Takaro School / Te Kura o Takaro

Kia Ora,

Here are the events coming up in Week 6! 📅

Please note that school will be closed on Monday 24th August for our Teacher Only Day. Our kaiako will be spending the day taking part in a full day of Pāngarau (numeracy) Professional Development.

We are looking forward to having another great week!

📖 NZ Book Week 2026 📖

How cool do our tamariki and Kaiako look! We had so many amazing costumes for Book Week.

Book character dress up today!! Parade in the hall at 2:15 for anyone who wants to come along!

We all know how hard it is to get into the doctor. This is so needed.

Did you know Online GP Care is now free for tamariki aged 13 and under?

If your child is feeling unwell, and you can’t see your usual GP, Health New Zealand's Online GP Care service can help families access healthcare advice from home.

What it offers ⬇️
- Online GP consultations by video or phone
- Available 24/7 through participating providers
- Intended for non-urgent health concerns.

If you're enrolled with a GP, consultation notes can be shared with your regular doctor to help maintain continuity of care.

Learn more and book on the Health NZ website: healthnz.govt.nz/onlineGP

If you're unsure whether your child should attend school, stay home, or if you need to seek health advice, visit: https://www.education.govt.nz/news/how-decide-if-child-well-enough-be-school-or-early-learning

Our Maths Awa Challenge has been postponed due to the field being too wet!!

⚽️ Elite Football 2026 ⚽️

The biggest Ngā mihi to everyone who took the time to nominate our kura! We are absolutely thrilled to share that we won the Activity Day at El Rancho, Waikanae, for 90 of our students!

Keep an eye out for a pānui coming soon with all the exciting details! ✨

Flu Season

Thank you to everyone who has kept sick children home and notified us of their absence.
We currently have 1/4 of our students away sick and a number of staff.

Please, we ask you to check your tamariki in the morning as we still have a number that come over to the office, either sent due to constant coughing or being unwell.

It is also important that you contact us about absence.
We have up to 20 truant students a day. This is the code we put if you have not contacted us or we cannot get through to you.
Please phone 0800 10 20 70 and leave a message or speak to reception, contact can be made via the HERO app or by emailing [email protected]. This is also a great way to update contact details. We need 2 contacts that are reachable with phones that work.

If our truancy numbers continue to remain high I will begin home visits in the morning to do a check in.

Your support with our attendance plan is greatly appreciated.

Ngā mihi
Whaea Josie

📖✨ New Zealand Children's Book Week is Coming ✨📖

Next week we’re celebrating New Zealand Children’s Book Week!
We have some awesome book themed activities planned throughout the week, with lots of opportunities for our tamariki to get creative, have fun and celebrate their love of reading!

And to finish the week, we’ll be having our Book Character Dress Up Day! Keep in mind some of the best costumes are DIY!

🎭 Book Character Parade
📅 Friday 21st August
⏰ 2:15pm

🏆 Prizes to be won for:
Most Creative Costume
Where’s Wally Hunt
Book Reviews