Tokoroa Central School

07/09/2026

Kia Orana Parents/ Caregivers

A reminder we have our school photos tomorrow

Tuesday 8th September - Class and Portrait photos

Wednesday 9th September - Sports and Siblings photos

06/09/2026

🌟 Celebrating Our Special People – Room 5 🌟

This Father’s Day, Room 5 would like to wish all of the fathers and special father figures in our lives a very happy Father’s Day! ❤️

To celebrate, our tamariki have been busy creating some very special personalised coasters. Each child wrote their name, drew a picture of themselves with their special person, and added photos from their time at school. 🖍️📸

We know that the people who hold a special place in our tamariki’s lives can look different for every whānau. Our children may have chosen to celebrate a dad, grandad, uncle, aunty, mum, nana, step-parent, caregiver or another special person who is there to love, support and encourage them. ❤️

We hope these little gifts bring lots of smiles and remind our special people just how important they are to our tamariki. 🌱✨

Happy Father’s Day to all of the wonderful special people being celebrated in our Room 5 whānau!

03/09/2026

28/08/2026

🚒🔥 What an exciting week of learning! 🔥🚒

The fire engine came to school this week as part of our Firewise learning, providing plenty of excitement and inspiration for our tamariki!

Room 5 used the experience as inspiration for their writing and created some fantastic stories. It was wonderful to see them taking a real-life experience and using their imagination to bring their ideas to life. 📝✨

We love seeing the excitement from experiences like this continue into the classroom and inspire such amazing learning! 🚒📚

27/08/2026

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Cross Country House Spirit! ❤️🧡💙💚

Last week, our tamariki took part in our school Cross Country — and it was also their first opportunity to dress up and show their house mana for our new houses!

It was fantastic to see our learners getting into the spirit and proudly showing their support for their houses:

❤️ Aroha
🧡 Mātātoa
💙 Kairangi
💚 Tapatahi

Check out Room 4, who were rocking their house colours and dress-ups as they showed their support and mana for their houses! We love seeing our tamariki getting involved and proudly representing their whare. 🌟

27/08/2026

Bright colours and rich cultural heritage in Room 7 last week! Our artists created stunning golden daffodils using pastels and dye to support Daffodil Day, while also celebrating Tongan Language Week by learning to design traditional Ngatu patterns onto geckos. So proud of their creativity, detail, and respect for Tongan art traditions!

26/08/2026

🎓✨ A New Learning Adventure! ✨🎓

These are some of the tamariki who have officially graduated from our New Entrant room and are ready for the next step in their learning journey! 🌱

We are so proud of how far they have come and are incredibly excited to see where their learning takes them next. We wish them all the best as they embrace new challenges, opportunities and adventures! 💙❤️

26/08/2026

🔬🧪 SCIENCE WEEK AT TOKOROA CENTRAL SCHOOL! 🧪🔬

What a fantastic week of science we had at Tokoroa Central School!

Throughout the week, Miss Gurr challenged our students with a Science Week Quiz in the daily notices, with a different question for Year 0–2, Year 3–4 and Year 5–6 each day. It was fantastic to see so many of our tamariki getting involved, challenging themselves, and putting their science knowledge to the test!

🧪 SCIENCE DIDN'T STOP AT THE QUIZ!

Throughout the week, our teachers also ran fun, hands-on science activities during break times, giving students the chance to experiment, investigate, make predictions and see science in action!

On Monday, Miss Gurr ran a physical tower-building challenge, while Miss Hickey and Miss Gurr helped students with volcano building. 🌋

On Thursday at lunchtime, Mrs Sheck got students launching rockets! 🚀 Unfortunately, there are no photos of the rocket launching — everyone was far too busy having fun!

👀📸 Can you guess what some of the other science activities were — and can you work out the science behind each activity from the photos?

There was plenty of experimenting, questioning, predicting and, of course, a few WOW! moments along the way! 🔎💥

A huge well done to everyone who entered our Science Week Quiz and had a go! Science is all about being curious, asking questions, making predictions and having a go — and our students certainly showed all of these qualities throughout the week!

🧠 THINK YOU KNOW YOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL SCIENCE?
🌟 CHALLENGE YOURSELF! 🌟

How many of these questions can you answer? 🤔🔎 We had different levels of questions throughout the week, so why not test yourself and see how you would go with our Science Week Quiz!

🐾 MONDAY – ANIMAL SCIENCE

Year 0–2: What animal starts its life as a tadpole? 🐸
Year 3–4: What type of animal begins its life in water but can live on land as an adult? 🐸
Year 5–6: What group of animals is the only group capable of true powered flight? 🦇

🌱 TUESDAY – LIVING SCIENCE

Year 0–2: What part of a plant grows underground and helps hold the plant in the soil? 🌱
Year 3–4: What gas do humans need to breathe in to stay alive? 🫁
Year 5–6: What is the scientific process that plants use to make their own food using sunlight? ☀️🌿

⚙️ WEDNESDAY – PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Year 0–2: What happens to ice when it gets warm? 🧊
Year 3–4: What are the three different states of matter? 💧
Year 5–6: What is the name of the force that opposes or slows down movement when two surfaces rub together? ⚡
🌍 THURSDAY – EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE

Year 0–2: What planet do we live on? 🌎
Year 3–4: What is the name of the natural object that travels around Earth? 🌙
Year 5–6: What causes the different phases of the Moon? 🌙

🎉 FRIDAY – FUN SCIENCE!

We finished the week with some fun science facts!

Year 0–2: Do butterflies taste with their feet? 🦋
Year 3–4: How many hearts does an octopus have? 🐙
Year 5–6: Which is hotter: the surface of the Sun or a lightning bolt? ⚡

25/08/2026

🚨🚒 RED ALERT! RED ALERT! 🚒🚨

You may have spotted a fire engine at Tokoroa Central School this morning, but there was no need to panic! 🔥😉

Our special visitors were here to support our Junior Team tamariki as part of their Firewise learning — and what a blast they had!

A huge thank you to Tong from Fire and Emergency, along with Dave, Chris and Shannon from the Tokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade for coming along and helping bring our learning to life. Our tamariki loved getting involved in all of the activities, and one of the highlights was getting the chance to climb inside and explore the fire engine! 🚒

It was an exciting morning filled with plenty of learning, fun and some very happy tamariki!

📸 Keep an eye on our page — photos from the day are coming soon!

25/08/2026

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Junior Cross Country & Participation Races! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Last week, we held our Junior Cross Country and Participation Races, giving all of our tamariki the opportunity to get involved, challenge themselves, and enjoy being part of the day.

It was fantastic to see our learners giving it their all out on the course. Whether they were racing towards the finish line, taking part in a participation race, or supporting and encouraging their classmates, our tamariki showed great determination and courage. 🌟

It was also fantastic to see our tamariki showing their house mana for the first time! ❤️🧡💙💚 Learners proudly wore their house colours and represented Aroha, Mātātoa, Kairangi and Tapatahi throughout the day.

We were incredibly proud to see so many students getting involved, having a go, and showing plenty of house pride. Well done to everyone who took part! 🏅👏

📸 More images from the day are coming soon, so keep an eye out! We will also be sharing photos from our Senior Cross Country event soon. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🏆 Keep an eye on Hero for an invitation to our upcoming Cross Country Prizegiving, where we will celebrate our place-getters and recognise the achievements of our tamariki!