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Term 1  Week 11

Wednesday 10th March 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

What a great day they had at Junior Athletics last Thursday. Thank you to everyone who came along to watch and helped out on the day.

Children in Room 4 have been learning how to group their ideas into paragraphs in their writing this week. Here are two examples of their work.

Whanau Day – 11th April has been postponed until later in the year.

Important Notice…..

We have noticed an increase in inappropriate rude and sometimes racist language being used by a number of children in the playground.  We ask you to please be aware of what your child is watching or listening to and talk to them about how they treat others when there are no adults around. In most cases that come to our attention, the user is trying to hurt or offend the receiver so knows exactly what they are saying.

LOST PROPERTY

Please take the time before the end of the term to check out the lost property cupboard (the big blue cupboard on the deck area out side room 4) as this will be cleaned out at the end of the term.  There is alot of uniform, shoes and odd socks in there at the moment.  You may recognise items of clothing that your child doesn’t. 

CANTERBURY GEAR

A canterbury fundraiser order form was sent home yesterday.  Orders and money are due back at school next term, Friday 10th May.  Extra order forms are available from the school office.

01st JUNE FARM CHANGEOVERS

If you are moving with the 01st June farm changeover, could you please advise the school of your new address, Or if you are moving out of the district and your child/ren will no longer be attending Ngaere School, please let the school know.  If you know of anyone moving onto a farm within our zone we would also appreciate a heads up as our roll is growing!

POOL KEYS   

Could we please have all school pool keys returned.  Thank you.

The lock will be changing next season, so if you do not return the past years key, you will not be issued a new key next season.

Forward Planning – Some Dates for your calendar

• Wednesday 10 April – Yr 7 & 8 Literacy Quiz, NP
• Wednesday 10 April – Room 6 Tech catchup
• Friday 12 April – Learner Assembly 2.30pm / Last Day Term 1

Rest of the Year Please note that some of these dates may change and others may be added

• Monday 29 April – Term 2 begins
• Monday 6 May – PTA Meeting
• Friday 10 May – STRIKE music performance
• Friday 10 May – Canterbury orders and money due back.
• Wednesday 22 May – Ngaere School Board meeting
• Wed 22 & Thur 23 May – Gym Sport Festival in Waitara
• Tuesday 28 May – Yr 5 & 6 Rippa Rugby tournament (SPS)
• Thursday 30 May – 5 June – Life Education mobile classroom
• Friday 31 May – Teacher Only Day (school closed)
• Monday 3 June – King’s Birthday (school closed)
• Tuesday 11 June – Yr 7 & 8 Rippa Rugby tournament
• Monday 17 June – Jones Cup (yr 5-8)
• Monday 17 – Friday 21 June – School ART expo
• Friday 28 June – Matariki Day (school closed)
• Friday 5 July – Last Day Term 2
• Monday 22 July – Term 3 Begins
• Wednesday 7 August – NZ Playhouse performance
• Friday 30 August – Yr 5 & 6 EPro8 event
• Friday 6 Sept – School Photos
• Wednesday 18 Sept – School Production
• Friday 27 Sept – Last Day Term 3
• Monday 14 October – Term 4 Begins
• Wednesday 16 Oct – Pet Day
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 13 Nov – Yr 7 & 8 Camp, TOPEC
• Thursday 12 Dec – End of Year Prize Giving 
• Tuesday 17 Dec – Last day 2024

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Term 1  Week 8

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

A warm welcome to Lenny who has joined Room 1 this week!

Congratulations to our tennis players who played in doubles matches against Matapu School last week. This is something tennis coach, Ghislaine Brien has been trying to initiate for the last couple of years. We are happy and proud to say we are the first winning school for the ‘Karen Brien South Taranaki Primary Schools’ tennis trophy.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Next School Assembly will be Friday 05th April at 2.30pm.

No assembly this week or next week.

01st JUNE FARM CHANGEOVERS

If you are moving with the 01st June farm changeover, could you please advise the school of your new address, Or if you are moving out of the district and your child/ren will no longer be attending Ngaere School, please let the school know.  Thank you.

Student Leadership: This year we are trialing a new structure for our student leadership. All Year 8s are part of wider leadership teams with their own set of responsibilities around a specific role. As well as this, all year 7 and 8 learners are able to work towards Head – Hand – Heart badges. These are a formal acknowledgement that recognises the development of character and embodiment of values as demonstrated in their actions to their school, community and self.

