Marco School Community Newsletter
Week 10, Term 4, December, 2025
Kia ora whānau,
What a fantastic end to the term! Our Beach Education trip to East End was a wonderful opportunity for our tamariki to learn about water safety, the environment, and teamwork. The children were exceptionally well-behaved, and it was great to see them putting their learning into action — thank you to all the parents who supported this special day.
Our visit from Stratford Librarian Jane Roguski was so fun and enjoyable! The children were engaged, creative, and full of ideas, showing just how much they enjoy exploring stories and expressing themselves with art and craft. Attached is the link to the School Holiday Programme :
https://www.stratford.govt.nz/our-district/school-holiday-programme
And the Summer Reading Challenge :
The children get to set their own target of how much to read per day, then have 30 days out of the whole Summer Holidays to colour each book on the shelves. Marco children are most welcome at the library anytime, they can sign up for a library card ( with parents as guarantors ) and get their incentives along the way. The final reward is a $20 book voucher for Paper Plus Stratford, and a finale party!
Looking ahead, we are excited for our Prize Giving and Production on the 18th — a chance to celebrate all the amazing achievements of our tamariki. Congratulations to every one of them; you are all fabulous!
For new enrolments for 2026, please email the office and we will make contact in the new year. We will happily have transition visits of those gorgeous little four year olds to build up their time at school before their official start date.
We also say a fond farewell to Daniel, Lily, and Te Wai and wish them all the very best in their next adventures. Daniel is off to NPBHS for his Year 9 year and Lily is heading to Highlands Intermediate. It has been wonderful to get to know all three of you lovely young adults and we know you will be superstars at your new schools.
The Board wishes to pass on a huge THANK YOU to Leanne, who has stepped down after an incredible 12 years of service on the Board of Trustees. Leanne has been a valued and dedicated member of the team, contributing her time, expertise, and care to support our school community. We sincerely thank Leanne for all she has done for the B.O.T and students of Marco School.
Our teaching team next year will be Alysse and myself as classroom teachers and Glennis will be our Literacy and Numeracy Specialist teacher as well as our Teaching Assistant. It is a privilege to have these two by my side in the classroom. Our support staff remain in their current roles and they are just fantastic team members.
Finally, a huge thank you to our incredible staff —Zac, Vanessa, Molly, Alysse, Glennis, and Leanne — for your commitment, passion, and laughter in everything you do. Enjoy your well earned break. Mrs Hunger- enjoy those beautiful grandchildren and pop in to see us when you have a minute!
We wish our school community a very safe and Merry Christmas!
Ngā mihi nui,Mel Gee
Principal: Mel Gee Email: principal@marco.school.nz
BoT Chairperson: Rowan Jordan
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Website: www.marco.school.nz Phone: 06762 5815
End of Year Enviro-Day!
Today was all about making energy YUMMY ! The tamariki were involved with using the Sun's heat to make food. They were treated to S'mores and sausages made in the Solar oven. What a treat!
Thank you again Gwenda for your passion and enthusiasm throughout this year. You are such a delight to have at our school and we look forward to working with you next year.
Every week our students focus in on one MARCO value.
We try our best to show this value in everything we do - in and out of the classroom. Living and breathing what it means to be a MARCO learner!
Once a week we award our Values cup to our student who has been noticed showing this value.
The staff have some fun changes to how this will run next year...including new certificates and assemblies for our families and community to attend.
We look forward to sharing this with you and the children in Term 1 2026!
Next board meeting:
18th Febuary 6pm
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Please feel free to contact any of the members:
Mel Gee, Rowan Jordan, James McFarlane, Hass Herbert and Jess Jane
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