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2012 News
Tuesday 10th January
Relocatable classrooms have begun arriving this week. The schedule that is being worked to is as follows.
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| Building Relocation, Siting and Piling
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10 days
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5 January – 14 January 2012
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Ramps, Steps, Decks and Canopies. Services
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2 (7 day) weeks
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15 January – 29 January 2012
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Classroom Set Up
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1 day
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Monday 30th January 2012
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Start of Term One
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1 day
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Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Baseboards, paths, making good to fences etc
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1 week
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30 January – 6 February 2012
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Our Place

Nau mai haere mai to the website of Newtown School ? the multicultural primary school at
the heart of Wellington?s liveliest suburb.
For more than 127 years, this school has educated the children of Newtown and its neighbouring suburbs,
giving them the broad start in life that all New Zealanders need.
These days that start includes special teaching programmes, a rich multicultural environment
and a clear focus on achievement in many areas.
Newtown School provides its students with a well-rounded education that is not available at other schools.
We have a Maori immersion class ? Ngati Kotahitanga ? providing an 80 per cent immersion environment,
and our facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool, computer suite, and separate junior and senior playgrounds.
We have a strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy in both Maori and English, and the vast majority of our students
achieve at or above the norms for their age group.
Our student roll is drawn from a rich variety of backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of Newtown, and we pride
ourselves on being very much an integral part of our neighbourhood.

Rhys McKinley, Principal
Ko te manu kai i te miro nona te ngahere, ko te manu kai i te matauranga nona te ao. The bird who eats from the miro
tree owns the forest, the bird who eats of the tree of knowledge owns the world.

Our Community

Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
Newtown has many old wooden buildings and a few high density council apartments.
Wellington Hospital and Wellington Zoo are within the suburb of Newtown. There
is a small shopping centre that has all the essentials. Newtown School is part of
this busy community.

History, Ngake and Whataitai

The Maori(Indigenous people of New Zealand) version of how Wellington Harbour
and surrounding land forms were made.Click on the link to find out about the
story of Ngake and Whataitai.ppt
Newtown is set in the southern hills of Wellington New Zealand. Newtown was a
harsh place. A swamp beginning somewhere in the Melrose Hills wound its way through
what is now the zoo, and down through Newtown, widening in its swampiness as it
went until it reached the lake that became known as the Basin, then flowed
on past what is Courtenay Place to the harbour. Scrub thickly covered the sloping
parts of the suburb and the roads were heavy and lonely.

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