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A very warm welcome to all new students and whānau to Totara Grove school.   It is wonderful to have you here.  This will be our last newsletter for the term and we would like to wish you all a great holiday.  Hopefully we will see many of you here tomorrow at our Open Morning.  Mauri Ora!  From your Totara Grove School team. 

What's in this newsletter…..

The winners of the Ngā Mātāpono Awards for the last two weeks:

Rm 1: Taylor, Nevaeh, Josh, Te Arapo, Michael
Rm 2: Leanna-Rose, Rcio, Lucy, Ky-Mahli, Maisie, Elizabeth
Rm 3: Hector
Rm 4: Maliah, Stevie, Braedon, Tukariri, Isreal, Hazel
Rm 5: Kalenzo, Tahu, Queens'lee, Ashton, Kemperr
Rm 6: Hezron, Lyra, Sayhan, Connor
Rm 7: Troy, Joanna, Materoa, Joviah
Rm 8: Daelyn, Dawn, Eli, Tupono
Rm 9: Te Kaweora, Ita'lee, Bernie, Onkarjot
Rm 10: Tana, Haimona, Manaaki, Maddison
Rm 12: Te Whata, Princess, Lochy, Reign
Rm 14: Zephyr, Axl, Jayziah, Kimberley, Hartley, Andre

The winners of books for the last two weeks were:

Rm 1: Koda-Joshaun, TJ, Charvik
Rm 2: Luke, Rico
Rm 4: Deiziah, Kove
Rm 5: Denzel-Haze, Aeriel
Rm 7: Te Koha, Zane
Rm 8: Veil, Eva-Maria
Rm 9: Raiden, Mahaalia
Rm 11: Hayden
Rm 12: Ayce, Ria
Rm 14: Max

 

Any orders for the current scholastic book club brochure (issue #4, 2025) need to be in by Thursday, 19th June. If making a cash order, please return the order form to the school office with the child’s name, room number, selected books and the correct money owing. Orders past this date can still be made directly online as long as they are within scholastic’s final closing date, however they won’t be delivered through the school and postage costs will be added to your order.

https://www.scholastic.co.nz/parents/lucky-book-club/

A reminder that it is a public holiday on Friday 20th June so school will be closed in recognition of Matariki.

Next Tuesday afternoon teachers will be sharing all mid year reports with whānau via Seesaw. Please keep an eye out for a notification from your teacher. If you have not received your child's report by Wednesday please contact your child's teacher. 

A reminder next Friday 27 June is the last day of term. We will be finishing at the usual time.  Monday 14 July is the first day of Term 3.

If you have a concern about your child’s language development, learning progress, social and emotional wellbeing, or behaviour, Te Manawa Tahi have specialists available so you can discuss your concerns directly with them.

This is a free service and each site will be identified by a Te Manawa Tahi sign or flag. Drop into a hub or make an appointment by phoning 0800 524 842 or emailing TT.Support@education.govt.nz. 

Term 1         29th Jan – 11th April

Term 2         28th April – 27th June
                     20th June - Matariki public holiday
                     25th June - School board meeting

Term 3         14th July – 19th Sep

Term 4         6th Oct – 11th Dec

For school dates, office hours and school break times please refer to the school website linked here