Tawatawa News

3 July 2026

He mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa
Bonjour à toutes nos familles

End of term wrap up!

It’s been a super busy and long term for us!  So, deep breath, and go….Year 7 & 8 fortnightly city library trips, Kiwi hoops basketball sessions for the whole school over the whole term, weekly swimming for Year 5 - 8s, school cross country (then Southern Zones then Interzones), bike monitors bike trip, Explore Your Coast documentary session, visit from Sir John Kirwin and the Mitey team, Year 7 & 8 planting in Tawatawa Reserve, Pink Shirt Day, Kōtare trip to Zealandia, Tūī trip to Matapihi, school photos, students teachers Eilish and Phil, playground lights installed (finally), making then installation of Penguin houses on the South Coast, Saints basketball coaching at school, weekly basketball and netball games, extension writing, philosophy for children, book clubs and our Matariki celebration! 

And relax! 

Mid Year Reports

Today you will get your child’s mid-term report sent out via the app. If you haven’t got the app yet, here are some instructions.

Starting this year, all schools in New Zealand are required to include new nationally consistent reporting elements in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. This includes progress descriptors, attendance data, and a visual representation of progress over time.  This means your child’s report will look different to previous years. There is an explanation of the progress descriptors on the first page of the report. 

At your child’s learning conference in Term 3, you will be able to discuss the report with your child’s kaitiaki teacher  and ask any questions you may have. The conferences are on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th of July (which is the second week of term). The booking information will be hitting your inbox in the holidays. 

Basketball and netball

The Term 2 basketball season finished last week. All six of our teams had a great season, practising and playing hard! Thanks to all the awesome coaches and managers!

Our three netball teams have been working hard too, either developing their skills or learning new ones for those who haven’t played before!  Thanks to those hard working coaches for helping the teams on their netball journey. 

We’re looking forward to a great Term 3 of sport! 

School photos

A reminder to get your school photos! Early bird pricing is available until Monday next week. Gallery links were sent out on Hero. If you have any enquiries, or need any help with ordering you can email julia@juliasabugosa.photography.

Rascals 

You can register for our holiday programme here. 

Upcoming Events:

• 20 July - start of term 3

• 28 July - swimming starts at Little Makos for Year 0 - 3

• 7 August - Kapa Haka event at WHS for the kapa haka performance group

• 15 - 18 September Year 7 & 8 Camp Makihika

• Noho marae for Year 5 - 8:  November 25 - 27th