Our Official Opening was a roaring success! We were pleased to see so many of our whanau, our special invited guests, our Establishment Board of Trustees, our #oresome speaker William Pike (Young New Zealander of the Year Finalist, Adventurer & Author http://williampike.co.nz/ who’s mantra is “All passion, no limits”), our super amazing Educators and of course our learners. […]
Marvellous Miss Morgan and Magnificent Mrs Kamsteeg planned, coordinated and designed a wonderful display of our beautiful tile art. Each learner designed and coloured a draft version of their tile which they then painted onto a ceramic tile. These were then fired in a kiln and glazed to a beautiful shine. They are displayed in […]
The learners in LH4 and LH2 had an amazing ‘Pirate Week’ of learning which culminated in a fun dress up day and a wicked treasure hunt! Learners enjoyed their pirate ship and the themed approach to their learning and surroundings! In Habitat 1, they had an animal onesie day with a gold coin donation. This […]
LH1 went to the zoo in Week 2 and had a super fantastic learning adventure.
As part of their learning this term the learners are exploring animals, habitats, adaptations and innovation. They will all be designing an animal habitat for a real or imaginary animal by drawing it, making it, digitizing it or localising it. So, […]
We all had an amazing time at our first ever Disco. Big congratulations to Ash and her helpers for organising, selling tickets and ensuring the night ran smoothly. A big thank you to the Gupta family for their support on the night as well. It was so wonderful to see our learners let their hair […]
Marae Learning Adventure-
We visited the Umupuia Marae on June 18-19, located in Maraetai. The Marae is the home of our local iwi, Ngāi Tai and we want to strengthen our connections with them. The iwi was involved in our opening day blessing in February. The iwi are an important part of our community and it […]
Learner Led Conferences:
In addition to the reports which our Learning Coaches for the learners who have been with us since Term 1 (available online in the learner’s learning pathway), all learners and their families had an individual ‘Learner Led Conference’ in Week 11 with a Learning Coach. Thanks to all the families that attended their […]
Cefpi evening
On Monday, June 29 we hosted a CEFPI evening and beamed with pride as we showed our over 100 guests around our fabulous school. The Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) visits new schools often and our Leader of Learning shared how our building enables us to realise our vision which was gifted […]
Our learners were very excited to be invited to Ormiston Senior College for some drama performances by the learners which were part of a Drama Assessment. It was a real treat and a great opportunity to connect with our ‘big brother’ school! The Ormiston Community Campus is alive and well. We were highly entertained and […]
Reeves Farm
We went on a special learning adventure to a working Dairy Farm in Glenbrook on Tuesday 9 May 2015, as part of our studies around CONNECTING to our environment, people and places. While there we got to:
observe and learn about farm animals and farm equipment
watch cows being milked / observe the dairy cow rotator […]
