27 March, 2022 Kia ora koutou Just a quick update today around how we are managing our Covid case numbers and attendance.  Firstly, I am aware that we have a group of parents who are using the parent facebook page to organise meal support for isolating families if needed. Thank you very much to all […]

18 March, 2022 Kia ora koutou Thank you to all our whānau for the support you have shown the school during these uncertain times. Yesterday I was at a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Education and they shared the following data. The total number of cases in Canterbury / Chatham Islands schools and early […]

The Term 2 IEMs (Individual Education Meetings) take place on Thursday April 14th and Monday May 2nd. That’s the last day of Term 1 and the first day of Term 2. The IEM is the most important element of a student’s Learning Journey at Ao Tawhiti and it is vital that you book one each […]

Kia ora whanau and students, We are keen to gather our community’s voice regarding enrolment and induction this year so we can continue to make positive progress in future. If your student was new to Ao Tawhiti this year, or transitioned from the Junior school to the 7&8 programme or Senior school, please use this […]

13 March 2022 Kia ora koutou We have had a number of covid cases within a couple of Home Bases in the Years 1 – 6 community over the last three days. These cases have been limited to two Home Bases, and include the Home Base Learning Advisors of both classes. We have asked those […]

10 March, 2022 Kia ora koutou Thank you to all the caregivers for keeping in close contact with the school. This helps us monitor our attendance accurately and support students who are isolating and unwell with their off site learning. Thank you also to everyone who is keeping their children at home if they are […]

Kia ora koutou We have had some confirmed cases over the last two days. One is a staff member and we will be in touch with the Home Base and classes of that staff member. The staff member was last on-site on Thursday 3 March. We have also had confirmation from the following: Year 5 […]

Kia ora koutou We have had some confirmed cases over the last three days. One is a staff member and we will be in touch with the Home Base and classes of that staff member. The staff member was last on site on Thursday 3 March. We have also had confirmation from the following: Year […]

The health and wellbeing of our children, staff and community is a top priority.  We’re sending this letter as there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 in our community.  The Year 12 student was last at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery on Monday February 28, 2022.  The student is now isolating for ten days. We are […]

The health and wellbeing of our children, staff and community is a top priority.  We’re sending this letter as there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 in our community.  The staff member was last at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery on March 1, 2022. The staff member wasn’t symptomatic until last night. This morning they went […]

The health and wellbeing of our children, staff and community is a top priority.  We’re sending this letter as there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 in our community.  The student was last at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery on February 23rd, 2022. We are no longer required to contact trace under Phase 3.  The student […]

Kia ora koutou I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  At present our school hasn’t been informed of any confirmed COVID cases at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery. Under Phase Three we are no longer being contacted by the Public Health Unit or Ministry of Education. Instead we are reliant on families contacting us directly […]

Kia ora koutou At the moment we have no confirmed cases in our school.  The government announced today that New Zealand is moving into Phase 3 of the Omicron response. With Phase 3 of the Omicron response, the key change is that it is only confirmed cases and their household contacts who need to self-isolate. […]

13 February, 2022 Kia ora koutou I hope everyone is staying warm and dry in this wet weather.  Huge Welcome to our new Sports’ Coordinator – Megan Gould. She is already planning a number of sports’ events for lunchtime and internal competitions as external sport is limited due to the traffic light guidelines.  Thank you […]

We need hapori selection forms completed by Monday! HERE’S THE LINK TO THE FORM We have some great learning experiences on offer through the Friday hapori again this year. Hapori is a space for passion- and project-based learning, where the emphasis is on 21st century skills and competencies, and on developing the capacities for self-directed […]

7 February, 2022 Kia ora koutou We are really excited about seeing all our tauira (students) back on site tomorrow.  I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on how we will be working together under Phase One of the Red Traffic Light system.  Firstly, we have students on site who have life-threatening allergies […]

Kia Ora, Last year our Board passed a policy-making our Kura a cashless school. This means that all payments will need to be made by EFTPOS or deposited into our school account. The receiving and receipting of cash by the school will be limited to the following situations. The school’s cafe and fundraising through the […]

Kia ora whānau. Course descriptors for Term 1 have now been published and you can see them here. Please have a read through the descriptors and come to your IEMs with your preferred courses chosen. Courses are pitched at curriculum levels. As a rough guide, this means that Level 3 and 4 courses are mostly […]

30 January, 2022 Kia ora koutou I hope everyone is enjoying the last few days of the school holidays.  We will publish the colour block courses and timetable tomorrow afternoon so students Year 7 and above can choose courses for term one. Please do this before IEMs. We will let you know via social media […]