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T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa (Hello everyone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you will share in my excitement that Turitea School has finally gone live on Facebook<\/strong>! We are one of the last schools left in Palmerston North not yet in this realm, and that was a deliberate choice. Although we have a website<\/a>, we realise people won\u2019t go there unless they are actively seeking information. Establishing a social media presence will act as a modern day ‘shop window’ to promote and showcase the unique character of our kura. We will share timely updates, successes, reminders, keep our wider community informed and broaden our reach in a way that a website cannot. Hero will still be our main communication tool, but we will use this platform as a \u2018double dip\u2019 so that no information goes unread. So give us a follow<\/a> if you are a Facebooker to keep further connected. We acknowledge some people’s views on social media and respect your wishes, but privacy and safety of our \u0101konga (students) remains a top priority. When you enrolled with us, you completed a form giving us permission regarding the use of your child’s image online. If you wish to check or change this, please reach out to Julie<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I shared with you about our Government’s decision to remove the requirement for Boards of Trustees to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi). I have appreciated members of our Turitea wh\u0101nau reaching out to me regarding this, as you may have seen some Boards of Trustees have published online letters pledging their support<\/strong> to continue to do this. We have our final BoT hui coming up where we will discuss how we choose to respond. I have received communications from New Zealand Principals Federation (NZPF) about their collaboration with the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) and you may have seen their petition circulating from them to reverse this decision. If you wish to show your support, please feel free to do so here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Monday, Our tuakana (seniors) had their annual fundraiser to support the Wildbase Discovery Centre<\/strong> with their amazing morning tea market, as seen above. Thank you for your support, as they raised over $800 for them. Ka wani k\u0113! (Fabulous!) Monday also marked the first day of school for Nature<\/strong>, joining Anna, Kristin and the learners in Rimu. <\/strong>Darryn, her Dad, is an ex-student of Turitea and Trish was even his teacher! Nau mai hoki mai (Welcome back)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Table Tennis Tamariki<\/strong> did really well on Tuesday at the Manawat\u016b Table Tennis Tournament (Sheesh, that was a lot of T\u2019s) Our girls team of Kazuri, Riley, Amelia C and Felicity<\/strong> came second overall and our boys team of Blake, Xavier, Ben and Ariki<\/strong> came fourth. Blake and Xavier<\/strong> also broke the record for the longest rally challenge that stood for 8 years with their whopping effort of 1,186 consecutive hits. They smashed the previous record held by ex-Turitea students; Fraser and Hadleigh, who are Bridgit\u2019s sons. Ka rawe koutou! (Awesome everyone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mihi atu ki a koutou (Thank you) to Fraser, Lucain<\/strong> and their tamariki who came and painted the pool trim during the gorgeous weather last weekend. They used the paint that was donated by Brit from Mitre 10 Mega. We hope to have it ready to open in the first week of December and we will start releasing keys for $50 for those who would like to use it over the Summer. More details will come out about getting your hands on one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, we had 8 teachers who are at the start of their teaching career come through to see all the things that we are doing at Turitea. They all left inspired to take back what they observed and heard to hopefully lead change in their own classrooms. It was a nice way to showcase our kura to other teachers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I t\u0113nei ahiahi (This afternoon) we had our third Hui \u0100 Kura (Assembly) of the term led by Kazuri and Felicity.<\/strong> As you can expect, We recognised those who demonstrate our school uara (values) consistently. Receiving their tiwhikete (certificate) this week were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n