NZEI notified their members that Area Schools will be on strike on Tuesday, 9 May. This means that all union staff from Years 1- 13 will be on strike on Tuesday. We won’t be open for instruction that day for any students. We are able to offer limited supervision for students in Years 1 – […]

Tuesday 9 May: Year 7 – 13 PPTA teacher strike. Due to strike action, we won’t be open for students in years 7 – 13 on Tuesday 9 May. Please be aware that PPTA have industrial action planned this term. This action includes rostering years 9 – 13 home on different days. Rostering year levels […]

Friday 21 April, 2023 Kia ora koutou Welcome to term two. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back on site.  Here is a  reminder of what is happening in the first couple of weeks. Monday 24 April is a staff only day, so school is closed for instruction on this day. Tuesday 25 April […]

Term Two courses are now available for students to explore. To look at the courses available then please go to our website aotawhiti.school.nz. Click on the A or LMS at the top of the page and this will take you to Arotahi. The courses are listed under the AKO / LEARN tab, under Akoranga / Courses. […]

Kia ora koutou Confirmation of Strike Action was received today from the PPTA. Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery will be closed for all students Years 7 – 13 on Wednesday 29 March, as the Learning Advisors who are members of the PPTA union will not be onsite that day. School will be open for students in […]

Just a reminder that there is a Ministry of Education mandated Teacher Only Day Monday the 24th of April, the first Monday of Term 2. Tuesday the 25th is ANZAC day. Term 2’s IEMS (Individual Education Meetings) are scheduled for Wednesday 26 April & Thursday 27 April. The IEM is the most important element of […]

Kia ora koutou This is advance notice that PPTA members have voted to take a strike day on Wednesday March 29th. If the strike goes ahead then we will be unable to open on that day for students in Years 7 – 13, as we will not have enough non-union staff to safely supervise the […]

Kia ora koutou, Reminder that school closed on Thursday 16th March due to strike action. Please note: Ara and NTA dual enrolment programs are still running on that day.

Kia ora koutou NZEI and PPTA teachers have voted to strike all day on Thursday 16th March. The majority of our staff are members of PPTA and NZEI, so we will not have enough staff on site to keep students safe. Therefore we are shutting the school for the strike day.  We will have limited […]

There could be an odd shower, and the grass is a bit damp. Please bring a towel or picnic blanket to sit on.  See you all soon.

Kia ora koutou Reminder we have Sports’ Day tomorrow at Hansen Park 16 Butler Street Opawa. This starts at 9am and finishes at 2:30pm. There is no transport from school, so students will need to be dropped off and picked up at the Sports’ Grounds. Whānau are welcome to stay for the day and support […]

Kia ora koutou, Our new date for Athletics Day is Thursday, March 9, 2023. On this day, school will be closed, as all staff will be at the sports’ day. Students must be dropped off between 8:30am and 9am and picked up between 2:30pm and 3:00pm at Hansen Park, 5 Ombersley Terrace, Opawa. There will […]

Kia ora koutou Unfortunately, the weather forecast for tomorrow isn’t great. Because we don’t want students to be wet and miserable, we are going to postpone the Sports’ Day. Postponement date and location to be advised. Normal classes will take place at Ao Tawhiti tomorrow instead of Sports’ Day.  Students are still welcome to wear […]

Kia ora koutou. Athletics’ Day is Thursday, February 23rd, 2023. On this day, school will be closed, as all staff will be at the sports’ day.  Students must be dropped off between 8:30am and 9am and picked up between 3pm and 3:30pm at Ngā Puna Wai sports’ ground. This is located at Augustine Drive in […]

Kia ora whānau, Tomorrow is our community get together. We are all meeting 5.30pm @ Margaret Mahy with BYO fish and chips. If we get loads of bad weather and the ground is too wet we will postpone until next week. If we postpone, we will let you know at lunchtime tomorrow. Otherwise, see you […]

Kia ora koutou Christchurch Civil Defence have asked us to share the following message with our community. We are expecting some bad weather later in the week. Residents are encouraged to prepare for rain and strong winds as Christchurch catches the tail of cyclone Gabrielle from tomorrow. Forecasts suggest the main rain period is expected […]

Kia ora koutou, Thank you all for a great first week for 2023. We started with our Mihi Whakatau and I would like to awhi our Kapa Haka rangatahi and tutors, our kaimahi (staff) and our whānau who attended and supported this event.  Thank you for your patience while we sorted out our oversubscribed classes […]

Reminder that our Mihi Whakatau is tomorrow at 9am at Majestic Auditorium on Durham Street. Manuhiri (new students, staff and families) please gather in the foyer of the Majestic. Existing students and families are welcome to attend and can head into the auditorium. There will be kai at Ao Tawhiti after the Mihi Whakatau.  School […]