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Message Peria School Thursday 11th April 2025 Newsletter
Kia ora e te whānau, What a fantastic end to the term we’ve had. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to Ka Hui Hikitia, our Celebration Assembly. It was such a joy to come together as a community and celebrate the many achievements of our tamariki. Your support makes all the difference. As we head into the holidays, there are lots of simple and fun ways you can keep the learning going at home – especially outside. Take a book along to the park or the beach or read under a tree in your backyard. Reading signs on a walk or telling stories together while out and about are great ways to build literacy too. Writing can be just as easy – tamariki might enjoy keeping a holiday journal, writing postcards, or even using chalk on the footpath to share a message or create a story. For maths, try baking together and talking about the measurements, count birds, shells or cars, or look for shapes and patterns while walking around the neighbourhood. We’re also excited to let you know that our school website is currently being updated to make it more helpful and easier to navigate for whānau. You can see some of the changes take place now and our lovely website developer will keep that mahi going into the new term. Our new build is progressing really well, and we expect it to be completed sometime next term. We can’t wait to see our learners enjoying the new spaces. The demolition of Te Moana will take place over the July holidays to make way for a much more open environment. Whaea Lisa will be leading the school as principal for the first week of Term 2 as she continues to take on and enjoy her leadership role. We know that you will all make her feel valued and comfortable in this role. Finally, a huge thank you to our staff for all the energy, care and commitment you’ve given this term. It’s been a big one, and we’re proud of everything we’ve achieved together. Wishing everyone a safe and restful break. We look forward to a wonderful Term 2 ahead. Ngā mihi nui, Whaea Ari Principal Peria School Principal’s korero
POOL KEYS With the swimming season coming to an end, can you please return your pool key by Friday 11 April. Keys can be returned to the school office to receive your $20 bond back. EASTER RAFFLE Thanks so much to everyone who sent in Easter Eggs or Easter related goodies for the Easter raffle. We ended up with 18 draws including a $250 Pak n Save voucher generously donated by Alan Garton and $100 by June Dangen. We really appreciate the support we have had from whanau and community members, THANK YOU SO MUCH, whether you donated some goodies or bought some tickets we couldn’t do this fundraising without you all. Since all the tickets were sold, we drew it on Wednesday 2nd April 2025 Congratulations to everyone who won an Easter basket: 1. Whaea Sue 2. June Dangen 3. Layne Hailstone 4. Alan Garton 5. Alan Garton 6. Harley Roberts 7. Chloe Lowen 8. Layne Hailstone 9. Lacey Dangen 10. Stephanie Olsen 11. Jordan Hailstone 12. Flynn Dangen 13. Anthony Goodhue 14. Matt Olsen 15. Whaea Brooke 16. Lacey Dangen 17. Alan Garton 18. Penni Watson Happy Easter *Claire Peria School Notices & Important Information
ANZAC Day Parade We’re getting ready to be a part of the annual ANZAC Day Parade in Mangonui and we’d love for you to be part of it! We’re looking for volunteers to contribute to making a wreath to honour the occasion. Even though it’s in the school holidays, feel free to come along and join us! If your child will be present, please let us know so we can make sure we have enough school T-shirts on hand. If you are coming along - we are planning to gather outside the Memorial Hall at 10:35am and then make our way towards the Memorial Site by the boardwalk. The service will then start at 11am, Friday 25th April 2025 We look forward to seeing you there to mark this important day. ● Edge Caregiver app If you haven't already, please check out the link on how to set up the caregiver app on edge. This will allow you to send us absentee messages, get reports and important updates. ● Dental clinics contact details. Phone: 0800 698 3384 Mobile: 021 576 594 Website: https://www.northlanddhb.org.nz/myteeth Peria School Notices & Important Information
