Please join us for Grandparents’ Day on Friday 1 November. We invite all Kuia, Koro, Grandmas and Grandads to come to school and have morning tea with their mokopuna, spend time in the classrooms and browse our Book Fair.

All whānau are welcome to attend and we would love to see you there!

Grandparents’ Day is held in conjunction with our Book Fair. Students are encouraged to dress up as their FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER. Prizes for best dressed will be awarded after the parades.

Our PTA will have tea, coffee and home baking available for sale, as well as raffle tickets to purchase.

The programme for the day is as follows:

11:00am Morning Tea Time: Grandparents arrive at school and head to classes to eat morning tea with their grandchildren or accompany them to the library to browse the Book Fair.

11:30am Book Character Parade: The bell will ring and students will go back to class. Whānau will assemble in the hall ready for our Book Character Parade.

11:40am  Junior and Middle Team Parade (Rooms 1-10)

12:20pm  Senior and Intermediate Team Parade (Rooms 11-20)

After the parade, grandparents are invited to join us around the school until lunchtime at 1pm. Your tamariki may wish to share some work in their classroom or browse the Book Fair in the library. We encourage you to spend some time in classrooms, check out our wonderful class displays and ask your tamariki to show you through their learning. It is a great time to touch base with what is going on in our classrooms and we would love to see you in our spaces.

1:40pm: Classes resume as normal after lunch.

Tickets to the school-wide production of Shrek Jnr are now available to purchase from the myKindo shop:

Tickets cost $10 per person and seats are non-allocated.
To allow for as many families to attend the performance as possible, families are able to purchase a maximum of five tickets per family.  Should your family require more than five tickets, please contact the office to add your name to the ticket wait list.

After purchasing your ticket you will receive an email confirmation which you may be required to show at the door upon entry.

Performance times are as follows:

• • Tuesday 17 September        – Matinee performance at 1pm         – Featuring CAST A

• • Wednesday 18 September  – Matinee performance at 1pm         – Featuring CAST B

• • Wednesday 18 September  – Evening performance at 6:30pm – Featuring CAST A

• • Thursday 19 September       – Evening performance at 6:30pm – Featuring CAST B

***UPDATE***  The Year 3-8 Cross Country has been postponed until Wednesday 11 September.

Our school-wide cross country event will be held on Wednesday 28 August and Thursday 29 August.  The postponement date is Monday 2 September.  Please check the schedule below for the date and time of your child’s race.

The events for ages 7-13 are held around the Mangati Walkway, starting at the top bridge (near the entry to the walkway from Antonio Place).  A map of the track can be found below.

The Junior Team (Years 1-2) run on the school field.

Please note that students’ age is calculated as follows:

5-8 year olds – age as at Wednesday 28 August

9-13 year olds – age as at 25 September 2024 which is the date of the Taranaki Cross Country.

Students run in age groups and always give a massive effort, while also being great supporters of each other when they are not running their event. Every student who runs earns points for their whānau and we encourage students to dress up in their whānau colours and get into the spirit of the day.

Please come along if you are able and cheer on your runners as they give it their best on Cross Country Day.

Wednesday 28 August
Venue: School field
First race starts 2:00pm
*7 year old boys  (in Year 2)   3 laps
*7 year old girls  (in Year 2)    3 laps
6 year old boys                           3 laps
6 year old girls                           3 laps
5 year old boys                           2 laps
5 year old girls                           2 laps

Thursday 29 August
Venue: Mangati Walkway
First race starts 9:15am
*7 year old boys (in Year 3)    2 laps (2.4km)
*7 year old girls (in Year 3)     2 laps (2.4km)
8 year old boys                        2 laps (2.4km)
8 year old girls                        2 laps (2.4km)
Venue: Mangati Walkway
First race starts 11:00am
9 year old boys                        2 laps (2.4km)
9 year old girls                        2 laps (2.4km)
10 year old boys                      3 laps (3.6km)
10 year old girls                      3 laps (3.6km)
Venue: Mangati Walkway
First race starts 1pm
11 year old boys                      3 laps (3.6km)
11 year old girls                      3 laps (3.6km)
12 year old boys                      3 laps (3.6km)
12 year old girls                      3 laps (3.6km)
13 year old boys                      3 laps (3.6km)
13 year old girls                      3 laps (3.6km)