We would love to invite you along to a working bee this weekend to help get our amazing building in tip-top shape for the new school year. We realise that getting into school during term time can be challenging for many. This is a great opportunity to live out our special character, meet new people […]

Hari tau hou koutou! The first IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) for the year take place on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd of February. 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 continuing to use the “School […]

Today Dom, Roisin and Kirsty headed down to the City Mission to donate the gifts our community came together to donate to the Mission in their busiest time of the year. Thank you to everyone who has donated gifts under our school Christmas tree. It is so greatly appreciated by the Mission. It was so great […]

Kia ora e te whānau, we are delighted to welcome Jess Finnigan as the LA who will teach in Suze’s HB while she is on leave for 2022. Jess has a wealth of experience in and out of teaching, and we are really looking forward to her being part of the team. We are also […]

Kia ora new students and families, We look forward to your arrival in 2022. The best ways to hear from us are: SchoolApps, where we publish any urgent or official messages.Our website, where we publish information such as the newsletter.Email, where official information will be sent, as well as any communications from individual staff.Information is […]

Kia ora students and whānau, Please click this link to see the Homebase placements for 2022. This is an enormous jigsaw puzzle to find the right place for each student and an inordinate amount of care and energy has gone into considering the learning passions, needs, pastoral relationships and friendships of each student to find the best place […]

It is that time of year again! Last year we wrapped gifts for customers at South City Mall for a gold coin donation and made around $1500 for school. That money has been used towards resources for 4.2 and structured literacy. The managers at South City were so impressed with how we ran it last […]

URGENT! Exam students, please read Hi all,If you have NCEA exams next week, please be prepared for bus delays. There is an upcoming shortage of drivers. They will therefore be running the Saturday bus timetable. It might pay to make alternative arrangements to get to school. General traffic is likely to be heavier as a result too. […]

Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery proudly presents our 2021 Junior Productions. This year we have three short shows. Due to the recent government mandated changes in the Covid Management moving to the Traffic Light System which set the South Island as Orange, we have been forced to change the performance venue and dates for the Junior […]

(Please complete by 5pm on Monday, 6th December) The Homebase Learning advisor is one of the most critical relationships at all levels of learning at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery. It is a relationship that is vital for ensuring that students get the support they need to create, follow and reflect on their learning goals. The […]

Just a heads up that as of Friday this week students going on trips in the community may need a Vaccine Certificate at many of the places they visit, individually or as a class. This definitely includes all City Council locations like Turanga and local pools. We were hoping that parents could support their students […]

Kia ora e te whānau, I thought I would explain a little about how Y1-6 will operate in 2022. This year, the 2 communities have been separated across floors 1 and 3. While it has had some benefits (noise!) it has also had some drawbacks, the main one being a feeling of disconnect between the […]

Please see the info below from Edible Canterbury. The Climate Action Campus have received and planted some of the donated fruit trees, it would be wonderful if we could reciprocate and support this campaign. We are Edible Canterbury: Home of the Food Resilience Network. We are a network of organisations who are working to establish greater […]

School is not open for instruction. Students with scheduled exams are still to attend their exams. Thanks Jonelle

Do you live in the Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō area?  Do you want to contribute to planning for the impacts of sea level rise? Council is starting a process of working with communities to plan for the impacts of sea level rise.   We’re starting with communities in the Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō area and we […]

A reminder. EXAMS still go ahead on the Teacher only day. All exams run as scheduled. If you’re sitting an exam, ignore any teacher only day email.