Actions of the head – knowing the good

Actions of the hand – doing the good

Actions of the heart – desiring the good

This is an accumulative, points based system where each learner will need to earn 15 points before being awarded a badge. This badge represents the strengthening and development of character – our aim of the Year 8 graduate from Ngaere School.

We will be seeking feedback later in the year and are always open to new ideas.

If you would like to know more please see either Miss Dravitzki or Miss Hulme.

A huge thank you to Rebekah and Red from Eltham Fire Brigade, for visiting our Year 2 students yesterday. They gave their time and knowledge to help support our learning and curiosity.

A reminder

Our teaching staff will be attending a meeting on Friday 22 March in Stratford. We would appreciate parents collecting children from school between 12.30pm and 1pm on this day if possible. School will not be closed – children who need to remain will be supervised. Please advise your child’s class teacher or  Karen in the office asap if your child is to remain at school for the Friday afternoon.

Winter Sports: Thank you to those parents who have put their names forward to help with coaching this year. Netball starts for our Yr 7 & 8 teams on Saturday 6 April and all other age groups on Saturday 4 May. Hockey starts for Yrs 3-6 teams on Monday 29  April,  Yr 7 & 8 Thursday 2 May and Yr 1&2 Funsticks Monday 4 May.

PTA AGM: This meeting is on Monday in the school staffroom at 7pm.     All are welcome to come along – you will NOT be given a role unless you want one!

Our current Chair, Monica McMahon will be standing down so if you are interested in taking on the role please get in touch. 

SCHOOL MAGAZINES: We still have a few 2023 School Magazines available from the school office for $25 each.  These are great keepsakes!

Forward Planning – Some Dates for your calendar

• Friday 22 March – Teacher Union Meeting collect children @ 12.30-1pm if able to – please advise if your child/ren will be remaining at school.
• Monday 25 March – PTA Meeting AGM 7pm – Everyone Welcome
• Tuesday 26 March – Ngaere Board meeting 6.30pm
• Wednesday 27 March – Weetbix Tryathlon New Plymouth
• Friday 29 March – Good Friday
• Monday 1 / Tuesday 2 April – Easter Holidays
• Wednesday 3 April – School Pool Closed from today
• Thursday 4 April – Junior Athletics
• Friday 5 April – School Assembly at 2.30pm
• Sunday 7 April – Day Light Saving Ends
• Thursday 11 April – Whanau Day / Afternoon
• Friday 12 April – Last Day Term 1

Rest of the Year Please note that some of these dates may change and others may be added

• Monday 29 April – Term 2 begins
• Friday 10 May – STRIKE music performance
• Wednesday 22 May – Ngaere School Board meeting
• Tuesday 28 May – Yr 5 & 6 Rippa Rugby tournament (SPS)
• Thursday 30 May – 5 June – Life Education mobile classroom
• Friday 31 May – Teacher Only Day (school closed)
• Monday 3 June – King’s Birthday (school closed)
• Tuesday 11 June – Yr 7 & 8 Rippa Rugby tournament
• Monday 17 June – Jones Cup (yr 5-8)
• Friday 28 June – Matariki Day (school closed)
• Friday 5 July – Last Day Term 2
• Monday 22 July – Term 3 Begins
• Wednesday 7 August – NZ Playhouse performance
• Friday 30 August – Yr 5 & 6 EPro8 event
• Friday 6 Sept – School Photos
• Wednesday 18 Sept – School Production
• Friday 27 Sept – Last Day Term 3
• Monday 14 October – Term 4 Begins
• Wednesday 16 Oct – Pet Day
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 13 Nov – Yr 7 & 8 Camp, TOPEC
• Thursday 12 Dec – End of Year Prize Giving 
• Tuesday 17 Dec – Last day 2024

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Term 1  Week 7

Wednesday 13th March 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

SWIMMING SPORTS: Thank you to everyone who supported our swimming sports yesterday. We will include a list of winners and their times in next week’s newsletter. All our Ngaere swimmers did well and we are especially proud of them all.

Special Congratulations to the relay teams – Year 5&6=4th, Yr 7&8=1st & 3rd.

Welcome to the new children in Room 1 this week: Isla C and Connor S.

SCHOOL LEADERS

Congratulations to our school leaders who were announced at the last assembly:  Jaxon, Harry, Kelsey & Kaylee.

