Student News

Yesterday, the Principal had the privilege of teaching Room 15 for the day and was thoroughly impressed by their curiosity and teamwork. Having just completed their maths unit on algebra, she decided to challenge these senior students with a Mission Impossible-themed algebra activity. It was fantastic to see them working in pairs to secretly tackle … Read more

Last Wednesday a team of Te Motu athletes attended the interschool athletics com-petition at the Paraparaumu Domain.  They had a great day and we are very proud of all of their efforts, including a first placing in the Year 8 Girls Relay and a second placing in the Year 7 Boys Relay. Congratulations to these … Read more

Wow, PBS students have been hauling in the certificates for high achievement this year!   At our school, some of our students displaying special academic abilities undertake extra studies through Kōtui Ako – The Virtual Learning Network Aotearoa.  This year their Kōtui Ako teachers have acknowledged the incredible work of Callum Rice in Physics and Emily … Read more

Last week, I had the pleasure of teaching in Room 19. I was so impressed to hear the 5-year-olds reminding each other about respect as they tidied up at the end of each session—specifically, respect for the items in their classroom. It was heartening to see these young learners applying the value of respect not … Read more

Congratulations to Matthew Livingston who completed in a 10km run at the weekend finishing 5th place in his category (under 16) and to William and Emily Hamden who competed in the Under 13 category. William finished in 2nd place and Emily 6th place!  And congratulations to Mia Thomson for recording the fastest 1km time for … Read more

Last Friday we had our annual netball game which is the highlight of the netball season. We had an enthusiastic crowd watching the game who cheered both sides on. All players in the Acers showed fantastic skill on the court and great sportmanship. Well done to all of you. We also had two of our … Read more

Congratulations to Alyssa Kilsby, Dakota Bell and Holly McGregor who performed with their cheerleading team Big Air Revolution at Super Nationals in Auckland over the weekend and were absolutely fantastic, achieving a gold medal becoming National Champions in their division!

Te Motu held our Athletics Day yesterday. We were very lucky with the weather, and the students had a great day competing in sprints, vortex, long and high jump, discus and shot put. In the afternoon we had a hotly contested class relay, which was won by Room 14. Congratulations to the following students, who … Read more