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Welcome to 2017

By Anonymous
Welcome back to school. It has been wonderful seeing so many cheerful faces arriving in the morning at school. We start the year with five Year 1 classes. With our warm summer days the children have been cooling off in the school swimming pool. We have some exciting events planned this term - our Whanau Day, a trip to the Botanical Gardens, Stepping Out with Sergeant Deane and our annual camping day on the field. See the newsletter for the dates.


Leah, Deborah, Emily Lyndsey, Adrienne, Marion and Nicky

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