Month: April 2020

Greetings once again to parents and carers of students in Year 11 and I trust that you are all in good health and safely wrapped up in your bubbles.  I’d like to extend a big ‘thank you’ to all the families who have been in touch with me over the last couple of weeks; it’s been a trying time for many… Read More

Our commitment this week is to be supportive.  Staff will be contacting families this week of students who have not yet taken part in online learning, to see what can be done to help. With Level 4 or Level 3 likely to last till the end of May at least then it is vital that all… Read More

HOW TO SURVIVE LOCKDOWN 1. THINK POSITIVELY – Sometimes we can’t control the situation but we can control how we react to it. Notice and look for the small things that you are thankful for each day: WWW? What Went Well? Write down three things each day and see how the list grows. There are… Read More

The Health and Wellness Centre is open for business on- line or by phone. You can still contact the nurses, the doctor, the social workers, counsellor and psychologist.   Feel free to ring, text or email the nurses for any health issues or concerns or if you want to speak to our doctor or psychologist. The… Read More

👉🏼 WeBlog – A space to share and discuss books you have read. Staff have started blogs and left reviews of books you may be interested to read. Email blogs to weBlog and join in the talanoa.  More details on our school library app –  https://nz.accessit.online/OTH01/#!dashboard   … Read More

  -5 divisions (Pawns, Knights, Bishops, Rooks and Kings)  -You can join from anywhere in New Zealand! (Also open to Australian participants)  -Trophies and medals couriered to prize winners        MID APRIL ONLINE SARAPU CUP   Open to all kids from complete beginners to experienced players!  This Sunday, 19 April  1:00pm – 5:30pm  All… Read More

Term 2 is here whanau and the library hub have a couple of challenges you can take part in with your family 📚  👉🏽 Read a book a week – Jump on our challenge and be in to win shopping vouchers. Winners will be drawn every three weeks of term.  What to do: Read a book a week… Read More

SCI1U  Student will be starting their 1.1 (Mechanics) assessment. This is an external assessment and is generally taught in 5 weeks (actual time frame is still to be decided) and examined at the end of the year during NCEA exams. Students will get tasks through Education Perfect and supplemented with tasks from their class teacher. The subject teacher will email with details. … Read More

Year 9 – The year 9 students are finishing off their plant topic and will soon be doing an assessment. Most of the learning will be done through Education Perfect and supplemented with tasks the class teachers will make. Details will be emailed to you through the subject teachers.  Year 10 – The year 10s will continue working on… Read More

To help students manage their workloads and work at times that is most convenient for you and your families, teachers will upload work weekly for students, with work broken down into daily tasks. Work will be uploaded to either Education Perfect or Microsoft Teams. Teachers will be online to help students with this work  throughout the week… Read More