School Board Notices If you would like to get in contact with the School Board please email Brook and attention School Board at office@peria.school.nz Our next Board meeting will be held on the 23rd April 2025, 5:30pm at Peria School Peria School Policies and Procedures We utilise SchoolDocs for its set of policies and procedures. SchoolDocs policies incorporate all of Peria School's legislative and regulatory requirements. To view our complete set of policies and procedures, please follow this link. Sign in with username: peria and password: oruru Once in use the search feature to locate school policy or procedural information. This terms policies open for review are as follows: Health, Safety, and Welfare Policy (Board) Safety Management System (Board) Risk Management (Board) Worker Engagement, Participation, and Representation Healthcare (Board) Reporting and Recording Accidents, Injuries and Illness They will be open until the end of Term 1, So please take the time to read and have your say. It’s Election year! Later this year we will be holding the Triennial School Board Elections. This means that you will have the opportunity to become part of the governance team here at Peria School. What would you be a part of as a Board Member? Does this sound like something you are interested in? Look out for more information later this year, check out this online information Becoming a board member or come along to our next board meeting and see for yourself what we do. Peria School School Board
If there are 20 Tūī and they are sitting in trees, and there are only 2 Tūī in each tree. How many trees are there? Let’s find out…. Te Puna says 10! What if we had 30 Tūī who sat 5 in a tree. Then how many trees would there be? Let’s find out… Te Puna says 6! Kia ora whanau, these little mathematicians of yours have been working hard on multiplicative thinking, exploring the patterns and changes of skip counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. We are learning to represent our thinking through imaging, that making mistakes helps us learn and understand more about the problem we are trying to solve and to see patterns and make connections through numbers. Our mat hums with the sound of numbers during maths! Our earliest readers are getting to grips with the sounds of stage one. Learning to make the sound and write them. Soon we will have enough sounds to put them together into words. This is very exciting for them. It has been a very busy term in Te Puna, and I am so proud of our youngest learners at Peria School. We have some solid routines running now and are ready to take on term two and all that it will bring us. Nga Mihi Whaea Beks Te Puna
Writing a Recount We are learning about recount writing. We are learning about the layout features and language features for a recount. These are some of our draft copies. We are using 3 of the 5 W’s to help us with our beginnings. Who? Where? What? We are learning to use time connectives to order our events. First, Next, Then, Finally, Te awa
Kia Ora Whanau mā! For literacy we have been doing lots of learning around texts and their purpose. When we read and write it is important for us to understand the author's purpose so that we can include and understand the appropriate features that support us to achieve our goal. We are learning about the three main purposes of text. We use the acronym PIE to help us remember. Persuade, Inform and Entertain. For the last two weeks we have been focussing on texts that are informative. To better understand this we have been learning about the difference between facts and opinions. We have also been looking into the use of headings, images and diagrams. To practice our new learning each akonga in our class has created their own animal report. Mātakitaki mai! Check it out!! Check out our online library by scanning the QR code > (looks best on a computer screen or turning your phone sideways) We would love to hear your feedback. Ngā mihi Te Moana
Kia ora e te whānau, Over the past few weeks, Te Rangi has been focusing on Kotahitanga—working together, building positive relationships, and supporting each other in our learning. Our Kiwican sessions have reinforced this kaupapa, helping us develop teamwork and communication skills. In maths, we have been exploring what it means to be a mathematician. We have been practicing estimation, taking risks, and showing our working. A big focus has been on developing a growth mindset—understanding that mistakes help us learn, and that changing our minds or finding multiple ways to solve a problem is part of being a great mathematician. For writing, we have been working on retelling stories using connectives such as "First, Next, Then, Finally" to show sequence and structure our ideas clearly. Illustrating our writing has also helped us deepen our understanding of storytelling. In reading, we have been building our comprehension skills by asking questions as we read, making sense of the text, and exploring new vocabulary. We are learning to make predictions and delve deeper into the meaning behind the words to strengthen our understanding. Ka mau te wehi, Te Rangi! Keep up the awesome mahi! Ngā mihi, Frances Te Rangi