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Whakawhānaungatanga Kapa Haka Hui Ahurei

The Bay of Islands International Academy would like you to consider this message as a request for your tautoko and support in our up and coming ‘Whakawhanaungatanga Kapahaka Hui Ahurei’

We as a School have identified the decline in community connection due to the pandemic and the restrictions it has entailed. It has caused separation amongst us. Therefore, we as a School feel the need to bring unity (hononga) back into our community (hapori) and into all our schools within Te Riu o Ngati Rehia.

Our goal for the event is to uphold and teach the Maatauranga of our tupuna and to celebrate the true meaning of whakawhanaungatanga (community unity), our greatest treasure being our people. Ko te mea nui o te ao he tangata.

Our goal with this event is to create an annual event which each school will take turns at hosting.

Our vision for the celebration is listed below.

Create an engaging event that will be inviting, full of joy and fun exploring new experiences and Matauranga Maori.

• Marae Tikanga
• Pūrākau / Stories
• Waiata / songs
• Manaakitanga
• Kaitiakitanga
• Māramatanga

The schedule of performance is below:

Upsurge Festival

 

A number of students from Rooms 4 and 5 have been preparing for their involvement in a wider group of students from Kerikeri who will perform with the NZ Ballet Co. at the Upsurge Festival. More information will go directly to parents and whānau of those students shortly. In the meantime the information letter below will provide an indication of some of the organisation for the event.

An important note is a change to the travel arrangement for performance night. Children will need to be at the Turner Centre by 5:15pm. They will not be collected from school by bus or returned to school by bus. We are asking parents to arrange for their children to get to and from the venue in the evening.

Room 3 field trip

 A big thanks to parent Theresa Soppet for making her property available to support this wonderful field trip for Room 3 students.

Tapuaeatahi Sandspit Restoration

A small group of 9 students from Rooms 4 and 5 have been offered an amazing opportunity by the Ngāti Rehia Incorporation to support the regeneration of native plantings on the sandspit at Tapuaetahi Beach.

This will be an ongoing project for the remainder of the year, requiring regular visits by the group to the location. This project will be carried out by the students and led by teacher Sophie Malone, with the support of Mariao Hohaia from the Ngāti Rehia Incorporation. We also anticipate having the active support of parent Theresa Wardlaw who brings a range of specific skills to this project

The Incorporation have provided a set of clothing to each child with the support of Hunting and Fishing, Kerikeri. This clothing will remain at school and will be available for the children to wear whilst on visits to the location.

For further information on the project please refer to this website https://sites.google.com/boi.ac.nz/boiiastudentpage/home

Chess club Kerikeri

 

Show at turner centre tickets for sale

 The Stage Door Theatre Company is proud to present to our Far North community, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast - a show that has won the hearts of audiences worldwide. This family-friendly musical is based on the 1991 Academy Award winning animated film. With a talented cast of 60+ local performers and theatre practitioners,  including Hannah Collins as Belle and Luca Bocock as Beast.

We are excited to bring this magical show to Kerikeri. Beauty and the Beast is filled with incredible musical numbers, unforgettable characters, imaginative sets and costumes. You won’t be disappointed. Book now at The Turner Centre Box Office or online at iticket. 

Fruit trees for school

 Kia ora whānau, caregivers and community

 

 Our mahi mara team of students continue to learn about their environment and how it can care for us we are now looking at our fruit trees.

 

We are kindly asking if any whānau are able to contribute to the school a fruit tree to replenish our old ones which have not survived.

If this is something you can help us with we would really appreciate it and we would love to be able to give back to our school community with a goal of having a fruit and vege stall for excess to be shared amongst us.

 

Fruit trees we would like for the school and would grow best and less pest control needed are:

 

Mandarin trees

Orange

Lemon

Plums

 

Thank you for your support.

Board election vote papers info

Dear whanau, caregivers and community,

Board election 7 Sept 2022, vote papers will be posted today along with the nominees and their statements. 

Nominees: Monique Edwards, June Heihei, Barney Lee, Jason Rehm, Liz Tubbs, Karis Wolfgramm.

Voting closes 4pm on 7 September 2022.

Thanks

Triennial school board election day 7 Sept

Triennial school board election day

7 Sept 2022.

Dear whanau, caregivers, community

Election is 7 Sept, nomination forms need to be in by this Wed 3 August at noon.

Thanks