TKKM o Nga Papaonekura
Rāmere te 1 o Poutu te rangi 2024
T.A.M 6.3 Kia tupu ngä ahuatanga tuku iho o tona pumanawa ki ngä tihi teitei o te taumata.
Tēnā rā tātou katoa kei ngā whānau o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Papaonekura.
Our Kura roll has now reached forty students.
We thank all whānau members that participated in the July Batons up. A special acknowledgement to whānau that organized behind the scenes, sold tickets and attended the batons up evening. It really was a success. We have further fundraisers coming up, so please whānau continue supporting these kaupapa as the beneficiaries of our combined efforts are our children.
Again an acknowledgment of our whānau with their rostered cleaning of the kura, your efforts are greatly appreciated and do not go unnoticed e te whānau.
Firstly regarding attendance, the number of students we have with chronic absence is 8 students, the number of students we have with moderate absence is 11 students. This means of the 40 tauira attending our kura close to half of our student population have attendance issues. This is unacceptable! Please address these attendance issues among your own children and families e te whānau. The Kura does not have the resources other schools have i.e. attendance officer, truancy officer at our disposal. Furthermore, attendance issues are not a 'thing' at Kura Kaupapa Māori. The responsibility for getting children to Kura rests with parents. Other than sickness, a tangi or another valid reason, our children need to be at Kura every single day. Missed lessons and days equate to missed learning opportunities, lost potential and gaps of knowledge and skills that become more difficult to fill. The Reo, skills and abilities of some of our worst attending students are not where they are meant to be, therefore, in all honesty, these students cannot afford to be away. Please do not set our Kura up to fail your children and be reminded of the agreement each whānau signed up to when becoming a member of our Kura whānau.
Whānau would have received their tamaiti / tamariki mid year learning reports last week. A tremendous amount of time and effort has been put into these reports, providing whānau a snapshot of your child's progress and development at this point in time. We are looking forward to meeting whānau at the mid year taki uiui, to discuss any points within these reports, and to reaffirm each others commitment to the kaupapa.
Please be aware that every Friday from now on will be a mufti day for our tauira. It will cost tauira a gold coin every mufti day and we greatly appreciate seeing each child's individuality and flare permeate through the clothes that they choose to wear - Please no pyjamas, nighties and or slippers. All funds collected will go toward Wiki Hā at the end of this year for Wharekura students that have expressed an interest to attend and our camp for the whole Kura at the beginning of next year.
Just a reminder of the upcoming Teacher only days, the first is to be held next Friday 30th of August 2024, and information pertaining to the following days are listed below.
We are excited to share with our Kura whānau that a large amount of sports gears, totaling close to ten thousand dollars, will be gifted to the Kura through Te Pai Hou Incorporated. We acknowledge Te Pai Hou Incorporated for securing and providing our tamariki and kura with this equipment that will unleash their potential and foster within them a passion for sports, physical activity, wellness and wellbeing.
Please impress upon our children that 'nothing in life comes free'. This is a message we are reinforcing at Kura every day. Our children have a habit of acting with a sense of entitlement and this is evident in some of their behavior, their lack of care for others, their disregard for school property, buildings, equipment, resources and sports gear. As the Kura grows so too do the kura assets and equipment. A lot of what has been procured has not been bought for out of the kura or indeed whānau pockets, therefore, there should be no sense of entitlement whatsoever. Total respect and an appreciation for any item is what is expected. The consequence for tauira that continue behaving in this way will be a loss of privileges.
I am still very keen to hear from whānau experienced in applying for funding, for grants and to philanthropic foundations. We have a list of sizeable jobs that need doing at the Kura and the only way to fund such tasks in the interim is via funding proposals. Current Kura needs are i.e. purchasing of a ride on lawnmower, landscaping works, electrical works, lighting works, security works, sports courts and some major cosmetic jobs that will ensure our Kura environment remains top tier. Any support and or advice is greatly welcomed.
Pērā i ia pānui, kia kaha ki te kōrero i te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa ki ngā wahi katoa, kia kaha hoki tātou ki te whakaū ngā tini kaupapa nō roto i te kura ki roto tonu i ō tātou ake kāinga - e mana ai tērā kōrero nō roto i Te Aho Matua e mea ana 'Ko te kura hei kainga, ko te kainga hei kura'.
Hei kona mai i aku mihi nui,
Ian Marino - Tauhinu - Tumuaki
