Kia ora and Hello!
Today, we have a special event at Matua School, our fantastic Year 4 student, Tommy, is ‘Principal for the day’.
Principal Tommy has a few thoughts to share:
Firstly, today we have a special mufti-day, where children have brought along a gold coin donation for the Cancer Society. I chose this special charity to support because my mum has a few friends who have had cancer, and need support. It is great to see lots of kids bringing in donations, and I look forward to us giving it to the Cancer Society. I can announce that we have raised $701.40 – what an amazing effort!
During the day, I have organised a water fight for a group of my favourite students, and have taken a small group of kids to the Matua Cafe for ‘Lunch with the Principal. Morning tea in the staffroom was interesting, and it was nice to catch up with all the teachers.
It was a privilege to hand out certificates to children in our assembly this afternoon.
POOL KEYS AVAILABLE
Each year, we offer pool keys to the school community. These are extremely popular, with a limited number available. Keys are now available.
To purchase a school pool key:
- Follow THIS LINK to the school website and complete the pool key application form.
- Visit Kindo and pay the key bond and fee.
- Once the first two steps are completed, drop into the office to collect your key.
Ngā mihi nui
Marcus Norrish
Principal
SCHOOL CALENDAR
LIBRARY NEWS
CHRISTMAS NIGHT MARKET – LIBRARY
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION POINT
WBOP ORIENTEERING
The kids did absolutely amazing today, problem solving, team work, map reading on point! and they gave it their all out there! There will be some tired kids tonight, super proud of all them!!
Special mention Ella and Maddie 3rd in Yr 5 girls and Henry and Lachie Yr 5 boys. Pretty amazing for first time orienteerers!
COOLSTICKS SHOUTOUT
We know it’s summer, but a huge shout out to the parents of kids in the term 2-3 Coolsticks yr 1-2 fun hockey sessions run by Mr Hull. Your contributions along with some amazing genorosity from Brent, Lewis and Noel, the team at Go Hockey Mount Maunganui, has allowed us to purchase 30 brand new hockey sticks! Big thanks to Toby and Hayden for removing the packing and sorting them out. Thanks again, Go Hockey they are the best! if you ever need hockey gear give them a shout!
SCHOOL DONATIONS
ROLL GROWTH CLASS
We are in the process of looking at our roll growth classes.
If you have a child who is turning 5 within the next 12 months, please can you complete an Intention To Enrol Form by clicking on the following link.
https://www.matua.school.nz/enrolment/
SCHOOL HOURS
A friendly reminder that school is not open until 8.30am. If you require childcare before these hours, please contact SKIDS either by email – matua@skids.co.nz, phone – 027 586 0408, or book online – www.skids.co.nz/Matua.
SCHOOL INFORMATION
LUNCH ORDERS – EVERY FRIDAY
Lunch orders are available for delivery to Matua School each Friday.
SUBWAY
Simply order your SUBWAY lunch online through you myKindo account by CLICKING HERE
Order (or cancel) any time before 9:00am on the day or schedule in advance.
Help? Visit support.mykindo.co.nz or call 09-869 5200 Mon-Fri, 8:00am to 4:00pm.
TERM DATES 2025
Term 1, 2025 – Monday 3rd February – Friday 11th April
Waitangi Day – Thursday 6th February
Teacher Only Day – Monday 17th March
Term 2 – Monday 28th April – Friday 27th June
Teacher Only Day – Friday 30th May
Kings Birthday – Monday 2nd June
Matariki – Friday 20th June
Term 3 – Monday 14th July – Friday 19th September
Term 4 – Monday 6th October – Tuesday 16th December
Labour Day – Monday 27th October
Last Day of School – Tuesday 16th December (12:30pm finish)
SETTING UP KINDO
Setting up with Kindo
Kindo is our prefered payments system. To help you learn how it works, we’ve added their new help sheet and video. We hope it helps.