Well what a busy end of the term and year. We are so proud of all our students who participated enthusiastically  in the pantomime and I am sure you will agree with us that it was a successful night. The students have been busy with all sorts of activities, we have been swimming, playing tee ball and bat down, exploring down the back of the field, reading some pretty interesting books with lots of new language. Playing some new math games, christmas crafts and much much more. As I was reading the students a story on Thursday we had a student nod off to sleep. I would like to say it is the soothing tones of my voice but I think it is more likely a combination of the end of the year and the heat.

Miss McGeady is moving on at the end of the year to take up a position at Blaketown School, lucky them and we wish her well in her new job. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to our amazing teacher aides, Amanda and Salena. Thank you so much for your dedication to our students, your guidance and patience, your forward thinking and can do attitude. I couldn’t have done this term without you both.

The students of Ruma Piwakawaka have been a delight to teach this term and I would like to thank all of them for welcoming me into their room.

Wishing you all a very merry christmas and a restful and happy 2018.

Well here we are moving back into our original classroom and it certainly feels like the end of the term. The students are excited about moving up to the next year level and welcoming a new teacher to work with our Yr 3/4 akonga. All the students were outstanding during the Christmas pantomime and now we are busy getting ready for the Christmas Parade this Saturday. Rain is forecast, but with the weather like it has been, it is hard to imagine it will ever rain! Ruma Kokako welcomed Akbar and Bilal into the class last week. Bilal will be staying with the Year 3 students next year, and Akbar will be joining the Year 5 class. The brothers have quickly made themselves at home and the Ruma Kokako are showing real Whanaungatanga looking after them. As this is our last post, I would like to wish all te whanau o te Kura te Tuatahi o Hokitika all the very best for the Christmas holidays.

Arohanui, Ruma Kokako.

Tēnā koutou e te whānau,

We have nearly seen the end of the 2017 school year! The year 6′s are busy finishing off their korowai ready for their graduation on Thursday evening.

The tamariki are busy creating some Christmas crafts and helping to tidy the akomanga ready for our move. Rumaki will be moving back to the classroom that the teina were in at the beginning of the year. They will also have a lucky new kaiako (which is yet to be confirmed) as Miriama and Andrea will be moving on. We have both enjoyed our time with all of the tamariki and wish them well with their schooling and look forward to watching them grow.

Kia koutou ngā tamariki, ngā taiohi, e mihi kau atu ana, kia whaia ki tō ake haepapatanga o te matauranga.

kia tau te rangimarie kia koutou.

We have had a fabulous week getting into the Christmas spirit. We are singing our Christmas carols loud and proud, we are sounding fantastic.  We have also made Christmas stockings. They are hanging in our library corner and we would love for you to come and have a look!

Swimming this week has been so refreshing. At the moment we are getting used to being back in the water. Next week we are looking forward to kicking our feet and working on our stroke.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Miss Reid, Linda and the Children of Ruma Kokako.

Kia ora e te whanau. Ruma kotuku joined in with the triathlon on Monday, all students tried their best and it looked like they had a lot of fun! This marked the beginning of swimming for our school. We will be swimming everyday, tamariki need to bring a note from home if they are not going to be joining in. We will be teaching all students swimming skills and water safety so this is a very important part of our school curriculum.

Ruma kotuku led the school assembly today. Tamariki demonstrated how the play is the way life rafts are said in te reo Maori. We had a lot of children away today and the children on stage did a great job at presenting to the rest of the school and whanau.

Kia ora Koutou,

This week has seen Ruma Kereru bravely participating in the school triathlon. Well done everyone tried their personal best and had heaps of fun. The triathlon was the start of our term 4 swimming season. Our class swimming is scheduled for first thing in the morning when the pool is the warmest. Please ensure your child brings their togs each day as this term our focus is on building confidence in the water and having fun.

Our certificates for this weeks whole school assembly went to Benjie Mahuika for demonstrating fantastic leadership in our class Play Is The Way games. Benjie leads his team with integrity and encourages his team to ensure they all succeed. Also Eva Larcombe Perez recieved a certificate for ensuring her friends are included in her games and activities. Congratulations Benjie and Eva you both Treat other how you would like to be treated.

Kia ora whanau,

On Monday we were lucky enough to work with a Year 9/10 P.E. class from Westland High School on our Touch Rugby skills. This is an opportunity for the high school students to experience coaching and for our students to learn to work with peers.

Isn’t this term flying by! We have had so many exciting activities and events we cannot keep up.  On Monday we had the school triathlon. We all pursued our personal best and were all extremely brave when we had to run through the forest and jump into the pool. We are proud of our amazing efforts.

This week we started swimming. At the moment we are finding our flippers and having some fun showing off our skills.

We are all busy learning our lines and lyrics for the Christmas pantomime. We are full of the Christmas spirit.

Have a fantastic rest of the week! Enjoy the sunshine, Miss McGeady, Mrs Anderson, Amanda and Salena.

With the term rolling past so fast we have only a few weeks left to practice for the Christmas Pantomime. We sing everyday from 2pm to 2.45pm.

The wearable art show was a huge success with the students’ idea’s brought to life. We experienced a variety of costumes, accessories and fur inspired creations.

We were lucky to get a break in the weather and Athletics Day ran smoothly. Several of the students qualified for the finals, trying their best and gaining the results they were aiming for.

Thank you for all the support from parents and the community watching cheering and helping out.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Anderson, Selena, and Amanda

Kia ora parents and whanau,

How fantastic was that Wearable Art’s Show? Thanks to all the parents that came and well done to all the tamariki that WOWed us with their creations. A big congratulations also to all the students that participated in the Junior Athletics. I was impressed with the strong and sensible decisions you were all making. This week we were so happy to welcome back Harlem, Atawhai and Isley into Ruma Kokako. They fit right  in as if they have never been gone from HPS. We now have 25 wonderful tamariki in Ruma Kokako, which keeps me on my toes but makes life much more interesting with all the great individual qualities everyone bring to the class. I am looking forward to having some fun and rewarding experiences with these tamariki before the end of the term. Hope you’re all enjoying this beautiful weather while it lasts.

Ruma Kokako.