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Newsletter 10 September 2026
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A Community of Courages Learners
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Welcome to David Street School
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A very special welcome to our new students, Darragh, Blake, Logan, Tatum, Tess, Cruize, Spencer, Sayah and Loretta, and to their families. Nau mai, haere mai ki te Kura o Rawiri!
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Remembering Mike Hayes, a much-loved Teacher
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It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Mike Hayes.
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Mike dedicated many years of his teaching career to our school, joining David Street School in 1974 until his retirement from full-time teaching in 2004.
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He remained a big part of our school community as a relief teacher and later on while working at Coronation Dairy, doing the school lunch orders.
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A highly knowledgeable and respected teacher, he was much loved by generations of students, colleagues and families. His contribution to our school and the wider community was significant, and he will be remembered with great affection by the many people whose lives he touched.
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Our thoughts are with his family, friends and former colleagues.
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Cultural Festival Wednesday 16 September at the Morrinsville Events Centre
This year, the Piako Cultural Festival will take place on Wednesday 16 September at the Morrinsville Events Centre.
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Please note: this event does not involve all Kapa Haka students; we will be taking our senior students and a selection of middle school students to perform and represent our school.
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Detailed notices with more information were sent home on Tuesday with those students attending.
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- All students need to meet in the Ako Kea side of Te Ao Marama on Wednesday, 16th at 8.00 am. We will be travelling to the Morrinsville Events Centre by bus, leaving David St School at 8.30 am to be ready for the mihi whakatau at 9.00 am.
- Children will be given a DSS jacket to wear that morning. They can wear comfortable clothes, e.g tracksuits, not jeans. If anyone needs hair braided, we can do that there.
- We will perform at 1.00 pm.
- Please note the time of performance for our children is a rough guideline and could change. We advise those who wish to watch their children perform to arrive early.
- Permission slips that went home with the notice on Tuesday need to be back by tomorrow, Friday, at the latest.
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Week8
🍕 Pizza Lunch - orders have now closed.
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Cookie Friday - order by 10am Friday.
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Week 9
Cultural Festival – Events Centre
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for registered Year 4, 5 & 6 students
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Week 10
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Class, Sibling & Individual Photos
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Please remember to fill out the Sibling Photo Form if you require sibling photos; sibling photos will not be taken without a form.
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Term 3 Holiday Programme
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Bookings are essential. For more information, please go to the link below
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Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon
Register with David Street School
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Entries are now open for the Cambridge Weetbix-Tryathlon on Sunday, 6th December 2026.
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The TRYathlon is all about giving it a TRY and is a rewarding and fun day out for you and your child.
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Participants need to be aged 7-15 years old on event day, and can complete the TRYathlon as an individual or in a team of two. Participants need to be 6 years old on the day to compete in the Splash & Dash (smaller event).
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David Street School has entered a School Group which you can join when you register online.
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Either click the link below to enter or visit the Weetbix-Tryathlon Website and search for David Street School when registering.
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By linking to our school, it will give us the chance to win some great prizes. We will also have our school marquee set up at the event on the day, where we can cheer each other on and celebrate together.
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Looking forward to seeing more David Street students join the TRYathlon event this year!
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Home & School Raffle - What an Incredible Result!
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A huge thank you to our amazing school community. Together, we have raised over $15,000 through our raffle!
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Every ticket sold has helped bring us one step closer to our goal of building a brand-new playground for our Senior and Middle School students.
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A massive thank you to all our parents, whānau, and students who supported the raffle by selling tickets, purchasing tickets, and encouraging others to get involved. Your enthusiasm, generosity, and effort have been absolutely incredible.
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And to our students, you have been amazing! Every ticket you sold made a difference, and you should be incredibly proud of what we have achieved together.
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This is what makes our school community so special. When we come together to support a common goal, amazing things can happen.
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Top-Selling Class Awards
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Congratulations to Room 19, who sold the most raffle tickets and will enjoy a shared pizza lunch to celebrate their fantastic effort!
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We are also delighted to recognise:
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Room 16 – 2nd Place, winning a hot chip lunch
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Room 15 – 3rd Place, winning ice blocks for the class
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ABOVE: Room 19 celebrating their Pizza Lunch win.
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Prize Winners
And now, it's time to celebrate our raffle winners. A huge congratulations to all 20 prize winners! Thank you again to everyone who participated and helped make this fundraiser such a tremendous success.
Together, we're making our new playground dream a reality!
