Announcement : 

2026 Term Dates Term 1 – Monday 9 February to Thursday 2 April Term 2 – Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July Term 3 – Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September  Term 4 – Monday 12 October to Friday 18 December (12.00pm

Matariki Hāngī 2026 (Payment on Kindo)

Kia ora e ngā whānau o Silverdale,

In Week 11, our kura will be holding our annual Matariki celebrations. This year, we are incredibly excited to introduce something brand new to our school, a hāngī! We have arranged for a group called ‘Hākari Cooker’ to come to our school and prepare a feast/hākari with our tamariki.

To round out our Matariki celebrations, the hāngī will be served on Paraire 3 Hūrae / Friday, 3 July at 1:00pm. This is a beautiful opportunity for our ākonga/students to prepare and share in some kai together.

Kindo – Registering and paying for the Hāngī: Please go onto Kindo, to sign up and pay $8 for the event by Thursday 25 June (Payment and registration cutoff).

The Cost: The cost of the hāngī will be $8 per head.
Whānau Vegetable Contribution: To help make this community meal possible, each participating ākonga/student will need to bring either 1 carrot, 1 potato or 1 kūmara to school the day before for prep. Silverdale School will provide the chicken drumstick.

The Menu: We will be enjoying a contemporary style hāngī cooked in specialised hāngī kai cookers. Each individual portion will be served in plastic containers and includes 1 chicken drumstick, 1 piece of kūmara, 1 piece of potato and 1 piece of carrot.

Whānau Support Needed: A community event like this takes a village. We would love some whānau support to help us prepare the contributed vegetables on Thursday 2 July (during the last school block at 2:10pm) and to help serve the kai at 1:00pm on Friday 3 July.
Mānawatia ā Matariki,

Te Rōpū Māori o te Kura o Te Wēiti