TŪ TOA

24 Mar 2026

Hello Whanau

The end of term is quite a busy time
I thought a lovely summarised list would be useful

Wednesday 25 March - Sport Canterbury: Year 5/6 relay team
                                    - Bike safety checks for Huxter participants 2pm

Thursday 26 March - Sport Canterbury: Year 7/8 relay team and breaststroke.

Friday 27th March - Lots of Socks Day. Come dressed in your finest most imaginative socks and bring a gold coin donation for the Downs Syndrome Society

Monday 30th March - Year 7/8 Tech at Akaroa

Tuesday 31 March - Huxter Mountain Bike race (for children who opted to do it)
                                - BOT meeting in the staffroom 7pm

Wednesday 1 April - Marae Visit. 9am-3pm. We will be walking there and back. Local trip so no permission is required. Tamariki bring lunch and drinks.  All parents welcome. Anna                                         will send out further information regarding this.

                                 - Return raffle ticket sales

Thursday 2 April - House Challenge
                             Whanau assembly 2pm
                             Last day of Term 1 2026

Term 2 Begins - Monday 26 April 2026
 

Many thanks

Kealy

23 Mar 2026

Ki Ora Whanau

Today your tamariki would have brought home raffle tickets for sale.

Could these please be returned to school by 1 April? 

This will give time to collate them before the draw after the whanau assembly on 2.4.26

Thank you!! 

20 Mar 2026

School support are running a giant pumpkin weigh-in competition on Sunday the 29th of March beside Silo stays. Weigh in will be from 8.30am-9.30am with a short prize giving at 10am ish. We need 4 strong volunteers to help with lifting of heavy pumpkins, directing traffic and set up on the morning of. Volunteers needed from 8-10am

- We will also be running a raffle prize draw on the same day and need 10 people to do 1hr time lots between 9am-2pm to help sell tickets. 

- Raffle sheets will also be going home with all families to sell. 

- Can you please email Lisa Strachan with the times lots you would like to take. 
Lisa - dalleus@hotmail.com

Thanks from School Support 

18 Mar 2026

Little River School fundraiser  - this Saturday 21st March 2026

If you are able to volunteer a few hours marshalling for Le Race, please email or phone/text Roriana on 027 368 6180 or rorianatini@gmail.com 

We desperately require more help!

 

Thank you :)

25 Feb 2026

Kia Ora Whanau

The saga continues ...

We have had part of the contamination report back and the school is very highly contaminated. Most results are above 1600 MPN/g, which is higher than typically for soils. For reference, for a council to discharge biosolids post-wastewater treatment, they have to be below 100 MPN/g.  This will mean that the Playcenter, domain and road are also contaminated. And now that all the silt is dried out, the dust is blowing everywhere. 

We have been told to stay off school grounds until further notice. 

Obviously this is not ideal - we want to teach your tamariki, we miss them, many parents work, children experience lack of routine, isolation and disconnection etc etc.

The plan is: 
1) Teachers will offer home learning packs and activities for Thursday and Friday. These will be available for pick up from 9-10am at school tomorrow - (not ideal - wear a mask, stay in the car and ring in and Anna or Ruth will bring them out... be inventive) If these cannot be collected then we will deliver. Please let us know if you need delivery (Birdlings - don't come to school we will bring them to you.) 
Kahikatea - check your emails for news about google classroom and possible zoom meetings. Kanuka will also email instructions. 
2) Ruth, Anna and I will source another location for school. If we have to be off site into next week we will begin attending school at the new location from Monday. The aim is for this to be somewhere on the bus route so that tamariki can catch the bus to school.

I will be working with the advisors / tradies tomorrow and Friday. The aim is to address the issues as soon as possible and get school open. Unfortunately with the contamination levels so high we will now have to do more than envisaged.  I will keep you updated. 

Please know that we are doing everything possible, in the best interests of the children and to get them back to school. 

Ngā Mihi

Kealy ​