Merivale School

Kia ora e te Whānau,

On Thursday 25th June we will be celebrating Matariki at school. Please join us in the school hall at 11:30am where we will have performances by our Junior and Senior Kapa Haka groups. During this time we will have some games and waiata for whānau to be involved in as well as spot prizes for fun Matariki questions and kai hampers to give away. Please make sure you get a ticket when you come into the hall, look after it as this could be the winning ticket to one of our kai hampers. At 12:30 we will have sausages for whānau and Ka Pai Kai (our lunch providers) are kindly providing a hangi lunch for tamariki. Our Matariki Celebration will finish at 1:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

Ngā mihi

Merivale School

Can you help tomorrow - Friday 12 June 2026. We would love some help to move mulch around the school garden, if you can spare an hour or 2 then please come up to school around 9am - 9.30ish and bring a shovel. We have a pile of mulch that needs to be moved and could really do with some help :)

REMINDER : Tomorrow, Wednesday 27 May is the school cross country day.

The event will start with the junior students at 9.45am followed by the senior students.

Tamariki can dress in their house colours and will earn house points for participation.

Whānau are very welcome to come along and support the runners.

RURU : Orange

WHAITERE : Purple

TOHORA : Grey/Silver

TUATARA : Green

We have been advised by Te Whatu Ora that there is whooping cough in our community.

The advice is for whanau to be aware and seek medical attention if you are concerned.

For more information visit :

Whooping Cough In Children Whooping cough can make pēpi (babies) very sick and some pēpi can die. Having whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy protects pēpi in their first weeks of life. Start vaccinating pēpi the day they turn 6 weeks old to keep protecting them.

REMINDER
Merivale School
Te Kura o Tūtarawānanga finishes early tomorrow at 1pm

Hau Te Kura.
This Friday 15 May, all teaching staff will be involved in an afternoon PLD session with the programme Hau Te Kura. This means school will close at 1pm. Please make the necessary arrangements for your child for that day. The school van and the walking bus will be operating as normal leaving at 1pm.
Students who travel by car will need to be collected at 1pm.
The Merivale Community Centre will not be open for students on Friday until 3pm.

Kia Ora e te whanāu, year 5/6 basketball tomorrow, Merivale Panthers vs Tahatai Bulls, 4.45pm, court 4, Mercury Baypark

FOOD BANK APPEAL - this is our week for the Tauranga Food Bank Appeal, it would be cool if we could fill a couple of boxes for them. Please send an item to school if you can.