Tēna koutou e te whānau,

Meri Kirihimete.

Wow, what an amazing year this year has been. Over the past week, we have been celebrating the achievements of our students here at Arataki School. During this time, it highlighted for me how many opportunities our students have been given, and the successes that students have experienced. Congratulations to all of our trophy and value award recipients.

A particular highlight for me was the changes that we made to leadership within the school. We have recognised that all of our Year 6 students have leadership capabilities. Our Year 6 students of 2025 have definitely demonstrated this. Thank you for your service to our school.

 

School Lunches 2026

Next year, we have a new lunch service provider. Our lunches will be provided by ‘Ka Pai Kai’. The change has occurred due to changes in government policy. 

I would like to thank Freeport for the amazing lunches and service you have given to Arataki School providing lunches over the past five years. 

Here is a short message from the team at Freeport:

 A massive thank you to everyone at Arataki School!  From the kids, to the teachers, school leadership and of course - the  parents.

 It’s been our absolute pleasure and privilege to provide your tamariki with food we love to make every day for the last five years.  We have really enjoyed this journey and feel extremely lucky to have been able to do so.

 Special thanks to Diane for her efforts in organising things from the school end, we have really enjoyed our working relationship.

 We look forward to continuing our relationship with you all, and are committed to supporting your wonderful school into the future.

 Merry Christmas, From Kylie, Carley, Stacey, Tim, Aaron and our families.

 

End of year reporting

On Friday, end of year school reports were shared with whānau via HERO. Your child’s end of year report showed a learning progress graph. This shows where your child is working in regards to the new curriculum that was introduced this year for English and Mathematics. Please note, that the new curriculum is a Year level curriculum where children are taught at their year level. The new curriculum has new content that is required to be taught at an earlier age than what it has in the past.  This may show a change in your child’s progress to previous years. 

Your child’s report also has a progress dial. The progress dial shows what your child was taught and has achieved. This is directly linked to the curriculum. Please click on the dial to give you more information about your child’s learning progress.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward to seeing all of our tamariki back at kura in 2026.

Take care, Vicki Hiini - Principal

 

In this edition:

  • ATK here Everyday 
  • Kopukairoa Awards
  • Te Rā Tuku Tāonga - School Prizegiving

 

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ATK here EVERYDAY

 

Another great year of celebrating great attendance.

On Friday last week our tamariki that were here 100% for Term 4 celebrated with fun in the sprinkler followed by a good relax on their towels enjoying their ice blocks.

And on Monday we celebrated the 7 tamariki that absolutely smashed it with 100% attendance for the entire year. 

Tempest Bull, Blake Ireland, Bryn Morgan, Aleyana Wrigley, Zoey Dick, Archer Nottingham and Alexey Mead - Ka mau te wehi ki a koutou!

We celebrated them with lunch at The Freeport and a game of mini golf at Golf360º.  

Ngā mihi tino nui to The Freeport and Golf360º for donating these rewards and giving these tamariki a great afternoon of fun and a happily full puku.

 

 

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DATES FOR THE DIARY

Click here for 2024 and 2025 Term Dates

 

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