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Tēnā koutou e ngā mātua, e ngā hoa o te Kura o Mangōnui, As we come to the end of Term 1, we want to take a moment to reflect on what has been an action-packed and exciting start to the year at school. We kicked off the term with the exciting opening of our new playground – a space that has already brought so much joy, creativity, and movement to our tamariki. It’s been wonderful to see children challenging themselves and supporting each other in this vibrant new space. Early in the term, our school came alive with Beach Day. This was a fun and refreshing way to celebrate the beauty of our local environment and the celebrate the start of 2025. Our staff have been incredibly busy behind the scenes too, engaging in after-school professional learning in Structured Maths, Structured Reading, Writing, Seesaw, and Think and Be Me. This mahi ensures that we continue to grow as educators and deliver high-quality, evidence-based learning experiences for our students. We are also grateful to have Sonya from Awhi Mai Awhi Atu working with some of our students in a counselling space this term. Her support has been a valuable addition to our team, helping us to nurture the wellbeing of our ākonga. One of the highlights this term has been Camp Week at Waiari, where students challenged themselves and embraced new experiences—whether that was kayaking, snorkling or venturing through the incredible 'Hole in the Rock'. It was a week full of resilience, laughter, and lifelong memories. In addition, our tamariki have proudly represented us at both the Eastern Zone and Far North Swimming Competitions, showing determination, teamwork, and school pride. Learning outside the classroom has also been a strong focus, with class trips to Rangikapiti and Taumarumaru Reserve, where students explored pā sites and deepened their understanding of our local history and whenua. Next week, we’ll wrap up the term with a celebration assembly, where we acknowledge the wonderful achievements and efforts of our students across all areas. We want to say a huge thank you to all our whānau for your ongoing support. Your involvement, encouragement, and trust enable us to provide a broad, exciting educational programme that supports the whole child—academically, socially, emotionally, and culturally. Over the school break make sure you spend some time keeping your tamariki’s maths, reading and writing alive! A pack of cards for maths, a visit to the library in Kaitaia, pen and paper is all you need!! Nga Mihi Dave Sedcole

Term 1 ● Celebration Assembly Thursday 10th April 2025 9am Start (will be FB Live streamed). ● Last Day of Term 1 Friday April 11th 2025. Term 2 Starts 28th April 2025. ● School Picture Day Tuesday May 6th 2025 Any questions please contact the office: 406 0182 or 021 544 702 Please remember to inform the office about any student absences or any concerns. If you have any concerns/feedback that relate directly to our school, please voice them to feedback@mangonui.school.nz they will be checked and dealt with accordingly. Mangonui School uses the digital platform 'Schooldocs.co.nz' to store all Policies and Procedures pertaining to our school. To access this site please use: Community username: mangonui Community password: zoom12 Please remember to phone the office and update your contact details. Phone: 09 4060182 email: office@mangonui.school.nz Mangonui School hold a Board of Trustees meeting every month in the school staffroom. If you are interested in attending and would like to be on the Board, please contact the office. Our next Board Meeting will be Tuesday 5:00pm 8th April 2025

Awards Term 1, 2025 Week 9 & 10 Kotuku: Week 9 Our Kaitiaki Award went to Hunter Simpson for consistently being kaitiaki of your morals by sticking to what you believe is right and always treating others how you expect to be treated. Our Caught Being Good Award goes to Mika Macdonald for the leadership skills you have displayed as you run your lunchtime gymnastics club with enthusiasm and purpose. Our Ka Pai went to Finn Bridson for the wonderful narratives that you have crafted this term. Week 10 Our Kaitiaki Award went to Ollie Calder for being kaitiaki of himself and using effective strategies to manage his resilience. Our Caught Being Good certificate went to Lara Laybourn for being so consistent with her positive attitude towards the Go Girls Programme. Our Ka Mau Te Wehi Award goes to Leo Bridson for the effort he is putting into learning new mathematical strategies. Tuatara: Week 9 Our Kaitiaki Award went to Marley Sedcole for his dedication and positive attitude toward his learning. Marley approaches every task with enthusiasm and gets his mahi done, showing what it means to be a kaitiaki of his own learning journey. Our Ka Pai Award went to Donté Herlihy for trying hard to put his “views into words” then sharing confidently with his group. Awesome Donté! Our Caught Being Good Award went to Aalyah Laybourn for always being so thoughtful and kind toward others. Aalyah is quick to offer a helping hand, shows beautiful manners, and brings a warm, positive energy to our classroom every day. Week 10 Our Kaitiaki Award went to Marlee Jurlina for always being on task, making excellent choices, and leading by example every single day. Your quiet strength and responsibility shine through in everything you do. Ka mau te wehi, Marlee! Our Ka Pai Award went to Jackson Walters for showing a positive attitude towards his learning and making an effort to stay engaged. Our Caught Being Good Award went to Rubylee Murphy-Wright for having a good understanding of what she is reading and being patient when sharing her ideas with others. Kowhai: The “Kaitaiki Award” went to Ellie-May White for making super progress with her reading. Ka pai! The “Duffy Caught being good” award went to Harper Ashurst for always being there to comfort friends when they need it. The “Mahi tika ana” award went to Jagger Prime for always having interesting ideas with his work including art. The “Kaitaiki Award” went to Billie Ashurst for always having a positive attitude towards her learning. The “Duffy Caught being good” award went to Olivia Kreiger for having a positive attitude towards her learning. The “Awesome” award went to Raven Te Maru for making super progress with her reading. Ka pai.

