Newsletters

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 11- 1 July 2026 Kia ora Waterlea Whaanau Nǐ hǎo (Mandarin) or Néih hóu (Cantonese) and welcome to New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW). Chinese Language Week is a New Zealand initiative which was launched in 2014 and is designed to increase Chinese language learning in New Zealand. The … Read moreNewsletter week 11. 1 July 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 10 – 24 June 2026 Kia ora Waterlea Whaanau In last week’s newsletter we mentioned that on Thursday 23 July from 1.30 – 7.15pm, we are holding our Teacher Led Conferences. These conferences are a two-way conversation, and your active participation is valued. Below is the information you need … Read moreNewsletter, Week 10, 24 June 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 9 – 17 June 2026 Kia ora Waterlea Whaanau After the holidays, in the first week back, we’re excited to invite you to our Teacher Led Conferences on Thursday 23 July from 2-7pm. These conferences are a two-way conversation, and your active participation is valued. This is an opportunity … Read moreTerm 2, Week 9, Newsletter 17 June 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 8 – 10 June 2026 Our MCs for the Samoan Language MANA Assembly- Eden & Cornelius  Talofa lava Waterlea Whaanau What a wonderful celebration we had last Friday at our Samoan Language Week MANA Assembly. Thank you to our staff and Whaanau for your support of our Samoan students … Read moreNewsletter 10 June 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 7 – 3 June 2026 Talofa lava Waterlea Whaanau Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa and welcome to Samoan Language Week. The theme or focus for this week is E āfua mai mauga tetele manuia o le nu’u – from the high mountains are the blessings of the village.  Language … Read moreNewsletter – Term 2, 3 June 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 6 – 27 May 2026 Kia ora Waterlea Whaanau Our MANA Values Korowai is our school taonga and awarded three times a year to recognise tamariki who consistently demonstrate our MANA values every day. The Korowai is given out once a term during a MANA assembly and is decided … Read moreNewsletter, Term 2, Week 6 – 27 May 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 5 – 20 May 2026 John Walker Foundation-Find your field of dreams Kia ora Whaanau, Last week our Year 4-6 tamariki started their Community Swim visits to Moana Nui Pools in Maangere. These visits are free for our kura and this includes transport, access to pools and instructor costs. … Read moreNewsletter – Week 5, 20 May 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 4 – 13 May 2026 Trips to Ihumaatao Kia ora Whaanau, This term we are visiting Ihumaatao as part of our learning programmes. Ihumaatao is not only a sacred place in our local area, it is also home to one of the oldest, continuously occupied papakaainga/villages in Aotearoa. The … Read moreNewsletter, Week 4 – 13 May 2026

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 3 – 6 May 2026 Changes to the way we report to parents Kia ora Whaanau, We’d like to like to take the opportunity to update you on some changes that have been made in school reports. From the start of 2026, the Ministry of Education introduced a new … Read moreNewsletter 6 May 2026, week 3

Waterlea School Newsletter Term 2, Week 2 – 29 April 2026 Last Week’s Special MANA Assembly Kia ora Whaanau, We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend commemorating Anzac Day and if you were up early attending a dawn ceremony, we hope you were wearing lots of warm layers. Our Waterlea MANA assembly last week … Read moreNewsletter April 29 2026