Marriene Langton Principal/Tumuaki

Marriene Langton Principal/Tumuaki
Tēnā koutou e te whanau. This is my 17th year as tumuaki of our lovely kura. I am one-eyed when it comes to providing the very best education for all of our tamariki, strong connections to whanau and applying Attachment Psychology so every child has a champion adult at our school who believes in them unconditionally. I just can’t see past it. Our kaiako and kaiawhina go the extra 50 miles to give our children the best chances to succeed. My family is number one. After 20 years of camping holidays in Kaiteriteri, Graham and I are recidivist “glampers “ and ready for new adventures in our latest caravan. It’s brilliant when our family joins us too. I've had the privilege of being part of the design team so we could build a new school after the earthquakes and now we are full-on working with architects to design a new hall. That's a dream we never thought that we would see. Watch this space.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Maddie (Madaline) Davidson Olympic Trampolinist

 Maddie (Madaline) Davidson Olympic Trampolinist 


What an incredible role model and a really engaging public speaker. She talked to the children about the NZ Olympic Team values and her personal successes and failures. She cried buckets of tears over failing to meet qualification goals, or when she had an epic fail in the Olympic Competition, after working so hard to get there. Maddie has  learned resilience through failure, and then having to work even harder to achieve her dreams.




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