Author: Matua Admin

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora Koutou What a wonderful few weeks it has been. It certainly feels like Summer is on the way. With the Summer sun comes the need to ensure all our tamariki have hats to wear for Term 1 and 4. A drink bottle full of water is a great idea...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora Koutou I hope it has been a great start to the term for everyone. Our pool is now up and running! It has a salt water chorinator and will mean it is much softer on skin and eyes. Like last year, we will be selling keys to the pool...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora Koutou It has been a great start to Term 4 at Matua School. It is always pleasing to see enthusiastic students keen to return and share their holiday adventures. The weather has been fantastic, so it is timely to ensure all students have a suitable hat to wear for...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. Last week certainly was a week to remember with our celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. There was a wide range of learning taking place, harakeke, poi, waiata and the amazing hangi on Friday. This takes a...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. The past few weeks have been full of highlights and significant achievements. The first of these achievements was an outstanding art exhibition. I was extremely proud of our kapa haka group for their passionate performance, which was matched...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. It has been an exciting few weeks at Matua School. It was wonderful to see many family members over the past few days at learner conferences. These conferences are a great chance to review where students are at in...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. It has been an exciting few weeks at Matua School. The Arts have been a feature in lots of classrooms over the past few weeks, with many students already underway with different inquiries into various artists, musicians or dancers....

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to Term 3. An especially warm welcome to those who are new to our community. I hope you have had a positive start to our beautiful part of Tauranga. We have a school-wide focus on The Arts this term, culminating in a Art Exhibition on 4-6 September....

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to this edition of the Heron Herald. It was great to see many parents and whanau visiting for our Open Afternoon yesterday. We know that student learning is accelerated when there are strong home-school partnerships and these events help support those strong partnerships. Remember, staff are almost...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. With an ERO visit, Skate Night, East Cluster Cross Country and an ICAS Competition, it has been an action-packed two weeks. Cross Country Congratulations to our students who competed at the East Cluster Cross Country. They represented our...