Te Kura o Te Pāroa

Tena koutou katoa,

We would like to wish Erin Te Pou the very best in her journey of completing her Masters in Education. We are proud of you and thank you for being a role model by showing us how you can work towards achieving personal goals and aspirations.

“Tūrukihia tou ake tiketike.” Pursue your personal excellence.

During Erin’s study leave practice Ramia Honatana will be our acting Principal from May 13th till November 29th.

Congratulations to Ardelle Williams for being the successful applicant for the Year 3-4 Auraki classroom position. We are excited to have her join our junior whanau and she will make a valuable addition to our team.

This exciting project will see the kura equipped with a new strategic branding

programme that will help define and communicate the special and unique attributes of

the kura, helping accentuate its points of difference and the things that set Te Kura ō Te

Pāroa a part from other schools.

If you would like to be a part of our rebranding survey please contact knathan@paroa.school.nz.

It is official whānau! Our school rebuild has been confirmed!

Thank you to members of our school community for your efforts in communicating with the government and for sharing our story.

Now the future generations will benefit from a better learning environment. It's heartening to see such positive outcomes for the tamariki and mokopuna of our kura.

Here's to a bright future for Te Kura o Te Paroa School!

"Ma whero, ma pango, ka oti te mahi."

At TKoTP on Monday 6/5/24 we had 88% of tamariki attending and present. This is only 2% off the Ministry of Education expectation. Ka pai whanau!

We had 0.2% justified absent, 2% unjustified absence and 1% truant.

Justified absence is when absence fits school policy like tangihanga, transition plans.

Unjustified absence is when absence is explained but it does not fit school policy e.g. had a late night, out with whanau, wouldn't come to school, day off for birthday.

Truant is when tamariki are away and no message is at the office or classroom.

If a student misses one day of school every two weeks, they miss 4 weeks each year and a whole term by the time they are 6. As a parent or caregiver, you, alongside our school, play a key role in building strong habits of regular school attendance.
All students are legally required to attend school every day and it is a shared responsibility to make sure students attend and engage in learning from when they first start school. As we enter 2024, every day of school matters.

You must let the school know if your child is going to be absent for a day or intends to be absent for a portion of the school term for whatever reason, like a tangi or medical procedure. Family holidays or taking time off for extracurricular activities (not organised by school) are not acceptable reasons for being absent.

If you're struggling at home with getting your child to school, talk to us! Our school is committed to supporting your child to attend school and building a culture that fosters excellent attendance by having:
• School staff who have strong relationships with students and whānau.
• A school culture that recognises your child and your family for who they are, where they come from and who they want to be.
• A school community that does everything to make sure students are at school, and they are participating, and progressing in their education.

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.

Special thanks to Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngati Awa Social & Health Services,, their nurses and also Waiariki whanau Mentoring nurses who came out to support our Hauora Day.

On Thursday 2nd May we had the privilage of watching the Nanogirl show presentation here at our kura.

Nanogirl Labs— Inspiring, Educating and Empowering through STEM

We’re on a mission to ensure everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to develop a love of STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths!

At Nanogirl Labs, we create engaging STEM experiences for children, plus exciting opportunities to learn & explore in a way that inspires lifelong curiosity.

With a team of qualified scientists and expert science communicators, Nanogirl Labs delivers explosive live science shows, theatre shows, teacher PLD training, science birthday parties & more! We create learning environments that match how children learn best—with compelling narrative storylines with accessible, hands-on experiences.

By opening eyes and minds with STEM learning in homes, schools and communities, we seek to inspire and empower tomorrow’s thinkers, creators and innovators!

On Thursday 23rd May we will be having our kura cross country . This will commence at 9.30am and running till 2.00pm. This will be held at the kura. Nau mai ki te tautoko i wa tatou tamariki whanau ma.

We are looking for volunteers. We need your support to help marshall our track, to ensure our tamariki are safe. If you are able to support our kaupapa please let Whaea Te Rumate or Whaea Ihimana know. Nga mihi

We have a Teacher only Day coming up in 3 weeks time.

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.

Panui from Netball Whakatane

Kia ora everyone

We had such an amazing day on Saturday and look forward to watching our tamariki run around the court with all their smiles. Congratulations on all you administrators, coaches, managers and umpires who make this happen for our kids.

The draw for our Junior round is attached and everyone can also find it on our website here.

Reminder Years 5 & 6 have their 9am futureFERNS game and 9.45am for their 7v7 game. Then our Intermediate round is 10.30am.

All those in the Storm Hale Academy, your training is Wednesdays at 3.30pm and will conclude around 5.30pm, there is only a few more weeks of this Academy left. There will be a lot of people at the courts around 5.30pm pick up as we have our secondary school players rep trials happening at the same time, so our babies will be in all the kaos of this afternoon :)

Those in Nita Shannon Academies, you have training Thursday as usual.

TERM 2 events

Week 4

TKOTP Cross Country (Yrs 1-8) - Thursday 23rd May

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

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

16 May - Mufti Day

17 May - Pink shirt Day

23rd May - TKOTP Cross Country

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

28 June - Matariki (Public holiday)

5 July - Term 2 ends

Whanau engagement day - Whakanuia Matariki

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