Kia ora e te iwi,

Mānawatia a Matariki

Wow, what an amazing Matariki Breakfast we had this morning. I really enjoyed having our school community come together to have kōrero and kai. It was great to see so many tamariki enjoying having breakfast with whānau and friends. Thank you to our Arataki Friends of School who organise and sponsor our Matariki breakfast.  

Thank you to our Choir and Kapa Haka students who performed this morning. I hope you enjoyed spending time in your child’s classroom and sharing in their learning that they have completed so far this term. Check out our Matariki video from this morning in the News and Events section.

Math no Problem Information Session

On Wednesday afternoon and evening we hosted two Math Curriculum workshops for whānau. The purpose of these workshops was to share the Math no Problem resources  we use to teach the maths curriculum. It was a great opportunity to explain how we teach maths and to answer questions for whānau. We have received requests to repeat these workshops again in term 3 for those who were unable to attend this week which we will do, so keep an eye out for those details next term.

Sports News

Congratulations to our Boys Year 5 & 6 tackle 5’s rugby team. They came third in the Western Bay of Plenty schools rugby competition. This team is now going to represent Arataki School at the Chiefs day tournament in Rotorua on the 25th June.

Congratulations to our students who ran at the Western Bay of Plenty Cluster Cross Country competition on Tuesday. We have 3 students - Breanna, Julian & who have made it to the Bay of Plenty Cross Country championships in Rotorua.

Board of Trustees News

In September, schools across New Zealand are holding elections for Board Members. A school board is made up of 5 elected school board members, a staff representative and the Principal. The school Board of Trustees are responsible for the governance of the school and generally meet at least once per month to discuss school governance. Next week, we will be sharing information via HERO each day about the role of a board member. I invite anyone who may be interested in joining our school board of trustees to our next board meeting on Tuesday 24th June at 6pm in the school staffroom. Nominations for board members open at the end of July. The Board election is organised by a Returning Officer. The Returning Officer managing our election is Aslyne Blakey.

School Boards are responsible for the schools strategic plan. Schools are required to update their strategic plan every 3 years. As part of reviewing and updating the strategic plan, boards are required to consult their school community. Our school board has begun to gather whānau voices via an online survey.  You can access the online survey at the link below and via the noticeboard near the office with a QR code link and paper copies. We really need your feedback and would appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey.
 

Arataki School Strategic Planning Survery

 

Reminder - Whānau learning conferences

Please remember that school closes for instruction on Wednesday 18th June at 12:30. This allows our classroom teachers to be available to begin whānau learning conferences. If you are unable to collect your child from school at 12:30, supervision will be available for children until the end of the school day at 2:45pm. If you have not yet booked a time to meet with your child’s teacher, you can do this via HERO.

Your child’s report will be shared with you via HERO on Monday afternoon. Please remember, that your child’s report at mid year, will just be a general comment on their learning during term 1 & 2. This is due to our transition to the new curriculum. At the whānau learning conversations, teachers will be sharing with you your child’s structured literacy and PAT data.

Thank you to our school community for your continued support of our school, sports teams, and learning programmes. I hope you have a wonderful weekend with your whānau and I look forward to seeing you next week during whānau learning conferences.

Ngā mihi nui,

Vicki Hiini

Tumuaki / Principal

 

DATES FOR THE DIARY

 

Click here for 2025 Term Dates

 

In this issue:

  • News and Evenets
  • From the Sports Desk 
  • Friends of the School
  • ATK here Everyday
  • After School Care/Programmes
  • Community Notices
  • School Holiday Programmes
  • Extra Curriculars at Arataki
  • Sponsors Wall
  • Pre Loved Uniforms

 

NEWS AND EVENTS

Matariki Breakfast

 

On the Cover

Check out Ganesh representing Arataki on the cover of the Safetywise Magazine.  

These magazines are sent to all of the primary schools in the Bay of Plenty.  

Miharo Ganesh!

 

Garden Club Call Out

Remember last year when we put a request out for wool from 'my food bag' frozen food packaging. Well...it has been an amazing resource for our gardens.  We use it to mulch our strawberry plants and to make seed snail rolls for seed raising. Once it disintegrates it is a great addition to the compost! Believe it or not, we are nearly all out.  It would be awesome of we could get some more.

 

 

iDeal - Structured Literacy

 

 

 

FROM THE 

SPORTS DESK

 

 

WBOP Cross Country

Miharo e hoa mā! Our five runners, Theo Borren, Julian Graham, Daniel Eardley, Breanna Wright and Keira Andrew, did an amazing job representing Arataki at the WBOP champs.  They ran a pretty big hill, went over some obstacles and did a great job.  

A big congrats to Breanna, Julian and Daniel who are going on to the BOP Champs on 24 June in Rotorua. Good luck!

 

Tackle 5 Rugby Tournament

We headed to Te Puna on Wednesday 11th June for the Tackle 5 Rugby tournament, and our boys absolutely smashed it! They went undefeated in pool play and made it to the semis, where they had a tough battle against Mount going down by just 2 points in a nail-biter. The boys left it all out on the field every game, showing real heart and grit. We then faced TAKP for 3rd place and came out strong, securing our spot at Chiefs Day in Rotorua on 25th June, where we’ll be taking on teams from all over the North Island. Nga mihi to Ngarohi who gave up up his time to coach our boys, we will have him back again for the chiefs day! Let's go! 

 

FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL

 

We were so happy to see our Arataki whānau come together at our Matariki Breakfast this morning.  Thank you to everyone that helped to make the morning such a success.

And check out the video below for the fun that was Crazy Hair Day last week.  We appreciate your support with our continued efforts to raise money to improve our playgrounds.

 

 

 

ATK here Everyday

Check out some of our ATK here Everyday Friday Treats winners this term.  We love celebrating their awesome attendance each week.

ATK. All Day, Every Day! - Attendance Booklet

 

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

 

 

COMMUNITY NOTICES

 

 

Play Time @ Arataki

 

HOLIDAY ACTIVITES

 

EXTRA CURRICULARS 

@ ARATAKI

 

SPONSORS WALL

 

 

PRE LOVED UNIFORMS

 

Needing a few pieces of uniform.  Come and see our pre-loved uniforms at the school office. 

Have your tamariki grown out of their uniforms? We are especially in need of Polo Shirts if you have any spare.

Please consider donating them back to the kura.  These uniform donations are:

  • sold to our whanau for donations of $5. The money raised is used for resources for our classrooms. 
  • used for our tamariki who may need them.

These donations are gratefully received at the school office.

 

 

Please remember to enrol your preschoolers as early as you can. This helps us to get prepared for their arrival.

To enrol you can click this link to the online application form or come into the office for an application pack.

For more information on enrolment check out our website www.arataki.school.nz