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

"What In The World Are We Eating?"

 Week 4 nearly done and dusted. Thank you to WSFW for their fantastic behind the scenes work to raise extra funds for the school and to support so many extra activities for our tamariki. These are busy folk, even busier with the extra work they do in the school to make this place special.

Sometimes one volunteers for something without really thinking it through. The ignition for our deep learning on "What In The World Are We Eating?" was a blind test, tasting competition.

Needless to say I was in last place. Glen was the winner but I think that the decision was rigged. It wasn't as bad as I expected, because I still remember the games that Jude Lange used to organise for the children on Year 5 and 6 camp and that involved blind tasting and feeling of objects that included sago, a sheep's eye, tripe and lemons. My goodness the children used to shriek. Oh how we laughed.






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