News & Events

Flaxmere School Picnic 2023

It is always fun when the whole school can get together. Here we are at Flaxmere park enjoying each others' company and the sunshine!

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Kōwhai TV Pasifika Episode 2022

At the end of 2022, we had a celebration of our learning in Pasifika. Here is a video showing what classes have been doing throughout the year.[embed width="200" height="113" class="leftAlone"...

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Funky Farm

Last Week all of the Base classes visited the Funky Farm. This term we have been learning about places we can visit in Hawke's Bay and the Funky Farm was...

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Once Upon a Dream...Kōwhai Senior Ball

Once Upon a Dream... Kōwhai School Ball 2022!

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Our New Kimi Ora Satellite

The beginning of Term 3 will be a very exciting time for 16 students and 7 staff, who will be moving into our new Kimi Ora Satellite.

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Matariki

On the second to last day of Term 2, our school and whānau celebrated Matariki. This was a wonderful time to come together and share student learning, join in with...

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School Disco

Last Friday was the day of our annual school disco. The students turned out in all their finery and had a ball! it was great to see so many of...

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Mitre Ten Tough Kid Challenge

On Wednesday the therapists took a small group of students to trial accessibility at the Tough Kids Event, held annually at the Hastings Sports Park.

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School Picnic

What a wonderful time we had yesterday at Flaxmere Park for our annual School Picnic! It was great to see students of all ages mixing and playing together and enjoyign...

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2020 Christmas Party

It was another amazingly exciting and fun Christmas Party last night. There was a really relaxed atmosphere with lots of whānau mixing and mingling.

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Talker Movies

Wow! We have some movie stars in our midst! This year the Speech-Language Therapists have been working hard with the junior and senior talker groups to create movies where the...

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2020 Prize Giving and Concert

Wow...what a fabulous time we had last Thursday at our annual prize giving and concert! So many super stars received awards for their efforts and achievements in the last year.

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Marae Visit

We had a wonderful day on Friday when the whole school visited the Te Aranga Marae. The weather was perfect and there was a great turnout of whānau to join us.

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2019 Christmas Party

Thank you to all the families who attended our Christmas Party this week - in spite of the rain! It was a fun evening that was enjoyed by all.

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2019 Prizegiving and Concert

Last Friday we had our annual Prize Giving and Concert. Congratulations to all our students on their progress and successes this year, and well done to those who were recognised...

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New Therapy Office

Finally, after nearly 4 years if negotiating with the Ministry and planning, our new therapy complex is on site at Base School.

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Young Achievers Awards

Last week Laurence Carr was acknowledged as a Young Achiever at the Hastings Heretaunga Lions Young Achievers Awards in Hastings.

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Talker Show

At Kōwhai School we have a group of students from across the school who use an electronic device or core vocabulary board as their main tool to communicate.

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Halloween Fun

Some of the staff and students got into the spirit of Halloween last week. Great to see the fun they had!

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Polyfest

Once again, our students have done us proud as they performed at the Polyfest today. It is so great to see them performing alongside their mainstream peers.

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Julian Raphael Workshops and Concert

Last week our students had the opportunity once again to participate in music workshops with Julian Raphael and The Noveltones.

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Hastings Central School Production

Wow! What amazingly talented performers we have in our Central Satellite! Last week a group of students took part in the Hastings Central School Production and they totally blew away...

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2019 School Ball

It is always the right time to celebrate and have fun! The 2019 Kōwhai School Ball was a red carpet event with lots of our students breaking out their moves.

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Worm Farm

We are so lucky to have been given a worm farm at Base School. It is one step closer to becoming an environmentally friendly school.

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Cape Sanctuary Visit

This term, students from High School 3,2,1 studied Pets. The manager of Cape Sanctuary asked if our students could build some nest boxes for the little blue penguins which are...

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2018 Prize giving and Christmas Concert

It is hard to believe that this year is almost over! It was great to see such a large turn out of whānau and friends for our annual prize giving...

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Room 5 Playground

The Room 5 students are loving their new playground. It is a peaceful space with lots of different areas where the students can learn, play and relax!

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Kōwhai Special School Pasifika Festival

Last Thursday we had our Pasifika Festival. It was an awesome morning with fantastic performances. Special thanks go to Caroline Fiu and her team for organising the day and ensuring...

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Room 5 Playground Rebuild

It is all action in the Room 5 playground at Base School. Their playground rebuild has begun.

