Tēnā koutou whānau The board invites you to assist us with information for our 2020 Charter. This will set the direction for our school through strategic goals and identify the priorities the board expects the Director (Principal) to be leading. Our previous charter is available to read at this link. https://aotawhiti.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2017-19Charter2019AnnualPlan.pdf Please ​use this form […]

Kia ora whānau from Floor Four, Gina and I have decided to combine our weekly Sunday newsletters and alternate who writes them. We realised we were basically duplicating information and this way we can work smarter. So here goes… What a great week we had last week, especially the amazing Athletics Day. Gina and I […]

Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery (School 0683) Board of TrusteesCasual vacancy for an elected trustee A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for an elected parent representative.  The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection. If ten percent or more of eligible voters on […]

Ao Tawhiti Athletics Day, Thursday 11th March. We’re excited to announce our whole school athletics day being held at Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub on Thursday 11th March from 9am-3pm. We will be starting the events at 9.15 sharp , so please sign in with your LA and be ready to get started at 9.15am. School […]

Community Newsletter Week 5 Dates for your diary: Monday 24th Feb – HB Pukeko trip to Museum Thursday 27th Feb – Athletics Day at Nga Puna Wai Friday 28th Feb – HB Out and Abouts Monday 2nd March – Floor Four Parent meeting 3.15pm Thursday 5th Feb – Swimming Sports at Waltham Pool Tuesday 10th […]

Dates for your diary: Monday 24th Feb – HB Pukeko trip to Museum Thursday 27th Feb – Athletics Day at Nga Puna Wai Friday 28th Feb – HB Out and Abouts Monday 2nd March – Floor Four Parent meeting 3.15pm Thursday 5th Feb – Swimming Sports at Waltham Pool Tuesday 10th March – EOTC and […]

Gina’s Community Newsletter Week 4 Dates for your diary: Museum – Monday 24th February 12-3pm Gina and Mel’s HB at Museum Fill Out Form Here for Museum Trip Athletics – Thursday 27th February  Swimming – 23rd March – 3rd April (excluding 27th) Floor 4 Camp – 6th – 8th April Yay we have made it to […]

Dates for your diary: Museum – Monday 24th February 12-3pm Gina and Mel’s HB at Museum Fill Out Form Here for Museum Trip Athletics – Thursday 27th February  Swimming – 23rd March – 3rd April (excluding 27th) Floor 4 Camp – 6th – 8th April It’s been great getting to know the children in our Homebases […]

Kia ora Whānau, Welcome to the first week of Term 1 2020, which is actually Week 3! We are looking forward to meeting lots of you at the Mihi Whakatau and then spending the day with you at the Botanic Gardens. This week most home bases will have a focus on setting up routines for […]

It’s been a great start to the year but something’s been missing. All of our students have set up their plan for the first term but Monday marks the first time in 2020 that all of our students will be on site at the same time. With that in mind we thought it would be […]

Kia ora Whānau, Welcome to week 3 of term 1 2020.  Tomorrow sees us begin with a Mihi Whakatau on level four in the gym at 9am and then we’re off to the Botanic Gardens for the day. We hope to see as many of you as possible there. Please ensure you have filled out […]

Here at Ao Tawhiti we have some important documents that need to be signed by the members of our community. In an attempt to reduce paper wastage and costs we have created this Google Form to make this happen. If you could work your way through the form that would be really appreciated. The form […]

Welcome families new and old. Click on this link for information on our acronyms and a bit about how we roll: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FGlO98a2OLsI0mdmqdt1azbItpRJbN2jiV_wG2v1kGM/edit?usp=sharing

Kia ora whānau, Welcome to 2020. I am looking forward to catching up with previous students and families, and greeting our new additions. I hope you have had a great summer a with your whānau.  This year we are now running two parallel communities for years 1-6: I will be leading one community and Gina […]

Kia ora whanau,Welcome to our first full school year back in the CBD! I hope you have had a great summer and have enjoyed some downtime with your tamariki. This year is going to be full of challenges for me with a new role as your community leader as well as some personal news – my […]

Kia ora koutou As you will have seen in the media the situation concerning the coronavirus is rapidly evolving internationally. In response to this we have been requested by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Health to err on the side of caution. This is a new virus and its specific nature is […]

Start of Year Important Dates The first three weeks of the year are filled with a number of hugely important dates for our students. Term 1, Week 1: Starting FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2020 Friday 31 January: Homebase selection day TERM 1, WEEK 2: STARTING MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2020 Monday 3 February: Teacher Only Day [School […]