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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
2022 brought many opportunities for our students. The students took part in a number of Kapa Haka performances alongside the other three Featherston schools - Featherston Booktown, Matariki Community Concert, and the Featherston school’s Kapa Haka concert. Through these events, students developed an understanding that being part of a community means working together. Our Spring Festival was a huge success. Each class had a stall with the funds going towards class trips and activities, ensuring no student is left out or behind. At the end of Term 3 we farewelled our principal of eight years, Jennifer Muth. We look forward to welcoming new principal Lindsey Dailly in 2023. Thank you to students, sta , whanau and community members who set the example of working hard and providing amazing opportunities for our students.
Lindsey Dailly
These are some of the highlights of 2022:
• Year 7 and 8 Camp at Kaitoke • Junior Poetry Recital • Live Wires radio programme • Junior gardening • Year 5-8 participating in Matharapa • House sports • Stations of the Cross • The Hands of Christ Homework Challenge • Rippa Rugby • Cross- Country • School swimming • Football Tournament • Kapa Haka performances • Matariki Celebration • Science trips • Ruud Kleinpaste visit • Netball • Gymnastics • Hockey • Scientists in school • Jennifer Muth’s farewell We teach our school values of faith, love, justice and humility through our On-Track keys. We don’t expect students to know these values, we teach them, remind students often and reward them when we see and hear the values expressed in the classroom and in the playground. In a small school with small class sizes, we know our students well and support them to develop into future citizens. We provide the opportunities for holistic growth - spiritually, physically, emotionally, academically and creatively. Our focus this year has been on Geology, through which all students have had the opportunity to explore many of our local sites, including Barr Brown Reserve, One Tree Hill, Ocean Beach and the Putangirua Pinnacles, as well as fossil hunting by Mangapari Stream. The Year 5-8 students also visited the fault line at Pigeon Bush where the biggest land shift caused by an earthquake can be seen. On these trips the students learnt about many things such as fault lines, erosion, rock layering, and how fossils are formed. A focus on curiosity has enabled them to notice more in the land around them.
We have had a number of scientists visiting us throughout the year, who have assisted us on our trips, enriching our learning and science knowledge. Our ecology science focus next year is already well underway, and includes more exciting trips around the Wairarapa, and connects with even more scientists.
We weave digital technology through all learning areas. Our students enjoy coding and STEAM activities. We dedicate time to the arts - visual art, drama, dance and music. Our school productions star every student at our school.
If you would like to see our school in action, please contact us to make an appointment at o ce@teresas.school.nz or 027 733 1636. Learning to swim.
Students farewell principal Jennifer Muth. Mangapari Stream Geology Trip.
Developing curiosity at Barr Brown Reserve.
Developing core and upper body strength with gymnastics.
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Ka nui ngā mihi ki a Ranginui e tū iho nei, ki a Papatūānuku e takoto ake nei. Koutou e te tini o aitua, haere atu rā, e moe ki ō koutou tūpuna. Ko te hunga mate ki a rātou, haere, haere, haere ake rā. Tātou te hunga ora, tēnā rā tātou. Nei rā te mihi matakuikui o te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa ki a koutou.
While it’s been another big year with covid and other illnesses that have impacted on sta , whānau and tamariki wellbeing we have worked hard to normalise everyday life in our kura and are super proud of the successes our tauira have had.
We have continued to improve our grounds and this year have completed the relocation of our maara kai, planted over 100 natives and fruit trees on our eld, and just recently completed a bike track.
Despite the 6am start, our Matariki celebration was well attended and following karakia and shared breakfast we all went to watch The Lion King in te reo Māori. For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori we organised a hikoi through town to honour those who took the Māori Language Petition to Parliament 50 years ago this year. We were honoured to be able to support the opening of the new Whitipoua Footbridge at the end of Bentley Street and are proud of the 11 sets of paewhiri that two of our tauira and one of our sta designed. More recently, our Primary Kapa Haka rōpū, Ngā Puāwai o TKKM o Wairarapa competed at the Awakairangi-Wairarapa Regional Kapa Haka competition and placed rst – so next year we will be busy fundraising to help get them to the National Competition being held in Nelson.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our whānau and wider community for their ongoing support of our kura – nei rā te mihi mutunga kore ki a koutou.
Hikoi mō te reo Māori. Team and con dence building with senior tauira.
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Opening of Whitipoua.
Dawn karakia and celebration of Matariki. Relocated maara kai. Ngā Puāwai o TKKM o Wairarapa.
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: LISA ROSSITER
Kia ora koutou This year we have focused on ensuring our Anglican Special Character is o ering our students the foundations they need to be their best selves each day. We have continued to upgrade our facilities and services, including expanding the availability of Trinity Counsellors at all three schools and progressing with the refurbishment of Repton Boarding House at Rathkeale. St Matthew’s sta and students are enjoying an upgraded Lower Classroom Block and as I write the Junior Hub block at Hadlow is being enhanced to o er state of the art learning spaces. None of this would be possible without the continued support of our parent community past and present, our terri c sta and suppliers, and many volunteers. The Trinity family of schools is unique in Aotearoa New Zealand, and on behalf of my fellow trustees I sincerely thank everyone who helps us to lead and serve successfully. Ngā manaakitanga Lisa Rossiter Chair, Trinity Schools Trust Board
Hadlow Preschool, Hadlow Preparatory School, St Matthew’s Collegiate and Rathkeale College make up the Trinity family of Anglican schools, all located in the Masterton area, educating students from the age of 3 to year 13. The Trinity Schools Trust Board owns and stewards this unique family of schools. Our state-integrated schools centre around Anglican faith-based values, which are fundamental to our Special Character. These values ensure our students, who are at the heart of our system, are provided with the best possible teaching and learning opportunities to enable them to thrive in an ever-changing world. High-quality infrastructure and resources across all schools, along with beautiful grounds and open spaces, inspire students’ growth and development throughout their educational journey with us.
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