He Kura Tūwhera Open Door Policy 
Our kura has an Open Door Policy, which means that parents are welcome to come into our kura and visit at anytime. Please feel free to come into the staff room at anytime for a cup of tea.

If you are interested in helping on a regular basis, please talk to your child's kaiako.  There are lots of ways that parents can help and there are a few places in the kura that English is allowed to be spoken, so kaua e whakamā, don't be shy, haere mai.

Ngā Pou o te Kura Māori o Porirua
There are three posts that support the tāhuhu, namely the pou mua (front post), the pou tokomanawa (centre post) and the pou tuarongo (back wall post). There is also the pou at the very front of house, this is the pou kaiāwhā (porch post).

Class levels are grouped into each of these pou.  One pou is housed in each Whare ā-Kura (classroom block).

• Pou Tuarongo Tau 1-2 (Years 1-2)  Leanne Betty, Te Māhoe Baker,  Meranea Turei,  Mererangi Moore, Parerawhiti Raerino, Rihari Harris, Anaka Witute-Ngatuere
• Pou Tokomanawa Tau 3-5 (Years 3-5 ) Tania Panepasa, Tayler Cassidy, Megan Marshall,  Juanita Teepa
• Pou Mua Tau 6-8 (Intermediate years 6-8) Te Ruahuihui Hiroti, Pahau Arapere, Brinkley Harris, Tuhiwai Hauiti-Parapara
• Pou Kaiāwhā Tau 9-13 (Wharekura) Kataraina Taepa-Matakātea, Beau Matakātea,  Te Kauru Nohotima, Hayley Galo,  Lani Keelan Goldsmith,  Jacob Wilkins-Hodges, Jasmine Arthur, Indiana Hotereni,  Lavinia Pewhairangi, Swapan Saha, Jinesh Joseph, Keanu Andrews-Sio, Claude Aranui, Nathan Rei
• Te  Whare Kōnae - Sophie Tukukino - Tumuaki;  Evelyn Wharehinga - Tumuaki Tuarua;  Sharyn Cassidy - Pito Mata; Diane Tunoho - RTM