Author: Matua Admin

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Tēnā koutou katoa The excitement is certainly building for our gala tomorrow. It will be going ahead rain or shine, so we hope to see you there. All proceeds will be going towards updating our playgrounds. A huge thank you to our PTA, staff and parents who are supporting this event...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Tēnā koutou katoa What a wonderful few weeks at Matua School. Our Senior Camp at Aongatete was a great success with students and staff building strong relationships through a wide range of activities. It is certainly an enduring primary school memory for many. There are a number of building activities coming...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Tēnā koutou katoa It has been a fantastic start to the year at Matua School. Lots of time is spent getting to know each other and building strong, learning-focused relationships. We have enjoyed meeting our new families over the past few weeks and trust you are enjoying your new school and...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa Welcome to the 2018 school year. It was fabulous to welcome our new Matua School families and staff over the past week. Our starting student numbers are the highest they have been for many years. We hope you enjoy your new community. A warm welcome to our...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa, Wow! What an amazing year. It seems to have flown by and I am incredibly proud of what we (a very collective we) have achieved during this year. New school gardens, a new school colour scheme, new signage, new logos and a new Matua Learner just to...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa, It's all action here at Matua School. Buildings, archaeology, EOTC week, whanau hui, celebration assemblies, art museum trips are just some wonderful activities that are on the go. Staffing 2018 As mentioned previously we are excited to welcome Mr Jonathon Bull and Mr James Morris to the...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa, What a fantastic few weeks it has been at Matua School. Our learning focus for this Term is Financial Literacy so no doubt there will be many conversations about budgeting, savings, income and much more. There are all sorts of great ideas to explore this concept, including...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa, Welcome to another edition of the Heron Herald. It has been an active few weeks at Matua School with Wheels Day and athletics training for all teams. Our learning this term centres around financial literacy and there are many teams planning market days in the coming weeks....

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tēnā koutou katoa, Kia ora and welcome to Matua School. You may have noticed a few changes happening at our school over the past few weeks. We are very excited to show you through a few of those changes now. Keep reading to find out what is new… Ngā mihi...