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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...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Kia ora and welcome to the latest edition of the Heron Herald. The last two fun-filled weeks were full of excellent learning opportunities and exciting events including our school cross country. Cross Country Like previous years, the weather was beautiful for our cross country, and it was pleasing to see students...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP   Tena koutou katoa   We are so excited to finally have our new senior and junior playgrounds finished for our students to enjoy. Special thanks go to our wonderful PTA and school community who worked so hard to make these new playgrounds a reality. They are a wonderful addition to...

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S LAPTOP Tēnā koutou katoa Welcome to Term 2. An especially warm welcome to those that are new to our community. We are almost there. Both our junior and senior playgrounds have been repositioned or rebuilt during the holidays, and while they are not yet completed, both playgrounds should be operational within the...