19 Apr 2026

Kia ora 

Sorry for the late email, I just wanted to send out a few reminders for tomorrow

Please make sure that your child is at school by 8.30am at the latest so that we are able to go over expectations with students before we leave at 9.30am, we should arrive at camp by 10am. 

Students can drop their morning/ afternoon tea contribution to the kitchen by the office when they arrive at school,  we have a box on the table for them to place their contributions. 

Lastly please make sure your child has a good night sleep tonight so that they are able to fully participate in a full day of cap activities tomorrow. 

If you are yet to pay for camp please make sure that it taken care of tomorrow morning or a payment plan put in place. 

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and heading off for an awesome time at camp. 

Nga mihi, 

               Team Puaawai

19 Apr 2026

Kia Ora and warm Term 2 greetings whaanau! 

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday break - I know our Senior students are looking forward to heading away on Camp tomorrow for the first three days of the term! Please ensure your child is at school before 8:30am with all of their camp gear ready for a great time. If you have any questions please reach out to your child's teacher. 

The weather has been cold, rainy and windy - Don't let this be the reason for not attending school every single day! We had a massive improvement for attendance last term so let's keep the momentum going! Another well done to Tuatahi who will be heading out for their Ninja Valley Attendance trip later in the term. Our 5 winners from the end of last term will also be drawn this week. 

Office Hours 

Monday to Wednesday - 8:00am to 1:00pm - If you need to contact the school outside of these hours please reach out via email or leave a message on the school phone.  

REMINDERS for Week 2

MONDAY 27TH APRIL - School Closed for ANZAC Day Holiday Observed

TUESDAY 28TH APRIL - Ministry of Education Curriculum Day - School Closed for instruction

Other Reminders: 

Harakeke (Year 7-8) have a change in day for Technology from this term onwards. Tech days will now be on Wednesdays. Harakeke will have their first Technology session in Week 3 because of Camp this week. Whaea Haley will send a reminder closer to the time. 

REMINDER - Fruit in Schools programme starts again in Week 2. Free School lunches starts from tomorrow. Dollar for Schools (Sushi on Wednesdays) orders resume this Wednesday. 

We are looking forward to a great term ahead! See you all tomorrow! One more sleep until camp seniors! 

Ngaa manaakitanga, 

Adam and the team at Te Paina 

16 Apr 2026

Kia Ora everyone

Just a reminder that all students will need to please bring togs with them to camp as they will be spending time doing water activities.

Ngaa mihi,  

                Team Puaawai

15 Apr 2026

Kia Ora all, 

We hope you are all having a lovely holiday break - We hope the children are all excited to head away to camp on Monday. 

One slight change to the notices we sent out on the last day of term - Thanks to our funding application being approved, we are able to provide a BUS for the children to travel from school to camp on Monday and to also bring the children home on Wednesday from camp back to school. This is great news. Please do be on time to school on Monday as the bus will be leaving promptly. 

For those parents who are coming to camp as helpers, you are more than welcome to bring your own vehicles as organised. Having a bus both ways makes it a lot easier for us to get the children to camp safely and efficiently. 

If you have any further questions regarding camp on Monday please reach out to your child's teacher 

Tuatoru - Sarah Burt - sarah@tepaina.school.nz

Harakeke - Haley Christopher - haley@tepaina.school.nz 

Thank you to all of the families who have paid their $50 camp fees either at school or to the bank account. We are still awaiting a small number of payments so please do send these through as soon as you can to help with the costs of food, accomodation and camp activities for the three days. 

Enjoy the last few days of the holidays! 

Ngaa mihi, 

Team Te Paina 

2 Apr 2026

KIA ORA WHAANAU! 

ANNOUNCEMENT - THE WINNING CLASS FOR THE TRIP TO NINJA VALLEY NEXT TERM IS...

TUATAHI - WHAEA BONNIE'S CLASS WITH 95.3% ATTENDANCE THIS TERM! 

Followed closely by Tuarua on 94%, Tuatoru on 93% and Harakeke on 91% 

We will announce the 100% Attendance winners from Week 7, 8 and 9 when we return in Term 2. A whopping 26 students achieved 100% attendance for the last three weeks of school. All of their names will go into the draw for a lunch shout with Matua Adam in Week 1.

A huge thank you for supporting our attendance this term. You are all superstars! 

Have a blessed Easter break and stay safe over the term holiday break. 

A reminder - our staff deserve a well-earned break so all staff will not be responding to emails in the holiday break. Any urgent questions please let them wait until at least the final days before Term 2 begins. Thanks for your support with this whaanau. 

Nga manaakitanga,

Matua Adam and the team at Te Paina