WINTER SPORTS COACHES: We still need coaches for the following teams:  Netball Year 3-4 Team and the Hockey Year 3-4 team.  If you are able to help in any way please contact the school office.  Thank you.

Room 7 children had a great day last Wednesday taking part in an art activity at Govett Brewster Gallery followed by a service project ‘Beach Clean’ at Ngamutu Beach as one of their first service projects for the William Pike Challenge.

A huge thank you to the parents who accompanied them.

SCHOOL SUNHATS: Students are issued their first school sunhat for free when they start at Ngaere.  Children must wear our school sunhats from Labour Weekend until Taranaki Anniversary for outside play. Outside of these months they are not compulsory. It is their responsbility to look after it and to put it somewhere safe after each break.  Unfortunately the cost of these has risen, so a replacement hat will now be $18. 

SCHOOL POOL: With the weather turning cooler classes may not be swimming every day. The pool will remain open to the public until after Easter weekend. If you no longer require a key, please return it to the office. We will be changing the lock at the end of this swimming season.

Piano Tuition: We have been lucky enough to secure a piano teacher, Fiona Martin for this year as it was no longer viable for the previous teacher  to travel to Ngaere. If you would like your child to have 1-1 20 – 30 minute weekly piano lessons please advise Karen in the office. Your name and details would then be forwarded on to Fiona to coordinate times and to discuss payment.

PAID UNION MEETING: Teachers who belong to the union are entitled to attend meetings during work hours. While we do not always agree with this sometimes it is necessary for them to attend.

Our teaching staff will be attending a meeting on Friday 22 March in Stratford. We would appreciate parents collecting children from school between 12.30pm and 1pm on this day if possible. School will not be closed – children who need to remain will be supervised. Please advise your child’s class teacher or  Karen in the office if your child is to remain at school for the Friday afternoon.

Year 7 & 8 Technology: Children in Rooms 6 & 7 attend technology classes at Stratford High School on alternate Tuesdays. Next Monday is a catch up day for Room 6 to make up for the day spent at swimming sports yesterday.

The cost of Tech is $50 a student. This covers the materials associated with delivering the progamme.The Board have agreed to pay half this cost. Parents of children in Year 7 & 8 will be invoiced $25 before the end of term.

MAZE MAIZE

Thank you to the PTA, Parent helpers & students who helped with preparing & maintaining the maize, and running the maize sessions, and most of all a 

Huge thank you to all of our sponsors 

4 Square Eltham, Adan Larsen Builders, Baker Tilly Staples Rodway Accountants, Baldock Earthmoving Ltd, BDO, The Beauty Depot, Central Taranaki Automotive, Colonel Malones, Dairymaster, Eltham Pharmacy, Farmsource, FMG Insurance, Fieldtorque, Hunger Contracting, Ingrams Bin Hire, Inkpot Cafe, ITM Stratford, First National Collective Real Estate, Keegan Electrical, Kingy’s Refurbishment Machines Ltd, Loveridge Ag & Earth, Mark Bellringer, Marinner Groundspread, Mitre 10 Stratford, Murray Bros Ltd,  New Commercial Hotel, New World Stratford, On the Spot Gas & Plumbing, Paper Plus Stratford, Preston Engineering, Thompson O’Neill Eltham, Schurr & Ireland Accountants, Stanners Motors, Steve Cowan – McDonald Real Estate, Taranaki Vets Stratford, Uhlenberg Haulage & Vesty Firewood

RESULTS:

Guess the lollies:  Emelia Lawrence 209 (there were 208 in the jar)            Lucky Draw:  Emma Gernhoefer                                                                    BBQ Raffle:  No 3 Amy Mills                                                                        New World Raffle: No 85 Karen B 

TENDERS FOR MAIZE

The maize is looking amazing! The PTA are asking anyone who may be keen to purchase the maize to send their tender in to the school office (in an envelope with price, name and contact details) by Tuesday 19th March. The crop covers just over 1ha. 

