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We recognise that our ākonga come from many different cultures, whānau and pathways, but we enter the same gateway to discover capabilities, our community and our world. Picton School is proud to be a Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L) School and an Enviroschool. Our staff are actively engaged in and committed to Poutama Pounamu as we continue to grow our bicultural capability and culturally sustaining pedagogy. We are committed to progress and achievement for all of our precious children and the uniqueness of each child is highly valued. “Ko te ahurei o te tamaiti arahia o tatou mahi" Let the uniqueness of the child guide our work.” Classroom programmes are designed to be challenging, success-orientated, engaging and fulfilling. We value social, academic, collective and personal achievement, positive attitudes, pride in effort and the willingness to take part in the opportunities the school provides.
For each of these Values we have explored how Kupe the legendary leader demonstrated them as he chased Te Wheke o Muturangi the octopus across the Pacific Ocean and founded Aotearoa. These are displayed around the school and can also be found on our website under "Vision & Values" We would love for you and your whānau to join us at Picton School. Please come and visit us! Ngā manaakitanga | with greatest kindness Katie Talbot Tumuaki / Principal |
7 Mar 2025 - 2 May 2025
28 Mar 2025
Please see the notice attached.
Kia ora e te whānau,
Welcome to Week 7!
Firstly I want to apologise that we ran out of time in our assembly on Friday to present the Duffy Awards. I know this is frustrating for whānau who have made the effort to be there. We will present last weeks awards, as well as this weeks at the Kōwhai & Tōtara assembly this week.
This week is Harmony Week - please see the seperate notice from Mrs Adams. We will be focusing on being kind, tolerant, and accepting of one another (showing manaakitanga) and invite our whānau and tamariki to wear orange on Friday to show your support.
Please remember to bring back your pool keys as the swimming season is over. Thank you to Julia Kennedy who is doing some behind the scenes mahi to coordinate a refresh of our pool area and facilities.
We have plenty of bottles of hand sanitiser in the office, if you would like one for your whānau please pop in and grab one. Coming into the colder months we want to support our whānau to stay healthy.
It's great to see so many of you supporting your tamariki with getting to school in an active manner. We have noticed significantly less traffic on the roads too.
Finally, a reminder about the Easter raffle organised by our parent fundraising group. We thank them for all of the support for our tamariki.
Kindest,
Katie
Kia ora e te whānau,
Welcome to Week 5!
Monday: our tamariki have enjoyed meeting author and poet Te Kahu Rolleston this afternoon, he shared some secrets to success, and some of his work with us.
Tuesday: our scientists will be going with Mrs Maureen Keen to visit a paua farm, and learn about how this animal grows, and the environmental conditions needed for it to thrive.
Wednesday: we are planning to hold our end of season swimming celebration in the afternoon, tamariki are welcome to wear their house colours (no paint please!) Look out for more information from Mr Crockett!
Thursday: postponement day for swimming
Friday: whole school picnic at the foreshore to celebrate Sea Week. Our house leaders & values leaders will attend a leadership day in Blenheim with Mr Crockett. He will be in touch directly regarding this.
Please see attached notices about Moovin March from Miss Edwards. We are excited to see as many tamariki as possible being active on the way to school. This is also a great chance to talk about road safety with your whānau.
Please note also: Steam Incorporated have got some special train rides available for Picton locals on Sunday 16th March - https://steaminc.org.nz/book-train-trip/picton-heritage-train-rides/. Tickets are sharply priced at $39ea or $139 for a family of four. A great afternoon opportunity to take the family out and explore the region by rail on our over 100yr old red heritage train!
As always, pop in and kōrero with your child's teacher if there is anything we can support you with.
Katie
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Katie TalbotTumuaki | Principal
Picton School | Te Kura o Waitohi
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Picton School is a co-educational primary school that caters for tamariki children from Years 1- 6. Our school (opened in 1861) occupies a sunny, open site with spacious grounds for physical activity, play, and rich learning experiences. The kura maintains a high profile in the community and a positive partnership exists between whānau families, kaimahi staff, our tamariki children and the school community which has high achievement expectations for their children.