Te Kura o Te Pāroa

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the whanau who participated in our Ra Whakawhanaunga Day. This event served as an effective platform for fostering new relationships while informing the whanau and tamaiti about the strategic focus areas for 2025.

“Mā whero, mā pango ka oti te mahi.- By working together, we will achieve success for our tamariki-mokopuna.”

Nau mai, haere mai ki te tau 2025.

He mihi nui tēnei ki nga tauira hou, kaiako hou, ā, whānau ano hoki i tae mai ki te pōwhiri tuatahi mo te tau. Hikaka ana mātou te kura te kite i te aroha e rere nei i roto i Otamauru.

"TŪRUKIHIA TŌU TAUMATA TIKETIKE"

F1- Whaea Te Amiona

Rūmaki

• Pidi Williams

• Rere Williams

• Paretai Williams

• Charlice Bryce

Auraki

• Ngamihi Moses

Classroom Release Teachers

Huia Brown -Ngatiawatanga

Delia Melbourne - The arts

Reremoana Rota- Taiao

Pou Te Wha Rau

Rose Herewini - Senior and Middle school syndicate

Cilla Gray- Auraki Purapura

Edna Osborne- Rumaki Purapura

Helen Kingi-Rumaki Senior and Middle school syndicate.

Deputy Principal- Ramia Honatana

Principal- Erin Te Pou

Awarahe- Whāea Rose

Mauri Tū - Taniora Kingi-Raines. Showing Responsibility for his own learning.

Mauri Tangata - Hoani Crawford. Being polite and Respectful to his peers and adults.

Mauri Tū - Cherish Te Rupe. Being organized and responsible for her own learning.

Te Totara- Whāea Bethan

Mauri Tū - Te Ariki Daniels. From the very first day, being responsible for your learning and being a positive role model.

Mauri Ora- Anahera Martinovich - For consistently being polite and respectful towards others.

Mauri Tū - For settling in well to the senior syndicate and demonstrating great effort in your first technology session at Whakatane Intermediate.

The school will provide all students with the necessary stationery needs for the year. All we ask is that you provide your child with a school bag, school uniform and a water bottle.

All students need to wear our Te Kura O Te Pāroa school uniform.

We have a beautiful school uniform and we want all students to show respect for our kura and what it represents. Therefore any form of mufti or incorrect uniform will be taken from the tamaiti and whānau will need to pick these up from the school office. The price list for items are below. This message also includes sports sleeves. These can be worn on the sports field but not during school time.

Lunch menu - T1 week 1-4

Breakfast in school - this will begin Tuesday next week 11/02/2025 from 7.45am to 8.30am.

Please ensure that you contact the kura if your child is away sick. This means they can be marked as explained or medical rather than truant.

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 - 07 308 6652

• Send Txt message to 0274471900.

• Send via skool loop app.

• Send message to classroom teachers.

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Every day counts.

Attendance + Attitude = Success.

● For continued absences or truancy, tamariki and whanau will be referred to Attendance services, who will help identify and support barriers to coming to kura.

● For tamariki with chronic absences, please note that the kura can engage with external agencies to help support being at kura more regularly.

● Please talk to your classroom teacher or LSC if you need support getting tamariki to school.

We are fortunate to have a functional swimming pool at our kura, providing all our ākonga with the opportunity to learn essential water safety skills and strengthen their swimming abilities. To make the most of this resource, please support your tamaiti in bringing their togs every day.

For health and safety reasons, our pool is only open during school hours and is not available for public use. This ensures the water is treated correctly and regularly monitored for the wellbeing of our tamariki.

Ngā mihi nui for your support.

We now have a new program in the school that monitors students' online behaviour and activity. Please remind your tamaiti that learning experiences set up by the kaiako are there for the purpose of learning. If misuse of the schools devices or internet activity is reported their devices will be taken from them.

Students are not allowed to bring phones to school. If a phone is required for the student to communicate with their whānau the phone is to be left at the school office.

Phones are not allowed to be used during play breaks, in the classroom, at Kapa Haka practice, or sporting excursions.

If kaiako and staff see a phone they will be confiscated.

Therefore, whānau I need your help:

-Please check that your child hasn’t brought their phone to kura.

-Please check their social media platforms.

-Please monitor the sites they are going on at home.

Family link is a free app that has been used by a member of staff at our kura. She highly recommends the use of this app for her tamariki.

Even though most incidents of misconduct online 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.

Sport is a great way for our students to stay active, build teamwork, and represent our kura with pride. Don’t miss out—secure your child’s place today!

If your tamariki would like to play sports this year, please ensure all fees are paid before the season begins. Unpaid fees from the 2024 season will need to be paid with the 2025 fees before your child is allowed to pay. Contact Whaea Ihi in the office if you are unsure whether you have paid or not.

RIPPA Rugby kicks off next week, so you have one week to make payment at the office.

Y1-2 $12.50

Y3-8 $15.00

Ways to make payments:

1. Cash at the office.

2. Eftpos at the office.

3. Online Banking to our School Account.

TE KURA O TE PAROA
12-3209-0155250-00

Reference: Student Name & Sport code.

This is a friendly reminder to return all sport uniforms to kura as soon as possible.

Netball dress

Rugby jersey

PE tee shirt

To those who are relocating to another school, we kindly ask the return of our kura PE tee shirts that were issued at the start of the year. New student will be/have been given one this week.

Dates for Netball Season

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.

• Te Kura o Te Pāroa uses SchoolDocs to manage policies and procedures.

• Policies follow legal guidelines, best practices, and are tailored for the school.

• More details available at schooldocs.co.nz.

Access to SchoolDocs:

• Available to the principal, board, and school community (parents, caregivers, whānau).

• How to log in:

1. Go to schooldocs.co.nz.

2. Search for "Te Kura o Te Pāroa."

3. Enter credentials:

• Username: paroa

• Password: turukihia

4. Use the search bar to find specific policies.

Policy Reviews:

• Open to board members, staff, students, and the school community.

• Any policy with a review button can be reviewed.

• More details available in About the Review Process.

Board Responsibilities:

• Outlined in the school’s policies.

• Overview available in Board Responsibilities.

• Topics for board review listed in a table (others can also review them).

• Full schedule available in Review Schedule and Board Assurances.

Getting Started with Reviews:

• Click on a topic name and select Start your review.

• If a link is inactive, the topic is not available.

If you have any concerns, we encourage you to utilize our school's formal complaint process for resolution. Initially, please reach out to your child's teacher, as many issues can be addressed effectively when kaiako are made aware of incidents, particularly those occurring during bus travel without adult supervision. For further information and guidance, we invite you to visit our SchoolDocs website.

BOT Meeting

• Monday 17th February

RIPPA Rugby Module - Year 1-8

• Starting Monday 17th February - 6 week

• See posters

Swimming Sport - Ages 8-13

• Monday 24th February

• Thursday 27th February

• TBC...

• Thursday 13th March

Term 1 – Friday 31st Jan – Friday 11th April

Term 2 – Monday 28th April – 27th June

Term 3 – Monday 14th July – Friday 19th September

Term 4 – Monday 6th October – Thursday 18th December

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