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Heron Herald Term 2, Week 7, 2019

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the Heron Herald for Week 8. Last week, I was visiting schools in Napier with other Western Bay of Plenty principals. We have been particularly interested in how schools have adapted and responded to the needs and contexts of their community. This includes how the physical...

Heron Herald Term 2, Week 5, 2019

Matua Admin
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Welcome to the Heron Herald for week 5. We've had a great week ice skating and curling in the hall. If you haven't popped along, it will be open after school today and over the weekend. BoT Elections There are 4 candidates standing for our election. Voting papers were sent on...

Heron Herald Term 2, Week 3, 2019

Matua Admin
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to this week's edition of the Heron Herald. We are excited to officially launch the school recipe book. Thanks to our hard-working PTA for turning this into a reality. Also, a huge thank you to our sponsors for supporting the book. It has been a great week,...

Heron Herald Term 2, Week 1, 2019

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Kia ora and welcome to our first edition of the Heron Herald for Term 2. An especially warm welcome to all of our new families. Room 18 is our latest classroom to open this term with the wonderful Mrs Karina Tinholt. Term 2 Learning This term our school-wide focus is...

Heron Herald Term 1, Week 9, 2019

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP The rain may have dampened the ground, but it certainly didn't dampen the spirits of our community for our annual gala day last Saturday. It was heartening and humbling to see our community out supporting our school and connecting with others despite the rain. Whilst we don't yet have a total...

Heron Herald Term 1, Week 7, 2019

Matua Admin
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. It has been a challenging week for many in Aotearoa with the tragic events in Christchurch. It was heartwarming to see the support and generosity from our community, collectively we raised over $1338.00 to donate to the Christchurch Foundation....

Heron Herald Term 1, Week 5, 2019

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to our latest Heron Herald. It has been an exciting few weeks with a wide range of learning opportunities taking place including a wonderful junior splash and dash. The excitement is building for our school gala day. The PTA has been in full swing and classes are...

Heron Herald Term 1, Week 3, 2019

Matua Admin
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the second edition of the Heron Herald for 2019. It has been an extremely positive start to 2019. With classes taking time to build learning focussed relationships and set routines and expectations for the year. There have been a number of school trips already and these...

Heron Herald Term 1, Week 1, 2019

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Welcome to the 2019 school year. It was fabulous to welcome our new Matua School families and staff over the past week. We hope you enjoy your new community. A warm welcome to our new teachers this year Miss Sara Lambert, and Miss Ellie Sardelich. It is great to have you...

Heron Herald Term 4, Week 9

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP The last two weeks have seen an array of activities and events focused around EOTC. The Discoverers were involved in a variety of really exciting and challenging out of school activities, the Investigators enjoyed their Team Player day at Sapphire Springs and Surf Beach Education at Papamoa Surf Club while the...
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