Principal's Panui - 17 May 2024

Kia ora te whanau ō te Kōtuku  

It was a pleasure to have the Rt Honourable Chris Hipkins come and speak to our Year 9 students on Wednesday 15 May. He talked about his journey and how we can navigate our way through life and look to be the best version of ourselves.  

He linked everything back to attitude and for our young people saying yes to as many of the positive opportunities that present themselves. This will broaden the base of their pyramid. He used the analogy that the bigger the base the greater height that can be achieved with the pyramid you construct as you move through life. If you do little and therefore shy away from challenge, then future opportunities for growth and development are restricted.

I often use the following two phrases about how our young people can strive for personal excellence, you can only start from where your feet are now and winning is being better today than you were yesterday. Chris Hipkins had his own take on this due to his young children and clearly has watched the film Frozen once or twice. He has adopted the theme, that when you don’t know what to do “just do the next right thing” break it down to the next breath, the next step, the next choice, as a way to navigate your way forward when you are unsure of your direction. There is not always a roadmap for life’s challenges, so we strive to do our best in the next moment.

Finally, and because I don’t mind a sporting analogy, is that when we disagree with people and come from opposing viewpoints or perspectives, we play the ball not the person. Playing the ball is within the rules, playing the person is not. We can choose to still show respect for other people while agreeing to disagree. That’s about our attitude.

Friday May 31 - Staff Only Day

This is a reminder also that Friday 31 May is a staff only day. This is a day that staff focus on NCEA changes and implementation as directed by the Ministry of Education. There will be no classes that day and students should remain home. 

School Photographs

Please take note of the photo dates  for this term:

30th of May  : Class Photos
5th of June   :  Sports Photos
10th of June :  Clubs and Committees Photos  

After all the photos are taken, details of how you can place orders  will be emailed to you by  Photolife (the photo company engaged by us) they will also post  the photos directly to you.

Open Evening and Enrolments for 2025

Open Evening Thursday 1 August 6-8pm

Open Day Friday 2 August 9am-1pm

Enrolment week 5-8 August and Saturday 10 August

Times 3.30-7pm for week days and 9.30 -11.30 for Saturday

Pink Shirt Day

It was great to see so many people dressed in pink today on Pink Shirt Day. All money raised will go to the Mental Health Foundation who support Inside Out. 

Upcoming events:
03 June - King's Birthday - School Closed
17 June - International Languages Week
21 June - International Languages Evening
20 June - LUV Music
28 June - Matariki - School Closed
04 July - School Ball and last day of term.
05 July - Friday School Closed

Kia kaha
Gary Moore