Welcome to Term 2. We are so excited to see you again.
POLITE REMINDERS: Week 1 Term 2
- Monday, 29 April - School starts
- Monday, 29 April - Blessing and opening of the Junior Classrooms 11 and 12 with Te Kawerau ā Maki - 7:45am start - ALL WELCOME
- Monday, 29 April - Cross Country in-school training begins
- Tuesday, 30 April - Years 5 and 6 swim programme begins
- Wednesday, 1 May - Whānau Hui to plan Matariki Twilight Festival 5:30pm-6:30pm
- Thursday, 2 May - Ko Te Wai programme Year 1
- Friday, 3 May - Mihi Whakakau Welcome Back - 10am start
- Friday, 3 May - Years 5 and 6 swim programme continues
Ngā Mihi - Thank you
Sports Updates - Week 1 Term 2
- Cross Country training begins
- Cluster Basketball trials start this week. Look out for the daily notices for dates and times
For more details, contact our sports and PE coordinators:
- Sports Coordinator - Rebecca Hale at sports@mairangibay.school.nz
- PE Coordinator - Di Kruyen at dianek@mairangibay.school.nz
Celebrating Our Diversity
In the month of April we would like to acknowledge and celebrate the following:
- Monday, 1 April: Easter Monday
- Monday, 1 April: Assyrian and Chaldean New Year
- Tuesday, 9 - Wednesday 10 April: Eid al Fitr
- Saturday, 13 Wednesday, 17 April: Songkran - Thai New Year
- Saturday, 13 April - Tuesday, 16 April: Thingyan - Burmese New Year
- Saturday, 13 April - Tuesday, 16 April: Choul Chnam Thmey - Cambodian/ Khmer New Year
- Sunday, 14 April - Tuesday, 16 April: Pii Mai - Lao New Year
- Sunday, 14 April - Vaisakhi
- Sunday, 14 April - Navavarsha - Nepalese New Year
- Monday, 15 April - Pohela Boishakh - Bengali New Year
- Monday, 15 April - Maithil New Year
- Saturday, 20 April: Ridvan
- Monday, 22 April: Passover
- Tuesday, 23 April: St George's Day
- Tuesday, 23 April: Hanuman Jayanti
- Wednesday 24 April: Theravada New Year
- Thursday, 25 April: ANZAC Day
- Monday, 29 April: Hung Vuong Festival
If you have a celebration in the month of April and it is not included in the above list, please contact the office so we can celebrate together.
We wish all our whānau, happy celebrating together.
Ngā mihi - Thank you