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.
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.
We also said farewell to some very special adults:
We wish them all the very best - we will miss them all.
There was singing, dancing and a whole lot of celebrating!
Tonight our hapori gathered in the quad on a beautiful summer evening, to join us in celebrating 2017.
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.
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.
We saw all kinds of animals: horses and turkeys, hairy highland cattle, rabbits, goats, possums, guinea pigs and even a llama!
We got to feed some of the animals.
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...
...for teams and individuals!
Running, climbing, sliding...
It was hard work, but great fun.
Well done to Mr Lindsay and Mrs Haenga for their effort in the Teachers' Challenge!