Kia Ora Ao Tawhiti We are thrilled to announce that performer registration is now open for our highly anticipated End of Year (EOY) performing arts concert! This event is open to all students from Years 1 to 13 who are passionate about dance, music, and drama. We encourage everyone with a talent and a love […]

Thursday, November 2nd is our 2023 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 […]

The 2023 NCEA Externals Exams start on Monday 6th November. All year 11, 12, and 13 students will be on study leave from this date, and should only come to school for their exam sessions. Year 9s and 10s who are sitting exams are allowed 2 days study leave prior to each of their exam sessions. […]

As you’re hopefully aware, on Friday mornings during Term 3, we have been inviting parents from across the school to come up to Level 4 and offer some workshops for our students. We have been really lucky to have a great group of parents offer workshops on… All of these opportunities add to the amazing […]

Term 4’s IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday 22 September & Monday 9 October. 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 system use the following […]

We’re having a fundraiser this Thursday the 10th of August. (Tomorrow) It’s essentially dress as you want… crazy hair, uniform, book character etc It’s a gold coin donation. All the money raised will go to support the new YouthHub that is being constructed here in Christchurch. It is being constructed by Dr Sue Bagshaw and […]

Last week we saw another great session of Parent Led workshops on Friday morning. Thanks to everyone who offered and delivered a workshop. We had about 30 students experiencing the workshops and it’s great to be able to offer them opportunities that they can’t usually access in their timetable. Last week we had students learning […]

Come along Dressed how you want…. Crazy Hair, PJs, School Uniform, Book Character, Favourite colour, Favourite animal… Crazier the better! All $$$ raised go to the Christchurch YouthHUB Gold Coin Donation…

We just wanted to say a massive thanks to all of the parents who came in last Friday morning to offer workshops in the Year 7-13 area of the school. We had a great uptake from the students and most of the workshops were full. The feedback after was great and the students loved the […]

Last term’s Matariki workshops and the Hangi preparations are a great example of parents getting involved, creating the village and adding to the learning journeys of our students. Matariki is about reflection and looking forward. With this in mind, a goal from now is to really increase the amount of adults who get involved as […]

Term 3’s IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Friday 30 June & Monday 17 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 system use the following […]

I am really excited to let everyone know  Ao Tawhiti has managed to book 4 school ski trips to Mount Hut for 2023: 21st July 11.00am 10th Aug 11.00am 25th Aug 11.00am 7th Sept 11.00am The dates are all in term 3 but we are starting to sign up this term.  Spaces are limited but […]

Reminder: PPTA Paid Union Meeting is on Wednesday morning. School is closed for students in years 7-13 until 11:20am. Thursday is our last day of timetabled classes for term 2, and everyone is welcome to our Matariki celebrations and hāngī on Thursday after school. IEMs take place this Friday the 30th June, as well as […]

Kia ora koutou The PPTA union have let us know that they are stopping strike action – effective immediately. This means the planned rostering home for the rest of the term has been cancelled and we are looking forward to see all our students back at school tomorrow.  Please note: The Paid Union Meeting on […]

Course Descriptors Please read through the descriptors, then let your HBLA know your choices for Term 3. NB. If you have previously been in the Hangarau Hapori please read the descriptor for Term 3 as there will be some changes in Term 3.

Thank you all for your support over the last week with the PPTA strike action. Below is the timetable for the rostered strike action for the next two weeks. PPTA also have a Paid Union Meeting on Wednesday 28 June. All PPTA staff will be off-site until 11:15am. We will not have enough staff to […]