Marco School Community Newsletter

Kia ora whānau,

Happy New Year to our school community!

I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break and are feeling refreshed for the year ahead.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent prizegiving and school production. Both events were a wonderful celebration of our students’ achievements and talents, and it was fantastic to see so many families there supporting them.

As we head into the new year, we are also on the lookout for a few “bits and bobs” to help finish off some small projects around the school. Our list is down in the Community Notices Section. If you’re able to help in any way, please get in touch with the office—we’d really appreciate your support.

Our first event for the year is coming up soon, with the school triathlon kicking off at 1:45pm. We’re looking forward to a fun and active afternoon and hope to see you there cheering on our students.

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support. Here’s to a happy and successful year ahead for everyone.

Ngā mihi nui,
Mel Gee

“We Can and We Will”.

Our mission is ‘We can, and we will provide a quality learning environment that will help our students achieve and become valued participants in our society.

Principal: Mel Gee Email: principal@marco.school.nz
BoT Chairperson: Rowan Jordan
Email: office@marco.school.nz for newsletter notices
Website: www.marco.school.nz Phone: 06762 5815

26th January - FIRST DAY OF TERM!

6th February - Public Holiday . School is CLOSED

13th February - School Triathlon 1:45pm start

16th February - Tech day for Year 7 and 8's

17th February - Fire Station visit at Marco School

18th February - BOT meeting

20th February - Tech day for Year 7 and 8's

27th February- Swimming Sports at Huiakama - POSTPONED...NEW DATE TBC

2nd March - Tech day for Year 7 and 8's

6th March - TOD for Curriculum learning . School is CLOSED

9th March - Public Holiday . School is CLOSED

13th March - Hockey at Stratford Turf Years 3-8

16th March - ED Cluster Swimming Sports at Stratford Pools Year 5-8

20th March - Tech day for Year 7 and 8's

30th March - Life Ed at Huiakama

31st March- Athletics at Ngaere Years 1-4

2nd April - LAST DAY OF TERM

2026 Tech dates for Year 7 and 8 students

16 Feb (Monday)

20 Feb (Friday)

2 March (Monday)

20th March (Friday)

Please remind your child to wear covered in shoes (no gumboots or crocs) and take their water and lunch!

Family Koru art in Piwakawaka

Our school Inquiry theme is Who am I / Ko wai au? Our children have been talking about and sharing the special things about themselves such as what makes them unique, who is in there family and where their family is from. The Piwakawaka class made some beautful art about their whānau.

Ka rawe little ones 😀

Self Portraits in Kereru Class

Our Senior class have created bright and colourful portraits over the past two weeks. These really look fantastic in the foyer!

Awesome work team - can't wait to see more creations over the term!

Baking with our School fruit

We were so lucky to have a lovely crop of plums and appples when we came back to school. On our first Friday together we made a yummy crumble....topped off with vanilla ice cream of course! Grace is our Enviroleader this year and her role is to make sure the fruit is collected and shared with the tamariki and community. Keep an eye out in the road stall for our produce.

New uniforms

Thanks to our Fundraising Committee we purchased some smart looking uniforms for our students and staff. This year we opted for a lovely jacket that will keep us dry and warm in the winter months.

House Leaders

At Prizegiving we announced 3 House Leaders from our middle school children. Congratulations to Jedidah, Blake and Amber in their new roles. We want to build up leadership in our Year 4,5 and 6 students and we think these 3 tamariki are the perfect choice to help us do this!

We try our best to show our Values in everything we do - in and out of the classroom. Every week we focus in on one Value and talk about how this looks, feels and sounds around our school and in our classrooms. Our Values cup is given out to an ākonga who has been spotted showing ALL of our 5 Values.

Week 1 Term 1

Paige Jordan is our first student awarded the Values Cup. She has shown the value of Managing Myself everyday while at school. She is working hard, giving new things a go, helping other students, keeping her workspace tidy AND being very kind. Well done Paige!

Week 2 Term 1

Rose McFarlane has been simply beautiful since returning to school. She is awarded the Values Cup for showing our value of Community. Everyday she is kind and generous. She offers support and always has a smile on her face. Keep it up Rose!

Charli turned 5!

Ace turned 6!

Mrs Gee turned 21!

Next board meeting:

18th Febuary 6pm

Marco School BOT welcomes any comments or feedback that you may have.

Please feel free to contact any of the members:

Mel Gee, Rowan Jordan, James McFarlane, Hass Herbert and Jess Jane

Manaakitanga

For the ākonga (students) of Marco School to develop a sense of wellbeing and personal identity.

Mahi Tahi

For the ākonga, whānau, and kaimahi (staff) of Marco School to collectively strive to be the best they can be.

Kaitiakitanga

For the ākonga of Marco School to take responsibility, make a difference, and give back.

We have all our school policies and procedures on SchoolDocs

https://marco.schooldocs.co.nz

username: marco - password: whanga

Dog Trials

The Whangamomona Dog trials are being held this week, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th Feb. Down the Mauku Road. All welcome

# Reminder #

When using the Marco School pool please follow all school and pool rules. Using the facilities is at your own risk. If using the pool during the week (after school) please be respectful that staff are possibly still working.

School grounds are STRICTLY no alcohol, vaping or smoking areas. No dogs allowed at all times.

Do you have....

*Big tractor tyres and / or smaller tyres to make a tyre climb? The tyres need to be in a tidy condition please to keep our kiddies safe!

*A small sand blaster to give our playground poles a tidy up?

*Any spare full round fence posts about 2m high to continue our family / whānau,

Pou on the driveway? We need 10 if possibile!

*A contact for getting a new Whangamomona flag as ours is looking very tired and worn...a bit like Mrs Gee on a Friday!

If you have any of these items or can help us out please get in touch!

Mark Zehnder 06 765 7554 or 027 755 4279

Keep these guys in mind if you need any electrical service!

Marco School Community Newsletter