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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645 Ramadan Kareem (Blessed Ramadan) <\/strong>to all our muslim wh\u0101nau as Tuesday also marked the start of the holy ninth month of the Islamic calendar, where they fast from dawn until sunset for 30 days. May this time bring peace, reflection and many blessings to you and your families during this special month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to those of you who came to our information evening on Wednesday. We hope that you gained an understanding of the changes to our NZ Curriculum<\/strong> and what this looks like for your children. If you were unable to make it, please look at the slides<\/a> we shared, showing the overall changes. The Junior Team presentation can be viewed here<\/a> and the Senior Team\u2019s here<\/a>. Please reach out with any p\u0101tai (questions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n We also launched our \u2018Have Your Say\u2019<\/strong> survey on this evening also. You might have seen the posters around the school promoting this or a letter in your child’s bag from yesterday. We want to know from you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We realise filling out surveys can be a tedious thing to do, but hopefully you don\u2019t mind doing this one, because all we want to do is make our school the best place for you all! It is your chance to share your thoughts as we develop our strategic direction for the next three years. You can answer these questions or email one of our BoT members, Joeli<\/a> or Sarah<\/a>, to book in a time to do this in person, or over the phone with you. We will be drawing the first prize winner<\/strong> on Monday morning, so maybe find a few minutes over the weekend to do this and you might be the lucky one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our amazing mural crew of Ihaia, Kyerin, Harriet, Munroe, Lily, Maya and Mackenzie<\/strong> completed their boards and it is a masterclass! I am in awe of what they have done for us and the story each one tells. A huge mihi (thank you) to Carolyn<\/strong> who has worked intensely with these kids over the last 10 days. We look forward to revealing this to you all on Monday 2nd March<\/strong> after they come back from Camp. All are welcome to attend, but we\u2019d especially love the wh\u0101nau members of the crew to come and see this first hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bienvenido (Welcome in Spanish) to Marco<\/strong> who joined Anna and the tamariki in Rimu on Monday. His wh\u0101nau are from Columbia and we look forward to having you part of our Turitea h\u0101pori (community).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also welcomed back Dani Macdonald <\/strong>this week, even though she is ‘part of the furniture’ here. Dani wears a lot of hats as she is our Sports Coordinator, DanceNZmade Teacher, Production Director and not to mention Makenna’s mum. She is also studying part-time at Te Rito Maioha to complete her teaching qualification and will be a student teacher in Mata\u012b with Trish and the \u0101konga in there every Wednesday and Friday for this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seesaw out, Hero in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As mentioned in last week’s p\u0101nui, we are discontinuing using Seesaw, leaving Hero to be our \u2018one stop shop\u2019 for admin and learning. You may have received a learning post already. We have turned on Hero Messaging as well, so if you would like to send a quick message to the teacher (instead of an email) you can use this function. To send a message: <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ng\u0101 Whakanui \u0100konga (Student Celebrations):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Marnie<\/strong> is pretty well known at school for her amazing writing ability and last week she came and shared her amazing story about things that scare her and what she\u2019s going to do to overcome them. Check it out above. Ka pai t\u014d mahi Marnie! (Great work) <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n From the PTA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No doubt you\u2019ve seen the previous posts about our Turitea School Fest, which is now only 15 days away on Saturday 7th March.<\/strong> Can you please lend us a hand by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other news, we received almost $900 back from the Online Printer for your purchases at the end of last year, so thank you for your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Term 1 Important Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More dates have been added to this as they become available to us, so check out what\u2019s happening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kia pai t\u014d r\u0101 whakat\u0101 (Have a great weekend) Ng\u0101 mihi mahana e te wh\u0101nau (Warmest of greetings to you all) Tuesday marked the start of Chinese New Year – \u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50 Xinni\u00e1n ku\u00e0il\u00e8 (Happy New Year). We wish all those celebrating a joyful and vibrant year ahead filled with good health, happiness, and prosperity. 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