Forward Planning – Some Dates for your calendar

• Thursday 14 March – Year 7 & 8 Vaccinations 9.15am
• Monday 25 March – PTA Meeting AGM 7pm – Everyone Welcome
• Wednesday 27 March – Weetbix Tryathlon New Plymouth
• Friday 29 March – Good Friday
• Monday 1 / Tuesday 2 April – Easter Holidays
• Wednesday 3 April – School Pool Closed from today
• Thursday 4 April – Junior Athletics
• Sunday 7 April – Day Light Saving Ends
• Thursday 11 April – Whanau Day / Afternoon
• Friday 12 April – Last Day Term 1

Rest of the Year Please note that some of these dates may change and others may be added

• Monday 29 April – Term 2 begins
• Friday 31 May – Teacher Only Day (school closed)
• Monday 3 June – King’s Birthday (school closed)
• Monday 17 June – Jones Cup (yr 5-8)
• Friday 28 June – Matariki Day (school closed)
• Friday 5 July – Last Day Term 2
• Monday 22 July – Term 3 Begins
• Friday 6 Sept – School Photos
• Wednesday 18 Sept – School Production
• Friday 27 Sept – Last Day Term 3
• Monday 14 October – Term 4 Begins
• Wednesday 16 Oct – Pet Day
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 13 Nov – Yr 7 & 8 Camp, TOPEC
• Thursday 12 Dec – End of Year Prize Giving 
• Tuesday 17 Dec – Last day 2024

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Term 1  Week 5

Wednesday 6th March 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

Tena koutou katoa

The board select their Presiding Member ( previously known as Board Chair) at the first meeting of each year. David England was elected by the meeting to lead the board for the next 12 months. I would like to congratulate Dave while at the same time offering sincere thanks to outgoing Presiding member, Stacey Clough, who still remains on the board. 

Dave shared a little about himself:

“Along with Hollie and our three girls, we have been farming in the Ngaere area for the last 10 years. One of our daughters is still at Ngaere School. My interests include motorbikes, mountain biking and enjoying family time. I was elected to the board 5 years ago and in that time have held the Property portfolio, being responsible for prioritising the upgrading and maintenance work with the Ministry of Education and more recently, replacing the turf. I was elected to lead our dedicated and hard working team to support Megan and her great team of staff going forward to do the best we can for all our children.

Thank you, Dave England.”

Moving forwards this year, the board would like to tidy up the school hall and seek suggestions as to what an upgrade may look like. If you have an opinion or idea, please feel free to email Karen in the office or call in and fill in one of our ‘Hall Upgrade’ suggestion slips in the office. As the hall is owned by the school the cost of this must be met by the school rather than through the Ministry. We are lucky enough to have a starting amount of $48,000 which was gifted to us by the now closed Ngaere Hall Committee. We will keep you posted on this project.

Late last year a small number of families responded to a school survey. While there were no obvious strong themes to emerge, as a board we were reassured that we are meeting the needs of the children at our school.

A reminder that school is closed on Friday (Teacher Only Day) and Monday (Taranaki Anniversary Day)

Nga mihi, Megan

Room 2 children enjoyed a great visit to Beck Helicopters to support their learning about “Things that Move”. A huge thankyou to Beck Helicopters and parents who helped with transport.

School is closed Friday 08th & Monday 11th March

Senior Swimming Sports: Tuesday 12 March

The  Swimming Sports will be held at the Stratford Pool on Tuesday 12 March beginning at 10.10am. This event is for children in Year 5-8 (includes some children from Room 4). Parents are welcome to attend. if available to assist on the day ie. as a time keeper please see Mr Mercer.

All children will travel by bus to this event and will be returning at approx 1pm. Children are to have enough food and water to snack on during the morning – we will not be stopping to eat. Please do not send your child with money – the shop will not be open to us.

WINTER SPORTS COACHES

We still need coaches for the following teams:  Netball Year 3-4 Team and the Hockey Year 3-4 team.  If you are able to help in any way please contact the school office.  Thank you.

SCHOOL SUNHATS: Students are issued their first school sunhat for free when they start at Ngaere.  Children must wear our school sunhats from Labour Weekend until Taranaki Anniversary for outside play. Outside of these months they are not compulsory. It is their responsbility to look after it and to put it somewhere safe after each break.  The cost of these has risen so a replacement hat will now be $18. 

TURNBALL CUP RESULTS: Congratulations to all those who participated in the Turnball Cup Swimming Competition on 21/02/2024.  Results are as follows:

1st Daniel Taunt Year 8 Boys 50m Freestyle, 3rd Olivia Waite Year 8 Girls 50m Freestyle, 3rd Quinn O’Sullivan Year 7 Boys 50m Freestyle, 2nd Riley Otene Year 7 50m Boys Freestyle, 3rd Place in the Centenial Cup Relay, 1st & 3rd in the Small Schools Relay.  Well done!

