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Hi all, this evening (July 1) Dominos in Addington are donating $1 for every pizza sold between 4 and 8pm to the Ao Tawhiti jazz band, to help us raise funds for our trip to Marlborough! Dinner is sorted!

The Friday Hapori are new this year and we have been really excited to see some awesome things happening across the various groups. Students have the opportunity to switch Hapori in Term 3 if they wish. Take a look at the options available here and please let HBLAs know choices by the end of term.

We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our annual matariki celebration this Friday. Here is the programme for the evening: 3.00 decorate the school, soup for afternoon tea 3.30 workshops – we still need parents to run some workshops*, see below 4.45 tidy up 5.00 performances** – more needed, see below, followed by […]

Please complete this form if your Y1-6 student requires supervision on either of the IEM days.

Our community is invited to come and farewell one awesome LA as she pursues a well-deserved life of leisure. Nadine has been involved with Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery for almost 20 years as parent, teacher aide, Learning Advisor and Community Leader. We are really going to miss her sunny, positive nature and look forward to […]

I appreciate we ask you guys to complete a lot of forms… We find it is a useful way to gather information without blocking peoples’ inboxes… This one is asking for feedback on our school building and location – what’s working and what would help make it better. It is an anonymous survey, open until […]

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Over the next few weeks we are going to be sending out a fortnightly survey that asks you a couple of questions about your understanding of each of our Special Character’s Guiding Principles. The Guiding Principles are listed below…# STUDENTS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THEIR LEARNING.# LEARNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND […]

Happy choosing everyone, get in touch if you need anything – ONE MORE DAY left to choose, the form will close on Friday afternoon. So far (Thursday afternoon) 329 students have made a choice, which is awesome. Please everyone, complete the form, even if you are OSL on Fridays. T2 matariki PINs selection form Descriptors […]

… is coming soon! The form will be published on Sunday morning on this very website. This time, options will disappear from the form as if by magic when workshops reach their limit of students, so if there is something in particular you have your eye on, be ready! There are over 50 workshops offers, […]

Our amazing matariki celebration is less than one week away, and we still need more offers of help. At this stage, it looks like workshops might not go ahead… Timetable of the event: 3pm – 7pm Matariki Celebration3:00 Soup/ set up3:30 Workshops5:00 Performances and lantern walk6:00 Shared kai, including hangi If you have offered to […]

Next term’s IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday the 9th of July and Monday the 26th of July. The IEM is the most important element of a student’s Learning Journey and it is vital that you book one. For our IEM booking process we are using the “School Interviews” system. To use this […]

Here is a link to the PINs workshop descriptors. As ever, we are blown away by the offers for workshops, and incredibly grateful to our community for their generosity in offering opportunities for our rangatahi. The form for students to make their choices will go live later this week, watch this space.

Over the next few weeks we are going to be sending out a fortnightly survey that asks you a couple of questions about your understanding of each of our Special Character’s Guiding Principles. The Guiding Principles are listed below…# STUDENTS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THEIR LEARNING.# LEARNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND […]

Kia ora folks, So far there are only 5 offers of PINs workshops from parents…. the form may not have been working properly, it is now! Please dig deep and fill in this form, it will close on Friday. We also still need LOTS of help for matariki. The form for matariki is here, and […]