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11th - Marie & Max Doelman
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16th - Bronwyn Waterhouse
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A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors
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This fundraiser would not have been possible without the incredible generosity of our sponsors, who donated prizes and helped make our raffle such a success. We are so grateful for your support of our school and our playground fundraising project. Please join us in thanking;
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Mitre 10 Morrinsville, Greenlea Meats, Lockerbie Estate, Skyline Rotorua, Veterinary Clinic Morrinsville,
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Silvester Electrical, Anexa Veterinary Services, Norwex (Fiona Dowling),
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Pepper & Me, Tatua, Paper Plus,
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Ninja Valley, ReBurger, JA Russell Ltd,
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Farm Source, My Food Bag, Unichem,
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Wild Bella, The Warehouse,
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CooperAitken, Wilson Consumer Products and Whittaker's Chocolate.
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Your generosity and community spirit have helped make a real difference for our students. Thank you for investing in the future of our school!
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Your purchase of an Entertainment Membership contributes to our outdoor education space. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link with your friends and family. Thanks for your support!
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It’s nearly time to send in all your Yummy stickers.
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With the end of term approaching, things can get busy, so you can send in your stickers anytime now; please have them back to school before the 20 October.
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Thank You Home & School - from Room 8
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A massive thank you to the Home and School Committee for their wonderful financial donation of our 'Fun' money!
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Thanks to your generosity, the Kauri Team bought new sets of hot glue guns to share among the team. Our students have been using them to craft custom characters based on their narrative writing projects (Scrap to Story). We are so grateful for your support in bringing our learning to life. Thank you!
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The Kauri Team would also like to thank the Pritchard family for donating a bunch of hot glue sticks for us to use!
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Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies
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What an amazing few weeks it has been for the Kowhai Team! We are incredibly proud of the 124 students who came together to bring Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies to life. After weeks of rehearsals, learning lines, songs and dance moves, our students showed incredible courage (Kia Maia), dedication and teamwork.
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There were plenty of laughs, lots of fun and a few moments of nervous excitement along the way! It was wonderful to see the students work together, support one another and enjoy bringing a story to life on stage. From learning their parts to remembering choreography and performing in front of an audience, our students worked incredibly hard and showed what can happen when we put our minds together and give something our best.
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The Kowhai Team proudly completed six full shows at Morrinsville College, and what an achievement that was! Seeing all 124 students come together as one team was something very special. We are so proud of the confidence, commitment and enthusiasm they showed throughout the entire production.
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A huge thank you goes to all of the Kowhai Team staff who worked tirelessly behind the scenes. From creating props, organising costumes and backdrops, to getting children into their numerous lines backstage, managing backdrop changes, lights and all of the many logistics that go into running a school production — there was an incredible amount of work happening behind the scenes. Your dedication made the magic on stage possible.
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We would also like to say a massive thank you to our parents and whānau for their encouragement and support. From organising children to get to rehearsals and shows, helping with costumes and make-up, learning lines and songs, and cheering them on from the audience, your support made such a difference.
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We are incredibly proud of the show we put together. What a wonderful experience and a fantastic memory for our Kowhai Team to share.
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Principal Awards
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David Street School celebrates children who have been showing our school values in their behaviour and actions at school. Congratulations to the following students:
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Marcus received his award for being a conscientious, humble, and mature student. He works diligently on all his school tasks, and this shows in the high standard of work he produces. Marcus's considerate nature shines through in his patience when waiting for his turn during our food science experiments.
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Luka received his award for his perseverance in his learning and approach to challenges with a ‘can-do’ mindset.
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Luka is diligent and determined to succeed. Tino Pai Luka
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Ranginui shows perseverance, a positive attitude, and willingness to learn. He consistently demonstrates great respect and responsibility in his literacy and maths learning. Ranginui is becoming a self-aware learner who reflects on his progress and continues working towards achieving his goals.
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Well done, Ranginui, for growing as a David Street learner. Keep it up!
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Almendra received her award for being a fantastic self-aware role model for everybody around her. She leads with quiet grace, responsibility, and is humble about her achievements. It’s been incredible to watch Almendra’s confidence blossom and see her aim high in all areas of her learning. Almendra is a true DSS Learner!
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Nekou received his award for just being an absolute superstar, always! He has blown us all away with his dedication towards production. Nekou works hard every day, always striving for excellence, and he should be incredibly proud of all he has achieved. Ka mau te wehi, awesome!