                          A huge thank you to the                          Stratford St Andrews Op Shop

who have very kindly donated a couple of boxes of stationery to the school.

Room 3 Pictured with the donated stationery

SCHOOL POOL: With the weather turning cooler classes may not be swimming every day. The pool will remain open to the public until after Easter weekend. If you no longer require a key, please return it to the office. We will be changing the lock at the end of this swimming season.

TENDERS FOR MAIZE

The maize is looking amazing! The PTA are asking anyone who may be keen to purchase the maize to send their tender in to the school office (in an envelope with price, name and contact details) by Tuesday 19th March. The crop covers just over 1ha. 

Forward Planning – Some Dates for your calendar

• Friday 8 March – Teacher Only Day (Kahui Ako wide) School Closed
• Monday 11 March – Taranaki Anniversay Day – School Closed
• Tuesday 12 March – Senior Swimming Sports 
• Monday 25 March – PTA Meeting AGM 7pm – Everyone Welcome
• Wednesday 27 March – Weetbix Tryathlon New Plymouth
• Friday 29 March – Good Friday
• Monday 1 / Tuesday 2 April – Easter Holidays
• Thursday 4 April – Junior Athletics
• Sunday 7 April – Day Light Saving Ends
• Thursday 11 April – Whanau Day / Afternoon
• Friday 12 April – Last Day Term 1

Rest of the Year Please note that some of these dates may change and others may be added

• Monday 29 April – Term 2 begins
• Friday 31 May – Teacher Only Day (school closed)
• Monday 3 June – King’s Birthday (school closed)
• Monday 17 June – Jones Cup (yr 5-8)
• Friday 28 June – Matariki Day (school closed)
• Friday 5 July – Last Day Term 2
• Monday 22 July – Term 3 Begins
• Friday 6 Sept – School Photos
• Wednesday 18 Sept – School Production
• Friday 27 Sept – Last Day Term 3
• Monday 14 October – Term 4 Begins
• Wednesday 16 Oct – Pet Day
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 13 Nov – Yr 7 & 8 Camp, TOPEC
• Thursday 12 Dec – End of Year Prize Giving 
• Tuesday 17 Dec – Last day 2024

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls – Stratford

An integrated Anglican Year 9 – Year 13 Boarding and Day School

OPEN DAY – Wednesday 20 March 2024 – visit anytime between 10 am – 2 pm

Enrolments: Weekly Boarding, Part Boarding (2/3 nights) and Day Students

Daily transport options from and to New Plymouth and Hawera

Prospectus Packages available 06 765 5333   sandrac@taranakidio.school.nz

Virtual Tours available any time via website  www.taranakidio.school.nz

Term 1  Week 4

Wednesday 28th February 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

Tena koutou katoa

A very warm welcome to George and Kendall who have joined Room 1 this week!

HEARING AND VISION TESTING AT SCHOOL MONDAY 4TH MARCH

Vison and hearing screening is completed by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Vision and Hearing Technicians at our school. The technicians will be visiting our school on Monday 4th March.

Eligible children include:

• New Entrants – for children who are new to school, and/or have not completed their B4 School Check and/or require further testing post B4 School Check.
• Year 7 & 8- Routine vision screening is completed for all Year 7 students and any Year 8 students who have not completed the Year 7 screening and/or students that require further testing.

If you have any queries or concerns, or do not wish for your child to have this screening done, please contact the school office.

REMINDER:

TEACHER ONLY DAY Friday 8th March.

This is a Kahui Ako initiative that allows local schools the opportunity to come together for professional learning and sharing opportunities.

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS:  Thank you to those families who attended interviews this week. Room 4 / Whaia Mandy will have times available next week to catch up with any parenst needing interviews. Please look for her Seesaw post or arrange a time with her directly.

Although we have Parent / Teacher Interviews twice a year, please do not hesitate to make a time to catch up with your child’s teacher outside of these dates should you have a concern. As teachers have other professional and personal commitments on some days after school, please ensure you make an appointment time.

Senior Swimming Sports: Tuesday 12 March

The Rural Group Cluster Swimming Sports will be held at the Stratford Pool on Tuesday 12 March beginning at 10.10am. This event is for children in Year 5-8 (includes some children from Room 4). Parents are welcome to attend. if available to assist on the day ie. as a time keeper please see Mr Mercer.

All children will travel by bus to this event and will be returning at approx 1pm.