Koru: Our Kaitiaki Award went to Iluka WItehira-Knox for working hard with Kapa Haka and learning a new song in our class. Our Duy Award went to Ivy Irwin for working carefully and independently on her prime maths! Our Ka Rawe Awards went to Te Atawhai Puru for making great progress learning his sounds in reading. We also had 25 nights reading for Eden Mclindon-Brooks and 50 nights reading for Harlin Jones. Taonga Our Kaitiaki Awards went to Asher Oliver for working away quietly to ensure he completes all his independent literacy activities and Whitiora Albert for being focused and working hard to learn new spelling patterns independently. Our Duy Awards went to Tommie Perry for hearing letter sounds and making word chains quickly and Clyde Proctor for sounding super fluent when reading his books. Our Ka Rawe Awards went to Max Lane for contributing his ideas in class discussions frequently and pushing himself to improve his ideas in writing and Harvey Leef for pushing himself to write all his ideas down when retelling the story of Te Ika a Maui. Nga Ringa: Our Duy Awards went to Cooper Steed for his care and concentration in handwriting and Lachlan Wason for eort & determination in phonics & reading. Our Kaitiaki Awards went to Elijah Waller-Hancock for always pushing himself to do his best in phonics and Aria Harris for showing kaitiakitanga to others in our class. Our Ka Rawe Awards went to Emelia Krieger for careful detail and focus in our pepeha art and Te Ara Puru for having an amazing start to our kura! She joins in and tries her best in everything. Pukeko: Awesome Awards went to John John Powers for hearing and writing sounds in words with increasing independence during writing time and Jessica Harrison-Brake for working really hard to blend the sounds you can hear to create the correct word. Tu meke!! The Kaitiaki Award went to Ky-marni Hita for confidently making and describing repeating patterns in maths. The Duy Award went to Bjorn Coertzen as we thank him for being a great member of Pukeko class and wish him and his whānau all the best as they move to Australia.

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Kōtuku News We have had a great two weeks really settling into our routine in Kōtuku Class. As we’ve focused on our topic, we have made visual depictions of our school pepeha in clay tiles. We have also been looking at the stories behind place names. From here, we created our own place names and crafted narratives to go along with them. A quick shout-out to our wonderful kaimahi. Each morning we are very fortunate to have Shirley sit and read with our students, then go on to work with them throughout the day.

Tuatara News Tuatara Class has had a fun and busy couple of weeks! In PE, we have been working on our throwing and catching skills through games and challenges. We loved the Duffy Book Assembly, with Taylor and Reuben as awesome role models. Two of our students were also rewarded with a book for completing 25 nights of reading – ka pai! As part of our learning about local history, we created agamographs to show the story of Mangōnui and how it got its name - come and check them out in our classroom! Ngā mihi, Tuatara Class

Kōwhai Class News We have been learning lots of different things. We used our letters A,B,C,D to choose multichoice answers and created our class narrative. The most popular choice was the words we used in our story. We also learnt and loved playing our new maths games. We have been learning about Pa sites. We did some role playing to imagine what life might be like living on a pa.

Koru Class News We have been learning lots of different things in maths, reading and writing over the last few weeks. We have been learning how to use some of our different maths resources, by following patterns, using pattern blocks and creating different shapes on the geo boards. The tamariki love working with their groups to create different things!

Taonga Class News We have been working hard to practise our spelling words during independent writing time. The tamariki are very focused and demonstrate amazing kaitiaki of self. We have also been learning to write words that have a long vowel sound with a ‘magic e’ at the end! You might hear your tamariki say this when they find a word while reading their books! After writing about Rangikapiti Pā and learning about pā sites we had a go at painting our own!

Ngā Ringa Āwhina Class has been learning about pā sites through our inquiry. We had fun drawing tāngata/people and whare/houses and then worked with our buddies to create model pā in the sandpit. We have been observing insects in our māra/garden and we have learnt the Māori words for them. We are looking forward to sharing this learning with our whānau at celebration assembly!

We have been working hard all term learning letters and the sounds they make so that we can use this to apply to our reading and writing. We work hard on hearing, finding and recording the sounds we need for words we want to write. We love learning about letters and their sounds!