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Message Peria School Friday 9th May 2025 Newsletter

Kia ora e te whānau, This term, our kura is diving into a powerful kaupapa inquiry centred on our pepeha — not just knowing the words, but truly understanding and living them. Tamariki will be exploring the special places named in their pepeha such as Maunga Taniwha the Mountain, Waiwhero the awa, and Kauhanga Marae. We’ll be using Te Whare Tapa Whā to explore the physical (taha tinana), spiritual (taha wairua), social (taha whānau), and emotional (taha hinengaro) wellbeing aspects of each place. Through stories, visits, and creative learning, we aim to deepen our connection to these taonga and grow our sense of identity and belonging. A big part of supporting your child’s learning is ensuring they are at school every day and on time. When tamariki attend regularly, they build strong relationships, feel more secure in their learning, and keep up with the routines of the classroom. Being here by 8:30am helps start the day with focus and connection. Let’s continue to work together to make sure our tamariki get the best possible chance to succeed. You’ll notice our new building is quickly taking shape! This space will soon become home to our senior classes, Te Moana and Te Rangi, with completion expected by the July holidays. We’re excited to see this new learning environment support our ākonga with space, light, and connection to our outdoor spaces. A quick reminder about phones at school: Our policy is that students should not have phones during the school day. If your child must bring a phone, it must be handed in to the school office on arrival and collected at the end of the day. Any phones found on students during school hours will be held by the office and only returned after a conversation between the principal and the caregiver. Our full policy can be found on SchoolDocs (see newsletter for login details). Finally, if you have any concerns or complaints about anything happening at school, whether it's related to staff, students, or other whānau, please follow our complaints process, which is available on SchoolDocs. The first step is always to speak with the classroom teacher or the principal. We’re here to help and always keen to work together to resolve any issues in a positive, respectful way. Ngā manaakitanga, Ariana Williams Principal Peria School Principal’s korero

We Need Your Help, Whānau! We're working on some exciting art projects to display around the school and need your help collecting plastic bottle tops. Please make sure they're clean and send them in with your tamariki. Bottle tops can be given to Whaea Beks. Ngā mihi! ● 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 clinic 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: Planning and Preparing for Emergencies, Disasters, and Crises (board) Communication During an Emergency, Disaster, or Crisis (board) Emergency Closure (board) Emergency Management Disaster Management Crisis Management They will be open until the end of Term 2, 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

New resources, Think and be Me, Gardening, Fractions and Maunga! Kia ora e te whanau, it’s so good to be back for another term of learning. As you can see, we have jumped straight into all sorts of learning. Our new resources are being used in multiple different ways and are really being enjoyed by the tamariki. Thank you again to all those people who supported the Easter Raffle last term and allowed us to purchase these fabulous new items. Te Puna is preparing our gardens (by getting rid of all the weeds) so that we can plant some winter veges, (our new buckets and rakes came in handy for this task). We are also taking on some responsibility in the area of composting as part of the Enviro Schools mahi here at Peria School. Every day we empty our compostable food scraps into the compost bin, once a week we will add brown waste (leaves and sticks) and once a week give it all a mix up and eventually, we can use this on the gardens - watch this space gardeners. Our tamariki had a fantastic time yet again when the Think and Be Me show returned last week to help our tamariki name, understand and manage the big emotion of anger! We all feel it at one point or another so learning to manage this well is a very important part of the emotion. Te Puna are big fans of Cat and Willie and their show, they really gave our tamariki some good coping skills to navigate through anger. Emotions seem to be running high this term in Te Puna and our littlest learners are not only learning to navigate the world but also the world of emotions. As they navigate friendships there are bound to be upsets and misunderstandings along the way. But it’s important that we as the adults in their lives help them to remain kind in all that we do and show Manaaki (our focus school value this term) to one another. Ko Maungataniwha te Maunga! For kaupapa this term we are bringing the Pepeha of the school to life across the school and Te Puna’s part in this Living Pepeha is looking at our Maunga. We have some great things planned and I’m really excited to watch these come to fruition. Fractions are our focus in maths at the moment. We spent last week looking at ‘Fractions of a Whole’ identifying and making halves, quarters and eighths. This week we are learning to identify fractions of a set or group by equally sharing into groups. Te Puna

As a school we are learning about how we connect to our living story - a living pepeha. Our classroom kaupapa / topic this term is about Ko Waiwhero te Awa.We decided we needed to start learning about what a river is first. Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au I am the river and the river is me Whakatauki / Proverb We are hoping to answer the following questions … What whaanau are living on or near a river? What whaanau live inside a river? How do we know our water is ok to drink? What makes water healthy? If we are the river, then where does the water go inside of us? This week we are answering… What whaanau live on or near a river? We have started to research the bird whaanau. We are learning to write reports about them. Can you name the birds we are researching this week? Te Awa

Manaakitanga, Identity, Belonging and Well Being These are some of the key words we have been learning about so far this term. Here are some of our creative self-portraits representing our identity. We are also learning about mihi and pepeha. Knowing our pepeha helps us to connect with our own unique whakapapa. It also helps us to build connections as we meet new people over the years. We are working on a multilayered art piece that will explore all the components of a pepeha. Here is the first layer Do you know your pepeha? Ko te maunga Ko te awa Ko te waka Ko te marae Ko te hapu Ko te iwi Ko ahau Te Moana

Kia ora e te whānau, It’s been a busy and exciting term in Te Rangi, with lots of learning happening across all areas of the curriculum. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to!  Literacy Our focus has been on research report writing. Te Rangi has been learning about the structure and purpose of reports. We’ve explored real-world examples through reading and have written our own reports with a geography lens—investigating different countries around the world. The students are developing excellent skills in finding, organising, and presenting information clearly and purposefully. 󰁃 Maths We’ve kicked off our Geometry unit by exploring different shapes and their many attributes. Students have enjoyed hands-on activities, identifying features like sides, angles, and symmetry. Alongside this, we continue to build confidence in multiplication and division strategies, helping students develop flexible and efficient ways to solve problems.  Inquiry / Kaupapa Our kaupapa this term is centred on whānau—Who are the people of this area? We’re exploring our connections to the land, our past, present, and future, and asking big questions: Tinana – What living landscapes are connected to Te Paatu and Ngāti Kahu? Hinengaro – What do we already know? What do we still need to find out? Inquiring Minds – How can we use this new knowledge to make a difference? We’re learning how our identity is deeply connected to place and people. A key part of this has been understanding our own pepeha – a way of introducing ourselves through our connections to our maunga (mountain), awa (river), moana (ocean), waka (canoe), marae, hapū (subtribe), and iwi (tribe). Ask your tamaiti if they can share their pepeha with you—it's a powerful step in understanding who we are and where we come from. Te Rangi