframes and before the person starts work at the school. We are mindful of potential or perceived conflicts of interest when carrying out safety checking. See Conflicts of Interest.

Record keeping

The school maintains a record of all safety checks and police vets, including the dates. We also keep records of assurances and risk assessment information if checks were conducted by others.

All safety checking information is kept confidential and managed according to our privacy and records retention policies. Records are kept securely for seven years from the date of the last action before being destroyed. See Privacy and School Records Retention and Disposal.

The principal assures the board that all children’s workers employed or engaged by the school have been safety checked before their appointment. The principal confirms that all children’s workers have been safety checked as required within 3 years of the previous check. See Self-Review and Board Assurances.

Whānau please contact the kura when your tamaiti is away.

When you are reporting absences please give students full name, class, reason and how many days away.

Ways of reporting student absences are:

Ring the school office - 3086652.

Send Txt message to 0274471900.

Send via skool loop app.

Send message to classroom teachers.

Every day counts.

Attendance + Attitude = Success.

TERM 2 events

Week 5

Girls Future Ferns - Rugby (Yrs 3-8) - Wednesday 29th May

Week 6

Inter-Schools Cross Country (8-12+ yrs old) - Tuesday 4th June

Tackle 5s Rugby (Y5&6) Wednesday 5th June

Week 7

EBOP Cross Country (Qualify from Inter-Schools) - Thursday 13th June

Week 8

EBOP Ki O Rahi (Yrs 5-8) - Thursday 20th June

Week 9

BOP Cross Country (Qualify from EBOP) - Tuesday 25th June

The mobile dental unit is on onsite from Monday 29th April to Friday 7th June 2024

Our dental team will be seeing the most overdue tamariki/children during this visit.

Our dental team will notify the whanau and families prior to their tamariki’s dental appointment.

When you receive this notification, please contact the team to update any contact details, confirm medical details or renew permissions for examination and dental x-rays.

Current service demands and delays weigh heavily on our teams and your kindness and support is appreciated.

If you have any queries or urgent dental concerns, contact (027 296 9624) or 0800 TALK TEETH for further help and advice.

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.

Term 2

29 May - Girls Future Ferns - Rugby (Yrs 3-8)

30 May - Strike to Schools - performance show

31 May - School closed - Teacher only Day

3 June - Kings Birthday (Public holiday)

7 June - Mufti Day

13 June - EBOP Cross Country

20 June EBOP Ki O Rahi (y5-8)

25 June - BOP Cross Country

27 June - Matariki whanau engagement day.

28 June - Matariki (Public holiday)

5 July - Term 2 ends

Rangitaiki Kapa haka festival - Date to be confirmed

Term 3

22 July - Term3 starts

School Wide Extravaganza

Sept -Written reports weeks 9.

Sept - Parent interviews week 10.

Term 4 -

Whanau engagement day

Prize giving day

Email: office@paroa.school.nz
Website: www.paroa.school.nz
Location: 34 Paroa Road, Whakatane 3191
Phone: 073086652
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/910834023142312