Our updated Values

After plenty of community consultation, we have changed our values.

Our new values are

Kia kaha – Do your best
Kia māia – Be courageous
Kia manawanui – Have a heart

You can watch the video we made about our new Values:

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We celebrated many special achievements at our final assembly of 2017.

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As well as recognising achievements from tamariki from all classes and ages, we celebrated the graduation of our Year 8s and presented the winners of our senior trophies.

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We also said farewell to some very special adults:

  • Mrs Vanessa Gotz is heading off on leave for a year
  • Mrs Maryanne Baylis retires after 33 amazing years at Puketapu School
  • Miss Anna Moratti heads to Southland to take up a new teaching placement
  • Mrs Gay MacKenzie finishes with us after many years of Reading Recovery

We wish them all the very best - we will miss them all.

There was singing, dancing and a whole lot of celebrating!

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Tonight our hapori gathered in the quad on a beautiful summer evening, to join us in celebrating 2017.

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Every class took part, presenting an item or two and some students humbled us with their speaking and singing. Our Home & School (PSG) kept us fed and watered and we raffled some amazing prizes again.

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Thank you to everyone who has made 2017 such a special year for us all.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Rimu 4 had an adventure out to Stoney Oaks Wildlife Park near Inglewood.

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We saw all kinds of animals: horses and turkeys, hairy highland cattle, rabbits, goats, possums, guinea pigs and even a llama!

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We got to feed some of the animals.

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What a great day out! Thank you Miss Sharrock and all of our parent helpers.

Our Year 5 & 6 students joined hundreds of other Taranaki tamariki to take part in this year's Tough Kid Challenge.

What an amazing day of challenges...

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...for teams and individuals!

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Running, climbing, sliding...

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It was hard work, but great fun.

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Well done to Mr Lindsay and Mrs Haenga for their effort in the Teachers' Challenge!

Address
25 Dillon Drive,
Bell Block,
New Plymouth.
4312

Main Reception
Phone 06 755-0973
Online
office@puketapu.school.nz
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