2025 Term 1

Wednesday 5 February

Nau mai haere mai. Welcome to the 2025 school year. Our school was a hive of excitement on Monday morning …. Read more

Wednesday 19 February

Thank you to everyone who attended Wednesday evening’s Digital Waitaha presentation about ….. Read more

Wednesday 5 March

Over the next two evenings, we are holding Learning Conferences for our whānau. We strongly encourage you….Read more

Wednesday 19 March

This week marks Neurodiversity Celebration Week, a global initiative dedicated to recognising and embracing….Read more

Wednesday 2 April

Welcome to the last newsletter of the Term! The first term seems to …Read more

2024 – Term 4

Wednesday 16 October

Welcome to Term 4! I hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday with your families. I would particularly like to welcome the …Read more

Wednesday 30 October

I hope you enjoyed some quality family time over the long weekend. Last Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of attending the ….Read more

Wednesday 13 November

Thanks to all of the parents who attended last week’s combined assembly hosted by Ahuriri, Huritini and Ōtāwhito…. Read more

Wednesday 27 November

I had the pleasure of attending the final PTA meeting of the year last night. It was a fitting celebration of the fantastic support…Read more

Wednesday 11 December

As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child”, so as the school year draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity ….Read more

2024 – Term 3

Wednesday 24 July

Welcome back! I trust you had a safe and relaxing holiday break. I would like to extend a special welcome to all…Read more

Wednesday 7 August

This week, we’ve been greeted with frosty mornings followed by glorious sunny Canterbury days. Read more

Wednesday 21 August

We had a fantastic turnout at last Tuesday night’s How to Raise Resilient Kids parent presentation. John Quinn … Read more

Wednesday 4 September

Welcome to Spring! Many of our senior students have been making the most of the end of the ski season at Mt Hutt ….Read more

2024 – Term 2

Wednesday 2 May

Welcome back to the new school term. I trust you had a safe and relaxing holiday break. I would particularly…Read more

Wednesday 15 May

This week is Support Staff Week across all New Zealand schools. It is an opportunity to acknowledge…Read more

Wednesday 29 May

What a busy couple of weeks we have had here at Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School! Ahuriri and…Read more

Wednesday 12 June

On Staff Only Day we hosted 170 teachers from schools across our South West Cluster to learn …. Read more

Wednesday 26 June

Welcome to the last newsletter for Term 2. We’re well and truly into the Winter with some brisk starts and grey days of late. Read more …

2024 – Term 1

Wednesday 31 January

Welcome back! We are super excited to start a new year at Te Kura o Te Tauawa Halswell School. It was wonderful to see ….Read more

Wednesday 14 February

We have had a fantastic start to the new school year, with teaching and learning programmes well ...Read more

Wednesday 28 February

Thank you to the parents and students who participated in last week’s Learning Conferences. We were …Read more

Wednesday 13 March

Last week, around 300 of our Years 5-8 students participated in camps at Living Springs (Years 5&6) and…Read more

Wednesday 27 March

There has been a lot of excitement around the school today leading up to tonight’s PTA Disco. Read more…

Wednesday 10 April

Over the past weekend, thirteen of our staff members participated in the Relay for Life to raise funds for the Cancer …Read more

2023 – Term 4

Wednesday 11 October

Welcome to Term 4! I hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday with your families. I would particularly like to welcome ….Read more

Wednesday 25 October

Thank you to all of the parents and staff who helped out at the Years 5-8 Athletics Sports at Ngā Puna Wai on .. Read more

Wednesday 8 November

We have enjoyed a fantastic last couple of weeks at Te Kura o Te Tauawa Halswell School, including Grandparents… Read more

Wednesday 22 November

I hope you managed to enjoy some quality family time over the extra long weekend. It was an absolute … Read more

Wednesday 6 December

We had a great turnout of parents to watch the children in action at last Friday’s Whānau Sports Day….Read more