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Addison is a kind, caring and thoughtful student who consistently pushes herself to achieve excellence in all areas of her schoolwork. She sets herself meaningful goals and demonstrates the determination and ability to work towards achieving them. Addison, you are a pleasure to have in the Kōwhai team. Keep up the fantastic work!
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Thea received her award for being a well-mannered and caring member of the Care For Kids whanau. She enjoys playing happily with her friends and is very easy-going, never insisting on having her own way or becoming involved in disagreements.
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Thea is thoughtful and considerate of those around her, is always polite, and treats others with kindness and respect. She is wonderful to have around and an absolute joy to look after.
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Malakai demonstrates a strong commitment to learning by approaching every opportunity with purpose and determination. The progress he has made this year reflects the commitment, perseverance and positive attitude he brings to his learning each day.
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Consistently exhibits the David Street School values of respect and kindness. She leads by example in an unassuming way, always polite, friendly and includes everyone in whatever she does. Hadlee also takes the kudos for being the first person at CFK to reach the top of the rope, was very cool to see. Amazing job, Hadlee!
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Scrap to Story: Character Creation
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Room 12 and the Year 4 students have been busy bringing their imaginations to life through our Scrap to Story concept this term!
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Working in groups, students have been planning a character that fits one of the three exciting themes: Out of This World, Way Back When or Something’s Gone Wrong. They have been designing and planning their own unique characters, thinking carefully about their character’s appearance, personality and role within a story.
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Students are now independently writing a narrative featuring their character, using the ideas they have developed during the planning process. They have also created a setting, problem and solution for their characters, and have been experimenting with compound sentences, adverbial phrases and short, sharp sentences to make their writing more interesting and engaging for the reader.
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Alongside their writing, we have begun the exciting process of building our characters from recycled materials, taking inspiration from the creativity and imagination of Wearable Arts.
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It has been fantastic to see students experimenting with materials, solving problems and turning everyday recycled items into something completely new. We can’t wait to see their characters come to life!
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Food Technologist Visits Juniors
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The Kahikatea Team was lucky to have Lucy Barnett from Fonterra visit on Thursday. Lucy is a Food Technologist who creates new products using milk. Lucy taught us what a Food Technologist does and shared the process milk goes through to get from the farm to our supermarkets.
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Lucy gave us some coloured water for us to try, and we had to use our senses to work out what flavour it was. One had a tiny bit of sugar in it, and we learned that sugar makes flavours bigger and stronger.
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We learned that when we mix flavours, they can make new flavours and become 'flavour friends'. A pinch of salt wakes up our taste buds, and colour can give us a clue about what flavour something might be.
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We had so much fun and feel so fortunate to have someone from our school community give up their time to create a fantastic learning experience for our team.
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Room 19 Food Technologists
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After Lucy Barnett from Fonterra visited us, Room 19 decided to invent some exciting new ice-cream flavours!
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We did our market research and had children and adults vote for their top two choices. We then created Galaxy — a space-inspired ice cream with popping candy — and Gingernut ice cream.
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Mr Harrop, Mrs Fielding and Mr Marks came along to taste-test our creations. The judges’ votes were two votes for Gingernut and one vote for Galaxy. However, the majority of Room 19 voted for Galaxy!
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Our next step is to write to Tip Top to suggest our new flavour creations. So, keep an eye out in a supermarket near you — you might just see a Room 19 ice cream in the freezer one day!
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Room 14 Visitor
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Room 14 had a very special visitor this week — Tater Tot the Goat!
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We are always looking for learning opportunities at David Street School, and this visit provided the perfect real-life connection to our ‘oa’ sound. What better way to remember the sound 'oa' than by meeting a goat?
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The children had lots of fun talking about Tater Tot; it was a wonderful opportunity to bring our literacy learning to life.
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Cricket Fun with Waikato Valley Cricket!
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We’ve had a fantastic week of cricket at school! A big thank you to Emma from Waikato Valley Cricket, who has been working with all of our children, teaching cricket skills and helping them build confidence through fun, active games.
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We had a Crazy Hair Day in support of Daffodil Day on Friday, 28 August.
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There were some wonderful, wacky hair creations, as you can see.
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Please support the businesses that support our school!
A big Thank You to those businesses that support our school by advertising in our newsletter:
Danielle Callaghan-Harcourts Morrinsville,
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Morrinsville Decor, Hunt Building Limited, Odlum Hire,
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Container Works, CooperAitken.
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Community Notices
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