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Disco

There was a fantastic turn out at the disco last night.Thanks to our amazing DJ Caroline and her whanau! Thanks for bringing out the best in our kids.

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Remodelled Raureka Satellite

It is with great excitement that the Raureka class moved back to their satellite this week.

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Special Olympics Athletics

Congratulations to all our athletes who represented our school at the Special Olympics Athletics meet on Friday 23 March. It was an outstanding annual event held at the Hastings Sports Park.

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Christmas Party

We had lots of fun at our annual Christmas party. The vintage cars and the bouncy castle were very popular.

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Christmas Concert and Prizegiving

It was wonderful to see so many of our students receiving trophies and certificates for the effort they have put in this year.

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The Year That Was

Hawke's Bay Today published "The Year That Was," and our school has a lovely feature page in it.

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Our Beautiful New Playground

The students have been enjoying our new playground at Base School for the last couple of weeks. There are so many exciting things to explore and do.

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Base School New Playground

The diggers are in, the whole playground has been dug up and the rebuild has begun.

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School Ball/Disco

Everyone had a fabulous night on Friday at the disco. Thanks to Angela for superb organisation and to all the staff and students who danced the night away.

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Nonu Visits Base Juniors

We always love it when Nonu the Newfoundland Therapy Dog comes to visit. We try and invite him in once a term.

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Pōwhiri for New Buildings

After some not very pleasant weather, Friday 7th April was a beautiful day to celebrate the opening of our new buildings at Base School.

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"Be Bright, Eat Right" Magic Show

On Monday 27th February we went to a wonderful show with a magician, who presented a programme about eating healthy food. The students were captivated by his performance.

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Bags for Good in the Neighbourhood

From 1 February until 31 July, Kowhai Special School is one of the community organisations featured in the Hastings Warehouse "Bags for Good in the Neighbourhood" initiative.

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PRIZE GIVING AND CONCERT

On Friday 2 December we had our annual prize giving and concert. It was a wonderful time of celebrating all the fantastic achievements of our students and showcasing their talent...

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Halloween Disco

On Friday night we had the Halloween disco. There were some very scary characters hanging around! Thank you to Angela Joy Hames for making the night a success!

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Polyfest

On Friday 14th October many classes from Kowhai School participated in the Hastings Polyfest, held at Flaxmere Primary School.

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Julian Raphael

On Friday 23rd September we attended a concert arranged by Chamber Music NZ, featuring Julian Raphael, Jeremy Fitzsimons and Yoshiko Tsuruta.

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Building Progress - Stage 2 is Complete!

On Saturday 17th September Rooms 1 and 2 at Base School finally moved into their new classrooms. It has been a long wait, but the classrooms are looking fantastic, all...

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PAMPER EVENING

Thursday 15th September was the night for our annual Pamper evening. 36 women came to be pampered with massages, pretty nails and crafts, as well as good food and conversation.

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Nonu the Therapy Dog

On Friday, Nonu the Therapy Dog visited the classes at Base School. He is a two year old Himalayan Mountain Dog. His owner, Gerry, has two Himalayan Mountain Dogs.

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Imagination Playground

The Hastings District Council loaned us their Imagination Playground blocks for a week. These large foam blocks are available for public use at Albert Square between 11 am and 2...

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Building Progress

The new classrooms are coming together nicely. The walls, windows and doors are in and the roof is up. We are looking forward to them being completed.

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Special Olympics: Swimming

Heretaunga Intermediate Satellite classes recently took part in a Special Olympics Swimming day. They enjoyed participating in a range of activities and races.

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Junior School Aquarium Visit

On Thursday 19th May the Base Junior classes visited the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The children loved the experience of getting "up close" with the sea creatures - and...

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Welcome!

This term, we welcome Gardia Potgieter, at Kowhai Tec. She takes the place of Katrina Derham, who finished at the end of last term.

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Building Progress

Stage One of the rebuild at Base School has been completed. The two reception classes are moving into the new rooms for Terms 2 and 3 (these rooms will eventually...

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Onesie Wednesday

It was AUTISM AWARENESS DAY again on Wednesday 6th April.

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Flaxmere High School Swimming Sports

The Flaxmere High school classes went to the Flaxmere Swimming Sports. We are in the house called Kaha which, as you can see, is orange.

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Special Olympics Athletics

Heretaunga Intermediate Satellite Classes went to a Special Olympics Athletics meet last week. We had fun running and walking in races and throwing javelins and softballs.

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