Kia ora e te whānau and welcome to the (hopefully not too) crazy season! It feels like everything is getting incredibly busy and the speed of each week is getting faster. To help manage that speed, this newsletter focuses on the events coming up at the end of this year and also gives the start of 2026 dates for next year for all those super organised people who like to be prepared.
End of Year Events
- Thursday 27th November 10am - Parent Helper Morning Tea
- Tuesday 2nd December 5pm-7pm - Christmas Picnic and Prizegiving
- Thursday 4th December - Year 6 Celebration Day - more details coming this week for Year 6 families
- Friday 12th December - End of Year Reports Published
- Tuesday 16th December 12pm - Final Assembly, whānau welcome to join us!
- Tuesday 16th December 12.40pm - School Ends for the year
Beginning of 2026 School Dates
- Friday 30th January - Open Day where families can book a meeting with their teacher before the year starts
- Monday 2nd February - First Day of School
- Friday 6th February - Waitangi Day Public Holiday
- Tuesday 10th February - Mihi Whakatau for all new families
- Friday 20th March - Teacher Only Day on Maths Curriculum
- Thursday 2nd April - Term 1 Ends
- Friday 3rd April - Sunday 19th April - School Holidays
Does This View Interest or Excite You?
We are looking for a part time Caretaker/Grounds person for 2026 for up to 10 hours per week. It would include maintaining our grounds and the odd handyman fix it job. If you know someone who may be able to help, please get them to contact Steve on stevem@nukumea.school.nz
End of Year Reports
At 3pm on Friday 12th December, student report pages will be available for viewing, with a curriculum highlight and general comment plus progress charts added. You can access this information by clicking in to the 'Nukumea Report 2025' page. If you want to know more about the terminology used in the progress charts, click 'About This Page' and it will bring up our Hero parent presentation. We will not be printing reports, however you are able to print your own copy if you wish by clicking the print icon at the top of the page. Until then, you will be unable to access the learning content on Hero. This is to allow for teachers to populate the charts and report page. Students who have not had 10 weeks at school (this affects our new entrant students or any new students that have started this term) will not be receiving an achievement report. Any new student who started with us in Term 4 can expect an update from their teacher as to how they have settled at Nukumea.
We hope you all have a great week and look forward to seeing you at our end of year events!