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PRINCIPAL BLOG

Toko School have been extremely lucky to have been awarded funding, from Curious Minds to purchase a distillery and the related science equipment.   Curious Minds, is part of Venture Taranaki and  seeks to encourage and enable better engagement with science and technology across all sectors of New Zealand –  to bring about a nation of […]

Asian language Learning in Schools Programme (ALLiS) This year our school is lucky enough to be working in a cluster for the above programme lead by Stratford St Mary’s. This involves assisting our school to set up an Asian language learning programme in our school, focussed at Year 7 & 8. Funding is provided to […]

We have updated our school website with a new page called: Using Blogs at Toko School: http://www.toko.school.nz/links/e-learning/ This page will show you how to sign up to your child’s individual and class blog and tips for effective commenting. Please take the time to get involved with this. It is a great way to have access […]

We have updated our website – Learning Links – Mathematics with a new website for parents that you might be interested in:  Maths If you use the activities with your children we would love your feedback about how you found the website.

This year our NITS (Ngaere, Inglewood, Toko and Stratford Schools) Cluster are really fortunate to be working with Heather Bell from Massey University .  Our cluster wide focus for all teachers across all four of our schools is: “In 2016 we will be bringing classroom teachers from across our cluster schools together to work collaboratively […]

Teacher Only Day today with our NITS (Ngaere, Inglewood, Toko and Stratford Primary Schools) Cluster. Lots of collaborative learning across our schools led by Heather Bell, Massey University and Raewyn and Kylie, Maths Facilitators from Cognition.    

On Tuesday 5 July at 7.00 we are having a catch up with our community.  The BOT,  Fundraising Committee and PTA will share their successes from the past year. The BOT will also be consulting with the community about discussions we have been having with the Ministry of Education re: creating a Toko School Enrolment […]

At our final end of year assembly we farewelled all our Year 8 leavers and recognised those students who have contributed to the corporate life of our school. A special congratulations to the following students: Board of Trustees Award for Excellence:  Xavier Keegan & Julia Howatson Cup for Oratory:  Rowan Slater Cup for Sport: Rowan […]

  Snippets from the Enviro Schools website:  Taranaki Enviroschools Royal Visit November 2015 Enviroschools Taranaki was invited to take part in the recent Royal Visit to New Zealand, given how interested Prince Charles is in sustainability and empowering youth. A party of around 50 represented Enviroschools in the region near the Te Rewa Rewa bridge. […]