2023 – Term 3

Wednesday 19 July

Welcome back to the new term! I hope you had a safe and relaxing break and managed to enjoy so….Read more

Wednesday 2 August

We’ve had a busy but rewarding start to Term 3. One of the highlights was undoubtedly last week’s Learning Conferences…..Read more

Wednesday 16 August

We have had an exciting last couple of weeks at Te Kura o Te Tauawa Halswell School, including ICAS examinations, Life Education… Read more

Wednesday 30 August

As we prepare to say farewell to winter at the end of the week, it’s great to see our children participating in so many… Read more…

Wednesday 13 September

Halo, olsen wanem (Bislama for hello, how are you)? I’m writing today’s newsletter article from Hideaway… Read more

2023 – Term 2

Wednesday 26 April

Welcome back for Term 2! We hope you and your whānau had … Read more

Wednesday 10 May

Term 2 is well underway! Highlights so far have been the Mihi Whakatau … Read more

Wednesday 24 May

What a busy couple of weeks we have had here at Te Kura o te Tauawa … Read more

Wednesday 7 June

We hope you all had an enjoyable King’s Birthday weekend. As we were … Read more

Wednesday 21 June

Last night, our talented Years 5-8 students kicked off our Opening Night of … Read more

2023 – Term 1

Wednesday 1 February

Nau mai haere mai. Welcome back to the new school year. A special welcome to … Read more

Wednesday 15 February

Our thoughts are with all schools, friends and families in the North Island ..Read more

Wednesday 1 March

Thank you to everyone who supported our non-uniform day today to help … Read more

Wednesday 15 March

Halswell School teachers will join around 50,000 colleagues … Read more

Wednesday 29 March

Welcome to the last newsletter for Term One. It has been a fantastic term full of exciting… Read more

2022 – Term 4

Wednesday 19 October

Welcome back to new term! I trust you had a safe and relaxing holiday….Read more

Wednesday 2 November

It was a real pleasure to welcome so many families to Halswell School ..Read more

Wednesday 16 November

I trust you had an enjoyable long weekend. It is hard to believe that … Read more

Wednesday 29 November

On Tuesday night, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to …Read more

Wednesday 14 December

We had a fantastic turnout of parents and grandparents at last week’s Art.. Read more…

2022 – Term 3

Wednesday 27 July

Welcome to Term 3. I hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday break. I would like to extend a very warm …Read more

Wednesday 10 August

Thank you to all of the parents and students who participated in the Learning Conference last … Read more…

Wednesday 24 August

Isn’t it great to have a touch of Spring in the air! I was delighted to be able to spend yesterday morning…. Read more…

Wednesday 7 September

We have had an action-packed last couple of weeks at Halswell School. I was delighted…Read More

Wednesday 21 September

Welcome to the last newsletter for Term 3. This term seems to have flown by and it is hard to …. Read more

2022 – Term 2

Wednesday 4 May

Wednesday 18 May

Wednesday 1 June

Wednesday 15 June

Welcome welcome back Welcome back! I trust you had a safe and relaxing   ….
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Thank you to all of our parents for respecting the Covid-19 procedures we have in place … Read more…
We’ve had an action-packed last couple of weeks at Halswell School Te Kura o Te Tauawa. Read more …
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Wednesday 29 June

I trust you enjoyed some quality time with friends and whānau over Matariki weekend.  It was fantastic….Read More…

2022 – Term 1

Wednesday 2 February

Wednesday 16 February

Wednesday 2 March

Wednesday 16 March

We are delighted to share our new School logo, Vision for Teaching …
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We have had a fantastic start to the new school year with our tamariki …
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It is with much excitement that we unveil our new Year 7&8 Senior …
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It was a real privilege to open the new Ōrongomai Nature Playground…
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Wednesday 30 March

Wednesday 13 April

As many of you will be aware, our drop-off and pick up zone can get …
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It is hard to believe that this will be the last newsletter of Term…
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