Our Term 2 2026 IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Thursday the 2nd of April & the Monday the 20th of April, 2026. The IEM is the most important element of a student’s Learning Journey at Ao Tawhiti and it is vital that you book one. The IEM is a time to plan out […]
Hello whānau, Please find information below for our Full School Athletics Day. Date: Friday 27th February (postponement date: Friday 6th March) Location: Hansen Park 6A Butler Street, Opawa, Christchurch (Parking available off Hawford Road) Please drop off/pick up students directly at Hansen Park, school will not be open on this day. Start (Roll Check): 9.00am […]
Friday 30 January, 2026 Kia ora e te whānau Welcome to 2026. Thank you all for engaging in our IEMs over the last two days. It is a great way to get our students set up really well for the term. We are excited about the year ahead. This pānui is to give you some […]
Welcome back to school… If you have a student in Year 7-13, classes are now available to browse. Please either email your class choices to your HBLA or bring them to your IEM next week. https://arotahi.aotawhiti.school.nz/course-list
Upcoming Events Message From Anita Kia ora koutou,As we come to the end of another uniquely Ao Tawhiti year, full of organised chaos and messy learning I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all our caregivers and whānau for your ongoing support, flexibility, and commitment to our community.Our kura thrives because of the strong […]
Upcoming Events Message From Anita Kia ora e te whānau, There have been a lot of changes introduced in education over the last few weeks, including the release of a number of curriculum documents for consultation. Below is an open letter composed by Niki Stephenson, Jenny Ward, Nicole Cunningham and Alex Clark. I am sharing […]
Kia ora e te whānau, Here are our Homebase Learning Advisor selections for 2026. Please complete this selection by 5pm Monday the 17th of November. https://aotawhiti.school.nz/2026-year-7-13-homebase-learning-advisors/ Please read everyone’s blurb and then fill in the form (large green button) at the bottom of the page. If you have stumbled across this page, and you are NOT a […]
On the last day of term, Thursday the 11th of December 2025, we are intending on having our annual picnic at the playground/paddling pool in the Botanical Gardens. https://maps.app.goo.gl/paE65sHW7iNQaZZ89 This will begin at 9am and finish at 12pm. Please can you arrange to have your child picked up by 12pm from the park. We will […]
There’s heaps of cool things on offer in 4.2. Take a look at the descriptors and let your HBLA know what classes you want to take. https://arotahi.aotawhiti.school.nz/course-list The timetable structure will change slightly – see below. Literacy and numeracy classes will run in yellow and red. Some of the Wednesday options will start at 9am, but others […]
Friday, 28 November is our 2025 graduation! This event is one of the absolute highlights of the year. Graduation is our chance to farewell our leavers, hear each of their stories and wish them well on their next step. We are thrilled to announce that graduation will take place at the Piano again this year. The Piano: […]
Kia ora e te whānau The school has received formal notice that the full day strike planned for Thursday October 23rd will go ahead. The unions involved in this strike are NZEI, which covers primary teachers and support staff and PPTA, which covers secondary teachers. Because the majority of staff will be on strike we […]
The school has been advised of the following strike action over the upcoming month. This week PPTA union members are participating in rolling strikes which will impact on students in y7 – 13. On Tuesday 14th October, year 7 and 9 students won’t be able to attend school. On Wednesday 15th October, year 8 and 10 […]
Upcoming Events Message From Anita Tēna koutou e te whānau, I want to thank you all for your mahi and support for our school over the past term.I would also like to welcome our new Board. Courtney Shipp and Danella Stewart are existing board members who got reelected. Our new board members are Ian McAdam, […]
Our Term 4 2025 IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday the 19th of September & the Monday the 6th of October, 2025. The IEM is the most important element of a student’s Learning Journey at Ao Tawhiti and it is vital that you book one. The IEM is a time to plan out […]
Kia ora Term 4 Classes (4.1) are available now for students and whānau to have a read through and choose from. https://arotahi.aotawhiti.school.nz/course-list These classes will run for the first 5 weeks of Term 4. A new set will be available to choose from for the second half of Term 4 soon. (4.2) Please let your HBLA […]
We will be running our practice exams for NCEA Levels 2 and 3 during the final week of this term (the week beginning September 15). This means that Year 12 and 13 students will be on study leave and there will be no NCEA Level 2 and 3 classes running. Year 11 students (or younger) […]
Upcoming Events Message From Anita Kia ora ki te whānau, Thank you everyone who recently contributed to the phone consultation. It was fascinating working through the 160 caregiver responses, as well as the student and staff responses. Common themes from the community consultation are listed below. We also considered the legislation that states that students […]
Upcoming Events Message From Anita Kia ora koutou Welcome to the end of term two. Sadly, we farewell a number of staff this term. Grace Schischka was covering Gina Harrison’s maternity leave and Andy Ellmers was covering Matt Parkes’ study leave. Matt and Gina are back next term and while it is great to have […]
Our Term 3 2025 IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday the 27th of June & the Monday the 14th of July, 2025. The IEM is the most important element of a student’s Learning Journey at Ao Tawhiti and it is vital that you book one. The IEM is a time to plan out […]