A FUN, EPIC night out, pop it in your calendar NOW! $10 per ticket – make a team of 6 or just come along and join a team on the night. Nibbles provided, BYO – a great cheap night out! Lots of spot prizes/raffles/auctions on the night so bring some extra cash! Can’t get someone […]

Upcoming Events Term 3, Week 1: Starting Monday 20 July Term 3, Week 2 :Starting Monday 27th July Term 3, Week 3:Starting Monday3rd July Term 3, Week 4:Starting Monday 10th July SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Saturday 26th September2020 – Sunday 11th October IEMs 12th October IEMs 25th September Messages From Steven Year 7-13: Term 3 Attendance and […]

The next RAMs training session for parents interested in leading EOTC trips will take place at 3:30pm on Monday August 3rd. The session will step you through the planning and safety documentation that each trip requires. If you are interested in attending the session, please RSVP to Megan: megan.taylor@aotawhiti.school.nz

Number 2 12th August 2020 – bus leaves South City approx 6.15 am  Number 3 26th August 2020 – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Number 4 9th Sept 2020  – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Number 5 23rd Sept 2020  – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Sign up for 12th August closes […]

Kia ora koutou, we are very much looking forward to our matariki celebration tomorrow. Thanks to all of you who have offered to bring in soup for afternoon tea in a labelled crock pot, help decorate the school, run a workshop and/ or tidy up. You can bring soup at any time during the day, […]

We need clean glass jars for lantern-making on Friday. Please bring them to level 1 before Friday:-)

Climate change is a very real problem facing the world today. We want to be responsive to the need to act and educate our ākonga about what is happening and how they can help make changes.We would appreciate your feedback so that we can begin to build teaching and learning programmes to address the interests […]

Number 1 29th July 2020 – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Number 2 12th August 2020 – bus leaves South City approx 6.15 am  Number 3 26th August 2020 – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Number 4 9th Sept 2020  – bus leaves South City 8.00 am  Number 5 23rd Sept 2020  – […]

We are excited to announce that PINS will be on offer again in Term 3. This year it will run on Friday afternoons during weeks 6 – 9 (August 28 – September 18). Last year PINS was a huge success and showcased many of the wonderful aspects of our special character. At one point we […]

The descriptors for 3.1 & 3.2 classes are now available for the students to browse and choose from. https://lms.aotawhiti.school.nz/?q=timetable&field_year_tid=7386&field_term_tid=68&term_node_tid_depth=All We do want students to make selections next week with their HBLA for both 3.1 and 3.2 classes. These will be collected by HBLAs next week so please come prepared with your class choices.

We are currently doing some research into what kind of demand there is for an after school care program. This is not a guarantee of a program opening, but if you would be interested in enrolling your child or would find a program helpful, please fill out this quick survey. Courtney

No. Unfortunately we’re not like your local school. You cannot just arrive on the morning and have your child in a class later that day … even if you live right next to the building. We must follow our enrolment scheme. This normally means that we will take your registration of interest, ballot it with […]

As a result of Covid 19 there has been concern raised about the potential for it to impact on a students ability to attain NCEA qualifications. To help address this and support students, the following changes are being made to NCEA and University Entrance (UE) requirements for this year, 2020. Students working towards an NCEA […]

Term 3 IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday 3.7 & Monday 20.7. 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. This link should take you straight to the booking page.  https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?code=nunym However if […]

It is with more than a little regret that I have to announce the resignation of our founding Director, Steven Mustor. His resignation takes effect at the end of 2020. Steven began in the role of Director in November 2013. His initial brief was to establish Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery by merging Discovery 1 and […]

It depends.  Each year we find that we have slightly different demands at each year level.  In general we ballot at all year levels. There is usually more demand at Y1-6.

Ao Tawhiti is a state school.  There is no cost to attend.