Pukete School

Pukete School Pukete School is a primary school educating Years 0-6 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

HOUSE SPORT FINAL – WHAT A FINISH!What an exciting finish to our House Sport competition this term! Our final saw Rātā t...
26/09/2026

HOUSE SPORT FINAL – WHAT A FINISH!

What an exciting finish to our House Sport competition this term! Our final saw Rātā take on Kōwhai in a closely fought match.

Kōwhai got off to a strong start, taking an early lead and heading into half-time 1–0 up. Rātā came out firing in the second half, scoring early to level the game at 1–1.

With neither team able to break the deadlock, we headed into extra time drop-off. In a thrilling finish, Kōwhai were able to score to secure the win and take out the House Sport title for the term!

Congratulations to Kōwhai and well done to Rātā for an awesome final. A huge thank you to all of our tamariki for the skill, determination, sportsmanship and school spirit they have shown throughout the competition.

Congratulations, Kōwhai!

🌟 PB4L End of Term Virtue Draw 🌟At Pukete School, we are proud to be a PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) school, wh...
25/09/2026

🌟 PB4L End of Term Virtue Draw 🌟

At Pukete School, we are proud to be a PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) school, where we recognise and celebrate our tamariki for demonstrating our school virtues and making positive choices.
Throughout the term, tamariki have the opportunity to earn blue classroom, green playground, and yellow Student Leader virtue vouchers for showing positive behaviour and putting our school values into action.

Each week, two classroom vouchers are drawn from every class, along with additional playground vouchers from the PB4L vault. Tamariki can choose to trade their vouchers for a prize or add them to their house colour box to earn points for their house.
Today we celebrated with our End of Term Virtue Draw, recognising the fantastic tamariki who have earned vouchers throughout the term. There was plenty of excitement as names were drawn and prizes were won! 🎉

A huge thank you to our wonderful PB4L team for organising the prizes and helping us celebrate positive behaviour across our school.
Congratulations to all of our lucky tamariki!

Pukeroa Shield TournamentYesterday we were incredibly proud to attend the Pukeroa Shield Tournament at Woodstock School ...
24/09/2026

Pukeroa Shield Tournament

Yesterday we were incredibly proud to attend the Pukeroa Shield Tournament at Woodstock School for the very first time! What a fantastic day it was!

We had 40 awesome tamariki representing Pukete School across netball, basketball, rippa rugby and football. Every team played with skill, determination and great sportsmanship, and our tamariki did an amazing job of demonstrating our Pukete School virtues throughout the day. We couldn’t be prouder. A special mention goes to our basketball team, who won all six of their games - an outstanding effort, against some quality opposition.

We rounded off the day with a fun and competitive Tug of War, giving everyone one last chance to get behind their teams and show their school spirit.

Well done to Bankwood School for taking the Pukeroa Shield home this year.
Massive thank you to the parents who provided transport, encouragement and support during the day.

What an awesome day!!! Thank you to Woodstock School for organising and hosting and to the volunteer referees and umpires from the different high schools. It was an amazing day and we’re already looking forward to next year!!!

Sports Uniforms🎽
24/09/2026

Sports Uniforms🎽

Hollis Football Academy – After School ProgrammeWe’ve had a small group of tamariki enjoying the Hollis Football Academy...
24/09/2026

Hollis Football Academy – After School Programme

We’ve had a small group of tamariki enjoying the Hollis Football Academy after-school programme this term, developing their football skills, having fun and enjoying time on the field!
If your tamariki would like to join them next term, registrations are now open!
📅 Mondays
⏰ 3:10–4:10pm
📆 Starting Monday 19 October
📞 To register, contact Amberley on 021 113 8607
📧 [email protected]

Come along, have fun and develop your football skills!
We’d love to see more of our Pukete tamariki getting involved next term!

🍪Cookies and Milk🥛-TomorrowToday your child will bring home an order form. If needed, spare forms are available from you...
22/09/2026

🍪Cookies and Milk🥛-Tomorrow

Today your child will bring home an order form. If needed, spare forms are available from your child’s teacher, or you can write the order on paper. Please return the completed form with correct money to your child’s teacher before school. If you don’t have cash, you can take the order form to the office and pay via eftpos.
Thank you for supporting our kura!

🌿 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2026 🌿Each day last week, tamariki learnt a phrase of the day, which was shared over the school...
21/09/2026

🌿 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2026 🌿

Each day last week, tamariki learnt a phrase of the day, which was shared over the school intercom alongside our whole-school karakia timatanga. Across our kura, tamariki enjoyed a range of activities to practise using te reo Māori, including colours, numbers, weather, classroom commands, phrases and responses to pātai.

Our Te Whare Pukapuka (Library) was filled with Māori pukapuka and colouring activities. Akomanga enjoyed listening to stories, including special visits from Ms Hartley. Tamariki also created some ataahua Māori artwork throughout the week.

A highlight of the week was a special performance by our Junior and Senior Kapa Haka rōpū. Tamariki thoroughly enjoyed watching their friends perform in their kapa haka outfits, proudly wearing their tā moko, and listening to their beautiful singing.

Tino pai tamariki mā, for giving te reo a go and embracing this special language of Aotearoa!

End of term dates reminder🗓️Just a reminder that the end of term is coming up.Wishing everyone a lovely Spring Break.
21/09/2026

End of term dates reminder🗓️

Just a reminder that the end of term is coming up.
Wishing everyone a lovely Spring Break.

🤍❤️🖤 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori ❤️🖤🤍On Rāpare, our Senior and Junior Kapa Haka rōpū performed for our kura and whānau. Their...
18/09/2026

🤍❤️🖤 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori ❤️🖤🤍

On Rāpare, our Senior and Junior Kapa Haka rōpū performed for our kura and whānau. Their talent and aroha for kapa haka shone through. We are so incredibly proud of our tamariki for the kaha and mana they displayed.

A huge ngā mihi nui to everyone who helped our tamariki get ready and supported them on the day - from hair and make-up, uniforms and photography, to applying tā moko and more! It was a massive team effort from our Pukete staff and whānau. We are incredibly grateful for all the support that went into making the day so special for our tamariki.

Here are a few photos from the performance day. There are many more photos still to process, along with the performance videos. All of these will be shared on HERO, with Kapa Haka whānau some time next week.

Ka mau te wehi, Kapa Haka rōpū! What a beautiful way to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with our Pukete School community. Tēnā koutou katoa!

Term 3, Week 9 Newsletter 🙂
18/09/2026

Term 3, Week 9 Newsletter 🙂

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