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 […]
Come see our 5DRAMA students perform a comedy play called END to END on Mon 28 June or Tues 29 June at 6pm. And make an evening of it by watching a selection of new plays written and performed by our talented drama students working in Hapori starting at 7pm. Free Admission.
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 […]
Upcoming Events Queens Birthday- 7th June- School is not open for instruction IEM Day- 9th July- School is not open for instruction IEM Day- 26th July- School is not open for instruction School Holidays- 10th July to the 25th July Messages From Anita Tena koutou e te Whānau, It has been a great start to […]
Kia ora ano folks, Please complete this form if you are keen to run a PINs workshop between 11.30-3 on Friday 2 July. (Please also get in touch if the time needs to be flexible, we may be able to accommodate a longer/ shorter session). Please complete this form if you are keen to help […]
School is open today (Monday). Please remember that if it is difficult, or unsafe, for you to head into school please stay home and let the office know.
School is currently on as usual tomorrow (Monday). We will keep you posted if anything changes overnight. We realise that across the city everyone’s situations are different. If it is difficult, or unsafe, for you to head into school please stay home and let the office know in the morning. Stay safe, dry and warm!
Kahu and Billie are selling Lemongrass and Grapefruit & Mint ECOSTORE soaps to raise funds for our Y7/8 camp to Wellington in December. These lovely bars of soap usually retail for $2.95, but Kahu and Billie are selling them for $2.50, and we get to keep $1 for every bar sold! They will be on […]
PINs is back! PINs this term will be held on Friday 2 July, this date coincides with the date we have chosen for our whole school matariki celebration, so the day looks like this: 9 – 11am Homebase 11:30 – 3pm PINs 3pm – 7pm Matariki Night Soup, Parent/ LA/ Student- led workshops, performances, lantern […]