Tennis Coaching: $40.00 for a 30mins for 1 on1. $25.00 each for groups of 2 children or $20.00 each for groups of 4 children. Lessons 30 mins. once a week for next 6 weeks.  May be at lunchtime or during school time depending on the availability of the coach. Please let Karen in the office know if you are interested in one of these options.

Year 7 & 8 Tech: Each Tuesday our Year 7 or 8 learners head to Stratford High School for Tech. This is the second year we have been able to be involved and while the programme is still being tweaked and adjusted we are happy with the level of engagement from our children. 

Winter Sports: Please ensure all sports notices are returned to school by Friday this week. This will allow our Sports Coordinator, Mr Mercer time to determine the number of teams to enter in each code competition for this year. Thankyou to those who have indicated a willingness to coach. We cannot enter teams without coaches so fully appreciate the commitment you make.

Please note, the registration costs of these sports is not set by the school and we do not want the costs to prohibit any child playing sport. Please make a time to discuss this confidentially if needed.

TENDERS FOR MAIZE

The maize is looking amazing! The PTA are asking anyone who may be keen to purchase the maize to send their tender in to the school office (in an envelope with price, name and contact details) by Tuesday 19th March. The crop covers just over 1ha 

Weetbix Tryathlon: Wednesday 27 March

As in previous years we will not be entering this event as a school. Should you wish your child to take part the entry form and details are on the webpage at https://tryathlon.co.nz/locations/new-plymouth/  Early bird registration of $52.50 closes today!

William Pike Challenge: This year we are very excited to offer our Year 8 learners the opportunity to take part in the William Pike Challenge, a year long programme combining outdoor learning experiences which challenge the individuals,  service activities to explore, develop (and strengthen) empathy and compassion, and passion projects to develop self belief and perserverance. Miss Hulme is exploring different options for covering all interests and levels of fitness with the outdoor challenges as well as looking for ideas of service activities. If you have any ways you can support this programme we would love to hear from you. This may be knowing someone who would appreciate someone giving a couple of hours to stack firewood, weed a garden, walk a dog…

Room 7 will be sharing more once they are more fully into the programme.

If you would still like to order a William Pike T-Shirt for your child please have orders and the payment of $32 back to school by Friday 01st March. Payment can be deposited into the Student Council account 15-3951-0377712-00.  Thank you.  

Last week to come and visit the  Amazing Maize Maze

A huge thank you to the PTA, parent helpers and sponsors for all the work on the Maize Maze so far.  The first two weekends have been a great success. Don’t forget to tell your family and friends all about it!  If you are able to help at any of the up and coming Maize Maze dates, please see Karen in the office.  

Forward Planning – Some Dates for your calendar

• Thursday 29 February – Scholastic Book Club Due
• Thursday 29 February – Board Meeting
• Monday 4 March – Hearing & Vision Testing 9am
• Friday 8 March – Teacher Only Day (Kahui Ako wide) School Closed
• Monday 11 March – Taranaki Anniversay Day – School Closed
• Tuesday 12 March – Senior Swimming Sports 
• Monday 25 March – PTA Meeting AGM 7pm
• Wednesday 27 March – Weetbix Tryathlon New Plymouth
• Friday 29 March – Good Friday
• Monday 1 / Tuesday 2 April – Easter Holidays
• Thursday 4 April – Junior Athletics
• Thursday 11 April – Whanau Day / Afternoon
• Friday 12 April – Last Day Term 1

Rest of the Year Please note that some of these dates may change and others may be added

• Friday 31 May – Teacher Only Day
• Monday 3 June – King’s Birthday
• Monday 17 June – Jones Cup (yr 5-8)
• Friday 28 June – Matariki (School closed)
• Friday 6 Sept – School Photos
• Wednesday 18 Sept – School Production
• Wednesday 16 Oct – Pet Day
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 13 Nov – Yr 7 & 8 Camp, TOPEC
• Thursday 12 Dec – End of Year Prize Giving 
• Tuesday 17 Dec – Last day 2024

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls – Stratford

An integrated Anglican Year 9 – Year 13 Boarding and Day School

OPEN DAY – Wednesday 20 March 2024 – visit anytime between 10 am – 2 pm

Enrolments: Weekly Boarding, Part Boarding (2/3 nights) and Day Students

Daily transport options from and to New Plymouth and Hawera

Prospectus Packages available 06 765 5333   sandrac@taranakidio.school.nz

Virtual Tours available any time via website  www.taranakidio.school.nz